The Sun.
London, England, 1827-08-25 00:00:00

SUMMER ASSIZES;

1101 IE AUG. 23

.lohn Parkhurst was convicted of an assault And
highway robbery on the person of JaMes Glazier; on
the 12th of May last, at Maidstone, accompanied with
circur►istenee of great violence.
The Learned Judge passed sentence of death upon
the prisoner, conjuring him to lose no time in making
his peace with an offended God, a, no mercy could
be extended towards him in this world.

George Egg&lon, Edward Garnett, John, White-
bead, and Joseph Copetey, were indicted for assault
and highway robbery, upon the person of Mr. James
Flint, on the Bth of April last, at Dartford.
The Jury found EggletOn and Garnett Guilty of
the stealing only, and Acquitted the other prisoners.
Eggleton was sentenced to eight and Garnett to two
months' imprisonment, with hard labour.

OXFORD CIRCUIT.-HEREFORD, Aug. 522.

Richard Hall was indicted, charged with felo-
niously stealing and taking away seven pieces of oak
staves, the property of Richard Tayler ; also, with
feloniously stealing and carl•ying away a stable bucket,
the property of Ann Taylor.
Mr. Baron VAt:GuAN having summed up, the
Jury found the prisoner Not Guilty.
The Coui t immediately resounded with the accla•
mations of his friends; but he was detained to an-
swer the following charge.
James Frost and Joseph Herriott were indicted
for having rescued Richard Hall from the custody
of the constable conveying him to prison, and
Richard Hall was indicted for aiding and abetting
in the said rescue.

John Taylor, the constable, as a special constable,
was sworn in to convey the prisoner Hall to prison,
on the Ist of August last. When they got near the
Sally's public-house, Hall begged to be allowed to
go in and take some refreshment. The witness at
first declined, but as the prisoner was very importu-
nate, he at last consented. When they got into the
public-house, they found several of Hall's friends
there. After they had taken some refreshment, the
witness said they must proceed on their journey,
when Hall swore he would go no farther, and rushed
past the witness, who followed and caught him :
the prisoners Frost and Herriott then came up, and
the witness charged them to aid and assist, as they
knew he was a constable. But Frost and Hall
having both struck him at the same time, Hall got
off, and ran away a second time. The witness then
followed and caught him again, but the prisoners
Herriott and Frost again interfered, and set him at
liberty ; and on the witness attempting to follow
them, they all three turned round and swore if he
came after them " they would wash their hands in
his blood."

The Ju►y found the prisoners Guilty.
Mr. Baron VAUGHAN, after commenting on the
enormity of their offence, sentenced the prisoner
Hall to one year's imprisonment and hard labour in
the House of Correction, and the prisoners Frost
and Herriott to six months' imprisonment and hard
labour in the same place.
During the present assizes Thomas Taylor was
indicted for stealing a sheep, the property of William
Bond. The evidence was conclusive, and on being
called on for his defence, the prisoner chanted forth,
in a low tone, the following verses :

The first man that we will pray for shall be for great George
our King,
That were he has got one man that he may have ten,

Let Geor,e our King pray for what he will, I will say amen.
God bless George our King, and send him long to reign;
May the Heavens above protect George our King, and
his men upon the main.

The next that we will pray fur shall be for my Lord Judge,
For he is a valiant man, and a valiant man is he;

May the Heavens above protect my Lord Judge, if he wi:

set me free.
So now I pray you, my Lord, to grant to me one favour
For you to set me at liberty, and I will praise you for ever.
So Row to conclude, and finish up my story,
May the Heavens above protect my Lord Judge,
When he is in the heighth of his glory.

Mr. Baron VAUGHAN having summed up the evi
deuce, the jury found the prisoner guilty.
The trial of all the prisoners concluded here yes
terday between two and three o'clock.

WESTERN CIRCUIT.-BRIDGEIWATER, AUG. 23

A SSAULT.-.-KINGSBURY V. COLLINS AND ELMS.

This was an action brought by the plaintiff against
the defendants, for a grievous bodily injury which
he had received from them while engaged in his
lawful occupation. It appeared that he was em-
ployed in cutting teasels upon some land which he
and another had engaged to cultivate for the pro-
prietor of the soil, on certain conditions, when the
defendants came up, ordered him off the ground,
and upon his refusal beat and kicked him in a vio-
lent manner, and then removed him la force; after-
wards conveying him as a prisoner before a Magi-
strate.

The Jury found a verdict for the plaintiff—Da-
mages 2001.
The pleadings in this cause were so voluminous,
that the parchment on which they were written
would have covered the ground on which the tea-
sels grew, the tenure of which involved the main
dispute.

SHOOTING A 1)OG.-PAUL V. KF.RLEIr,

This was an action brought byy-a farmer against a
gamekeeper, for shooting one of his sheep-dogs.
The Jury found a verdict for the plaintiff—Da-
mages 10/.

Eliza Dicks and J. Wiltshire were indicted for
burglariously breaking and entering the house of
Mr. Jameson, of Lark-hall, near Bath, and stealing
therein 10 sovereigns in gold, and 10 guineas, be-
sides a plated tea-pot, and some other articles. It
appeared that the female prisoner lived at the time
in the service of the prosecutor, and was in the ha-
bit of receiving the visits of the male prisoner, as
those of a sweetheart. Between them this robbery
was concocted and executed, and the Jury found
them both Guilty.
Lord Chief Justice BEST, in passing sentence of
death upon the prisoners, said, that the prevalence
of the crime of burglary had at length rendered an
awful example necessary, and that example he was
determined to give in all cases like the present, where
the guilt was clearly established. He then prd-
nounced the awful sentence of death upon the pri-
soners, and recommended them not to lose one mo-
ment in preparing for the dreadfnl fate which ine-
vitably awaited them.
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The woman was asked the,susual question, whether
she had any plea of pregnancy to urge in bar of the
execution of the sentence ; but she replied in the
negati‘'e
maintained
.
She throurge fortitudehoiit tlie passingtiln the of
man, who the sen-
tencetrembled excessively, and would have fallen in the
dock had he not been upheld by one of the gaolers.
The, prosecutor recommended the prisoners to
mercy, 'so far as a commutation of the capital punish-
ment. The Court, however, held out no hope that
the recommendation would be attended to.

The business here is so heavy, from the number
of prisoners and causes rather than the peculiar dif-
ficulty attending any of them, that both Judges ex-
pect to be here till late on Saturday night, and one
of them possibly till Monday, unless some arrange-
mentshould be made for some of the causes. Only
one Judge (the Lord Chief Justice) will attend at
Bristol for the despatch of business. His commis-
sion day will be on Saturday, and the business of the
assizes to commence on Monday : but by the late
act of Parliament, the commission, in cases of emer-
gency, can be postponed until the day of business.