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hies ems rieveos bodily Ws
the said Wilhe r sad the heeds
charged hum with shouting at lm
Winders, he being in Isis sem dwelling-house.
Ow Saturday. the 13th of Merck Williams Will.
den. she Prolocober, who keeps • public.house at
Ho!brach. was disturbed whoa woe o'clock in the
mornisig by a violent kicking at the dose; he wet
out of bed mid went to the window, where be saw (it
brill very memslight) the Newer. she inquired
if has wife was in the haw; ea being assured that
sloe was not. he called the Prosecutor 6 •
liar." and demanded admittance. which Prosecutor
refused se so unseasonable an halm sod went to bed
mem. After an interim of about ten minutes, he
was again disturbed by the abusive language of the
Prisons., ; he gat out of bed a teemed time, and
opening the window. re-assured him hie wife was
taut there; Blame insisted that she was. sod
threatened to shoot the Prooecotor if he did not
admit him, at the same time placing • gun to his
shoulder and pointing it at the window ;
Wullrkn
immediately shut the win dow. and was retreating
from it. when the Prisoner bred the gots. the conical,
of winch broke four panes of the window, sod err
lived a lied where • niaill.seetraisi sod some children
were sleeping ; part of the glass fell swim Prows.
toe. head, but the shot (which were (000 d in
the
bed, sod were prodeced its Court) did not do any
further miscluef. The Prosecutor immediately
dressed himself. and west is search of a coisatabk.
who relented with him to his hooie, and they
&stitched about the premises for the Prisoner; not
fintleng him. they went towards his own house, and
when within about 30 yards of it. they saw the Pri-
soner come out with a double-barrel gun in his
hand ; they hid themselves uutil he had passed, ia
order to take advantage by getting behind him.
and then followed and wind buss ; both barrels of
the gun were loaded and primed. On being asked
by the constable whether he was sorry for his cos•
duct. he said he was not.
[The Prosecutor. who is a married man, ender.
went a severe cross-examination by Mr. Phillips,
with a view of proving that he had been in the habit
of harbouring the wife of the Primmer; it appeared.
however. that he had done so but once. about a
month before this felouy was committed, and that
then the WOlllllll was obliged to lease her husliaud,
in consequence of their quarrelling.]
It appeared from the evidence of a female lodger
in the house of the Prisoner. that he came house
between twelve and one o'clock, and requested ad-
mittance, at the same time inquiring whether his
wife was at home; on the lodger's stating that she
was not, and refusing to come down to admit him,
he broke open the door, and after remaining in the
house a short time, weiit out again ; in about half
an hour lie returned, and said he but been shooting
at Winders' window : he then re-loaded his gun
and went out a woad time, desiring the lodger to
shut the dour after him. " as he should be taken
into custody, for he would be d-.. 4 if he did got do
execution." It was after he kit the house at this
time, that he was taken into custody by the con.
stable.
The Jury consulted for a short time, and found
the prisoner Guilty on all the charges..Denth.

111.17 LAND dSsIZES.

Before Lord Chief Boron RICHARDS.

The only Prisoner for trial was Joseph Copson.
aged 13, for highway robbery.
Thomas Kirby stated, that he is • farmer at Bar.
leythorpe. and on Saturday the Ist of May was
returning home on horieback from Harringworth,
at ten o'clock at night, when he was stopped at.
a bridge on the toad, about a mile and a half from
Oaldiom, by two men. oue of whom struck hint
very sharply on the left side of his head with* stick,
and then picked his pocket of a one pound note,
and silver to the amount of 10e. and upwards ; the
two men then ran oil in the direction of Leicester.
Witness's eye-sight is bad, and he could wily per-
ceive that the robbers were young sod small wen.
Isaac Menton stated himself to be the keeper of
a lodging-house in Oakharn ; on the night of Friday.
the 30th of April, the Prisoner and a companion
awned Coltman came and were accommodated at
his house ; next morning they want twice out into
the town, and returned in the afternoon with some.
tea and sugar, which they left in the house, owl by
their conversation witeiese understood that they in-
tended to stop over Sunday ; hut they ',seta uut at
eight o'clock at slight, leaving their proviiious be-
hind them. and did not return any more.
James Coltman (18 years of age, the accomplice
who had been schuitted King's evidetice) slated, that
he lived at Leicester; he owl the Prisowier came to
Oakhsm on Friday averting, the 30th April, and
lodged at Manton's. where they rentatiord next day :
Prisoner and witness went out about eight o'clock
in the eiviiisog, and Copsou then proposed that they
should goon the rood laud rub. and he raid he would
stop the limit wan he wet ; they went over • *moll
bridge and met a man on litivatbsck.: :it was
dusk, and they passed him; the man rude slowly
on; Capon turned and went after. !situ, soy.
lag he would rob how; witness hollowed ten
yards behind. awl when lie gut up, by Cop.
son's desire lie took hold of the horre's bridle,
whilst Copson took the inoury out of the man's
pocket ; it was a 1/. woe sod I Is.; wituriss and"
Prisinier then made their way fur Leicester; they
slept a little while in a barn, and betty:ern nine and
ten o'clock next wurntug reselwd Keyhans, where
they stopped fur r godlier of an boor at the public.
11011118.. and Copsois changed the note, giving *limos
gs. bd. of the change; witness then wrist howe to
his friends at Leicester, awl was taken up the lame
night in Archdeacon-lass. Before the rubbery.
witness had only three-holfproce, and the motley
which he and the Prisoner had would out altogether
amount to more than a rhillitig.
Joseph Pine, the Wallow of the public-house
at Keyhein, windowed the accomplice's accouid of
their going to his home on Sunday mooing. the std
of May; they had two Outs of ale and route bread
and cheese, and the Prisoner charged r IL note.
Wm. Csioningtoo staled that two wen knocked
at lois house at Braunsion, at part ten o'clock at
night on the Ist of May, and inquired the road to
Leicester.
Jahn Fytch liars at Keylians, and knows Caisson;
wet hint and Coltman at the public-house on the
Sunday mwtsistg, and Cowen said they cease from
Oalthaus.
The Prisoner being vow asked whether be bad