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London, England, 1841-03-17 00:00:00

CATION COMPANY.

The further arguments in this part-heard motion were then
proceeded with, but were not concluded when the Court rose.

ASSIZE INTELLIGENCE.

ROME CIRCUIT.—MinsroNe, MARCH 16.

The Learned Judges took their scats on the Bench
this day at ten o'clock. Lord Denman sat on the Civil
Side, and Mr. Baron Parke in the Crown Court.

CROWN COURT.

The calendar contains the names of one hundred and
fourteen prisoners—an almost unprecedented number.
for this county.
Mr. Baron PARKE, in charging the Grand Jury,
observed that he regretted to see there was so great a
number of prisoners for trial at the present assizes, but
with one or two exceptions the cases did not present
any legal difficulty, and it would not therefore be neces-
sary to trouble them with any observations upon them.
There was a charge against the captain and mate of a
merchant vessel, of the murder of a boy, who had been
an appre:.tice on board the same v,ssel, and this case
would require serious attention at their hands. There
appeared to be no ie-y distinct proof of the actual
cause of the death of the deceased, but it would seem
that it was in a great measure to be attributed to cold
and to the want of proper clothing, and general neglect;
and the Jury would have to clnsider whether the con-
duct,of the captain or the mate was such as to amount
to a criminal neglect, sufficient to support the indictment
against them.
THE CASE OF MR. SAVARD, OF SFITINGBOURNE.—
Mr. CHAMBERS made an application t the Court in
reference to the case of the above individual, which,
from his station in the county and his opulent circum-
stance=, has caused a great deal of interest in the
county. _ _ _

It will be remembered than a true bill was found
against Mr. Savard at the Spring Assizes. 1810, for
forgery ; and upon his application to postpone the trial,
it was granted, and be was allowed to go at large upon
his own recognizances in the sum of 1,000/., and find-
ing two sureties in 500/. each to appear and take his
trial at the Summer Assizes. He did not appear in dis-
charge of these recognizances, and they were, con-
sequently:, cstreated, and the thousand pound % the
=aunt of the re::ognizances of the sureties, were sub-
sequently paid into the Exchequer.
Mr. CHAMBERS having briefly alluded to the above
circum-tances, informed the Court that the attorney
for the prosecution had received a notice from Sward
to the eff,ct that he intended to surrender and lake his
trial at the pref,,ent assizes, and he wished, .as the wit-
nes;es oo behalf of the prosecution were now quite
ready, that he should be culled upon to surrender.
S:vard was :teem dingly called, but he did not answer.

Mr. CHAMBERS then ;aid he had reason to believe
that there was nn intention on the part of Savard to
.t 'lce his trial, but that his object was to a: noy the pro-
secutors, and put them to inconvenience. He, there-
fore, begged the Court would allow the witnesses to go
borne, and not put them to the expense of attending all
the asSzes. If they 'vent away without the sanction
of the Court, the defendant might come in and claim an
acquittal.
Mr. Baron PARKE said he would take care that
justice should not be defe ted in this way, and it was
understood that the witnesses would not be required to
attend any longer.
Thomas Whitehead, who was convicted at the Sum-
mer Assizes in 1840, of a burglary, but upon whom
judgment was respite(' on account of a point of law that
was raised in his favour, was [ 1 Aced at the bar to hear
the decision of the Judges upon it.
It a:opeared that the prisoner was indicted for a bur-
glary in the dw•ll.og-house of Elizabeth Andrews, and
stealing property loWnging to John Andrews. In a
second count the property was laid to belong to her
Majesty, as it appeared that Andrews had been con-
victed of felony, and had consequently forfeited all
claim to it. An objection was taken that although An-
drews had been convicted of felony the houe should
have been charged as his dwelling-house, and that also,
as no inquisition had been taken, the property was not
legally vested in the Crown, and that the second count
of the indictment, thereore, could not be sustained.
Mr. Baron PARKE said th it the Judges had con-
sidered the points that were raised, and they had de-
cided that the first court of the indictment could not
be sustained, bait that the second count was properly
laid, and the conviction must therefore stand.

lie then sentenced the prisoner to be kept to hard
labour for two years.

FORGERY UPON THE BANK OF ENGLAND.—John
Kelly, aid 41, deicribed in the calendar as a cattle-
dealer, Was indietel for feloniously uttering a Al. note,
purporting to tie Bank of England, with intent,
tl defraud the Governor and Company of that Corpo-
raton.

