The Express.
London, England, 1865-08-04 00:00:00

ASSIZE INTELLIGENCE.

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Osows Bas.—(Beim arcs Pigott.)
Stephen Winter, 33, a man dressed is a sake* frock, sad
haviog the appearance of • labourer, sunward to take
hie trial upon • oharp of felosiouly shooting at William
layered, with intent to do him grievous bodily harm.
gr. Thrum° prosecuted, sod the primer was Mudd
by Mr. Lilley.
The circumstances of) this air were rather penes!, sad
resembled ia some particulars that of Mr. Debsabam, who,
it will be remembered. was tried at • recent aesioc of the
Oentesi Criminal Houk for the orealaughter of a man who
was upon his premises, and whom he sword to be •
Weir. The prosecutor la • lebourteg mom and it appeared
that as easday, the 2nd of April, he aad earlier mu
awned Musday, who lived st AlderhUll. weal from that
plus to Teener" a vetoes abut 12 miles of, for the
of pee* watercress, sad about 2 o'clockMirm morning they west urea @Oar land beleagiag to the
primmer, wlr binomial fumes lame was • watercress
bed in the stream, and while the prosseutor sad his ooar
pubs were sageged is look's( for the arum, the primmer
mark his a armed with a doubleherreled gun.
Asearding the reicher of the prosecutor, when the
prisoner oases width' eight or else yards of bite, he celled
ea; "If you do sot stop, I will shoot you," sad at the muse
brut fired the gun, *ad the pessecutor wee worraded la
the arm sod hack and ribs, sad • girl mewl shots aid
slugs mitered his person, some to the extent of
sa inch and • quarter, and there appeared to
le so doubt that lie was severely injured. as prow
entire also stated that while he was a
sway, after receiviag the wounds, the priacusestid=
sot skip he would pre him the otherberrel. The prose.
miter and away were arceresamined at some length, but
they denied that they bed ever been charged with 'keeling
waterereare or any other are of filmy, sad the latter said
that the prisoner had frequestly seta him gathering WSW.
evensfrom the bed io question, and had Made DO Objefttioll
to his doing so. The prisoner appeared to have been ash-
segues* apprehended on a warrant, end upon the con-
stable telliag him that he was charged with shooting at the
proseeutersed wounding him, he admitted that he bartered
the gum, bat rid there were am shots in it, sad he called
lest le the men wend times Were he shot him.
Mr. Lilley, in the Mine of the easy walla prosecutor
ehreeleee he had sue ben easviated of porta,
Tho pressure said that he had sever been °Deviated
of that seesaw
The same who apprebeedsd the primmer said that he was
the wan of the land in question. and here • very good
ehatester for humanity sad kindness of disposition. He
she stated that the place was very lonely, and there was so
pelieeertioa within two or three miles.
After an esergetic speech from Mr.
James "rioter, the brother of the parer, was ex-
amined, an proved that they ocespied • cottage sad
small *es of lead, and that co several sessidcus they had
been robbed of the produce of their genies and other pro-
perty. Oe the sight in question they heard • sole. when
the prisoner got up and dressed Idnuelf, and wait down
into the =raw, taking the gus with him. It was se old
siaglinterrel gun with • flat lock, sad was and by •
boy to frightes birds, and he always told him to pat nothing
but powder is it, and the boy bad pat in the shot without
the knowledge of either himself or the primmer.
Baron Pigott having summed up, the ism after • abort
deliberation, returned a verdict of Not Guilty.
The learned judge told the prisoner to be very careful
how be need a gun in future.
The criminal busleses was ornialuad is the aftereoon, acd
It was then arranged that the whole of the reiates com-
mas-joy awns should be sent before BUM Pigott to be
disposed of. la several 0111141 the partite were sot ready,
aid they were oossequently struck out of the list.
TRIDIIOI{II e. urrwastL.
This was as action for medullar
Mr. Boast= was for the plaintiff. and Mr. Daly far the
defeadaet.
The parties were in us humble °Duda°. of life. The
*Anal was • yowls we're about 23 years of ego, and
lived with ber mother at Battersea, and °raised her live-
lihood by dram-making. The defendant was • carpenter
in the some locality, bat he had also, takes • small ins at
Weybridge ; and it appeared that the peas became err
sainted thrush the plaintiff being employed to do some
dray maetag walk at the boor of a relative of the defend.
sat. They seed to walk out together, sad upon see of
these occasions the deaden% succeeded in seducing the
plaintiff, sad the mieseqoame bed beta the birth of •
child.
Mr. Daly did not attempt to dispute the feats, but merely
addressed the jury ie mitigation of damages.
Is the result • verdict was returned fee the plaintiff with
75& damages.