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TA a• , blob beol bees bet a few Jays iterriea, was 'caeca
out, es/ pied to be the person so suspecitil, and the
only leanest he could give of himself was, that he had been
to his pay table oa Saturday night, where lie bail been drink.
int; but he strongly denied having attenipted to rub any
body. This, although urges l with 1.11 the holdneys of con.
vicious integrity, way not deemed sufficient, suit he was emu.
Milled In hrisnn, and found guilty at the following Assizes
nt Illiiitlylone, us, a chain of strung eiremmosatial evidence,
and ordered to Ire transported, but fur what period he did
not know. The Applicant's object was by giving what in-
formation lay in his power, to compensole in tome measure
for his criminality in focilitating the escape of the real
offender ; het he was now in gaol, serving his term of is.
[ prisionnent fur another offence, and if it was thought it
to proceed him, he would be at all limes fortis-

ro a•
There being no business to transact al the Jollier Room,
no Alderman attended yesterday, and Kinsey could give the
man no simmer, but took his name aud address.
This case will form ample room fur the benevolent inter-
femme of Mr. Rennet' or Alderman Wood, or some uther
of those gentlemen who humanely investigate similar cases.
There is lisle sionht if this person's statement he true, but
an innocent man is pooffering fur an offence he never com-
mitted, and it cannot be too soon inquired lulu.

LANCASTER AS'SIZES.

CIVIL SIDE.-SPOIrVING CASE.

!AVANT V. RAINGII.L.
This was ill action brought to recover the value
of the gold cup, run for at the last Manchester
races, by the gentlemen of the Manchester and Sal-
ford Yeomanry Cavalry. Mr. Raingill's hors«, Fo-
rester, and Mr. Payant's mare, Donna Theresa,
were among the horses that started, mud the cup
was won by Mr. Itaingill's horse ; but he being
disputed, as thorough bred, and contrary to the
nrticl-s of the race, this action was brought to
try his qualification. Previous to Mr. ituingill's
puichasiog the horse Forester, he obtained a cer-
tificate of his pedigree, which is dated Novem-
ber 24, 181 g, and says—`• This horse was got
by tit. George, his dam by 11181 Grog, and out
of a good farmer's mare."—Mr. Itoingill, rely-
ing with confidence iq this certificate, purchased
the horse, and slatted I fir the said cup. Stove
the action was commenced, it had been fully ascer-
tained that Forester was thorough bred ! Upon
these considerations Mr. Raingill agreed to give up
the Cup to Mr. Payout, and each party agreed to
pay his own costs.

CHESHIRE SUMMER ASSIZE,
SVPTEMBER 1.
( Concluded. )

Before the !lon. CHARLES WARREN, owe of his
Moiesty's Counsel learned in the Law, his
Majesty's (.'hif Justice; and the him SAMUEL
MARSHALL, Serjeant at Low, his Majesty's
tither ✓uAlire.

John Kemp, aged 23, a hatter, from Newton,
was charged on oath with having, on Monday, the
'23d of August, last at Mottram-in-Longdendale,
in the county of Chester, feloniously stolen, taken,
and carried away, one knife, four watch-chains,
four watch-►ibbanda, and other articles, the pro-

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perry of Liz irus
The Arenozzz-GENERAL briefly stated the
care, after w Mich,
Lazarus Tironi was called—" I live at Stockport,
sod deal in little jewellery. I was at Mottram fair,
on the 23d of last month, and had a standing there.
1 sold such kind of articles In watch-ribbands,
chains, Cr. The Prisoner came to me about half-
past ten at night. He immediately opened a
drawer, and took out a knife and made off. I saw
bins do tills. The knife had four blades. I lost on
the same night several watch-ribbands and chains."
John Lee called—" I am a constable, and live
at Moans's,. I apprehended the Prisoner on the
24th of Augnst last, and found a knife on
Ile said he hod Liken it from a man's stall by way
of a joke. [The knife was produced and identified
by Tironil Some watch-chains and ribbauds I
also found upon him."
The Jury returned a verdict of Guilty. To he
imprisoned tbree•caleudar mouths in the House of
Correction.
/Jen►y Nosier, aged seventeen, an usher, from
Poulton, stood charged with stealing, on Friday,
the Ifith of July lust, a silver watch, the property of
Thomas Collier.
Mary Collier called—" I am the wife of Thomas
Collier. 1 remember seeing the Prisoner on the
16:11 July ; he called in the forenoon at my house,
and stopped thereon hour or two; I went out, leav-
ing a watch on the wall, hanging 'war the clock:
left un old woman, who is dark, and a little girl, in
the house i I was 'away about four or five hours;
I misved the watch at night, and heard of it the day

after."
John Crowther—" I am a pawnbrokerr, and live
in Stock port. The P►iwner came to my shop on the
17th of July. and he offered to pawn a watch ; I
lea I ' 15s. on it ;he ,aid it was his brothel's
watch ; I have kept it ever since in any possession."
[The watch wai produced and identified by Mrs.
Collier.]
The Prisoner said—s' lam innocent of the crime.
I am guilty of pawning it." He called Mrs. Collier
to give him a character. She said site never knew
any thing against him but this theft.
Mr. LLOYD. attorney, of Stockport, said, he un-
derstood
the Prisoner lied to the time of this offence
borne a very pod character. Ile was employed in
conducting a school with his father, who was clerk
of the parish church of Pointon.
A verdict of Guilty was returned.
The Ctster JUPTICE, in passing sentence on this
juvenile offender, said, he bed been convicted no
the clearest evidence of committing the crime of
grand larceny ; but in consegrence of the character
given him. he should only sentence him to iinpri•
sournent for two neon►/hs.

CURIOUS SIGNBOARD.—Upon the doors of a
house near Bridgwater, occupied by a father end
son, the former a blacksmith and publican, the
latter a barber, is a signboard, with the following
inscription :
" Barren sod 50114 blacksmith and barbers work dose here,
horse sod shaviwn ; lurks mended, bare curling, bleett-
int, teeth dwarfing, and all other farriary work. All sorts
of 'pintos licks's, akortling to the late comical trey.—
Take motif my wife keep' skowl, end laves fokes as yuu
shall; teches reading and ritiag Cod all other lasigwitches
1 isd hats apsist.,,,,,s, if required, to teach horrilory,, sewing,
1 the mathematics, and ill other fashionable di*ersions."