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flounce the awful sentence of the law, which is, " That you be
taken front this Court to the place from whence you came, anti
from thetice to s iplace of execution, and there be hanged by the
neck until ye be dead, and may the Lord have mercy on your
aoala."
The pristsners being withdrawn, the Court adjourned about sit
o'cl-ck to Thursday, Feb. lath.

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SURRET SESSIONS, TVISDAY, JAW. 17.

Several eases of traverse were tried during the day. The only
trials to which any interest attached were the following ti

A NURSERY TALE—FAMILY JARS.
Chart's Dent,dale echurthell and Pa:vibe/1 his wife were in-
dicted foe having assaulted Mary Ann Wilson on the 3d of October
last.
Many Ann Wilson, the pmeecidrie gave along statement, from
which it appeared that she was one of nursers-maids who were
I. care of the children of the derieidants. On tbe 3d of October,
in a partition of cakes between the children, the prosecotria called
one of the boys " l)orald." without the usual prefix of '• 3biatati"
The father being within heisting, proceeded to the nurstry4=l
and asked, in an incensed manner, how she (the prosecutris)
to speak to tine of his children as if thec belooged to a sweep. !le
added that she Ilea '• tl—d impudent," that she was only tit for
a pot-house. did not deserve wages, and thrust his fist into her
fact. She ran to the kitchen In a terrified state, and fainted. While
in the faioting state bar mistress entered the kitchen and inundated
her with water (a pail and a half). When the prosecri'rix re-
covered, a closure who had been sent for prescribed Weeding the
*ruler vein. but on the determination of her mistress not to allow
Jeer to remain an the house during the night. bitt to send her home
-VS her friends, he did not perform theoperntion. While she we
gating against the staircase her mistress desired her to go away.•
Abbe accordingly with the assistance of the other servant. reached
' home • was obliged to consult a doctor on the following day=
Nod ntll to her bed for some days, and unable to work for s
peeks.
Louisa Dawson, the fellow-savant. was present at the nursery
squabble, but though she heard the words alleged to have bees
used by her master respecting " Master Poruilii." she did hot
pbstwye any stamping of feet, nor did she see him push lihshrod
Pup the prceecutrin's face. This witness admitted that she also
e warning to quit the service. hut that she was. induced to stay
iyt
an increase of wages. In regard to the conduct of her mistress,
witness did not see her do any thing with a malienant intentlem,
though she cast the water in great profiution, she removed the.
hes from the eket, as much as the hurry would admit.
A (Victor who attended the penserutrix on the d•fi of Charities
provesi that she had fever on that day ; but wits not positive that it
proceeded from previous 11l treatment.
The Jury found the husband Charles Dimsdale Colidtbell
Gedlig, and acquitted the wife.
The Cnatamax directed that he should pay a fine of Gs. W. to
the King.

PATROL VIGILANCE.
Betrjeonitt Joiner was indicted for an assault committed on Upon,
Reed, on the 24th day of October.
Irm. Reed proved that lie was proceeding on the night of ARP
day in question through Southampton-street, Peckham, waiting
fur some comrades, when Its was accosted by the defendant, whdfs
a patrol. To a question from him as to the business of the pretests
color in that place, the latter answered that it efts no affair Of hit:
The preserumr, however, expressed his inclination to mentiMo
borders, when the patrol seized bins by the colter, and vehement),
threatened to take him to the watehhouse. The mu-cuter harrno
objection to go quietly, hot or being violently shaken by the patrol,
he entlessoured to extricate himself. The putrid then struck him
tower blows with a cutlass, two of which merely cut his hat (which
was produced), but the third severely wounded hi* head. On the
prosecutor calling out murder. ids friends interfered, and rescued
him from further violense, at the expense, to one of them, of blows
with the cutlass nn the back of the hands and on the forehead.
which was cut through the hat. The prosecutor was himself quite'
sober at the time, but one of his companions was a little intoxicated.'
lihs pranteutor was attended ky a surgeon, and could not return to
his work during three weeks.
Thos. Cones was one of the persons who rescued the prosecutor,
from the violence used by the patrol.
No defence being made, the Jury gave a verdict of Guilty.
The Citatnxsu in passing sentence, adverted to a written state-
ment submitted by the patrol, from which it appeared that on the
night in question. several riotous proteedinge had 'wearied previ-
nus:y to the meeting with the prosecutor. The patrol c reeiyed the'
proses-tm to have been concerned In the preceding outrages, and
acted ands that impression. The Chairman having observed on
the difficulty which frequently existed to disnrimirate the innocent
passenger+ from those who were guilty in such cases, anti being at
the alms time of opinion that et perioo so treated as the prosecutor,
even under such mistake, should be vindicated, sentenced the pri-
soner to be contieed for three calendar months in the common
poi of the county.

STA FFORDSHIXE SFSSIONS.
(From the Stefordehire Adverther of Jan. It]

UNPARALLELED BARBARITY OF POACHERS.
William Thomor, alias John Finery, alias Hirst Parneir, and
Rukrt Wood, two young athletic men, were indicted, under an Act
passed in the (.7th year of his late Majesty, for entering a cerealn
wood in the township of Bentley, and parish of Wolverhampton,
belonging to Lord %'iscotint Anson. between the boon of Mk in the
evening end seven in the morning of the 29th November last, armed,
with intent to kill game.
The Moguls? circumstance of on aged female forming one of a
small party on the night-watett for poachers—her intrepidity on the
°Milian...4W bloody and brutal ennduet of the poachers.-rend the
very narrow escape pith lite of our of their victims, gave to this
ease a degree a greater importance and deeper interest than any
Mbar which engage) the attention of the Court.
Mr. rivaact.t. briefly stated the main facts of the cane, and then
called
Mary Pinnett, a woman advanced in years, who deposed an fol.
lowa r "1 r -iber going with liu,inind, Nicholas Pitmen,
- 'antes Bon!.

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