The Sun.
London, England, 1829-08-22 00:00:00

SUMMER ASSIZES.

OXFORD CIRCUIT—HEREFORD, Aua• 19.
pßi'DoEs V, SKEPP.

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This was an action brought by the plaintiff, a
gentleman of great re4pectability residing at Led-
bury, to recover a compensation in damages from the
defendant for an unprovoked assault. The plaintiff
was a man advanced in years, and the defendant was
a-young man. The assault took place at the coffee-
room of the George Inn, Ledbury, where the plain-
tiff had gone to read the newspaper. The defendant
entered into conversation with him by inquiring the
price he agla“.l for a blood mare. The plaintiff, re-
plied 301. The defendant said !!9 had offered her
for 20/. The plaintiff said he never had offered her
for less than 30/., and would not sell her for las,—
The defendant said he would not give 5/. for her;
but he would bet him 101. he had offered her for 20/.
'Pisa nlaintiff declined any bet, and the defendant,
Inn his knuckles into the
being much irrit
plaintiff's face and down his nose.
Verdict for the plaintiff—Damages one farthing,
Thomas Budge was tried for stealing five sheep,
the property of Mr. Wilkinson.
The evidence was too clear to admit a doubt of
the prisoner's guilt, and the Court sentenced him to
be transported for life,
Samuel Snzith, aged fifteen, was indicted for the
manslaughter of a boy of the name of John Wat-
';!ps. aged 13.
primper and the deceased were at play to-
gether on Sunday evening, the 11th of May. and
in consequence of some provocation, the de.se4sed
threw a stone at the brother of the prisoner. The
Klepper then threw the deceased down and kicked
king in his side three times, and again threw him
down three times. The deceased went home in
very great pain, and lingered until the Thursday fol-
lowing, when he died.
The Jury found the prisoner Guilty.
The Court censured him for his barbarity, and
sentenced him to six months' hard labour.
john Wilson and George Wilson, father and son,
were indicted for uttering base coin.
They pleaded Not Guilty; but the prisoners be-
ing privately informed that if the prisoner John
Wilson, the father, pleaded Guilty, no evidence

would be offered against the son ; lie was allowed to
withdraw his plea, and was sentenced to six months'
hard labour. The son was discharged with a suit-
able admonition.
John Wainwright was indicted for, on the 14th of
April last, violating the person of Mary Pullen, of
Muchcowan, against her will.
Mary Pullen, a young girl about fifteen or sixteen
years of age, deposed as follows :—My father and
mother are both living; I was in the service of Mrs.
Perry, and was the only girl in the house; I had
lived there more than a year and a half; I had to
make the beds of the men who slept in the house;
there were three men and two boys, and the prisoner
was one of them; the bads of the men were over
the back kitchen, in the foremost room; there is a
skylight, and no window in the room ; the back
kitchen is separated from the front kitchen by two
walls, a lath wall and a stone wall, with a passage
between, and two doors, one in each ; I went to
make the beds between two and three o'clock on

the 14th of April, on a Sunday; I left my mistress
in the kitchen, sitting by the fire and preparing the
dinner; I had had my dinner, but the men had not;
while I was making the beds I was singing; I could
get into the back kitchen without going through the
front kitchen; John Wainwright came up into the
room while I was singing; he caught hold of me
and held me; I was standing at the foot of the
bed, and I said I would call the mistress ; he said
he was not going to hurt me, and he then pushed
me back upon the bed.—(The prosecutrix here de-
scribed the offence.)—He held both my hands with
his; I called out " Mistress !" three times; the
prisoner then went away down stairs : I remained
up stairs, and made the three beds; when I came
down stairs my mistress and a workman were is the
kitchen ; I was crying, and the workman asked me
what had happened to me, but I did r,ot tell him;
my mistress took, me into the parlotn., and asked me
what was t3,-,2 matter, and I told 'her what the pri-
soner hr,il done; my mistres.F, sent me home to my
mother.

Cross- examined—l 'aid not see Woodhouse in
the kirchen, nor did T.. say anything to the prisoner
in .I`;oodhouse's presence before I went up stairs ;
'mere is no dorm from the back-kitchen into the
room where the beds are, and the kitchen clock can
be heard to strike there; the clock is by the stone-
wall in the front kitchen, and could be heard if you
were in the first room up stairs, but not in the se-
cond, although there is no door between the two,
but only a door-case. The prisoner and I were not
very good friends before this; we never had a
quarrel, but I never liked none of them—none of the
men, for they would not leave me alone; they
were romping with me, but I did not romp with
them; Woodhouse was always playing with me,
and would never let me alone.

Catharine Perry—l am a widow ; Mary Pullen
lived in my service on the 14th of April ; the pri-
soner and a person named Woodhouse were in my
service also. On the 14th of April, Woodhouse
came home first to dinner; the girl had gone to
make the beds; the kitchen door was shut ; I could
not hear what took place in the furthermost bed-
room, nor did I on the occasion in question; the
distance is about 14 yards ; Woodhouse had nearly
done his dinner before Wainwright came in ; he
took some dinner and then went away; the prose-
cutrix soon after came down crying; I took her into
the parlour, and asked her what was the matter?
she told me; the witness then described the state in
which the prosecutrix was at the time.
Cross-examined—My son came in while Wood-
house was at dinner; the house is an old one, but
the boards fit very close ; there is nothing but the
boards to separate the bed-room from the kitchen
underneath; I reckon the 14 yards from the
front kitchen to the middle of the back kitchen.
Both of the rooms up stairs lie over the back kitchen.
There is a different staircase to the rooms over the
front kitchen; I heard no screams at the time in
question.

Mrs. Pullen—l am the mother of the prosecutrix.
She is 14 years old; I worked for my daughter
while she was at Mrs. P.'s; she came to me on the
evening of the 14th April, crying; I asked her what
was the matter, and she told me; the witness de-
scribed the state of her daughter at the time; she
cried almost all that night, and the next morning
also; I took her to a surgeon a week afterwards, but
I do not know his name; he said it was too late.—
This olosed the case for the prosecution.
The Counsel for the prisoner then called
John Woodhouse-4 lived in the service of Mrs.
Perry on the 14th of April ; I came home to dinner
with Wainwright about three o'clock ; I heard Mary
Pullen call John Wainwright up stairs; he went up
stairs, and I went to my dinner; I heard no cries,
although I can hear the kitchen clock.

By Mr. Seijeant TADDY—I have heard the
kitchen clock strike in the farthest room repeatedly.
John Morris—l know Mary Pullen-.-1 had a con•
versation with her about the prisoner; she met me
as I was going to work, and said she was to be
called on to go to the Assises; she then said she was
fond of 'Wainwright, and she would not appear
against him if her father and mother had not
persuaded her.
The Jury returned a verdict of Not Guilty.
Mr. Serjeant TARDY told the prisoner to be cau-
tious as to his future conduct,. for he now perceived
the danger he had incurred by his former indiscretion

POLICE INTELLIGENCE.

GUILDHALL.

A decently dressed middle-aged man, who gave
his Dame Robert Clark, was brought before Sir J.
SHAW yesterday, on suspicion of stealing a purse,
containing .50/. in Bank notes and two sovereigns,
from the person of a country attorney, recently ar-
rived in London upon business.
Sir JAMES SHAW said he would give the prisoner
the option of being remanded till Saturday or Mon-
day, to produce his witnesses.
The prisoner fixed on the latter day, and was re-
manded accordingly.