The Express.
London, England, 1847-04-05 00:00:00

tats Intelligence.

JUDICIAL COMMITTEE OF THE PRIVY COUNCIL.
Preormt Lord Brougbao.„ lard li.agdale, Lord Campbell. and

Ex PARTE SIDNEY STEPHEN, ESQ.—RESTORATION TO
THE ROLLS.—Their lordships met for the purpose of deliver-
ing judgment in this case. Lord Brougham said their
lordships had heard this case at great length, the particulars
of which it was needless to go into. They gave great atten-
tion to the documents and the whole of the matter alleged,
the more so so it was ex parte ; and they endeavouredlto dis-
cover upon what grounds the very severe sentence, striking
him off the roll, had been inflicted upon a barrister and at-
torney (fur he was both) so long ago, unhappily, as the year
1842 ; so that before the result of their lordships' judgment
could do him any good, five years of his suspension would
have elapsed, which was a very painful consideration, for
their lordships had unanimously come to a very clear opinion
that there was no ground whatever for the sentence. That
being the case, it was unnecessary to go further except to
express, what they all felt, very great concern that he should
have been kept out of his professional rights so long, and his
character to a certain degree suffering. His lordship then
ed to refer to some strong expressions used the
proceeded to refer to some strong expressions used frl the
judges below in the sentence appealed from; which most, he
said, have arisen from an entire misapprehension of the : case,
and the use of which their lordships lamented beaus e they
tended to injure the character of an innocent mu I, and,
because, sifting the case fully, there could not be th e least
doubt that there was nothing to support the dig htest of
them. It was, therefore, very much to be regret ted that
the court had taken the course they did in the cu e. And
without expressing any censure upon the judge.; for the
language they used or the course which dug pursued,
jostles to Mr. Stephen's character compelled them lordships
to say that there was nothing whatever casting e n imputa-
tion upon him. The sentence, therefore, must be, reversed.

COURT OF BANKRUPTCY.
Beam Mr. Orminemer nwilimpes.
A BANKRUPT Awroomist,--its. Odomlin, Wormy,
the alleged bankrupt is lin ales, was • well-known.
solicitor and money smut, megylag brims" as.
Carlton-gardens, who was OM allellbed IS • ateliense-i
This was a meeting for the lair of mapsos. Mr..
Columbioe had filed no books, sad bud slot as yoe sue.
rendered to the fiat. Mr. Osombionor Fonbiasqut
said, that under them ciermenenese bs would &Mei t
proofs, but the choke of anicama apt Oat sajoursir d
for further investireatien--,Ms • masker, not id
if he might be permitted te remnant lb. Column
—Mr. Commissioner Floahlestae : Conaialy tun Mr.
Columbine has not yet saTreedired to his lat—kta. M filler,
he the petit:Wain median, prayed for no ad pun,.
meat of this meeftm so Oa ground that no b Au, of
sosswas had boa .ftenhala. sod, therefore, it ,
melba orssalok vibe WM sad who were not e ma°.
added to ram agar* tbo Wats, so as ta,rmajalr them to
have a Tots la dr asks 1 ssigasea. It eau.,"
that Mr. Col owsd dab to wawa thou mom .
that tartlet had boss la la IlbM of depodgie
money with him for the orapaws of investment,
but is so books hod boon ,• nor
papas isikating ode
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titan, woad bis bagareilefiek Ink twoo-"Zirsa7
lido losdilses.—Mr. ssiwo
bow bon the learati woolbootawbat withal to
by as adjournment, filif 1111111.1111 &INV w.
more sopsuislly as ao boobs se pesos boss Itboos
w. the Maim.t and how did it boom that mita ark
an bowortsat Mobs to has own istasas, he we not To.
peolontod i *is court?—Mr. Cooks ail he bad bona Ite•
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moat widths. 101111•Prher• Puma ; but car vainly
in lingland.—The debts pm& fa tbs:esouse of the day
and to be about 1,11•91., owl &sr • Mohttiened die-
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only leneholder of the round, and building on it for the
purpose of selling, letting, ce mortgufing the isouses, &c., he
was
liable to be made hodumpt. On tho contrary, it was
urged that Mr. Stewart lei a right to build for improvement
en the land, so he held It G<Gp years, without being deemed
• builder, so as to be mob $ bankrupt.—His Honour was
in, lined to adopt this view side ors, but said be would take
time to consider his judgment Mr. Duncan new applied
for permission, should kik Honour's opinion be adverse to the
flat, for further evidence Ye be adduced, to show trading as a
deistsr and chaposan.-11.11 Honour said he could not mehe
an adjudication except on the evidence as it stood. He
could not take *sidearm plesesseale but if his opinion should
be conclusively spied dr Fame Gat another might be
sued out.

