The Sun.
London, England, 1850-03-29 00:00:00

I ASSIZE INTELLIGENCE.
HOME CIRCUIT, Kiva°??, March 28.
The commission for the county.of Surrey was
opened on Wednesday, and thin morning business was
proceeded with in both courts ; Chief Justice Wilde
presiding on the Civil Side, and Mr. Justice Maule
in the Crown Court. The gaol calendar contains the
names of'3o prisoner;, but most of the offences are
of the ordinary character. On the Civil Side 69
causes are entered, 12 of which are special jury cases,
but a great many of the common jury cases are un-
defended.

CIVIL SIDE.
PENTECOST V. MEEEINGS.

This was an action to recover damages for false im-
prisonment.
Mr. Chambers and Mr. Hawkins were for the plain-
tiff, and Mr. Sergeant Chadwick Jones for the de-
fendant.
It appeared that the defendant and the plaintiff
earry en the business of milkmen in the neighbour-
hood of Larkhall-lane, Wandsworth, and it would
seem that there had been some unfriendly feeling be-
tween them, which was increased from the circum-
stance of a customer of the defendant, named Cullen-
der, having dismissed him, and engaged the plaintiff in
his stead to supply him with milk. It appeared to be the
custom to leave a quart can of milk upon the lawn in front
of this gentleman's house every morning, and when
the servants had emptied it the can was replaced in
its position, and taken away either by the plaintiff or
his servant. One day, however, by some accident or
other, which was not explained, it appeared that a
can belonging to the defendant was upon the lawn in
the usual place, and the plaintiff, thinking it was his
own can, took it home with his other cans, and the
next day the defendant went to his house and gave
him in charge for stealing it, and he was taken to the
police-station, where he was admitted to bail by the
inspector. The parties went the next day • before the
magistrate, who, after hearing all the facts, dismissed
the charge, and the present action was brought to re-
cover damages for the illegal arrest.
Mr. Sergeant JONES, in addressing the jury for the
defendant, admitted that he • had acted illegally in
giving the plaintiff into custody, and that;there was
not the slightest pretence for the charge of felony that
was made against him. He at the same time urged
that the affair had originated, not from any malicious
feeling, but that in the heat of the moment the de-
fendant had acted too hastily, and he said that the
character and reputation of the plaintiff might just
as well have been vindicated in the County Court,
without resorting to the present expensive pro-
ceeding.
Chief Justice WILDE summed up; and
The jury, after a short deliberation, returned a
verdict for the plaintiff—damages 101.
CROWN COURT.—(Before Mr. Justice MAULE.)
George Sawyer, 24, blacksmith, was indicted for
burglarmusly breaking and entering the dwelling
house of Isabelle Marie Sacristan, and stealing a
paintbox, her property.
Mr. Bagley prosecuted, and Mr. Charnock de-
fended the prisoner.
It appeared that the prosecutrix, with her sister,
occupied a house at Betchworth-green, near Dorking,
and on the night of the 11th of February they were
alarmed by hearing a noise at the window of their
bedroom, and on getting up to see what was the oc-
casion of it, the prosecutrix saw a man standing upon
a ladder, in the act of endeavouring to get into the
bedroom window, and a second man was behind him.
She tried to push the first man off the ladder, but was
unable to do so, and they both eventually forced their
way into the room. One of the men had a stick and
the other an iron bar, and they both threatened to
kill the prosecutrix and her sister if they did
not give them money. After a short time had
elapsed they went to another part of the house, but
upon an alarm being given, they decamped, taking
with them only the article mentioned in the indictment.
The prosecutrix expressed a confident belief that the
prisoner was one of the men who entered the room

-- in the manner described, but she admitted that she

was very much alarmed and excited at the time, and
was not, therefore, likely to make very accurate ob-
servations: and there was no evidence of a material

character to confirm her statement, or to show in a
satisfactory manner the guilt of the prisoner.
Mr. CIIANNOCK addressed the jury, and contended
that the identity of the prisoner had not been euffi•
ciently made out to justify them in finding him
guilty upon so serious a charge.
The jury 'returned a verdict of Not Guilty.
Both Courts, at their rising, were adjourned over
Good Friday until Saturday morning, at ten o'clock.

