The British Press; or, Morning Literary Advertiser.
London, England, 1814-09-10 00:00:00

CHIPSITR SUMMER ASSIZES.

tcoutinsirl from 4.er Paper of yestenily

John Parker, a labourer. iron Disler, anti a
most ileplorableslouking object, was imlieted for
stealing twenty pieces of calico, from the bleovh-
;vs tttttt lo of Janice !Pahl, at Stoteport, (Hi the
now gof the wthof July lasts
%Valiant Murray, a soldier, in the 84th regi-
ment, 1011111 he net the Prisoner mi the morning of
the robbery, about two o'rloek, with a suck on hi,
head ; on witness also sting hint, to know what he
hail got, he threw down the sack, and ran MI.
Murray picked up the sick, and its content), which
were producen, and smre to 411 Court, 1111111 &m-
-sited them in a Wave of mroy ; afterwards saw the
Prisoner in custody, and swore to the identity of hi,
person.
The Prisoner denied the ellarge ; but was
gridig, alnb semi-need two years' hard labour au tha
[loose of Correct 1011.

John Bourne, sgill 33, a joiner from Bartlnno-
ley, was convicted of sty:slit% two oak boatel., fmw
the tiniber-yoril of John I lortoa, of I huhu* ttttt in
%blew employ he Inrincrly wits.
lle 'blended the wicit of einioloyinent, nod the
satire uF h., wife anal family, as the mo-
ther which impelled him to the commission of this
crime.

The Lear►►ed Judge, on pat.:dug windier, told
I he Nt Dot calr•►t mw Merry, ii 3 lie hail bz.feis
tri►tl tni► or thrice for in senior crimes.

Ile was neiiteneeel to pay a tine of lixlienee, atilt
he unatil two years in the I louNe of Correc-
tion. to hu I Inhotir.

Gror;(r Part, an emaciated and wretched look-
ing menthe:ant. of fifty years of age, who de-
scribe,' himself to br a rectifier of spirits, from
Maidstone, in Ketet, was iielidassl. for assaulting
Aim Postles, a Voting girl. fourteen Sears of age,
at Whaternit, i.s this comity, ens ly me Ilse morning
of the 4th of July hest. and taking front her person
one heabit-stmt. two Intelkerehiefs, two jugs, &r.
The girl states!, that oa the above morning., the
Plimmer met leer lav the sidle of the canal, that he
took intle..ent liberties %did& her for some time, seal
afterwank forted her clothes over her 'wall, steed
threw her into tlw ('usual; she called to him to
take larr out, when ha• told tier to t• drown and lie
11---41." She afterwards extricated herself, and
returned to a person naseeed Salo ttttt whom :.Ise lead
seen fishing in the Coned fill her way 31111/11L!.
Sillllloll was corroborated the testi-
snom of the girl, me far us related to his having,
seen lwr pass hien, and the state site was in on her
returo. Ile sent in seam+ of the Primiewr, from
the girl's tlesentatiote, and took I • into custody
the Aim,- sttertindies, and conveyed him to Alithlle-
oea h. On lair way, the Prismwr asked witness
wind le halal taken him into custody liar c satin,*
replied, her robbing a yowler w 1111 l an, and drowning
her iu the (741801. Prisouer replied, tt Cod forbid
Ar should be drowned." The girl, on seeing the
PaiMiller at Illialdltsvich, identified his person.
The larisontr made a loug, and rather ingenious
derelict.; ;mid part of it war glide unconnected
ta ith the charge in question, but delivered very col-
anal tolerably correct, for a person in his
situation. Ile totally denied the cluarge, mail stated
that !poverty alone prevented his bringing forward
witticism, to prove an alibi. The trial taus delayed
souse time, in order to wait tlw arrival of a travel-
ling tinker ak.4l his wife, wlio slept its the smite room
with tie primmer, at a ledging-room in
Jlidtlle-
wich, amid who, lw stated, could prove his being in
lied at the time the stated the otletwe to leave
been INS 'tied. These Wit 1110164.4 at length le
their appearance, meal John Boswell, who culled
I • self as brazier, from ',Manchester, was first exa-
mined; this witness wu. so extremely sheaf, titat it
took a consideraltle time to get answers to the ques-
tions which were put to hiau ; and he contradirted
I • self in almost every instance, itartimilarly with
restwet to the nights the prisoner and himself slept
ita the house at Ilidellewich.—The wife of this last
witness was next culled in, and although not deaf,
her evideeice dia. equally edentruelectory.
Sir Was. CAkittni addressed tlw Jury at some
length ; be strong' inferred the guilt of the pri-
soner, anal noticed the contradictions in the t.% idetece
of the tinker and his wife.—Verdict, Gad/Fp—
/Mak

The pri,oner again solvmaly timerteil his *amt.
mace, Mull tears, mai ',aid he hhould he a Ulla-
derv(' lams.

The iiroseeittnx was nuked, !Previous to the coin-
nteiternient trial, a Iwtlwr she knew the na-
ture of• an until, or WIM'tIM•i she had ever reee;vril
any religious loostruetion ?--If we nuiltratood her
rightly, vise answered etch illocution in the negative'

TIIVItbDAY, SEPT. I.

Rirkard 'rfttriher, aged :10, a quarry-man, from
Marv, Lancashire, for stealing shoes; and Nomad
lharstarin, a;44-41 44, a sailor, front !Inuit, Sower-
aehliire, for stealing bore harness, &e. to pay a
fine 4641. and lw insprisoned in the [louse of Cor-
ni•tion to hard labour six adelidar nunitlis. Neither
of these cast% presented any thing worthy of obser-
'otiose.

Prier Frank, agesl IR, a Mack sailor, from 1 fah-
fax, America, mat italscted for stealing a siker
watch, and a arions other articles of weal iisg apparel,
belonging to different persons, is the dwellisig-house
of Niartlas Crouchley, publican, of fligher 11.11lton.
—The prisoster was taken to the house of MN.
l7ronchley to sleep, by .taines Shaw, a datum'',
and dtctimped early next mornitig, with the !bru-
ised% laid in the itmlictutesit.
Vreststii and Riley, two constables& of Liverpool,
limed the apprelwitsion of the prisoner there, with
stoles, hsrope•rty in his itosm:ssion, which he was of-
les ing for sale.
TIN• prisoner tnade a rambling' sort of defence in
which lw charged Shaw, one of the prosecutors,
with an attempt ►o take improper liberties with him.
This charge was scouted by the Court, and after
an impartial sit g up by Sir W 11.1.1 AM CAR-
RUN. the Jury returtted u verdict of—Guilty—
/Petah.

George Gerald, :wee' .2e t, a labourer, front
Christie-too, wate troll for stealing Inn calves, the
property of Thouu►:. I.augdoll, aho identified the ►n
by purttrular marls, althooLelt tole y' 111011 bevel stolen
kt considerable time. The imesereetor could not my
ealwther the cable, were taken oat of his held, or
lertleer they Nati strayed front thence; they were,
busever, trltced to the Ila►scsaiun of George Gerald,