The Sun.
London, England, 1809-07-22 00:00:00

YORKSHIRE SUMMER ASSIZES.

The _Assizes for this County-and City were opened
at the Castle and at_the Guildhall -on Satutday even-
ing, before the Hon. Sir ALAN CHANTERS, Km. one
of his Majesty's Justices of •the Court of King's
'Bench, and Sir GEORGE WOOD, lint. one of the
Barons of the Exchequer, before:whom the follow-
ing Prisoners in the Castle have taken their trials,
'viz

Thomas Oulterson, (aged 26) late of Scarborough,
servant, charged with stealing a bay mare out of the
stable of William Arrowsniith, of Leyton, in the
county-of Durham.—Guilty, Death.
Richard Donnison, (aged 32) of Darlington, yeo-
man, removed by Habeas Corpus from the gaol at
Durham, charged with. assaulting Thomas Hall, of
Brampton, farmer, on the King's highway, and
taking from him three' Ripon and Knaresborough
' bank-notes, half-a-guinea in gold, and 15s. in. silver.
--I-Guilty, Death.
Samuel Crook, otherwise Shakleton, aged 26
charged on the oath of Jonas Crabtree, of Haworth,
in the parish of Bradford, with having broken and.
.entered into the dwelling-house of the said Jonas
-Crabtree, in the nighttime, and
.6n:filen tberefrom
nine pounds and upwards in gold, silver, and cop-
per, and other articles. Also charged on oath with
firing a 7 -loaded pistol at James Wignall, the
King's highway, in the parish of Arncliffe, with in-
tent to murder, wound, and rob him the said James
"Wignall.--.Guilty, Death.
'Abraham Fielding, aged 22, of Stanslield, in the
parish of Halifax, charged upon oath with having
'uttered to Richard Midgeley, John Sutcliffe, arid
•Sarah 'Patchell, three several forged' and counterfeit
notes, purporting to be Bank of England Notes,
knowing them to be forged and counterfeit.—
Guilty.
Dubbin, aged 39, charged .upon oath
with. stealing a quantity of wearing apparel, the pro-
perty of -Richard Appleton, innkeeper, Of Stokesley.
Guilty.
Adam Wasson; aged 40, charged upon the oath of
Michael Parker, of Ripon, mercer and draper, with
-stealing piece of white muslin, of the value of 20s.
out of the shop of the said 'Parker, of Ripon
aforesaid.—Guilty.
John Wilkinson, aged 26, charged upon the oath
of Elizabeth Sykes, with having at the township of
Farnley, in the borough of Leeds, violently assault=
edrand with having by force, and against her will,
felonioUsly ravished, and carnally known- her..,--•4c-
quittecl.
David Anderson, charged upon oath with' having
uttered and paid to Robert Dent two notes, purport.-
ingto be notes of the Governor and Company of the
Bank of England, knowing the same ,to forged
and counterfeited.--=Guilty, Death.

At the Staffordshire Quarter Sesioni,. a poor
girl, who was 'deaf --mid dumb, i,a swearing her •
child, affdrded the Court considerable ainusemeht.
She contrived to make uraerstood by ,igns.
Alter two.olours elabdrate disquisition during
the Bench divided in opinion, the man was dis-
charged.
A young man, of the name of aayton,, of St.
Martiu's-lane, has' undertaken, for a considerable
wager, to 'pull in a pound weight, at the distant,e
of a mile; that is, Ihe weight is to be attached to a
siting, a mile in length, and he is to stand stilt and
pull it to 'himself. The iiine allowed for chi; singu-
lar pertbrmance is tWo hums and a hall.—The-odd9
are against him.
James Miles, a farmer, residing at Goring,.'near
Wallingford, born in the year I 703, has ott,,red to
back himself for the sum of fifty guineas, to waik
fifty miles on the turnOike-road in fifteen tfours : last
year he performed a journey of fifty-t wo within: •
that time, after baying worked six hours in a hay
field; and two years ago he walked 'a mile in fima
minutes, for a bet of a gallon of beer ; he lately lived
with a cow-kepper near Tottenham-Court-road, as
superintendani of the dairy and fat m ; he is a small
muscular Man, and, enjoys all his his faeul.ivs—;•about
the age of fifty he married a wouaad of forty, who
produced him tenAildren. •
Mr..l:lo,ve who is attempting to rival Cahtairi
Barclay in his late perfolntance, was prosean mg his
twelfth day's task on Wednesday in Sx-rl. er,eishire,
but betting was ten to one against hiM, and 'it was
expected every hour that he would give'inl'
Early on Saturday =mitt, Jonn Harris,- alias
Harrison, a felon, made, his, escape tro Cl.crken-
well Prison, so as to 'elude the Nigl!a ce Of the
gaoler, and has not been heard of

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CRAVESPIND, JULY 20.
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