The Sun.
London, England, 1849-03-27 00:00:00

ANOTHER.

After the case had, on the priscnt occasion, proceeded
come way,

Lord Baoucmot suggested that the parties should
make an application to the Court of Exchequer Chamber
on the rubject of that entry, and then, if so advised, that
they should again bring the matter under the considera-
tion of their Lordships' House.

ASSIZE INTELLIGENCE.
HOME Cll?CUlT.—Kingston, March 26.
The Commission fur the county of Surrey was opened
on Saturday, and this morning business commenced in
both,Courts. There are 37 prisoners for trial on the
Crown side, and the cause list contains 66 entries, 12 of
which are special jury cases.
CROWN SlDE.—(Before Mr. Justice WtouTsiaat.)
Richard Hunter, IG, a well known thief, wai indicted
for stealing from the person of Mary Anne Burnes, a
purse, containing 125., her property.
Mr. Clarkson prosecuted, and Mr. Charnock defended
the prisoner.
The evidence of the robbery by the prisoner was most
conclusive. He was watched by Romayne, a very useful
officer, in the New-cut, Lambeth, on the 19th of Feb-
ruary, in company with two other boys, evidently prowl-
ing about for the purposes of plunder,- and he was at
length seen to lilt up the gown of the prosecutrix, and
pat his hand into her pocket, and he withdrew it
clenched, and then made a motion, as if passing some-
thing to one of his companions, who immediately ran
off. The constable then seized the prisoner, and, after
a violent strugg!e, succeeled in securing him, and the
prosecutrix, on putting her hand into her pocket, found
that her purse and its contents had been stolen.
Mr. CHARNOCK, in his address to the jury, com-
mented upon the fact that no money had bee❑ found
upon the prison r, and that the policeman was unable to
swear that the prisoner actually passed the purse to his
companion.
The jury, after deliberating a short time, did not ap-
pear likely to agree, and his Lordship inquired if there
was any portion of the evidence which they wished to
have read over to them.
The Foreman of the jury said that they felt a diffi-
culty on account of there being no proof that the pri-
soner actually passed away the purse, and that the pro-
perty was not produced.
His LORDSHIP told them that if juries were to decline
to convict in all cases where the stolen property was not
produced it might tend to occasion a great failure of
justice. In the present case, they were to say, as rea-
sonable men, whether the fair inference from the evi-
dence was not that the prisoner passed the purse to the
other lad, who ran away with it.
The jury then again deliberated for a short time, when
they returned a verdict of Guilty.
A previous conviction for a robbery from the person
was then proved against the prisoner, and ho was sen-
tenced to be transported for seven years.
Henry Wilson, alias Durrant, 23, was indicted for
breaking into the parish church at Ewell, and stealing a
surplice and ether articles, the property of the Rev.
James Arthur Dunnage.
The prisoner was also indicted for being feloniously
at large before the expiration of a period of transporta-
tion, to which he had been sentenced in 1847.
It will be remembered that at the spring assizes at
this place in 1847 the prisoner was tried for a robbery
at the residence of the Archbishop of Canterbury, at
Addington, and upon his conviction he was sentenced to
be transported for ten years. After his sentence he was
taken back to the gaol at Kingston, and he contrived,
during the temporary absence of the turnkey to scale
the wall and make his escape, and nothing was heard of
him until he was re. committed to take his trial upon the
first-mentioned charge.
The prisoner pleaded guilty to both indictments.
Sentence deferred.

William Stradivick, 22, was indicted for feloniously
attempting to discharge a loaded gun at William Paters,
with intent to prevent his lawful apprehension, and in a
second count his intent was laid to be to do the prose-
cutor grievous bodily harm.
Mr. Lilly prosecuted.
It appeared from the evidence that Peters is an assis-
tant gamekeeper to the Earl of Onslow, and on the night
of the 11th of January, he and two other men were
watching in a wood at Kepley. About eleven o'clock
they heard the report of a gun, and as they were pro-
ceeding in the direction whence it appeared to come they
heard a second shot, and very soon afterwards Peters
came up with the prisoner and another man. The latter
ran off, but the prisoner, who had a gun in his hand.
presented it at the keeper, and told him to keep off.
The prosecutor instantly knocked the gun out of his
hand, and the prisoner was then taken into,custody, and
on his being searched a hen pheasant, and a quantity of
powder and shot, were found upon him, and the gun
which had been in his possession was discovered, upon its
being examined, to be loaded with a large charge of
powder and shot.
The prisoner, i❑ his defence, said that he was aiming
the gun at a bird when the keeper came up, and he had
not time to take it from his shoulder before it was
knocked out of his hand.

The jury returned a verdict of Not Guilty.
Mr. Baron PARKE did not sit on the civil side until
one o'clock, and his Lordship disposed of a few common
jury cases, the details of which were perfectly unin-
teresting.

