The National Register.
London, England, 1821-03-26 00:00:00

THE NATIONAL REGISTER

KENT ASSIZES. •

The assizes for this county did not finish until Satur-
.l.l evening., about six o'clock. On Friday mow tt itt c,
there bei ea upwards 01.60 prisoners remaining to he tried,
the Lord Chief Baron stopped the Fogless of the civil
liminess, and assisted Mr.ltifoll Wood the whole of that
day in clearing the of, and with the additional assist-
ance of \I r. Nolan and \I r. Sre‘ealit Toddy, who
respeetive•y tried prisoners am Tt.tirsday, the pressure of
bIISOICSS Win so far relieved as to enable the Lord Chief
Baron to resume his dimes on the cis ii side on Saturday.
All the c.•us s were disposed of in consequence of the
assioane, n!' Mr. B trots 11'0041, who having finished the
crown business, tried two nisi Arius records in the lower
court.
Sentence of-death was passed upon no less than 41
capital convicts, the inajoi by of whom had been guilty
of house-break inc in the day and night time. The only
r.onarkable case on the crown side was the hollowing
HIGHWAY 1:0111DFAY Clayton Was j.ithe:ed
for assaultiog Thos. lieakefiald on the Kiiie's highway,
in the parish of Gonohurst, on the 26iii February, 11419.
putting Istin in tear, and taking his person a silver
watch and cash to the amount of 521. in bank notes and
silver.
The prosecutor, a Ir veiling fish:nom:et- by tr,:de,
stat.-. 1, that about nine o'clock in the es esiiiig of the 211 Ir
of February, 1819, he was returiiiig homewards through
Glatt itibury wot d, when he was knocked down by a
blow from a b:udgeon behind. Ou endeavouring to
rise, the prisoner rushed upon him with a pistol, which
was afterwards found to be loaded with powder and ball,
and dematimd his money, literati wing to blow fits br dos
out if he rvi used. A struggle I.licii ensiled between
himself and the prisoner, which lasted full three quartets
of an boor, in which lie received and gas e sevtlat bloat
with the pistol, which he twice wrested from the hands
of his assailant, and at length threw it away into the
wood, whu.re it was afterwards Mond. %Vanes. then
polled out Its watch and ofillred it to the prisoner, who
declined it, ,•tiv nig that he knew he hail money, and mo-
ney he would have. Witness then called out for aid, to
prevent which the prisoner thrust his fingers into his
moods, which he bit v. ry severe... lie then Mien, his
watch away. Some ((tither strogt,le took place, dining
which wittiest contrived to get a canvas 'base out of fits
pocket, in which were 501. tit notes, and 31. worth co
silver, and threw that also fawn him towards the place
where he had before thrown his watch. The prisoner
then released him, got up, se z.al the watch and purse,
and matte ofl: The .hurts hollowed, OVC(10111:, and
s azed him, Aid beg4ed for a restatit on part of hits
111011eV; 6111 site prisoner finally tit away with the whole.
Witiiess then went lituw ble- ding very much trout the
proeured assts lance, and re ttttt sed to the spot,
where lie found the pistol, b:iulgeon, and two sixpences
lying, together with his watch. lie toed every
to apprehend the prisoner, but in vain, until October
last, woe's lie was apprehended at I)ariford.
Thomas !fart, a publican, of Alrphaui, 30 miles from
the prosecutor's residence, the prisoner in his house
some day early in March, 1819. There Was blood on
his hands and waistcoat, Mom lie asked him if he hail
been fighttog. lie saitl no; lie hail been skylarking
with some triends of his, who tied a rope across tile
road, over which lie hail billet' and hart himself. The
prisoner had corded breeches on. lie pulled out a great
many notes, and said, " I don't %V:111t for money now—
here I. between 301. and 4012'
'Toe prisoner, in his defence, said, the whole prosecu-
tion was in spite, because he had itiformed
against
several persons at Dartford for buyiog game, and that
the inhabitants had frequently pelted and abused him,
decl atilg that he was a great rogue.
The Jury without liesnatiorl hound the prisoner Guilty

CIVIL 51D1.
CHATHAM FIRE.-COWKS V. BALER.

This ‘vas •111 3CIIOII Oi trt spass, for down and
d wiihriut 1,...we or licence, Inv leasehind
hou-es of tile hlainutl, "Await. lit tile 'wish al Chadian'.
'pusexcited cuu,ulcrablr iittere,t. _

r. Sergeant thislow (with witom were Mr. Sergeant
'faddy and Mr. Coniti) stated the pluimiti 's case. In
the h of \laic'', last year, a dread( .I fire having
broken out anChathani, whlcn destioyed a great stunther
of h es, and even threatened ihe destructson to that
and the attjoiniitA [(twos; itie defeutlatit, a respeCta tie
builder, of Chati.2lll, 111 ortici to pretilt the progress 01
toe Ratites, directed a body of sappy s and miners, be-
longing io the Itoyal Artillery corps, to pull down the
two houses in question, winch were built of lath and
plaisier, and situate close to a uistillery, to which, if the
flames had reached, destruction In the whole town and
city of Rochester WttS 110% liable. Tile plating's houses
had been 'muted in the F. iitle Fire (Mice for 4001. but
the iiiremors of that inskiiiition heiii4 applied to for to-
demnineatioit for tile plaintiff's lose, refused to pay,
to cause it was 11(11 a loss st itnin the terra• of the policy.
Li consequence of this rettisat the plainng'wascuwpe,led
to bung his action agamst the deitilant, by whose
express ord. r, w the hour of universal alarm, the boosts
Were dcllloli6ited., The ►out YOuttlll to be recovered was
3001. the es. imate li,r ret,uslding mein, and toe lIIVMIe
rrotiis of the tenements, wh cis were let to two persons
named Wray 21111 1.00:08, thereby lost to the plaintiff, and
101' which he Well liable user to his soperior landlord.
Tile jury deliner.sted a l,w mintites,and found a vet-
diet for the plain ill. Damages 3201 ; costs 40s.

On Wednesday the IL:corder made a report to his
Majesty of the prisoners in Newgate, capitally con-
victed at the last sessions, when George Barry, fa.
highway robbery ; Joseph Kitsull and Jas. Pitcher
ti,r stealing in dwelling-houses; William Dawson,
tbr uttering tinged Batik-notes ; and Wm. Rubinson,
fur burglary, were ordered for execution on Tuesday
next. The others were respired during pleasure.

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