The Sun.
London, England, 1810-08-18 00:00:00

POLICE.

MANIION-H000..---- If/I/Liam Coll, a soldier in
the, .sth Company of the West London Militia, was
yesterday charged before the Lord Mayor With felt)...
nionslysrealing bOlb.,of cochineal, value i ttjl, the
property of Mr. CaHop; of South Lambeth,
Mr. Capop deposed, that on Thursday morning
he' purchas•ml the cochineal in question from a house
in St. Cleinent's•-lane; and he, had occasion to
convey it to a dyer's in Plomber-row, Commercial-
road, be engaged the prisoner, who'd be Met on
Loney:a-bridge, to carry it. Ile kept the
.priSoner' in
view until he arrived in Fenchurch-street, when•
meeting with some friend; to %.horn,lte stopped to
speak, he suddenly losusight of him. Having given
him diretitioos to the place to which the coch:-.
neal was to be takenl he presumed he had gone
thither. Po inquiry, hoWever; he learnt the parcel
had not been delivered. Much alarmed at the cites
cumstance, he went back to London-bridge, and
there met a man, with whom he had seen the prir.
soner conversing previous to his employing him.—
Thii man gave the necessarV information for finding
the culprit, and in the evening he
.was apprehended
at his lodgings. On being searched, 21. note was
found in his pocket ; and on the person of his wife
was also foUnd-fOur dollars and a considerable quan-
tity of halfpence. On being interrogated as to. the
Manner by which so large a sum came into his poe-
session, he said, he had received it in advance
frOM the Serjuant of his regiinent. The Serjeant,
however; on being questioned 'vs to the truth or this'
story, declared that he had not given him a farthing
in advance, of erving at the same timeihat he %V
a very bad c. haraaer. •

The prisoner- pusitiVely denied having carried, any
paicel Whatever On Thunday, and said he bad get
the money found in his possession by hard .
The cOmplainant was positiv'a as to iris identity; 7
and he was renianded for further tntainination. In
:he interim every inquiry will be set on foot, if pos- •
slide to diSeover the purchaser of the stolen pre
perty.

G u t.Dir L Skinner; an apprentice td
a printer in Chancery-lane, and a well•known .
riuder, was yesterday bri,ught up on a charge of
.picking the pocket of Mr. Walker, at.the caner of
Bouveritreet,' Fleet-street, on the 1-receding nie,ht,
. of a' pocket•handrehier.• The'prisoner was caaght
in the fait, and fully committed for trial. .. •
Buxton was next charged by the driver of
the Nottingham coach, with hav:ng stolen a moll
parcel from the hont of a coach' on that morning.
It app,-_ared that the coachman having- missed the
!parcel,' suspetled the. ,prisoner, who had come up_ a
passenger by the coach, and observing hitn_entiir,,.the,..
privy in the yard, he follOWed him, and there.found
the parcel in
,his possession. The package had the
• appearance and form of those parcels in which Bank
notes are usually, sent by the coaches, and this cit.-
" cumstance probably induced tire prisoner io purloin
it. On us being opened, however; it was found to
contain only a Liinbourcd cap, a. letter,. and half
. guinea ; it-was diieC:led to a poor woman at Isling-
ton. The prisoner-was committed for trial. Having
no,doubt come up to town on a plundering specula-
tion, his hopes-have • thus been nipped in the bud,
and some of our honest citizens have, in all proba•
' oility, escaped the attacks of his ingenuity.
Cuthetifie Rooks,• who was yesterday remanded
for exposing her infant. on the steps of St. Andrew's
Church, Holborn, was this day brought up again for'
a further examination.. Her husband, a poor frith'
labourer in the West. India Ikcks, a!tended, , and
lamented the unnatural conduct of his wile in the
most piteous Manner .; he said she was 'continually
deserting 'him, and taking wit't her the child, to-
wards, w horn she seemed to bear the most unac-
Conntahle•. and inveterate malice. He expressed
hi 4 anxiety that the child should lie delivered into
his care, observing, that it was the only wish of his
heart to make it' cemfortable; as for his. wife he
.did'nt care if the d-1 had her.

The child 'was a,cordingly delivered to its father,
and the aluther, after a severe adrounittoni 'was dis.-
charged. .

