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fendant's house— 11ragl. way very desirous of finding a pur_
chaser for it, and otfcred the phiintiff; if he would prOcure a
purchaser for it at 500 guiness, The plaintiff was much
connected with persons likely to buy It, and the proposed re,
muneration was not unreasonable. In consequence of the re-
hresentation of the Plaintiff; Messrs. Calvert and Co. bought the
ouse for the sum stipulated. -
Witnesses having been. examined,
51r. Serjeant VAUGHAN addres.ied the Jury fur the de.
fendant.
The CHIEF JUSTICE charged the Jury, azid said that he
considered the defendant had made a had hargain,but if ip.v.ph:
made such bargains they must he bound by there.
The Jury immediate:), fount a verdixt for the plaint.rf--Ds:
maps 251.

his goads' himself; owing to the lots of— DiretaT his
Mr. SIiEPPICItI) said, that he had o great nurphcr of withese,4
to call, who would speak to the character and habits of the purl
aocutzix ; but he thought it.unneccisiity, afceir theittitifactory
litatantertts of the prisocers.
The Foreman at the Jury said, that they Itsdliade up %trait
minds, and would not give his Lordship the trouble to autri 44.5;
.•
the cvidenoe. Vettlidt-, Aka Gtdit)i. •
Dick bowed to the• Jury, and dec:sred, that be-Slotsid indict
the girl for perjury. Ifolyiand, late a FtoW•streit officer, arol
now hard of the !leading Fohee, was present, and told Dinit'
that he had better not. Liiitk replied, " spa not, my defsnce good otte ? Niihy, I intended tci have called yoii, Mr. fioly,
land, to speed( to in y character." frolyland replied," I heliew..
nobudy knows' it hotter then I do."
Sentence of death wax then passed ua Baileytfor forgery, sstd
on the ether convicts for their different offences, and tive
Ai-
sits terminated.
ffeklE .i .29.
The /Come Circuit colimienced here to-day before Mr. Baran
Ott /WAAL, on the Civil Side; and Mr. Justice iSts'otaounn
on the Crown Side.
frl both Courts the I:ashler...li is unusuety heavy for this
county. The gaol calentlat contains tbiety.tsvo commitrnents,
rainy of them for serious choices'; but the ntor. prominent it
the bueglary.in Earl Cowpet's maintilOn.
In the Civil Courc.thcre are twenty causes for ::al, many of
which are c!....t:tresi as Special Juries.

