The Sun.
London, England, 1829-08-28 00:00:00

SUMMER ASSIZES.

NORTHERN CIRCUIT—CAP.LISLE, Auc. 25.
CORBY V. THOMPSON AND OTHERS.

This action was brought to recover the value of
a quantity of hay, of which the defendants had for-
cibly dispossessed the plaintiff. It had happened
that in April last a person of the name of Bell, a
grocer at Brampton, in that county, had had a small
demand against James Anderson, one of the defend.
ants. To recover that demand Bell had instituted
an action in the county court, and had got a verdict
and issued execution. The execution had been in-
trusted to the plaintiff, who was a sheriff's officer,
and he had gone to make the levy upon the premises
of the defendant Anderson. Anderson lived at a
place called Coldfells, and there he had a byre for
cows, and a stack of hay. The hay had been taken
from two fields, in one of which the defendant
Thompson claimed a property, but it was notorious
that Anderson had always been regarded as the owner
of the hay, he always using it for his cows, and
treating it in all respects as his own. Upon that
stack of hay the plaintiff had seized, and had been in
the act of carrying it away in carts provided for the
purpose, when a person of the name of Irwin had
come up, and claiming the stack as his own pro-
perty, had discharged the plaintiff from seizing.
The plaintiff had disregarded that discharge,
and had proceeded with the levy when another
claimant to a property in the stack had arisen
in the defendant Thompson. It had been
explained to Thompson that only a minute be-
fore, Irwin bad claimed it as his own, and then
Thompson had changed his ground and said that it
was Irwin's, but that Irwin held it for him. The
plaintiff feeling confident that the property was An-
derson's, had proceeded in removing the hay, when
Thompson had put in a threat that he should soon
be forced to discontinue, and sure enough upon
some signal of Thompson's the Coldfell had been
made to resemble the glen which Sir Walter Seott
had described in one of his poems; for men had
suddenly shot. forth on all sides to the number of
about 100, and had effectually prevented the bailiff
from proceeding in his work, and almost frightened
him out of his senses. The hay had been taken
back, and it was to recover its value that the pre-
sent action had been brought.
A verdict was given for the plaintiff—Damages 121.
Thomas Mounsey was indicted for feloniously
embezzling 11. 95., the property of John Machell.
The prisoner made an ineffectual defence, and
was found Guilty.
John Allen and Isaac Rae were indicted for felo-
niously assaulting Patrick Foggy on the King's
highway, and robbing him of 1/. 10s., a watch, and
a pocket handkerchief.

The prosecutor identified the watch when pro-
duced in Court. The Jury found Allen Guilty and
Acquitted Rae.
_Richard Hodges and Robert Jordan were then
indicted for receiving the property mentioned in the
last case, knowing it to be stolen. The Jury fouud
both the prisoners Not Guilty.

WESTERN CIRCUIT—BRIDGEWATER, Ace. 26.
Notwithstanding the relief which Mr. Justice
BURROUGH experienced last evening, and that a still
further improvement has taken place in the state of
his health, this morning the Learned Judge has been
tillable to resume the performance of his duties. His
place in the Civil Court has been supplied by Chief
Justice TINDAL; Mr. Serjeant E. LAWES and Mr.
SELWYN being engaged in trying prisoners during
the day. There is no doubt that (as stated yester-
day) the commission will be opened at Bristol on
Saturday, merely for the purpose of adjourning the
Assizes to be held in that City to a future day, when
the business here shall have finished.
As we anticipated, the case of " Doe v. Bren-
ton" has gone off, and, notwithstanding the im-
mense expense incurred by the parties, will not be
tried at these Assizes.