The British Press; or, Morning Literary Advertiser.
London, England, 1808-08-09 00:00:00

SALISBURY; AvGusr 6.

On )londav, the to:Una-ft •f the As.izPs for tho
county of Wilts commenced he, e. ertgiet
causes were entered, and that which AIM considerld
the iuost important, (Lterietvol, Ea.l. r. (:reamig')
being so action fur stressmss, alleged to have bees
atteudecl with many circnm•tanc.-s of * most ag-
trio-uteri wore, went eff tor went of • sufficient
at tetedanea of Special Jury oven. North", E.g. v.
C--iiigtoti, ',entered for a Sperial Jurcl, mad V.
c. Lester, *ate Loth withdrawn. The others were

anaefended actims of debt, or of ***Wm orlualil-
tasiiiteresting. • • ..
The node of the Nisi Prime business was ended
a au • -4ireurvoss Monday. ;..,
At the Crown ikki, Voir* Barret wali indicted
,fee styaling • how., the property of Himont
gar, encL•sas found goiliS.---AMIAL
sionjninisi L3n,strect. indicted for stealing a
hot!e from the 'door ref the 'Waggon and Hermit
Inn. at Se • .4.ton. wasaiso &mid peaty—Death. .
Elisabeth Padlock, tried fur breakniK Cato the
house of 'Robert Young, of Ciarriiihs, perNou
Wig therein, and stealing direr* goad* ;. um& Sa.
ate likorrog, for enteisug• the dieser-roma of
'Cootoica Neat; at Orerton, end seeding a quantity
*mean mkt:spore!, were both tenni] guilty—Death.
• irilrrom 011 kin *as cuseitieilof straiiug an iron
beta and senttekced to be imprisoned one month, sad
"004
TlioasKSrelky, corpietaal of stealing a peck of
tacit, runt other articles, iris sentenced' to Le iimpri-
moat our soe* •
Stelohew Swollen and Mario Lampert!, ehar4eit
with ditfrrent olfevicim, were tried and acquitted.
Ne hill was found' &Kansa • Elizabeth Lanham,
Win had beuu accused uP studio, a silver :Toon,
ate.
'rim capital convicts were all reprieved.
On 'Wednesday the Jiplos set off front this city
*r Dorchester. to hold the Assixei'for the county
NO Daniel, the commission for which. WAS °pencil'
that evening, and the business crintneucel the next.
morning. Eleven MUMS were entered, but of theise
two were referred, and the records of three MO/
mithdrawn. only cause that excited the tweet
paldic attention arts that of

mizawatie w inecnfor calm. owl. •
The Plaintiff is • surgeon and apothecary at
Aingwood.. Lite defendant ( \lr. Charles Finch)
has recently opened au Asylum for Lunatics, at
Moor-Towle, very near Ringwood. Immediately
els his settling them, he became eery intimate with
the Plaintiff and he mad* use of this intimacy, ac-
*cording to the statement of Mr. Casbenl, Counsel
for the Plaintillsto rob him of his wife's affections,
and to Jo insittha greatest injury in his power. lie
proved the necessary facts by the evidence of the
Vlainfars servant boy.
• Sr. wade a most eloquent and witty
speech foe the Defendant, detailing various facts
reprove that the Plaintiff had not been deprived
• if 'illy very valuable article in that portion of his
wife's affection which he could have lost since she
lad betbote acquainted with Mr. C. Finch. The
Jag gave a verdict for the Caiiitiff—damages 31.
It was a inaiJen assize. there liking no capital
• Oserviction at the Crown Bar.
Soh, Peerce, a g5-psey, only 15 years old, Win
baits reed or Ntealii4l a vhdl out of the house of
. Green, at Kingston, in the Isle of Purbeeis,
twist was sentenced to be transported for seven pers.
is toe •linitaisco of the determination of the
to punish, as severely as possible, all dere-
.
on the unproteeted property of the roar,
ander the necessity of leering their dwell-
. very slight?.; fastened, whilst they are engaged
tip the harvest field, and other avocations.
• Flory Tress, msristed of stealing two bottles of
eider • wine from the direlliarbouae of Mr. IS'ag-
/WA at Oridport, was also sentenced to seven years'
Alifieepsraseien. Airy Leff. her accomplice, was
beilledieed Is be imprisoned sis months.
Glestiifis drencher, for stealing a silver spoon ;
•tiVals Pomp and 71ete, for stealing a pound
One • loaf el butt leather, were each sentenced to
tepear'skard.lateser.
Allis Woodward. charged with stealing some
beast and iron wheel% front a manufactory, was
' And we bill was found against Fourth Wil-
iam., charged •with having. on the esth .of No-
Aingolos, rwahcioissly stabbed Richard Ed-
- Awswisi with a dirk, at Weymouth, with intent to
sativiiler lief 610110 tiemry Cooper. charged
with hairin;; uttered a forged note, purporting to be
a wt. auae ottiray and Co. bankers, at Crew-
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