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London, England, 1819-03-13 00:00:00

CHARGE OF MURDER.

The Grand Jury threw out the bills ag3;nst three
persons, named John Alines, Corbey, end
7'imoilly Hammond, committed on a charge of aid-
ing and as»uttug Samuel Pratt and William nu..
wer, who had been cir.ivicted mod execiited, in a
murder committed about four years race, upon
Henry Trigg, of terden.
Thonifts Gray was convicted of burglariously
breaking into the dwelling-house of William Staggs,
of IVrittle, labourer, and stealing therein 33
gorineic., 94 Italfi.guisieits, and time seven-shilling
piece', which were in three purses, locked up in a
hutch. The Priotecuior left his house between tour
and lire o'clock io the naming, and his wile
having ovra-ion to go out about nine, the as.
trued all her doors. She returned about three,
and found the back door had been unfastened,
by making a hole io the wall with a plough
coulter. On Krung up 'tries she found the hutch
had been broken open, and the hags and money
were missing. The Prisoner lived about a quar-
ter of r wile from the premises, and had been
ploughing in a field adjaceut the cottage, and as sp.
geared on his own confession, made fully before the
Magistrates 3t the Shire-11411, having hem! that
Stagy kept raoticy in his house, it struck hint that

be would entlearour to otihill it. VIP erilirnr e rear-
et! 111111r11 111K/11111e Pri.imire+ colitelotopt, wh,(-11 ..';u4
first simile to Mr. Itedcer, the colout4ble of Writ-
he, to whom he grove directions where to hut) the
money, which was, as he dei-crilnol, hid under the
stump of • willow tree, ntiont two tielils from
Staggs's house. Two, s, veil-shilling pieces only
were ;dwelt', one of which lie ark oars, loalgeol to have
parted with nt Shaw's erook-•loim, in Chelousfoota, nod
the other at Mai ilia:l'n, the clothier, oil the 'nine
town.

The Prisoner, a healthy lea/king farmer's servant,
mule no &letter ; hr eJlletl Nly. 1 larringtiiii Hod
Mr. Joseph Barker, two respecraltle farriterl, at
Chiguell, who gave him a good character to the pe.
nod of the burglary. The Prosecutor, Stagg., also
very humanely begged his Lortlalrip would have
mercy.
The Jury found the Prisoner Guilty,
The Learned Judge desired that Staggs might
have his money, arid told him that lie hoped he
would make **better use of it,
John Bickntore was convicted of stealintr, at
Ballnigdon, a bay mare, the property of Air..l4llllles
Parsons.—The Prosecutor missed his horse in the
morning after it was stolen ; and it happened ra.
ther unlucky 1.,r the Prisoner, that on that day,
tieing at ivsyrich lamb fnir, with a view of string
her, he offered the mare to Alr, Cliiik, lioc.es
dealer, of Halstead, who was the very peistin of
whom the Prosecutor had purchased her. Mr.
Clarke, after some conversation. recognised the
animal, and took the Prisoner into custody.
The Prisoner, in his defence, denied havin4.aid
the mare was his, hut that it was his father's, and
that lie desired hint to sell her ; lie afterwairls said
that a gentleman asked him to sterol the wire
in the fair, and if price was demanded to name it.
The Jury put no confidence in the defencl, and
he was found Guilty.

William Mann and William Lart!ham. two re-
spectably-dressed oven, weir c.sericted of rirealisig
two sows and fourteen pigs from Mr. Samuel Brad-
brooke, of Great Horksley. It appeared that ilie
Prisoners, the former a blacksmith, double the age
of the other, who was a wheelwright, had been seen
near the spot from whence the.piLre were stolen a
short time before the robbery. The principal evi-
dence was Mr. Benjsmin Harebell, of Woodharri
Walter, who stated, that on the trth of Februaiy,
the morning after the pigs were stolen, about 1(.;
o'clock, the Prisoner, Man,,, was (hiving the pigs
past his house, when he asked if they were to be
sold, and Mann answering yes, they dealt for
one sow fur 3/., but Burchell, having some suspi-
cion that all was not right, refused paying until he
was told from whence the swine were purchased.
Mann said they were all bought of a farmer near
Tiptree Heath, but could not tell the name ; and
having afterwards prevaricated in his tale, Bun:hell,
with a resolution that does him much credit, told
the Prisoner, that unless lie gave a better account
of the manner in which he obtained the he
must take them both before a !Magistrate ; but
Maim, appealing to Lordhain, said that they
were bought and paid for, ai.d at the same time
told Lordliam that be should mine In oo harm,
as lie would clear him.--Mr. William Monday,
a blacksmith, at Stratford St. Nlary, knew
who had worked for and gave him a good
character as an holiest, sober, and steady person:
a similar character was offered for Lordham, by
Mr. Samuel Stannards, carpenter ; the latter said
Loreiliam was particularly constant in his duty at
church. They were both in receipt of good wages.
The Learned Judge observed to the Prisoners,
that they had *tole, a descriptiim of property which
was unprotected, except by the indiction of punish..
meat ; and ha-I not the fair character, and the
recommendation of the Jury hail their weight, lie
should have felt it his duty to have sent them out
of the country, by ordering then, to be trasisport-
ed. It was a very prevalent off.nce, and must he
put down, by visiting a severe punishment upon
those agaiiis! whom it was clearly made out. The
prisoners, his Lordship observed, were not driven
by necessity, as they had opportunities of em-
ployment, and plenty of floury at the time of
the transaction. They had been driven from one
falsehood to smother, and it was to be lamented
one crime introduced another. It would he Ulm-
tier, continued his Lor(•!ship, if not marked by a
just paiiiishment. If while in confitiemesit the Pri-
soners looked hack, and conducted themselves as
they ought to do, those who recommend mercy,
might reduce their time cif confinement ; by a me-
ritorious conduct they might secure a remission of
the punishment, iii hopes that their time weverM
hereafter be better employed. His Lordship then
sentenced the Prisoners to two years' hard labour
in the House of Correction.

On Saturday lust a numerous Meeting of Protes.
tints took place at Cork, tor the purpose of peti-
tioning Parliament to remove those disabilities under
which the Catholics labour. It is stated by the
Cork Southern Reporter, that this assembly was
highly reTecorble, and the residuum's in favour of
Emancipation were unanimously carried. The Pe-
tition to this effect, uu the motion or the Rev. Dr.
AUSTEN, was adopted without a single dissentient
voice.