The National Register.
London, England, 1822-12-16 00:00:00

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HERTFORD.
During the last Session of Parliament, a third Commission
of gaol delivery for the Home Circuit was determined upon,
as an experiment before the establishment throughout the
coontry of three general smiles annually instead of two.
Mr. Baron Graham and Mr. Justice Bayley, the two Judge"
named in the Commission, arri►ed at Hertford, on Monday the
9th inst. and after divine service the former delivered his
charge to the Grand Jury, in which lie kept clear of observa-
tion on the duty they had to perform, and while he very pa-
thetically lamented the additional trouble entailed upon ■
Judge, by so novel an arrangement, be passed, almost
without notice, the benefit arising front the early enlargement
of • person who should be declared by a Jury to be
innocent. In the estimation of Baron Graham, the raessmierire
of • Judge may be more important than the tortmisss imprison •
inent of a dozen innocent Melt fur six months, estranged from
their wives and families, and furred to associate with the vilest
of their kind. We thank God that our feelings are not in uni-
son with those of the learned Baron, and we hope that they
never may be.
DEM. 9.—William Norman, Hester Nash, and
Sarah Wilson, were indicted fur having stolen several bank-
notes, amounting to 231. the property of William Evans.
On the 2211 of November last the prosecutor, who was •
salesman of Welsh cattle, for his master, Evan Jones, was in
a public•house, in the parish of Coleshill, in this county, which
be entered at about six o'clock in the evening. The prisoners
came in shortly afterwards, and, together with the prosecutor,
drank a considerable quantity of beer and spirits. The prose-
cutor, becoming intoxicated, fell asleep, when Sarah Wilson,
who sat next to him, took his pocket-book (in which were the
mites specified in the indictment) out of his breast coat pocket.
They then left the house ; and, upon tho prosecutor missing
his property, they were apprehended and committed.
The Jury. in about ten initiates, returned a verdict of Guilty
against all the prisoners.
The Learned Judge proceeded to pass sentence of transpor-
tation for seven years upon Sarah Wilson and Hester Nash ;
ant six months imprisonment in the }loose of Correction upon
William Norman.
GAML LAMS.—J:tmes Head and Thomas Fowler were
charged with having, on the 2:itlt of November last, between
the hours of eleven and twelve in the night, unlawfully eotereil
tutu a curtain wood, culled Temple Wood, iu the parish of

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Digswell, in the toasty of Itortford, haring a gun foe the
purpose, and with the intent to destroy game:
Mr. Myers stated the case for the proaeoation, in Oath he
calculated with cofideane upon the evidence of two boys, ao
compliers of the prisoners, on their being sworn, but whom
neither the ingenuity of the Counsel, nor the exhortations of
Learned Jndge to speak the whole truth, could induce to give
the needful and anticipated evidence ; the case, therefore,
failed, and the Jury accordiogly returned a verdict of Not
Guilty, which, in consequence of the known characters of the
prisoners, who are old offenders against the Game Laws, ap-
peared to excite • strong feeling of surprise and dis•atisfuc-
tinn.

Thomas Preston was indicted fur sacrilegiously and feloni-
Misty taking two prayer-books oat of the parish church of lier
tingfordbury, iu the county of Hertford, the property ofJeusima
Davis and J. GriOin.
Miss Jemima Davis identified one of the prayer books pr.,-
duced as her property.
James Griffin also identified the other prayer-book prodaced
as his property.
The prisoner did not offer any defence, and the learned
Judge having recapitulated the evidence, the Jury returned a
verdict of guilty—death.
James Edwards and Willie's Walker were indicted for
having stolen and taken away three turkies, value lass. f the
parish of &union, on the 4th of November last, the property of
James Dowsett.
Several witnesses were examined, and the Jury, alter a few
minutes deliberation, returned a •erdict of guilty agents ibuth
the prisoners.
The sentence of the ceurt upon the prisoners was, that
Edwards should be imprisoned ill the county gaol, and kept to
hard labour for the space of 21 calendar months ; and Walker
for the space of 20 calendar month,.
HYRTFotto, Dec. 10.—Thomas Richeno was indicted
fur breaking and entering the dwelling house tit I'-nos
Durant, in the parish of illienly, in the slight time of the
12th of November, and stealing therein a suiock truck,
' the property of William Osborn.
The prisoner had formerly been a labourer in husbandry
in the service of the prosecutor, but had been discharged.
Between six and seven o'clock on the lilt' of November,
it being then quite dark, the cottage in which the prose.
tutor's servants were lodged was broke open, by means
of a fracture in the window, and a fruck of °stenos'
stolen. There were marks of blood on the window. as‘if
the thief hail wounded himself. Suspicion falling on the
prisoner, he was next day apprehended at a public house
at Wheatstone, with the frock upon his back, which was
immediately identified. One of the thumbs appeared to
be cut, and the frock itself was stained with blood.
These facts were proved, stud, under the Learned
Jedge's directions, the prisoner, who made no other de-
fence than protesting his innocence, was found guilty—
Death.
Joseph Threader and John Threader were indicted for
assaulting John Traveller on the King's highway, on the
113th November, in the parish of Kittle Maims, putting
him in fear, and taking from his persuu Vils. in silver.
It appeared from the evidence of the prosecutor. an
elderly 111414 that on the morning of the 15th of Novelle.
her, about seven o'clock, be was coming out of his cot-
age with two pails in his hand, to get a water, when
the two prisoners rushed out upon him from a shed in his
own yard, knocked 1' down, knelt upon his body, and
rifled his pocket of a ;rinse containing 225. in silver.—
He was severely hart; the blood gashed out of his
mouth, and he had hardly yet recovered from the effects
of the assault. The prisoners ran off with the snowy.—
The prosecutor was positive as to the prisoner's identity.
The prisoners solemnly protested flogs innocence.
Mr. Justice Bayley es 1111 l tied up the case fur the Jury,
and the Jury found both prisons lb guilty.
The prosecutor recommeuded the prisoners to mercy,
and begged that they might only be transport ed.
Massi.AUGHTe.R.--Julau Marshall was ind.cted for
feloinuusly killing and slaying Samuel Parill, at Saw-
bridgeworth, un the 2 of October last.
It appeared that the prisoner and the deceased were
bargemen, and with others were drinking at a public-
house, at Saw bridgewurth, on the !nth of October;
the deceased had been in an ill humour with a man named
King, and the prisoner tried to prevail upon hint to drink,
and the deceased retired; the prisoner again and again
urged him to du so ; but Ike deceased at last threw the
beer in the prisoner's lace, and then threw the pot at
1i i eee ; the prisoner immediately rose—the parties closed,
struggled, and the deceased received a blow from the
prisouer, fell, amid ruse no snore; these are the facts
proved; the deleudant appeared to have been the ag-
gressor. An excellent character was given to the pri-
soner fur mildness of disputation.
The case went to the Jury under the Learned Judge's
directions, arid they found the prisoner nut gun!).
Tile assizes dial not finish instil a late hour wily,.