The Sun.
London, England, 1827-08-09 00:00:00

business bt the Coui ova; over, some altercation
took r;iace between the parties, when the defendant,
in t,:ne most insolent manner, went up to the plain-
Tiff, who was smoking, and broke the pipe in his
mouth. The plaintiff told him he had better pay
him his rent : whereupon this big powerful man fell
upon the plaintiff, who was a weak feeble man, and
incapable of making resistance, in the most violent
and unmerciful manner, striking him down, and then
continuing to strike him over the face and head, to
the indignation and, disgust of every person present.
The plaintiff was not by nature powerful enough to
defend himself, but he comes and makes his appeal to
you, who are armed by the law with sufficient power
to give him proper compensation. As long as there
Was such a tribunal, so long should we avoid the
crimes committed with dirks and poniards in other
countries, by men who had no juries to resort to by
whom they could obtain a fair and reasonable com-
pensation for the injuries they had sustained, such as
would show that they did not appeal in vain for
justice, and that brutal conduct would not pass un-
punished.

Mr. Baron HULLOCK said, the situation of the de-
fendant, and the line of life he pursued, should have
taught him a better way of conducting himself. Ver-
dict for the plaintiff—Damages, 301.

OXFORD CIRCUIT.—STAFFORD, Ace 7.
Howy Griffiths was indicted for killing and slay-
ing John Ebbe, on the 24th of March last.
Thomas Holyhead stated, that the prisoner struck
the first blow; but this witness was guilty of such
gross prevarication, that he received the severest ani-
madversions of Mr. Baron Vaughan.
Mr. Baron VAUGHAN h:aing summed up,
The Jary feund the prisoner Guilty.—Sentenced
to pay a fine of Is. and be discharged.
John Mills was indicted, charged with killing and
slaying his wife on the 17th of May last.
The prisoner was a travelling tinker, and arrived
at Wolverhampton on the 17th of May last with his
wife. They went to a lodging-house, and shortly
after the prisoner asked his wife to give him six-
pence ; she refused. The prisoner then seized her
by the hand, and having bit her ring off, threw it
under the grate ; a scuffle ensued, in which the de-
ceased was very abusive. The prisoner then kicked
her several times in the side and head, and she fell
almost immediately into a kind of swoon. The pri-
soner said he had often seen her in a fit for two
hours together, and that when she was recovering,
if she saw him she would have a relapse. He
therefore left her in the care of some women, and
went to take some ale. Shortly after the woman
died, and he absconded.

The surgeon who was called in proved that the
death of the deceased was occasioned by the blows
and kicks she had received from the prisoner. The
Jury found the prisoner Guilty.
Mr. Baron VAUGHAN.—Prisoner, you have been
very properly found guilty of causing the death of
the unfortunate woman you were in duty bound to
cherish and protect. The sentence of the Court is,
that you be transported for seven years.
John Ebbs was charged with burgiariously enter-
ing the house of Thomas Thorpe, on the night of
Thursday, the 19th of July last.—Guilty.
Mr. Baron VAUGHAN intimated to the prisoner,
that his life would be spared, but he must expect to
leave the country for life.