The Sun.
London, England, 1813-08-18 00:00:00

SUSSEX ASSIZW.S.

Lcwas, Ana. 16.---flannah Kaight was indicted
for secreting a letter,. put into the Office at May-.
field, for the purpose, of being forwarded by the
post.
\!r. Stevens, a shopkeeper at Mayfield, in this
county, said be put four half hank notes into a
letter, for the purpose of sending them to Lon-
don. Ile carried the letter himself to the 141yal
Oak, which was the receiving house,' and laid it
down upon the table, together with a penny.
The prisoner, who was a servant
,maid, was' in
the kitchen, together Avid' her mistress and two
children. The letter did not reach its destination,
'and; in fact, was missed that day.—By the evi-
dence of the lad who carried the letters to trek-
field, and of the mistress of the Royal Oak, it
,appeared,-that they had but,three letters to send,
and therefore, when they went to make up the
bag, the one was missed immediately. The pri-
soner was asked whether she it'd seen, the letter,
or hatlirentoved it front the dresser?' She said, she
bud put it and the petty), into the drawer. 'The
.penny was found, but the letter was not. The
lass of the letter caused some inquiry, and a few
days afterwards the prisoner told tire ostler that
be would find some money in hiS box. He said,
how could it get there, for it was locked, and he
had the key % She replied, that she-bad put it
there under the lid. Ile did not, however, find it.
Again, in a day Or two afterwards, she desired,
hint to get some one to let her down the well in
the yard, for that there was money at- the bot-
tom, 11t last, after some delay, it was thouglii
proper to send a person down the well, arid a man
of the name of Broker went down in the bucket,,
and at the bottom he found the letter torn, and
the halves of the notes which it had inclosed.
'These being .11 prc.cueet. to Mr. Stevens, he identi-
lied the letter and the half notes.-'—The prisoner
was found Guilty.
James NelOambe and Michae/ ZIP Geilich were in-
dicted for a robbery on the highway, and forcibly
taking from Fidtvard Chapman a. watch, frock',
waistcoat, hat, and trowsers.—.:The prosecutor
stated, that on the I6th of Jitne be was going
over the South Downs, near Lewes, when he
Met the two, prisoner s, who were soldiers, but
they had no plates in their caps. They stopped
him, and, drawing their bayonets, threatened to
run him 'through if .he did not stop. They then
made him:strip" off his . clothes, mid took them
front him, one of them giving his trowsers in ex 7
eliange. The. next morning he 'vent to the bar,
racks, and gave, up the clothes they had left with
him.' It was discovered that the tiro: prisoners
bad deierted,,and.asetjeant was sent in. pursuit at,
them. They were immediately apprphended. The
Jury found them Guilty: " •

THE KING V, DAVID KING.

At, the general quarter session for liamp.shire,
the defendant; AVIIO 1: .a butcher iu Winchciter,
and bad been some time employed by nichard
gen!, of Weymouth, the sub-contractor for sup-
plying the, soldiers in the district with meat, was
tried, for having used a, false pair, of wales., by
which the soldiers Were defrauded of one ponod
and a halt of meut nut of every ten pound's weight.
.vetlP long trial, in tthich he was as-
sisted by Counsel, he was found guilty, and sen-
tenced to pay a tine of 100/.'to the King, and be
imprisoned twelve months'in the common gaol.

Before Mr. Baron NI7o OD, at York, on IVednes-
tlay,• several causes were heard between. the oc-.
cupiers of. certuin Mills and tenements iniured
during the..late unhappy disturbances, and the in-
habitants of, the Hundred. --The following, is the
yesidt of these trials :---
Vickermou v. Beat:son and others, Haulages, ‘127 3 I;
Dyson si. - saute
'33 It o
Ithichliffe v: snow
93 14 4
'Hirst v. some 36 4 4
.
Garner , a. same '
nj I iierSttgle V. Ulm: 15 ;3 ti
004 • 1.. .
Hepworth . v. same •
Pitchforth v. same
Fosttq r• , same . ' . 291 4 a
Roberts 'v. &awe. ;
•••4•,•••1••••
Swallor., v. 4:141)e• - Nositd.
SwalloW S. 1). sumo ... Nousuited.
Sykes .. v. • saint: Verdict for the Deleadgat,