The Sun.
London, England, 1858-07-13 00:00:00

SUMMER ASSIZES.

NORFOLK CIRCUIT. --..A.YLESIitiItY, July 12.
(Before Lord Campbell.)
George Bates, aged 34, was indicted for stealing
a ham, the property of George .Newens on the Ist
inst., at Mentmore.
Mr. Newton was counsel for the prosecution.
The prosecutor is under-bailiff of Baron Roths-
child, and on the Ist of July there was a fire in
his house; among the contents of which were two
hams. These Mr. Newens was most anxious to
rescue, and he requested the gamekeeper to do,ao,
but the smoke soon expelled bthat person. Upon
this the prisoner volunteered to" "go- its; dna_ pre-
sently emerged from the flaming house, with a ham
under his arm, which he gave up to Mr. Newens
after havin_g preferred a claim of is. fo.F:aalyage.
TAquii:MitaArat Waged, the,. prisoner agsio entered
-the heueimil restue4 the second hazt),..whichlur re-
fused- to give up unless he war paid is. for his ser-
vices. The ham then disappeared, .and Was found
behind a house 100 yards froth the fire. The pri-
soner was seen next pumping water; and -when
asked to account for the ham, at first said he had
thrown it out of the window, but when reminded
that he had been seen to come out of the how e
with it he said that he had handed it over to some
one whose name he did not know. Ou this state
of facts,
The Chief Justice directed the jury to acquit the
prisoner. The original taking of the ham was.not
felonious, and though he had refused to give it up
unless paid for his services—not an unreasonable
thing under the circumstances—he had not thereby
committed any larceny, however he might have
suhjected himself to civil proceedings.
The jury thereupon returned a verdict of not
guilty.
Lord Campbell--I am sure if Baron Rothschild
had been present he would willingly have paid the
shilling.

MIDLAND CIRCUIT.—NORTHAMPTON, July 12.
Mr. Justice Wightman, having in the evening of
Saturday opened the commission, took his seat
upon the bench at 10 this morning, in the Crown
Court.
Thos. Fre"(trick Pother, a tailor, pleaded guilty
to a charge of burglary, and to a second indictment,
charging him with horse-stealing, and was sen-
tenced to three years' penal servitude.
hitsey White, a turnpike road surveyor, was
charged with having, ou June the 11th, at the
parish of Boughton, placed several stones on the
Northampton and Market-Harborough Railway,
with intent to obstruct and injure certain engines
using that railway.
Merewether conducted the prosecution, and
Mr. Cockle defended the prisoner.
Wildatn Hilt, a boy 14 years of age, who was
stationed at a point where a road crossed the tail-
way, that he might give notice of the approach of
engines, stated that on the day in question he.saw
the prisoner lay five or six stones on the line at the
time when an engine and train of trucks were ap-
proaching, saying that he would " throw her off.
The witness desired him to remove the stones,which
theprisoner refused to do. Hill, in consequence
of this, went along the line some 300 yards towards
the approaching engine, which was about half a
mile off, stopped the engine, spoke to the time-
keeper, who was on the tendeiyand returned'with
him and the engine-driver to the place where the
stones had been laid, but they were no longer upon
the rail.
Esther Haymaker, who lived near the crossing,
in a cottage from which she could see the same spot,
corroborated Hill's evidence. She went to the
prisoner and desired hint to remove the stones from
off the rail, which he immediately did, but again
placed them in the same position. She remon-
strated, and the prisoner, who was drunk at the
time, abused her, but again removed the stones
after a minute's interval.
Mr. Cookie addressed the jury for the prisoner,
eimwenting on the vat iances between the wit-
it.sses' present and former testimony, and on the
insufficiency of the ptoaf of guilty intent.
Mr. Merewether replied, and
The learned Judge then summed up, directing
the attention of the jury principally to the ques-
tion whether the acts alleged to have been done by
the pri,oner were done maliciously, and with the
guilty intent stated in the indictment.
.The jury returned a verdict of not guilty, and
the prisoner was severely reprimanded and dis-
charged.

