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WESTERN CIRCUIT.

WILTSHIRE ASSIZES, SALseauzir, itreY IL - •
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Before Mr. JustieeCitasELEE ati4 a codro* /Sq.
novshali'll...C•tratiwo •str ANCiTHICIL.
• This was an action of trespass br6tight again. tith defendants,
who aie overseers of the parish of.Oshorne St. Gedege, in .this
city, for hifyittg in March last fbreibly cleave, the pliintiff from, a
i house occupied by !it'd in that parish duelnig the hot kdr.iears.
I It was given hi evidence for this plaintiff tot, 111 t• t• et
1 March last, the defendants broke ir.to Ca. hodse oocuMsel by lb&
tpisint.fr, threw his furniture irate the %tree% attr. forcibly ejteted
1 hitnitf.i and fainiiy. It was however eliriled. it the cearre V
cross-examinatioo, that, although Loveday hail inhabited thb•
house in question for upwards of four years, b.:: hat serer paid any
rent.
" Witnesses deposed that the house was not in a situation to be
!rentable and scarcely tenantable, to much was it out of repair..
1 'fhe windows were all without glassi and the plaintiff offered a
shilling a week for the house if they were g!ezed. 'the house ap-
peared to have been a parish house, and after ti 4. plaintiff's family
were ejected they occupied another hones also belonging to the

parish. ,
For the defence it was stated that the plaintiff was a pewee?, and
the parish officers ejected him lest he should establish a deem to
the property of the,house. .
Mr. JosticeOesento. thought the parish officers had exorcised
a sound discretion in compelling the plaintiff to take up els ride
deece in another house. They had only done what they were au-
thorised to do, t 3 prevent the pauper from claiming the house as
his own.
Plaintiff's Counsel proposed to withdraw • jaror which was
consented to on the other side, end a juror was accordingly with. •
drawn.
CROWN SIDE.
Before 3lr. Justide Ltirkett•it.
HORSE STEALING.
Wet. Bassage was put to the Bar, capitally Indicted for Word.
ously stealing a nag mare, the property of Abraham Hawkira, is
(the parish of liziwkk St. 'Leotards, in this county, on the 2elg,
day of (Melee:.
~ Previous to the comthencement of the trial the prisoner's Counsel
requested of his Lordship, that a witness for the prosecution named
Stedman should be ordered to withdrew from Court.
Stedman was accordingly ordered to withdraw.
Mr. Learoseow stated the case to the Jury as it afterwards ap- _
peered in evidence, and called the following laments.
Abraham Ilawkins-1 reside at Maidstone, in Kent, and am a
horse-dealer. I had a mare in October Iwo, which I saw in the
course of that month in my stable- I put her out to grass on tee
26th. I saw her last in the field. I missed her thence the follow•
ing morning, and did not see her again till the month of May en-
suing. I know the prisoner at the hare and saw him the evening
the mare was lost at the Fortune of War public-bonne, about •
quarter of a mile from whence the use was stolen. It was on the
evening of the 12th October. I might have been an hour in his
company on that occasion. I missed the mare on the 27th. My
man was at the Held early en that morning, and in consequence if
what lie said I afterwards went, and found the mart had beet
stolen. Missed the tnare on the morning of the 27th early, dire
is, at ten o'clock, which is the hour when I get up. I know the
prisoner has been in the frequent habit of going to the pubs. -
house winch I have uicittioned. I eke% say what was prieoner'i '
general character.
Cross-examined—l know a petton of the name of Bann ; ; e '
keeps the Fortune of War. 1 put ho miestion to him ae to a
time when prisohet was at his house, because I had no &Woe tee
matter. . ..
. Robert Hall—l am Head Police-officer of Union Ed& I sp..
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preitended the prisoner at felkstene, in Kent, on the 7th April. I •
told prisoner tie wee apprehended kw heescatealiag. sit asidesa
had never committed that crime in his life.
Richard Pople.—l am an officer of Union-hall. I delivered a
mare to last witness, which I received front Mr. &Wow, of Dur-
riagton, in the month of May last. It was on the 24th of April
that I received the horse from Mr. Kellow.
Cross.examined.—l parted with it' from my Poseession, and sent •
it up by the wagon to London, but can swear it is the same ,
mare.
Jame/ Kellow—l live at Durrington, in this county. The lasi
witness received a irate from me inA pelt. I had hiught herat Bet.'
wick-hill fair, in this county, on the bib November preceding, from -
a man who gave his name %Pin. Bartlett. He said he lived et
Westminster, and was to be found that evening or the next at the .
King's Head, Salisbury. He said lie was on his way to Ramsey
Fair. The prisoner at die Bar is the man who sold me the *RN.
I paid him ten guineas for her.