QUEEN-SQUARE.—Yesterclay, a young man %cos
committed to 'Tuthill-fields Bridewe:l, for three.
months bard labour, for damaging one of the young
trees in St. James's Park, under the statute oft Geo.
I. chap. 48. Many of these trees have lately been
injured, and that promenade so healthy and delight-
•lianlen ftiitott Ith: is
public;
wantonly deprived of its chief or-
ito be hoped, that the aboVe circum-
stance will operate as a caution to others against
'coroiniitiog a similar offence.

MARLBorouuti-STREET.—Yesterday Christopher
Sloven, a Haquey-cuachnian, was tined 40s.' and
Costs, for extorting .li. &ore thAn his fare, from the
14ecum, to John-street, OxtOrd-street. Two Ladies
apd a yowl) were. it). the, (=eh, and .the. driver
hreatf:::Rici "to set them down at a bignio, unless !Us
request was cumil,ed with.

A most audacious robbery was committed on
Monday night, in (;feat-Pulteney-street, by a man
of the name of Driver, woo lately returned frow
transportation, and two others. A person of the
titine of Russel,whii resides in Carnaby-street; was
returning Iron) Fleet :Market, when he called at a
p!,:b:ic-tion,.a in Litt way, and he was asked to
a •„..nch, w filch he cleaned. Atter taking. a.
81-is; Ur two, he ,% as clnalcn with not having
in...ney enough to boy a watch, and to falsify this
itiseriion, he drew his pot ket-bauk from his pocket,
which contained 3W. and he displayed some of thr
notes. He, left the house ahout twelve o'clock, and
on doing alt) Pulteney-street, he received a severe
0
blow on the back of the head, which knocked him
do vn rand at that moment he was robbed of his
htio,k -aiid property by Driver (who is in custody),
did two others;, but th4y. could not readily get his
watch from' is pocka; and it was preserved. •

The cases a;e too nurnerou to mention, respea-
ing the toriutiate Adventurers at EYTON'S Odice ih
the last Lottery.: Shares of great Prizes were surd
to live Clubs, at his truly lucky. Offico, 2, Corl;',111.,
nett- the Mansion-House. It is therefore recotn-
Lnended to Societies and the Public tU purchase 'at
EYToN'S, where fortune has distributed her favours,
and, no ooubt, will dispense the Five Twenty Thou-
sands in, the present Lottery.

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ROME CIRCUIT.

ESSEX ASSIZIES

CHELMSFORD, AUG. i 6.

