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Rebecca Hrsybi t. _ plaintiff
ie April laid. On the Stlt of that month the defendant came to my
masters house. A conversation took place between him and my
master; nrj.rtiistiellf was present. The defendant said. "I am
come for thy steer." My mistress acid, "You are not to have it."
Its said. "00 tell me when it is, and I'll run the hazard of
irking it." She refused to tell him. He called her a bad
'ads ; when my muter came and took hold of him by the collar.
Ida said he 'had bought the steer, and paid for it honestly. The
defendant answered, '• Yo'.l never bought lt, you stole it; and you'll
be ta'en up f6r It before to-morrow night. You're a set of bad
eats altogether." •
Mr. evankr,.on behalf of the c'efendant, made en objection to!
these wordy **log taken down, sa the latter part of the expression
was not mentioi.ett in the declaration.
Sergeant YAIICIII•W--Oh I never mind. if we were to set
out all your bad words the pleadings would cover a cathedral. (A
laugh.) •
Witness—Nothing more was said. The defendant had been at
the house before, and had examined my master's cattle at his own

• request.
Cross-exaniined—My master did not mention the name of thel
person of whom hi had bought the calf.
Several other witnesses were examined, who proved that the
plshsdf purelswied the calf at Rirton fair.
dlr. Liana t errntended that the circumstance of the plaintiff'
wit intimning the defendant of the name of the person of whom he
Wight the calf afforded a reasonable ground of suspicion, and
ins sutfcient to justify the defendant in the course be had pur-
sued.
The Learned JVDOE, in summing up. observed. that as the dc.
fends t Ned not attemp:ed to substantiate the charge of Many,
the Wei ofjwstifiesition must be abandoned. That plea could only be
considered as an aggravation of thi original offence: for it wan
lair :sa'.ble any Jury could have convicted the plaintiff ou *tech
csjeenee as bad been Nickell by the arose-examination. The
Jury would, hhirrev, award such moderate damages as the case
reirtirett.
tie Ju►y found for the plaintiff.
TRUILIIDAY, JULY 21.
CROWN SIDS.
Before 31r. Justice II oxitoTet.

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• William Wright,aged 32. , was capitally indicted for the wil.
1W murder of his wife, on the 4th instant, at Great Grimsby, in
this caunty. •
Rniizrt Hill examined.—The prisoner is by trade • hairdresser,
4tiireat Grimsby. I was his assistant on the 4th instant ; it was
eq Monday. He directed nie to go to the White Hart Inn, to
rims a gender:lan's hair. I went, but found there was no such
pram at thelmt. I then canoe bock, anti remonstrated with the pd_
poet fin having sent one on such an errand. I conoidered it dent
as a joke upon me. Some wonis ensued between us. The pri.
eline:'o wife was present at the time, ironing a frill. The prisoner
took up a pale of scissors, and terid he was going to cut a gentle-
man's hair—he was herr/are diunk and sober : this was about three
o'clock in the afternoon. His wife turned round, a, d requested
trim not to go : she was standing near the door, and there was not I
rceOrn for the prisoner to pass without tourhtngther ; and he put out
1.3 hail, as I thought, not in a maoner, as if he meant to hurt her,
bat only as if he intended to put her out of his way. She imme-
diattly rook hold of a hlnnfieT, and struck the prisoner over the arm,
and he tteqvientsway as if nothing had happened. lam sure the
damned was pushed fret before she took up the harmer. I did
sot hear her say anything to him. She immediately went to a
chair, and said she was very much hurt. I asked the prisoner if I
taught send for a ilOCtOr ; he said I might it I pleased. The de.
roamed bled very much., and appeared to be dangerously wmindeel.
.Ithe.) went up to the prisoner and raid, " Wright, you have killed
your wife." He said, " I hope I have not hurt her." Ile kept
Walking up and down the rOOIO titres or four time% and Said,
" You had better get a ductoe." Apparently he snuck Tier an inch
er two below the navel. It aria done with such scissors as we are
in the habit of :sing about oar business.