OXFORD ClRCUlT.—Hereford, March 24.
CROWN COURT.—(Before Mr. Baron PLATT.)
Thomas Whitford was indicted for tho wilful murder o
his wife, Elizabeth Whitford, at Brilley, on the 2Sth
October fact.

It appeared that the prisoner had for, tome time la-
boured under religious mania, which at times exhibited
itself in great violence of conduct. The unfortunate
deceased was some years older than the prisoner, and
it appeared that their household presented a scene of
great connubial misery. On the night in question he re-
turned home, and a quarrel commenced between them
which was heard by the neighbours, who fearing that
the dispute had been attended with more serious conse-
quences than usual, sent a constable to the house, who,
with some of the neighpours effected an entrance, when
they found the poor woman lying dead on the ground
with her brains literally beaten out, and her skull dread-
fully fractured, the prisoner standing near the body in a
complete state of nudity. On examining the body, the
key of the door was found in deceased's pocket, so that
it would appear she had locked the door from the inside.
The conduct of the prisoner left little doubt that his
mind was diseased, and the jury Acquitted him on the
ground of insanity.
Mr. Baron PLATT ordered him to be detained in cus-
tody during her Majesty's pleasure; and he was recom-
mitted to the county gaol, there to await the Royal will
respecting him.
Elijah Lewis, John Symonds, Henry Williams, and
Thomas Thomas, were indicted for violently assaulting
Thomas Ball, at Huntingdon, on the 17th of February,
and stealing a purse, three sovereigns, a cheque-book,
and other articles from his person.
The prisoners waylaid Mr. Ball, a farmer, as he was
returning from Hereford market, knocked him from his
horse, knelt on his chest, and violently rifled his pockets.
It appeared that they mistook him for Mr. Taylor, the
steward of Sir R. Price, Bart., M.P., who they supposed
would pass that way on his road to Foxley Court, and
who was known to have been receiving a large sum of
money in Hereford that day, on the Baronet's account.
They were convicted.
The business of the assizes was brought to a close by
eleven to-night, until which hour both the Judges sat.

- MONMOUTH, March 25.
Mr. Sergeant Tslfourd opened the commission for this
county yesterday afternoon; and Mr. Baron Platt, with
Mr. Justice Coltman, arrived from Hereford this morn-
ing, when they attended Divine service at St. Mary's
Church.
The calendar contains the names of 48 prisoners, but
there is n,) charge of murder, although independent of
that, some of the crimes are of a very serious nature.

NORFOLK ClRCUlT.—Norwich, March 26.
Lord Chief Baron Pullock and Mr. Baron Rolfe
opened the commission this morning, having been es-
corted into the city by the High Sheriff, with the usual
formalities.

The calendar is not heavy, and there are but few cases
to be tried of any importance, with the exception of the
case of the Stanfield Hall murders, which engrosses pub.
lie attention exclusively.

NORTHERN CIRCUIT, Liverpool, March 26.
CROWN COLTRT.—(Before Mr. Baron ALDEDSON,)
Boger Fogg, a respoctable looking Quaker, was in-
dicted for manslaughter at Preston, on the 3d of March
last.

Mrs. Lambert worked at the mill. The prisoner was
the manager. Met.,srs. Cooper and Gannington were
the masters. The engine• tenter was Robert Wilkinson.
The reeling.room, in which witness worked, was over
the boiler. Mary Hart worked in the same room and
two others. An explosion, like the report of a cannon
tookrplace, about.half-past eleven o'ely4 in t,he

Mr. Manisty appeared for the plaintiff in error, and
Mr. Snow for the defendant.

It will be remembered that some years since the plain-
tiff in error, and the plaintiff in the Court below, at that
time being the proprietor or editor of the Satirist news-
paper, made his appearance on the stage of Drury-
lane Theatre, in the character of Hamlet, and that
on the occasion there was a great disturbance in the
home, which led to the utmost confusion. This dis-
turbance the appellant alleged the respondents to have
been the cause or, and to have led, with a view to his
injury. The appellant, therefore, brought an action for
the recovery of compensation in damages. The trial
came on in the Court of Common Pleas, at the sittings
after Trinity term, 1843, when a verdict was found for
the respondents on all the issues. A rule nisi was
afterwards obtained, but in Hilary term, 1844, was dis-
charged and judgment given for the defendants. A writ
of error was then brought in the Exchequer Chamber,
when the then plaintiff assigned errors, in which errors
the then defendants joined. The Court of Exchequer
Chamber affirmed the judgment of the Court of Common
Pleas, and the present writ of error was the result.
The question which was raised by the writ was as to
the form in nhich the judgment had been entered by the
Court below.