The Sun.
London, England, 1835-11-11 00:00:00

KING'S BENCH-THIS DAY.

TPE 'KING V. THE INHABITANTS OF HATFIELD. to
This was an indictment against the inhabitants of t'e
parish of Hatfield, in the West Riding of Yorkshire;
try the right of repairing a certain high road, under 0:
provisions of a local Act, 51st Geo. 111. The ease /I:a
tried at the York Summer Assizes, 1833, before Lo a
Chief Justice Denman, and a verdict of guilty was retorneb,
against the defendants, subject to a special case to be 0
mated to the Court.
Mr. ALEXANDER now appeared in support of the 6.4
of the Jury, and contended that, under the provisions 01;4
Local Act, as well as the General Inclosures Act, the 4r
Geo. 111., chap. 109, the defendants were bound torePabi
at least that portion of the road which was situated in t.
township of Hatfield.
Sir F. POLLOCK, 0:1 the other side, submitted that Ts
point reserved for the consideration of the Court was, to
certificate of the Justices at Sessions ; but as no certificalf
had been produced to show that the defendants had os,
repaired the 'Tad in question, the indictment was not
the
tamed, and the defendants were therefore entitled to ..
judgment of the Court.
The COURT, after alludinc, to the award of the CI;
missioners, which had omitted to declare in what town,_s3
the road was, and by whom it should be repaired, sc'lb't,
omission had involved the case in very considerable (1011„„
was of opinion that this neglect on the part of the 6'o
missioners to comply with the provisions of the Act for
fatal, and therefore the judgment of ,the Court must be
the defendants.

BAIL COURT.-THIS DAY.

TIIE LATE STEAM-BOAT ACCIDENT.-EX-PARTS 10;4

AND CLARKE.
Mr. BODKIN, in this case, moved for a suit of certioret
to return the depositions taken at the Coroner's Inque9l
and for a writ of habeas corpus to bring up the bodies
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the defendants, William Allen and Richard Clarke, who h
been committed by the Police Magistrates on a charge t
manslaughter. The proceedings arose out of a steam-best
accident, which occurred in th river, on the 29th of le"
month, in consequence of the steamer, of which the defer;
dants were master and pilot, having conic into collision
a fishing smack called the Fawn, by which two persons 01,',
unfortunately drowned. The affidavits upon which O'
present application was founded set forth, that on the 001.
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ing in question the steamer was on her voyage to Leith, °nu
about four o'clock arrived opposite Woolwich, having at t-
time two conspicuous lights attached to her cross-tree;
which were visible at a considerable distance. That tbt,
master and pilot were on the bridge which enneec
the two paddle-boxes, and that an experienced se;
man was stationed forward on the look-out, and that t ,
accident was entirely owing to the want of skill in the per
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sons managing the Fawn. Before the collision took Fdeckt,
the smack was seen and hailed by the man on the loth;°
out, and finding that she would not get out of the wag'' !vg
engines were immediately stopped ; that notwithstandlo
the engines being stopped, the impetus of the steamer gttis
her some way, and from the mismanagement of the Pers'of
in the smack, her mast became entangled with the gear
the steamer's bow-sprit, and the action of the engines "i ' so
reversed for the purpose of getting clear ; that indoing ot
the Fawn was pulled after her and immediatelrve
down, by which two persons perished. 011
Mr. Justice LITTLEDALE—You can have a cer--c:rhe
to return the depositions, and a rule to show cause wl* g
parties should not be admitted to bail, due notice Viule
served upon the Magistrates and the prosecutor!
granted.