The Sun.
London, England, 1848-07-28 00:00:00

Sergeant SIIEE was about to reply upon the whole
case, but was stopped by
The Loan CHIEF BARON, Oho said it appeared to him
that it was quite unnecessary he should do so. The
witnesses swore directly in contradiction to each other,
but on ono side they had the evidence of a man who
had been imprisoned for eighteen months for fraud, and
in the other there was the testimony of a respectable
person, whose evidence appeared to be above suspiciiin.
The jury immediately returned a verdict for plaintiff'.

NORTHERLY ullecurr—York, July 26.
(Before Mr. Justice CnkisswELL and a Special Jury.)

GRATBURN V. EVERETT.

This action resembled the one tried yesterday, being
an action of debt tor not setting out tithe, to which the
defendant pleaded that he was not indebted.
The plaintiff was proved to be entitled to the tithes of
the rectory of Owston, as the lessee of the Archbishop
of York.

The defendant's case was, that the lands in respect of
which tithes were sought to be recovered formed part
of a district called the South Ings, which, prior to
1793, had always paid a modus of 4;1. an acre, as was
proved by old receipts. In 1793. a Mr, Morris became
lessee, and he was succeeded by his nephew, who became
bankrupt in 1812. His assignees sold them, in 1840,
to the plaintiff. Since 1793, the lessees had always re
fused to accept the moduli. Tithes in kind were never
paid or rendered.
Verdict for the defendant.

His Lordship then proceeded to try prisoners.
Sarah .Stubbs. and Abigail Stubbs were charged with
having, at Harrogate, on the 15th of July, caused the
death of their father by throwing him down stairs.
The particulars of this case have recently appeared in
this paper, and will therefore be fresh in the recollection
of our readers.

After hearing the evidence, the jury instantly re-
turned a verdict of Acquittal.
Before rising last evening, Mr. Justice Erie passed the
following sentences :
William Burrows, aged 21, for a burglary in, and
beating the inmates of the house of Win. Scaife, at
Bishopsids, West Riding, on the 4th of July, to be
transported for fourteen years.
Thomas Bailey, aged 28, was, for a felony not named,
sentenced to be transported for fourteen years.
Peter Alachua, aged 34, for three burglaries ut
Scarborough, on the 23d of November, on the 25th
of May, and the 4th of June, to be transported for
ten years.
Edward Dickinson, aged 23, for stealing a mare on
the 4th of May, at Wakefield, to be transported for
seven years.
James Frith, aged 31, for stealing a horse at Shef-
field, on the 6th of April last, to be transported for
seven years.
Matthew Thompson, aged 37, for stealing a mare
on the 24th of April, at Bilbrough, to be transported
for seven years.
Thomas Wild, aged 23, for a burglary on the 29th
of June, at Cliff, in the East Riding, to be imprisoned,
with hard labour, for twelve months.

Thomas Hall, aged 22, for a burglary on the 15th
of May, at Middleton, in the East Riding, fur six
months.

John Matthews, clerk to the Midland Railway Com-
pany, for embezzling 101. and upwards, cif the Com-
pany's money, for six months.
Eli,a Booth, aged 34, for bigamy on the 18th of Sep-
tember, at St. Pancras, Middlesex, to be imprisoned
three months.
The five girls who pleaded guilty to robbery and vio-
lence in a house of ill-fame at Leeds, were sentenced,
two of them to be transported for ten years, two for
seven years, and the other to be imprisoned six months
with hard labour.
(Before Mr. Justice CRESSWELL.)
Sarah and Abigail 6"ttibbv, sisters, whose age was not
given, but who appeared about 24 or 26, and not hand-
some, were charged with manslaughter, in having caused
the death of their own father, by throwing him down
stairs, on Saturday, the 15th July, at Harrogate.
The case has recently appeared in the papers, and it
may be sufficient to state the substance of the evidence.
Ann Stubbs, the mother, said he was 73. The pri-
soners were unmarried. Sarah the elder. They had
been in service, but were then at home, and washed for
thej Harrogate visitors. Her husband had eaten no
solid food for three days. The quarrel began with her.
The prisoners had earned three shillings, and she only
gave them two, when the father came in and struck
Sarh on the side of the head, saying he would let her
know who was master there. lle then went up stairs
to turn their boxes out of the house. They had gone
up. lie was in a great passion, and she went to the
door, pretending for a policeman. On her return she
found Abigail holding up her father on the landing.
She said, " I want you, mother, my father has tumbled
down stairs and killed himself."

Mr. Parry, a surgeon, said he examined the body;
it was quite healthy. There was a slight bruise on
the head. The stomach was empty. He attributed
death to the shock of the nervous system, from struggle
and fall.

By the JUDGE—If he had been thrown down stairs
with any force, or had fallen down headlong, there must
have been greater bruises.
➢lr. J. I'oLLoCl► addressed the jury for the prisoners.
Tho Learned JUDGE summed up, and the jury almost
immediately Acquitted tho prisoners, and they were
discharged.

