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London, England, 1808-08-23 00:00:00

Jokri Lai Per

frieVierialia sheep-

_'eauslb,
sealer, was indicted for stealing a lamb, the property
.4- William Jay. The prosecutor stated thas-ho had
lost a lamb from off Nordington Common, and as he
was looking after it, he met the prisoner ;ire told h. .
of his loss; and asked him if he had seen any stray'
ill
lamb ? the prisoner replied that he had riot ; but true
rung round, he again asked him what marks it had'!`
,upon which he said to his boy, who was with hint•
'a No, thas cannot be the lamb," He afterwards
:found that the prisoner had sent some lambs to Smith. I
!field, and hii lamb was one of them, with the marks ,
!very much defaced. Upon this he had the prisoner
apprehended.
.For the prisoner, it was proved by his twoservants,.
'that he had a parcel of lambs feeding on tile Com-
mon, and that they had lost three of them. The lamb
in. question came to their flock and took to a parti-
cular ewe, and they both deposed that they believed
it to be one of their own stray lambs, which had re-
turned. It remained for some time with them, and
when the prisoner saw it, he observed that some one
had been altering his marks, and he wished he could
find out. who did" it. It was drawn with some others
and sent to Smithfield market..
Several most respectable witnesses gave the priso-
ner an excellent character, and stated that for forty
years in which he had been in trade, not the slightest
imputation was ever thrown upon his character.
The prisoner himself, in his defence, only said, he
'tout& trust to his character in the country,, and
thought no one who knew him could believe:him ca-
' pahle of such an ict:',
~.
• His Lordshiplold the Jury that they wotild consi-
der first, whether-this was fine of the prisoner's own
stray lambs 'returned r and Wren, whether tlial.pri.
'softer might-ntithonestly mistake it for one of 'them ?
In either of which cases they would of course 'acquit
'him: ' !%. .• . . r.

Thelitrr said they believed the laifib to 'be
out' acquitted the wisoner of any inten.ticakof deal-
ing it. • • - • •
His Lordshipthenpassed sentence of death on lone
!capital. convict:; but it is not known wheth‘ any
We. left tot execittion.'
. At tbs above Assizei, on Friday. laity the Ha*
waiimpeded by a most intolerable.: stench
'Lge.d4Euss.zoßouGH desired. the Uader-Sheriff, and
his Lordship's ChietClerk, to investigate from whence
the'nuisaate-proceeded, and it was ascertained that
lit_ was from the back premises of Mr. MASON, the
butcher. Mr. M. was applied to, but he observed
that he was an Englishman, and would carry on his
)usiness as he thought fit, and he treated the appli-
cation with contempt. The two Gentlemen were
immediately ordered by Lord ELLENBOROUGII to pre-
fer a bill for a nuisance b<.:,fore the Grind Jury then
sitting, which was done accordingly, and a true bill
was found on the day following.

' -A cause of very considerable importance to the
owners of mines came. on to be tried at the last DUP.
ham Assizes. It was an action brought by John
Skottowc, Esq. the owner of some ml ies in Derwent,
against the. Lead Company, who had been tenants
thnreof for a great number of years, and damages to
the amount of 100,0001. 'ere claimed by Mr. Skot-
towe, against the Defendants, for injuries sustained.
iby him, in consequence of the waste and destruction
done to kis inheritance by the Defendants. After
several legal :bbjections, taken by the Defendants,
were over-ruled, a Verdict was entered for the Plain-
,. tiff for the damages claimed, subject to a reference.
A verdict, subject also to a reference, was likewise
,obtained by the Lessees of some adjoining mines,
against the Lead Company, for the damages done to
their mines, in consequence of the acts of waste done
sto Mr. Skottowc's.