The Sun.
London, England, 1829-08-13 00:00:00

TOZER V. DULL.

This vas an action brought to recover a sum of
71., being the amount of a bill of exchange passed
by the defendant to the plaintiff, in part payment for
two horses.—Verdict for the plaintiff.
Although the calendar is light in point of num-
ber,
the offences charged against many of the pri-
soners are of a very serious character. Of 48 pri-
soners, whose names are contained in the calendar,
three are charged with murder, five with map,
slaughter, the same number are accused of arson,
one is charged with assaulting an infant, one with
an attempt to poison, one with bigamy, and one
with endeavouring to procure the miscarriage of his

wife by violent means. There are seven prisoners
to be tried for robbing the Devonport Bank.
The names of the Hon. Hugh Clifford and -
Weld, Esq., both Roman Catholics, were called
over in the list of magistrates, and the former was
called on the Grand Jury. George Stanley Carey,
Esq., also a Roman Catholic, is one of the Grand
Jurors.

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After a short time, several true bills were pre-
sented. _

John Morris was indicted for having maliciously
stabbed and cut Epaphras Seage, of Paton, with
intent to kill or do him some grievous bodily harm.
The Jury found a verdict of Guilty against the
prisoner on the third count of the indictment for an
assault, with intent to do the prosecutor some
grievous bodily harm.
Mr. Justice BURROUGH, addressing the prisoner,
told him he should be sent out of the country
for 1 i fe.

[Messrs. Mathews and Yates have come down to
amuse the inhabitants and visiters of Exeter during
the Assize week. The former was on the bench in
the Criminal, the latter in the Civil Court, in the
course of the day.]

OXFORD CIRCUIT—STAFFORD, Ace. 10.
&lath Wizeeldon, a very pretty girl, was charged
with having on the 13th of March last, robbed her
mistress, Miss Rogers, an elderly infirm lady, of
3151. 17s. 6d., her property.
Miss Rogers, being asked what she knew against
the prisoner, said, I know nothing against her; I do
not think that she has taken any of my money ; she
has been in my service upwards of four years, and I
believe her to be very honest.
Mr. William Chalorier, of Leek—ln consequence
of information, I went to Miss Rogers's on the 13th
of March. The prisoner told me that her mistress's
house had been broken open, and showed me a win-
dow open, with a pane of glass out, and a door
which she stated she had locked the night before,
through which any person getting in at the window
must have passed to the room from which the money
was taken. I observed the lock. It was not marked
or injured. I examined the premises, and I believe
no person could have got in that way. I told her
that unless she gave up the money, which I believed
she herself had taken, she would be committed. At
length she gave me the 3151. 17s. 6d., which I now
produce, out of a sort of oven in a kitchen or cellar
in the house.
Other witnesses corroborated this statement.

On their cross-examination it appeared, that Mist
Rogers frequently hid money in different parts of the
house ; that the prisoner had full knowledge of that
fact, had always access to her money, paid her bills,
and had her entire confidence, and that she should be
most happy to take her again into her service. A
person might have got into the window by a ladder,
but no ladder was on the premises, and could not
have been got there without coming through other
houses. Verdict—Not Guilty.
The lady, who seemed not to have a very strong
mind, notwithstanding some remonstrances, left the
Court with the prisoner, both appearing well pleased
at its termination.

