The Sun.
London, England, 1805-08-27 00:00:00

YORX ASSIZLS, A. u.

.roka: Jackson, late of-Whitbi, blacksrnith, was ih-
di'Eted .tbr .shooting at Mr. W. Linton, on the King's
lighwey, with an intent to murder the said Wm.
Lit: ton .
The only witness examined on this trial was Mr.
W. Linton, the Prosecutor, who depOSed, that on
the nth of July he saw the Prisoner at Syth, at the
workshop of job(' Thompson, a carpenter, whom
he was. tr3ating with a tankard of ale, and that the
Pris.on:e offere.d hiM the liquor to drink ; 'this the
witness declined ; the Prisoner then advanced to-
wards hint and again asked. him to partake of the
ale, to. which the witness replied, " I will not; I
neither like i):ou nor your drink.;" he also desired
him to keep his distance. The deponent proceeded
• to state, that upon this provocation the Prisoner
threw both the beer and the pot, at his head. • The
witness having dismounted f*ra a horse on which
he was sitting whets the tankard was, throWn at him;
called for a ,constable to apprehend the Prisoner,
who then took from his breast' a braCe of pistols,
and swore that he would blow' any person's brains
out that atteMpted to lay hold of hiM : upon
which threat 'the witness attempted to force.his
horse upon the Prisonerlotnock him down.
The Learned Judge here interfered, and said, he
thought it was unnecessary to proceed further with
the trial,: as it Was evident the Prisoner had been
greatly provoked by Mr. Linton, whose behaviour
was very unwarrantable., and that if Mr. Linton'S
death had been the consequence; it would have
amounted only to manslaughter ; at the same time
he thought the -conduit of the-Prisoner extremely
blameable carrying such 'dangerous weapons
about . him, and said, if Mr. Linton would prefer
against him articles olpeace he would oblige him.to
tind substantial securities for his future good be—
viour, but that,it was' the duty. of the Jury.to ac-
quit the Prisoner of the crithe with which he was
charged.
The Jury accordingly returned a verdict of ac-
quittal ; but the Judge ordered the Prisoner to be
remanded until he should find proper securities for
the preservation of the peace.

SOMERSET ASSIZES.

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The A.ssizes for this County commenced at Taun-
ton yesterday se'nnight, andeOntinued till after twelve
on Wednesday night, though the great • cause of
Mill v. Mill, en ejeament brought by the heir at
law to set aside a will, Which devised from him pro-
perty. to the amount,of 79,0001. did not. come on.
The great strength of the bar *is engaged in this _
'cause, the Solicitor General having a special retainer
for the Plaintiff, and Mr.-EnsittNE and Mr. G.ka-
ROW for the Defendant, with the. atter of whom
are joined Mr. .1 V.K Y Lt. and Mr. The Plain-
tit} countermanded his notice Of trial, and it conse-
quently stands over till the next Assizes At Taunton. *
The bUsiness at Nisi Prius consisted of twenty-
six causes, four only of which were by Spacial
Juries, and they were all of little irnportancee except
to the parties, though some of them had caused
much conversation „among sportsmen : these were
a&ions brought by Mr. Champneys, of Orchard-
leigh, on that, never-failing source of litigation, the
_Game TAWS. Clne i,'Vas 'an aai ri against the-Rev.
Mr..Riehardson; of Wolverton, for a trespass de
mages laid at, idol. The Jury gave a verdiCt for the
Plaintiff, damages one farthing, which carries also
ceriarthiiie eaSte—ln 'an a6tion brought in the name
of Win. Corner against. Capt. Richard' Thornhill,
the well-known writer of a Sporting Tour, the Judge,
thinking the proceedings harsh,. recommended ,to
the Counsel to take a nominal verdia against Capt.
'Thornhill, which was acceded to.—On the trial:of
an indiament of Capt. Thornhill, tar Writing and:
sending, a .challengee to' Mr. chatnpneys.; the De-
fendafit was tbund guiltyrand 'will receive judgment
in the Court of King'i Bench next Term.
Six Prisoners were 'capitally cenvi6ted, viz, Wil-•
.liurn Kitchen, for shooting at sand wounding Eli-
zabeth, Morslow, with, intent to murder her ;
I it
Bunt Curtis,. for breaking
,into a shop, and steal-
ing various articles,; Sumuelliarding, for a foot-
pad robbery.; lPilliant Jahn Neuuan,
and Thomas .Rave,. for different robbeiiese—With
these Samuel Willey, the ,noted swindler, was placed
at the bar,and informed that the Judges 'were clearly
of opinion, that his eotiViettaii at the last Assizes, for
forging a draft for sixty pounds, was legal, 'al-
though the Prosecutor had Said, he should have
taken the draft with the name. of While), as readily
as with that of Milward, which he had signed to it,
the falSe makiu of any iii4tFunient by a .fielitieus
name, with, an' intent to defraud, coming within the
Statute.. Thu Learned.:Judg6 then passed sentence
of death on the Whole -seven, three of -whern, Kit-
chen, Miley, and Curtis, are left for execution.—
Kitchen is WS years of age.

On Wednesday last, as his Grace the Duke of
GORDON was riding a Highland poney throNli the
Muirs, m the neighbdurhood of Gordon Castle, the
animal eine down with his Grace; and, 'after the
fall, made several violent kicks at him, by whiCh
the Duke's thigh is very severely bruised. All ranks
join in the sincerest -wishes for his sleedy recovery.
On Wednesday -last, as Mr. and Mrs. PITT MAN,
of Andover, were returning to that place in a one-
horse chaise, near Neyhill, the horse took, fright,
(by a 'dog running under and "biting its, legs), ran
away with great violence, and overturned the chaise,
which was broken to 'pieces; but Mr. and Mrs.
PITTMAN fortunately escaped with only a little in-
jury to the latter.

'A curious 'robbery happened-a feW days since near
NeWbury, Berks, to a boy of Mr.Locattes, of the
Cotton Manda6tory, Donnington, who was going
with a parcel of about al, 'Value to Sheen, When he
was stopped by two men, one of whom snatched
thie parcel out of 111,1 hand, whilst the other whipped
a sack Over his head, and tying it at the other end,
threw the boy and the wk, over his horse, and car-
ried him in that stiie to Wickham Heath, Where
they shot the boy out of the sack, made off, and
,have been hitherto uhdiscovered.