Star.
London, England, 1814-03-17 00:00:00

KANT ASSIZES.

MAIDSTONE, MARCH 15.
CRIMINAL SIDP.BEFORE UR& BARON RICHARDS&
Andre Misuse, a French prisoner of war, Was capi-
tally indicted, under I.rrd Ellenboroughis Act, for
cutting and stabbing John Ashby, a marine on board
his Majesty's ship the Sampson, at Gillingham, on
the river Medway. . .

It appeared in this case that John Ashby was the
sentinel on deck on board the ship in question on the
25th of February last, and that while on duty the pri-
soner came on deck with a knife, with which he stab-
bed the prosecutor in the arm. Ashby finding him-
self wounded, and the prisoner running away, pur-
sued him to the other end of the ship, where lie was
stopped by one of the officers of the ship, who ordered
him to throw down the knife, which he did accor-
dingly.- -The prisoner, in his defence, stated, that he
was intoxicated at the time, and that the wound was
given by accident. Guilty—Death.
William May was indicted for an attack on Robert
Hulley, a Serjeant of marines, with a sabre, and cut-
ting him on the head, so as to separate a branch of
the temporal artery ; and William Stoles and Peter
Dew, for aiding and abetting May in committing the
' said felony. •
The prisoners in this case were sailors belonging to
the Hero transport, at Ramsgate, and it is the duty
of all seamen of this description to be on board their
respective ships by eight o'clock at night, or they are
liable to be impressed. Lieutenant Duncan, of the
Navy, who was on the impress service at Ramsgate,
on the 7th of Match instant, being out on duty with
Finney, the Serjeant, and two privates, between eight
and nine at night, encountered the prisoners and some
others, who had formed a plan to transgress their
duty. The prisoners were armed with cutlasses, and
Stokes made a push at Hulley, which missed, upon
which Hulley wrested the sword from him and
knocked him down. He called for assistance, upon
which May came up--with a cutlass, with which he
made a blow at Hulley, which cut through Ins hat,
and gave him the wound in the temple charged in
the indictment. Alter doing this mischief they all
ran away, and, favour el t:;,.; da: kness of the night,
got on board their snip. A !each, however, was soon
after when the two prisoners, ltlay ats..d
were identified, and one of the privates attending
Lieutenant Duncan, named Clifton, identified Dew,
as having aimed a blow at him in the course of the
scuffle.

It appeared, however, from the evidence of one of
the seamen of the 'Hero, that it was probable that
Dew had not on that night quitted the ship, and that
Cl ion had been mistaken in the person who struck
at him.

Mr. Baron Riot ARDS seemed to think, that al th•ugh
this was a most outrageous assault, yet there did slot
appear to be any serious intention in the prisoners to
commit felony, upon which the Jury found them—
Not Guilty.

The following are the appointments for the ensuing
Spring Circuits in Scotland :
NOW[H—The Loan JUSTICE CLERK and Lord SUCCOTH.

Perth, Wednesday, April 20.
Aberdeen, Monday, Aprl 25.
Inverness, Saturday, April 3 .
WEST—Lord --MBADOWKANIC and Lord Pi rater.i.r.
Seining, Saturday, April 16.
Inverary, Thursday, April 21.
Glasgow, Tuesday, April 25.
SOU I'H—Lord llsaawas and Lurd UMIAK&
Jedhurgh, Friday, April 8.
Dumfries, Wednesday, April IS.
Ayr, Monday, April ie.

BIRTHS.
On the 9th inst. at Latballan Lodge, Roiburghbhire, the Lady
of Colonel Spent, of a da,igh.er.
Saturday, at Greenwich, the Lady of the Rev. Charles Parr
Burney, of a daughter.
On the 4tla instant, at Evington, Kent, the lady of Sir J. C.
Honywoud, Bar:. of a son.