The Sun.
London, England, 1828-07-28 00:00:00

SUMMER ASSIZES.

STAFFORD, Jura 26.
William Parkes, a young tnan of 18 years of age,
was indivted for an assault upon Emma Fletcher,
a little girl only eight years of age, with intent, &c.
The prisoner and his mother were neighbours of
the parents of Emma Fletcher, and lived in. the
hamlet of Amblecoat, in this county. On the morn-
ing of the sth of July, the prisoner met her in the
fields, when carrying her little sister out for an air-
ing, and having pulled her down from a style on
which she was seated, committed that offence which
formed the subject of the indictment. When the
prisoner effected his purpose, he threatened, as
usual, to kill the little girl if she attempted to tell
her parents. This threat operated upon her mind
for two or three days, and she remained silent upon
the subject of the prisoner's conduct ; but symptoms
of dicease, accompanied with great pain, began to
exhibit themselves, and she at length disclosed the
whole circumstances to her mother.

The assault being clearly proved against the pri-
soner, and the fact of the disease existing in the pri-
soner, as well as in the little girl, being also proved
by the surgeon,, and the Jury having immediately
pronounced a verdict of guilty—
Mr. Baron VAUGHAN, in passing sentence, ani-
madverted with great warmth and severity upon the
frequency of crimes of this nature in Stafford and the
neighbouring counties. There seemed to- be ;in
opinion very prevalent among the lower classes, that
disease of a particular description was to be got rid
of by a connection with children. They had heard
that day, from the respectable surgeon who had been
examined, that it was so; and in order, at the same
time, to hold out a warning and an example to
others how they indulged in similar practices, he
ordered and adjudged the prisoner to be confined for
two years i❑ the House of Correction, and to be kept
to hard labour during the whole time.

DAWSON AND WIFE V. BRIDGETT.

Mr. Sergeant RUSSELL stated that the plaintiff
was a farmer, and that this action was brought for
an injury done to the plaintiff's wife by shooting, so
that the plaintiff's wife was wounded in the face.
Joseph Dawson said—l am the son of the plain-
tiff; in December 1825, I was at home when the
defendant and his sou came to my father's house ;
our dog came out and barked at Mr. Bridgett, who
shook a stick at him ; the log went back about 13
yards, when the defendant threw a stone at it, and
then, putting the gun to his shoulder, he shot the
dog, which was killed ; I did not then see my mo-
ther, but in a moment after I saw my mother, who
was shot in in the face ; she was bleeding, and very
much frightened; I went for Mr. Chauner, the sur-
geon; my father said he would make every bone in
Mr. Bridgett's skin quake for it; my mother was
not well for a fortnight; the dog was -a brown
terrier, 1.5 inches high; and when the dog bit the
person, the dog was fastened up, and the person ran
his fingers through the bars of the place where the
dog was, and the dog bit his fingers. • (A laugh.)
Mr. TAUNTON, for the defendant, stated that this
action was brought as a sort of set-off to an action
that the defendant had brought against Mr. Coyney
for false imprisonment; and the present action was
up to that time never thought of and never would
have been thought of at all, except for the verdict
obtained last year against. Mr. Coyney.
Mr. Justice GASELEE said he should recommend
the parties to withdraw a juror.
This was acceded to, and the consequence is, that
each party pays his own expenses.

GALLMORE V. BOULTON.
Mr. Sergeant RUSSELL stated that the plaintiff
was a poor widow, who kept the Bull's Head Inn,
ht Lane-end, and who was under the necessity of
,•bringing the present action against the defendant,
a gentleman living upon his property in the same
neighbourhood, to recover 271. 18s. for ale and
tobacco supplied to him.
Ambrose Gallirnore, son of the plaiptiff, said the
defendant used to frequent our house. This is the
bill for the ale and tobacco he had.—(lt covered
three sides of a sheet of foolscap paper, very closely
written.)—He borrowed 61. of my mother.
Cross-examined by Mr. CAMPBELL—The day he
borrowed the 61. he was very drunk, but that was at
another house ; for when we saw him get fresh, we
stopped filling him.—(A laugh.)—l never saw the
beer pour down his throat through a funnel.
Thomas Greatbach said—l hare heard Mrs. Gal-
limore refuse to draw liquor for the defendant. The
usual practice of the defendant was to say to any
one near him, " D—l burn you, why don't you
drink ?" and then treat him. He was very popular
among the frequenters of the public-houses.
Mr. CAMPBELL said that the defendant was made
the prey of all about him, and his friends defended
this action to save him from being plundered. This
bill for ale comprised a period of ninety-two days,
and charged for no less than 1,200 pints of ale; and
on twenty-two of those days the defendant was
charged for one-and-twenty pints of Staffordshire
ale per day, which it was quite impossible that any
man would drink, even with the aid of the funnel.

The Learned Counsel called evidence in support
of his statement, after which the Jury returned a
verdict for the plaintitf—Damages ltd. lbs.

DORCHESTER, JULY 26.
Robert Barnes alias Robert Boyland,was indicted
for having, on the night of the 14th of April last,
stolen a bay gelding, the property of William Dean,
a farmer, residing at Hamsworthy, in this county.
The Jury found the prisoner Guilty—Death ; but
strongly recommended him to mercy, on account of
the excellent character he had received.
The Learned JUDGE told the prisoner that his
case would be taken into . consideration.
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Robert Foot alias Homer was indicted for having,
on the night of the 18th of November last, stolen a
grey mare, the property of Thomas Chaffey, late of
Code Mullen, in this county. Verdict, Guilty--
Death.
Mr, Justice LITTLEDALE told the prisoner that his
case should be taken into consideration ; but he was
sorry to say that this was not the first or second
time in which he was charged with a similar offence.
No case of the slightest public interest came on
to be heard in the Civil Court. , ,

YORK, JULY 26.
DOWNE V. PARRY.

This was an action brought to recover 12/. 9d.,
being the hire of the Bull Theatre, with all its ma-
chinery, for one night, together with the plaintiff's
share of the profits, as agreed upon between him and
the defendant.
The Jury, under the directions of the Learned
Judge, found for the plaintiff to the full amount of
his demand.

by
Thethe djeufrey n ta.
MAY V. BOOKER AND MOODY.
This was an action brought to recover damages
for an assault and false imprisonment of the plaintiff
found for the plai
THE KING V. CORLISS.
This was an indictment against the defendant,
charging him with wilful and corrupt perjury, assigned
to have been committed in an affidavit made by
him for the increase of costs in a certain cause in
whiCh the defendant bad been successful.
The Jury, under the direction
of the Learned
Judge, found the defendant N Guilty.

amages 301.

A., cobbler named BURKE, committed suicide
yesterday by-cutting his throat with a razor—it was stated
(as the caused this rash act) that his mother had left him
and carried off 201.--Tipperary Free Press.