. Cmas-reemined.—The pnaonse had the Willi/MI in his hand a
rainwear two before he andved his wife. It appeared to be merely
*rade above, to put her (2tfof the way.
Ann Masan (*mined. ant the wife of Salleuel Mason, of
Omit &Amery. 1 reme beteg, on the day et the murder, in
i• 's house. 1 did sot hear the quarr,dl between the pro.
and
hie wife. I was at that time attending outside of the oner
het% 1 elenld ass tale it. 1 eau the primer take up the
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and The eaml, and the last witness, with whom the prisons
disputing, went out of doors. The prisoner went after
'I then said he would beat him, so that he should not be
again. The prisoner immediately returned to the
• his wife, as if he were going toetrike her; but I
he had the sensors still in his hand. She was
e near the window, a very little way off the door.
iuse when the prisoner came out; Ids wife was
e prisoner's way at the time, nor did I see her
any thing to oppose him, nor did she speak to
see him strike his wife, but I observed she was
called to me to catch hold of her. The blood
almost front the bottom of her body. I took
put her hi a chair, and a surgeon was sent far.
lamed again, and said, " Jly dear, I hope I hare
This was but a very little while after she had re-
lic then °aired to kiss her, but I put him away,
do it ; .uport whirl' he left the house. He was in-
time. The blow was given on the Monday, and
on the Friday.
examined—l live at Grimsby. I remember the day
... when I beard Robert Hill and the prisoner quay.
standing at my own door when it took place • it ad-
vice.' house. I heard Wright call Hill a thief. The
then said to ber husband " You ought to be
-It; bat your tongue is no slander, who is It that
I don't recollect that she said any thing
prisoner made any reply. I immediately after
that Ann Wright was stabbed, but I don't
saw the prisoner about a minute after thrown
theca. said to him.. " You villain, you have
wife." lie answered, " I'll give you as much." He
df scissors in his nand at the ttine, but I did not observe
earcomb. Ile appeared to be drunk. I did not go
s said be had nothing to ask the witness ; he did not
at be ever used the words sbe had mentioned.
Lambdon, surgeon, of (treat Grimsby, examined—ln
•ce of what I- heawl, went to the prisoner's house
• week. I saw a' bustle of people about the door,
'men in the house, and a wounded woman. I or.
out of the house, and then I observed a quantity
the tinter. Ann Wright was the person who was
: was sitting in 11 chair when I entered, and I lifted
and found a wound by the side of the abdomen; in
about the place of the wound. there appeared to be
It seemed to be a stab, as if made by a ;air of
scissors were shown to the witness, who thought
been inflicted by such an instrument.) There
/ violent hemorrhage, but it appeared as if it had
suppressed. I attended the deceased until she
on Friday last. I afterwards opened the body.
not more than ball' an inch deep, and about a
h wide. I verily believe that the wound was
woman's death. I have not the least doubt in
The dash was occasioned by internal he-
said he would leptliis Case to the merciful consi.
court.
• witnesses-were called to.speak to his character:—
r, Ag sherh: 'a officer, examined-1 have known
'ell for seven or eight years ; never during the
heard any thing amiss of him. His manners
rays appealed to me to be very correct; but when
,It seemed to deprive hint of all power of self.
town clerk of Grimsby—Had known the prisoner
was a man of weak understanding. but net
inhumanity in his general disposition. .11a
boys tease him without his attempting to beat aey
.;nor then addressed the Jury.--You are Ise.
prisoner on a charge of murd,r ; but he may on this
be found guilty either of the capital crime or of the
manslaughter only. This seems to be an unfortunate
as having taken place upon the sudden ; but the law
- prisoner, without provocation, or with provocation
lifted the wound, with intent either to kill or to
bodily injury, that would he murder. If it did'
in blow was given by malice preconceived, but In
of blood, then the prisoner would be guilty of
. Itut, should the prisoner merely have meant
at of the way, without intending to do lite any
. would be purely an accident, and he must be ac-
appears by the evidence that the prisoner was intoxi.
