The Sun.
London, England, 1851-08-07 00:00:00

NORTHERN ClRCUlT.—Carlisle,Aug. 5.
Mr. Justice Williams opened the commission here
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yesterday.
To day their LDrdships proceeded to court at ten
o'clock, Mr. Baron Platt sitting on the Criminal Side.
The calendar contains the names of 21 prisoners, one
of whom is charged with murder, four with manslaugh-
ter, &c., one with forgery, one with shooting at with in-
tent, &C., one tv
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The cause list contains an entry of seven causes, four
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parish to repair a road.
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CROWN COURT.—(Before-Mr. Baron PLATT.)
John Beattie, aged 51, was indicted for having at
Skinburness, on the Bth of February last, unlawfully
shot at William Gibson, with intent to do him some
grievous bodily harm.
Mr. Fawcett prosecuted; the prisoner was undo.
fended. •
It appeared from the evidence of the witnesses that
on the Bth of February last there had been a wedding at
Skinburness, and some cf the parties had adjourned to a
public-house called Penrice's for the purpose of merry-
making, amongst whom were the prosecutor and pri-
soner. The prisoner left this public-house and went
home about eleven o'clock at night, his house not being
far off, and soon after the prosecutor followed him, ac-
companied by several other persons, singing a song.
When opposite the prisoner's door one witness saw the
prisoner put a gun through a hole in a broken pane of
glass-in his window, and heard him cry out, "By G
I. will shoot you." The witness said, " Jack, you will
not shoot me," and hastily got past the door. Almost
immediately after he heard a gun go off. The prose-
cutor appeared to have followed immediately after this
witness, and some one from behind the prosecutor threw
a atone at the prisoner's door, immediately after which
the prisoner fired and hit the prosecutor in the thigh.
The prosecutor fell, and was afterwards carried to the
infirmary, where ho was confined eleven weeks. Several
shots had penetrated his thigh. The wound, however,
was superficial, and not dangerous.
For the defence the prisoner's daughter was called,
and she stated that a party of men had been throwing
stones at her father's house all the night, and had broken
the windows and door with stones, until she was afraid
of her life. She told her father when he came home
what had happened, and he had no sooner got into the
house than a volley of atones was thrown at the door
after him.

His LORDSHIP, in summing up, directed the jury that
if in their opinion the prisoner had done no more than
was necessary to protect his house when thus attacked
at midnight, and his daughter frightened for her life, to
find him not guilty.
The jury, after a short consultation, Acquitted the
prisoner.

Hugh Monteith, aged 18, and Thomas Tinning, aged
50, were indicted for having assaulted and robbed Ro-
bert Carson, near Carlisle, on the sth of July last.
Mr. Overend and Mr. Hodgson prosecuted; the pri-
soners were undefended.