The Sun.
London, England, 1837-03-02 00:00:00

MARRIOTT. V. BRODRICK.

This was an action to recover the " Farmers' Stakes,"
which were run for at Newport Pagnel races, 1835. This
case, which took up a very considerable portion of the
time of the Court, arose briefly out of the following circum-
stances:—The plaintiff, a gentleman, the owner of some
small property, had entered in 1835 with the present de-
fendant, he being the clerk of the course for the Newport
Pagnel races, a horse called Leeway, to run for the
Farmers' Stakes, one of the conditions being that the horses
entered should be thorough bred. Two other horses were also
entered, named Cricketter and Epaulette ; the race to be
run in heats.. In the first heat Cricketter came in first, Lee-
way second, and Epaulette third. In the second heat Crick-
etter was again first, Epaulette second, and Leeway last ;
therefore, supposing Cricketter to have been a thorough-bred
horse he would have been the winner. But Mr. Marriott
objected to him, saying he was not thorough-bred, and insist-
ing that Leeway and Epaulette should be started to decide the
race; but the owner of Epaulette refusing to start him, Mr.
Marriott was weighed, and walked Leeway over the ground;
whereupon he claimed the stakes, which were not, however,
given up, and the matter went before one of the stewards,
Lord Charles Fitzroy, General Grosvenor, the second steward,
not having attended to any portion of the business of the races.
Subsequently it was referred to the Jockey Club, and by the
Club sent back to the steward. Subsequently a paper writing
was sent by Lord Charlesjitzroy to Mr. Marriott, the plain-
tiff, and which paper writing was contended by him to be an
award in his favour.

The Learned JUDGP. directed a nonsuit, reserving liberty to
the plaintiff to move, if he should think proper so to do.

WESTERN ClRCUlT—Wrivenßs.rEzr, FEB. 28.
CROWN COURT.—James Chick, John Flux, Wne. Coontbes,
Charles Flux, and George Rogers, were indicted for being in
an enclosed ground on the night of the 28th of October,
armed, with intent to destroy game.
On the night of the 28th of October last, as the game-
keepers were going their rounds, they came upon the prisoners
in Friedland's Coppice, in the parish of Ca'bourne, in the
Isle of Wight. They demanded their names, which the pri-
soners refused to give. The keepers then followed them ;
upon which Chick asked his fellow for a gun, and he would
fire at them. The gun, however, was not given to him, and
ultimately the parties separated ; but the prisoners being
known- to the keepers were afterwards apprehended.
The Jury found the prisoners Guilty. Chick V4as then
sentenced to be imprisoned eight months, and the others six
months, with hard labour.

NORTHERN CIRCUIT, NEWCASTLE, Fzs. 27.
WALTON V. RICHARDSON.

This was an action on a promissory note made by the de-
fendant, on the 24th July, 1832, for the sum of 671. 175.,
payable two months after date to the order of the plaintiff.
There was a plea of no consideration, on which issue was
joined. Verdict for the plaintiff.
Elizabeth ,Dixon was indicted for the murder of her ille-
gitimate child. The offence was in one count alleged to have
been committed by strangling it, and in another by casting it
on the ground.
The jury returned a verdict of Not Guilty.
George Scott and William English were indicted for, on
the 22d of October last, committing a highway robbery on the
person of Thomas Abbott, at the parish of Newburn, and
taking from him his watch and hat.
On the night in question, the prosecutor was proceeding to
a place called Frenchman's-row, and on the way he went into
a public-house, where be met the prisoners in company with
two others. They said they were going poaching. On leav-
ing the house two of the party followed him, and after going
a little distance one of them came behind and tripped him
up, when both rifled his pockets. The night was moonlight,
and the prosecutor swore positively to the identity of the pri
soners. English was one, and Scott belonged to the party in
the public-house, but was not engaged in the robbery.
Verdict, Guilty, sentence of death recorded ; but with an
intimation that in consequence of the robbery having been
committed without any wanton violence, his Lordship would
recommend them to his Majesty's mercy.
William Gair, Thomas Nicholson, Thomas Legg, Thomas
Lodge, and William Stewart, were indicted for stealing a
purse, the property of Maria Mountain. Stewart is the mas-
ter of a schooner belonging to North Shields. The other
parties are part of the crew of a steam-boat, plying between
North Shields and Newcastle.—Not guilty.
The Court was engaged the great part of the day in trying
a numerous list of cases, arising out of petty depredations
committed in the Newcastle Depot of the Cross Fell Lead
Mines, which appear in the gross to have been carried to a
considerable extent.

CRIMINAL COURT--(WEDNESDAY.)

Charles Lamb, aged 36, was indicted for stealing a ewe, of
the value of 21., the property of Stephen Morgan, Esq., of
Harefield Grove, Herts, near Uxbridge.
Lamb, in his defence, on the evening of the 17th of Fe-
bruary was returning home, when in passing by a hedge he
saw in the bottom a leg of mutton and some suet lying, which
he took up and conveyed home.
Mr. Justice PARK summed up the evidence, when the jury
found the prisoner Not Guilty.
A degree of interest was excited in the Court by its being
known that the prisoner was one of the individuals who were
supposed to have committed the murder at Uxbridge. COn-
siderable surprise was, however, manifested in Court on find-
ing that, instead of the prisoner being the ferocious and brutal
looking man as described in the papers, his appearance was
that of a simple-looking countryman.
At seven o'clock the RECORDER took his seat on the Bench.
Thomas Wayman, C. Hayden, Hannah Hawkins, and
Jane Jell, were indicted for stealing 213/. from Mr. J.
Dunn, at Dartford.
After a lengthened investigation, the prisoners were found
Guilty, and sentenced to seven years' transportation.

The following facetious occurrence took place at
Stanton, about ten days since. Under the regulations of the
New Paor-law Amendment Act, it is customary for the names
of all parties receiving relief, at certain seasons, to be exhi-
bited upon the doors of the parish church. This regulation
was, of course, duly complied with in that village. Some
wag, however, hung by its side, as a fit companion to the list
of working paupers, not a fellow document from some neigh-
bouring Union, bat a list of State Paupers and Pensioners, as
recently published, in a cheap form. The appearance of the
double list, and the large sums attached to the names, excited
the greatest wonder and astonishment in the minds of the sim-
ple congregation on the following Sunday. Many could not
oe persuaded but that the list in " high relief," was, with that'
in " low relief," equally a Union document. Things remained
in this state until the clergyman arrived, who, seeing the trick,
ordered the obnoxious list to be pulled down. Inquiries were
made how the list got upon the church door, but no one could
tell, and the sly rogue who perpetrated the joke is yet un-
known. The remark of a lady pauper in " low relief," who
was present, deserves notice. On being asked by a companion
what had caused the hubbub, she replied, " Oh, I hear some-
body has set up a hopposition against us—but it won't do.",
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