The Sun.
London, England, 1844-04-08 00:00:00

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LAW INTELLIGENCE-. -
COURT OF BANKRUPTCY, April 6.

Hastings, in the dwelling-house of John Compton; four rof preparation for leather. All that remained.of him
51. notes, 10 sovereigns, 20 half-sovereigns, 100 shillings, was his skin.
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100 sixpences, and 500 pennies, and a desk, the property When the prosecutor was asked whether his horse had
of the sail John Compton, and then burglariously broken any marks on him by which he could identify him, the
out of the said dwelling-house. old gentleman,"who was a remarkable-looking person
i Mr. Spooner condarted the prosecution ; Mr. Flood himself, replied he thought there were.
appeared for the prisoner. I Well, name them, said the counsel fur the prosecution.
John Compton, the prosecutor, kept a public-house at 1 —Why, zur, ha had a rat tail.
, Wellesbourne. On the evening of the 7th of February Well ?,—Two broken knees.
1 several persons were drinking th re. Some were in the Well ?—He was lame in each shoulder.
' tap-room, and others in the kitchen. The prisoner was Anything else ?—Blind in both eyes.
one of those in the kitchen, where were also one Alex- Any other marks ?—Yes, he has a bump in the near
ander, a man nam. d Sabin, and h's mother, and the foot.
witnesses Parrott and Allibone. From tamest ad parts Try again.—Well,zur, he had a sore on each shoulder,
of the kitchen persons there could see all over the bar, and was lame there,
theyupper part of the division of which consisted of glass. The tone of melancholy tenderness in which these
In the ceurse of the day in question, he put the four 51. " interesting meets" of the lost animal were described
notes, and about 20/. in golf and silver, into a teacup in was inimitable ; and, spite of the place, and the loud
the bar, and subsequently transferred it to his desk, and repeated calls of " order," the Court was convulsed
which was within the bar. He went to bed at about half- with laughter, in which even the Learned Judge was
past 10, when there was nobody in the house that he compelled to join.
knew of besides himself and his servant-girl, Ann Cot- A witness was then called, who carried on that respect-
. ton, and he left the door fastened by two bolt, and an able and knowing trade which is designated by the
robrious term of a " knacker." He deposed to the fact
op-
iron bar across. In the kitchen there wits a settle P
or high-backed seat, and a screen behind it, before that he hal bought the " 03" in question of the pri-
which there stood also a huge coal-box, and behind sonars. "raves a shacking bad on, and, after consider-
this screen any person might hare lain concealed. In the able barer and standing ciut, he had been induced to
morning he was aroused by Ann Cotton, who gave him venture in the speculation the sum of 55., and 6d. more to
information that something had happened, and she got be spent in drink.
up about seven o'clock, and found the house door open, Both the prisoners were convicted, and sentenced to six
and his desk removed from its place and broken open, months' imprisonment.
as it might have been with the coal-hammer. which John Walter was indicted for burglariously breaking
stood in the kitchen, and all his money gone. He gave into the house of Thomas Lucas, and stealing therefrom
information to the consteble, and about three hours after a quantity of articles enumerated in the indictment ;
he got ue it occurred to him to look behind the screen, and Jonas Palmer, an old man about 70 years of age,
and sawdust being about the place, there appeared the was charged with receiving some of the property, know-
mark of a man having been lying there. There were ing it to have been stolen.
no marks as of a breaking in upon the outer door. Mr. Moody prosecuted ; Palmer was defended by Mr.
Itiehard Allibone deposed that he had met the pri- Edwards ; Walter was undefteeled.
saner that very Tuesday in the Warwick-road, ten yards Mr. LUCAS stated, that on the 7th of November he
from the prosecutor's house, when the prisoner told him was the last up, and went to bed last, and saw his doors
that he ha i " see'd Mr. Compton put some money in a secure. In the morning, on his descent, he found that
teacup, and he'd have it out or be transported," when his house had been broken into; inasmuch as the thieves
witness said that " he'd bi tter not, as it was a house had fairly torn away the wall so as to get out the iron
