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: -;•• • CROWN COURT.
personof very respectable appearance, who, it ap-
P9ared,. has ainew, his apprehension refused to give hi,
name.or any infOtwation respecting himself, and why
-
*Ps described ikfiVe indictment as '•a man whose uam
unknown," *4-arraigned on a charge of feloniously
setting tiro-to tkatack of wheat, the property of Thorns
.34.avey.
Mr. Rose cceldtkied the prosecution; the prisoner him-
:elf
-ditritig, the inquiry.
cross "4_itilaCt 010 witnesses, and evinced a great
deal of tact
Nr.,Alacey-fleposed that be was a farmer at Strood
and on the 21St of February he had a stack of wheat
standing in arkld near the high road. He saw the stack
safe at hal.6ptast live o'clock, and between seven and
eight o'clock he heard an alarm, and found that it was ire
flames, and- tit whole stack was eventually consum:4l.
The staelt. haci.o94taicied between forty and fifty quarter,
of wheat,' _

Georgeilli* a tailor, residing in Rochester, said 11(
was on .his way home when he observed the stack of
fire, and when k„.ot up to it he saw the prisoner stand-
ing about t.eu_eurtwelve feet from the fire. Witness
:-poke to MIA 'Oct:remarked that it was a very bad job,
and the priibii6i paused a little and then said, " Yes,
burn corn when at) many poor families are starving for
the want of it." .;
WM. M‘Georgei a Rochester policeman, said he was
on duty in the High-street about a quarter to ten o'clock
on the night all* tire, when the prisoner came up to
him, and asked Aim where the station-house was? He
asked him what-be wanted, and whether it was about a
robhery, and be,:said it was. They then went to the
statiqu-house •tOgether, and when there the prisoner
addreised the night-inspector, and said, " I suppose you
havelaard of the fire this evening—l am the person
who*Lit,": Witness then sent for the superintendent,
and uport.dils al the prisoner repeated the statement
that he la set '• • to the stack, and said that he did it
with teb, and that he had his reasons for
I&j4ever tell to any one. While.
by to-Wavle-Wry—Of inifffreis a paper,
and continued to do so until he had emptied the paper,
and he then threw it into the fire-place. lie was then
asked to give his name, and he answered that he hoped
they would not think him rude, but he must decline
giving it,
Mr. John Tuff, the 14periUtendent of the Rochester
police, deposed that in consequence of a communication
he received from the last witness, he went to the sta-

tion-house, and found the prisoner in custody, and im-
mediately he saw him he said that he had come to give
himself up, for setting the stack on fire. He asked him
his name, but he refused to give it, and upon wit-
ness reminding him that it was a very serious charge,
and asking if he was aware of the conse-
quences, he replied, that he was perfectly aware what
he was doing. After this caution the prisoner made a
g
statement, which witness took down in writin , He said
that he was at the Coach and Horses public-house, near
itochester, and had some refreshment, on the evening of
the fire. He left the house about seven o'clock, and as
he was passing the field where the stack, was, he wept in
and set the stack on tire with one limiter match from a
box he had in his pocket. He then threw away the
box and the remainder of the matches under a hedge,
about a hundred yards from the stack. He then said he
stayed for some time to see the fire, and afterwards went
to Rochesterlo give himself up. The prisoner then told
him that if be made a search he would tied the lucifer
box in the plane he described, Witness again asked him
to give his name, but he refused, and upon his examining
his clothes to see it there was any name marked on them
the prisoner smiled, and said he had taken care of that,
and pointed to holes at the top of his stockings where he
had cut the name out. Upon a further examination of
the prisoner's person, he discovered a faint trace or the
letters M. C. A., a dart, and an anchor on one of his
arms, and the prisoner said this was done when he was
eleven years old. The prisoner afterwards said that he
had no wish to remain in this country, but that his
friends were very respectable, and no one should know
who they were. He asked the prisoner to sign the state-
ment he had taken down, but he refused to do so, al-
though he said it was all true.
Chief Justice WILDE asked the witness whether he
found any money on the prisoner? He replied only one
halfpenny. He added that a search was afterwards
made at the spot indicated by the prisoner, and a lucifer-
box was found there, which he produced.
The prisoner asked the witness whether, when he
asked him if the statement he had taken down was true,
he did not say that hc had correctly taken down what he
had said, and not that it was true?
The witness did not appear to understand the distinc-
tion suggested by the prisoner, and the Learned Judge
explained it to him, and remarked that there was a very
material difference between a man saying that a state-
ment was correctly taken down, and saying that the
statement itself was true.