time; intoxication, however, is oftener an aggravan'
extenuation of an offence. Rut it has been sworn that
whe,n in liquor, was wholly unconscious of what lie
'utterly deprived of all self.contrOl. lf, then, you'
hat the prisoner was intoxicated at the tiene•of the
menet, that would reCM to negative any malice
his part, for some degree dl' reason appears to be
mind's premeditating or purposing to any act.
consulted together for a few minutes, and found a

"lily.
was again indicted-for, manslaughter, but the Conn-
.osecutiou &Tinned producing any evidence, and the
Will accordingly cliscisarged.
wretched man had %Seen scarcely liberated whet he uttered'
it, was immediately seized with a violent convulsive lit,
removed front the Court in a state of insensibility.
if these Assizes terminated to-day, and the Leaned
ty this afternoon for Nottingham, where the As-
ty will commence to-morrow.
prisoner left for execution is John Roite, convicted
robbery. This man was a soldier, and he bore the
marks of a hardened villain. Be appeared wholly
vt the awful sentence of the law being passed upon

INQUEST ON THE CHILD SENT BY
YE SOUTHAMPTON COACH.

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eight o'clock, this investigation was resumed for
Mr. Higgs, the coroner, and the usual number
to house of Mr. Sambrook, the Regent Arms, in
/au:hall-road. It will be recollected, that on the
which the inquiry was held, it was resolved that a'
ns should be forwarded to Mt. Lyford, the surgeoei
:ur, requiring his attendance in London, to explain. if
e mystery the affair was attended with ; and yesterday
man arrived, and was in attendance before the Jury. •
particulars of this extraordinary transaction have been
published, we will now only give the following additional
oniony touching the subject in question.
Mr. Henry Lyford was then called in, and said that he did not
receive the first summons till two days'after it was returnable, which
WAS the reason he did not attend the last inquiry. Ile then stated that
about two or three months ago, a ;Mrs. Sturges', living in the
Church yard at Winchester, engaged hitn to attend her daughter
Jane (who WWI pregnant) in her confinement. He, according to
his engagement, attended her on Monday, the 4th instant, and she
was safely delivered or a child ; it was a large healthy infant, but
he could not now state on oath the sex of it, although he noticed
at the time. When the child was born, he gave it to old MTS.
Sturges'', and the gave it to a girl named iopp, who is about IV.
The child was in excellent health, and cried very mu:h ; and on
his giving the infant to its grandmother, site said, " I was In hopes
it would have been born dead." About two hours after he was
called to Miss Sturgeas, who he was given to understand was very
ill ; be attended directly, and found nothing particularly ailed her ;
and on going oat of the room, the old lady followed hint, and said
the child was dead. At his ergots( he saw it; and on his express.
ing his surprise. she said it died soon after its birth. %Vitness
did not think the child had been washed. (The child sent in a
basket had not been washed.) Ho suspected it was a male child,
but cannot say positively.
The Coroner here informed the Jury, that since the last investi-
gation Mr. White, the Magistrate, had laid the affair before the
Secretary of State, who lied written to Winchester, desiring an
immediate investigation there into the affair, and in consequence he
had received a packet from Mr. Newbold, the Magistrate, inclosing
the depositions of several persons examined before him, which he
would read, and they would then act upon them as they thought
proper.
The depositions were then read. They went to prove that in
metal conversations the deponent* had with the mother of Miss
Sturgess, she detetibed hee infant as a fine boy. The father of the
child, whose name is Herbert Drown, was also told that Jane's
child was a boy.
