The Sun.
London, England, 1836-03-26 00:00:00

CONSISTO

GROVER V. GROVER.

This was a suit for divorce by reason of adultery, alleged
to have been committed in the years 1834 and 1835, with
M. Amadee de Wall, rector of the post, and a Captain in
the National Guard, at.. Ville Dieu, in France, promoted by
Mr. John Grover against Louisa Grover, his wife. The
libel on the part of the husband was admitted, subject to
certain reformations, in Michaelmas Term last, and an al-
legation on behalf of the wife, of twelve articles, responsive
to that libel, was now offered.
Dr. LUSHINGTON, after having recited the main contents
of the original libel, and the answers to that libel contained
in the present allegation, said that the question resolved
itself into this ; whether the circumstances pleaded in
that allegation might not be important as a defence on the
part of the wife ; and with that view it became necessary
to examine the separate articles of the allegation. The
Learned Judge then commented upon the articles seruittm,
and considered the substance of the allegation entitled to
admission. Some reformations were, however, necessary,
and he accordingly directed the allegation to be admitted,
subject to the alterations which he had made upon the se-
veral parts.

ASSIZE INTELLIGENCE.

HOME CIRCUIT.—LEwEs, MARCH 25.

CROWN COURT.—Edward Baxter and Edward Pearson
were indicted for having entered, on the night of the 4th of
December last, the preserve of Edward Sadler, Esq., at
Bagshot, for the purpose of destroying game.
Some doubt arising as to the identity of Pearson, the Jury
acquitted him ; but found Baxter guilty, and he was sen-
tenced to one month's imprisonment and hard labour.
Peter and Henry Langley, James Marks, Simon Tywell,
William Gastar, and William Caplin, were indicted for a
similar offence in the preserves of W. Richardson, Esq., at
Weston, on the night of the 28th of December last.
It appeared that the prisoners used great violence, and
fractured the skull of one of the keepers, one of the bones
of which were produced in Court. No doubt existing as
to the prisoners' identity, the Jury returned a verdict of
Guilty, and they were sentenced to transportation for four-
teen years.
Henry Parry, aged 24, carpenter, was indicted for mali-
ciously stabbing Anne Voice, with intent to murder her.
Mr. Hollert conducted the prosecution, and Mr. Darby
the defence. The prosecutrix, aged 29, lived in service at
Petworth, and received the addresses of the prisoner for
some time. He afterwards gave her up, and in a fit of
jealousy he stabbed her as she was returning home from a
friend's house, on the 23d of December last. She exclaimed,
" Oh! John, you have done for me." He replied, " I
meant to do it." He afterwards kissed her and ran away.
The jugular vein was divided, and she was confined for
three weeks. The Jury found the prisoner Guilty, but re-
commended him to mercy.—Death recorded.

MIDLAND ClRCUlT.—Wileyacs, Mimi' 24.
These Assizes commenced yesterday, but no business was
done further than opening the Commission. The business
for the county is very heavy in both Courts, the cause paper
containing a list of thirty-two cases, five being special
juries, while the calendar has 170 criminals in its catalogue
of crime. There are, however, few of a very heinous nature.
No case of any interest was disposed of during the day.

NORFOLK CIRCUIT, BURY Sr. EDiroxp's,MAßCH24.
John Simpson was indicted for firing a pistol, loaded with
ball, at Sophia Gall, with intent to murder her.
The prisoner is a married man, with several children, liv-
ing at Ipswich, where he follows a mariner's life, being the
captain of a merchant vessel. The prosecutrix is a married
woman, and in the absence of her husband, a seafaring
man, she contracted an illicit connection with the prisoner.
This connection existed for some time at Ipswich, after
which the parties went to London, where they lived for 11
months as man and wife. In the course, however, of the
last summer, her husband persuaded her to return to her
home, and she left London to return to Ipswich in pursu-
ance of his invitation. On the afternoon of the 26th of
August she and her sister left her mother's to go to Wood-
bridge, where she was to meet her husband. In her way
thither they had to cross a heath, where two persons of the
names of Osborne and Rushbrooke overtook and entered
into conversation with them. At this time the prisoner
was walking behind a hedge which divides the heath from a
meadow, where he continued for some time to keep
alongside •of them. The prosecutrix and her sister
were about to leave the heath, when the prisoner ran
a little way a-head of them, jumped' over the style, and
confronted them. He asked her—" Sophy, Sophy, is this
proper treatment ?" to which she replied, " It's no odds to
you, Mr. Simpson•; let us go quietly on." He then began
to abuse her vilely, on which she requested Osborne to
turn back with her and protect her, which he promised to
do. The prisoner said—" Go where you will, Sophy,
follow you." Upon hearing this she became frightened,
and sat down on a bank, when he requested her to " shake
hands with him," which she refused to do, observing "'she'
had unhappily shaken hands once too often with him." In
a short time she left the heath, and went to a beer-house to
get some refreshment, and after staying some time, she left
for the purpose of continuing her onward journey to join
her husband. When they quitted the house, however, the
prisoner was found loitering near. The prosecutrix was
too much alarmed upon observing this, especially as it was
getting late, to pursue her walk to Woodbridge, and after
having obtained the protection of Osborne and the other
man, she and her sister agreed to return back to her
mother's house. Near her mother's there is a covered
passage through which it was necessary for her to pass.
Just as she was about to enter this place, she heard a
rustling behind, and on turning round saw the prisoner
within a few yards of her. In a moment he drew a pistol
from his pocket, levelled it at her, and fired, at the same
time exclaiming, " Thank Heaven ! I've shot the woman,
and I shall now die contented and happy." The prose-
. cutrix immediately fell, and was carried into her mother's
house.—The Jury found the prisoner GUilty.
The Learned JUDGI postponed passing sentence till
to-morrow.

OXFORD CIRCUIT.—HzaEFORD, MAIM 24.
The business of these Assizes commenced today at
twelve o'clock. The calendar contains thirty-four prisoners,
of whom one is charged with child murder, and two with
forgery. In the cause list were twelve causes. Ten were
speedily disposed of. The following was the eleventh, and
occupied the afternoon :