The Express.
London, England, 1847-08-12 00:00:00

WESTERN CIRCUIT:—BIunswATER, AUG. 10.

Csowe Coese.—Bekee Chief 'mete Wdde.
EXTEAORDINIAT COSMOS OP PEILJURY.—James Cave,
aged 19, a soldier in the 66th regiment of Foot, was in-
dicted for wilful and corrupt perjury.—Mr. /thin (with
whom was Mr. Kerslake) stated that the primate stood
indicted upon a charge of perjury, committed from the
basest and most sordid motives, to convict an inneeent man
of a crime which was punishable with one of the highest pe-
nalties of the law. At the time of the offeree the prisoner seas
a labourer living at Coombehay, near Bath, but had since en-
listed as a soldier. In the autumn of last year he resided with
his uncle Thos. White, who was a farmer, and also tile land-
lord of the Anchor Inn at Coombehay. White was a mem-
ber of a society for the prosecution of felons, and en Monday,
the 30th Novemberlast, he went to Mr. Weston, the ;secretary
of that society, at Bath, and stated that on the 27th Nevem-
bee, one of his horses had been killed, or so maimed u to
render it necessary to kill him. In consequence of this
interview the following handbill was issue d and circulated
about the neighbourhood of Coombehay, on Tueeday, the let
of December
Society for the PrOPeCUt iOll of Pelonn—Malicious ernlty.-131.
Rewerd.—Whereac, on the night of Priday, the 27th November In-t„,
or on the following morning, a bores, la • stable, belonging to 2tr,
Thomas White, of the Anchor Inn, Coombehay, was maliciously
wounded in the head, supposed to have been (low with a pickaxe, of
which wound the animal his since died. A spike nail, seven inches
long, was found in its stomach. Whoever will eve -nth information
ae will lead to the apprehenaion and coovictioo of the bartarons
offender or offenders, shall receive the above reward, I id. of whirl
will be paid by Kr. White, end SI. an application to Mr. Veda s.
secretary to toe society.
On the 22nd December White went before a magistrate,
and produced the prisoner as a witness, to prove that two
men, named Robert Belding and George Ceamtnn (the
former being a nephew of Thomas White) had killed his
horse. The prisoner gave his evidence, and thereupon
Beating and Campton were apprehended and committed for
trial at the last mem at Taunton. The principal evidence
in support of the charge was the prisoner's statement, which
was to this effect:—That he had worked for Lis uncle (who
was also called as a witness) up to the night of the 27th
of November, when he was discharged ; that he went
to Bath on the same night, mad. . satuessil
Coombehay at one o'clock in the morning. He was
within a very short distance of his uncle's farm
when he saw Dealing and Compton (both of whom Lad bee%
previously in the service of White) go into the yard. It.
watched their movements, and observed them enter the
stable. Dealing having a pickaxe in his hard. One of the
men then said, " Mind, we'll have the Colonel" (the Lame
of one of the horses.) Whilst they were in the stable, he
(Csve) heard the trampling of horses, and as the men were
coming out (about ten minutes afterwards) Dealing robbed
something off the pick, saying at the same time " The
Colonel will not be much more good to Lim." They then
left the premise!, and be went and concealed himself under a
straw-mow in his uncle's yard. He afterwards entered the
stable, and saw the horse " Colonel" kicking and pluegiog
in great pain and agony. He then returned to the strew-
mow and remained there until three o'clock in the mmning,
when he went home, and told big father that he had ewe
Sealing led Compton do something which would go very
hard against them. He did not heweeer say ichat he had
seen, nor rid he mention the circumstance to las uncle until
the 22nd December (three weeks after the eradication of the
handbill). As a remelt for not telling his uccle t efore that
day, he stated that he left Coombe-hay on Monday, the
30th November, and did not return until the 22nd Deer tuber.
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