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406 . . . . . . . . . . ASHJZZ INTELaGENCM - - 7" 0 " -- KENT. MAIDSTONE, ale. 10.—The Assizes commenced here to clay at one o'clock. Mr. Justice 'Bayley arrived last night, but air. kiloton Graliain did not come into town instil this evening. Mr. Justoce Bayley charged the Grand Jary. George Groombridge was indicted for bowing, on the 30th of November, assaulted and ill-used diary Ann Wiles (with . ititent to commit a rape), at Speldlitirst, in this county. Ann Wiles stated, that on the abuse day, ns she was walking • from Tunbridge 13 rile to Speltiberst, between one and two o'clock in the ullernoon, she saw the prisoner following her, which be did for shout half a mile ; when she arrived at Shad well Brook he passed tree, and ran up a oteepiiih, as she sup p• sed,do see if any one was in sight ; he then descended, sad, its site was prising along the bottom, he again overtook her, and suddenly took hold of her by the shoulders, cud forced her noon upon a bank, and exposed her person iu the moat violent roomier, using at the same Cute the most disgusting language. Wittiest,' pegged for God's sgke that Ile would desist, cc she wean married woman, to which prisoner replied, .' D—a your eves, 1 don't care who 'ma are, or what yna are, but I will ;" lie theustreated her with considerable violence ; and hut for the fortunate hareuirig , of Melo' gentlemen who were limiting in the neighbouring wood, Would, in ell probability have erected his brutal purpose ; lie, however, alarmed, dsaistetl, and run away ; witne,.s on her arrival at home immediately in formed her husband of the anmanly treatment she had expe rienced at tiv hand. of the prisoner, from the orliects of which she still starers, basing been at the time considerably adraueed in pregnancy ; on the following Monday (14ec. 2), the prisoner was apprehended—and witness now, in the 1111011 i positive man lier. it:minified him as the. parboil who committed the assault upon her. The learned Judgetwitlty reeapitulated the evidence, sad 'the *fury returned a rennet of—Volk:or. A second indictment was ountediately preferred against the prisoner, charging him with having, on the 21 instant, assault ed Anti Eisler, an interesting little girl, only a eleven years Gf age, with intent to commit crape upon her, in the pariah of Penshurst, in this cosunty. The case was 'somewhat similar to the preceding one, mid was . Cully proved.—Guilty. Mr. Justice Bayley, after addressing the prisoner in terms of the strongest deprecation, sentenced him to one year's im : prisotionent and-hard labour for the assault upon Mary Anne Wiles, and cis mewl's (to he computed from the expiration of the previous sentence) tor that upon Anti Foster, and, at the conclusion of big imprisonment, an enter into a racogniaance of 431. for his good behaviour for tit e years. Al AIIhiTUNE, D.c. IT —Menotti Hartley was indicted under the 43.1 of Oec. 111. c. :in, sec.!. and conntiatilv called ImidEllenborough's Act, 14 assaulting S. Owen. •t the Ville of Sheerness, on the 19th of August, with a teem tain sharp instrument, nod telosiimisly and inalieionsly stabbing, with intent to kill and her him. Second count, alleging the iiitent to sliaable r and the third, to du hit lIIOArCIIISE rota.- grie‘oll% bodily harm. it appeared that the prisoner, having been convicted et and sentenced to death for a burglaiy, at the last assize* for this Collsity, and ordered tor executhoti, obtained a en spite of his sent. lice, on the wound that ii et as Hide to vomininnicale some important info' mati 111 l I-es:teeth/ g the reorder of the late Airs. lionatty. '1 lie sentence cilia kites wards committed to transpot cation for life, sod the prisoner was removed on board the convict slo;.Balleropitoa, at Sheet stese, preparatory to the 'twilit' ,1 that ben loore. The plowco:tor was captain or ovei aver art the Jillellervphon. 