where they could always hate a quart of ale, whether bars that defended the windows, and had then forced the
they bad money or not," and he replied, "he did'nt windows. and so effected an entrance, and carried off
mind that." Was one of the guests drinking in the the property lost. Suspicion fell upon the prisoner
kitchen on Tuestlav night, and heard a noise behind the Wa'ter, and others living at Ilchester, and who were
screen, and got upen the settle and saw the prisoner be- known as a gang of thieves. Thither the constables
hind the screen, whe shook his fist at him, as bidding were sent. Before, however, they reached the street
him not to betray him. where the prisoners lived, the alarm was given, and the
Cross examined—Had been in prison as a poacher, property stolen was ie stantly removed from the various
tad ben so 15 times, always for poaching; the lag time houses. On turning a corner, one of the constables saw
was about these months age. On the 7th of February the prisoner Palmer flinging something into the river.
he had been out of gaol about a fortnight. The first The spot was searched, and a cheese found there, which
time he was in was a good bit ago, and he had been a Mr. Lucas identified as one of the articles stolen from
poacher ever slice. Had never been tried for felony. his house. The prisoner had subsequently made a con-
Joseph Parrott—Was in the kitchen of the public- fessiou before the magistrates.
house drinkeig on the night in question. Saw the pri- lioth the prisoners were convicted.
goner there, and did net see lent leave. On the Bth A former conviction was then proved against Walter,
to,•k a pint of ale to the prisoner in the lock-up, and told and Mr. Moody suited that he had still two other
him that his br .ther hid sent it to him. The prisoner indictments against him, upon which, however, lie should
said that he shouldn't see him again until the assizee, not proceed.
and then not again for 15 years. He should see what He was sentenced to 14 years' transportation.
The Learned Judge then, addressing Palmer, ex-
he had n..ver seen—he should see a new country. lie
sheuld get 15 years. pressed his regret that he should have to pass sentence
Cr iss-examined—The prisoner could at the time of upon an old man who had nearly run out the period of
thigcenvegation see that Sarah Christian, the wife of human existence--three score and t, n—and at the close
the police-ufficer, was within hearing. Had lived at of life stood a criminal at the bar of his country. His
Wellesbeurne all h's life. Had been convicted and fined Lordship then sentenced him to eight months' in-
once for poaching, but never in trouble for anythine else. prisonment.
Sarah Christuth—Was the wife of Edward Christian, doseph Church, a boy 13 years or age. was indicted
the police-officer. Deposed to having heard the above for forging a check for 51., with intent to defraud C.
conver-ati .n, and 'urther, that the prisoner said. " He'd Hopkins.
be d—d if they ever got the menet., fir he'd never tell There were many counts varying the intent, and
any .ne where it was." On which- Parrott said that he others charging the prisoner with having uttered the
might as well tell him where it was, that he might go check knowing it to have been forged.
and get it, and have some of it. Mr. Stock prosecuted. The prisoner was defended by
Anti Cotton. the servant girl deposed to having seen Mr. Phinn.
prisoner on the Tuesday evening skulking about behind On the part of the prosecution it was proved that the
the serein, and to having sten all the other guests finally prisoner had brought the check in question to the shop
leave the house, and not seen him do so. Still she could of an old lady living at Murdock, in this county, and
not say he died net go when she hadn't happened to be who was an agent fir Stuckey's bank. The lad stated
looking. But at all events he did not go with the others. that he came from Mr. Choffey, of Stoke, by whom the
When she came down in the morning she found the check purported to ha,ve been drawn upon Messrs.
bolts drawn, and the bar that went across the door Stuckey, of Yeovil. The check was one of Stuckey's
standing up by the side of it, so that any person might printed checks, but_ from the look of the writing the
have gene in or out. old lady fancied there was something wrong, and, there-
Edward Christian, the police-officer, apprehended the fore, called her niece, and sent her with the prisoner