TILE CIIA.RTIST RIOTS.

Vicory, 30 ; Henry Walton, 35 ; Wm. Smith, 19 ;
Henry IVhitconibe, 21; James Downs, 19; Isaiah Beaton,
22; Wm. Conner, 31; Win. Winterburn, 20; Was. Sugar,
and John Johnson were charged with riot and assaulsing
a policeman in the execution of his duty on the 29th of
May last, at lioxton, in the West Riding.
Mr. KNovvhizs (the Hon. Mr. Phipps and Mr. Overend
with him) stated the case for the
A brief outline of the case may suffice on the present
occasion, as a full report was given at the time, nor was
there aught to distinguish this from the general run of
Chartist meetings, of which the papers have been full
ad nauseam.

It will perhaps be recollected that a meeting was held
on the 29A1 of May, at Bradford, on the occasion of one
Jefferson, a blacksmith, who had obtained the cognomen
of \Vat Tyler, being charged with drilling. There had
been a meeting also of the well disposed. fhe following
is Mr. Pollard's, a magistrate's, account:—Bradford was
in a very excited state, and had been for three months.
On the afternoon of the 29th he went out with a large
body of police and specials, and soldiers. Before they
had proceeded far they met a large concourse of people;
stones were thrown, the specials were driven back, and
the military were brought forward. They had three or
four troops of horse, and four or five companies of inf.►n-
try in Bradford. The police had cutlasses; there were
about 60 of them, and 500 specials.
Other witnesses were called to prove the part each
took in the affray. Many stones were thrown, and
truncheons used, but no very serious results. One of
the prisoners, Sugar, had a dagger, and on his way to
prison he said that he had intended stabbing it into the
guts of a policeman or a special.
Mr. J. PoLLOCK addressed the jury for the de'endants.
Mr. Justice EARLE summed up with great care and
mioutenss.

After which the jury found all Guilty, except Walton,
whom they Acquitted.
Sentence deferred.

The trial lasted half the day, but did Lot ex.ite any
great interest.

POLICE INTELLIGENCE.
GUILDHALL.
A young woman named Eliza Ashton, was again
brought up on the charge of obtaining money under 1 else
pretences from Mr. Chubb, of St. Paul's-church-yard.
Mr. Chubb stated that the prisoner called on him, and
said that she had been recommended to do so by a Mr.
Nicholson, residing in Upper-street, Islington, whom he
knew. She represented that her lather was in great
distress, in consequence of an execution having been put
in by the landlord, and all that her parent wished was
half-a-crown to make up the amount necessary to have
the distress taken out of the house. Having some sus-
picion, he gave her half-s-crown, but sent one of his
clerks with her to the place where she said her father
resided, to ascertain the truth of her story, but on her
way she altered her plan, and told that individual that
she lived at another part of London, and having led him
a dance, he eventually gave her into custody. Mr. Ni-
cholson had been sent to, and he denied all knowledge
of her.
Mr. George Mackie, of the City-road, said that she
applied to him under another name, and with a similar
story. Site said she lived with her father in Pleasant-
row, 01d-street, but knowing there was no such place,
he told her he should make some inquiries before he gave
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her anything upon trust. She left, and since then had
obtained money from the Rev. Mr. Brookhouse, of Bru-
denell.place, Iloxton; Mrs. Roche, Herbert-street; Mr.
Stanton, coal.merchant, at the Wenlock• basin ; and Mrs.
Wright,
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PRIZE FIGHTS.—Two prize fights took place on
Monday last, about two miles from this city, on the
Gloucester•road, and adjacent to the Severn. The first,
the ring for which had been formed on the Ketch side
of the river, commenced abcut five in the morning •
but
on the appearance of I'. C. Hemming, the
parties
spetehdeil
y ferry,
ppbarssteiesssionmooved to
of
the bweress e d and taking
over
r tohe
opposite side of the water. Of course they refused to
give the officer a passage; and he, finding there was no
one willing to assist him in preventing the tight, started
towards Kempsey, obtained the assistance of P. C.
Teague, and having crossed the river at that place, both
proceeded towards the scene of combat. Ilere they dis-
covered betvveen seven and eight hundred persons as-
sembled, and the interrupted battle having been
decided, two fresh pugilists were then hard at it.
On entering the ring to proclaim their authority,
the officers were violently pulled and pushed about.
Teague was struck on the head with ts stake, and
both were eventually ejected by force from the spot.
The police. finding their efforts to prevent the fight
utterly useless, gave up the attempt, and the encounter,
which was for a purse of money, terminated without
further molestation. We understand that the parties
who witnessed the exhibition, as also the pugilists them-
selves, are connected with this city; and that being well
known, they will shortly have to answer the chary of a
breach of the peace.— ll'orcester Chronicle.
AN INTELLIGENT NEGRO.—A negro, while under-
going an examination at Northampton, Massachussetta
on being asked if his master was a Christian, replitni
".No, Sir, he's a member of Congress."—Aniericun Po p`er