ASSIZE INTELLIGENCE

ABINGDON, WrnsrasilaY, Jell'
[Before Mr. Justice LITTLEOAL.E.I
TitfAL OF TWOIINIGOITIIOILLI OU
AylgtoLaOseiey)li. TUX r "
•
Jo's', Carey (alias the Well known Dick Bowers, the wooden
legged " Duffer," who aheut three weeks ago appeared at
Bow-street, charged with other
persons with having followed
his trade of duffing in Oxfurd.street, and having enticed a
Nobleman into his lodginga to purchase " cont,aband French
goods," which, in fact, were of British manufacture), and JoAn
Noah (one of the gang who was charged with committing the
daring robbery, at the house of Mr. Haines, the Steward of
Lord Cowper, in Hertfordshire, but who was discharged for
want of evidence, and who, like his companion, has been
known by the London Police as a regular Ole for years, -par-
tiereirtrly from his connection with Duthield'a gang), were this
morning put to the bar, and pleaded Not Guilty to an indict-
ment charging them capitally, with having feloniously assaulted
Hannah ttopkint on the king's highway, on Saturday last.
and stolen from her person two shillings of the coin of this
realm. The prisoners had been itt3ictel for conitnitting a rape
on the prosecutrix, and the Grand Jury threw out the bill, but
they found a true bill for the highway-robbery. This ease has
created no little sensation at Oxford and Abingdon during the
week, and the Court was crowded during the trial.
Dick Bowers, who has, under the assumed name of John
Casey, been for some time following his calling as a "duller,"
in and about Oxford, and taken-in a great many " data" by
selling them British for Foreign gnats, on appearing at the
bar. was dressed very respectably. His companion, Nash, was
in the same dress as he appeared at Bow-street, a short time
ago. As coon as the indictment had been read, Dick said,
" May 1 take tire liberty of suggesting to your Lordship that
it is my wish to have the witnesses examined separately."
Mr. Justice Lie TeErianr—Let the witnesses on both sides
leave the Court till they are called.
Dick-1 feel obliged to your Lordship.
Females were ordered out of Court.
111artlia Hopkins, who appeared to be about 16 years of age,
and rather a pretty girl, was called. She stated:—On Satur.
day morning last, about twelve o'clock, I was coining from
Oxford to Abingdon, and on arriving near die turnpike.gato,
where there is a stile leading to a footpath, the prisoners over.
took me, and asked me if I would go with them ? I said, No.
I got into the footh-patta and they followed me, and said they
would go with me. On arriving within about a quarter of a
mile of South Ilinksey, the prisoner: hit me dawn into a ditA ;
Nash teok hold of my legs, and postied me against a-bank ;
I was quite " mated ;" r did not know what I wee about 4
Nash went sway out of the field, and the geidlrmaii with
the wooden leg attempted to commit greet violence. I
struggled, threw him from me, and got away, and ran
round a hay-rick. He pursued me, and struck me three
times, and swore " if you do not do art I wish, I will be
hanged if I don't murder you ;" and he tookout a knife; and
drew it across my hand. [She exhibited. the mark of the
woond, which was very euperficial.l He then took up my
goserz, and tore away the pocket, which was tied round my
waist, and took out 2s. which it contained; I struggled for my
pocket anti money, and while I tied the pocket round my waist
again, he nearly choaked my by squeezing my throat ; my
bonnet was broken to pieces, and my gown torn out of the
plaits : I saw an old man named Hunt coming in that direc-
-iailuand 1 aboisid bare been naordered but for him ; I leaped
St ane !wage, rout told him x bad boen by tf t •
men, who had robbed ma °los. "
Cross-examined by Mr. SIIVPPERD—i did not offer to make
the matter up : Casey's brother came to me, and asked toe to
do an; I did not see the prisoners till they were near Oxford
turnpike; I did not know they were following me; I had not
previously offered to show them a convenient place ; I do not
understand you ; I was never served before as the wooden.
legged man served me; the foot-path is a mile nearer from
Oxford to .Abingdon than the coach-road. I never saw a sore,
havingh ;.1 rdotbdbreiodetblietnsitetaonnurtiosi,:ef
mention
is
ebtsovereignotoeutibte.
ert,lleex sovereignitwin
witness,
st Xa :ions oolnyti
reign in Casey's possession ; I know that he charged me with
on
hsoisnersl"dtosldhipth
would mention it. I wore the same bonnetanti supposed he
then us 1 do 110
whom a
e evidencel
re to
(black chip); I had then black feathers in, it. The Vice-
Chancellor's lady, on the examination of the prisoners on Se-
tuniay night last, told me to take the feathers out, and.l did
so on Monday; I live in Abingdon, near Bury-lane (a place
chiefly inhabited by females of bad reputation); I went from
Abingdon to Oxford about nine o'clock on Saturday morning.
The further cross-examination of this witness weakened her
evidence very materially ; she could give no satisfactory reason
for her going to Oxford, and repeatedly gave the most contra-
dictory answers.
Robert Hunt, an oil man, sworn
i r
tie
rof
heard a talkingamloilleidofsolh
it
on Saturday morning last, about twelve o'clock, as 1 was cross-
ilnigintkilseeyf,7ntciPatulthuidwliindg'inofanbofeurtntl quarter
The prosecutrix jumped
over a hedge, and told me two men had been ill using her ; I
replied that she had no bueinees there with them ; I saw the
girl and the two prisoners before they went into the field ; they
paseed by moon the Orford and Abingdon road, near the
turnpike ; one of the prisoners pot his arm over her neck, and
walked with her along the foot path. She went willingly.
John Fletcher sworn : My uncle owns the field in which the
prisoners and girl were found. I heard there had been a deal
of hallooing, and went to see what was the matter. I asked
them what business they had there ! e,nd Casey said, sa much
business as 1 had, and if I said much he would Llow my
brains out. I saw Casey take oat a handful of ,iovereigns, and,
he told me the girl„ who was crying, had stolen one. I 'odd
if that is true, I will go and get it back from her. He walked
away directly, and made no answer.
Crese-eianimed—The prisoner* did not run awaY, they walk-
ed leisurely, and returned to Oxford ; Saw Casey stop near
the market-place to speak to a person whom he nppeareti to be
acquainted with; I inquired in the street if the pretoners were
College gentknien, and told the person they had used et girl very
ill. They were afterwards apprehended, and taken before the
Vice-Chancellor of Oxford, and Cernunitted.
Mr. Justice LTTTLEDALE told the prisoners if they had arty
thing to say in their defence, he would hear them.
Nash then stated, that he was at Oxford on Saturday morn-
ing last, near the market-},lace, and ttie prosecutrot, who
he had since discovered Was a woman of the town, passed by
hint, and, winked one eye; he winked in return, and went
up to her. She asked him if he would take a•wr.l4 with
her, and he said he would for a Short time: he was then
joined 'by Caney, and they walked with her. till they arrived
near Oxford Bridge, when Casey took several sovereigns out
or hie pocket, and she left him wed went to Casey. While
she and Casey went' into the rick field; she requested him
(Nash) to watch that no one came. He watched near a quar.
tenor:: ,an hour, and heard a screaming, and :the :faraway, and
Casey charged her with robbing him of a sovereign, and tools
out his money to count it. He declared that he never Went
into the field, but watched at the gate, and saw the witness
Fletcher watchiugaleo, at the bottom of Matlem'it.lane, and the
girl never naid she had burn rohirrel of two shillings till Casey
charged her with Stealing a sevareign of
f half ai;l hour, and
171'°C:k4"67:::!;'77ard!h:r5 aWise
°a
he histt flowers, then made h iscadi tltah'r.eret:ltic;‘kml4}l°Yel , I,l,..4teTidtepnairri
mieint
tool.fl Ne
rG4I
cuoritr,
ri f fie L
lel I ei:n.rt,C::Onat4rihrtzt,:te.::::::,
Lard and Gentlemen of the Jury." Hodeclared that the girl
v not re, decayed him to the rick .yard, and that siie attemPte4l" i,hoter tiaeo is violent stoma, in a burn filled with atraw,' ;Pity
hti
tovfi t so:
shillings;/1 eattilei d.handottrduennlyp
trumped
tut el.: n pt ;it ter, gl,,atv:orm/ c;see.f_titwere
solo.),fill,o,ll,,::tlce,..e.tiht.l7,:avtoretiliv„::ll3oertlhe
r 4,
etiti,l.,;Slistti„,it'
0,..r perm" but not Woven, as she hail said. }re never • a
qtr l'taas
by ra in +eeriof
wdo:vinnowtitatifri7tti:iring..7jored„ tia6,
rare, and then of robbery, to ret money film o
rrrnelt ,P(ifer..)
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• .CHOWN SIDE.
The only case tried to-day of the least public interest was e•
following :
James was indicted fot a burglary in the.dwelling.,
house of Thomas Pratt at Sawbrldgeworth, in tote right of the
llth of April, and stealing four watches. 23 tizitnbies, and vet-
rious articles of plate, to the amount of 201.
It appeared in evidence that'the prosecutor, who is a shop
keeper at Sswhridgeworth, was aroused front his bed by tte
watchman, Who Wormed him that his house was robbed. He
got up and found a hole made under his shop window, and the
articles in question 61k:dna. For the purpose of pursuing the
thief he got upon the top of the Norwich coach, then going to
London. It being three in the morning, he could not &min.
guish the features of tidy of the !wise :wars; after the coatt
had proceeded a huh; way, and it became lighter, hi saw
prisoner sitting at the back with a bundle in his hand; tied tap
with a pocket handkerchttf, which he immediately recnoised
as his property, and which he had seen the day before in his
house. He stopped the coach and seised the prisoner, and upott
examining the bundle, it was found to contain all the articles
of which the prosecutor had been robbed.
One witness proved that the prisoner had been seen lorhirg
near prosecutor's house, about nine in the evening'before th
robbery:
The prisoner now said, in his defence, that he had seen a Ina%
drop the bundle, and be picked it up, not kno.ving its contents,
The Jury, under the' earned Judge's direutions, found the
prisoner Guilty—Dealh.
On the Civil side there were no casa tried of any public
Meg.