WESTERN ClRCUl7.—Bodmin. March 26.
CROWN COURT.—(Before Mr. Justice MILE)
William Lee and William Weekly were indicted
for having commuted a burglary in the house of
John Solomon, at Penryn, on the night of the 25th
of December, and stolen therefrom eight silver spoons,
a pair of boots, a waistcoat, a pair of trousers, 11$.
in silver, and other articles, the property of John
Solomons. There was a count for receiving.
Mr. IL T. Cole was counsel fbr the prosecution ;
and Mr. Collier was counsel for Lee; no one ap-
peered for Weekly.
This case showed the desperate character of the
parties by whom the burglary was committed. The
usual evidence was the first given of the house
having been fastened up on the night before the
robbery. The family went to bed about 12 o'clock.
The next morning the first person who came down
found that some one had made an entry into the house
by means of one of the windows, and that many things
had been taken away. Upon looking about the house
it was found that a large carving. knife had been placed
upon the table with the handle outside, so that it
might easily be laid hold of in case resistance should
be necessary, and a poker was placed near one of the
doors, so that it was clear the persons who had been
in the house had determined not to be taken without
making resistance. The prisoner Lee had been seen
at Penryn at eight o'clock on the night of the robbery,
and on the morning of the 26th Lee was offering the
trousers which had been stolen at the town of Lost-
withiel, which was 36 miles froni Penryn. The
stolen boots were also found in his possession. On
the 3d of January the other prisoner, Weekly, was
seen at Truro. lie went to a silversmith's there, and
asked him to purchase some broken silver spoons,
which he produced. The silversmith, however, having
heard of the robbery, immediately sent for a police-
man and had the prisoner taken into custody.
The prisoner Lee called his landlord, who swore
that he lived at Truro, 10 miles from Penryn, and
that he went to bed about 10 o'clock on the night of
the robbery.

Lee did not deny that he had the silver, but be
said he was a knife-grinder and umbrella mender,
and had given Weekly two umbrellas in exchange
for the silver.

Mr. Justice Ear having summed up the case,
The jury found Weekly Guilty of the burglary,
and Lee Guilty of receiving the silver knowing it to
have been stolen.

A former conviction was then proved against
Weekly ; he was; therefore, sentenced to be trans-
ported for fifteen years. Lee was sentenced to be
imprisoned for nine months.
A. true bill has been found against Sir Samuel
Spry, the late Member for Bodmin, for an assault
upon the editor of the West Briton newspaper.

POLICE INTELLIGENCE.
BO IV. STREET.
A WIFE KILLED BY HER HUSBAND.
.Alexander Moir, who carries on the business of a
baker at 24. Brydges-street, Covent-garden, was placed
at the bar before Mr. Hall, charged with having caused
the death of his wife, Susan Moir.
The court was crowded with visitors.
•It will be recollected that a verdict of manslaughter
was found against the prisoner by the coroner's jury
which sat upon the body.
The prisoner is a man of thin stature and very
meagre appearance.
John Johnson was the first witness called—Ho said I
am a journeyman baker, in the employ of the prisoner.
Ou Friday night my master called me at eleven o'clock
to go to work, and shortly afterwards I heard my
mistress screaming, and my master speaking in a very
loud and angry manner. I did not hear any
blows, but I heard a " tusselling" on the floor.
The noise lasted more than half an hour.
The noise was similar to that of oue person drag-
ging another across the room, and it continued up
to three o'clock. I listened on the stair to the noise,
but did not hear anything distinctly, At that hour I
knocked on the ceiling to call toy master down to the
bakehouse. The occurrence I speak of took place in the
parlour above me. On Saturday morning I saw the
deceased and art: prisoner together in the parlour, but
I did not hear her make any charge against him in my
presence. At six o'clock in the evening of the same day
she was taking some bread out of the window, and while
doing so fell down in a fit, and I and her niece helped to
pick her up. The prisoner was present, and he said,
" Let her wait there and be d—d, until she recovers
herself;" or " Let the d—d b— lie and be d—d."

I saw my master next day, Sunday, and I asked him how
Mrs. Moir w as, and he said he was astonished it had
not happened before now. That was all that passed. I
was examined before the Coron.,r, and this is all I
know of the transaction. When I saw the deceased
the morning her eyes were black and cut, and her head
very much swollen.
Cross-examined by Mr. J. Robinson, who appeared
for the prisoner—I never saw my mistress drunk but
once. I cannot say whether she was tipsey when she