The Sun.
London, England, 1852-08-11 00:00:00

WESTERN CIRCUI7'.--_—_Wells, Aug. 9.

CROW
TN COURT.—(Before Mr. BaronPLATT.)
Thomas Boarne, surgeon of Radstock, was indicted
for the manslaughter of Ann Noakes.
Ann Noakes, the woman whose death the prisoner
was accused of causing, was the wife of a man in
humble circumstances, a miner living at Strascombe.
She was about 43 years of age. She had been mar-
ried several years, and had no fewer than eleven
children. On the 20th of June last her confinement
was approaching, and about half-past three or four in
the afternoon she was taken in labour. Some fe-
male neighbours were called in, and on examination
it was found that a "false presentation" had oc-
curred. The prisoner, who had attended her be-
fore, was sent for. He endeavoured to alter the pre-
sentation, but in vain. About four a messenger
arrived with the information that Mrs. Parker, the
wife of a respectable and wealthy farmer living two
miles from his house, was taken in labour, and that
he must proceed to her assistance. No sooner did be
hear this than the prisoner said he must go, saying
that he had been bespoken by Mrs. Parker. In thise
state the prisoner left her against the wishes
aonfdtihn
women about her, who protested against
spite of the entreaties of the poor creatu_rieta
hour.
that he would stay for only a quarterseonfd
for Mr.
He, however, desired the parties to
~,,, was sent to
er
Marsh, the parish surgeon. A messenger
six miles
Mr. Marsh, who lived at a distance of ,nherself,
n hour.
poor creature did not survive off, and he came with all possiblebo
called to prove that
Several witnesses were
Parker
were highly dan-
gerous, confinements of Mrs. 1 and other witnesses gave
above an
but the
gerous, and several
highmedhicsaracter for ability, and for
the defendant a ac„,l justified his treatment of
poor, and
to the
the case. the prisoner Not Guilty.
The jury found
, GREGORY AND OTHERS.
THE QUEEN ;ere convicted on Saturday of
These Priwneirisng at Clutton, at the late election
riotously
0, pone.•
tence was; Pia-- 1:2 were now placed at the bar to re-
The of this county, but the sen-
ceive i
- ild.gmie, PLATT saw, oat ne Mid taken smile time
Mr' :- the judgment he should pass with a view
consider
to
fo rTthhee 1 :ra.ssaots:renentn: division
of extending as much mercy as was consistent with
.
the
that due administration of public justice. It seemed
at the election which had just taken place in this
county certain persons
had been proposed as candi-
es, and that the prisoners had combined together
with many others, who had not been taken, for the
purpose of intimidating the voters, and the result had
been that they had nearly demolished the house of the
Blue party. It was very painful to see industrious
fellows, as he had learned they were, brought up here
as parties concerned in such an outrage. Several of
them had received good characters. He also took
into consideration the topic which had been urged on
their behalf, the cry of cheap food, and it would be
well if those who excited such men would look before-
hand before they tried to excite the passions of an un-
governable mob. They had unfortunately been the
victims of those mob orators who ought to have come
forward with their money to have defended them ;
for he was ashamed of his country when he saw that
some of them were undefended by counsel ; it
t showed
t to
that those persons had their own endsprivateheir
fate.
gratify, and had then left the prisoners
imprisonment.to
His Lordship then passed on the prisonerstsentences
varying from six months' to one month's

THE ISLINGTON CATTLE MARKET. --On Monday
this property, situate in the Lower-road, Islington, was
offered for sale by public auction at Garraway's, by Munder essrs.
Farebrother, by direction of the mortgagees. The -
taking was orignated by the late Mr. Johet n PfromerkiSmitns, with a
view to the removal of the cattle markhfield,
and was established by Act of Parliament in 1835, but on
its Present Act. The
being opened for business was not fficiently patronised for
its continuance as a market, and it has of late been used only
for the lairage of cattle, but the
cibusiness of the market can
,1 leasehold. property, Bce.,
the In J.. hich stands on about 16
acres of freehold land, public-hous
aptroapneyrtytimcoembperisreescornmencaerd
etunwer.
ea, Private dwelling-
was 45,000/., and it was bought in at
and the whole
houses, shops, an-
was offered to,
public competition in one lot. The first offer
fso2r,otohoel.w, hthoelesPurm°Peorfftered not being sufficient to satisfy the
demands of the mortgagees. Several of the City committee
other gentlemen interested; in the umber ofl
of Smithfield-
as a great capitalist's and
mwearre w
keptr.
Lord Justice Rssent, as ell
—n.ght Bruce and family, Viscount
accompanied bys. Ormsby, Dr. Lathom, and
the Hon. Mr. Preston and
family, &c., embarked on Sunday last for the continent, on
family,Gorta nsßtoanr,on
Von
Bale, Mr
bOarCt the Autwerp steamer, Baron Osy, Captain Jackson."