The Sun.
London, England, 1836-04-08 00:00:00

CENTRAL CRIMINAL COURT•
(THIS DAY.)

OLD COURT.
Charles Kitley, George Page, and Berry cartio4o '
1)
,
were indicted for feloniously shooting. at Zlebariah F rene._
with intent to kill him, or to do him some grievous bodily

harm's2o;ll7 Marciapros7utor was servant to Mr. Bacon, On the
when he saw eth,weasiii;na
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jtoointilnigat; gietnltvlaesmaiii?l,s
duty to protect the game, He went on, and saw two does
of the lurcher breed ; he shot one of them, and his ass eta
Scott, shot the other one. Shortly tifterwards, the
.oeu
came up ; he could positively swear to Page
but not to any others. They used very violent languag°4
and some of them called out,'" Shoot the -----
Seeing there were five to two, witness and Scott ran to"
The prisoner
wards home, and the men followed them.
Kitley followed them furthest, and got over a hedge Wilic!'t
separated two fields ; he pointed the gun twice more, as'
appeared, to Scott than to witness, but he did not then fire-
Shortly after he pointed at witness, and fired. H
did not
at first perceive that Kitley had a gun, when he pursu!
and Raley;
bin:, When he fired the gun at witness, he was within Pu
yds ; heard the shot rattle over his head—it was like
aar hail-storm. The shot struck in the boughs of a tree, at
°'
considerable distance beyond him
Cross-examined by Al,-, C. PHILLIPS.—Witness was
standing still when Kitley fira five 11.1e°
had one gun, and he and the Shepherd had one a piece'
Scott was within a few yards of him.
Re-examined by Mr. CLAnksort.—Scott shot iroate-
diately after the prisoner did.
By the Jury—The trees were about 10 or 12 yards
advance of him. Some of the boughs were thin reaeb.
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The prisoners were up Mr. Rhodes' land when the hen was
fired.
James Scott—Was shepherd in the employment of 1).!r;
Bacon. Was with the last witness on Sunday the 20th ot" •
March, about 11 o'clock in ithe morning. He saw
thei
some of his master's sheep had been worried. He 81:!-d
French were in Darnford Wood. French called out, a?
him;
he run in the direction he was in. A lurcher passed
and he shot it. He ran on and saw five men in Mr. 11101eo„
• field, adjoining the wood. Page and Kitley were wotle,e%
them ; the latter had a gun. Witness and French turned
homewards, and the men pursued them. They used ha'
language, the others calling to Kitley to shoot them. Whe:,
he got within 50 yards he fired at French, Who was then,
from three to five yards from witness. He distinctly he°
something strike the tree, which convinced him the CI
was loaded with shot. Kitley, ran away immediately,
witness turned round and discharged his gun after Wi
in
He did not aim, as he only wanted to frighten him. Wile.,
Kitley levelled his gun at witness, he levelled at him'
order to deter him from coming nearer. in
Benjamin Skinner was in the Green Lanes on the daY
question, and heard the report of the gun. He vien.ot to.o;
wards the wood, and saw five men running from it.
ran
and Cartwright were two of the men. The whole fi,,,,ve
from Mr. Bacon's field into that of Mr. Rhodes'. Ile
them dragging the two dead dogs, and one had a gun. lir.
-- Foster, a constable of Tottenham, went to ge
Bacon's house on Sunday at three o'clock, and having se-a.
French, went after the prisoners. He found KitleY ne":‘,
the Green Man, Mnswell Hill, in the road, and Page -I;;
the field. They both gave the name of King. He too
Cartwright at Page's house, about one o'clock. He WA
sleJohng epin in a shed, w
another constable, corroborated the evr
dence of the last witness.
Kitley and Page LLeclined to say anything in their defeecie;
Cartwright said he was the fields in question, 01,_w,riner
saw Page, who said some one bad shot his dog. St
and two other men came and said, ",What, have they shot
your dog?" and then they went away towards the voled.
One witness gave Kitley a good character, and an ther
did the same for Page.
The LEARNED JUDGE summed up, and the JurP. after
consulting. for about half an hour, returned a verdict to
guilty against all the prisoners, but recommended them
mercy on the ground of provocation, their dogs having ''
shot previously to their committing the deed.

URTic .
Margaret HumphNEW C O
reys was indicted for stealing It;
knives, forks, linen, books, and other articles, the Prope
of George F. Alcock, her master Park"
The prosecutor, who is a gold. refiner, residing at - •th
terrace, Islington, deposed that the prisoner lived °l
him as his servant for eight days when the robbery in claose
tion took place,
On his cross-examination he denied that he had taikeulls
any liberties with the prisoner, although his wife was jelot
of him. The prisoner got an excellent character.----

guilty.
George Baker, 21, was indicted for stealing an iron gate'
value 205., the proerty of Joseph H. Roberts
an.
The prosecut
orresides in Oxford-street, d the gate Or,
taken from the street passage on the night laid in the in
ment, and brought back a few nights afterwards. the
A policeman of the C division saw the prisoner with
gate in his possession, but did not take him into eust led
He met him on the following Wednesday, and apprebenu
him. big
Two witnesses proved that the prisoner did not -eay %led
father's house the night in question. When he was esant to
before the Magistrates, the policeman brought a weinaler
swear to his person, and when she hesitated he drove
away. • nor
The COMMON-SERGEANT considered that the A
ctor to
was entitled to an acquittal ; and directed the InsPec`lier
make a report of the very improper conduct of the Pw
man.—Not guilty.