AUGUST 11.
John Rogers was indicted and charged with the
wilful murder of Mary Brierly, alias Hill, on the
22d of July last, at Wolverhampton.
Mr. CORBETT, with whom was Mr. BUSBY, in
addressing the Jury said, that the deceased had for
some time cohabited with the prisoner, and on the
22d of July last, in consequence of some disturb-
ance, the prisoner stripped to fight in Little's-lane,
Wolverhampton. The deceased hung round his
waist, and prevented him from fighting, and during
that time received several blows from a woman
called " Shrewsbury Poll," who cohabited with the
man with whom the prisoner was about to fight.
However, the prisoner and the deceased retired
from the crowd which had collected to the house of
a woman of the name of Carrington, and after re-
maining there a short time, went home together.
The facts which occurred on their arrival at home
would be better described by the witnesses.
Sarah Carrington—l am the wife of William Car-
rington, and reside in Little's-lane, Wolverhamp-
ton. I remember on the 22d of July last a crowd
about our house. I saw John Rogers there amongst
the crowd, and Mary Brierly. Rogers was going to
fight with some man, but 1 don't know who. He
had his shirt off. Mary, the lass that is dead, caught
hold of Rogers round the waist, and said, " John,
you shan't fight ;" and they came out of the crowd,
and went into our house. I don't know Shrews-
bury Poll. When Rogers and Mary Brierly got
into my house, they sat on the chair at the far end
of my house. Rogers asked her for a shilling ; she
said, " John, I ha'nt got ever a shilling ;" and lie
then asked her to give him a sixponee to buy a glass
of rum. She said, she had got only one farthing
in her pocket, arid that was all. Rogers then said,
" You —, you have got one." He lifted up his
hand to strike her, and said, " I'll almost kill you,
when I get you home." I prevented the blow, and
told her he should not hit her in my house. I then
turned them both out of my house, and they sadly
blamed me for it. They were both very tipsy, her
likewise worse so than him.
Elizabeth Adams—l am the wife of Thomas
Adams, and was on the 22d of July at the top of
Little's-lane. I saw nothing of the prisoner and
the deceased till we got home. They came just
after we got home. The deceased swung upon the
prisoner's arm, and he had an arm round her waist ;
he had her bonnet in his hand. When they got into
the house the prisoner asked the deceased to walk
up stairs. When they went up I sat on the steps,
and while I remained there I heard several blows. I
heard her say, " Don't beat me any more, John."
The prisoner and deceased had been up stairs about
a quarter of an hour before I went up. When I got
to the top of the stairs, I saw the prisoner strike
the deceased. She was a short distance from him,
standing with her hands down by her sides. I did
not see where he struck her, but he aimed at her
head. She fell forwards, with her hands crossed
upon her breast. The blow seemed to have been
very violent. When she was down, I saw him,
with his right foot, stamp twice upon the back part
of her head, a little above the neck, and kick her
upon the left ear. The kick was with the toe, of
his shoe. While he was doing this, the deceased
lay on her face, and offered no resistance, being
tossicated with liquor and the blows. I said to the
prisoner, "Don't hit her, for God's sake, any more,
or you'll kill her. She's dead now, pick her up."
The answer be made was, " her eyes, let her
lie, she's not half dead yet." He sat down upon
the bed with his hands upon his knees. The de-
ceased lay perfectly still on the floor, and when I
saw this I got across her back, put my hands under
her breastis, and lifted her head a little up, and there
came blood from her nose and left ear apparently as
thick as my finger. As soon as I lifted her up, he
got up and went down stairs; he did not look at
her at all. I then called out to Mary Brown for as-
sistance. She came,and a man of the name of Samuel
Aston. They assisted me in getting the deceased
on the bed. Her head rolled on one side. She
heaved or sighed once, but did not take her breath
down again. She set her eyes a little open, and
died instantly. We then went down stairs, and
Mrs. Cox came up with me. She made an alarm
and called out, he has killed the woman. The pri-
soner then came up into the room with the crowd.
He came to the bedside, and Mrs. Cox said, " You
rogue, you rascal, you have killed the woman."
The prisoner replied, leaning over the bed, " Oh,
her eyes, she is not half dead yet." A look-
ing-glass, a basin of water, and salt, was called for.
The glass was put over her face, but there was no
breath upon it. When the doctor came, he examin-
ed the head of the deceased. When I next saw her
there were black marks and a swelling all round the
ear that had been kicked.
Mary Brown gave a similar account of the trans-
action.