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SURREY.—KINGSTON, APRIL I.
Foneettir.—Georee Wood, a lad aged 17, was indicted for
forging a promissory note for 501. purporting to be drawn by
John Pi itrltiti d, in favour of Mr. Bassett, and uttering the
same, Linen big it to be titreed, on the 28th of Nov. to Messrs.
Sawyer. and Co., eoalsmerekants, with intent to &fraud the
said Messrs. Sawyer and Co.
Mr. Sa I Sawyer stated, that Mr. Bassett, of Nelson-
square, Black friars•road, WA• in the habit of ciralLng with the
house fur coals. On the guilt of November last, the prisoner
Caine to cert.-rutting himself to be Mr.
Bassett's son-in-law, and desired to has c a copy of his father's
account for coals. The account was pi winced, which amounted
to about 321. upon which the prisoner produced a promissory
note for the payment of 661. made by a Mr. John Pritchard,
in v o.lll* of Mr. Basset ;and stated, that his father would be
onnrin ob:iged to Messrs. Sawyer. if they would take the
4,110,11 it of his account eat of the note, and give him the dif.
frietier. Witness concluding that all was right, took the
toot., and gave a cheepie npon his bankers for the difference
between Mr. Bassett's coal-account and the promissory note.
'The prisoner then ordered three elialdrons of coals to be sent
to Mr. Bassett's, desiring that they might not be delivered
till the week following. On the 2tith of November, the pri-
soner came again, and presentiug.r.aother promissory note for
501, purporting to be made L•y the same party, in favour of
,Jr. Basset, said he was desired by his father to deliver his
compliments, and request the prosecutors to take the amount
of the three chahirons of coals out of.tbut note, and give him
the difference. Witness suspectiue there was something dis-
honest in the prisoner's conduct, detained hint, and sent to
the sepposed (hewer, to know if he had made the note, and
receiving an answer in the siegative, the prisoner was taken
before a Mise;istrate and committed for trial.
The last mentioned note, upon which the indictment was
Pout: wl,being produced in evidence, was compared with the
note set out in the indictment: and it appearing that the
name of the payee was written Hassell, instead of Bassett, as
in the note itself,
eMr. Platt, for the prisoner, submitted that this was a fatal
variance.

Mr. Bayou Wood acquiesced in the objectionvand, the pri.
soner was fonnil—Not guilty.
Joseph Charrington was capitally ir.dicted for feloniously
stealing on the Bth of March a gold watch, and gold chain
and seals, in the dwelling-house of Ann Gardner Smith.
Mr. Nolan conducted the prosecution, and Mr, Heath ap-
peared for the prisoner.
It appeared in evidence, that the prisonerhail been a young
man of good prospects, and at i he age of 21 becanic possessed
of considerable property, which, however, was absolved in
the liquidation of large debts, contracted during minority.—
The proseenfrix, who upon her own examiisation, admitted
that she had lived in a very equivocal situation with a gentle-
man, named Sinith,.but describes! herself as a spinster, hail
some acquaintanceship ;Oh the mother of the prisoner ; and
on the day mentioned in the indictment, the latter came to
her house, with his mother's compliments, to know how she
(the prosecutrix) seas in health. 4A,situal civilities passed on
the occasion. The prosecutrix had a gold watch, chain and
seals, hanging over her chimney-piece, and after the prisoner
went away, the property was Suspicion fell Olson
the prisoner; be was apprehended, and taxed with the theft;
and he confessed that he bad taken the watch, an?. its up.
pendages, and ;:arced with Ihmo to an acquaintance for less
titan their real valise. _ _