'lime prisoner then said he raw 110 Calls-- !Om removing Min on the lotilks; and lloal it illsltee 11441 b ee " 1 "IIIe kill lie slionlil have beets limier,' lung since. Th.: c twain repronctied hint at au unerittrit I st s etch, in speak ing of the forbearance shown lout by his King, tied the sherry of his (loud ; and advised bins to conduct himself 'moth more submission in Inture. In am Instant the poi. +Our r swirls him a back handed blow with great violence on the riglit side. At the inunient the latter did out know that lie %as wonnoled ; but presently observed a hole in lye waistcoat, and that blood began to Cow. The con duct of the pi isciler immediately ekl lied time vigilitice of the other office is, and lie was seemed and hawker - led. Acetudieg to the testimony of the ship's atirgioni, the WOUIId woe in a 1111,4 Vital 1/11'1, and 111111104 time tile& stage/ tit the cone the captain's file scan um great jeupai ily. The prisoner asked to questions 111 . the %dm sows for the prosecution, and In lug called on fur his defilit e, said tout he committed the di t adroit act intimied to him in a r*: • '' fit of insanity, Nitlttoft any malice towards the prosecutor. 44 ...—Goaded lay time coliscionsitese tit tot iner cm oitie, and %Oland Op 10 a state of tieomy from the ililillelleliellilie Of being transported for life, I.e became thOirionos, and in a 'amount of nations passion lie tint :tit act %loch, under oilier in cm - natant es, he %mold have sited Ivied at with 'tailor. lie had been alusinksed the uncut eel vice in coesequenee of iimanity ; but, deserted and abandoned lox all who knew him, lie war 111140-e It. prove the Incl.-- fie trusted, however, that time Jut, would take his m oar loth erm•ideratiou• Mr. Baron Graham summed tip the case—ar I 'he Jury immediately found the pi i-int.• r guilty—deal:4. 13 hen called upon to say why judgment art death should cot pass agatiot hie n, the prisoner said he %tatted lot 110 alleles. Hairaesed as lie was iii mind. by O series of triune ,, , lie liod so pi uspec tof peace in this would. Lire had 110 1.11'411111s rut him. Katlic. that. he I a anspoi led to lite, be would pre ler instant removal to mite place of dt dill. Dr pi rotting the pi esei Sal mull et ii!, llo•elalula late, he eatitestly played %bat the leati.L.l Judge %veld lease sum rot executives. This add: ess I,_d excited general astorti•.litrocid. 'time III'IN , ICIIIii plibuiler spoke no a siJauto 61 lorogloyge tar above what ini;lit be expected sit a man tit Iti heiub/e condi tion. Mr. fl.iron Graham ploceriltd to pass the awful sen tehee art the law, Mod Lottpurrtl lime poisoner to make the lest use of the shut t time odour d lint oit this aide of the grate, to prepare for an etet hal scene, wool told lout lir laritat impro.t tu undet go the merited putitaliment awaited loin et too oi• Bell'ainill j ' l'lockro‘e was indicted r !s r a burglary lit the II it 11.111g-liUlleP ul ‘Villediel Jecves, in the bight of the 7111 art A newt, at St. Paiii's Depttuid, and .tealtrig therein, gA. su gold mud sunset money, six silver tea options, two o.m' er I/WiAl 1.1/001111, and a r heard gold seal, the piopelly et W . Jo. eves. and Ai st.ot.ltigats, Iwo chased gold atoms, ntid a combed gold key, the oiliest, of John Jteves. A two-fold defence was Set op for the primmer ; first, that he was p 1 of • colutioltiiihir quaintly of wild money before the robber, ; and, secusio, that he Lad li cr , isid the elkilitliCe sworn to by Ural prosecutor in sisup to Deptivtd, Llisuge of a half-Cf Otoff also olatel F TILE NATIONAL The JoirV, ander gee learned Judos!e afr, c ,ion ' tonne the prisoner artsfity—deatli-s-hset fecommentled Mut to inercv, on aceunsall elf lin previous Bond character. S. Laurence was inilicted.unifer the 712t1 Geo. c. 1413, for assetabling with other persons to the number of three and more, at the parish of St. John, in Hue Isle of Thanet, on the Ist of Sept. 1 , 21, armed for Ike ;emptier of aiding and assisting in the illegal running rad landing of certain in:mistimed goods. The defence set up was first au alibi, and recond, the widiesses fur the crown had mistaken the prisoner for his Irrother, there being a remarkable similarity between them in person and gem., 141 Appearance. it was pros ed Thar the Mother had absconded In America. The Jury deliberated about ten minutes, and found the prisoner not entity. DEC. IS.