The Sun.
London, England, 1853-05-09 00:00:00

ELECTION COMMITTE

(THIS DAY.)

PLYMOUTH.
At the sitting of the committee this morning,
Mr. Serjeant'Kinglake, on behalf of Mr. Mare, said
that himself and his learned friends having consulted on
the evidence already laid before the committee, had
Come to the conclusion that the acts of Mr.
Mare's agents had so compromised him that it was
impossible for him to hope to persevere success-
lY in his opposition, and on their advice Mr.
Mare had decided to resign his seat and relinquish
further opposition to the petition. On the part of Mr.
Mare's agents, he must state that they had been acting
under the erroneous impression that there was no differ-
ence with regard to the dispensation of patronage be-
tween a member seated and a candidate on his canvass ;
and it was by this misunderstanding that they had been
ear to commit those injudicious acts for which Mr.
Mare must be held responsible, and some of which
11? doubt were quite sufficient to void the seat.
ne should propose to call Mr. Mare to give an expla-
nation of his c.induct and he might further state that
his course was not the result of auy compromise or ar-
rangement of any sort between the parties.
1 Chairman expressed some doubt whether they
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case nsistently with their duty to the public, allow
to close so abruptly.
tion
Mr. Mare was then called, and was under examina-
when we went to press.

CENTRAL CRIMINAL COURT.

(THIS DAY.)

OLD COURT.
The Alay sessions of the Central Criminal Court were
°Pened this morning before the Lord Mayor, the Re-
furder, Sir James Duke, the Sheriffs, and other civic
nctionaries.
The calendar contains the names of 148 prisoners.
The Recorder, in his address to the grand jury, said,
that though the calendar presented an unusual number
ef. Prisoners whose cases it would be their duty to en-
usualinto, in
consequence, no doubt, of the rather un-
Length of the interval which had elapsed between
these
and the last sessions, the offences charged were
tot of
ea.aes a Very aggravated character. There were two
of th °I murder, but as true bills had been found in each
beforese last sessions, they would not come, of course,h
e the present grand jury. From the informationt say
that, Wit
him on the depositions, he was happy osoy_
a , with one or two exceptions, the cases were not of
to 4.„e? serious or grave description ; but he was anxioust
former that opportunity of stating that at these and a .
feetl • sessions, he had not unfrequently been imp.erh-
wa! informed as to the nature of the business whic
gia..d
if
_
f we before the grand jury, and he should be
gist he could draw the attention of the committing ma-
lt nLates to that circumstance, and to the position in which
o(i:iced the grand jury as well as himself. By an act
arlianaent
(inired th of the present Queen's reign it was re-
the s at the depositions should be returned before
direct or at such time as the court should order or
the .Now he believed that no order or direction on
same ti had been made by the court ; but, at the
that 1' me, the judges had always expressed their opinion
s Was desirable the depositions should be sent in
be-h
lort tune before the sessions, in order that they might
naked
ed into before the presiding judge addressed the
fa%ces JurY• Fie was sorry to say that at some police
the do a practice had lately grown up of keeping back
positions to the last moment, and the consequence
was
for ..b'eat inconvenience to the business of the court
ti
judge often happened that the depositions were place
thein
li,e hands of the just when he took his seat on
beeouench, and when it was utterly impossible for him to
,:inie acquainted with the facts detailed within. If the
tAistrates would be kind enough to make their clerks
Vohi,the depositions before the sessions commenced they
howgreatly conduce to the public convenience. This,
he "et, was not a matter in the hands of the jury, and
,b:euld, therefore, not detain them with any further
atte,rva,tiitas upon it. There was only one case of and
ttoe—P' on human life—it was that of a man name
IThirle, who was charged with cutting the throat of a wo-
atte with whom he cohabited. It appeared that he also
be _inPted to cut his o throat, but in both instances
char as unsuccessful. The case assumed the shapefotfha
factsge of wounding with intent to murder.
*they wouldwerve as they appeared on the deposiatiotnrose,e
till a no doubt, find it their duty
.to return
of a
aoillegainst the accused. There was another case, .
ohnr what Peculiar character, where a foreigner was
15,), difyedhanh firing a pistol with intent to do grievous
'bat h arid to injure some person. It appeared
Whether hew
going along the street—it was not stated
111,,lin:i1r1Ztipd,e,i_teeaziriynags in l liquor. crowd
tttlehe was
° Were
aand annoyingalgeer dimn.ot—ofltbuli seemed boys,
thatoys
arid whi.ii"3 most foreigners, enveloped in a large cloak,t
Njlaieh was so surrounded by the boys, a pis el
him in his possession went off, but no one saw
of the batau/ "e• Though the pistol did not hit any
vh, was unfortunately struck a young woman
d
tt one PaBBing 'along the street. Now, if a man Rime
th 4, w Person but missed him and hit another, though
for'th as not his
original intention, he might be indicted
Inoist i° act ; but in order to constitute it an offence, it
4ad ooe. Shown that he aimed at some person. . If he
oa.se b„ !ttention to aim at any one, they would m that
atcoide' Justified in treating the discharge of the pistol as
tsual nta•l• There was another case, rather out of the
'with yourse, in which a man named Powell wastcoheaxrgendgive .
fbemg an accessory to the fact with regard te
a.
ritrgeries on the Bank of England, committed by
110°,? of that establishment who had absconded andit notfowrmaserly
ntoo4aMenable to the law. By the law_
an accessory after the
fo.,"er with the principal or after fa th
he could
d abeensnnl only
tried,be t tried
introduced into Parlia-
kl'tnnately by a most useful act
bY Mr. Baines, now the Presidente
eeofetehoeryPaofotre
rLtabwe
heard it was competent to place.
tt'the absence of the prin-
On his trial before a
and notwithstandingurYteholaneteeop4nacitptearl
thhaedfaeetluedoend.
JOStice. The offence of
of
4isted in the system r dither concealing concealing or making
other way assisting or
away with the plunder, o
Dromoting the object of
theprincipal felon. If they
found that to be proved in this case, they would be jus-
tified in returning a true bill against the accused. After
Recorder
to a few other cases in the calendar, the learned
—door& remitted the grand jury to the discharge of
their important functions.