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London, England, 1820-04-12 00:00:00

GLOUCES7'Eit ASSIZES.

CITY CA LIIIIDA trial of Henry Bradley.
for a burglary in the house of Mr. iiiii ,of East-
gate-street, in this city (in company with two
others who are still at !erg.), and stealing there-
out two chests of tea, his property; and of George
Martin, tried under the same indictment for receiv-
ing the said tee, knowing it to have been stolen,
commenced on Thursday soon after eight o'clock,
and was not brought to a close till half-past five in
the afternoon. The highly reputable situation in
life which the latter Prisoner had filled in this city,
up to the period of this unfortunate transaction,
(having long resided here as a grocer), excited a
very considerable degree of interest; and at an early
hour the Court was crowded with spectators, mixt-
ons to hear the trial.
On delivering in their verdict, several of the Jury
were visibly affected, from the personal knowledge
which they bad of the Prisoner Martin's former re-
spectability.
Mr. Justice HOLIWYD immediately after, in the
most impressive manner, proceeded to pass sen-
tence upon the Prisoners, animsdverting in the
strongest terms upon the enormity of Martin's of-
fence. lie had been convicted upon the clearest
evidence; and the good character which had been
given to him by the very respectable witnesses ex-
amined on his behalf, tended rather as an aggrava-
tion of his case, the event of this day shewing how
much they had been deceived, and evincing the
great facility with which he could pursue such a
nefarious traffic unsusrcted by his neighbours. It
was the encouragemeitt held out by such persons
that led others to the commission of depredations
which forfeited their lives to the law; and who,
possibly. if opposed or resisted, might be induced
to commit the still more horrible crime of murder !
Sentence was they passed in the usual form.

110RVIIAM ASAIZEV.

THE KING r. MARTIN AND EI.DRIDGE.

This was a prosecution at the instance of the
Lords of tar Admiralty. against the Defendants,
fur smuggling.
The first witness was a Mr. Brown, an Admiralty
midshipman, aboard his Majesty's ship the Severn.
which was placed on the Sussex coast at [Listings,
for preventing smuggling ; and he stated that, on
the 2 t.it day of October last, at Ecelesbourii, he
saw the flash from a gun or pistol, which is a signal
given by smugglers when they land their goody,
and is generally described as flashing. on which lie
got his men together, and saw about two hundred
smugglers collected ; some of them hid half stokers
slung, and others dry goods; he seized one man, who
struck him with his cudgel; Mr. Brown then drew
his sword. and cut him on the head, and desired his
men to protect him, on which one of the seamen pre-
sented a pistol and attempted to fire, but it did not
goof}, and Mr. Brown got disengaged. The smug-
glers then asked Mr. Brown what he wanted,
Lis he had got the boat, and most of the cargo,
and dered him to take more, or molest the
smugglers. On this Mr. Brown seized the
foremost man of the smugglers, and a scuffle
ensued, and they both went down together ;
and when on that ground. he was struck several
times by bludgeons, and wounded on his heed.
and fully expected to be murdered. Aber I.OIIIC
little time, lie called out to his men, and ile.ired
them to fire. One mean presented is pistol, which
flashed in the pan, on a lOcli the smugglers ran
away. Mr. Brown and his men followed, and took
some of the smugglers prisoners; amongst them the
Defendants. This evidence was coiroboiated by se-
veral of 11w seamen. The Defendants were not
present, neither had they employed Counsel.—The
The Jury found the Defendants Guilty.