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London, England, 1847-03-19 00:00:00

of notice, becaue it has a tendency to create these lawless
acts, and that is—Viat ii is the general rule to pay these
moat their wages at public-houses, where of course there is
the inducement to get to drinking, which continually leads
to riot, and II;sor-dt-r.
The j•rry found the prisoners Guilty of the assault upon a
peace offier, and they were sentenced—Bridge to four
months' and the other prisoners to two months' imprisun-
ment, with hard Lbour.

(Bet: Ta Mr. Justice CICESSWEILL.)
Bartholomew Gale and William Reid were indicted for
entering the dwelling-house of George Lane, at Corecombe,
and stealing money.
Mr. Fiboks was counsel for the prosecution, and Mr. Ed-
wards defeLded the prisoners.
It appeared that the prosecutor kept a turnpike-gate at
Tollerdown. On the night of the 18th of February, 1846, he
was awoke by a cry of Gate." He got up, and went down
stairs, and opened the door, when two men laid hold of him,
and two others went into the house. They told him if he
did not bide quiet they would have his head off. The prose-
cutor's wife came to them, and they knocked her down, and
said they would have her life if she did not tell them where
the money was. She told them the money was gone, but
there was SOM.:, in the window. One of the men held her
down while the other took a lantern from his pocket and
went up stairs. The man who held her down had a haed-
kerchief over part of his face, and the other pert was black-
ened. She had a black eye. They took away 11 Os. 10i d.
The prisoners lived in a:joining perishes, about six or seven
miles loin Tollerdewn—ate. Gale was seen in company
with Reid about nine o'clock that night, and they were heard
talking together as to the best mode of disguising them-
selves to go to Toderdown-gate and get some money; and
the husband of one of the witnesses told them it would be a
good way to tie a handkerchief round the face and wear a
cap, and he gave them a bit of rag. and told them to black
it against the back of the fire. Gale blacked the rag and
put it in his pocket, and her husband gave him a cap be-
longing to one of his own children, and Gale put the cap on ;
the husband then took a lantern, and they ad left the house—
her husband, the two prisoners, and John Reid, the brother
of the prisoner Reid. This witness stated that she after-
wards heard William Reid give an account of the robbery,
which corresponded with the account given by the prosecu-
tor and his wife. Her husband told her that while he was
holding the prosecutor he told him that this was a shocking
thing, and they must soon meet before the judgment-seat of
Christ. Her husband had been transported 12 months ago.
Gale was apprehended at Dorchester, and Reid near Brid-
port in October last.

Mr. EDWARDS addressed the jury on behalf of the pri-
soners, and urged upon them that they could not place any
credit in the story told by the woman.
The Learned JUDGE having summed up,
The jury returned a verdict of Guilty against both pri-
soners, and they were sentenced to be transported tbr 14
years.

