The Sun.
London, England, 1853-04-12 00:00:00

TAUNTON.

The committee resumed this morning at 11 o'clock.
Mr. Edwin James proceeded to sum up the case on her-
half of the petitioners.

COCKERMOUTH.

At the reassembling of the committee this morning,
The witness Wharton was recalled, and his cross-
examination was proceeded with. He stated that he
had gone to Mr. Benson's (the sitting member's agent),
in order to promise to vote for Mr. Aglionby, if Mr.
Benson would withdraw the execution which had been
put into his house. He made that promise, and the exe-
cution was withdrawn. He never intended, however,
to vote for Mr. Aglionby, and he did afterwards vote
for General Wyndham.
Several other witnesses were examined, but no facts
.of importance were elicited.

- ' This committee resumed thisATHLONE morm'ng at 11 o'clock.
. Biggs Andrews called for the
production of the
the table
deeMdsr of qualification, which were read by the clerk at
i alli-r• Keogh, in cross-examination,
stated
dll'gments against him were in the Master's that the
office of the
-"rt of Queen's Bench. There were two judgments
sums
for 900/. and 400/ , and he had paid part of those sums
had
____beeferiatthisefiielebetioa.n. The judgment of Hazeltine
_a_
friend of his. That of Stamonduah.yd liable
piblpaid by a member of the house who was. eqll
aettwoniitb.eyli.ini. That of Darley he had paid through
m. trail:lon t• Did not know that there were prior enccuo_.
property which had been referred to. I
tiified since the election
held as aand jaodeuraugronmeeanttioatinst him for 3001., which he
The l thdeedelacralatriaotui:ll he ha:.
me:: and,iealetftn
ifithgens
e made on he had
madeUThata.d bjordered
tnhtes ehmvaeadrailbsetcer aonpteeass.
kagistrates. He had aweeilirfi:edtalleed were the same whichdordered
which had be ° 13
behalf. of the sat'
'leagher +l.
~uen. ttpon
haicmco. unt of several notices
half
Was heard in rep Andrews
Ing Proceeded tom rs.umuy the case
Briggs
-Y and, proceeding when our re-
port left. The '. . - Was P • evening
edition. decision will appear in our

I.IIUEY SESSIONS.-( THIS DAY.)

-
Fore Thomas Puckle, Esq., and a full bench of
_Magistrates.)
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ALLEGED ROBBERY BY A RAILWAY CLERK.
James W. Mann, a respectably dressed person, aged
43, was indicted for embezzling several sums of money
at Shalford, the property of his employers, in the South-
Eastern Railway Company.
Mr. Locke prosecuted, and Mr. Robinson defended
the prisoner.
It appeared from the evidence of Wm. Cookson that
the prisoner had been in the company's employ, as
assistant station clerk on the South-Eastern line at
Shalford, and latterly some deficiency had taken place in
his weekly accounts. An investigation took place, and
he was given into custody. The prisoner ought to ac-
count for every sum of money taken to the chief station
clerk, but it was alleged that he had not done so. A
great deal of evidence was gone through on behalf of
the prosecution, when Mr. Robinson made an elegant
appeal to the jury on behalf of the prisoner, contending
that he had only been a short time in the company's
employ, and was paid his wages fortnightly. His friends
lived some distance from him, and in consequence of not
being paid weekly, and being in want of necessaries, he
made use of the money with the sole intention of replac-
ing it.
tEvidence to that effect being produced, the jury re-
urned a verdict of acquittal.

ALLEGED ROBBERY BY A BAKER'S MAN.
George Grache, a German, was indicted fcr stealinc, six
loaves of bread, the property of his master, Mr. Henry
Dodson, the extensive baker in Blackman-street, South-
wark.
The prisoner was for some time employed to carry out
bread in a cart, and a few days since he was detected
With six extra loaves in his basket, which were not
entered. Before he placed them in the cart he was
given into custody.
Mr. Charnock, who defended the prisoner, said the
bread was not, taken away, and it was the intention of
the prisoner to have accounted for them with the other
bread he, had in his cart.
Mr. Dodson underwent a severe cross-examination by
Mr. Charncick, and after a`short consultation, the jury
returned a verdict of not guilty.