MURDER.-
James. SVeency, Riejiard.: Pearce, Edmunil Buck-
ley, Patrick Flerniar, Macrtce Brenw. ick, and John
Sullivan; were indihed for t he ai fol murder of John
Bolding, in the earis,b of West Ham, on the 20th day
May Itit.
. The Counsel for, the prosecution s rid; that the
circuinstances which he ,lead to lay before the Jury
were of a i.ature the most atrocionsand brutal that -
'had for a long space of lime .been the subject of in-
quiry in -a -Court of Justice;, but before he entered
"into a detail of the facts of the case, under the core.
realms of his Lordship, he Would, presume to state
what was the law, as applicable to those fads. The,
evidence would net go-to chew that the deceased
came by his death bysthe actual-hand. of any of the
prisoners at the bar, but the Law., was, that if any
,•nutnber of men a,s"ociated fora. common purpose,
and aeted in union, the aa of one u as the ad of the
• whole of them: :Those if the JuFy ihotild be of opi-
nion that the prisoners at the bar abed in concert
with 'he persen who actually killed the decease-I,
they were as much guilty of the murder as thettgh
they etch had struck the fatal blow., He than pro-
ceWed to d;.ta.l the trattsatnon as follows ea--The
dr ceased was landli,rd of the Eagle and Child pub-
at Forest-gate. in the parish of West Ham ;
and on the evening of Sunday, the 20th of May, a
dispute took pl ice in the kitchen between a man of
the name of Morissy,, an Irishman, and one Thomas,
a carter. Thete Was. present another Irishman, of
the name of Scai,dling; and an tact i's servant, of
the Corti's!) Militia. There were challenges to.fight,
'and after some time .Morissy wanted to go away ;
the deceased, suspecting he wanted. to fetch some of
his companions, at first .could not let him go, but
afterwards he went ; the landlord then ordered the
door to be fastened. In about half an hour Morissy
returned, but 'in the mean time the deceased had
sent he carter away, Morissy knocked to be let in,
but was. refused ; Scandling, however, Opened the
door against the landlord's will, and Morissy came
back .n
.a great passion,, pulled off his cloaths, and
-swore he would tight any body. In a short time
. afterwards a large bury of Irish labotitera, above 30,
came to the house, armed with bludgeons, petatoe
hoes, 45,5 c. There could be no doubt,
.he observed,
but' when -Morisiy left the house he went for the
purpose of getting this assistance; and there Was as
lqtle.doubt but that Scandling *as privy to the pur-
-1 pas • tor which he went out. Bolding, the deceased,
however, had shut up his ',ionic, and refused them
altnittance, but Standing a second. time got ta the
-door, and opened it, at the sssne time exclaiming,
" Now boys, got ir !" They.aceordingly all rusaed
into the house; 'the six prisoners among others, and
in the tn, tutu ,Itueus manner demanded the carter,
who h id given the supposid affront ; they searched
the .4puse, but- nOt finding the object of their in-
tended, one of them, whom tie should -got be'
abl: to identify, jumped pverthe bar,-where Bolding
was sitting, and who had given them •no just cause .
for offence, and immediately wititTa bludgeon at-
„tacked him. Hii skull was badly woended, his arms
broken, his body much bruised, and after languish-
log about seen days, he died of his wounds.• • He
:ehoeld prove thit the six prisoners were among the
persons who dins rushed into the house, and, after
• they had thus maltreated the deceased, Scandling
demanded gin, which he served out to the others:
It would also be•,tn evi.!enee, that Sweeney, one.
of the ptisolieri, looking over the bar, observed, as
the beatirg aas going on, "that the old fellow was
catching it no-v ;" and atettle,r, whom the witeessi
belies ed to be Buckley, though he was not certain,
exclaimed, " the English --- were done at
last," The learned Counsel having commented at
Some length on •this v oient outrage, said, he.
thought, if it were proved in evidence, he was
• well warranted in saying, it was one of the most
brutal transactions that had disgraced' modern times.
Sarah Camber, the first- witness, deposed, that
she lived housekeeper with Bolding. In May last,
about half-past nine in the evening of Sunday, the.
20'h, there was a quarrel in the kitchen. -There
were present in the house John Fanner, J. Bak'-r,
Mrs. Thker, Mr. Simpson, Mary
_M‘Leary the ser-
a ant, Wyo. Tippett and Geo. Gay, two soldiers, .
quartted in the house; one Thomas, a carter;
"Tho. Scandling, and,Cornelies Hay ; another I: ish-
man, of the name of Morissy, was also present.—
In the dispute Scandling wanted to fight the carter,
and Morissy offe4ed to fight any body. At that
time an Otficer"s servant ceme in, and he accepted
to tight Mm issy. She begged them to desist, as it •
Was Sunday night. Marissy. then wanted to go,
away, but the deceased atfirst would riot let hint
depart. He, hOwever, went away, and •Bulding
ordered the doers to be'.shet and fastened. • Soon
afterwadsMorissy.teturned, but was refused ad-
. • tnittance. Soon after a person of the name of
Memel •Mahony, not in custody, came, and Seand-
ling,
against the dire&ions of the. deceased, openech
the door-and let him in. When he came 'into the
house, he- stormed and swore, and flourished a stick
.over his head. . Shortly afterwards a gang of thirty
of ale m came and demanded admittance, which be-
ing refused, they broke the windows and wiedew-
shutters, and Scandling again got to the dour and
leathernin ; when they rushed itito the house, the
carter and the office's' servant made their escape
by the sack door. Mahony asked, what. was the
affront ? Some one exclaimed, the English had in-
sol,ed set Irishman. Hs said " that is sufficient,"
acid they all inade a great-clamour, Just then some
~ne, w awn she relit del to be Mahony, jumped
two bar and knocked the deceased dawn, and
continued beating him for some time. .The wetness
cried out; the mail made a blew at her, and .3 wore
he. would knock her down. She ,escaped into the
parlour and hid herself 'Under the table. Soon after-
wards she returned, and Bolding was sitting in his
chair, b;eeding very [as, Scandling was standing
at the doer and deinandii.g gin, which she %vas-ob-
liged to give him. She sew all the prisoners and
-others there e•they were flourishing their sticks, and