COURT OF COMMON COUNCIL

Yesterday n ('curt of Common Council wiy
held for the dispatch ofu variety of iiiiportunt
hoiiness.

tiTATf Tile 5Th LL:TS IN TUC CIT Y.
The Loot.: 31.trort rose to direct the attention of the :41:111.
berg of the Court to a subject of considerable importance to the
trade and comfort of the Cit)%--he mount th 4 state of the street—
During the hours of busineas, the streets were generally in
state of great confusion, owing to the want of proper reguLa.
tions. He had himself proceeded through the city from t}
M ansion to Temple-bar, and back again through Hol kJ
without seeing mote than one street-keeper, and the passage
through the streets at the same time was obstructed by cart,.
trucks, &c., which were ranged near the pavement. He haAt
exerted himatif to remedy title evil, but all his exertions, he
found, would be ,unavailing, unless they were seconded b,
those of the DeputieS of the Wards in the city. Ile thereto:4
took this opportunity of calling upon them publicly toter that
proper officers anti street-keepers sluadti be Appointed to keep
the street* free from obstruction • The street-keepers ut present
appointed were too often incapable of executing their dutie,
had Veen te;ld estlr:leieetw.ketheia.etri,n
soonieelyitrntaunnic,er
,o prevent
letvinelitiati
concluded
front y
tt becoming a buriben to the parish. ilistordshil:
expressing a hope that hi, observationt: would
have desired eOet.
AIr..HURCOMBE thought that the public was obliged to his
Lordship for calling the,attention of the Colin to thin subject.
The COrporation ought, in his opinion; to apply for".arrAct of
Parliament to ettend the Jurisdiction of the aitiermer, to many
matters at pre ens beyond their centrotil.