The Coroner remarked, that after all they could not trace the
child sent to London ro the woman Sturges'', although the pre-
sumption may be strong against her ; yet he considered that if they
returned a verdict of murder against Jane Sturgess, she would
never be convicted.
Mr. Hult, the 'urges'', said that he was with Mr. White, the
Magistrate, when he waited upon the Secretary of State, who ex.
pressed his opinion that he feared they would never be able to
trace out any thing here, whatever might 'be done at %Vitichester.
The Coroner said that no proof could be obtained of any female
child, having been illegally obtained as a substitute for the one sent
to London. This the Jury would weigh in their minds before they
found a verdict against the young lady.
Juroe—There ate two circumstances that act very strongly
against Jane Stumm, which were, that the partly owned the
apron that die child was wrapper(' in ; and again, Mr. Lyford de.
Blares the child that he delivered her of was very large, and the
ooe owned by Jane Sturgess, and had been exhumated, was a small'
eoe.
Mr. Lyford maid he saw the child that had been disinterred. and
did not consider it to he very small, but whether it was as large am
the uuc he delivered the woman of, he could not take upon himself
so say.
The Coroner said, that whatever the verii:t of the Jury might
be, the bus:ness would not be dropped, as the Magistracy at in.
cheater had received orders front the Secretary of State to prow-
cute every inquiry possible.
The Jury then deliberated, and after some consultation returned
the following verdict .1--t" Wilful Murder against 'tbe person or
persona unknown." •

We underrtand, from authority, that there is no founds-
tion in the report which lately appearell'in the Maaehrstrr
Guard: zn and other papers, that it was the intention of,
John Elael'ourne, r.sq. one of the Representatives for the
county of Lancaster, to retire at the approachi;ig general
election, and that the Chancellor of the lExchequer had
been invited to succeed him. On the contrary, we are
happy to learn that Mr. Mackhurne will again offer him-1
self for the honour of representing his native county ip
Parliament, where lie has already nerved so many years
with such distinguished ability and general satisfaction.—
Liverpool Courier.

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RAIMPAIRO.,_-_____ - - , --- - 'AIM ' scissors and the eolnl,
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• iiimisdahlwe. jacket ea, and that a seem, by the name of Bell, was I hail Mee disputing, a
/111116111aahtdays wino knew the sow bin). Hill then said I
....._ amowa.niata imaiehmdl-1 ego at des Rising Sun public-house able to get back again
as eimmiseididtir Joao last. Pekoe's was there, wise asked me house, and ran at hie
I lama the salsa whey toss spading outside of the win. did not know that he 1
t boar 1 taw him by_aldite but did not know what they ironing at the time no
Ms..: The peke lam liblhd toe buying a horse of him. I went into the house
Kromair
dia walla lb liaison, that the mats name not standiug in the pr
strike him, or do any
ibis UM** ONO 111 the hint. I did nut see
emeaseeeielPrijeif of the tripww,— / was bleedieg, and she call
ellheirri lAilhislirealdi the aII ii e before Thiene Fair- et
Briggs emoted to. proceed all
awe bspmemil to have boa drinking ; he was very fresh. hold of her, and put I
balm suss iment. Whip I got into dm soon', I found The prisoner retuned
bid with his dist aff, drunk, and asleep. I got not hurt you." Thir
nom la abe madam and Brig" was tuen lying . ‘-,ived the hurt. lie
. ' ilia ds him, "1( you are for Thorne Fair, it w.d he did not do it
lill=ttsdlieddsr •We went to Thorne together, and we Pocketed at the Ulm
to na naming. An.) Wright died on
• asiiiialln imp.' a in. Vine Inn, corroborated ;be testi_ Susannah Grey era
!le of seventy. The question was, whether or not the plaintiff
am, of she • edam. 'Tim distance from Stockviiih to Gains. question, and whet
ia • ode& Tits priapism was so drunk t hay I was yelling, I was standin
gist him to*. ;inns the primmer's ht
by Mr. Wets=—Did the (Thome hare any Prisoner's wife then
lierildal=fee =mod . o .etod to this question. est-mond of yourself -)
you will Mk slander i
ARM selitinieftizietitlaaart over.ruied the objection. -. else, or that the min
A gradrebild as this estenpied. the ume of the heard come one aal t
Cadet fernisie Ike ro bead: Theolijoet orthe defendant's Coen. know who it was. 1
eel alp.