—Jesse Chewier, Samuel Chewier, Richard Heine, and Willisna Sileal - 111411, were indicted for having oil the emit of November, telonionsly entered the honse of Nathaniel l'Aidelturst, at Staplelturst, and stolen there• from ton I I, notes. one 51, nate, three If. bores, old gout coin to the value of 121. tour silver tea spoons, and three sovcreimis, ins propene. Itb hard Chautter pleaded guilty, the other three not i gruffly. The Jury returned a verdict against Samar.: and Jesse Clitintler of guilty—death. Spearman and Harris were *equine& but the latter was detained upon a charge of highway robbery. John Jones and John Hillary were indicted, noon a et toner's inquisition, with feloniously killing and slaying Michael Henry Higgins, on the hide of September last, in the parish of St. Nicholas, Deptford rite Grand dui" , not hawing wood a erne bill in this care, the 'proceeding was instituted upon a coroner's warrant, hut the evidence went to show that Jones and the ilecea•ed shook hands immediately before and after tiAletiog ; that Hilary was not in any manner accessary to tile death—that there were not any outward :noises on the body—that the deceased fell after he hail left Jotter t and that the effusion of blood upon the brain, which Cd us Ins death, might have been produced either by the fall of ::y an excitation of the mind, timed upon by intempe rance (in which state the prisoner was said to have been at the tunic the Seattle took place). 'lice Jury, therefore, reunited a verdict of slut guilty. James lunge Mas indicted for having, on the sth of November. felonicitsly .langlitered and carried away from a field, in the palish oh Stoke, one sheep, the properly of [incite' 41 Everest. This rasa :vas folly solnitnetiated by the ev!;lenee od (ired, aml 111 e Jury returned a verdict of guiuy—dt•nth. Wiileam Stec,. tr.is upon a chum., of having, on the dill of November last, tendered and utleued to Samuel Boosted, one piece of fake nnil counterfrit 11W hiey, Called a sovereign, and with having at the value time a Direr of Like and eoiniterreit money, called a half- ItissWA, Weill introit to ittier the same, well knowing them to be takeentl cuiciirsheit. . . The case was luny S:x 11101111111' im prisonment. T. Noatcd, VaS I.III{CIPI for au rot9ault upon W. Silver, an officer, in the !to ration of his The poisoner in his deli lice denied that :ie had heel' celled upon in the King's came to asiat Saver in the dis charge of his duly, host %aid ioat he had deru.tmleil a slight of tt.e wilt rant, uliirlt Silver wont', cot pi oillice--.-and lie lien 441111, [hat tie had no tight to hike Clackett. (11.111;,—In is month's' imp.ominnent. Victor L. Aa.s.linfae west charged with having, on the 4th of November, 1410nimasiv stolen and taken from the allots of 011,, H rmy cl, et Gieetinizh, ise this c y, piece containing thise silk banilkei chiefs, value 15s Vet diet --polity.— l'otti 1111 l lit' impi i•osiutent. Maiustoke, A)PC. 20.—.510ttnit...--.101111 Slll . lllll was i•J.Ciall tar the niiii.l minder of Catherine Smith, at East (lreenwich, oil the 4.h uf October hitt. It appeared that the .Mauer, a Greenwich pensioner, who WWI • very old man, upwards of 70, had cohabited will. the deceased. and they passed at Mall and wile. Olt the morning ut the 4,1. of October, *lsom half NM the o'clock be vient to a l se railed The Cricketers, act stunt. Hear the bat, and called for a pot of pus ter.-e Isintiediately ;Merle:evil!, adthessing himself to the land. hail, Sakti ; " il4okim, Have yinn teen my wuemut ibis etiornieg r" Ile leplitil in the nezattve. Upon which: the prism., n said " It )0.1 tee her ge past, call err M." About len minutes ha tote Aix the deceased came foto the punts house, it. company with another Cseuiaseh pensioner of the name ot Levitt. It.. deceased called fur Inn glasses of Sw. Tile landlord iltew a gbits ut gill. mid set it before her on the hat ; when she said, " You know I take it peppermint." 'floe landlord was turning round to get the pelves mint bottle, whet. in an inst.uu the prisone r, alio sass:ll6g close to the ,Iterated, store 11.,, and stabbed her st ith a keit.- in the sieltl In east. Uciore this, not a notd had pats, el b.-Intim the pi itoin•r and the deceased. The deceased immediately exit tainted, " Yuu have killed me, 3on have I.;lied rite!" The poor n0m415 5545 urged by the lantbuid to inn to the infirmary 1111 l eiliately. She snot out, but brim , the got the distance of toil paces she dropped dons. dead. The primmer iwas enemas els immediately seized by the landlord, who said to him, ** 1 usi wicked old luau, how could yon do so rash au act?' lie rept.. d," Site hat beau with that fellow all eight."