1-iWw‘ti l Ltv:'

?'lc. Alderman Cnow.nr a aid, that' the street-keepoi were
not appointul, by the wards, but by the pariahem, many et' which
were too poor to appoint a suflietont number. Amcittgbt the
nuieancea which prevailed in the city, he knee, of none yehleh
more loudly called for auPpreesian. than that of dogidtewitig
tru:l:s. A great number of necidente had come to know-
ledge which litul been oceamioned in his ward by these savage.
animals. It was for any person to walk. pti safety
near these dms.
SAVAG a ,:da, that the animals which had lieetiidiuded
to by the worthy Alderman were dangerous to hsraegideri
well as to foot passengers. lie knew that . hud,
happened to pcnons on horseback 'in 'consetrdente bf 'truck
p.
rhe Lout MAYOR OtIOCTYCiI, that the aecidems occasioned
by these dogs were not brought before the public,' 'benutte the
trucks had no numbers or names upon them; by ,thiefi they
could be idetatitied. - • k•

Mr. Alderman WOOD *aid, that one griat cum of the ob.
struetion in the streets was the practice of ?loving reit;ilaci..
ney•coachea on the stands than were attthoria^d'in he there br
Act of Parliament.

'Here the conversation ended.;
Mr. Deputy Rotyru presented a petition 11.6ril* Flr. Ralph
Lindsay, oomplaining that he had been improperly remov eu
from the situation of Deputy Bailiff' of the Fv.)rough of South-
wark. The worthy Deputy, then moved the following R,eival:A •

" Ist, That 'the* said petition h,e referred to the Cotettninter
for General Purposes to examine and report ttlereon. , . -.
" 2dly, That inasmuch is Air. Ralph I.indsayls appoint.
.ment to the office of Deputy Rai:l,ft' of the Irorough'of t'Autb..
mirk received the sanction or this Court under their common
Seal.,-on the 13th of Feb. 1818; which has never, 01;10 200';A i
voiced. dui Court canuot, in the presentlst= Of 'OE Profeel•
inn, recognize 'any other Ivrson as Deputy 134fe g a tk. ''t''
rough of Southwark. ..
md Resolutions were agreed to. . • t •
: .I, :in A co,.
The. Court was then occupied at considitidle Itogfs 0.11,„,„
cussion on a Report. of the egrOrnittie of City I;ar, 1 ne,,
ing a standing in Billingagate.market. rl'heßrlo7_7fetin E.:*
tivtd an a division by a majority of 21; the -13?"1i".1.k.1.,,,,_.:;&.
Per the Report--2 /11dernie.n ; ..1?.4 C0t0Tnri,,,yie14...,4,. ,
Against it.-41 COtnitoriers; 2J C .
\Mlle strangers were withdraw:l,, tt ~ ,eti tip a, the 'c.4 lt,
Altlertnan YEN MITA/3 ObscTvc,i,„
‘1._,,, ex tien..miv 4.iii,i,,t ~.
had bee with gr:)ss leroonalitics,
~;1,71' :led,. ilit,.vis:t.hlYre,4s.
40,4•;0
knosi on which
.upon it at apdia,la).l::,'retm:°.,,,,, necclidiyr:lrr.tt)tile.r(inerirrotliliyanrot4l.
vote
for !he regulation t nil in/prevenient
convinced ty thl3
, ~„11, to earey into eßect he 1 roserilant pf ljp er i
tnTgegPceafnhnareehsdg'll't(lt;::":nlllllieciliuie.ernrjfslC°igot'netrch;h3::gtuie:'nel:n:r:o!'r:ee'n::ctb:lQ'teeunat3t-b:'s'n':Y::lle'llit:tnP(:rni'.:°:'jj:hsr°:::jlts:t:iitu:''cnrYet'nt.etlit::rreenj''lvllaprlrr'°t.:t:ebnreir' I:ll:o';ittcl.eltelo'''iiier:lfrinttiritrkeleit°'tt:rlllleiLrnrsrnruef'tnuPsiw:tiEsi'.n:ls'in(il-ll"t'trulwa(t),lrtll:l:4:s.'e'tleh7- .'is:i.ij.,lsc::63't.tEr:elcir'lr':
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tar one cart to patis. .