The witness admitted that the prisoner might have
made the answer in the form he had suggested,
The prisoner here interfered, and said " What I said
was, you have taken down correctly everything I said."
Chief Justice WILDE inquire d of the witness whether
ho had any further conversation with the prisoner ?
The witness replied, that when he was conveying him to
Maidstone, to take his trial, the prisoner told him that
he had been to sea, and that Tawell, the Quaker. who
was hanged for murder, sailed in the same ship with him
to Sydney to look after his property. Ile likewise said
that he had been married, but that his wife was dead,
and he had two children, a boy and a girl, one seven and
the other nine years old, but he said he had not seen
them for two months.
In answer to further questions from the Court, the
witness said that the prisoner refused to sign the state-
ment, and when writing materials were offered to enable
him to communicate with his friends, he declined to make
use of them.
The landlord of the public-house, mentioned by the
prisoner, was then examined, to show that he was at his
house at the time he stated; and evidence was also given
of the finding of the box of lucifers in the hedge close to
the spot where the fire happened.
A statement made by the prisoner when under exami-
nation before the magistrate was then put in, and it ap-
peared that upon that occasion he asserted his innocence
of the charge, and said that his object in making the ac-
cusation against himself, was merely to obtain a night's
lodging and a breaklatt.
This was the case for the prosecution.
The prisoner, ou being called upon for his defence, ad-
dressed the Court, and said he would first
he had refused to state his name, or to give any
explaienlawehtyo
his connexions. He had two children who had been
stood t
odd he
didbrought
wuipahrethspeemettaablkya,oaws htheahtatdhebireefnathheimr shealdf,
the bar of a court of justice as a criminal. The prisoner
then addressed the jury, and in earnest terms asserted.
remained upon the spot afterwards, or he should have
hislikelyin ntehcaetn, cief
ioi
ef
hadthe crime,
ly caonmdmai
tstkeeddi whether it was
without
self up, when he might so easily have inhaadveehlisleens.chare?'
self money,
in ohe
de
ewas He concluded by declaring, that finding h
discharged in the morning, and not having
expecting tu be
that it would be the means of placing
ta
obtain inducedat o makenight's theodg
icaliga[giemse f
against him.
present
degrading position.
Chief' Justice WILDE, in summing
certainly a very extraordinary case, and but for the fact
been very well known that there had been. many cases
where persons had charged themselves with crimes of
up, said this was
which they were entirely innocent, the confession. of
the prisoner might be taken as conclusive against him.
It was the duty of the jury, however, to consider that
statement with the one that he now made, and to look
at all the other circumstances of the case, and then to
say whether they considered that the charge was clearly
established against him. The conduct of the prisoner.
had, no doubt, been most extraordinary. He was evi-
dently a man of some education, and
.his manners showed
that he had filled a respectable position in society ; and
it appeared that he was an entire stranger in the neigh-
bourhood , knew nothing whatever of the prosecutor
and therefore could hare bad no motive of to in-
duce him to commit the offence. Both. the statements
made by the prisoner were very improbable, but the
jury would consider them together, and see whether,
itahehilseast Idea
under all the circumstances; they could feel that the
guilt of the prisoner was clearly proved. He concluded
by observing, that if the verdict of the jury should be
adverse to the prisoner, he would have no one to blame
but himself for such a result.
The jury, after deliberating for a short time, returned
a verdict of Not aunty.
Chief Justice WILDE said, he thought this was the
safest conclusion to come to under the peculiar
that he
d circum-
stances
e
of the case, and if he had been upon the jury he
should have delivered the same verdict. The Learned
sliouldJudge then addressed the prisoner, and told
a altervetrh Courts dangeroust
orue;
atsati et.
x pt
this me
morning, it was an-
t
adviseh a
sd
o triedo u
him
never
nounced that the six actions of ejectment involving the
question of gavelkind
tenure, and in which Sir F.
Thesiger and Sir F. Kelly had been. specially retained,
would be postponed till the next, assizes. In consequence'
ra innel yesterday,i at the
disposed of 'several
common jury causes in. the Record room, and Mr. of the state of business, M. r. Sergeanet
Ser-
geant Dowling tried prisoners in the grand jury-room.
sethrgeeaLnotrdsatChnieeafrlJyutseclev,
heouh
and the assistance thus rendered was. a great relief to the
request
e s t
latter of
business of the assize, and a saving of expense to the
county, by releasing a great number of witnesses. Before
the postponement of the actions above referred to was
quite determined upon, the Judges decided upon adjourn-
in the commencement of the busiFiess at Lewes from
Tuesday to Thursday next, and business will be com-
menced on the latter day in beth courts at nine o'clock.

MIDLAND CIRCUIT.—Derby, March 18.
CROWN COURT.—(Before Mr. Justice PATTESON).
Elizabeth Pallier, aged 12, was charged with having,
at Codnor Park, feloniously murdered Sarah Wardle.
Mr. Gale appeared for the prosecution; Mr. Wilmore
for the defence.
Mr. Gale stated the case.
Elizabeth Wardle examined—l am the wife of John
Wardle, of Codnor Park. The prisoner at the tsar was
in my service as nursemaid, and had care of a child tour
months of age. he had been in my service six weeks
before this (=arrow° took place. She was twelve years