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apparently refoicim at ),vlia, lilid,l!ap7enecl. Patrick
racz of the prisoners, stood flourishing a
large stick over her head and: grinding his teet b.—
They exclaimed, " who will affront an_ Irishman ?"
After a.timelhey alt departed,

John Biker, John Fat mer, and Mary Farmer,
gave,. tesiimony to the • same purport with the last
witness, with the addit,m)al chcumsAances,. that
thty swore they Would order cone one before they
left the house. And. by the eyidebce .9f Gay and
Tippett, the two s quaiiered.at. the house, it

appeared _that the landl: id, the motmint the Irish-
men entered,..sent them to bed to b,e out of balm's
way ; but that.. the ruffians searched • the wholebonse to find the. or! r viho had (Mended them,
and„-Peats swore if they.coold not find.,Wrn they
would murder some one clue in the house..
_ An old oat) of the name of Quand, _who was in
the house when they came, attempted to run-away,
but soma of them follow( d him, knoekel him down,
heat Out three.teeth, and by kicking him dislocated
-fiis hip.-
,
The servant in the house repeated . the ,circum-
stances nearly in the manner, of the first witness.
The prisoners being altd upon, left their defence
to their CoUnsel, and called seyeral witnes!es, who

attempted to prove they were not present,
,but they
gaire such evident proofs of falsity and prevarication
that the Jury seemed to pay no attention to their

testimony.
The Learned Judge then summed up the evi-
dent e With great mtinteness, and stated' the law
from _ Lord Hale, that when a party as‘ocistid. for
an unlawful purpose; either of _ beating -a Man or
' committing any trespass, and a murder., was c9m-
mittedin furtherance of the joint design,.all who
were present, in law were guilty of that .nmrder.—
He then remarked upon, the •xidence as apphed
each, and observed that the ants or words of vio-
lence. were proved upon . all the prisoners, except
Sullivan, and with respect to him it was proved that
he, was present, armed with :a ;bludgeon.
The Jury found them all guilty, but tecommend-
ed Sullivan to mercy ; which .the Learned Judge
said he should attend to.

His LOrdship immediately sentenced them all to.
be executed on Saturday mnruing.
Thomas Rudd, aged. 72, was coovi6ted of stealing..
bark from the estate of Admiral Ptah •Harvey, at
Clitgwell, and sentenced to twelvemonths impri-
sonment. The principal evidence tor the prosecu-
tion was Mary
.13loomfietd, who had been detected
in the same practice, but who was adiniued w give
evidence.

Susan Draper, a' very interesting well dressed
yuung woman, the daughter of a small hrtner at'
Hol,and, in this county, was indicted for stealing
in Mr. Jarrold's shop, at Weeley, a piece of cotton,
value ten shillings. . •_ _ _

Thomas Brook, foreman to Mr. Jarrold,_prov.eu
that the prisoner, in company with her sister, came.
to the . shop .hftween two and four o'clock, in the
afternoon,. and atter looking at a variety .of goods,
the aster bought a gown. •On the pri,oiter turning
to leave the shop, Brooks observed sowpcinifi;sion and
-bus-le, and at the same time saw that the prisoner's
pocket stuck out very much ; he therefore, challeag-
ed her with hav'trig stolen sometiimg„,which hs 0,-
sired her to take out Of her pocket,' and. it proved
to be a gown-piece. No-other evidence was called,
neither could thiii unfortunate girl produce any per--
son to,speak to her character.
The Jury found the prisoner guilty.
The-Judge observedobai•in coniequence of the
prisoner's youth, aithough.it was in his power to
transport her; he should pass -a more lenient set-
tehce, in hopes that the- time she spent in confine-
ment would be ;used in reflecting on- the very hem?
ou!. offrnee she had committea, and ,induce her 'to
resolve upon a cur ore conduct Irss dtsgracetul her-
self:arid Iriends. Hip Lord,hip then ordered her to
he confined in the House of Correction six calendar
months. -

Elizabeth- Car was fOund Ofconebaling the
birth of her child, but was acquitted .of Ihe murder.
She was sentenced to twelve months imprisoornent
in the House of Correction.

