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London, England, 1845-08-18 00:00:00

charge of that description by the provisions of several
Acts at Parliament was con,titeted a felony, and the
only duty of the grand jury was to see that the evidence
supported the charge ; and if it did so, to find a true
bill for that offence. There was another charge against
a person of the name of William George Bland, for
stealing ninety-eight warrants for ninety-eight boxes of
tea. That had been also made a felony by Acts of the
Legislature ; and although there might be some nicety
as to the point whether there was or not a
lawful delivery, if "there was sufficient evidence
to show that a regular system had been adopted for the
purposes of robbery, it would be the province of the
grand jury to find the bill, leaving the charge to be fully
substantiated before a jury. He was sorry to say that
in the Middlesex part of the calendar there were no less
than twelve cases of cutting and wounding. He la-
mented observing so many charges of that description,
because it showed that a crime, which was at one time
almost unknown in England, was upon the increase,
and chiefly arose in consequence of drunkenness. That,
however, was no palliation. With respect to the instru-
ment with which the criaae was committed, in the eye of
the law it was immaterial whether it was sharp or not,
As long as the evidence war decisive, it was the duty of
the grand jury to find a true bill, whether the injury was
inflicted with a knife or a stick. There were seve-
ral cases of rape, and also of manslaughter,
some Of which were of rather a peculiar
character. One was a charge against a surgeon for
manslaughter. With respect to that case, the party
charged was called in to attend a female who was in
labour, and who had already had nine children ; he de-
livered her of one child, and although the female
persisted that there were twins, he asserted that
there was nothing remaining but the placenta.
The woman died, repeatedly crying out that she
had been murdered. The Learned Judge observed
that the grand jury must look with caution to
those declarations ; but if ~the evidence showed tLat
there was a want of proper care, caution, and skill, it
would be the duty of the grand jury to find the party
guilty of manslaughter. Another case to which he
wish. d to advert was the charge of manslaughter against
the captain of a steam-vessel. In that case death bad
ensued, in consequence of the swell upsetting a boat,
and it the evidence proved that the velocity of the ves-
sel of which the party charged was captain, had caused
the accident that terminated fatally, he was guilty
of manslaughter. With these observations the Learned
Judge dismissed the grand jury to the performance of
their duties.

The Court then proc•aded to swear in the petty jury,
and up to the hour of our going to press, no case of any
interest had come before the Court.

The judges, who are expected to attend on
Wednesday, are Mr. Justice Williams and NI r. Justice
Cresswell ; Mr. Baron Rolfe is also on the rota.

The following is the present state of the gaol of New-
gate :—Prisoners for trial at the present session—males,
187, females, 32 ; remanded from the last—males, 3 ;
under sentence of imprisonment, males, 4; ditto of trans-
portation for 10 years, male, 1 • ditto whose judgments
were respited, males, 3. Total, males, 198: females,
32-239.

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