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Sarah Reeves stood indicted for having., tikt WAN,
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this county, on the 23d of July last, unlawfUllVand mali-
ciously cut and wounded John Hall. with the iaisiat to mur-
der, to do grievous bodily harm, &c. The prisoner, se usual
in such cases, was variously indicted ; but the I4karyied
Judge remarked, in his charge to the grand jury at tini open-
in, of the assizes, if in the present case death had ensued
the offence would have amounted to murder.
Mr. Wildman conducted the prosecution ; the prisoner was
undefended.

The case was similar in some respects to many which have
occurred during the present circuit. Wakes constitute an
annual joyous day or festival in the rural districts of this
part of the country, and it unfortunately happens that the
recurrence of these festivities is usually accompanied with
some brutal atrocity. On the 23d of July last, Whitwell
Wake took place, and amongst other persons who were
guests at a public-house kept by a person named Green,
were Hatl, the prosecutor, a man named Ellis, another named
Sparrow, the woman Reeves (the prisoner), and various
other parties. According to custom drinking. and dancing
was the order of the day and the night, and the prisoner was
among the party so early as three in the afternoon. At nine,
according to the evidence of the police, the prisoner, a mar-
ried woman, whose husband resided in tlie neighbourhood,
was quite drunk. About two o'clock in the morning, the
party havieg then left the house, wrestling and larking
commenced in the road opposite. Ellis and Sparrow were
wrestling together, when Mall, apparently for the purpose of
parting them, in a friendly spirit laid hold of Ellis's arm.
From what motive did not appear, but during this appa-
rently very amicable encounter, the prisoner plunged a
knife into the side of the prosecutor, Hall; but, most 'for-
tunately, the intestines were not penetrated, or death must
have ensued. He was the principal witness for the prose-
cution to-day.
It further appeared that during the same morning and
within a few moments of the time the prisoner committed
this murderous assault upon llall, she also stabbed Sparrow
and others enjoying the festivities of the wake. The pri-
soner was afterwards apprehended at another public-house
by Holden, the constable of the district, and when taken
said (producing a clasp knife), "This is what I did it with."
The facts of the case were undenied, the prisoner's defence
being that she was so drunk she did not know what she was
about.
The jury returned a verdict of Guilty with intent to inflict
grievous bodily harm (not finding with the intent to
murder), and
The Learned JUDGE deferred the sentence.

David Gosling and Georr— e Hall were indicted for burglar'.
ously breaking into the house of Samuel Cooke, at Ludworth,
on the 7th of August last, and stealing various articles of
wearin, apparel. The two prisoners were old offenders.
fhe Jury found them Guilty, and
The Learned JL•DGE sentenced them to 15 years' trans-
portation.—llall immediately threw his hat into the body of
the Court.

NORTHERN CIRCUIT.—York, Dec. 10.
(Before Mr. Justice COLERIDGE.)
MunnEß.—lVln. Kendrew, aged 22, farm labourer, and
John Kendrew, 24, shoemaker, brothers, were placed at the
bar, charged, the former by the coroner's inquisition with the
wilful murder of Mr. William Inchbald, at Dunsforth, in the
parish of Aldborough, in the West Riding, and the latter
with feloniously harbouring'and maintaining William Ken-
drew, well knowing him to have committed a felony in
shooting William Inchbald.
Mr. 'WILT INS stated the case to the jury, and then called
upwards of thirty witnesses, who clearly proved, by a chain
of circumstantial evidence, the case, the details of which have
been recently before the public.
The following additional evidence was given by the father
of the prisoners :—William Kendrew said—l remember
the Wednesday night before Mr. Inchbald was shot. I went
to bed at nine o'clock that night. No one lives with me.
My son William came to me about twelve o'clock that night.
He came to the door and he would come in, but I did'nt want
to take him in at that time of night. Ho said, "If I did'nt
open the door he'd got a double-barrelled gnn, and he'd blow
my brains out." I let him in, and he slept at my house on
that night, and on Friday night next, September the 27th ;
I went to work in the morning, and at night when I returned
William had gone, and I never saw him again until now. I
found that a new fustian coat of mine was gone then, and in
its place was an old jean coat of William's. My son John,
the other prisoner, brought back my coat to me. I was
present when the police-officer searched my premises. The
gun was found in a pig-sty. I had never seen that gun
before.

Evidence was adduced in support of the charge against
John Kendrew, but it did not appear to be conclusive.
Mr. Justice COLERIDGE sammed up at considerable length,
going over the whole of the evidence, and commenting on
every fact as it was deposed to. His Lordship told the jury
that this was a case of circumstantial evidence, but it was
quite possible that a charge might be well proved by such
evidence. If they found facts and circumstances all tending
one way, and fitted together so closely that not a single link
of the chain was wanting or broken, there could be little
doubt that such a chain of evidence would be satisfactory.
It was for the jury to determine whether this was such a case.
The jury retired, and, after an absence of ten minutes, re-
turned with a verdict of Guilty against William Kendrew,
and of Acquittal as regarded John Kendrew.
His LonDstitr., in a most impressive and affecting manner,
pronounced upon him the sentence of death, and told him to
give up all hope of earthly mercy.
The wretched man appeared wholly unmoved, and left the
bar in the most careless manner, exclaiming, as he went,
"Thank ye, if that be all."