Samuel Mounser ,A as conviaed of au unnatural
crime, and received sentence of death.'

HUArINGDOIVSHIRE LA,IIIIIAS ASSIZES,

AUGUST 13.

A very important cause was tried at these Assizes
befbie Mr. Just ice .1-1 EATH and a Special Jury, which;
when • ultimately decided, will be of the utmost
`consequenceto every occupier of mills subsisting
upon the
-different streams in the country.
The aCtiou was brought by Owsley Rowley, E4q.
as possessor of certain adjacent meadows, against
the occupiers of Saint Nees' Paper mills, in this
county. for not repairing certain piling and banks
near the flood-gales' abutting upon those mea-
dowS, an 1 for keeping so great a head -of water
for worni:g AO mills that the oerplus or
.waste
waters were diverted. down the. back. stream run-
ning between the meadows, to the injury of the
plaintiff. •
It appeared upon the trial, the mills and the mea-
dow were formeily the propet ty of distincrpersons,
but by-put-chase were become the property of the
plaintiff, who, thus possessed of both estrtes, had
-let the mill by lease for term of
_a I years to ihe
defendants, whom- he bound to lay out the sum
of 40001.

The great quesiicrs in the cause, were, whe-
ther certain repairs of the piling and hanks of
the meadow below the flood-gates of the back
water stream of the mill, ought.- to he repaired
by the plaintiff, as posessod of the Meadow ;",or
by the defendants -as tenants of the mills ? And
wbethtr the deretidants, by their 4x-tanner of
winking the tnillS (thus bound io be erected by the
deferaints)' did not keep up too great a head of
cater?

The evidence on the part of the tlaintiff stated,
that the injury done to the batiks of like piaintitf
meadow was occasioned by, the flowing of water"
through the flood7getes with greater force than!
necessary ; occasioned by the increased head Of

urtter ,whii:h the plair.tiff alle-gtd was kept up at
the milt's.

On the part of the, defendants the evidence stat-
ed, Thatoly a' proper. head was kept, and that it
was impO,s ble-,that the injury complrined of by
.the plaiutiff could have arisen from :my misma-
nagement at the mills, it being proved that every
possible paUS Were taken that the head should
.be
k'-pt in unikoitni beigfit; :and that Men were al.
teruately einvloyed by the defendkints c,ery
_twenty-
- four hours, to watch the state .of the water ; and
whenever the water rose 'above
.the usual wider-_
mark;-to draw it -off by the proper' gates; and' that
such water-mirk did not ekCeed the height of that
of the p eceding tenant'.
The plaintiff had laid out 151. 124. 9d. in 'repair-
inglhebanks and iiiiitig:Lbut in this action he laid
his dkriages at s'ool.
••• Mr. Seijeant PF,CKWELL and Mr. §TORKs,lCourt-
sel for the defendants, look at) objeoi.ay to titena-,
tore of the-361*i on the following ground.
That a's the defendants wire lessees of •
'plaintiff, -he should have brought his action, on ifw
covenant to repair in that capacify, and' not 'as pos7-•
sensor or -occupier of .the' meadows :-2d),, That
the present action, which wzis art a6ion on the case,
conld not be so Maintained at ilte suit of the plain- .
tiff against: the defendants, as a Common Lasr
rente qty.
' Tin- .rute appeared of flits pinion, and :conse.-
quently reset ved the point far the judgment of the
-COurt oP King's Bench; next Nichaeltrias Term;
and his Lord Ship, in summing tip, Stated the expect-
Sivelerms stipulated by t plaint tff Upon the d fendr-
ants,• in obliging
.them to lay out so many thou-
..§and pound's' oil the plaintiff's own estate ; and
that whatet'el might have been the usage in for-
repairs,- )'et it, had been sliewn, in evider.ce,
that.the 'hunt ovements which the plaintiff had- (be-
neficially to iiiruilf) imposed upon ',the defeUdaMs
in ereding such-extensive wdths, ITIUSUIIe-Ct sgArily •
require-the Use of more water':' and should it there- ;
fore Oftlinately:bileterniinnedif* pLintiff might'be
to any -s-Mail damages Ocasioted by a larger
head of water, he must and ought to be cotiten'ed.
to pay for a litt'oaa'gritillt-datUage, when he had
by his "leaSe•required- iMptinernents io the 'extent of
su tu*y thou-a: d pounds from the de'feiiddi,ts';,.
that •if the-plaihtiti expected such enormous. iM
provements, it was uttieasonable he should recover
ens-, and therefore be reser,e the
point'o•