Thomas Saunders, William Larcombe, and William Lar-
combe the younger, were indicted for burglariously breaking
and entering the dwelling-house of Edward Legg, at
Beaminster, and stealing therefrom divers articles, and
Maria Saunders and Ann Saunders were indicted for receiv-
ing the same.
Mr. Slade was counsel for the prosecution.
The house of the prosecutor was found to have been broken
into on the morning of the Bth of Jannary' and some boots,
bags, a quantity of flour, silver spo.nis, and many other arti-
cles were missing. Some persons had entered by the window,
and six panes of glass were broken, and one of the cross-bars
had been removed. Thomas Saunders and William Larcombe
the younger were seen together on the road going towards
Mr. Legg's, about twelve o'clock that night, and about five
miles from their own residence. A search was made that
morning in the house of Thomas Saunders, and a great many
of the stolen articles were found in the bedroom. The two
female prisoners, who were his wife and daughter, were in the
house. While the search was being made Thoin?.s Saunders
got out of the upstairs window. lie was immediately taken,
and then he asked if the consta;,le had got Will Larcembe
all right. William Larcombe, the younger, on the same
day, took some of the articles to an ironmonger at Crew-
kerne, and sold them. The prisoners all lived at Moster-
ton. On the meriting of the 9th of Janu try some earth
near Larcombe's house wag observed to have been fresh
moved. The spot was searched, and several of the stolen
articles were found buried. Maria Saunders was apprehendtd
'on the 9th of January. Four silver spoons which had been
stolen were found upon her. One of the constables said he
had worn one of the stolen handkerchiefs in the hope that it
might be identified. The judge told him he was a very
foolish man. Ann Saunders worked at a mill at Mosterton.
Some of the stolen meat was found where she worked,
wrapped up in an apron. Ann Saunders admitted that she
had taken the meat to the place where it was found.
The Learned JUDGE, in summing up the case to the jury,
observed that there was no case against the elder Larcombe,
and he thought it would have been as well if he had not been
sent there. As to Ann Saunders, the law considered the
wife acted under the control of her husband, and therefore
she was entitled to an acquittal.
The jury returned a verdict of Guilty against Thomas
Saunders, William Larcombe, the younger, and Maria Saun-
ders, and Acquitted the other prisoners. They recommended
Maria Saunders to mercy. A former conviction was proved
against William Larcombe, the younger.
The Learned JUDGE sentenced Thomas Saunders and Wil-
liam Larcombe, the younger, to be transported for seven
years, and Maria Saunders to be imprisoned and kept to hard
labour for two mouths.
There were no less than 14 witnesses to prove this case.

ROME ClRCUlT.—Maidstone, March 17.
CIVIL SlDE.—(Before the LORD CHIEF JCSTICE.)

HYDER V. DIXON.

This was an action brought by Captain Hyder, formerly of
the 10th Dragoons, against Mr. Alfred Dixon, the son of the
proprietor of the well-known horse repository in Barbican, to
recover the value of a race• horse, known by the name of
" The Devil among the Tailors," sold to him by the defendant,
and warranted sound.
Mr. Mantague Chambers and Mr. Bovell were for the
plaintiff, and Sergeant Shee and Mr. Bramwell for the de-
fendant.
It appeared that " The Devil among the Tailors" had been
run by Mr. Dixon at Tunbridge NVells, Canterbury, and
Chatham races in the autumn of last year, and was very
successful, being the winner on several occasions, and at one
of the meetings he ran us many as five heats. At Chatham
races he was again successful, and, according to the evidence
of one of the witnesses, lie bore the character of being a very
good "country plater," and upon this occasion he was
claimed by a person named Messer, according to the terms
' the race, for BW. ; bub Mr. Dixon was unwilling to sell him,
•
and ultimately gave Messer 201. not to press his claim. Capt.
Elyder, who had been steward at one of the races where the
horse had run, and was aware of his capabilities, afterwards
entered into a negotiation with Mr. Dixon for the purchase
of the horse, and it was at length arranged that he should
give 1 lei. for him, and a cheque for that amount uotm
Messrs. Cox and Greenwood was t iven to the defendant,
but it was arranged that the transaction should not be con-
sidered completed until the horse was delivered safely at
Brown's training stables in Lewes, and then the cheque was
paid. The horse was taken to Lewes in due course, and
when the cheque was presented for payment, the clerk
who cashed it, it appeared, took upon himself to require
the defendant to state on the receipt he gave upon chat
occasion that the horse was warranted sound. This, it
seemed, took place on the 15th of September, the original
bargain for the sale having been concluded on the 10th; arm
this interval formed a material point in the present inquiry.
It seemed that the horse arrived at Lewes on the 1:1th of
September, and it was very soon perceived that he was very
ill, and it was found necessary to call in the assistance of
a veterinary surgeon ; but the remedies he prescribed
were of no avail, for the h0.1,e went on lingering
and wasting until the 21st, and then died, and on his being
open 0 it was found that his kidneys were very much dis-
eased, and this disease was the cause of his death. 'The
veterinary surgeon is ho had been caned in stated his opinion
to be that the disorder existed for a fortnight or three weeks
before the death of the horse took place, and consequently ;
that the animal must have been unsound at the time the i
warranty was given ; but it was admitted in cross-examina-
tion that horses were frequently attacked whit inflammation
and other maladies very suddenly, which would cause their
death in a few hours, and that it was very improbable, if the
horse had been suffering from this fatal disease in the kidne.) s
at the time he was stoat by the defendant, that he could have
Jun five severe heats at the Chatham races, and have won
the race.
Mr. Sergeen SNEE, on behalf of the defendant, com-
plained that by the proceeding of the banker's clerk he
was made answerable for a supposed warranty of the 15th
of September, when, if one had really been given at any
time, it must have been on the 10th, when the horse was
sold, and when, even according to the evidence of the plain-
tiff's own witnesses, he might have been perfectly sound.
He then went en to say that according to his instructions
the horse was, in point of fact, perfectly sound when he war
delivered, according to the instructions of the plaintiff, to
the trainer at Lewes, and that the malady must have come
on suddenly, either front the change of stable or some other
cause, and that, therefore, the defendant was not liable for a
breach of warranty.
The groom who took the horse from Chatham to Lewes
was examined, and he proved that the horse appeared quite
well during the journey between the two places, and that on
the following morning, after his arrival at Lewes, he cantered
him for an hour upon the downs, and did not oberve any.
thing the matter with hits.

