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him. I know Mary Ingram, of Strongmore parish. John
Curdy and she are now- married. I have seen them to-
gether under the same roof. I heard they were married,
but can't say positively that they are man and wife.
Cross-examined. --When John Curdy was a boy, I used
to relieve his father. I know that John Curdy, the
younger, used to earn as much as Gs. a week, and to re-
ceive that slam as wages, together with his victuals occa-
sionally. With that itUtl only, having a wife, he could
any thing to support, him in case of
eventsickness.—
he must come to the parish for relief.
nothi lay
ueh b
any
He has been able to -support himself and his wife since
they were married. He did not call since for parish relief.
.; Mr. Justice GASELkE here enquired of Mr. Selwyn
whether- he thought he could support the prosecution. It
was instituted to .punish the defendants for endeavouring
improperly to throw. the burthen of Curd and his wife
from one parish to another, but it did not appear that the
parish was called on for relief. Could they .now make. a
new law obliging a young man, able to earn 6s. a-week,
and willing to support his family, to ;eontinue all his. life
in a state of celibacy? Whilst he made this observation,
however, lie thought it right to add, that the conduct of
the defendants appeared deserving of censure ; and he
hoped when they were making up their accounts with the
had expended in promoting this mar-
-
PriaargisehZvtohueldsuilinotthey
be allowed them. It would be more just
to i
rve thatexpend
yin to the young. couple, to purchase fur-
e, or housekeeping.
fur-
niture, emeo
Mr. C. F. Williams (who with Mr. Merewether ap-
peared for the defendants) said that no burthen was
brought on any parish ; for, in point of fact, it was since
discovered that the woman was. mistaken in supposing
herself pregnant. She was not really so.
Mr. Selwyn said, .that after what had fallen from the
Court, he could not think of proceeding any farther.
The defendants were, of course, acquitted.
Mr. justice Cris thought it was rather commend-
able of Curdy to repair the injury lie had done, by marry-
ing the woman he conceived was the mother of his child.

YORK, JULY 12.
RIOTS.

Edward Marsh, aged 34", Anthony Miller, aged 19,
and Henry Town, aged 32, were indicted for having on
the 26th April last assembled at Addinglutm with more
than 50 others, and having begun to demolish a cotton-
mill, the property of Jeremiah Horsfall, of that place.
Verdict—Guilty, but recommended to mercy.

ESSEX.---Crultssoan, July 13.
SIII:I3..STEALINO AND INSANITY.
Peter Hills was charged with having stolen some sheep,
the property of a labourer, in Sept. 182,1.. The prisoner
was arraigned at the Lent Assizes of 1825, and on that oc-
casion ft jury returned a verdict of insanity, in cOnseqttence
of which his trial was not then proceeded in. He was sub-
sequently removed to the Lunatic Asylum at Plaistow,
where he continued until the 3d of June, at which time
his being reported, by the doctors of that establishment,
to have recovered his sanity, a warrant was received from
the Home Department, ordering his transmission to
Chelmsford Goal, there to remain until delivered by due
course of law.
The evidence was tedious, and dwelt principally upon
the question of the prisoner's derangement; those who
were called for the prosecution were extremely discrepant
in their testimony. Those who appeared for the defence
were conclusively of opinion that the prisoner had been
insane, and' the Secretary, and the certificate of the Go-
vernor of the Plaistow Asylum, left not a doubt of the

question.
The Learned Judge summed up at considerable length,
and told the Jury that the question they had to try was
not whether the prisoner was insane at the time of his
apprehenSion or sub Sequent, but whether, when he com-
mitted the ,offence charged in the indictMent, he was la-
bouring under aberration.
Verdict—Guilty. Sentence of death was recorded,
but the Jury and prosecutor strongly recommended him
to to,,,vey.
Mr. littron OltAtt4m +mid that, the reeoluniendatiou
should be attended to.
Daring the proceedings, the prisoner, though when
roused appeared rational, yet during the greater part of
the time he seemed to :labour under a species of lethargy,
and quite unconscious of his situation.
SURGILARY AND KOHETRY.
kodget and Thos. kevall were indicted for a bur-
glary and robbery in the dwelling-411Se of Mr. James Doe,
at Hareleigh. Both prisoners pleaded guilty:
Mr. Baron Graham and Mr. Knapp recommended thew
to withdraw their plea, but they still persevered in their
confession, and the com►:egttent sentence of death was
recorded. .