The Jury found 0
.verdict for the plaintiff for
tbi: 121:.'gd. the ,saniount 'of the repairs ; and
a, the JGdge 'reseried the point of law, conse-
quently tlx cause vs ill ►.not ultinLiely be decided I'll
next Term;

At .Nort:Wampton AS§izes the following cause was
fried

PERCIVAL AND SON V. HOWES.

. •
This was a cause that had excited great interest.
The' ction was brought for, recovering
;the sun of
50601. which was lent by the plaintiffi to Mr. Rich. '
Mat riott, of Northamptbp, during the run upon his
batik in December last, under thefollowing circum-
stances. Several of the friends of Mi. M. at that
time gave him. promissory noteS, payable at six
months, to the arimUnt of about 29,0001. including
notes drawn by Mr;Walion, of Brampton, to the
amount of 50001. which it was •proposed should be
deposited With. Messrs. Masterman, in London, ire!
order to induce them to advance ,to Mr. M. what
tnoney might be wanted to answer the demands .
made upon him ; and 60001. was brought.dc-wn. by
Messrs. Hayes and Bull, who were deputed to ar-
range this business with MeSgs.-Masterman, on the
above securities being deposited,; but declined ad-
vancing.more upon them, saying, that if the friends
of Mr. M. could procure acceptances of person in
London, they, Messrs. Masterman, .Would athar.ce
to any reasonable amount. On the Saturday Morn-
ing, Dec. 16, when Hayes and Bull returned with
the 50001. and mentioned the determination of ,
Masterman's, it was agreed among Mail jut t's friends,
that suet, acceptances should be procured, and the
former notes deposited with the persons giving such
acceptances as'counter securities ; and bat Hayes
and Bull should immediately return to London with
bids drawn on such persons as it was supposed were
' sure of accepting. But as the 50001. was deemed
insufficient to open the bank witit on Saturday, it
was -proposed that M,:ssrs. Percival should be re-
quested to assist' Mr. M. with 50001. more' 'in case
of its being wanted. To this proposition Messrs:P.
replied,: that if they were sure they should have it.
again on the Tuesday morning,Hlo...king..(a fair-day
at Northampton) they would advance what might be
wanted 'on that, day,- Saturday, and
,on the Monday
following, to the amount of 50001. After most of
the notes had been disposed of, and the defendant
being asked whether he could not procure his friend
Williams's acceptancie for the note which he had pre-
ciously given, he said he had no doubt but he could,
and it they would' give him Walton's, tour notes for
• 60001., he would endeavour to procuie his accept-
anCe.i. for that amount also. It was afterwards set-
tled that the defendant should go to London on.t he
Sunday, in 'order that he might return by Tuesday
Morning. On his arrival in town, he found that
those notes of Walton were in the hands of Messrs.
Masterman, pledged with the, others:for. the 50001..
taken down by Hayes and Bull on the Satuldu ;
but succeoed, in procUring, acceptances 'for 20001.
which, with the :xceptances obtained by Hayes and
Bull, were on Monday evening taken to. Master-
win's,. who advanced 'j000). to Hayes, Bull, and the.
dd.e.ridant, with this injun6iion, that unless on their
return to Northampton they shotild find, upon ex-
_aMination of Marriott's affairs, 'that it would be suf.-
ricient to,answer the purposes intended, they were
not to, part
.with any, at it. At. the same time Messrs.
Masten-Ilan agreed to pa' such part. of 'Marriott's
notes that might be presented at their home to the •
amount of 50001. more. •