prisoner on the Wednesday morning, the 7th of Fe- to her brother, who lived hard by, to have his
bruary. Told him that he took him up on a charge of opinion upon it. On seeing the check he immediately
robbing Mr. Compton's house. He said that he knew pronounced it to be a forgery, and that his sister
nothing about it—he had 'no money nor victuals fora must not change it. Strange to say, he did not keep
long time but what his brother had given him. the check but gave it back to the boy, who immediately
Richard Payne —The prisoner and his brother lodged left the*shop and went away as it to leave the plsce. This,
at his house. The prisoner was not in on the night in however, he did not du, but returned instantly to the
question when they all went to bed. After he had been shop of the old lady, before her niece had arrived, and
asleep was awakened by a noise. Could not say at all said that her brother had examined the check, and stated
what o'clock it was, but the moon was shining. The that it was all right, and that she must change it. This
prisontr came down in the morning about half-past she did, giving the boy a 51. note for it. The boy took
se,wi. and paid witness's wife eighteen-pence, and then the note and carried it to a shop in the village, and,
a shilling. The pr soner had, however, been working saying it was a note he had just received at the shop of
l'or Mr. Parker for two days the week before. He had the old lady before referred to, for a check he had car-
never before pail any money to his wife. tied there, requested change for it. Change was given,
Mr. FLOOD address- d the jury for the prisoner, telling and he left. It was proved by Mr. Choffey that he did
them to put out of their con-idera,tion all that the wit- not draw the check, but there was some difficulty occa-
neesee Allibone and Parrott had said, as not being en- sioued by his admission that there were other "Stokes"
titled to the slightest credit for one moment, those two beside the " Stoke" where he lived, though he could not
hardy off nders havieg very probably been themselves say if there was any Mr. Choffey living there.
tae thieves. The Learned JUDGE summed up the case, leaving it
Mr. Sergeant CLARKE having briefly summed up the to the jury whether it was probable that so young a boy
ease, as the prisoner could have known that the check was
The jury, after a deliberation of about three quarters forged. There was no proof or pretence that he forged
of au hour mein this evidence, returned a verdict of it himself. His Lordship intimated that it was much
Guilty, with the justice ef which verdict the Learned more probable that he was the dupe of some other
Commitsi -tier expressed himself perfectly satisfied, and Permit', theugh there was the fact of the falsehood which
th, reenee sentenced the prisoner to be transported for he told to be taken into consideration.
tea years. After a very long consultation the jury acquitted the
Thus terminated the Crown business of these assizes, prisoner.
short heron• five o' lock. CIVIL SIDE.—(Bt fore Mr. Justice CRESSWELL.)
CIVIL SlDE.—(liefere Lord Chief Justice TINDAL The whole of the civil business wa,s disposed of this
and a Special Jury.) morning. The cases have been of so local and uninte-
Vie RIGHT H.S. THE, EARL OF HAIIR,,RorGIT V. KENDALL. resting a churActer, that it would be idle to report them
This was the last cause, and stood appointed for nine
teeloek this morning It was an ac.ion of debt to re-
cover a smelt tol , but ready to try tl.e .ight of the
nelee plaireiff to a toll-traverse claimed by him in the
Iligh-stree of Market-Ilerhorouele lying on the high
r ied from Leicester to L..ndon. It had be. n tried at a
'termer assizes for the county of Leicester, befere Mr.
Baron Gurney, and now came down for a new trial.
Nir. Hill, Queen's Counsel, Mr. Whitehurst, and Mr.
W,ddineton, appeared for the pleintiff ; Mr. Ilunalrey
ai.d Mr. Mellor conducted the defendant's case.
This was tin action to try the right to a toll through
the town of Alai ket Harlem...ugh, situate in the manor of
treat liowth n. The declaratien -ret up a toll-traverse.
The exlstesce or suite a toll wis deli, el, and an exemp-
t-• ,n seas also claimed by the defendant as one of the in-
hebiten.s te• Great Bowden. A toll traverse was where
the way was over a moan's soil, and might ef course
exist wohout any duty being to be performed by the
owner of it. A toll-thorough was a ' toll for going