Mr. Adolphup, with Mr. Bullock, conducted the pro•
secution, and Mr. Clarkson defended the prisoner._

A number of witnesses were examined-, from whose
evidence it appeared that, on the 7th of November, the
prisoner went to the yard of a livery-st.hle keeper in
‘Vititechaptl, named Croft, and said that he should
want a horse and chaise the next clay to go to Wind-
sor, and that he should not. be back for
two days. The prisoner and another man, ac-
cordingly set off with the horse and chaise,
and it apprwed that on the morning of the same
day the prisoner went into the shop of Mr. Neal, a
linen•draper at Tonbridgc Wells, and purchased some
s lk handkerchiefs, which came to eleven shillings,and he
tendered in payment a note, apparently of the Bank of
England, for 5/ , and three sovereigns and two half so-
vereigns were riven him, and Mr. Neal went out for
the purpose of getting the remainder of the change,
and shortly after he had left the shop the prisoner said
he would have two more handkerchiefs instead of the
remaining change, and he took up two, and was about
to leave the sh'-p, when Mr. Neal met him, and told
him he suspected the note was not genuine, and the pri-
soner then gave him back the money and the handker-
chiefs. The prisoner afterwards, accompanied by
Mr. Neal, went to the Tonbridgc Wells Bank,
and the. note was discovered to be forged,
and the prisoner made a snatch at it and attempted to
destroy it. While the prisoner was under examination
he made a second snatch at Vie note and tried to
swa'low it, and would have swallowed it but that the
officer seized his throat and compelled him to spit it
out. Upon the prisoner being searched seventeen sove-
re;gns and twenty-five shillings in silver were found in
his possession, and while' he was in the custody of the
constab'e at Tonbridge Wells he offered to give him a
hundred pounds if he would allow him to escape, and
he afterwards attempted by violence to get away from
him. A publican named Waters was also called to
prove that on the same day the note was presented to
Mr. Neal the prisoner passed another forged note to him.
The Jury returned a verdict of Guilty.
Mr. ADOLPHUS said there was a second indictment
of a similar character against the prisoner, but probably
his Lordship would not think it necessary to proceed
with it. _ _ _

Mr. Baron PARKS intimated that it was nct
sat), to proceed any further.
The prisoner was then called up for judgment, and
sentenced to he transported for fifteen years.

REPRESENTATION OF NORTHAMPTON-
SHIRE. —For some months past it has been well known that
L, rJ Maidstone would nett again be brought forward as a
candidate .fur the northern division of this county ; though
the annouecemeLt of his Lordship's intended retirement
was understood to be delayed till the Conservative party
should have fixed upon his successor. That reason for de-
lay has now been removed, and the public have, in con-
sequence, at length been informed that, at the next
general election,. Lord Maidstone will not present him-
self again for the suffrages of the electors, and
that Mr. Augus•us O'Brien will receive the support
of the Conseevatives, in conjunction with Mr: Mann-
sell. We are fir from believing that the two last con-
tests for North Northamptmshire have decided irrevoca-
bly the future character of the rei.:re,erititives. We'
sill retrain unsatisfi,el that the coastitueacy which, o:tly
eight years agi, placed Levi Fitzwill am at the head of
the poll, and afterwards twice returned lis lamented son
without even a contest, can be so completely changed as
to deliberately prefer Representatives whose political prin-
tiples lead the n to counte-act almost every object which
the Noble Earl or the late Lord Milton sought to promote.
We believe that the registration since the last general
election has added not iecoasi lerably t 3 the strength of
the Liberal party, making the present list of electors a far
more accurate represent ttim of the feelings of the district
than that of August, 1837. And we trust that, come the
ge;,eril election when it may, the seat vacated by Lord
Maidstone will be filled by a successor of widely different
politics, and the large Liberal body in this coAlty once
more r gain their fair weight in the (hiice of its Repre-
sentatives.—Northampton Mercury.
PUNISHMENT OF DEATH ABOLITION BILL.
—This lip, brought in by Lord John Russell and Mr.
Fox Maule, proposes to abolish the capital penalty in the
following cases of felony ;-1. Embezzlement of notes,
bills, money, bands, &e., by officers of the Balk of Eng-
land and others. 2. Certain frauds on the TeVeilll,, such
as forging stamps, dice, marks on gold aad slyer plate,
&v'. 3. in the case of persons, who have been
transport 'd from St. Helene, returning to that island or
proceeding to Great Britain or India before the expiration
of tht i.• term of punishment. 4. Under this Aet, principals
i r the second degree care; of felony), and accessories
heft re the fee', will be liable to the same punishment as
p intipals in the first degree undo: the said Act ; and
ac-
ecsseries after the fact are to be punished by imprisonment,
not exceeding two years, &c. This Bill, in comparison
with that of Mr. F.tzroy Kelly, is unobjectionable, inas-
much as stabbing, or assaulting with intent to murder,
rape, 'miming shipping, &c., and other grave offences,
are v ry properly not exempted from capital punishment
by tie Bill ef the Government.
Viscountess Canterbury left last week for Parts.
The Noble Viscount remains in this country until the close of
the season.