The Sun.
London, England, 1834-08-11 00:00:00

riff of the Coynty Palatine. The following is the explana6
tion of this anomalous state of things :
customedFor
manytosee
centuries
execution
done
past
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ai City
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Sheriffscity
y ghaaosi
up °n
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minals condemned to die in the Courts of the Cott%
Palatine, and their warrant for so -doing was merely a To
of Court signed by the Clerk of the Crown. The pre„9v
origin of this unpleasant duty being imposed upon the 'l4
Sheriffs is lost in the lapse of ages ; but it is reasonou'r,l
supposed to arise from the paramount jurisdiction elle
cised by the Chief Justice of Chester and his colleague,t, of
Judges of Assize for the County Palatine over the Ci,t?e
Chester and its Courts, both civil and criminal.
int
the passing of Sir James Scarlett's Bill for the ab°l'l'l,o
of the Welsh Judicature and the Palatinate Courts,
City Sheriffs, and the city generally, arc Is,b°;,/
exempted from the jurisdiction of the Judges of
in the County Palatine. Within the last kw m°- ths de.
the Sheriffs, acting upon the advice of the able and in
ea
fatigable city Member, Mr. Jervis, have memoriali',4
the Home Secretary (Lord Melbourne) on the subje'co
requesting the opinion of the Law Officers of the Cr?:ot
upon a case submitted to them. The Attorney and S°licitv
General were clearly of opinion that the liability of the,
Sheriff to perform the duty had ceased on the pas sil d.
the Act for the abolition of the palatine Jurisdiction' the
moreover, that the duty ought to be performed bY,,,
High Sheriff of the county, as in all other counties in
„fi,
land and Wales. A case on the part of the county
trates was laid before the Law Officers, but they still CO7nr,
tinned of the same opinion as before, with which, howe'eA
the country gentlemen were by no means satisfied, he
were determined to resist. Thus matters stood up t 0 t.
commencement of the. Assizes, at which two men, at t),
were expected to be sentenced to suffer the extreme Peg'

of the law. _
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t
The subject has been a good deal canvassed during
week between the Judges of the city and county auth(?o'ii
ties. Mr. Baron PARKE is said to be decidedly of elmnithe
that the duty devolves upon the High Sheriff f°l* 11''5
county ; insomuch that the somewhat sudden resolve I?fa at
Lordship to finish the calendar last night (which he d' set
half-past ten o'clock) arose from his determination
out on his return to London this morning, leaving the:, 'll
prits for execution, and the High Sheriff to exercise liis
discretion as to whether or not he would execute then'. re
At eight o'clock this morning the City Sheriff' i`c„evd,
served with the usual rule of Court, signed by J. nbe
Esq., Clerk of Assize, commanding them to attend at
eri,
usual place (thii boundaries of the city) to receive the tie,
minals into their custody from the Governor of the Cf„self
In reply to this Mr. Sheriff Ridgway, on behalf of ht lice
and colleague (who is out of town) caused a written mend
to be served upon the Learned Baron declining to at
to the warrant of the Clerk of Assize.

One o'Clock he
All is still doubt and anxiety. No preparations Or tbe
execution have yet been made either at the Castle 0r fit,
city gaol. The hour appointed for the execution is Pt
of
and the state of the wretched culprits, who are ignorani
what is. going on, may be more easily conceived t'
described. vq4•
The High Sheriff for the county, G. C. Antrobus,
it is understood, has no personal objection to perforn
duty sought to be imposed upon him ; but rather than of
right or privilege of his brother Magistrates and the Get! j 5
of the county should be compromised in his person, Pei,is
willing to resist at all hazards, and has just left town on
return home accordingly.

Half-past Ooe'o
The difficulty has just this moment been got rid °f' for
least for the present, by Baron PARKE giving a resP'' for
the culprits until the 18th inst., in order to allow tirl;erio
some arrangement to take place, either by an Or"e
Council, or a short Act of Parliament. pe of
James Scholefield, the man mentioned in the evideP'

pai3
William Mosley, the accomplice, as the person wl'°„a to
the price of the murder (or at least a person suPP°5 has
be the same), is in custody at Stockport, and M 05.1%, be
been taken over to Stockport to identify him. It, Is '5OO
hoped, for the sake of public justice, that the other Pro✓
more immediately concerned in this cold-blooded Oa
tardly assassination will yet be discovered. ••
CIVIL SlDE.—(Before Mr. Justice VAuonAN.),
The business at nisi Arius was unusually light and
r;ecl•
teresting, except to the parties immediately conce,ol
There were 25 venires, which turned up 20 causes, se'''.
of which were undefended.