The Express.
London, England, 1850-08-01 00:00:00

ASSIZE INTELLIGENCE.
HOME CIRCUIT.--34.tmetowE, JULY 31.
Clown Ilift—Breen Ma. hones Ems.
• PRRIORY.-Bainsires
Clarks Allon, who was emmisted in Tuesday of perjury,
was brought up for judgment,
Mr. Justice Erie, is passing enteaft, told the defftdana
that he had bees sonneted of a very serious offtnee, is hat*
log "Wally given Islas 'widens' before the Often, Coon.
Courts of this dactiption were of a most salutary sod useful
*meter ; but he was afraid, from eireuestasers that had
MSS to kw Imo +ledge, that the of eass of whisk she &breeding
had been convicted was eas of very frequent oessnenes is
them, and it weirdest that It was calculated entirely to destroy
their wiliness, end also the nor &broom of the public
in them. When, therefore such an *from wee emir
brought home to the patty accused the court had no altars',
tine in the 'escudos of its duty to the public but to pass a
severe soutane. His lordship tees sentenced the defeadast
to he transported for seen yean.
RSTURNINO 7101 t TRANSPORTATION.
John Griffiths, 23, pleaded guilty is a charm' of being
solawlrd at large is this country before fte period for
which head beau sentenced to tftneoortation had expired.
The primer was in the hulk. at Woolwich ander a sen-
tence of transports:ion for fifteen yen, when he and another
convict oontrived to maim their escape. The prisoner's one-
penion was taken very soon afterwards, but the prisoner
managed to make his way through Maidstone to Chatham,
where he was ipprehended by Thomas, one of the °Mons of
that town.

He was sentenced to be transported for life.
SHOOTING AT WITH INTANT.
Georg* Dodsems surrendered to take his trial upon an
indictment charging him with feloniously stir otiog at Wil-
liam Walters, with intent to maim and disable him, or to do
him grievous bodily harm
Mr. Bodkin, in opening the case to the jury, said that it
was a prosecution directed to be instituted by the
magistrate for the county, and that the circumstances
ander which the act imputed to the prisoner appeared
to have been committed were of rather a pecu-
liar character. The learned counsel then proceeded
to state that the prisoner was gamekeeper to a gentleman
named Braddock, who resided .0:Bough:on Manehelsea,
in this county, and it appeared that while he was out with
' his gun in the day time on the Bth June, upon his muterhs
property, he bad reason to suppose that the prosecutor and
another man were engaged in cutting poles far cloth., pupa
from the plantation, and upon the prosecutor sunning away
from him and sodeavouring to make his escape, he very
rashly discharged his gun at him, and inflicted very consider-
able injury upon the bark part of his person. He said he
'relieved there was no doubt that the prosecutor and
his companion were actually engaged in the commis-
sion of some such illegal act as that which was me-
ga eel; but, although: his was the use, it was no justitice-
lion for the prisoner resorting to the use of such a deadly
weapon, and although the circumstance might possibly
operate in the way of a mitigation of punishment, he ap-
prehended that in law the prisoner was amenable to the
present charge, and that if the facts were established, it
would be the duty to return a verdict of G, illy against the
prisoner.
Willie's Welters, the prosecutor, who was brought from
gaol, where it appears be was confined upon some other
charts., was then examined and he deposed to
the facts as stated by the learned counsel. He
also stated that being deaf he could not say
whether the prisoner called out to him I times
to stop before he fired, but he said that when he was
wounded the prisoner came to him and expressed his sor-
row for what had happened, and he got a horse and van to
carry him home.
In answer to questions pat by Mr. Deedes the prosecutor
said that he bad been convicted summarily six times for
stealing wood, and be bad also been convicted for stealing
turnip. and cabbages. The prisoner bed not been iestrit-
mental in procuring these conviction., and he did not know
that he had ever seen him before the nay in question.
Mr. Desch, at the close of the case for the prosecution,
submitted to b s lardship that the prisoner was justified in
the act be committed, as it was the only means he had :o
arrest a person who had committed a felony.
The prisoner himself addressed the jury in his defence,
and said that he had no idea of shooting the pr.secueor
until he found that he could not get bun to stop. He
thought he was juwified in apprehending him for stealing
the wood, end when be ran away he called out to him
several times to sop, and when he saw there sou no other
chance of taking him he fired kin gun at him.
Mr. Braddock, the master of the prisoner, said he had
beets in his service all his life, and be considered him a most
trustworthy and humane man. He had g e I charge of
his woods and other property, and the prisoner also filed
the oMee of constable of the perish.
. . .

Mr. Justice Erie summed up, and the jury fogad the
prisoner Guilty, but recommended him to mercy.
His lordship then said that the circumstances of the case,
and the law applicable to them, wero so peculiar, that he
should consult the Chief Baron before he dscided what was
to be done with the prisoner.