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London, England, 1819-03-15 00:00:00

LLVCOLNSHIEE ASSIZE'.

There Assizes commenced on Monday last, and
finished oil Thursday.
Mr. Justice BIIRROUGH, in his charge to the
Grand Jury, recommended their &mention to the
state of she gml,and to the classification of the pri-
soners. 1r they bliMild find any thing to improve
in this respect, lie hoped they would proem it.
UTIT.RING FORGED BANE 140TLS AT MOULTON.

✓ohn Luke, aged 99, and ?Mamas Stride, aged
, chN.gcd with uttering at Moulton forged notes,
piirpi.rtiug to be of the Blink of England, sod
also charged with having, without lawful excuse,
certain forged notes in their posse►sion, pleaded
Guilty to the second and minor offence, and were
respectively sentetictil for the same to fourteen
years transportation ; 111 consequence of winch, no
evidence was olfeted oil the flist and capital indict-
ment.

CROWN COURT.

Before Mr. Justice Buaaouott.

John Parker, aged 21. end John Louth, aged
23, labourers, were charged with entering the
house of David Plowright, at Pinchbeck, on the
night of the 9.341 November, and stealing there-
h oin two tea-thtst► and other articles.

.rid Plowright, the Prosecutor, was disturbed
between one mid two o'clock on the Tuesday morn-
ing, by some persons knocking at Ins door, and in-
quiring fur lodgings; he refused them lodgings at
so miseasonable an hour, but threw them (Id. out of
the window, and told them they might get lodg-
ings at Spalding : the Prisoners, however, refused
to ;.;o, and insisted on having more money ; witness
went down, got his gust, and posted himself at the
foot of the stairs ; the Prisoners then bruit. in
the p is of the door, and presented a gun
through the hole, upon which witness told his ser-
vant, Jrtuiisa Peasegood (who I►ad got up on the
first alarm, and cane down stairs with a candle), to
give them what money she had, and he would lepay
her; she accoldingly gave them a one pound note,
but they still were not satisfied, and proceeded to
unbolt the door by putting their hands through the
bole they had made, and forced their way in; upon
observing which, the witness retreated up stairs,
first leaving the keys of a small cupboard where
some liquor was kept with his servant, and fastened
the staircase door after him. The next morning, uu
coining down about six o'clock, he missed two feu.
caddies and some other amities, which lie after-
wards identified before the Magistrate. Witness
was very much alarmed, as he had a wife and two
children up stairs.
Jemima Peasegood, servant to the last witness,
and who had lived with him eleven years, corrobo-
rated the testimony of her master with respect to
the breaking of the door, and her giving the pri-
soners a oue pound note ; and she further stated,
that they several timer presented the gun at her be-
fore they forced au entrance into the house; and
that after they did get in, Louth followed her tutu
the kitchen and behaved to a most brutal and in-
decent manner, kicked out the light, and threat-
ened to cut her throat, observing that she could then
tell no tales; 1114 other Prisoner, Parker, cooing
into the kitchen at the titue lie was threatening to
take away her life, said, " Blast your eyes, you
6611 not hoot the woman)," sod forced him away;
she theta made lire escape into a small rove►
behind the outer door, toed hid herself under a
desk, the keys of which her master had given to
her to get some liquor for the Prisoners, and which
were then its tl►e desk ; the Prisoners came into this
room to seek for her, but could not find her, and
they took the keys out of the desk and went away.
Witness can swear positively to the n►ei, as she
knew them very well by sight before the night of
the robbery. She saw the two tea-che►ts when she
first cattle down stairs.

‘Villiam Cauti ion, constable of Spalding, in
company with George Naylor, another constable,
tusk the Prisoners into custody between eleven and
twelve on the Tuesday morning, at the Cross, Keys
in Spalding, where they were drinking together ;
be found a bunch of keys on Parker, who said
they belonged to hint, and who denied buying cum.

mitted the robbery; but be contested to it when
witness told him be must take him before the Ma-
gistrates; he afterwards found one of the tea-cad.
Mee at Parker's ►odgings, and the other at Louth's
lodging., who also confessed to the robbery. la
quite sure neither threat► ►xn promises were used
to induce the Prisoners to confess. Witness pro.
duced the tea-caddies and the hunch of keys, which
were identified by the Prosecutor and his servant.
The Prisoners made no defence.
The Jury consulted for a short time, and found
them Guilty, but recommended Parker to mercy.
Mr. Justice BURROUGH immediately passed sen•
tence of Death upon the Prisoners ; in doing which,
he observed that a manifest difference should be
made between him who only committed a burglary,
and him who committed it with acts of brutal and
indecent violence, and the threatening or life. He
felt it his duly to leave the Prisoner Louth for exe-
cution ; but he would now inform Parker, that he
should reprieve him before he left the town.