The Sun.
London, England, 1833-09-09 00:00:00

OLD BAILEY-(TIIIS DO)

OLD COURT. s
THE CASE OF THOMAS COX SAVORY ,000'li
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Mr. ALLEY stated that he appeared for the pr 00
in this case, in which a second indictment bad„fplesdl
against the prisoner, to which he was desirous'"the
the other indictment having been traversed
Session.
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The RECORDER said, if Mr. Savory aPPea
he would take the plea. sct°Parji
Mr. Savory then appeared at the inner bar, be
both of
by a friend of his own persuasion.
The Clerk of the Arraigns then read 014,r0e1%r
indictments to the prisoner. The first, of '0 01;
August, charged the prisoner with exposing t°,lert;l
spoons and other species of plate, with inarits',o;
ed
to be the Hall mark of the Goldsmiths' CAt4 Orb
the second indictment, of the 31st of Jaoil
the prisoner with selling plate similarly marke.o,-.;
The prisoner pleaded not guilty to the second IdO t th' e
and was ordered to enter into his own reetgli
5001., and two sureties of 501. each, to*
next Session.
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Mr. Justice PATTESON and Mr. Baron GLlai
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the Court at 10 o'clock, and the former ilitaitA•3litr
ceeded to give judgment as to the validity of ti'Ll,yl.
diate Sessions lately held at Clerkenwell. Tu:ni
Judge stated, that it appeared, that in the count)ioroo
sex, for many years, it had been the practice 0,
orsior
sessions of the peace yearly, four of which toeit,r
the usual qusrter day and were called the Genersolt6
Sessions, and the other four were called the Qa,ts I
sions. The sessions at which the intlintuleA
Read, Maloney and Storey were found, were "'
of those sessions, but were held an a:,
session without adjournment. The pristh'ehe
.
Maloney, and Storey refused to plead, 00'1,- i 6
lfl,
that the sessions were illegal ; and himself and "6,4rl
Gurney took thee to consider the point, not on agioJ
any doubt they entertained, but because it viLls.l3
be a case of great importance, and on Wii-,d
difference of opinion prevailed. They bad I'B/
portunity of consulting with the Lord Cirecooct:
Tindall, and Mr. Baron Bayley, both of whom
entirely with them in thinking that the some', see,
the indictments were found was a good and val'
By the common law the King had the power t°
commission for the trial of offences at any time
think fit ; and if such a commission wssr
tie
without limiting it to any particular day 11)
the Commissioners named in that Commissi°,(tet
meet for the purposes of that Commission as boy
they thought fit. The forms of the Commission' 01',
that construction, and the Justices bad the 10,e,rietedi
sessions when they pleased, unless they were te9ere;
the Acts of Parliament, which it was said they
on looking at the Acts of Parliament, the Leatrl'oe"
thought the contrary would be clearly shown• oion
of the 25th of Edward the Second, chap. SI)
ici-erit
called the Statute of Labourers, enacted that in atbe)
there should at least be four sessions held within
and at all times, if needed, according to the ws-,
roe''
the Justices. The 36th of Edw. 111. cb.
of Richard 11., and the 2d of Henry V. made °
enactments, all stating " and more often if need to
14th of Henry VI. which was applicable only t?
county of Middlesex, relieved that county from tb:e ptieert'
of holding four sessions a year, and made it
upon them only to hold two, but it expressly Psodi
the power to hold more if necessity required•
was therefore clearer than the Acts of Parliarrient'aecii
cases had been cited at the bar in which a different opoct
to that he was now about to come to had been V': eV
but with those cases neither his Learned Brother
poi tide
self could agree. Having no doubt upon the P:'-tiOr
the case first came before the Court, and being '°r
that opinion by the concurrence of two nthero,l3idif
Judges, they were of opinion that the session at cod
indictments referred to had been found, W3'
valid session. 00,t
BREAKING OPEN LETTERS.---Lewis Xi4s rfOor
dieted for, that he, on a certain day, being ~ieste3,,',4
a sorter of letters in the General Post-officet `17„,01,„'t
secret.a letter containing bank-notes of the vela carol
addressed to Anna Matilda Dennison, Dia',
square, in the city of London ; and /lirarti'a,;„-z, A/
wife) was in one count charged with steaT-ok tby
another count with receiving the notes, ktitv" -
be stolen.