OXFORD CIRCUIT—OxFoRD, July 12.
(Before Mr. Justice Byles.)
William Lovegrove, aged 79, labourer, was
charged with the abduction of Eliz tbeth Tomlin, a
girl under the age of 16 years, on the 2d of March,
185 S, at Henley.
Mr. Cripps appeared for the prosecution ; the
prisoner was defended by_ eeunsei. . - -
It appeared the prisoner was an old man, about
79 or 8U years of age, and the girl whom he was
charged with taking away was rather a good-look-
ing girl, about the age of 13, and was living as
servant in the town of Henley. On the 27th
of February last the prisoner met her in the
streets and told her be should want her to go
away with him, and ou the 2d of March he again
saw her in the streets, and told her she must go along
with him, and he held up a stick at her to prevent
her going home to her master's. He directed her
to go on the road to Henley, and overtook her on
the road, and accompanied her to Reading, a dis-
tance of eight miles. On the way, and. also at Ca-
versham, he gave her some food and beer ; and
when they arrived at Reading he took her to an
ion called the Swan, and said he wanted a bed for
himself and the little girl, whom he called his wife.
The landlord of the Swan, Mr. Webb, told the pri-
soner he was more like the girl's grandfather than
her husband ; but he took the money for the bed,
and told the prisoner he was to sleep in the men's
room, and that the little girl should sleep with the
maidservants. The prisoner did not at all like this
arrangement, and obliged the girl to go away with
him to another public-house, called the Suu, kept
by a Mr. Thompson. Here he made the same re-
presentations, the result of which was that some of
Mr. Thompsou's lady friends insisted upon being
allowed the privilege of disking the old sinner, and
powdering him from head to heels with the flour-
dredger, which they did to their hearts' content.
Mr. Thompson, the landlord, ascertained from the
girl who she was and whence she had come, and.
wrote to her father, who immediately went to
Reading, and recovered his daughter before any
other harm had happened to her. It appeared from
the girl's statement that the prisoner had promised
to take her to see the sights of London, and there
was reason to suspect that his object was to make a
prey of her iu that city.
Mr. Justice Byles, in summing up the evidence,
said there was reason to fear that the prisoner
meant to make merchandise of the girl in that great
mart of iniquity, London ; but as there was podia-
tinct evidence of that, it would be harsh, to con-
clue e that such was the case. But if the jury thought
he had decoyed and taken the girl away from those
who had the custody of her, they ought to find bim

guilty.
The jury, without hesitation, found the prisoner
guilty, and
Mr. Justice Byle3 sentenced him to six calendar
months' imprisoLment, with hard labour.
The whole of the criminal business had been dis-
posed of by half-past 3 o'clock.

[A DVEllTlSr3,ENT.]rliViootirs a Atoffot cltiiooenrsolinddieuzedif
notby
early
' attended with serious cense-
quences.
When any one finds his ideas less clear than
uqual, his eyesight dimmed, and his ht ad dizzy, while
he is indisposed to all exertion physicalor mental, he may
be quite sure that he is in immediate need of some pooling
unusucahleactkmedo, sparbeeriu ,
f i eea n
and purifying medicine. Let him send at once for a box
ofa uTi.,ll.l?i; allyin's
head will
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calefaerw d, zes of these inestim-
rated, and all his en, r2ies restored.—Sold
medi-
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—asin:ldbibsyspniaritsele
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-A R E YOU-GOING TOTHE-HIGHLANDS,
Unrivalled for Scenery, famous in Story and
' Song ? If so, make a note to call at (when in the Capital of
the beautiful North),
MACDOUGALL'S WAREHOUSE,
HIGH-STREET, INVERNESS,
• Where only can the varied products of the Highlands,
natural and industrial, be seen,
In his extensive rooms MACDOUGALL has gathered
together all the best productions of the Highland looms in
Tweeds, Tartans, Linseys, Plaids, Shawls, Dresses, the
favourite Highland Cloak, Flora Macdonald ditto, &c.,
with the best Native Jewellery (Cairngorms, Pearls, dm),
' the pretty products of the Skye, Lewis, and Gairloch looms
and knitting needles, the home-made undyed plaids of Ord,
Sutherland, and Avoch, the Snuff Boxes, Coups, Bickers of
the Calloden carvers, dre.

Side by side with this he has placed all the necessary
Clothing of every description for Deer Stalking, Grouse
Shooting, and for Tourists, die.
Visitors to his rooms can at once compare the varied pro-
ducts of the three kingdoms.
D. MACDOUGALL, Inverness.

-FFER MAJESTY'S THEATRE.—
Signer GIUGLINI has the honour to in-
form the Nobility, Gentry, and his Friends that his BENE-
FIT will take place on THURSDAY, July 15, when will be
presented ffor the first time this season) LUCIA DI LAM-
MERMOOR. Lucia, Madlle. Piccolomini ; Enrico, Signor
Belletti ; Bidebent, Signor Vialetti ; and Edgardo, Signor
QiugliuL
After which the whole of the Ballet Divertissement from
La Sonnambnla' in which Madame Rosati and Madlle. Poe.
chilli will make their last appearan •

To be followed by PaesiellO's Comic Operetta LA SERVA
PADRONA.

To conclude with a scene from Rossini's Opera ITALI-
ANA IN ALGIERI. ineluding th 3 celebrated trio, " Pap-
patici." by Signori Giuglini, Vialetti, and Rossi.
SATURDAY, July 17 (last night of the Subscription), IL
TROVATORE. And a Divertissement in which 31c111e. Bor-
chetti will appear.