over a common highway, and no person coul.l effectually
set up this without thige having been a considera
tion f g it at sorne ancient period. In olden times
the Crown had exercised the right of making such
grants in consideration of doing something—as for in-
st tv.e, as suggested in this ease, the keeping of a bridge
in repair, or the Eke. Now, the first question here was,
whether there lad been a tell-traverse, or only a toll-
Lierough, fur "it was impossible," said the learned
Judge, "to look at the inquisition put in of the year
As;.4IZE INI-.I.I.I(iENCE. 1.25 e, and the reign of Henry 111., and doubt that the
MIDI,iIIVD CIRCUIT—IVpicick, April 4. Crown then had possession, and that there then was a
Cllt)WN COUR 1%—(13:-...f;ire Me Biro! (teaser.) toll. No doubt there was at that time, but then the
Alter a case of ad einistereet eoxi t.“ drugs nit, in- case for the defendant was, first, that it was a toll-
tent to procure ebor ion, which, as it was s'opped by the thorough only, which had been lost by the non-con-
Only, it is p rhaps liege
.use and otherwise better, not tinuance of the performance of the duty in respect of
more rp ottieul trly to locution, weich it was greeted." The inquisition referred to was
George Gardner pleated runty- (an understanding tinder a writ directed to the sheriff "to find out who it
having been come to between the Learned Counsel, Mr. was: oat bad not paid the tolls, and to collect," &c.
There was a return thereto of eight marks, or there-
Miller, Mr. Hayes, teed Mr. Mellor) to an indictment
chargieg him eoh a misdemeanour, iii having, on the about+, for Harborough, and of seven marks for Great
loth of Feeru oty last, at the perish of St. Mary, in the Bowden. This was a writ for a collection in the King's
borough of Warwick, urtlae filly taken one Jane Page towns and boroughs in Warwickshire of tolls to raise a
out of the custody and care, arid aeainst the will, of portion to marry the King's daughter. A pipe-roll of
one Catherine K'mnberl y. the person- having the lee Cut 1177 also recognised the existence of a toll. In 1688
care ant change of tier, the said .Jane Paee then being the owners, through whom the plaintiff claimed, performedan mime:Tied girl, and wider the age of sixtt en years certain services fur the town out of the proceeds of
that was to say of the age of thir eel-, years. ' these tells, which were no loager performed. A bridge,
It,epp are 1 that the young laely was entitled to some j toe, was kept in repair by the predecessors of the plain-
property', it wis eid aeout 10.1 year, and she was at tiff, hut now, long ago, a new bridge had been built,
sceo .1 at Nils-. Kmeerley's at Wa .wick. The defendant which had ever since been repaired by other parties. In
was also to • ere teeed cineunstatie s, had been on terms 1670 the steward of the manor, who was a lawyer, in a
of acqua 'oft ,ce w. h Mr. and Mrs. Lage, an i had teen Isolemn document called it a toll-thorough. In 1728 a bill
accustemed. wit, th fu permisei nof Mie, Kimbei ley. was filed by the predecess.ir of the plaintiff, which prayed
that it might be declared a toll-thorough. In 1755
pru'ethly sane toned be M.. and Mrs. Pa re, or one of
them, front tme te time, to t Ike he young ady out with a ease was submitted to counsel (Mr. Sergeant Hill),
him. On the 10th of Febru ,ry last, he took tier out as whetein were these words—" Nota bene—The lords of
bslia.: far a walk ; she did not retern to Miss Kind): r- th • matter do not repair any of the bridges," &c. so that
ley':, bet the deleutlaet reek her away to a distant part this would seem to have been felt to be the weak point
o the country, sem atilt-et. in Weles, as it was sa•d. at that time. In 1785 the purchase by the ancestor of
Mr. Page del ..ot
.t ash l, to p .ess the pr. sccuCon, as, the petintiff frem Mr. Bliss, a surviving trustee, took
wh deter might have beet. his a pr-hensions at firs-, he place, and it had ever since been in the family of Lord
wa., now setstie 1 that th.. d fen lent had respected her Harhorough.
virtue. Inlee ', it se-m d now ueque-ti ined, that ex- A hest (1. witnesses were called for the defendant,
eeet as above steed, no s it ut freedom haul been taken who proved about the repairiti of the bridge, &c., by
with the y,,u,.g 1 Ay, Q. d pr .I.sbly note was ever in- the lords of the manor at inc tune, and nothing of the
ten,l4. lV heftier or nt it lied been in cuntem lation kind having been dyne by them of late years; and that