- 1 he p.isuner was al iern4l d• transited. and the knife was Nand 6111011 Lunt, s slued alit, blond ; and being asked whether that W 44 the nisi' lament ails which lie committed • mender, he said it Sens, ass:l on sued that lie Mil it. The point id the twat einem, a melt nos a common pocket knife, mnn hem*: examined, appeared as it it had been seemly that prime{ tei the point ThiS Wall the case proved on the lout 01 the prusceithott. The pi names, ono appeal, d to be the remains of a very fine seaman, brimg at least tix feet high, and still I ohnst in Udall'. rules toil tutu a Mug stet inerst ut quarrels between him and the den 4,C(1, %%inch, be ;aid, iiad illitated and 111445 boo She 114,11 tellie ;10111 Lmkdun to live with him, and take care ut Min, lie being old and infirm.— 'limy hid lived together tor titleen months; but a short Imre 'refute this to UUSaelign the Was greatly altered in her iit•il4l/lUar IftWalaS hum. lie had, 111101101 is tend. of his own, 'Jimmied her a situation as helper ul one of the wards ot the 1101.1141. She 'became cull and unkind lu and ill last lie discos ercd that she kept comp:lns with Levitt, another Girean ids presioner. 00 the issue 1111 l ut the 40.01 Oct. he went to the Cricketer's, public home, Id get somsu beer. Whilst he Was thirre he was :titling a I .,ece Of stick thornier nigh hit knife, when the deceased an d ,':er lubber came into the house, and stood close to lead been di ii.king the night hetnte. *f he •p -peerenet ot Lit't ,, sted with her pardanuur affected him very much, gnu the deo:4lrd has tug nod upon his corns, Ile 41 a mopes% of rage, committed the fatal act; bit without knowing whet 'he dirt, ancivertaisily not intendhig to kill the unfortunate woman. Under. much circatissiancee he hoped • merciful view of Iris ease would be taken. Mr. Baron Graham s 1111 l med up the case for the Jnry. I he Jnry found the prisoner Onilty, and he was ordered for execution on Moilday morning. The ludo/ Innate old man appeared Min, mid retired from the bar with a firm step. I\l tin [SER.—Thomas Adds teas tried on the Coroner's thr the wain' ',Metier of Ellen M'Carthy, at Billing, on the tit liiitivplesulser last. The Grand jury had thiowit out the hall of indictment fur the allege d man der. t i t examining the iminisition, it appeared that tho inquest was taken coneerning the death ut Ellen, the wife or Daniel Majorty, the name of the deceased beteg itl`Certhy ; and. is consequence of this violence, the learned Judge directed an acqniatal. The July timid Inns not guilty. Charles Less is and John Oliver were Indicted for a bairg:ary he the dwelling-hoarse ofJohn Kent, at Charlton, in the night lime of the ylst of October, and seedling six silver trassitousis, a silver table-spoon, its pair tit salver hackles, and oilier property, to the value of After a ' g trial, the Jury deliba-rateal a few minute., and Imam/ the pri•l.llers guilty. cif stealing in a dwelling house to the amount of 404. acipiitting diem of the burg. tars.-I)eatta. John Pratison was indicted for assaulting Catheiine, the wile of Otlillitlll Geo' ge, on 'the !Ulla of September, at the parish of ‘Voudelinrca, nml vOastlng her person. It appeared Irons the statement of the prosecittrix,lthat ou the night in question she had gone to rest alone, her husband not haling then route twine; she tell asleep, MA was awakened by the caresses of a 111•111 iu lied with tier her infant child was also in bed with lier. Sapposisig th e visitor to be her liesuand, she yielded under that persua . sine to what took place. The criminal act was repeated three times. lit about titter quarters of an hour, hearing a noise, clue said to her bedfellow, " What is that noise !" To which lie replied, speaking of leer husband, " Oily canning home I" and lie immediately jiimped out of bed and retired into the neat room. The pi °scents is also gut out of lied, threw a gown over her, and tan into a neigh bours house, where she complained that the prisoner, Wham she said she knew by his vitice, had thus effected his object.. She appeared agitated, was in tears, pale and trembling. She then dressed herself and went to a neigh. banning oast-lionse to give information to her