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London, England, 1836-07-22 00:00:00

MIDLAND CIRCUIT.—LLArcoLN, JULY 20.
CnowN COURT.—George Sharman, a respectable-look-
ing farmer, was put to the bar, charged with the commission
of a felorT,
William Craven sworn and ,examined—ls the occupier
of a toll-bar house, situate on the Spalduig-road. On the
evening of Tuesday, the 15th of March a few rainutei
after ten, several persons came to his house a 4-1 called out
" Gate." Witness went out, when he saw two rnen, one
of whom struck him on the head with . a fork-shaft, the
other man entering the house, when he broke open a desk,
and afterwards took a basket of eggs. He was dressed in
a light greatcoat, with a lap and collar turned down, with a
handkerchief tied under his chin, projecting over each side
of his face. Witnesi collared him, pulled the handker-
away, and said, " Sharman, I am surpr.ised you should come
into my house, and .use me in this kind -of way ; you ought
to know better." Will swear to the prisoner Leing the man.
On cross-examination the witness, who is sixty-three
years of age, admitted that he might mistak‘: one person fOr
another, and that there was a likeness bettve,?u Sharman
and a man of the name of Robinson, who was late.lY trans-
ported ; but swore positively to the prisoner nevertheless:"
For the defence, Thomas King was called, who is the
governor of Spalding gaol, who remembered liaving had in
his custody a man of the name of Robinson, who was tried,
convicted; and sentenced to be transported at the last April
Sessions ; also that they bore a striking resemblance ft* each
other, in height, general appearance, and manner of (Iresjaig,
so as to be easily mistaken for each other, and which, in
fact, had often happened, even in the daytime.
Charles Dolby, a respectable farmer, has known Sharnian
nine years, and has known him as an honest man.
Mr. Baron BOLLAND here stopped the case. With re-
gard to mistakes as to the identity of individuals, they were
but too common, as he
_(the Learned Judge) from a very
long experience, could testify, and, singularly enough, it so
happened that during these very Assizes, prior to this trial
coming on, he had been repeatedly looking at the Attorney
for the defence, believing him to be a professional man
with whom he was acquainted in London.
The Jury immediately returned a verdict of Not Guilty,
and Mr. Sharman was ordered to he disc.harged forth With. ,

110111H"OIRCUIT.--IPIAnaroxE, Juxr 21.
CROWN COURT.—George Bromley, a labourer, was in-
dicted for having feloniously and maliciously, at Cliffe, near
Gravesend, on the 14th of May last, set fire to a barn, the
property of James Steel.

- Mr. CLARKSON and Mr. E. PERRY prosecuted ; Mr. C.
JONES defended. Verdict—Not Guilty.
,Imnes Greenwood, a child of nine years of age, was
charged, under the Coroner's inquisition, with the wilful
murder of Timothy Taber, a-child of a similar age, by
throwing him down a well.

Mr. 13opuN, who defended, took two objections to the
inquisition ; first, that the names of two of the jurors were
mis-stated in the body of the inquisition ; and, secondly, that
the mode of the death of the child was not stated with suffi-
cient certainty.
The Learned JUDGE holding both objections to be valid,
the inquisition was quashed.

NORTHERN CIRCUIT.—YORK, JULY 19.
Mr. Justice COLERIDGE sat in the Guildhall this morn-
ing, and has been engaged the whole day with a case res-
pecting parish boundaries. It is a suit of prohibition, to
try whether the inhabitants of Thornton and Allarthorpe
are liable to contribute to the repair of the parish church of
Pocklington, involving a great mass of ancient evidence,
both real and documentary, but having nothing interesting
in its details.