ASSIZE INraLLIGENCE.
HOME CIRCUIT.—E.INGSTON, Arum 3.
Caows ther..—Breces dir T. Wilde.
ALLIMED MANSIAVOUTIR.—CaroIine flat field was ar-
raigned upon the coroner's inquisition for the wilful mur.ler
of her illegitimate son, William Hatfield, by administering
to him a large quantity_ef laudanum. A bill for the murder
of a child described an William had also been pretvred before
the grand jury, but they ignored it, and returned a true bill
for manslaughter. The charge for murder was abandoned
upon an obj..ction taken by the prisoner's round, that the
child w..s improperly &scribed, and the ease went to the
jury upon the indictment for manslaughter. The prisoner
was a person in humble circumstances. and the had been in
service in the neighbourhood of L;mpsfield. The child in
question was an illegitimate one, and while she was in service
it had been placed out to nurse with a women
named Rice. In the beginning of February the
prisoner left her service, and went to live with Mn. Rice,
and, at this time, although weakly, the child, which was
then nine months old, was in perfect beaks. When the
prisoner came, she took the prinapal charge of the child, and
she was observed by its nurse, the first day she came, t
produce a bottle, which she said contained Godfrey's Cor-
dial, and administer some of it to the infant, whe very soon
afterwards appeared very sick and ill. After this the piece
ner went into the Bletchingley union workhouse, where she
remained a few days, and then returned again to the hnuse
of Mrs- Rice. The child then became more seriously
ill, and the medical man of the union, hlig. Thomp-
son, was sent for, and he administered a powder to
it, but the illness increased, and the child died on
the 18th February, and upon a poet modern examination it
appeared that the child had died of congestion of the brain,
which was the probable result of some narcotic poison, such
as laudanum, having been administered to it. It was clearly
proved that the prisoner had made three application. at dif-
ferent shops for laudanum, and, upon its being refused to
her at one of them where she stated tknt it was for her baby,
she went to another, where she said it was for herself, for
tooth-ache, and a small uanti was furnished to her, she
being at the same time in that it was poison. After
this, when inquiry was being made respecting the state of
the child, she went to one of the shops where she hod ob-
tained the laudanum, and asked the person who had sold it
to her, if any inquiry were made an to her having purchased
laudanum, to say that she had not. When she was ques-
tioned as ta what she had done with the laudanum, she at
first said that the had got it at home, and afterwards
that 'she had dropped the bottle out of her bosom,
and broken it. In addition to these circumstances, it was
proved that the prisoner on several occasions had said, that
" She wished to God the child was dead, for then she should
have a good home ;" this expreaion being supposed to
allude to a circumstance, which, however, did not come out
in evidence, that the father of the child had said he would
have married her if it had not been for the child. In toe
course of the cross-examination by He, Parry, who con-
ducted the defence, it transpired that laudanum sod God-
frey's cordial were sold at the different shops in the town in
common with grocery, cheese, de. ; and one of the ahopmen
said very innocently that he did not know whether they
kept prussic acid or arsenic, an well an laudanum,
among their articles of grocery. Mr. Thompson, the medi-
sal officer of the union, and his assistant, Mr. Tomlinson,
gave their opinion that the condition of the brain of the de-
ceased was occasioned by laudanum or some narcotic poison ;
but in cross-examinatioa by Mr. Parry, it was admitted that

other natural circumstances might hive caused the oarise sp-
rran, although they did not think it was probable.—
'arry made a most energetic appeal to the jury on be-
half of the prisoner, and commented in the course of his
address in most severe terms upon the conduct of the ete-
dical men, and their not taking any steps to rally the thlld,
although they represented that they were aware of dui =o-
pinion of its having taken some narcotic poison, and must
have known that the administration even of a simple stimu-
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last might have been attended with the moot beneficial re-
sults, and probably would have saved the child's life ; and
he then proceeded to contend that the jury could not rely
upon the evidence as to the cause of death ; and upon this
ground, whatever other suspicious circumstances might be
in the case, it was their duty to return a verdict favourable
to the prisoner.—Chief Justice Wilde having summed up,
thejury, after deliberating for about five minutes, returned
a verdict of Not Guilty.

