The Sun.
London, England, 1835-03-13 00:00:00

NORFOLK CIRCUIT.—ArLEsnunr, Mencx 11.

The business of this circuit commenced at Aylesbury on
fonday, in the afternoon of which day Mr. Justice Vaughan
e•itered the town, escorted by the High Sheriff ( Sir Gore
Ousely, Bart.) and a splendid retinue. After opening the
Commission the Learned Judge attended divine service in the
:parish church, where an excellent sermon was preached by the
Sheriff's Chaplain. Lord Abinger arrived in the course of
the evening. On the following morning the Learned Judges
proceeded to their respective Courts—the Lord Chief Baron
presided in the Criminal Court, and Mr. Justice Vaughan in
the Civil Court. At twelve o'clock the Grand Jury were
vorn ( Sir Thomas Aubrey, Bart., of Ring House, Foreman).
T he calendar contained the names of above fifty prisoners, but
rtost of the offences were of a trivial nature, except one case

MIDLAND ClRth IT.—LLarcoLN, MARCH IG.
THE KING V. WILLIAM SPURRELL BOND.
. This was an indictment preferred against the defendant by
his Majesty's Government for having, while acting in the capa-
city of an Excise officer, obtained under false pretences certain
sums of money, and applying the same to his own use.
The defendant (who is most respectably connected) was an
officer of his Majesty's Excise, stationed at Holbeach, in this
county, in what is termed " First Ride, Grantham Collec-
tion," and while acting in such character had been applied to
by one Joseph Parker, in 1831, for a license to sell tea and
tobacco, when Bond told him he must make an entry, and
upon Parker's asking him what he must pay, he was told by
Bond the sum of sixteen shillings, which he accordingly paid,
and likewise a similar sum for the next year. It also ap-
peared that one Charles Burton applied to him for a half year's
license to enable him to sell spirituous liquors, and that he
wished to know whether they would grant him a license for
so short a term ? Bond said they would, and he would have
to pay one guinea more for the same, but that lie must go to
Tattersal for it on a sitting day. Burton accordingly went,
when Bond told him he must take out one whole year's
license or none, the gentlemen sitting having determined that
they could not grant one for a less period. Burton accord-
ingly- took out the license, and paid two guineas to Bond for
it, who twid him " he might go home and begin to sell as soon
as he liked," No entry had been made by Bond of these
transactions, and 1..^ account rendered of the money which he
had received, and no ;;:structions had been furnished to the
defendant, authorising him to say that a license could not be
granted for half a year. It ako appeared that the sum of six-
teen shillings, charged in the first. instance, was four shillings
above that which he ought to have taion, the sum to be charged
for the same amounting only to twelve shillings.
The Jury found the defendant Guilty.
Chief Justice TINDAL—Is the defendant here ? Mr. WHITE-
HURST—He is present, my Lord.
Chief Justice TlNDAL—Because he must now be committed,
and I will pass sentence to-morrow morning.

WEDNESDAY, MARCH 11.

The Chief Justice having come into Court, ordered Wit-
ham Spurrell Bond to be brought up for judgment, and on
his being brought into Court, his Lordship delivered the sen-
tence, which was—that he should be imprisoned in the gaol of
Lincoln for twelve calendar months, pay a fine cf 20/. to the
King, and to be further imprisoned until such fine should have
been paid.
John Emminson, aged 62, was put to the bar, charged with
having fired a barn and tvio bean stacks, the property of John
Barnes, his master, living at Wellingbore.
The prisoner and a man of the name of Fisher were em-
ployed as labourers on the farm of the prosecutor, and from
some cause or other they had determined on firing his property,
which was effected by means of a tinder-box and matches.
Emminson and Fisher proceeded into the barn, and having
struck a light with a steel, they fired the corn in a barn, and
having blown it into a blaze, they then ran away. Fisher
subsequeutly turned King's evidence, and it appeared from his
cross-examination that he had been in the service of the pro-
secutor, receiving from 9s. to I 2s. a week; that after having
assisted in firing the barn, he had remained for three months
without mentioning the circumstance, but on a reward of 2001.
having been offered, he sent this letter to his master :
" Mr. Barnes—lf you will come over to me this morning I
will tell you hoo it was that set the barn on fire, if you call me
aside. '6 MATTHEW FISHER."
When the barn was fired he ran away, but returned and as-
sisted the family in moving the goods to a place of safety.
Fisher, the approver, was shown to be a very indifferent cha-
racter, and the Learned Judge in summing up dwelt strongly
upon the suspicious circumstances under which the witness
gave his evidence.
The Jury found the prisoner Guilty, and his Lordship imme-
diately proceeded to pass upon him the awful sentence of the
law—that he should be hung by the neck till he was dead, at
the same time holding out no hope that mercy would be ex-
tended towards him.

WFS TERN CIRCUIT, SALISBURY MARCH 11.
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George Watts was charged with having maliciously and un-
lawfully set fire to some outhouses, the property of Thomas
Attwater, at Corrock, in this county, in September last.
Thomas Attwater deposed that the fire was discovered about
ten o'clock on the 9th of September. The prisoner was at
the fire. He had been sometime previously in witness's
employ, and left it ; after which he applied for relief to
the vestry, and was refused, on account of the interference
of witness.

Ham Noyes stated that the prisoner told him about six
weeks before the fire, that he'd be d—d if he would not
tackle up old Attwater, because he would give him only 2s. 6d.
a-week for work. Saw him at the fire, where he seemed to
be very merry, and said what a fine " flare up."
George Hampshire saw the prisoner about a fortnight before
the fire, when he said that any person could set fire to Tom
Attwater's upper farm. Saw him at the fire, when he said,
" I suppose some people will be taken up on account of this.
If I be asked about it, I'll say I saw the blaze ; if I be
asked whether I know how it broke out, I'll say I was in
bed ; if they ask me more questions I'll say I was in the
clouds."

