The Sun.
London, England, 1864-07-27 00:00:00

ASSIZE INTELLIGENCE.

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HOME CIRCUIT—MAIDSTONE, July 26.
(Before Mr Justice ‘Villes.)
Seven labouring men, named Thomas Bailer, Charles
Pearson, Thomas Cawdle, Thomas Moore, James 'Weber.
John Watson, and Geo. Beulkhein, were charged
demeanour, in having been guilty of riotously assfunbligg
and assaulting divers persons.
Mr Barrow was instructed to prosecute. Mr Itibton.l
counsel for the defendants, and by his advice they pie aged
guilty to the charge.
Pf ling
It appeared that the charge arose out of an
entertained by the defendants against the persons wllOl3l
they had assaulted, who were Irishmen, and who hid
engaged to assist in some railway works which are going '°ll
in the Isle of Sheppy. This feeling led to their asseniblii
in a riotous and disorderly manner, and in the-course of ti Le'
proceedings several of the Irish labourers were assaulted.
The learned Judge told the defendants that the tour:
they had taken was a very unjustifiable one, and one fhb"
could not for a moment be tolerated. In this country IverY
man, whether English, Irish, or Scotch, had a right toll ,bo
lu..ur,
wherever he could obtain employment, and it was w ell
should be known that every one who interfered in an) 'll3l
to prevent him from doing so was guilty of a very g
offence in the eye of the law. In the present case, ha% "Ter'
he observed that some of the defendants had already .been
in prison pending their trial, and he regarded their plea' till('
guilty as an expression of' their contrition for what they 155
done, and he should therefore merely order them to e: lterf
into a recognisance to appear and receive the judgmoni '

the Court if the should be called upon to do so.
Jesse Gray, 36, herbalist, was indicted for misderaealic
Mr Russell prosecuted ; Mr Ribton appeared for the ea.
fondant, who pleaded guilty.
The defendant lives at Chatham, where he carries 011
business as a sort of quack doctor. The offence impute ato
him was the exhibition of certain figures in his 01"),,P.
window, giving representations of the condition. of the
human body in certain diseases. These figures were etale-t
to be of a very disgusting description, and an indiotolli
was preferred against the defendant for the offence of 11:
posing them, at the last Lent assizes, which indiottnt 011
now came on for trial.
Mr Justice Willes said that the defendant had cle s rild
been guilty of an offence against the law, but as he ha
promised not to repeat it he should not pass any sent on'.
upon him, but should merely order him to enter is
recognisances to appear and receive judgment if he sh, )tlld

be called upon.
Robert Smith, 25, porter, was charged with setting fire
to a stack of barley, value £llO, the property of Ue(lls'd
Kelsey.
Mr Russell prosecuted.
The prosecutor is a farmer, living near Canterburft ang
on the evening of the 25th March. one of his barley at-1
was found to be in flames, and the whole rick was ever
ally consumed. The prisoner was observed at the fire, and
he made the observation that it was a good thing the vt Itiht
was in the direction it was, or several 'other ricks raiC,7.
have been consumed. He was taken into custody, but
evidence was not considered by the magistrates sufilcieot ',-
detain him upon, and he was discharged. On the foliosci"
morning, however, it appeared that he went to the P°licei,,,'
station and said that he felt so miserable and unh.aPPY
his mind at having destroyed so much property that •""
could not bear it, and ho had come to deliver himoolf
and he then stated that it was he who had set fire to ct
stack, He afterwards ,nado another statement, to thee'4l:o
that he had gone to the prosecutor's farm-yard to sea
could find any place to lie down in, as it was too late to %
admitted to the union, and that he had set fire to the at3G
accidentally while lighting his pipe.
The prisoner, who said nothing in answer to the 0193161
was found guilty, and sentenced to ten years' Olt'
servitude.

OXFORD CIRCUIT.—STAFFORD, July 26.
ALLEGED MURDER OF A POLICEMAN AT WILLE3;IOO.
At the opening of the court yesterday Mr Justice slle
e
passed sentence on the four men who, on Saturday', Wer:
found guilty of the manslaughter of the policeman 140,11,,;
at -Willenhall, under circumstances already detailed, l'"";
who had been tried for wilful murder—Thomas L
who threw the brick-end which gave the fatal blow, to a'
years'—George Lockley, his brother, to six years'Jellll
Edwards, six years'—and Joshua Stanley, who LEO bee-
by the jury recommended to mercy, to five years' penal eerd
vitude. The fifth man, George Skilletts,
was acquitte
and he remains to be tried on the charge of stealing tll
policeman's truncheon.

THE HALL END BOILER EXPLOSION.
Thomas Johnson, William Edmund Johnson, and W13:1„:,
Bagnall, alias Bagley, were indicted on the coroners liva`
rant, for having killed Thos. Knowles. Chas. Mellor, Bell:
jamin Carter, and others, at the parish of West Bromsvici
The grand jury having thrown out the bill against Tlos"
Johnson, no evidence was offered against him. The 1314'
soner Edmund was the son of Thomas Johnson, and vo6
manager at the Hall End Ironworks, near West Brera:
with, belonging to his father. Those works consisted °'
forge and rolling mills. William Bagnall was the engilwer'
and was entrusted with the management .of the steata
engine, boilers, , The circumstances connected
with the ease was the explosion of one of the largest boiled
situated in the centre of the works at Hall End, and which
occurred on the Ist March last. It blew up and caused the
deaths of 12 of the workmen.
After the examination of witnesses, whose evidence was
mainly a repetition of what was given at the coroner's ill'
quest, the learned Judge summed up, pointing out to the
jury that they must carefully weigh the evidence in the if
own minds, as what might affect one prisoner would Ilet
necessarily affect the other. He then read over the evidettc°
in chief, and left the case with them.
The jury, who deliberated for a few minutes
leaving the box, found a verdict of not guilty for both 13"°
soners.