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ASSIZE INTELLIGENCE.

HOME CIRCUIT.—HERTFORD, JULY 15.
The business of this circuit commenced on Thurs-
day by the opening of the commission for Hert-
fordshire, and this morning business was proceeded,
with in both courts, Mr. Justice Crowder presiding'
on the Civil side, and Mr... Justice BlaAhura in the
Crown Court. The cause liStv is heavy for this
county, there being fourteen entered, five of which •
are to be tried by special juries. The gaol calendar
is light, there being only nine prisoners for trial,
and none of the cases are of a serious nature.
CROWN SlDE.—(Before Mr. Justice Blackburn.)
Eliza Clare, 16, a good-looking young girl _
pleaded guilty to a charge of feloniously setting
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fire to a barn dnd other property.-
Mr. Langford, who appeared for the prosecution, •-,.;
stated that the prisoner had been in' the. service of-
a person .at 'Ware, and on the day the fire ,took
place she had a dispute with- her mistress, tita Was -
heard to make use of some threats towards her.
In the course of the' same evening there was an
alarm of fire and it was discovered that a shed, in
which there were a number of aludb le cattle, was
in flames, but the fire fortunately was extinguished
without doing any, serious mischief. The prisoner,
it appeared, charged a boy who was employed upon:
the premises with being the guilty party, and she
told such a plausible story that he was very nearly
being committed for trial, but, fortunateiy, it was
discovered that she was the real culprit. •
The prisoner now said that it was her temper
-that drove her to commit the act, but she IN as
very sorry for it and hoped the judge would have
mercy upon her. - .
Mr. Justice Blackburn said he was very sorry to
see a young girl like the prisoner in such a position,
and he sincerely pitied her. The offence, however,
was one of a very serious nature, and he was corn,,
pelled to pass a severe sentence, namely, that she be
kept in penal servitude for four years.

MIDLAND CIRCUIT.—NORTIIAMPTON, JULY 15.
CitowN COURT.—(Before Chief Justice Erie.)
ARSON.
Edmund Crisp, 17, labourer, was indicted for
wilfully setting fire to a stack of wheat, the pro-
perty of William Elkins, at Elkington, on the 13th
of March, 1859.
The jury returned a verdict of Guilty.
Sentence was deferred.
MANSLAUGHTER.
Thomas Cousins, 38, labourer, John Harrison, 31,
labourer, John Blake, 29, labourer, and John Cole,
49, labourer, were indicted for the manslaughter
of Charles Wykes, at Stamford, on the 19th of
March last.
Mr. Maunsell prosecuted ; Mr. O'Brien defended
Cousins and Harrison ; and Mr. Cockle defended
the other two prisoners.
The whole of the prisoners were in the employ.
of Mr. Phillips, a brewer, and ex-mayor of Stam-
ford, as was also deceased, who •had been recently
discharged when this affair occurred. The deceased
was a powerful man, had been in the army, and
was known since his discharge from Mr. Phillips's
employ to have challenged to fight all the men in
that establishment. On the afternoon of the day
in question he went to 'the Beehive public-house,
where he met the prisoners. About a quarter of
an hour afterwards the whole of the men went out-
side, when Cousins engaged in a fight with the de-
ceased, and threw him to the ground, when Har-
rison kicked him on the skull, and caused extrava-
sation of blood on the brain, which in the surgeon's
opinion caused his death.
For the defence the employer of the prisoners
was called, and gave them a character for peace-
able behaviour, and said that latterly the deceased
had been a very quarrelsome man.
The jury acquitted the prisoners Blake and Cole,
but found Cousins and Harrison guilty, and as they
had already been in prison for nearly four months,
they were sentenced to a further term of three
months' imprisonment with hard labour.

NowniEILN CIRCUIT.—Yonx.
(Before Mr. Baron Watson.)

TUTIN V. OASTLER.-ABDUCTION OF A VOTER

Mr. Price and Mr. Simpson were for the plain-
tiff; Mr. Ore, end, Q.C., the Hon. A. Liddell, and
Mr. 131anshard were for the defendant.
The plaintiff Mr. John Tutin, is a voter for
Northallerton, and the defendant, who is a farmer
in the neighbourhood of that town, is not a voter
for the borough, but takes an active part in elec-
tioneering proceedings. The action was brought
against the defendant to recover £5O damages,
under the provisions of the statute 17th and 18th
Vic., cap. 102, sec. 5, passed for the purpose of
preventing improper and corrupt practices at
elections. It was alleged against the defendant
that he had abducted William Tutin, the son of the
plaintiff, at the late election for Northallerton, and
thus prevented him, as a voter, from exercising his
elective franchise. There was a severely contested
election at Northallerton in April last, the candi-
dates being Mr. Wrightson, in the Liberal interest,
and Mr. Mills, of the Conservative party. The
plaintiff and his son had promised their support to
Mr. Wrightson, the Whig candidate. At the
nomination day, on the 29th of April, William
Tutin, who was abducted, held up both his hands
in favour of Mr. Wrightson. He was afterwards
in the committee-room ; and both before and after
the nomination he had pledged himself as a sup-
porter of Mr. Wrightson. On the evening of the
29th, William Tutin went to visit a person named
Dixon, who resides at Northallerton. He had his
tea at Mr. Dixon's house, and afterwards gin and
water was introduced, of which he partook. About
seven in the evening a person named Pearson came
into the house, when some whisky was brought in
and placed upon the table. William Tutin drank
of the whisky and water, and shortly afterwards
became so much intoxicated that he had no recol-
lection of what took place or what happened to him
that day. The next morning, which was the
30th April, William Tutin found himself at
Ruth, twenty-six miles from Northallerton.
He was laid upon a sofa in an inn at that
place, but how he had got there he knew not. Mr.
Oastler, the defendant, entered the room, and
expressed his surprise at finding Tutin there,Tahnd
asked how he had got there. Tutin said, , at
is just what I want to know." A man Itamed
Dobson then entered and put the same question to
Tutin, and the latter returned a similar answer to
what he had given to Oastler. The three then
had breakfast, during which Tutin said he wanted
to go to Northallerton to record his vote for Mr.
Wrightson. Defendant and Dobson said they
should take a carriage and all go together. After
entering the vehicle, Tutin found out they were
-going directly from Northallerton. He was set
down at Arkendale, where he had some drink, and
then got into the train for Northallerton. In the
train he fell asleep, and was taken to Darlington,
from whence he arrived at Northallerton at eight
o'clock, four hours after the poll had closed. ,The
case for the plaintiff was that the defendant had
taken Tutin away and prevented him from voting,
thus rendering himself liable for damages-
Mr. Overend, Q.C., said he did not deny that
the defendant had taken Tutin away to prevent
him from voting, but submitted that there was not
the slightest influence used to the plaintiffs son,
nor had they put him under any restraint.
Verdict for the defendant.

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