The Sun.
London, England, 1832-04-02 00:00:00

GLOCES TER ASSIZES, MARCH 30.

Business com►n-aced here on Thursday. The
Grand Jury was sworn in late on that day. There
are 200 prisoners for trial, but no case of any pecu-
liar interest. There is one for murder, and three or
four of the Bristol rioters to be tried for pulling
down the toll-house at Bristol, which is in this
county. On the Civil Side there are 36 causes, but
they are generally of local interest.
Thomas Newman, a very interesting genteel•
look rig young man, aged 19, was charged with
having on the 18th of November last, in Chelten-
ham, destroyed a certain letter which was delivered
into his possession as a letter-carrier, and feloniously
stealing thereout a 10/. bank-note, the property of
Thomas Radnor.

Mr. Henry Lucie, postmaster of Cheltenham.—
The prisoner was a letter-carrier on November last ;
he had been so for about ten months previously ; 1
recollect the London bag arriving on the 18th ; tt
was properly tied and sealed uh ; I opened it ; I
put the letters out on the table ; they were given
in charge to the clerk, Mr. Cousins ; the prisoner
was a letter-carrier of one of eight districts; the
noose of Mr. William Radnor is in the prisoner's
district.

Edward Allen Cousins—On the 19th of Novem-

her last I met the prisonero n the road to Tewkes-
bury; it was about twelve or one o'clock in the day,
we went as far as Tewkesbury, and stopped at the
Farriers' Arms, and had two pints of beer; whilst
I was drinking a part of one of them, prisoner let
the house, and said he was going to see a girl ;
when he returned we left the public-house together:
when we came to the Bell and Bowling-green, I
asked him the way to Forthampton : he said, " I
-hall not go there to-day." I asked him the rea-
son ; prisoner said, " I'll tell you what," and
laughed; I then asked him what it was he had ti
tell me. He said " that he had broken open a tetter
and had taken a 101. note out of it." I said " I
would not believe it ;" he then pulled out of hi•
pocket twelve sovereigns and a-half, and offered
six sovereigns and a half; I said that I would no
take them. I then !aid to him, " instead of going
to see a girl, you went to change the note." 1-1,
said that he did ; arid when in the batik the clerk
asked him his name, he was in such a " fluster,"
,ie gave his own,—he could think of no other;
I then advised him to go back to the gentleman
•o beg his pardon and return the money; prisonir
said that he was just thinking of doing so; I went
with him to Cheltenham, and saw him go to Mr.
Radnor's; I stood outside the door and saw him
go in.

Mr. Philip Radnor of London—l was in Chel-
tenham in November last, and lodged at 439, High-
street ; I recollect the prisoner calling on me on the
19th ; I brought him into my private apartments;
he immediately threw himself on his knees, and im-
plored my pardon, for he said that he had robbed
me; I asked him to explain : he said that he had
opened a letter of mine, and rook a 101. rote out of
and changed it at the Tewkesbury bank : he then
gave me ten sovereigns. _

Several highly respectable gentlemen gave the
prisoner a most excellent character.

The prisoner was found Guilty, but strongly re-
commended to mercy. His Lordship said, from the
excellent character which he had received, he
thought the ends of justice would be satisfied in
giving his case a most indulgent consideration.
SATURDAY, MARCH 31.
BUBB V. ESSEX.

This was an action brought by the plaintiff, a poor
labouring man, against the defendant, an opulent
farmer, to recover compensation for the breaking of
the thigh-bone of his (the plaintiff's wife) by the de-
fendant's wife.

The plaintiff and his
,wife are in a very humble
station in life, and reside at Averting, in this county,
near the residence of the defendant, who is an opu-
lent farmer there. The plaintiff and his wife were
employed by the defendant in agricultural business,
and it appeared that in the forenoon of the 17th of
August last, being a wet day, the plaintiff's wile
(Mrs. Bubb) did not go to work for the defendant,
but employed herself in gleaning in one of his fields.
About mid-day, the weather having cleared up,
Mrs. Bubb returned to labour, having left her glean-
ings near the gate. The defendant's wife (Mrs.
Essex) came down a lane, and there saw the glean-
ings, which she seized. The plaintiff's wife, having
heard of her doing so, directly followed her down
the lane, and demanded the gleanings. Mrs. Essex
refused to part with them, and Mrs. Bubb forcibly
took two or three ears from Mrs. Essex. It would
not be denied that the plaintiff's wife had com-
mitted an assault upon the defendant's, in forcibly
taking the ears of corn ; yet Mrs. Essex could
only be justified in defending herself; but, not con-
tent with doing so, being a very powerful woman,
she knocked Mrs. Bubb down, and so tremendous
was the blow, and so severe the fall, that it broke
Mrs. Bubb's thigh-bone. The unfortunate woman
endured the most excruciating agony. A thunder-
storm came on, arid she lay under a hedge for a con-
siderable time, exposed to the effects of it. She
was at length carried home, and kept her bed four
months, arid ultimately was obliged to use crutches,
one leg being shorter than the other, and beyond all
doubt she would be a cripple for life. Before the
present action was brought, Mr. Houseman, the
plaintiff's attorney, wrote a letter to the defendant,
Mr. Essex, seeking compensation for his client, but
it remained unnoticed. The plaintiff was undoubtedly
entitled to a verdict, and the only question was that
of damages.
After hearing other evidence, the Jury returned
a verdict of 601. damages.