The case went to the...fury under all tLe circumstances,
and the prisoner was found Guilty—Death.
James Richardsoo, eonvicted of, having had forgedmotes
to the extent of 351,in Isis pot.tession, knowing them.to be
forged, was sentenced to transportation for It year:.
John Johnson pleaded guilty to the charge of has ing utter-
ed a 51. forged note„,keowing it to he forger!, and was sew
tented to transportation for I 1 years.
SINGULAR CHARGE OF HIGHWAY ROBBERY.
John Pearson Fotoutayne was charged with having, on the
Bth of November, feloniously assaulted Aun Mai ia fall, at
Vauxhall, an, with having take front bar Jour is. tokens, the
property of Win. Fall, her husliai.d.
kin Maria Fall, Mrs. Cooper, her anothilr, nod Mr. Rice
I Ives, were the,,ottly witnesses called for the prosecution.
Ws. Fall stated, that the. prisoner met her locteeen II and
12 o'clock in the morning, 4•11 the Bth of November, alleged a
claim of debt, and deinaoded, payment. Site denied all
ktiewledge of any 11,:bt, aosd said she had no money to give
him. Ile followed her from near Westminster-bridge to
Vauxhall, where he teTified her to give him four 3s. tokens.
They had. met crowd of persons, but she called ter no aid.
A letter' written by the prisoner, and asserting the gros.est
abuses of ;Mrs. Cooper and her nwther, was react.
The prisocer spoke at great is tm tli iu his own defence.—
He had been introduced to Mrs. Cooper's fatuity by a lady of
the town. He lent live 201., which she never.r..paltl. He
was anxious to ham n here she hi d, iu order to apply for
pastutu t, when be 5,-64m:talky ,fell in with Mrs. lie
followed her gil%E.l:'.lll three half-crowns as an admis
sion of ti: debt, for he h..d got her guarantee of the debt
cause iii.. 10,1tht. r did not live with her husband.
fie lind given his addres, at the New I:tyrk Crtfee-house, and
made no attempt to aseid any inquiry or scrutiny., A letter
from Mr. Hamilton, the prusectotrix's attorney, to the pri-
soner, was read. It threatened the most decisive measurere•
it he repeated the gross and .unmanly interrnptien he had
given to Mrs. Fall. 'flit. dose was the 10th of November.
The Judge summed„up decidedly against the prwweutiow.
Verdict.— Not Guilty.
Nlrs. Cooper and Mrs. Fall are rather fine looking ladies
Captain Fonntayne is a short bustling gentleman, nut not par'
ticulariy prepaases!ing.
Thuttelay -W... Marshall and Thos. Du ilin were tried, minder
Lord Ellen borough's Act, tin having violent:, assault. d .111(1
wounded John Sharp, in the chotrelkye:d of Lambeth, mitt the
night cf the 31/111.of November last.
Jobe Leagervsextun of the perist.of Lambeth. had employ
ed the two poisoners to itssist him is, walshing the church
yard for a fortnight !osier to the 33th Of NOV..IIIIIrI. Mar-
.hall had been so employed the previous winter. There
were feur or tivallnrials on Sunday, ile. 31th of hioveinlocr.
;dose 3 feel wk.- Witness amid his sous had ropeetedlY gone
round the church yard to see that all woo sale. In the eleis•
tug, after having locked the church, he went iostat.the burial-
grnuied to set nom traps, unknown tel but Marshall
retinae,' him end saw him set them. Het:minded the key
lof Nlarshall ; but he refused it, raying he wished to look in
IiW,KMIIIIII 4tilerWardS• and 191 o'clock, setae
witse.ti,; and Wawa; came into 01CA:sew.% they saw tau wen,
and heard them coavet site; about the rees,, going tits' 50
the gi ound where the pea; were buried, &mat tc the ei...).:11 I

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for burial of children, and then to the bonehouse, and took
two soovel., with which they went to the poor grave. He
knew them to he the prison( rm at the bar. Marshall pulled off
his coat, and set a digging in the poor grave till he came to
Duttin was with him at the foot of the grave.—

Witness heard the clearing of the monld from the top of the
coffin ; he came forward to the head of the grave, Missal 12
paces from it, and said, " Yon scoundrels, don't you want
some assistance there." Marshall struck at him with the

shovel, but missed. Witness parried a second blow with it
fowling piece he had in his band, null struck Marshall so as
to set him a-reeling. Witness called for assistance, being
unprotected ; his son Joseph Caine forward and asked, " Will
you shoot your master ?" He replied, " Yes, and you too.*
His son tired with a pistol over kis head, and he surrendered
himself immediately. Marshall was scent cd with much strug-
gling and difficulty.
John Sharp lives in a house in High-street, which looks
over the church yard. lie went into the church yard about
11 o'clock with Mr. Leager and his two sons. They !,ecreterl
themselves behind the tombs ; they heard a noise at the bane-
house. He soon saw two men, and heard one of them *ay,
" This is'sliallow," (that is it is a child's Crave). He saw
them soon after digging into a grave. Mr. Leagcr struggled
with one of them, and at that instant received a How on the
forehead, over the right eye, which cut him. He then srw 4
person with his arm nplifted, attempting to sti ika a second
time. Witness knocked hint down with the poker ;it was the
prisoaer Dutfin ; he then but un him, and endeavoured to
wrench from him a sabre which lie had in his hand. Young
Leafier came and struck Dullin's hand ith his pistol, and
got ate sabre from I . It was produced in Court and iden-
tified. On his cross examination, he said the sabre did cut

