The Sun.
London, England, 1844-03-06 00:00:00

SCOTCH SEQUESTRATION.

PETER SINCLAIR, auctioneer, Edinburgh, March 9, at
twelve, and March 30, at two, at the Royal Exchange Coffee-
house, Edinburgh.

ASSIZE INTELLIGENCE.
HOME ClRCUlT.—Chelmsford, March 5.
Both Courts this morning proceeded to business, the
Lord Chief Justice presiding in the Crown Court and
Mr. Baron Alderson presiding at Nisi Prius. Although
there were a number of causes entered on the civil side,
yet, from some of. them - being referred, and others
breaking down, the list was gone through by one o'clock,
and Mr. Baron Alderson then proceeded to try prisoners
in relief of the business the'Crown- side.
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(Before Lord Chief-Justice DENNIAN.)
.11c, :chael Challis, 19, a groom, was indicted for felo-
niously setting re to an out-house, the property of
Samuel Porter Matthews.
Mr. Marsh conducted the prosecution.
It appefired from the evidence, that the prosecutor
lives at Hounslow, and the prisoner was in his service.
A short time before the 18th of December, the prisoner
had represented that he had seen strange persons about
the premises, and expressed his opinion that there would
be a " a flare up" before long. In consequence of this,
a policeman was sent for to watch the premises, and it
was while he was so engaged, that the fire happened.
Upon the alarm being given, the prisoner was heard to
call out, and he was seen running in a direction from the
fire. The circumstances which led to the suspicion
against the prisoner, were the contradictory stories that
h told, and also the fact that a piece of linen which the
prisoner made use of to cover his harness, was found to
have a portion torn from it, and this piece, partly burnt,
and wrapped round some dry combustible material, was
picked up near the out-house that was burnt. Mr. An-
derson;thOceeper at Ilford goal, alsoroved that while he
was conveying the prisoner for examination before the
magistrates, he told him that he had always borne a good
character, but he was afraid the piece of rag would do for
him. Other circumstances were also adduced, which left
very little doubt of the prisoner's guilt.
The LORD CHIEF JUSTICE went carefully through the
whole of the evidence, and
The jury, after a very short deliberation, returned a
verdict of Guilty.
The prisoner was sentenced to bo transported for
fifteen years, and he left the dock declaring that he
was innocent.

(Before Mr. Baron ALDERSOW.)
James Boreham, 34, labourer, David Kempton, 28,
labourer, James Kempton, 35, labourer, and Christopher
Wright, 23, also a labourer, were charged with being
feloniously in a certain close of land, armed with guns,
for the purpose of taking game, and also assaulting the
keepers.
Mr. Ryland, with Mr. Rodwell, conducted the prose-
cution, and Mr. Charnock defended the three last men-
tioned prisoners. Boreham pleaded guilty to the charge.
It appeared from the statement of the Learned Coun-
sel, and the evidence, that was adduced, that the trans-
action in question took place upon apiece of land in the
manor of Heron•gate, near Brentwood, and which is in
the occupation of Mr. James, the trustee, who has the
right of shooting, and who employs persons to preserve
the game upon it: On the 4th ofJanuary, a man named
Benjamin Kent, who is employed by the prosecutor
to preserve the genie; was on the look out, accompanied,
by three other persons, when he heard the report of a
gun, and on their going to the spot, they met the pri-
soners, two of whom had guns, and upon their endea-
vouring to take them into custody, a violent struggle
took place between-the poachers and the keepers, during
which the latter were repeatedly knocked down with
the- barrels of the poachers' guns, and were severely
beaten. At length the prisoner Boreham was struck to
the,ground by one of the keepers; and while they were
securing him the others made their escape. They were,
however, afterwards taken into custody, and were posi-
tively identified as the parties who were present at the
time the attack was made upon 'the keepers.
The jury found all the prisoners Guilty. Sentence
was deferred.

E-STERN ClRCUlT.—Winchester, March 4.
CROWN-COURT.—(Before Mr. Justice-CnEsswELL.)
-Thomas Ellis was indicted for stealing (after a former con-
viction) a certain quantity of, oats from his master, Henry
Padwick.„ •
Mr. Edwards 'conducted the prosecution. The prisoner
was defended by -Tdr.3dissinF,
Tits f44o.WilLlllP4lt pruvecl, and the Jury without hesita-
tion the prisoner Guilty.- A previous conviction was
put in and !proved. By that conviction it .appeared that
shortly, before the Lagislature altered the punishment for
sheepstealing from death -to transportation (the exact date
we could not • catch), the prisoner was convicted of sheep-
stenlink from the present prosecutor,' Mr. PA(...iNfic4l
sentence of death-was mile 4 441 •
T ft t4P fh,9_ WASYYri4tIPM- 111440 by the Learned
5i9..gP?.14 4- 419.4 IttipresetV-e• address to -the prisoner,. we
learnt: awing to.sonte interest that -was then made for
hint!the sentence of death was transmuted to imprisonment
for one year.- This time lie served out, and then returned ie.
his native village: , He-Was a cripple; a 34,411 d Wail upon .his
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