to detain It. r until sse beealue of proper
roe fir mar- for the list sixty years there had been a very general
riage, et. etherwin. te p ss. ss himself of et r and le r refuse) to pat the tell on the part of persons not claiming
Any, did tee a all ele..rle ap ele
property a. a lieu e any particular (-xt•mprion, on the ground that no such
Teere was a - usetesti .1t ef ode r and very- tli;tintepm.o- claim ex:sted as us as set up. Evidence was a•so given of
tire a aEogeth rhe ant ef a 1.1 talk d about, hut teethe ~. exemption at ell titn• aof the inhabitants of Great Bow-
of th•• kirel transpir. din Ceure and it vva• of a tiatur den, ;it'd that .he defendant was ..ne of them.
to make melition of it, under these circurnseaneeg eery. Then LORD CHIEF JUSTICE left it to the jury to say—
itnproper.
fiset, whether it was a toterriverse as the pleintiff said,
Mr. Belem GURNEY acquiesced in the prep,,ei,,, or as the defendant a .id, a perfectly good toll-thorough
agreed up. n an I sublime d by i I,e celiteel en b ti, sties, at one time, but lost by the not continuing to perform
but said that it. wee an effe ice •fav, ry ategreveted de- the diey in respect of which it was granted. His Lord-
seript on. !nv t dnet th.• 'gee of ramie, s; an that but fear ship desired that they would first consider that guys, ion.
th a fact whice h.d lie ri -toter) be tie le re, 11 coense!, - Th y 'et l- se, and almost instantly Said, "We find that
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teal is bleb th re a s . v r Ei soon tor I eh: ving t . ee there eas no :oil-traverse, and our verdict is therefore
, St t
going
finding
into
) the vt
e , ofn ,s courses
tio decisive c
oi'fivi. th
t ue, 'het he had resp teed Let-y-0..11g woreates virtue, he entered fur the deSendent."
51,,.,1,151,,.,1,1 hat e f•t t his duty to ha e ietEcted it eery
eo
(f)
tthheer causeguest
question
t ho -f
severe punishni nt. on
Toe d fu nix- t was Oleo di .charged en entering int., the clef •udent s exemption.
• nee else con-led A
his •wn r co_ niza we in 50. / e come ep end re ;eye
.. • ; e. the business of these assizes and
j 'dam nt e h n .....I,e I tip• n u• on the wet le t Tulin: t 2: til• circuit;
, and his L. gdship rose a few minutes be-
I i.evie' o ell,e:. ae
t .at hi- wo IA rani t) s:, . a;., ti IT il ,f' et. ia ne, way ere , .e.l shortly afterwards left the town,
e hichpre-eutly assumed ite wonted stillness.
turtier nita'tsteel t,e pros eder, Ai r.P. ete r let family.
.1 on -,4 G&lres, Ow. 1 ~1 v. h.. wit •' e- •er, !ay. ; or, it•ted IcESTE!'N CIRCUI7L-7-711intuit. April •
4.
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of 'll 'ui , 4.,1 ai, ; ht er Of his bra' er, a- Bat eieghem. by (Before Mr. Justice Wtoeurnate.)
Et date .g his. in he sewn: et in a tfierre', ees thee railed George Politer and limy Buck were indicted for
tpin r .eei.e sent nee. stealing two hole es and an a-s, the property of John
<•i'' I-t'aesltte seid, that it was a melarcholy install,* H hey. Mr. Allen prosecuted. The prisoners were
of the sail etfes sef giving was to an ung .vervale,e MD' defended by Mr. Hodges.
P'r; 1:e, had kit, 'I his tet it brete r, and the wadeee in The prosecutor stated that he lived near Bath, and
•:h,el ne had corima tted this lament .ble crime bortiertd p ,ssessed the two horses and the ass in question some
very n, erly upon murder. The sentence was that he be time in .July. Ile saw them in a field, in which they
: „este,' le ii for t n yeteee
%% ere kept. on Tuesday night, and the next morning
,„.ne ether s• ntences were P used, and - the-, we. e gone, but after some time one of the horses
tret!teng only -ma other case
, which heft ,
lust before been anti the ass came back again to their old quarters, and
1 1 c'6 r- Mr. S
c..‘ tan ::a..... •rg. ant Choke, in. the Grandthe guardianship of their old master. The other horse
eil otegreenneetis
.logeseip :tee et belt past to
one oclock, the thieves had evidently taken too great a fancy to, and
e. et sherd); tfterev 'ill,' quit- ed the town.
teIt,AND JI:ItY-,IOOM —(Before Mr 1, lawyer his inclinatioa for return might have been, he
.. Sergeant was dept • dof the power to do so. After some time, from
CLARKE.) ive
Llenr.Greentvay, ag,cl 21, w..s imitated for h seams him; heard by the prosecutor, he went to a cur-
..;.,:.;.:, ci.;: Llio 6;11 of i vb.14,..ry 1,44,, a 4 44
, w.,,.„,!'fFg mess. at Promo, and there, mirabile dicta! he found
''''"-ace trait 04144 or rati4er the ramags of 1113 Asedi ia • qua,.