, Lord Met Janice Denman.

•
DAVIS v. HERRINO.—FAIAR IMPRISONMINT.—The de-
fendant, who keeps the Half Moon public-house on the
Godstone-road, lost a valuable gold width, which was found
by the plaintiff, who, however, did not make restitution of
the article, although it appeared pretty clear that he must
lave been aware who it belonged to; and he assigned as a
reason for not doing so, that he should wait for the handbill
offering a reward. The defendant, hearing of the fact, went
to his house with a policeman, and he admitted that he had
had the watch, and that it was then in the possession of his
brother is London. He then went with the policeman end
Mr. Herring to the police-statlon at Croydon, where he re-
mained while the other two went to London and got pauses-
"ion of the watch, and en their return Davis was liberated.
It was 'for this alleged false imprisonment that the prevent
action was brought. The defence pleaded wee, that Mr.
Herring did not give Davis in charge, but that it was the act
of the policeman, and also that the plaintiff was willing. to be
detained.—The Lord Chief Justice left these two points to
the jury, who gave their opinion that Mr. Herring had given
the plaintiff in charge, and therefore that he was reopen-
sible.—The Lord Chief Justice asked what &mega they
gave the plaintiff ?—The foreman of the jury, with great
simplicity, said they would rather leave that for his lordship
to decide.—The Lord Chief Justice, smiling, said that this
was the province of the jury call.—They then said that they
gave him 40a.

