Star.
London, England, 1825-08-04 00:00:00

AUSUST 2.

Thomas Dv—kley, a journeyman baker, and... Samuel
Bird, a butcher, were indicted for having put John
Axe in bodily fear, and having extorted from him 181.1
13s. by means of threats that they, would.accuse him .of
en infamous crime. The prisoners had been tried at
the Lent Assizes, but .ii doubt having arisen on theist-
dictmenr,. their judgments had been. respited, The
Judge informed them that the objections taken on the;
for riser occasion had been held valid, and they were now
again indicted on a similar charge.
John Arnold, who had been included in the fortner
in Jictment. had been discharged, it appearing that he was
the dupe rather than the accomplice of the prisoners.
Mr. BALGUY, with whom was ?dr.. GOULBURN,,
stated the facts of the case.
Parnell Au, the. wife of the prosecutor, said,, she
lived at Leicester. On. the 26th of December last. be-.
tween six and seven in the evening, three men came to
her house, and asked for her husband, who went out-
side the door with them ; witness. listened, and beard
one of the men say he.was come to take up her hus.
band for a crime he had committed several years. be,
fore, and that they had the orders of a Gentleman at
Otindle for doing so ; the man who spoke said he was
a constable ; he told witness's brother. Morlton so; she
was very much alarmed ; the men said they. would
snake the matter up, if their expenses of coming down
were paid ; one of them said, if witness bad not the mo-
ney in the house, she had better get it of a friend in the
town; she said she had 81. but the men insisted upon
having 1131.. and some shillings; witness was pretty sure
that the prisoner Dunkley was.the man who said this;
she then went to a Mr. Glover in the. towa.to get the

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meaty the prisoners demanded, aa& Arnold went with'
her; Duskier and gird were left with her husband ;
on coming back, laankley asked them if they had got
the money ? she said some friends mere coming to ad--
vanceat; be said they ha'] better come quickly, of he;
should take her husband away;. the prosecutor, kho
was very much agitated and. alarmed, told her to give:
them- what money she had ; she went into the bed-
room;, Died-followed ber, and held the candle while she

got it eet via bon; they told peotetutoc he Inuit leave
Leicesterl they said they. would riot• leave the twerp
until they, saw biro °tat; and he did, in rap, leave his
horns, and stayed awaty until the lest Scri Anizes.
Jobe thswin, a constable; appeehendectilird on the:
*Ala of December last; at Leicester. He we'll butcher,
by trade. When he was takes; the psisonersaid, " I
little thought it weald tontelse tins.; I considered it
only a lar k:'

The Juseirdietsust knew wk.* thie, latittutr, mom Ile. fie.
*WI upon the Witatawlalaing what a lark was.
The witness said, 41 Why, ractord, it's a bit of spree, like."
The Junct did not understand "a spree."
The whore, seemed If little-astonished, and rather embarrassed.
At leogtb-he said, " Why, rho, I suppose It means what you
Gentlefolks fwould cell a litsks.bit of fan. '
The defendant's Counsel took two objections to the indictment,
which were overruled.

The Jvrint, in summing up, remarked upon the in-1
crease of crime• of this nature since the passing-of the
Aet of the 4th Gee. Ir. by nhich the punishment oil
death had been repealed.
The Jarr fountlibe defendant* Ottiap, but bent awe was not
paseed•upowthent,

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