Mr. Commissioner llolroy 1 heard a number of in-
solvent cases unuic r th.=. new Act

IN THE MATTEa OF JOHN SLEIGH.

The insolvent, s ho has the ch:rtre (of the telegraph
at llazelmere, appliA fur .his final order. lie was
opposed on the part of a eied.tor ►awed Bridger, and
supported by Mr. T. B. Hught e.
The complaint was, that the insolvent was in a con-
dition to pay his d:•bts, and it was prayed that the
pe►ition might ht- disynissed. It %%ai urged on hs be-
hldl that he only wanted time, and would set aside 301.
a year for his creditors. Ile rt quired protection f•om
law proceedln4s.

.?Ir. Commissioner Hor.novn thought tint, as pay-
ment was the (6ject in view, the case should stand
over to amend the schedule, and for the ins.,lvent to
make a distinct proposal to ply a yearly sum.
The case was adjourned till the 11th of May, and the
" protecting order" from all legal proceedings enlarged
until that day. •

INSOLVENT DEBTORS' COURT, April 6.
Mr. Commisiioner Law sat specially to hear the
following bail case. He afterwards heard two short
motions, and on its risinz, the Court adjourned fur the
Easter recess, to the 12th in=tant.

FRIENDLY AR R EST.7--IN THE MATTER OF JANE

DIMOND

The insolvent, wh,) h.,d been a tavern-keeper in
New Ormond-street, apOied from the Queen's prison,
to be discharged on sureties. It was admi'ted that
the insolvent had been "friendly" put into gaol, in
order that her property m ght he divided among her
creditors, instead of one creditor getting the whole
under an execution.

The insolvent now attended with iwr hail, and they
were aceeptel in the sum of 150/. Tne discharge
was issued instanter.

This case afford, an instance of expedition. The
insolvent had only been in prism a few days; the
schedule was filed on the Ist in:itant, and the libera-
tion on bail obtained on the present occasion.

SITTINGS OF THE COURT

The present sittings hive been fixed to the 11th of
May, and the Court is appointed to sit every day, two
days being devoted to bad casts. There has of late
been an increase of business; last week upwards of 40
schedules were filed. A recent decision under the
new Act in the Court of Bankruptcy, will, it is ex-
pected, give an acce,s'on of business to this Court, as
it has been held that a trader who has taken the
benefit of the Enso!vent Debtors' Act ►trust insert his
former d-bts, and, as a trader, is only all)wed to an
amount of 3001., ve:•y fe.v who hive been reli •ved
will be in a condition to avail themse!ves of the new
provision. There are rumours in circulat►on respect-
ing an amendment of the law of debtor and cre litor,
and it is thought that the G►vernment will shortly
bring forward a measure on the subject, especially in
reference to the law of insolvent debtors.