_whomithet primer wee so drunk as not to be Mee to '°,.ut..,.,ar his tou'je-,I 1
r • MOWS SC hour Miss to the place where the horse was stolen. taill°' your wife." I
Thdeaused los' the Seemsation endeavoured, on the other hand, had a peer df scissors
to show that. the primer:was not drunk, and that he did, during that he had WY with
ebe that be was worsoeili lobs at the Vine-Inn, gu to Gains. into „the htntae•
lid
sad hack agstoi sotto is was then that the robbery was Tneinimmct said
red by him. recollect that be eye:
Learned- Jtypez-ilwaresd that the ewe was one which de- , Mall lAmbdon,
ti
on th/Prilele gam* the Jury sisseld ere w the difffrent onmemeice of wits
.- TN maims aecrionts, however, _ tie prisoner had lilt_
_. AlundaY week-
Ggiven as to...their in which he had posisealna of the on° °event' women it
, thiert great - 1 oils hiving am liwassffr by it. If derail the people out
tin Jury
_should- th •
Slat the prima Ilid set actually steal the of blood upon the
bone, Ma =must acquit 1111, illas be amid& be liable to wounded. She was
be again In for the oTestad et ado ie id, up her clothes, and I
Itesseseiso, widtinAring a;:le MO gairptill Ad eg. the lower part ; &hot
111:41alki:te. 1..
_rwair.
is
. ~ •
• - but little blood. It
. missies. (Tile eels
is 411.,101f., ertleredvldiwoe bellaloioalltaillw idebiente. the wound had hat
be Ira P..- 'eying Imre, odes omit es nee allandl Mtn bad been a eery vie
84046'01mM been suddenly bum
. CIVIL SIDE. .. • died, which was on
..•,- .. , Helen A)r. Justice Pees. . The wound was cc
... - .temoexit V. SAIXDRIDOZ. quarter of an inch '
This watts baron to recover compensation in damages from the cause of the v:
the clef far certain defamatory words spoken by him of and world that It was.
• eaneendnit - plaintiff, and which were calculated to injure his nmjrhaffe%
etal
&headier. e dtfendan had enure I a plea of jusithentloo on ilie prisoner said
derattem of the Cour
the iimoril,:theAy undertaking to prove that the words spoken
were Mut. " .w._. . The following wit
Mr. Sergeluil-Vatelnau
.sested the case to the Jury. He ob.t Chutes Nainthe.
the prisoner very we
served, tbaiitlee', seldom occurred for him to represent a grosser,
whole of that time I
a more agftwelieg cue tit a Court of Justice. The plaiquff was
• farmer of gemreespectability, living at Triesby. in thlstoenty, -.and disposition alwa
-who hail few se years been tenant of an extensive estate be- he got a little drink
longing to th lof Brosalow. lie was • married man, had control.'
IdAal
a large fail y, and until the accusation made against him' by • George Babb. tow
Me defendant,,had, bah unimpeachable. In the course of his several Years- Ile '
guilty of the least
business he atom • fair held at a place in this-county called
..ICutitto, itheitfie bought of a person, who wee a stranger to "d often seen bola
lam, three "tette calves. The purchase took place in the open of them.