Some other witnesses were also examined in support of the
statement made by the Learned Sergeant.
The jury found for the plaintiff—Damages 1121., that sum
including some expenses that had been incurred by the plain-
tiff in doctoring the horse prior to his death.

POLICE INTELLIGENCE.

BOW-STREET.

William Clayton, a boy of about sixteen years of age, was
placed at. the bar before Mr. Hall, charged with obtaining
money under false pretences.
It appeared that the prisoner had been errand-boy to Mr.
Nind, paper-hanger, Fleet-street, and was discharged about
a week ago, and that he had since called upon several of Mr.
Nind's customers and had received money due to him. ➢lr.
Nind had authorised the prisoner to receive moneys for him
while in his service. .

The prisoner's was, that Mr. Nind owed him some
money for wages, and had refused to pay him. He got the
money which he knew to be due to Mr. isTind fur the purpose
of paying himself.
Mr. Nind said, that when the prisoner called at his shop
to demand the arrear due to him, he was told that if his aunt
(with whom he lived, having no parents) would call for it,
it would be paid to her.
As Mr. Nind suspected that some pawnbrokers duplicates,
which were found on the prisoner, referred to properly which
he had missed while the prisoner was iu his service, and as
Mr. HALL was anxious that his relations should be in-
formed of his situation (of which they were as yet ignorant).
and should be called upon to attend, the worthy magistrate
remanded the prisoner to Morday.

WORSHIP-STREET.
Police-sergeant No. 2 N, stated that a man named John
Smith had attempted self-destruction by cutting his throat
with a knife he had concealed about his person, in one of
the cells of the Robert-street police-station, where he was
oon afterwards found in a state of insensibility. Messrs.
Haw‘deer and Coward, surgeons. were at once sent for, and
on their arrival they directed [is immediate removal to St.
Bartholomew's HospiLal, where, on inquiry this morning re •
spectinr, him, it wa4 stated that he was alive, but wa, not
expected long to survive. He had been taken into custody
for rubbing his fellow-workmen of their tools.

SOUTii WA RK.
Henry Potter was charged with stealing a piece of printed
calico front the shop of Mr. Reece, limn-draper, hlackf•iars.
road.

Prosecutor said, about six o'ch ck 1 tat evening the print
dress was hanging on a line inside this doorway, and about
ten minutes afterwards the pristmer was brought into the
shop by a deaf arid dumb man, with the irticle in his possession.
The latter person gave his evidence tirough the medium of
his fingers, by which it appeared that as lie was passing the
complainant's shop he saw the prisoner enter the door, ,aiatch
the print off the line, and run awa' with it. He plush?
him and brought him back to the shop, when he was given
into the custody of a policeman.
The prisoner was committed.