NORFOLK CIRCUIT.—Bury St. Edmund's, April 4.
CHOWN COURT.—(Before B. ANDREWS, Er.q.)
George Smith, Thomas Bear, and James Cousins, were
ind:ettd for burglariously entering the house of Jacob
Flicks, and steldintr, therein a variety of property.. The
indictment also th rged that this offence was accom-
panied by violence to the person of the prosecutir.
Mr. Mills appeared for the prosecution; Mr. Prender-
gast and Mr. Power defended the prisoners.
The prosecutor, who is very deaf, and by no means a
bright :pecim ,n of the genus " farmer," deposed to hav-
ing retired to bed on the night at ten o'clock, when he
and his wife barred up all the doors and windows. At
twelve o'clock the " deaf-un" was roused from his
slumbers by his more watchful spouse, with the alarm-
ing intelligence that there were thieves in the kitchen,
ior she could hear them talking. Ere the bewildered
man could rouse his senses to the necessities of the mo-
ment, the bed-room door was opened, and in stalked
four men, one of whom had a bludgeon, while another
hell a horn-lantern. The parties being thus placed "in
presence," the maurauders went through the usual
course on such occasions, by demanding money in the
first instance, and by enforcing it in the next by a good-
ish tap on the prosecutor's head, the effect of which was,
that all the ready cash in the house was surrendered at
discretion, and the burglars marched off with some
wearing apparel, and other things mentioned in the in-
dictment.
The prosecutor now swore to the persons of the three
men' in spite of a very severe cross-examination from
both their Learned Counsel; and
The Learned JUDGE having summed up the facts to
the jury, they, after ten minutes' consultation, found
them all Guilty, and they were transported for fifteen
years.
Win. Pearl, Win. Bull, and Thomas Harrald, were
charged with a highway robbery, accompanied by vio-
lence, on the person of Jeremiah Head, on the night of
the Ist of November last.
Mr. Dasent conducted the case for. the prosecution;
and Mr. Prendergast defended Bull and 'humid, the
other prisoner being without counsel.
The prosecuter is a young labourer, living at Saxham,
and would appear to have been enjoying himself in this
town, on the last night of the once famous "Bury fair,"
for he was at the Castle inn at eleven o'clock of that
night, together with the prisoners and many others, all
strangers to him. The festivities of the scene were in-
terrupted at that hour by one Howlett, a constable, who
cleared the house, at the request of the landlord. From
the Castle the prosecutor repaired to the Bull, and
having refreshed himself there, started at twelve o'clock
to go home. Lie had scarcely got many yards from the
door, when he was set upon, as he said, by all the pri-
soners. Pearl seized him by the collar, and dealt him a
severe blow on his left eye, while the others proceeded
to rifle his pockets, which they emptied of a comb, a
knife, and two pocket-handkerchiefs, articles which,
together with 2d., constituted the whole of his worldly
goods. This done, he „swore that Harrald said, "Now
I'll go and fetch the police," and ran off in one direction,
white the pro-ecutor went on a similar errand in another.
In about half an hour, he fell in with Howlett again,
and, on having told his tale, they went in search of the
robbers. On the Angel-hill they saw Pearl with two
other men, who ran away, but Pearl they captured and
ok to the station-house where they searched him, and
found a comb and a handkerchief, which the prosecutor
at once identified as part of his lost property. The two
other men were taken into custody on the following day,
and the prosecutor now swore to them all as being the
Ore- men who had robbed him.
The jury, tovve%er, acquitted Bull and Harrald, who
had receiv,d excellent characters from many respectable
inhabitants of the town, N% hile they found Pearl guilty.
There being a previous conviction for felony against
this N orthy, he Nas sentenced to be transported for ten
years.

CHESTER ASSIZES, APRIL 4.
(1k fore Mr. Justici• WILLIAMS and a Special Jury.)

WORTHINGTON V. GRIMBDITCH, M.P.

Mr. Jervis and Mr. Welsby appeared for the plaintiff,
Mr. Evans and Mr. Vaughan Wildams for the defendant.
Mr. WELsnir opened the pleadings. This was an
action of debt, to recover the sum of 1,2081., due by the
defendant to the plaintiff, who sued as administrator of
two ladies deceased, named Duncelf. The defendant had
i pleaded—first, that he never owed any money ; second,
. that he had paid the money to one of the ladies deceased;
third, that he had paid it to the other ; and fuurth, that
inure than six years having elapsed, he was freed from
the debt by the statute of limitations. Upon these pleas
issue was joined.
Mr. JEnvia said the plaintiff, as the jury had heard,
was the administrator of two ladies deceased, and who in
their lifetime had resided near Macclesfield; in the
county of Chester. The defendant was a solicitor in that
town, of considerable eminence in his profession, and
I further known as the representative in Parliament of the
place in which he so practised. In his capacity of at-
torney he had been the confidential adviser of the two
Miss Duncalfs, and from the year 1810 up to the tape
it of their de 4th he had bee; employed by tima.,..141,04,4