NORFOLK CIRCUIT.—NORWICH, APRIL 1.
Clown Comm—Bede Mr. Jusohn Ocieddin
PATNSTALINO Foatwirg.—dared Hamad Barker, a
girl aged 19, was charged ad* hawks herd tea 61. notes of
its Beak of &Oka, the kldaViedliettl I wore proved:—The
=wbed elms time brk in the East ofEngland
et Hawke the ema 1901., which, however, by
enosewhe drafts, she had reseed to 161. While the balance;
to bar anew was of this mama she called one day at the
sad, lwadiag in a roll of paper which looked like a
ofbeak are% said that eke wanted to pay in a sum of
The sle k Yek the roll, and on examining it found it,
=ar kiss ral sad elaborate pen and ink copies,
h et
err Ayer raw, of Bank of England notes, the
elgestare of the rider being wanting. The matter was
aiskiemed to the merger, who at first thought that the
yebseer bad beat duped by some knave•, but, on being
swim to, she shined' the now, sad said that they bad
bar ghat lier lty
was
ahem sow elte would not
111111010. Aa errs was seat hir, the prisoner's at.
matt was soarelad, and In it tows bawl several parcels
of counterfeit Bask of England notes, papered in a manner
owner to that of these Ordered at the Beak, swot having
the stoat:us of the kiier imitated, owl ars wither it.
The amber of sill the soles was the err, sad at re deer,
brag near ape Blink wen ilear groare 111. so*
*fie WY eclair*ter4 w
the Wg*ti Item wIaM all the agia
lei bean nen. Oa bag embed why the bad made time
sena, the sad rot IMMO Gamey bed rade his mosey by
=F Me stre
wn ear sad ice did sot see why re
ar etre ry hy re sear. Mr. C. Cooper,
kw re den as esalanded that dras/ the pokers was hake, and
area serial el eases, who Erred to clammiest:or
whir tenni to raw that the ;parer bad bees bag la-
boring sere
r rieska. Mr. hair Coleridge barn left
It te e Jr, le era whether the grower was in a state
et mind that err biz ingembb re her aer, they
reered a rear etrasittei, ea re rear of larnity.
Pha pane.-11nnot the lard Mat Dann.
BACON IL ABDWTON.—LIABILITY FOR TERATILICLI
ADVBICITIMUDITII AND PLAY-BILLS.—Mr. Andrews, Q.C.,
and Mr. Mrs, wire emir for the plaintiff; and Mr.
Intieant Bras, Mr. nueat, sad Mr. Lore, for the de-
Student. nit as
progvas lesteght
the
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over the era 01111. A, dd., he abortimers of the
Norwich lihealsedem
gaoled la that paper bereft Nov.,
1346, and Jar, ad bier of the performers at that
theatre awls& the ears period. The defendant
pleaded the rear Wee. It appeared fraa the evidence
thet the rabonel, Ire bed liataly arras& the South-
aortae aril Whoreeler Therese Ira were, sad is an
selor 4 eaprellea or I perils* wee induced by a friend,
mho is rebates Of the skean theatres, to super
bird 6111 PNINNINISSI la than for the area of 1846.
lir drirdwat's segairmiseas was to be Altogether un-
rearreated ; the tagermais TAWS to be made to the
asoul the anger roger, Mr. OUNIINI, RN the Imes" sad
Mr. Challea as IN DNB% all re maw, to p =be
dishaseerre„ mad sewer to the lewd The
did net she any arras he the week Mae he the
rear, sad the ortellea ile divan vie Illmedwe,
whirr dehrlent had hid luntosit art to
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on wham
awar meat work night reason-
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bills arleirra the thearewee .mierthe etareed" st the
4eirdesi; rat the dehrhat hod preeillei 44841 Is be
leteareal le liejespillete et amererpeperes the
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widen armies nradeleme war the parr of a por.
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that be des had than et myna wed to the Isar. On the
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area *or as repine aril enaliresels bed been giro
ht..Oardow, ,
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ta rehear rr lever tar be eerreeed
thig, liars ; Set re eapesers " wear the aerear
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the ears *akin orM'irar,si
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woe indicted for having, on the 13th of February lest, robbed
William Munford of 271. The prosecutor, who is •
man far advanced in life, lives at Caistor, in this county,
in a lone house, from which a path leads to a tract flanking
theme, called the Mutants. The house is between four and
five miles from Yarmouth by the Idarkiame, and is distant
from the neat inhabited place, the residence of a gentleman
named Mower!, about half-s m:ale in a straight line, or, as
one w item described it, " athwart the closest" Mr. Fel
lowee has a chronometer of great value, from which he finds
that the time in Yarmouth varies about a minute, some-
times one way and sometimes the other. The clock by
which the proceedings in his household are regu-
lated, is always kept twenty minutes faster than the
chronometer, and thus a bell, which ouch day is
punctually rung at half-past 11. half-past 12, and half-past 1
of that particular clock, is in fact rung about 2if minutes
earlier by the Yarmouth time. The prosecutor knows the
hours indicated by the bell of Mr. Fellowes, which can be
plainly heard at his home., and he keeps his own clock ten
minutes faster than the bell, or rather than the clock, accord-
ing to which the bell is rung. On the evening of the 13th of
February, the prosecutor was without light in the sitting-room
of his house, which opens on to the path leading to the
MAASIRS ; a young woman, who keeps house for him, was
seated by the side of the fire, ha himself being opposite to it
with his beck to the door, which was, as he said, " on the
sneck." The clock had scarcely struck eight, when the door
was opened, and two men entered ; the taller, whose hat was
drawn down, and the lower part of whose face was muffled,
stood at the door, holding it ajar, and looking out ; the
shorter, whose face was blacked, advanced into the room,
seized the old man by the collar, and asked for " relief,"
for some money." The old man replied, " this is a mode-
rate country to come to for money, I've got none."
The shorter of the intruders thereupon threw him
down, thrust his hand into one of his pockets,
and pulled out the contents, which were only
halfpence. He then tried to get at the other pocket,
and, as it contained a parse with 22 sovereigns and a 51. note
in it, the renitence of the old man became more formidanlc.
The young woman, whose first impulse had been to light •
candle, placed it lighted on the table, and went to the as-
sistance of her master, shrieking as lastly as she could.
Upon this, the taller man advanced from the door, told the
girl not to shriek, as no harm was meant, kept her off with
one hand, and with the other either himself drew the prose-
cutor's purse from his pocket, tor disabled him from prevent-
ing his comrade from taking it. No sooner was the purse
obtained, then the two men rushed out of the hewn and
down the path to the Marhants. The girl, however, recog-
nised in the taller man the prisoaer, who had called a short
time before about some pigs; and the old man thought the
voice of the taller man very like that of the prisoner. In-
quiries were instituted, and it was discovered that the pri-
soner had been seen in Yarmouth at a quirter to seven on
the evening of the 13th of February, m a horse end cart,
with another man, driving in • direction that would lead to
the Maritime; and that at ten minutes to nine he went to a
public-how,* In that town, played at cribbage, was seen
there with nine or ten sovereign', although he had been out
of work for weeks, and paid for a pot of beer with one.
Mr. Prendergast, who appeared for the defence, con-
tended that the testimony of the prosecutor and the girl
to the identity of the prisoner was not to be relied on;
for that if the face of the taller man was partially concealed
by his bet and handkerchief, it was not to be supposed that
in such a scuffle his features could be recognised. He also
set up an alibi. The chief feature of the evidence in sup-
port of it was, that the prisoner was seen and spoken to at
twenty minutes past eight on the evening in question, in
the shop of a tobacconist at Yarmouth ; and it was suggested
that, as the whole el the road to the prosecutor's house
from Yarmouth by lb* Merhams is not passable for carts, it
was impossible that the prisoner could have committed the
robbery aftar \Mimi seven, and yet have been in the to-
baccerust's siageitXr. onth at twenty minutes past eight.
—Mr. Justine left it to the jury to say whether the
evidence Whist Awn that there was time for the person
who had committed the robbery to pt beak from it to Yar-
mouth by twisty nimbi pat skim ea the same evening
and, if so, whether rho primmer vse ewe of the men who
had committed k.—A Mad of away returned.—The
learned judge lid the pissaer that, as he had not been
guilty et any wragly or brutal violence, the punishment
shouM be ha severe i pskt of time than otherwise it would
have hem. The sesemes was, that he be transported for the
term of ten years.
No. Put i s.—Before the lard Chief Baron end a special jury.
ANORRSTEIN e. TR/ MASTIR, FELLOWS, AND SCHOLARS
OP CAM COLLBOR, CAYBRIDOR. hforms.—This was
an issue under the Tithe Commutation AM. its object

