The Sun.
London, England, 1830-07-29 00:00:00

CIVIL SIDE.

The. Court was occupied the whole day in !twine; an
action hmtight against the Sheriff, of not the leaq
interest.

MIDLAND CIRCUIT.. _LINCOLN, int. 26.
The commission having been opened here on evening, the business of the Assizes com-
menced tmday. Sixteen causes were entered for
trial in the county, and two in the city. They are,
for the most part, of a very unimportant character,
and not one special Jury cause amongst them, The
calrndar contains the names of II prisoners.
John Becks, tailor, aged 37, was indicted for the
manslaughter of Joseph Jackson, a blacksmith. The
prisoner and the deceased, it appeared, had been
regaling themselves at a public-horse at Brigg, and
agreed to wrestle for sixpence each. The deceased
threw the prisoner on his knee, when the latter get-
dng his hand against the lower part of the deceased's
person, threw him on his back. A dispute then
arose as to which had won the sixpences, and they
commenced wrestling again in an angry manner.
Tke prisoner threw the deceased down, and fell
upon him, with his knee on his stomach. Jackson
was taken home, complaining of great pain, and died
the next evening. On a post modem examination,
it appeared that one of the intestines was ruptured,
winch, in the opinion of the surge" had beat
caftioned by a blow, and was the cause of the death.
The inquisition, however (the Grand Jury threw
out the bill), alleged the death to have been Occa-
sioned by the prisoner's throwing the deceased on
the ground on his back, anti thereby inflicting a
mortal bruise upon him. The Learned Judge,
therefore, stopped the trial, anti directed an ac-
quittal.

The Jury accordingly returned A verdict of No
_ _

keliard Poucher, a labouring banker, aged 30,
was indicted fur a burlary and robbery committed
in the house of Wm. Elsay, at llawqed-hall, on the
night of Feb. 2, 1829.

The Jury delivered u verdict of Guilty, upoi
which

His LORDSHIP pronounced sentence of death upon
the prisoner.

OXFORD CIRCUIT.—SALISBURY, JULY 26.
The Commission was opened here on Saturday
last by Mr. Baron BoLIAND,
This day their Lordships entered upon the busi-
ness of the Assizes, which has been hitherto un-
interesting in the last degree. In the cause list

there had been set down for trial only five cases,
and these, which were of• the commonest descrip-
tion, were disposed of to-day. The criminal calendar
contains fifty cases. The indictment against Mr.
Seymour will never come to trial again. Some
compromise has been entered into by this gentleman
with his prosecutors, and the contention has become
a drawn. battle. It is understood that the case will
come on pro forma at the next Assizes, and that a
verdict - of acquittal must be returned upon the in
dictment, as there will be no prosecution.
TUESDAY, JULY 27.
_ _

Both the Judges were employed during this day
in getting through the calendar. In Mr. Baron Bali.
LAND's:Court a man pleaded guilty to a charge of bur.
glary, and stated that he was aware that his life was
forfeited by the plea. The Judge, according to the
iudicial practice in such eases, remonstrated a little
with the prisoner, but he persevered in repenting
his plea of guilty,
In Mr. Baron VAUGHAN'S Court, a sober, honest-
'poking man, by trade a cooper or carpenter, and
employed in the brewery of a person named Fisher,
was indicted, on the prosecution of Fisher, for steal-
ing<a quart of cider.
The prosecutor deposed that he found the pri-
soner in the net of drawing the cider out of u barrel
in a small bucker, and that the prisoner had no au-
thority whateier from the proprietors of the brewery
to draw Or use the cider. In answer to a question
by the prisoner, the prosecutor admitted that the,
prisoner continued to draw the cider after the pro-
secutor had come in, and drew as much after he
had come in as he had drawn before. The prisoner
declared that he had no intention of stealing. About
a dozen respectable persons in Court, including three
of the jurors, voluntarily came forward and gave the
prisoner a most excellent character. The Judge
told the Jury that the case had been clearly proved
against the prisoner. The Jury did not agree in
opinion with the Judge, and brought in a very un-
usual sort of a special verdict, finding the prisoner
" Guilty of having drawn a quart of cider out of
the barrel into.the- bucket." Air. Baron NTAtionaN
expressed hiMself dissatisfied with the finding, end
after a little quiet hrovrbeating by the Court, and an
intimation that the, punishment would not be severe
if they should return a verdict of guilty, the Jury,
with evident reluctance, returned a verdict of Guilty
generally. The prisoner was then sentenced to a
week's imprisonment; and hard labour.

NORFOLK CIRCUM--.poiumDGE, Jutx 07.
Owing to the all-engrossing subject of the con-
tested election for this county, the entrance of causes
for trial is very scanty, and the cause list, which
usually, contains .15 cases, presents to-day only
seven. "The canvass for the representation 14 pro-
seeding with the- greatest activity, Lord F, Os-