It was attempted, on the part of the plaintlift, to
prove,-that in the conversation which took place
with Messrs. Percival relative to the sum of 60001.
advanced by then] on the- Saturday, that the defen-
dant' had renderedliimself liable to the re7payment
thereof, but this the.evidenco, adduced failed to sub-

7,
stinCate. Some disnicsinn took pi bet We-
e leading counsel for the defendant, and
lI
Bidguy, :eading cnunsel fox the. reveal",
the _evidence wlAdr had been brutight tor;ar4;
the Leirned .Ind.,,e, Baron on, being Cie° )4,. Thhtn;
of !pinion that the plaintiffs had' railed in niol‘itio
:s
out their case, they were consequently. nonsuited*

•
At Lincoln the
,following prisoners were •
when our accounts were sent from ihai•city
FCI
Isaac Bowers was put to the bar. It was S°
by the
,wrtuesses, that in, January,. 1810, 'ie' '134
been " tried at Pererborpnah • Sessioti- stealing ihrt.
pigs; sentence Was not Then passed againsi 11.1111,
but the ease relerrtd to die Judges.. At the s'-'3;
ceediiig sessions, in May, he was sentenced '0 '''.‘lif-
y(!irs transp.orfation beyond the seas--ire fte
of the 10th he calreted Lis escape,
of a rope which had been thrown over.ti,o
‘A all, and fastenedA° an adjoining irte : fre r'.();( 1.
tried for being.found at large heroic the'exn.ia'
of the term fur wt.ich fie was sentenced to be 'rl"jr.
ported. This thoughtless fellow was apprelol":4
on the 52,3 d 'of SurLe, in '.Lincoln, an,-•rojcrl,6
iii exposing` himself) a period; so.earl
- ,
were he was likely to be knoWn, was ecral-k°_.„J
his-apparently total unconcern while the J tidv
on tiled 'the sentence 6f 'death. He Seetit:4
redly unmoved, and -went out'of COUr its he
in, proof againStlLe influence of the
passion of the human m!tid.
77rothas lately of f-Tc.lnstk:•ll •
"ter, was cO(ttiCied of stealing t!,,et• !:ens :ii' •
cock, ttie propetty George Hill, of -`-" o
11 ClltGus
„
farmer,
At these Assiies an'unus6al number Of Causes o.re e
entered. TLe only out of.public interest %va.; 31 it
ditZmeitt' against- the inhatitantS of the Cog"',
Oxford for nor repairing a bridge over a bids-
of the river. Thames, near Sunning, called lij,"be.
Bridge, to which. they pleaded; iiiat two 1Adk6491-„id
name of Rid), the descendauts•or ihe
reipeelable family .that name, formerly of
i
ping k; were. bound to repair the bridge, ifirro'
sequence of the tenure of certain teneme,.ts•
uP,3a
the evidence it appeared, that
,been in the habit, as far back as living testi'
could reacdi, until the year-180'i, of
,doing call
tfr
pals whirl:brid;e ueeded, .11Eu the Con.
of Oxford never expended afar:thing upon if,. -0,
The Learned Judge, Mr. Justice LA wirati(o'.e r
plaited the law (o.be, iirat a County tk:as ge/1-,id
bOUnd to r.qair all • M it, utiess t I,e).:c')
throw the. burde:t upon private individuals 3.1 a
Such liability :the best evidence was, that Si)i)
vidnals had been used to do the repuir;.
he observed, all the • \v..; en cue. SLC, *.
re .
being disputed that the faintly had alw4-!ti'o
paired the tiri•:ge. ihed, t:ver, %,4 of
special one, found a' Kerditt, that
the -"County of Oxford were bound to repatr'
tt
bridge. •
• At Oxford an indiEttnent \;;P. tried at Nis/ iv
against the- tWo'Mi'sses "Rich (the same laJio
were concerned the. cause above-reper!e'l,
Abingdon), ler not repairing TWyford
Berkshire. On their behalf it was contended,o
the County of Berks was bound of common ob
repair this as a public bridge but .it apPew'"g,
the Rich family had been al wa)..s used to (10 t';',e.,o(l
pairs, the Jury, which was a common 6ne,
the defendants liable. "t

Ai theie Assizes John Bennett was con'"1" ad,
r
being at large while under sentence ofiwsiO•'.
awl received sentence of death. lett 1° ''