Richard Wells saw the prisoner with a tinder-box and
matches a few days before the fire, and asked him what he
carried them about for ? He said " Some of these nights
you will hear of a ' flare up.' " I told him not to talk of
such nonsense ; to recollect Kimmer, who was hanged for
arson. On a subsequent day he told witness that he had put
a lighted match into a hole in the barn, and wondered it did
not take : " But," said he, " I must light it, if I get up at
midnight." On the morning before the fire he said to wit-
ness, " Don't be alarmed if you hear of a fire by and by."
On the Saturday after the fire, saw him again, and said to
him, " Thee hest done as thee said." He said, " Yes;"
adding that be put a coal into the tinder-box, that be might
not have to strike fire. " Nobody saw me," said he, "or I
would have been taken up. If thee keep thy counsel, not
be hurt."

Cross-examined—l was tried at the last Assizes for arson,
and the prisoner appeared as a witness against me. Verdict
—Guilty.
The Learned JUDGE then passed the awful sentence of death
upon him, holding out no hope of mercy to him in this world.
William Winter was charged with having set on fire a hay-
stack, the property of Henry Bithel. Verdict—Guilty.
After Mr. Justice PATTISON had pronounced the sentence of
death upon him, he appeared in a violent rage. " Since I
must die, I suppose I must," said he. He then either fell or
threw himself down across the bar or the table around which
the barristers sat, and discommoded some of their wigs. He
kicked violently, and went into fits, so that he was with diffi-
culty removed by four or five persons.

SOUTH WALES ClRCUlT—CaßiwzrnEN,Mtztcx 5.
The Commission was opened by Mr. Justice Williams this
day, who did not arrive from Swansea till near nine o'clock in
the evening, having been detained there in consequence of the
great press of business.
FRIDAY, MARCH 6.

The Learned Judge attended divine service at St. Peter's
church this morning at ten o'clock, from whence he proceeded
direct to the Guildhall, and, having addressed the Grand Jury,
proceeded with the criminal business.
John Dawson King (a man very far advanced in years), was
placed at the bar, charged with having burglariously entered
the house of a Mr. Donald Sutherland, residing at Lang-
harne, and, by force and threats, extorting money from pro-
secutor's wife.

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He was found Guilty, ana death recorded.
George Powell Jones was indicted for having sacrilegiously
entered the parish church of Llanmorind, and stolen therefrom
the communion plate, the property of the parish.
Guilty.--Death recorded.
SATURDAY, Well 7.
Thomas Lewis (alias Batch), John Strawberry, and Fre-
derich Johnson, were indicted for burglariously entering the
warehouse of Mr. John Morgan, grocer, of that town, and
stealing therefrom a large quantity of tobacco, soap, and ot.her
cles.—Guilty. Seven years' transportation.

MONDAY, MARCH 9.
James Zichards, John Devonald, William Hughes, and
Insole; were severally indicted fgr the wilful murder
of David Jonathan, an old soldier, at Rhosmaen, near Llandilo,
on the 12th of November last. The prisoners had been drink-
ing with the deceased at a public-house called the Plough, at
Rhosmaen, and, under the pretence of having previously
known him, accompanied him out, as if the,y,"-'ended seeing
him home. They went %ith him a disce of about two
hundred yards on the road to Llandovery, when they attacked
and robbed him. lie was foed next morning dead, in a
ditch, near a heap of tan, at Rhosmac tan-yard. Considera-
ble difficulty arose in ascertaining the c:"Lse of the deceased
man's death.

The Jury returned a verdict of—Not guilty.
Three of these men will be tried to-morrow for theffibbery,
Richards, Devonald. and Insole. Against Hughes, the Gmtd
Jury ignored the bill.
There are fourteen causes entered for trial.

SPECULATION IN POTATOES.—The vessel, Five
Brothers, is on the eve of sailing from this port to Jamaica.
Part of her cargo out consists of nearly 100 barrels of potatoes
for sale in that island. This is a new speculation.—Perth
Advertiser.
COD FISHING IN LABRADOR.—The capeliugs
have approached the shores, and in myriads enter every basin
and stream to deposit their spawn, for now July is arrived.
The cods follow them, as the blood-hound follows his prey, and
their compact masses literally line the shore. The fishermen
now adopt another method : they have brought with them long
and deep seines, one end of which is, by means of a line
fastened to the shore, while the other is, in the usual manner,
drawn out in a broad sweep, to inclose as great a space as pos-
sible, and hauled on shore by means of a capstan. Some of
the men in boats support the corked part of the net, and beat
the water to frighten the fishes within toward the land, while
others, armed with poles, enter the water, hook the fishes,
and fling them on the beach, the net being gradually drawn
closer as the number of fishes diminishes. What do you
think, reader, as to the number of cods secured in this manner
at a single haul?—thirty, or thirty thousand? You may form
some notion of the matter when I tell you that the young
gentlemen of my party, while going along the shores, caught
cod-fish alive, with their hands, and trouts of many pounds
weight with a piece of twine and a mackerell-hook hung to
their gun-rods ; and that, if two of them walked knee-deep
along the rocks, holding a handkerchief by the corners, they
swept it full of capelings. Should you not trust to me in this,
I refer to the fishermen themselves, or recommend you to go
to Labrador, where you will give credit to the testimony of
your eyes.—Audubon.