The Sun.
London, England, 1835-07-18 00:00:00

ASOIZE INTELLIGENCE.

HOME Ci.RCU III—HERTFORD, JULY 17.
The business of th.' Assize for the county of Hertford
commenced here yesteroq morning. The Commission hav-
ing been opened on the pr.eceding day, Mr. Justice LITTLE-
DALE delivered the charge to the Grand Jury. The names of
eight prisoners are down for trial ; one of the cases is that
of murder. The business on the Nisi Prins is light, only
eleven causes are extered. Mr. Sustjee PARK sits on the
civil side.
Thomas Darby, aged 29, labourer, was placed at the bar,
charged with the wilful murder of William Radley, on the 6th
instant, at the parish of Eastwick.
William Day, labourer, stated that on the 6th of July the
prisoner, he, and William Drake were mowing in Hunsden-
mead, for Squire Brown. The deceased Radley came into
the mead at bevor (luncheon) time, and took bevor with
them. They were all very good friends, and no anger had
been shown by any. The prisoner after bevor grew very
quarrelsome, and wished to fight with the witness. They had
had about a gallon of beer, but were not intoxicated. Rad-
ley said, after the bevor, that he would go and try to get some
work, and went away. They then cantinued mowing. Rad-
ley returned at about five o'clock, and said be was going to
get some beer for Mr. Holmes's men. fie came back shortly,
and, while the witness had his back turned, the deceased cried
out, " Oh, dear ! oh, dear ! Will, Tom has put his scythe into
me.' The witness immediately turned round, and saw the
prisoner leaning on the handle of his scythe. The deceased
walked forward a few yards and then fell on his stomach; the
witness went up to the deceased and tried to help him, but it
was to no purpose, as he died in twenty minutes after. The
blood was flowing from a large cut in his stomach, and the
scythe of the prisoner was marked with blood; the witness
then told the prisoner that he had killed the man ; he an-
swered, " I meant to do so ;" the prisoner afterwards laid
down in the meadow, and in a short timn got up and walked
away. The prisoner married the deceased'o mother.
William Cakebread, who was mowing with the prisoner on
the day in question, gave similar testimony.
His LORDSHIP having summed up, the Jury returned a ver-
dict of pilty.
The prb,oner was then sentenced, in the usual way. to suffer
execution on Monday next. lie appeared unmoved during the
trial, anti also on hearing the sentence.

TV E STERN I.7I?CUIT—IVINCHESTER, THURSDAY.
The Commission was opened here yesterday afternoon, and
the Court sat this morning. The list of causes contains
only four Common Jury cases, and one Special Jury case.
The calendar contains thirty-eight prisoners. Mr. Baron
GUi:NEY Sits in Nisi Prius, and Mr. Justice COLERIDGE in the
Crown Court.
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POUNDS V. rEts:For.o AND WIFE.
This was an action for slander uttered by the wife of the
defendant. The plaintiff was formerly in the service of the
defendants at Salisbury, who were mercers, as a shopmau.
She afterwards removed into the service of a Mr. Trewman,
also a mercer at Salisbury, and whilst there Mrs. Penfold, in
the course of conversation with Mrs. Trewman, abused the
plaintiff's character, saying that she had as soon walk the
nstr,.ets with Mrs. Leslie (a prostitute at Salisbury) as with
the piaLtiff. and that she had been turned out of a situation
at Southamk:tort, because she had a little one by the son of an
°Meer there.
Verdict for the p.laintiff—Damages 351.

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MIDLAND ClRCETlT.—NonnrAmrrox, JuLr 16.
ARSON.—llenry Newill, bled 45, was charged with having,
on the night of M.-onday, the 2d of February last, set fire to
a stack of straw and !in outbuilding adjoining, in a farm yard
at Chclveston, in the occupation of Joseph Chettle.
The Jury found the pritener Guilty.
The Learned Judge would-'lot pass sentence now, but re-
serve the point, the' indictment c,7:arging him with an intention
to injure Chettle.
The prisoner was then indicted for sdrci;:ig the following
threatening letter to Charles Smith :
" Sir—Mc, and my father, and my grandfather, have known
this to be a road for 180 years, and now you have built it up,
and I will burn it down before Oct. 29, 1834."
The letter had no signature. The handwriting was proved
by Smith.
The Jury immediately foundthe prisoner Gnilty.
Judgment respited till next Assizes. 'The trial lasted ten
hours.

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The Third Edition f Lord Brouithtun's Discourse
on Natural .Theology willo be published by Mr. Knight early
next week.
Hors.—The accounts from the different hop dis.
tricts, as is not unusual, vary exceedingly. While in Kent and
Sussex the prospect is flattering , at Farnham it is quite the
_Therep is an _old adage. among hop growers, which
reverse.
says--7

Till St.' limos's day be come aild gone,
There may by hops, or there may be none.:.'
The day of this capricious' tiaint is ou the 25th instant,