The Sun.
London, England, 1834-07-19 00:00:00

ASSIZE INTELLIGENCE.

NORTHERN CIRCIJIT.—Yoax, JULY 18.
(Before Mr. Baron GURNEY.)
Timothy Cavanagh was indicted for having fired a loaded
pistol at Charles Armid, with an intent to do him some grievctt3
bodily harm.
It appeared that on the day laid in the indictment the pro-
secutor was going to Selby with a horse and cart ; he stopped
at the toll-gate to pay the prisoner the toll. He gave him
sixpence halfpenny. Prisoner demanded another halfpenny,
which prosecutor threw upon the ground. Prisoner refused
to take it up. Prosecutor came out of the cart and was struck
by prisoner. A scuffle ensued, and the prisoner went into his
house, brought out a pistol and fired at him, and wounded
him ; he subsequently fired a blunderbuss at prosecutor, which
also wounded him.

The prisoner received an excellent character from several
respectable witnesses.
tie was found Guilty, and sentenced to two years' solitery
confinement, and to be kept to hard labour.

John Renshaw, a very extraordinary old man, aged 70, was
indicted under the 32d of George 11., commonly known as the
Lord's Act, with refusing, while in execution, to assign his
property, under the direction of the Court, for the benefit of
his creditors. The prisoner, pursuant to the provisions of the
Act, receives twenty days' notice of -being brought up before
the going Judge of Assize, and requested to make an assign-
ment, which in case of refusal he has sixty days to reflect. If
he perseveres in refusing, he is then brought up before the
going Judge of the next Assize, and tried under the Act, and
if found guilty he is sentenced to seven years' transportation.
Proof of the usual notices being put in, as well as the record
of his being brought up being also put in, the prisoner was
called upon for his defence.

He put in a book to show that he had assigned his property
in 1830.

Mr. Baron GURNEY explained to the unfortunate man the
folly of refusing to make the assignment, as he had no discre-
tion but to order him for transportation.
Still the prisoner refused to execute the assignment. He
was found GOty, and sentenced to be transported for seven
years.

At the last Assizes Mr. Baron ALDERSON took every pains
to explain the consequences of his refusal, and so did every
member of his family, but all to no purpose. He has, we are
informed, a property of 931. a year, and 281. was the sum he
was in execution for. On receiving sentence he remained
unmoved, and said that Mr. Harrison, his creditor, was a
mean man.

Elizabeth Heath was acquitted of the murder of her child
on the ground of insanity.

MIDLAND CIRCUIT.-NOTTINGIIAM, JULY 1;.

The Judges entered Nottingham from Newark at nine
o'clock this morning, and immediately opened the commissions
for the town and county, after which they proceeded to St.
Mary's Church, where divine service having been performed,
they adjourned to their respective Courts, Mr. Justice PARK
presiding on'the criminal side, and Mr. Justice TAUNTON on
the civil. The cause paper is very light, as is also the calen-
dar in regard to number, though heavy as regards crime. The
town and county calendars have the names of 20 prisoners, out
of which one is for murder, three for rape, one for an unnatu-
ral offence, and several for horse-stealing, sheep-stealing►,
bigamy, &c. The only cases disposed of on the criminal side
in the course of the day were those of George Parker and
John Severn, severally charged- with felonious assaults apon
females, both of whom were acquitted.