Cross-examined.—This was on the 6th November. I took n'
note of the name prisoner gave me in my memorandum book . t•
the time ; there were great crowds in the fair ; however, I saw r..•_r..•_
body shout the mare but prisoner. I think the prisoner took se!'
the saddle, and ;put on the halter, but I will pot swear that ; ee
might have been a man of the name of Stedman, whom I saw es.
the fair, that did so. I made no inquiry after prisons at tee
King's Head. 1 did not take the name for Ramage, but RecAgesi:
The fair was crowded, as it generally is.
By the COI:RT.-1 do not no:elect mentioning the on. if'
Bartlett in my deposition before the Magistrate. I do'at reeolkel
being asked any questions about it ; but will not swear 1 was not. ,
Prisoner.—lle said before the Magistrate I gave him say get u
name 13assage.
Ntim.elearn—l am a publican. 1 sold • mare to Mr.Hawkint en
the 19th October last, which I have since seen on the 11th May, at
Union-hall yolicemffice in the care of the officer.
James Kellow re-culled and re-examieed by the Conht.-1'
kept the pare in my possessioa from the Oth Noy. till the 2ed.
ApriL Pople the officer then demanded and I delivered her to
tut.
Abraham limekiln Ye-called—By the Cooao.—l saw the maze
at Maidstone some time in the beginning of Ms ,in Alcklall's poe.,
session. She was the mare which I lost in October that I theasaw.
Robert Hall recalled.—There wee a man named Stamen and.
another of the name of Davis in custody at Union Hall. !Winos'
was often remanded sod is now in my custody. It was teemed
weeks before he made a disclosure. Davis has been teiggsgsed..
This was the case for the prosecuticso.
• The prisoner being called nit for his defence said Wm&
cfavor
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mores to prove he had slept at Rochester on .. '2seh. ea
October, and consequently thee he could wet have eke
rubbery laid to his charge. He further elated thee the
of the Fortune of War public-house , had said Joe Uhl ' 7
was not at his house on the 26th of October, wheel IMO bal'allO44,
proved, did not circumstances prevent him from eimaktilkellisseke i*
the occasion. The prosecute): at one period lied me been eerlable
what he now emoted upon this point, The prisoner further sotto'
that on Saturday ;he 6th November, he met timelines (the widestiv,
and another man, named Davie, at the Seven Stars petdicatensie,
Farnham, and tide those-persons had three horses along with three
one of which war the nag which had occasioned this WIWI:mall-.
Ile had bargained with the ennui Rellloie, at the donee of Seri-
man, for the purchase of the Mare; which be cyclical, sold to bee'
chapinen for ten ;Nieces, aed handed over the arrunioeto &mime.
The prisoner,who was remarkably well dressed and ietellfehos to
his demeanour, delivered his defeitet in a GIaDDIT 13.1Cliarld ID OD.•
cite the attention and sympathy of the Coml.
The following witnesses were then called fur the defence.
' Denjentin Dowding—l kept the King's "lead lon, at fialklinee,
on the tith of November Imo year. On the hit of Noverabto,
man named Stedman came to may tmise, accompanied by &abash;
they said they were. going to 'Berwick for. Stedman and tee
companion slept at my home: on the Ittli, end breakfasted than me '
the following morning ; but 1 don't Maw whether the abet
person was the prisoner ; it might have been him. ,
Mall Bean—l keep the. CrODD and thistle, at Rechester. 4
know the prisoner at the her ; he slept at my house co the nights.
of the 25th aed 26th of October. I know ellesepartieulat diy; to..
cause Oraverancl Leif was on the 25th, sod be Vol Ulm with my
husband. Ile-came in early in the evening, when he had tree
glasses of brandy and water, and
.1 Wit him a pair of 10611•14;
his boots being wet. This was on the 26th. On the 2ipti be,
went to the few with my hustsaed. Otathe -15th ha easel is at
seven or eight in the eveeing, and we:* to bed at ten o'clock. L.
called heat beat morning, and he took breakfast at the, inn, before
he went to Maidstone, whith is eight mike hens Rochester. He
left fur Maidstone at ten o'ciPck, ether Weakliest His boos were'
kept te-loir suave, and point up Co the night of the itch. •
Croiceatutitld— The tetle October was ea Monday. _Prisenie
.left at Wednewlay. The rooms of our hat me lAA ountheted. hat ,
primate slept it. the third room, &teethed to go tiwoo4tt two lotult
to get to his own. I kept no servaat at that tuna. My husthade ,
daughter, prisoner, anti I breakfasted together. .1 list in the bOil:
withmy iack to the dee-place ; my,datightee sat by the side of eh t.
and my husband and Mr. Massage op es win Prironeee wthe •
came to me about three days ago, shit staked me to give reelieco'
of this. 1 bete seen Mn. Hamel, A 64 ceseeteal with him, Wt
not roach. ~ . •
leceeamir.ed--1 sew Mt. Wieniot times I teethe to S lillearoe.'
and canecteed with him for the pimple A, nipsll4.4 irb,orte,g
pr.
Sr. 4 seen LartLiniam Owlet the Jury, so4-had wok" ,
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