into the bone. The first thing that passed at the grave WAS
',eager corning up and saying, " Desist and render."
Joseph ',eager, the sexton's son, corroborated the framer
evidence in other particulars.
Mr. Curwood, for the prisoners, contended that eon-
duct did not come under the statute. The wounding was nut
such as the statute prOvidi.d for, unless it world have heel'
murder, if death had ensued. Death arising flow resistance
to an illegal apprehension was not murder. The apprehension
in this case was not legal ; for it was legal only to apprehend
for felony or a breach of the peace. Their conduct was
trespass, but not a felony or a breach of the peace.
Mr. Baron %%ood said he would reserve the points of law
for the Judges, it the Jury found the prisoners guilty.
DAM, the prisoner, said, they had only been ascertaining.
whether the grave had been opened, and exhibited a deep
sear on the side of the head, which he said had been made by
the poker.
Marshall, the other prisoner, said, all three had shot at him
' at once. Two shuts hall lodged in his breast. It was not the
first act of combination in which Mr. Leager had been engaged
while he had been watching. lie had done this fur nothing
but to, get himself a tine name. He robbed the parish by
charging for 10 feet when the grave was only 3 feet.
Mr. Baron Wood, in shunning up, observed, that the Act
under which this indictment was !nought was highly penal.—
The first questiumfor the jury was, whether the cutting in this
case was with intent to murder, and did grievous personal
harm. The second question was, whether the cutting was
with intent to prevent their being apprehended.
A juror said, that one of them was of opinion that they were
not guilty.
Mr. Baron Wood.—You must agree.
Verdict—Guilty, in defending themselves.—lt was taken,
Guilty, and the points of the law were reserved for the opi.
stun untie Judges.
The prisoners were then arraigned for the trespass and as-
sault. They pleaded not guilty; and agt col, by advice of
counsel, to 111:11•e their trial put nil till next kiln.

TRFSPASS AT CLAREMONT.
1/4.13, Ef:CI. V. SV k ES, ESQ.-'Phil was an action for trespars.
—lt swami' that the plaintiff was the owner of the yark and
groundi-in the °carnation of hi; Royal Highness tlie Prince of &Ist:-
Cobourg, at Claremont. The detandant was a gentleman of fortune,
and the lord of a ncighbourin manor. Three days after the la-
wonted death of the PrintaNs Charlotte of Wales, anti whilst her re-
mains WW2 in the bowie at Claremont, the defendant entered an en-
cloiure called the Oaks, fur the purpose of killing game. Prince
Cobaurg's gamekeeper met !Um, and asked him by what authority
he came to -shoot there. The defendant replied, that he was on les
own grounds, and had a right to shoot what game he pleased. Ile
said he had three pheasants, and he wanted another ; and, although
the gamekeeper warned him (Mlle ground:;, he killed a hen pheasant,
and carried it away.
The jury, under the learned Judge's direction, found a verdict for
the Alma—Damages
FRIDAY.

MURDER AT GellALMlNll.—ln the course of the preceeding
trial, Gwrge Chennel, a farmer at Gedaltning, and William IChal-
craft, a labourer. committed on iuomidon of having. en 'he Vial: of
N metuher last. muraFred George Chennel, the fiber of die ATor:rer.
were bought
Itt./. Gurney, for the rtesccution, felt himself obliged to imply to
the Couit to respite the recognizance* of the prosecutore'aild wit.
neeses, on account of the illness of M material witness, 'whom hit
Lordship would find in the C.:demi:a under the name of Sarah Ilur t.
an accomplice. lie, and his brother. Mr. Heath, had examined all
the evidence of the ease, and whatever might be their opinion, they
did not feel warranted to go Wore the grand jury n ithout this evidence.
The alfillavioi of, the uitalicul Mall who attended her, and of the at -
wrney kr the Prosecution (Mr. I. Wood), would prove that ,he
scculd tint be brought before the grand jury.
, aeidaviti were read, and stated that she was so ill with pa-
rrosysms and fainting fits. that she could nut be removed.
The COMIIIOII Sergeant La the prisoners, regretted tutxh the de-
lay. but felt himself incapable of ro,iging the motion. He regretted
it the more, es he could not propose to have the prisoners bailed.
Mr. baron Wool thought the evidence most materia I indeed, so
far as he tudarstood the case. It was impossible to reflue the applica-
tion. The case must stand over till next assizes. hid Lordship Mier
mediate.ly signed a warrant to that effect. •
CORNWALL.
, HANLE% v..3sArrtiEw uoqp..ry:.

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Assizes, hefOr• a Mirvill jury, •111 1.11•1•111tyi.IStr whets Mr.
Justice Aboutt stated, that she %rex It:trued Judge, Mr.
J °slier Ifuleu”l, hhu triad the rase.e hist year, entertained ra
minute uptoisias puts Ilse iiistsusin-9i I 1 II «hick the ejectment
had fircli 6rarslrt Nuoloiiiii m 11,14181 Ike :IC ,1111.1 eNprtoetl
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its the •b,tre of W1.11114:1, in mdr: iltittVl..t gitestit
might Arst underitn the entssideratiot tina..,..,ustrt. +slid he
anus ttlrk hross;lat for its final deter inhistlioulati-,re the Howie
of Lords, if either. party sloujildak tit. seine
4! rue do.lo•nolatot, tonsil nhkh
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rtobc.,%;,Zitptt7. 41f Milky, I Ilr 911.vr s.t. the 1/taillike ;
41:A4E:inky 4yd rted the ,sensations whirls he hood snide
sense months ir.ture his tivails, sod declared his intention et
not returning to them, woo ore mit to be found, sod Abet