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There were several other counts.
King pleaded guilty, and Mr. Adolphus, theivote
for the prosecution, not offering any evidence ag
female prisoner, she was acquitted. e io
Thomas Read and Michael Maloney We t
for the manslaughter of Edward Thon]r°°
Barnet, on the 9th of July list. w tbe.'
John Harrison, a surgeon at Whetstone"! boa..t,;
of July Edward Thompson was brought tonntivs
sensible about four o'clock in the afternoon. ,I,{t god
fully bruised on the head and chest, arms, an ° 'n."
lip
and a few small punctured wounds on the inste„rj elf?
ness bled him—opened an artery in the temple 8-„d Pl'
leeches. In an hour after he again bled him, 3-ftero.
an embrocation on the chest. He "'se 5041,
removed to the Green Man. There freer 9;
relieved the sufferer and enabled him to breathe OW,
did not render him sensible. Witness apPlied,,sot all, 01
the back of his neck, and gave him calomel, 'cook',"
of no use, and the patient died on Friday were
judge of the instrument by which the bruise' .„9
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in the head from their appearance. The briuls'atb,
head and chest were not of a nature to cause Luc-wit:l°3/
Mr. Evans, another surgeon, attended wit' be
the post mortent examination. Oa opening t t
dura muter was perfectly healthy. Thereeoovils
quantity of extravasated blood. 00 r tiny
coigulutn, four vessels were found buret'.spherepl
the right, and one on the left, berthf.sr
of the brain, which was itself perfectly hes,- oisfe
skull was not the least fractured. The hearts o°t st 4"
liver were all healthy ; the bowels and groin niviOX
ruptured. The cause of death, in witness ° the
ciltodi"
a fall which ruptured the blood vessels eti headL,
The blows that occasioned the bruises on the , 131°,rt
not have occasioned the rupture. Did o;tbflj
Prosecutor examined by Mr. Purwes-**" ba,foooo
the violent exertion of a person fighting W°ll sy tt•to'.
the blood vessels. Would not undertake 10 sob tad Or
not. If the vessels had been ruptured by a 0464 t.
have been a violent one, and there were 00 vast t,
head showing that he had bad such a fall. Apothhotlif
a member of the College of Surgeons °r at
Hall. Was an apprentice to an apotheoltrivterie,Ve,
Being no surgeon opened both the temporal B'l 0; siebt
By Mr. CLARKSON-Had had a good dea, tilpeoijo
ence in post mortem examinations. Has 13„00. het4ii
post mortem examination for the last two Y-bieet fr",o
he had never had the examination Of a 5U.,,;g0r51 f
which the vessels of the brain had been 1'i:old
read several treatises on the subject, but e-eferq 00.40
them. Had not any at home. Had not .hrev lie 00
work on the subject of the brain to strength tot to
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sion as to the cause of Thompson's deot
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works relative to the rupture of the larger 4,0 ip
the smaller, but did not think the latter Ye.se tilled
burst front excitement as the other. baerl
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By Mr. Justice PATTESON-Had never ale is
e
to prescribe for diseases in cattle. beferei°'
Mr. Charles James Cox, apprentice to sop d
a surgeon, of Whetstone—l saw TblePscriberol a
death at Mr. Harrison'. (the witness bete es.) 0, ire
juries in a similar manner to the last virite}ollbi° h
that the injury must have been made by 3 so'. Og
flit weapon, and not by the fist. he 10 ooloec
of t torte ,orr
By Mr. BODKIN-Knew nothing -woo" ' 01' •0';
Harrison, except that he practised ' was pot,ir
as he bad been there. Mr. Harrison bead vivory
when he stated that the wounds in the be- liras ere
ficient to cause the rupture of the vesee.ci nctoseloior
to hear Mr. Harrison say so. He coolt in c°,
whether the skin was discoloured
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ora"er'Y gra aolreill
of the hair on the head ; there was - to -61‘010-
Thought it injudicious and danger lon bad coo
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large a quantity of blood as Mr. naxr
nn °D bide° PI the deceased.
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awofuallid honave
aprion(riugceedrotohneascvs
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remedies t 1 e handappl hardapplied
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The trial was proceeding when ou

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10th of August. A wan with a Atone Js
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marked for traotor vool