The British Press; or, Morning Literary Advertiser.
London, England, 1819-07-30 00:00:00

RtYCKlNGiumsinnE ASSIZES.

, The above Assizes commrnc►d nt Buckingham
on Tuesslataffrrnoon last, h•fore the Kvtsbt lion.
Sr HOBERT 1)A 1.11.01. Kilt. and the Hon. Sir
JAMSII KIJILROUGH, lint. There were only eleven
prisoners in the calendar, and with 'ltr encrpt• of
that which follow's, their uffroices were of a Whin
nature. _

3111. T es.
ASSAULT WITD IINTENT TO MURDER.
The following wild, which has excited great in-
terest from its pecoliar sorority, resole use thi• morn-
ing before a crowded tourt, Several prison,. of
dittinction were pr..... 10. amnorg Whom we 1111 l wrd
Lord Temple. Lord Nugent, Lord Arundel, &e.
Thomas Mitchel?, aged 26, wasesvitally indicted
for having wilfully and maliciously stabbed rod cut
Eltrabeili Rawls, osititater, on several parts of her
neck and body, with intent to murder.
The following it a brief sketch of the ease as de-
tailed in evidence :—The parties lived iu the parish
if Burnham, Ruck.; on Monday evening. the lot
of March, the Prosecutrix was sitting alone in the
house about eight o'clock, her father having gone
from home ; the prisoner, Mitchell, whom she had
known from.kis infancy, and who had lived tervant
with her father, came to the door and knocked;
on her inquiring who was there, be israwerra,
" Tom Mitchell," on which she opened the door,
and admitted him. Ile requested to have a file
and a pair of hinges. which she gave to him,
but lie said tlwy would not do. and that he must
have a larger pair ; the searched for a larger,
but could not find any, on which he said he knew
there were larger,,aud she again looked. IVliile so
doing she felt a sensation as if she was shot, and
fell down. The candle went out, and while on the
ground she felt a cutting at her Leek and throat, on
which she cried out " Murder:" in a feeble tons.,
end said to the Prisoner, " I never injured you."
Ik desired her in a threatening voice to be quiet ;
her cries. though feeble, brought a Mrs. Lovell,
who lived in the next house, to her assistance. Mrs.
Lovell pitted admittance, and came in contact with
a man, whom the laid fast hold of. She called to her
husbotorl for assistance, who was proceeding to the
spot with a light; the wind blew it out, and whiie
going back the Mill disengaged himself and escaped.
Previous to this, however, Mrs. Lovell coked the
Protecutrix, who was bleeding on the door. if it was
her father who had brut bar ? on which the Prose.
cutrix answered, " No, it is Tone Mitchell ;" on
which the Prisoner exclaimed, " Now do you know
it is Tom Mitchell ?" it was quite dark at the time,
and Mrs. Lovell said, you have betrayed yourself
by sour voice. The Prisoner, however, as we have
before stated, escaped. The Prosectitrix was then
taken by Mrs. Lovell to her apartments, and • sur-
geon was sent for, who dressed the wounds and she
recovered; one of the wounds was eight inches in
length and two deep. The Prisoner absconded,
and was traced through Reading to London, where
he was taken into custody.
The above facts were clearly proved in evidence.
The Prisoner made no defence.

Judge DALLAS *rimmed up the evidence with
great perspicuity, and the Jury, alter a short con-
sultation, pronounced a verdict of Guilty, and the
Judge itntnediately pas►ed the awful sentence of
the law. _ _

The Prisoner, during the time of the trial, be-
haved in a very indifferent manner, and when he
was found guilty, and albite the Judge was pro-
',nuncio% sentence, lie appeared quite callous, and
was taken to the gaol laughing.