fair, and the beasts were driven home to the plaintiff's premises The Learned Jut
trying the prieoner
by his sermeft, in the middle of the day. They had remained in
the piaintirs pomertion from that tune to the present, without intlie,ment be found
any attempt •mt-his part at concealment. It seemed that the de- offence of nianalatiel
fondant, oboje_ii firmer of considerable property, haring lost, as transaction, as herr
is, that if the prix
be represeoteff, a half, and understanding that the plaintiff had
purchased some cattle at Kirton, he went to the plaintiff's by words tmle. iii
do his wife some be
-house, and" Charged him in the presence of all the servants
eildi being :the thief, A charge of felony thus boldly and not aprear that the
sampectedlemeile, struck the
to
with astonishment ; a momentary heat 0
inanalaughter only.
sad anxious, above all things, to clear himself of so dread•
ful an Impufatioo, he offered every means by which, to 10 Push his wife our
harm, then it woul.i
disprove the imputation ; and to satisfy the defendant that
Mt accusation was false. He showed the calves to the de. quitted- It apnea,'
gored at the time
fondant, and adfteed every possible means to mertain the name
of the insliyiirsalT, bt whom lie had bought them ; but unfor. lion than an extenui
ornately he mild not succeed either in finding out the person: the prisoner, en 1
or in tenimring the defendant's etornicions, who pentated in mak. did. and was utter
fog the eqerge. snit bad the plaintiff taken before a Magistrate; should believe that
unfortunate occurs
but .after is dippeilion was received that gentleman considered
aforethought on his
the thugs so utterly unfounded, that tie immediately dismissed
necessary to the min
k. 'Purposely bent, however, in working the most serious in.
jary to lb. plaintiff, the defendant resorted to other measures The Jury consul
against Min) but in doing so he had unwittingly destroyed the verdict of Nit Gnil
criminal cheracteeof Abe charge ; foe he sow turned round upon The Prisoner was
mail for the prosecuti
Sleeks
liatiff, aml sued him for the value of the calf in the Court
of efts- Ertitib. b step as this altogether deprived the dee prisoner was leer'rdi
f of the pellet to maintain the plea which he hid put upon The wretched ma
the record, for the Jury must know, that • civil demand was a Inuit scream, was
always merged *te criminal charge. The defendant, how. and he was remove)
The business of t
ever, not aware of} this piece of law, or. at least. determined to
show hip titter' ens-regard for all the rules by which charges or Judges left this city
this, sMotialcind, ppght to be preferred, had even this day re. sizes for that county
the imputatbn, and aggreested his offence by pretend. The only prison
o ecnneXtrward to prove that which he must be conscious was
Tof highway robbery
. a and .nuidfess calumny. Such a case as this was very de- characteristic mark
Medi froxp tho-se thin were the result of ill.humour or me.
eery pesekm, rind required a Jury to visit it in a very different him.
unmoved during th
stelai the millions the defendant. If be had, the law should RESUMED IN
been en(orcecrirminst him. In short, the issue to-day was, .
f
THE
whether er tidt thetaintiff was a Moog whose proper place was not
• .}lll Vrtn:2lnalined by
whose
r
ikie character,y
honest man.tue tainted,
O'ach wwaseetleieeeqhueeestfone-
e plaintiff, ehovld prove that the calves were purchased by him Last night, at el
of jurymen at the
Vau
the. fourth time by
- jury had teal rido, He Olt. Sergeant Vaughan), on the part
Reg n . .
li 'rum Fele ; that they were in Lk possession several days before
defendant even spoke of his having lost Ma calf, and that Sur. laat-eeltet-niitnToF'n aril
second summons at
ilmethat time thqbeast was kept in an open place where any person •,,„d
. Ilidephetiave seen and' recognised it. Haying proved this, it sceourheur,
th ne
!.. would remain for-
thOury to determine the degree of compensation ,11,3,:il'en; e nif3tel
due to the plaintiff -for the serious attack which had dram been made As the emeeteeelit
par Ica .
upon his character, and which, if not resisted by their verdict, might before published, r
yet work him a moat irreparable injury. testimony touching
Rebecca. (bribe examined.—l lived as servant with the plaintiff
Air. henry Lytu