The Sun.
London, England, 1847-04-09 00:00:00

ASSIZE INTELLIGENCE.

OXFORD ClRCUlT.—Gloucester, April 6.
Business commenced to-day soon after twelve o'clock.
The calendar contains the names of 73 persons, of whom
two are charged with murder, five with manslaughter,
two with sacrilege, five with arson, four with robbery,
nine with burglaries, two with forgeries, two with con
coaling the births of children, two with cutting and
wounding, two with uttering counterfeit coin, and the
rest with larcenies. There were 36 causes entered for
trial, of which three are for special juries.
Ia the Crown Court no case of interest arose during
the day.
CIVIL SlDE.—(Before Mr. Justice MAULE, and a
Common Jury.)
BINGHAM V. EVANS.

Mr. Keating and Mr. Skinner appeared for the plaintiff,
and Mr. Godson for the defendant.

This was an action against an auctioneer at Chelten-
ham, to recover the balance of the proceeds of a sale
which he had made under the plaintiff's direction. The
defence was that he had paid the amount in question to
a person whom the plaintiff had employed as her general
agent in winding up the affairs of her brother, to whom
she was executrix. This person, who described himself
as an accountant, stated that he had got a cheque for the
amount from Evans, and given it to the plaintiff, who
returned it to him, and that ho then went to the bank
and receivea the amount. The plaintiff gave no receipt
for the money (about 72/.), and signed no document
whatever respecting it.
Some other witnesses proved that the plaintiff had
employed this person as her agent. The Jury, however, did not placa implicit faith in them,
and found for the plaintiff.

WESTERN ClRCUlT.—Taunton, April 6.
CROWN COURT.—(Before Mr. Justice CRESSWELL.)
John Shearn, George Shearn, and James Hawkins were
indicted for assaulting and robbing John Godfrey of a
purse and two sovereigns at Midsummer Norton, on the
12th of September.
Mr. Stone was counsel for the prosecution, and Mr.
Saunders defended the prisoners.
This was rather a singular case. Mr. Godfrey stated
that he was an articled clerk to a Mr. Govet, who had
offices at Midsummer Norton, close to which village
Godfrey resided. About half-past eight in the evening
of the 12th of September Godfrey was going home from
the post-office. When he had got about 200 yards from
the post-office, and within 100 yards of his own house,
he saw four men ; one of them (John Shearn) came up
to him, caught him by the collar, and bellowed in his
face ; the three others then came up, and made the same
bellowing noise. They jostled him, and went away to-
wards the village. He found his pocket torn down. He
followed them and overtook them, when they again began
making the bellowing noise. A mob of 150 or 250
people collected and made bellowing noises at him. He
pushed through them to a window in which there was a
light, and he was then enabled to recognise the other
two prisoners (George Shearn and Hawkins) as the
persons who had first attacked him. He went into a
house, and remained there for nearly two hours before
the mob had dispersed. He then went home, and then
found that his purse, containing two sovereigns and a
half, was gone.
In his cross-examination the witness said that Mr.
Govet lived in London, but the witness carried on busi-
ness for him in the country. He had had occasion to
after,:rtitils,,e
sue a great number of people, and there was a strong
feeling against him in the minds of the poor : he had
become a very unix-pular man. John Shearn had an-
noyed him before.
It was proved that John Shearn had left the village,
take his trial.
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