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WESTERN CIRCUIT.— Winchester, July 14.

John Derwudy was indicted for having maliciously cut and
wounded John Beacham, at Fareham, with intent to murder
him or to do him some grievous bodily harm.
Mr. Edwards wa4 counsel for the prosecution, and Mr. Mis-
sing defended the prisoner.
It appeared that the prisoner was servant to an officer, and
had several times been at the Railway Tavern at Fareham,
where the prosecutor was hostler. On the 24th March the
prisoner went to the stables with some horses, and some words
took place between the two parties relative to the hostler's fees,
which the prisoner had not paid. The prosecutor threatened
to inform the prisoner's master that he did not pay him, when
the prisoner took up a prong and struck at Beacham's head,
but missed him. He then stabbed at him with the prong, but
Beacham defended himself and avoided injury. They parted ;
in about twenty minutes afterwards they met again, and the
prisoner asked ileacham if he would give it him then. Beacham
said he would if he would stay. The prisoner struck at
Beacham with a hor,ewhip, but did not touch him. Beacham
then knocked the prisoner down, he got up again,
and they " snuggled" a bit. They both fell down, and
then the prisoner with a knife cut the prosecutor in the neck
and over the eye. They get up again, and the prisoner went
away. The prosecutor afterwards fainted away, from the loss
of blood, at the Railway Tavern. Search was subsequently
made on the spot where the affray had taken place, and the
blade of a knife was found covered with blood and hair. The
prisoner was taken into custody, and the handle of a knife was
found upon him which corresponded with the blade found on
the ground. A surgeon was called in to see Beacham ; he
was then covered with blood, and fainting. There was an in-
cised wound on the face seven inches in length to the bone.
There was also a wound of considerable depth in the throat.
The wounds must have been inflicted by, a sharp instrument.
Mr. MissiNG addressed the jury in mitigation of punishment,
for he admitted that the facts were beyond dispute.
Mr. Baron PLATT having summed up; the jury returned a
verdict of Guilty with intent to do grievous bodily harm.
The Learned JUDGE then addressed the prisoner. The
jury, in their compaction, had found a verdict on the second
count of the indictment, thinking, perhaps, there was some
doubt about his intent to murder this unfortunate person.
It was fit he should tell him that if the verdict had been
pronounced on the first count, he should have left him for
execution, and he would have expiated his offence on the
gallows. As it was the jury had saved him from that, but it
behoved the Court in a case of this kind, which belonged so
little to the feelings of Englishmen—the use of the knife—it
behoved the Court to vindicate the justice of the country.
He was invited to fight this man, but instead of acting as he
ought in a manly way, he took from his pocket a knife, and
held it in concealment, with a view of inflicting a wound in a
cowardly manner—certain it was, he meant to do him some
grievous bodily harm. His conduct was most savage and
atrocious, unworthy of a man. The Court saw nothing in the
case that could palliate it, and therefore sentenced the prisoner
to 15 years' transportation.
Robert Spencer and Henry Bedford, two boys aged 16
and 17, were indicted for the manslaughter of Jacob Light on
the 20th of May.
Mr. Missing conducted the case for the prosecution.
This was a very distressing case, so much so that the Learned
Judge was in tears during the whole of the trial. The facts
are simple and easily told. On the day in question, a donkey
was grazing on Netby-common, with its fore legs tied together
by a cord. The deceased, who was a little boy, untied the
cord and got on the donkey. He rode towards the prisoners.
When he got up to them they took the cord from the boy, tied
him round the body, and then tied the other end of the cord
round the donkey's neck, and started the donkey. The bey
being frightened, got off the donkey, which immediately went
off at full speed, dragging the boy after it, and kicking him
in a frightful manner. The two prisoners then ran after the
donkey, endeavouring to atop it, which at last they succeeded
in doing, but the boy died in a few minutes from the injuries
he had received. The prisoners ran for assistance, and were
exceedingly distressed.

The jtiry- found the prisoners Guilty, and they were sen-
tenced to be imprisoned for a fortnight, but without hard
labour.

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Tudor, Esq., aged 77. ,iOO
On the Bth inst., at Ramsgate, Sarah, relict of Peter x• 4
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On the 11th inst., Mr. Thomas Harvey, late of the
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Elizabeth Morris, aged 84.

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