The British Press; or, Morning Literary Advertiser.
London, England, 1819-03-26 00:00:00

CROWN SIDE.

John Ilarrop, of Ossett, cotton-spinner, was
charged ssith maliciously cutting TI 1111 l tat Stead,
of lloy land, Gentlemen, with a crittiiii sharp iii-
strinuent, with intent to murder or do him some
grievous bodily harm.
Mr. HARDY stated the ease on the part of the
prosecution, and entered into a Imo( detail of the
conduct of the Prisoner, lir respect to a mill, oral'
Sowerby, which he occupied under the Prosecutor,
and which statement tie supported by evidence.
Mr. Thomas Stead, the Prosecutor, after 111 had
detailed the cause of the differences between him-
self and the Prisoner, proceeded to state the attack
made ul him by the Prisoner. " Oii the of
October," said he, " I row the mill door tartly
open, upon which I culled four of lily men to go
with me to take possession of it. On tp.itig 111111 the
mill, I saw Juin, Whitely, the constable of Sow-
erby, talking to the Prisoner. As soon Mb the Pri-
soner saw me lie asked what I wanted I I rephril
that I wanted possession of the until ; upon shall
the Prisoner said, Ye', I'll give you looses+wu,'
mud immediately modelled up an Irmo toiler and
struck me 011 the face, and cut through my cheek,
and the blood gushed out. Of what passed further
I have no recollection, as the blow made tne
iuseu-
sible ; but when I came to myself I found that I
had been wounded both iu the shoulder and arm."
%Clines,' here produced the instrumeut with oh eh
these blows were icilicted ; it was a flitted iron
roller, with a small brass wheel at the end ; the
weight of it was about right or ten ponsids, and was
sufficient to inflict u mortal armor', if applied with
any considerable force. Witness MOM the Prisoner
held it in both his !lauds when he struck at him.

Baron WOOD, on looking at the instrument,
said, it did not come within the words of the Act,
as it was not a sharp cutting instrnineid.
The Counsel fur the prosecution contended that
it was a similar case to that of Peter Atkinson,
who attacked the housekeeper tif Mr. Schofield,
with the sharp end of it hammer, with ! n►trnt to
murder her ; which case was reserved hir the con-
rideralinn of the Judges, tehu were a epmiun, that
it came withiii the meaning of the Act, and the
boy was executed.
liaron Wont) said, that was s proper cutting in.
rtruruelit, hut the Judges were of opitOott, that if
the wouilds had been iiill.cted by the stale of
the hammer, it would lint have been within the Act;
and lie was eleasly of opinion that the
now produced did not come within the worii, of the
Act, which being ,ii highly pruil, ought to be
terpreteil strteily. Ilea Lordship threcttd the .lury
to acquit the 1)115011k r.
The Jury, of course, found a verdict of—Not

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the first ;dal 111.

The thriqinir, STILLSTKONI, of Gottenburg,
and three British vessels, particulars triskisowii,
were lost on the Se.aw 9th rust.
The "!'wins, tittuur, Iloilo Il4ntlitirgli. has ar.
Yived oft Lowestolf, with loss of bowsprit awl Pails
A labourer. taken out of his bed ur * barn at
Claralons, about a !taillight trick, and beaten must
dreadfully for being a shooter, h3' some pitiless
nitro ins, who gave loin tie% rral cabs r,f r sabre on
the head, and broke many of Ills boors, IS now
near!) reenvere t tinder the tame surgical skill.—
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