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London, England, 1837-03-22 00:00:00

ASSIZE INTELLIUENCE.

NORFOLK CIRCUIT—CAmmuDor., MARCH 20.
BAILEY V. HOWELL.-SAME V. SAME.

These were two actions, brought by the plaintiff, an
attorney, livi6g in the Isle of Ely, against another profes-
sional gentleman, to settle a dispute as to possession of the
office of clerk to the Court of Requests in the Isle of Ely,
to which the plaintiff's father was originally appointed.
After going into the plaintiff's case in the first cause the
parties came to an amicable arrangement, unddr the terms
of which each party pays his own costs.

DOCURA V. lIETTON.

In this action the plaintiff sought to recover damages
from the defendant for the injury inflicted in consequence
of his having been charged with felony by the defendant
without reasonable cause. Many witnesses were called,
who proved that the plaintiff, being a carrier froth St. Ives
to London, was, on his way home, at Royston in this
county, charged with being feloniously in the possession of
the defendant's ducks, which had been stolen just before,
and the plaintiff, after being subjected to great annoyance,
was discharged by the magistrates. Owing, however, to
his apprehension, his waggon did not arrive till nearly
twenty-four hours after its usual hour, by which the plaintiff
lost many customers, and, moreover, several large quanti-
ties of fish in his waggon at the time were utterly spoilt.
After the summing up of his Lordship a verdict was
given for the defendant, after being, by some mistake, given
for the plaintiff, with one shilling damages.
CROWN ilfercuth, aged 17, was in-
dicted for having stolen a bank-note for 101. in the dwel-
ling-house of Theophilus Russell Buckworth, a student of
Trinity College, in this University. The Jury found the
prisoner Guilty of simple larceny only, the prosecutor not
being able to prove the parish, as laid in the indictment,
which was necessary to sustain the heavier charge.
His LORDSHIP deferred passing sentence.

Joseph Clarke, aged 37, was indicted for stealing a bay
pony, the property of Francis Perry, of ltawreth, in this
county.

The pony was traced to the possession of the prisoner,
and witnesses were called on his behalf, to show that his
brother had called-one night and left the pony on the pri-
soner's premises.

The .kiry, however, found the prisoner Guilty of the
offence imputed to him, discrediting his witnesses.
It is rather a singular tact that the very brother above
alluded to is now undergoing sentence of transportation
for life for a similar offence, and that he on his trial set up
the self-same defence.

Sentence in this case was also deferred by his Lordship.

POLICE INTELLIGENCE.

GUILDHALL.

Yesterday a tall elderly gentleman, enveloped in a hand-
some Spanish cloak, who refused to give his name and ad-
dress, and upon whose person the officer found 3101. in
notes, and a valuable gold watch and appendages, was
brought before Mr. Alderman VENABLES, charged with
stealing two ounces of refined sugar.
Mr. Line, a carpenter, in Addle-street, stated that the
prisoner was in the habit of taking his grog in the evening
at the King's Arms, in Phillip-lane (a house frequented by
the West country and Yorkshire clothiers.) A bason of
sugar was usually placed on the table for the use of the
grog
,drinkers, and on Monday evening, he saw the pri-
soner, after making his liquor very sweet, and putting
three or four lumps in his mouth, take several other lumps
from the bason, and put some in each coat pocket. He
had noticed such conduct on at least two previous evenings,
and he, therefore, told the landlord, Mr. Wilkinson, who
sent for M‘Lellan, the ward constable, and gave the pri-
soner into custody.
MtLellan, the officer, produced eight lumps of sugar,
which be found on the prisoner, of the value, in his esti-
mation, of a penny and a farthing.
The prisoner said this was a cruel and a paltry charge.
He purchased and carried sugar in his pocket, being re-
quired by his medical attendant to take physic every hour,
and he took sugar to get rid of the nauseous flavour. He
thought there was an harm in taking a lump or two of sugar.

Mr. Alderman VENABLES should remand him to the
Compter, unless, indeed, he chose to make some atonement
for his folly by voluntarily giving five pounds to the Infant
School in Phillip-lane.
The prisoner having subscribed the five pounds, he was
discharged.
The landlord had, in the outset, expressed his unwilling-
ness to prosecute the charge as one of felony.