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London, England, 1858-07-22 00:00:00

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JOLT 21.

The beat... of thereinto for the county of Ban com-
menced this mernadi ; yr. Justice Willem presiding in the
Crown Court, sad Yr. Baron Braaten at Na Prins. The
canes list contains an entry of seventeen cases, two of which
are to be tried by special juries. The gaol calendar contains
the names of sixteen prisoners, but the only serious can is the
Devon= murder.
kir. Judas Willa, In his charge to the grand jury, made
particular allusion to this owe. Hamad thanks meet serious
case in the calendar was a charge waist a sea awed Broils
Mewed, of having mon:heed a pcilkanett mimed Clerk twelve
years ago, sad the came, so far as the 'videos, was apaosreed,
wen of a very peculiar character. He had read and re-read
the depositions most attentively, with a view to ascertain
what the theory of the prosecution was, and what was
the evidence in support of that theory, and It appeared
to him to be this :—A woman who In 1848, at the period
the murder was committed, was the wife of a man named
Page, who appeared to have died in tB4B, now came forward,
nine or ten years after that event, and stated that the pri-
soner, George Slowed, her husband, end some other
were the parties by whom the policeman was murdered twelve
years ago. The statement appeared to be to the effect that on
the day of the murder, the 28th of June, her husband came
home, end in consequence of something that occurred, she
expressed her determination to go out with him, and accor-
dingly she accompanied him to the house of the prisoner
Slowed, who was at this time employed as a honehesper to
• farmer in the neighbourhood named Britain sad that
Sterrett roads • proposition that be and her husband sad some
other person should go to his master's house and steel
acme tarn. She then stated that they proceeded to is
for that purpose, and that she was le outeide to wa and
upon her giving an alarm that Clark, the
man, was approaching, her kambead mad
went out gad stacked him and • artedetell
This was the sot sad sabstease of the statement
made by the Mimeo mined to sod they would see, when
they ems M kers the odor eviler* hoe far it seeented
with it, medi Ida thapine when the dead body was actually
lamed It sneered that this woman was silent until last
yew, whim die emit • communication to a woman I lei ng In
tie woe adObeadteed sad she repeated the story a
tend thee boa, eel the teaur Blsweit was then taken
tate 1111Mely, sal emeitted woo the present charge. A
good Yards tad would neceemarilty arias
ipso eff thle No length of time, o course,
weal wipeout dash& sualer, sad if they should be of
spines, open ell the hen an time VMS evidence of the
aosesal Omer bating essindded the crime, he would still
be eneseabie le the *doe of the country, and it would be
ads Any le rim • Itim hill ; but when it appeared that
the dory was net hid inatfl after the lapse of many years
hem the tiktig plebs, they would all nanuelly
leek `w iff three wee ray eerroberative testimony to show
the wash of the leery. If they should had that there was
as eddies* to swarm the Metimeat of the agates, it would
be he them them to coesidur whether they could place
entire relleinee apes her veracity, and if they should be of
Vtthee her names could be relied upon, or
t wen anlimed to say saint, they would, of
coins% set pat mop to the ahi. There were
other iseitern lawarer, ramme with the witness
la gasses to which he tit called upon to direct
ark ettentlen He led thistly told them that it appeared
to Ali din was ao aorrobastloa whatever of her detri-
ment, sad II eppeavad that while she wa ander erose-exatni-
mesas biro the megbasiss, alba was undoubtedly labouring
under dillseent balleminattons. Ose a these hall noinations
was ON elate kr beeteara dna the had repeatedly seen
his sheet, sad That abs was, in fad, eseetantly haunted by
Wend. She also stated that she had seen a Bre-engine Is
her non, end that the seiglebeans doddered that en was
apt he nadar in her sad. She likewise appeared to have
said that when she set down to her victual., a devil used to
some end est her food. He thought it right to call the at-
tention tithe grand jury to them circumstance", and die to
as additional fact the* the witness appeared to be miler
the impression thee Biewett had taken awe 14 10e.
of her hadmad's mosey, and that she to enter-
' ten sa to he against him on that acereat. They
wield, Mawr, so doubt look carefally at the whole of the
seldom that wend be laid before then, and If they skald
be et opiates that the petty jury were not likely Si wade,
the prisener, ha thought they ought net to fad the bill; but,
on the ear had, If they ahould consider the endwise was
of amok • nears that the petty jury were likely to omelet
the passer upon it, it would then be their duty to return a
nee bill end have the natter fully Inquired into.
The grand jury In the course of the day NUM Isla mown
with the bill against George Menet for the Dagestan mur-
der which they returned not found.
Baron Bramwell disrobed of soma common jury noses
but sone of *ma furnished any materiais fur a report,

MIDLAND ClRCUlT.—Liitcout, Irty 21.
Tb. Hen. Sit William Wlghtnian arrived In Lincoln by
the 12.40 Midlands endure, m Nottlagbetn, and was met by
Omega Neville, Esq. j the High therlff, the City Sheriff. oed
theme/al retinae of avelin men. Hie loniehip at once pro-
ceeded to the City Seatione-houes, whets the omemiseion for
the county of the city of I.incdo was opened. There Wog
no primes, for trial Ms lordship briefly add:egad the grand
jury, sad a pale of white kid gloves, richly ornemented with
the city aim, were presented by the City Sheriff. In the
City NMI Pries there is but otie cense for trial, li.,
01.11 S v. Orsatbasa, lying an actlc for Mel or slander,
brought against Thomas Cireettutio, Neti , of Statalleld-bell,
near Wraeby ; Mr. Oreethous being the agent of Major Sib-
their, M.P., and other killnenttal
use In the county.
This WA le looked f retied la with a messidereble degree of
Interest, but the ques.be will only tem before the court se
cote of assessment of damaree. The ealeedar for the cam
is moo booory, nor are the offences of a wary serious character.l
Ihe mart was Amused until to-moolor ot 11 o'clock.