being the determination of the question whether an
ancient farm In the parh et Westing, called " Broom-
hill Farm," was liable to pay tithes in kind to lb.
rector, whose appointment is in the defendants, or a farm
modus of 40s. in lien thereof. The evidence for the plain-
tiff; who is the owner of the whole pariah of Weeting, showed
that for a period of more than sixty years, ranging over fair
incumbencies,
incumbencies, during which tithes in kind had been paid to
the rector for the rest of the parish, a modus of 40a. only hal
been paid for " Broomhill Farm," which is a
hamlet of the pariah separated from its other we
by distinct natural boundaries; that the mosseadve
rectors had distinctly acknowledged the imiem• the
modal ; that the landowner had, on one
to deprive the rector of his tithe of hay, lalleMng.=
locks on to the Weeting meadows when ripe for the
and that the rector lad not even then ventured to
tithe of hay for the" Broombill Farm ;" and that ins terrier of
1784, drawn up by the rector, the churchwardens, and dues
of the principal Inhabitants, the modus as claimed wss set
out. For the defence it was contended, that, in contempla-
tion of law, the modes must have existed in the reign of
Richard I. ; that, in that reign, and up to a period not re-
mote, the " Broomhdl Farm" had been a rabbit-warren, scene-
times submerged by overdowiar of the ; and thaw
fore that • modus of 40s. per annual was • dllr=l to the real value of the land, u is be had irrie
The Chief Baron having left the issitheirgsthejury as a ques-
tion of fact, they at once returned a mast for the plaintiff ;
so affirming the existence of the mans.

OXFORD CIRCUIT.—HEREFORD, APRIL 1.
Both courts sat up to sir o'clock this evening, when the
business was brought to a close. Mr. Bajeant Allen left
about half-past three for Monmouth, to open the oommistion
there this evening. The last cue of any interest tried we.
Pre v. BISHOP, which involved only the apparently sirs-
' plc question, what authority a horse-dealer meant to convey
to his 'errant whom he was sending to • fair with some
horses, by directing him to " dispose of " as many of them
as he could. The servant, after receiving these directions,
took the horses, and exchanged one of them for a yearling
colt and a sum of money. The horse-dealer, on being told
of the contract, repudiated it, and claimed back the horse
from the purchaser. The latter refused to give it up,
and the horse-dealer brought the present action in detinue
for it —Mr. Sajeant Taloned, with whom war Mr.
Alexander, submitted on behalf of the defendant that the
plaintiff had clearly authorised his servant to dispose of the
horse by sale or exchange, and therefore that the contract
was valid.—Mr. Godson contended that the plaintiff au-
thorised his servant only to sell the horse, and not to
exchange hint—His lordship said that an authority to sell
did not imply an authority to exchange, and that he would
leave it to the jury to determine what authority the plaintiff
did convey to the servant,—whether to sell for money only,
or to exchange.—The jury, after some deliberation, found
that the authority was to sell only, and returned a verdict
secordingly for the plaintiff.

