The British Press; or, Morning Literary Advertiser.
London, England, 1824-08-18 00:00:00

atchirN SIDE.

Imre Arer ran indicted for assaulting Itett♦ Iloare on the King's
highway, in the parish of Woodbury, on the 24th Jul., between
nine and ten o'clock in the evening, and forcibly taking and .sal_
tag from her person one basket, tile property of linger Nicks. and
one sieve, and divm quantities of flue, the property of Matthew
:sack%

The proseentrix stated, that she had been sent out by her master
on, the evening in question, to take scathe fruit as a present to •
neighbour. On ber way she met the prisoner, sho came to lirr
and endearourcd to kiss her. This she resisted, and he struck her
a violent blow, which stunned her for the moment. The prisoner
thon threw the basket over the hedge, and the sieve into a
the erital out " Mt.rder !" end the prisoner ran away. :411e was
very much alattneil hut in • few min.ktes she recovered, and
walked towards Exmouth, when she met Mr. Marshall. _

Charles Marshall deposed, that he was goirg tr.. the road towards
'Woodbury on the 21th of July, between mine and ten o'clock, when
he heard cries of" Murder." In a few minutes a c-an ran towards
I him, whom he was eermin was the prisoner. ll'itness asked what
ithe cries of murder were ? Prisoner said he did not know, and en-
! deatourcd to pass on. Marshall. however, suspecting the prisoner
Ito have been the cause of them, knocked him down. fleet got up
and endeavered to ruts away again, but Marshall knocked him down
la second and a third time, when two men came up whom he thought
would assist him In securing the prisoner ; bat on Marshall telling
them that he had heard cries of murder, and ttat he thought the
I man he ill4l knocked down knew something about them, they re.
commended Hoer to ran away, and they followed him. Illarrhail
did not like to pursue three men, and he waited in the road a few
minutes, when the prosecutrix and Mr. Nicks came up. They
pursued the three men, and ultimately succeeded In taking the
prisoner.
Mr. Nicks stated, that on the 21th of July he had sent out his
servant Hoare with a basket of fruit. She had not left the house
long when he heard a cry of murder. tie ran into the road, and
met her with the last witness, whom he assisted in captorio g the
primmer.
Mr. Baron el ARROW summed up to the Jury, and left It to them
to say if they could have any doubt of the guilt of the prisoner.
The Penman. in a very few minutes, returned a venal of
Chilly.
His Lordship immediately ordered the prisnoer to be called tip
far lodgment, and observed to him, that if there had not been an
error in the indictment, by which the alphal part of the charge was
dime away with, he should have thought him a tit object to have
been left for execution. As it was, however, he shriek! consider it
' his duty to send a man nut of the country who had felt ro remorse
at brutally striking a girl of apparently weak form, and robbing her
of her master's property in the King's highway. The sentence of
Ithe Court was, tin: he he transported Sir seven years.
I As soon ea sentence WAR passed, one of the Jurors said, "
I Lard, we are not all agr, ed."

lii. Lordship expressed his regret that their Foreman shout.,
have pronounced a verdi:t before he wens satisfied of the sarnit of
his fellows, and desired them to re-consider their verdie.

Ina few minutes the Jury aisinretnrnei;vetlict;l(;oilly.
The Learned Jcnot then passel a similar sentener to the on-
ly: lisd previously declared, when the Foreman of the Jure 1110, in
the that instance, by mistake. pronounced a verdict of guilty.

lloasE JOCIEEVINt;.---tt Lanadown Fair, on Toes:lay,
a farmer was duped out cf a valuable more on the Down, I. two fel..
lows attiresi as livery servants. who inquired the price, lusting
that they wanted just such a mare to match with another for
light phaeton belonging to their mistress. In a short time a
bargain was 'pale—the sharpers agreeing to give an interior :101.c
which they had with them and 31? in money, in exchange for tho
farmer's mare. A transfer of saddles, &c. accordingly took place,
one of the fellows holding out the money wbile the Oilier mounted
the mare and rode off; the remaining sharper soon disappear...A
among the crowd, and the fanner was left with an animal worth
about 51.--Glourrstrr Journal.

Not many weeks since. some miscreants stole the coins
deposited beneath the foonialion.stcme of the New Market House
building at Berkeley. We have now to notice a theft of a similar
nature: considerable 311:Tail071/1 having been mi.kirg for some
time in the plan of the Alythe Bridir, at Tewkesbury. iu sonde-
qUrnee of which the foundation-stone way moved from i.; original
position; and, on the following morning, it was discovered that
enemy coin, even to the farthing, was stolen.—Gieveestee Psyvv.
MItACVII.OII'S ESCAPE.—A few days ago a g, ntletnan at
Mar pact, Cumberland. having got his will cleaned out, and an-
pieced Mr. John A %Midge. master mason, to repair the stone.work,
while he was at work the whole of the -calling and rubbish aced.
dentally fell in. and buried him up to the height of I: feet. After
assistants yes procured, and every effort used for upwards of two
bouts and a half, they got him rescued from his ;Inflow: situation
with life, to the great joy and surprise of the spectators. He after.
wards walked home with assistance, theme! much bruNed, and
hopes are ertert.incil of a sl ritoecry !

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