The Sun.
London, England, 1844-03-06 00:00:00

SCOTCH SEQUESTRATION.

PETER SINCLAIR, auctioneer, Edinburgh, March 9, at
twelve, and March 30, at two, at the Royal Exchange Coffee-
house, Edinburgh.

ASSIZE INTELLIGENCE.
HOME ClRCUlT.—Chchnsford, March 5.
Both Courts this morning proceeded to business, the
Lord Chief Justice presiding in the Crown Court and
Mr. Baron Alderson presiding at Nisi Prius. Although
there were a number of causes entered on the civil side,
yet, from some of them being referred, and others
breaking down, the list was gone through by one o'clock,
and Mr. Baron Alderson then proceeded to try prisoners
in relief of the business of the Crown side.

(Before Lord Chief Justice DENMAN.)
Michael Challis, 19, a groom, was indicted for felo-
niously setting fire to an out-house, the property of
Samuel Porter Matthews.

Mr. Marsh conducted the prosecution.
It appeared from the evidence, that the prosecutOr
lives at Hounslow, and the prisoner was in his service.
A short time before the 18th of December, the prisoner
had represented that he had seen strange persons about
the premises, and expressed his opinion that there would
be a " a flare up" before long. In consequence of this,
a policeman was sent for to watch the premises, and it
was while he was so engaged, that the fire happened.
Upon the alarm being given, the prisoner was heard to
call out, and he was seen running in a direction from the
fire. The circumstances which led to the suspicion
against the prisoner, were the contradictory stories that
he told, and also the fact that a piece of linen which the
prisoner made use of to cover his harness, was found to
have a portion torn from it, and this piece, partly burnt,
and wrapped round some dry combustible material, was
picked up near the out-house that was burnt. Mr. An-
derson,:the:keeper at Ilford goal, alsoproved that while he
was conveying the prisoner for examination before the
magistrates, he told him that he had always borne a good
character, but he was afraid the piece of rag would do for
him. Other circumstances were also adduced, which left
very little doubt of the prisoner's guilt.
The LORD CHIEF JUSTICE went carefully through the
whole of the evidence, -and
The jury, after a very short deliberation, returned a
verdict of Guilty.
The prisoner was sentenced to be transported for
fifteen years, and be left the dock declaring that he
was innocent.

(Before Mr. Baron ALDEasox.)
James Borehamtlabourer, 34, David Kempton, 28,
labourer, James Kempton, 35, labourer, and Christopher
Wright, 23, also a labourer, were charged with being
feloniously in a certain close of land, armed with guns,
for the purpose of taking game, and also assaulting the
keepers.

Mr. Ryland, with Mr. Rodwell, conducted the prose-
cution, and Mr. Charnock defended the three last men-
tioned prisoners. Boreham pleaded guilty to the charge.
It appeared from the statement of the Learned Coun-
sel, and the evidence that was adduced, that the trans-
action in quistion took place upon a piece of land in the
manor of Heron-gate, near Brentwood, and which is in
the occupation of Mr. James, the trustee, who has the
right of shooting, and who employs persons to preserve
the game upon it. On the 4th of January, a man named
Benjamin Kent, who is employed by the prosecutor
to preserve the game, was on the look out, accompanied
by three other Rersons, when he heard the report of a
gun, and on their going to the spot, they met the pri-
soners, two of whom had guns, and upon their endea-
vouring to take them into custody, a violent struggle
took place between the poachers and the keepers, during
which the latter were repeatedly knocked down with
the barrels of the poachers' guns, and were severely
beaten. At length the prisoner Boreham was struck to
the ground by one of the keepers, and %Ode they were
securing him the others made their escape. They were,
however, afterwards taken into custody, and were posi-
tively identified as the parties who were present at the
time the attack was made upon the keepers.

The jury found all the prisoners Guilty. Sentence
was deferred.

WESTERN ClRCUlT.—Winchester, March 4.
CROWN COURT.—(Before Mr. Justice CRESWELL.)
• Thomas Ellis was indicted for stealing (after a former con-
viction) a certain quantity of oats from his master, Henry
Padwick. _

Mr. Edwards conducted the prosecution. The prisoner
was defended by Mr. Missing.
The case was clearly proved, and the jury without hesita-
tion found the prisoner Guilty. A previous conviction was
put in and [proved. By that conviction it appeared that
shortly before the Legislature altered the punishment for
sheep-stealing from death to transportation (the exact date
we could not catch), the prisoner was convicted of sheep-
stealing from the present prosecutor, Mr. Pad Wick, and the
sentence of death was passed upon him.
In the course of the observations made by the Learned
Judge, in a most impressive address to the prisoner, we
learnt, that owing to some interest that was then made for
him the sentence of death was transmuted to imprisonment
for one year. This time he served out, and then returned to.
his native village. He was a cripple, a brand was upon his
name, and no one liked to employ him. Touched by these