MONMOUTH.—Arius 2.
Mr. Serjt. AIM opened the ecouniesion here yesterday.
This being Geed Friday, their brdehips did net like their
date in evert dB tee e'dook. TM a,i laal bedews is wiz
beem
_wig le the dremileme wt
set bed en seedeas he the Zlilleldreinte
elhedies to the relies, es is the seam in dest
ether emeties ea Meat. Is the Mimi" time sae the
user ad aide Adam the ether ems
time ie sae dorm of emir spied a woman for murder-
kw Ire did. eel MI el imehngliter.
I Is de Mid Palm Churl there mire ty.....V=iter
whisk meg allied est et med. far were
mil the emeeth, whisk me the hat ii—egMre4 thine was
I no kind dialed&

WESTERN CIRCUIT.—TAUNTON, APRIL 2.
The learneoljnigis attended divine moire this morning
(Good Friday), and afterwards proceeded to their respective
courts.

r Mr. Julie CranelL

CRAROioi
WITNESSES MI Pl7l/U/LT.—Rabeft Besting and
Compton, two reepectablolooking men were indict=
maliciously killing a horse, the property oiT.Whiteratmo.
muter was a &noir and at residing at
and, according to his statement, he had four leoThe
his stable on the evening of Fridam the 27th of Nee-
her.em.l One of the mined. Ina Wiest," and an
the following corning, that home we. hod In
a dying state, from a severe wound is the Mad.
By the advice of a veterinary surgeon the horse was hared
and adamants opeasd, when a large epik. nail, sheet six
Yam in length, was found to its stomach.—The swam la
wilds It was sought to attach guilt to the prime, woo as
Mews :—James Cane, a nephew of the preessuter, end who
had, prior to this trmaaaceics, been discharged hem his sun
vice, was returning home to Combehey se the night oldie
nth November, between ten and eleven *Week, whet he
ism the primers does to the prosecutor's premises. Mink.
log they wen about to tesamittlii= ha courted
hissealleadsr ard, is order
to mule Asir meesnmede. Be saw the enlesse es
Ines the presseder's stela ; wed, es Om misted, Beam
took from mist his jas?et. e, mull Beet plea,
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[stating that if a large reward wen offered, the offenders
would doubtless be discovered) addressed to hiro,vrea written
by hiras -lf. About thirteen years ego, he had two horses
kilhst—one by a ball of sand and glass, and the other by
means of a knife. On this occasion, he received sabseriptiora
to the amount of 41. lth., so compensation for the loss. He
did nut kill those hero. himself. He once had a pea-rick
destroyed by tire, and be received 201. from an insurance
office, in consequence. He did not set fire to that rick him-
self. About twenty-five years ago, he stated that he had
been robbed on the Bath road, and the story was true. He
was once tried for an assault upon a female, but he was
" honourably acquitted." The horse that was killed
was not subject to a nomplaist called the " fret,"
a disease which produced considerable pain, and
caused the animals afflicted with it to struggle
violently. He did not put the nail into the horse's stomach
himself.—For the defense an alibi was proved, and it was
contended that the charge against the prisoners was a foul
conspiracy, bolstered up by fraud and perjury. The prose-
ester, having on former occasions obtained compensation fur
I the loss of two horses, thought he should be equally fur
Innate again. The h- rse had, no doubt, died of the disease
milled "fret," and the prosecutor, in order to make it appear
that the animal was killed, had himself placed the nail
into its stomach after death. It was proved in evi-
dence that the anonymous letter which the procecutur denied
having written, was in his handwriting. The person of
whom the prosecutor bought the hone, stated that it was
not worth more than 61., and it was subject to the fret."
—Richard 6mallcombe, a blacksmith, proved that a short
time before the horse was killed he made six large nails for
the prosecutor, and the nail produced was one of them.—
Other witnesses were called to prove that a few days after
the death of the horse, the man Cane had stated that he
wished he knew who had killed it, as a reward had been
offered, and he should have a good load of money.—A
wit-
nese, who stated that he was well acquainted with the ana-
tomy of the horse, said it would be very difficult to thrust
such a nail as the one produced down the throat of a hors?.
Witnesses were cared to speak to the general good character
of the prisoners. After the learned judge had summed up.
the jury, without hesitation, returned a verdict of Not
Guilty. His Lordship ordered the prisoners to be dis-
charged, and committed the prosecutor, with his nephew
Cane (who was now in the uniform of a soldier), for trial on
the charge of perjary. The trial did not terminate until nine
o'clock at sight.