husband., sheen she found there. The prismier had got there heron' her. A complaint of what happened was made to the husband. Ten nl i 0000 tea only had elapsed from the lirst discoveiy that the prisoner was the iota utter into her bed. —She followed the pa isoner, mid kept I in sight until hr wean into the oast.honse Where the husband was. The latter was asleep when his wife came, and had been thinking at a 1111 l se. She then told 11..1' husband what had happened, and that site believed it was the pri soner from the colour of his amuck frock. Mr. Justice Bayley then slimmed up the evidence fur the Jury. lie onset - red that the statement of the prose ix was very extraordinary, and in souse partirti:arS, I very suspicious. 11r, however, should not himself gave any opiitioss upon the case in poi n t of law, but slieuld lease it as a matter within their pint er pa °since to determine. The July deliberated a few minutes and found the pri soner nut guilty. 'the Assizes voided about three o'clork. Sentence of death was passed noon ten ropit ii runs lets ; butt none were lilt for execolion but Rohe, t Oat Ile', fur stabbnig Cain Owen, oldie Selisrupliess, and Salida, tee wan abuse meutautied. POLICE. CoIIFOUNDING FELOMY.—A ptivate hearing tock place on Tuesday, before Sir G. Fatrant, at this office, of a ease of the above description. As it will shortly be brought before a higher tribunal, we email avoid any thing that might tend to prejudice it. and merely state the outlines. it appeared that on the day of Mr. Hunt a hest procession a gentleman named Cotton, who was robbed in Pall Mall of his watch, and two meet (one a noto rious character, named Marks, a Jew), and the other named Martin, were taken into custealy, but the watch was not found upon them I Mr. Cotton, however, and the e.enstablea who took them. were positive as to their being the persons who committed the rubbery.—A bell of indictment w s peeferred against them ; but in the interim Mr. Cotton lead his watch returned, and he, together with the constables, gave such unsatisfactory evidence before the Grand Jury, that the bell was thrown out. Sir G. Flamm, who was on the ileuele let else Session,, seaspectel some thing wrong, and directed another bill to he procured. This second bill was round; Marks and Martin were convected awl transported fur Mark's wife and Martin's sitter now came forward and accused the three constables concerned. Taylor. l larri•e, and A Ilingsby, of having accepted money to the amount of 161. to proem() the throwing out of the first bill, tend that to obtain the conviction money, they gave such testimony on the second as induced the Grand Jury to find it. Mrs. Marks swore positively to her leaving paid the above aura into Taylor's hands. at the Jokier-de- les public house, Hounds• ditch, tend elartin's sister core oborateel her testimony. Taylor a First denied leaving been there, but ou the landlord of the how.) stating did lie saw lOW there on the evsning in question, he then acknowledged the filet, and said he lead been requested by a M. Houlain, a friend of Mrs. Marks, to go with them, tor the pur pose of serving a Bench weerrant in that neighbeurbood. and that he bad no doubt it was a trap laid for him by the Jews to get him there, in order to give a colour to their charge. Taylor and the either two constables solemnly declared they lead never received a earthing, and that it was a mere conspitteey against them on account of the evidence they gave. Sir G. Mutant thought, from the prevarications of Taylor, and the whole appearance of tee case, that it required furtletr investigation. The constables were ordered to find bail.—Mr. Isaacs attended for the eomplainants. A daring attempt was made by the re4tliteCtiMl fellowq, Oil saturday morning last, beiw, eu the of twelve and hue o'clock, lit the burial ground of the p .rl,ll (.1 Si. Lambeth, Surrey ; but the str..et 11111 l ematriy gave the alarm to the sex oil, who, withion 10.. of lion, went to the ground, without 10. of hate. w..att to the gamut', wuU every hope of taking Ilona; icllutvs, but they, having imuttaium, made a preCivi;3lc relteal, leas lIIA behind them the Imideturnts for th,tr purposes, namely—two ba n s, p-3, Iwo stiovrls, Due iikarkel T. tit ink, mid the other shovel one, and a purse halter.