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London, England, 1822-12-20 00:00:00

WINTER HOME CIRCUIT.

KENT ASSIZES—MAIDSTONE, DECEMBER
Jesse Chamtkr, Saraud Chantler, Richard
and William Spearman, were indicted for having,
the 20th of November, feloniously. entered the house
of Nathaniel-Pankhurst, at Staplehurst, and ste,
therefrom two 10b notes, one 51. note, three it. t
old gold coin to the value of 121. four silver
spoonsi and three sovereigns, his property.
Jesse Chantler pleaded Guilty, the other
Not Guilty.
Mr. BOLL A ND detailed the case to the Jury
part of the prosecution.
Hannah Ctassingliam merely deposed to
trance of several men into the prosecutor',
the night in question, and to the circumstance ,
so frightened her as to prevent her observing
countenances.' She was, however, perfectl- leer
her recollection of having attempted to
escape through the orchard, of one of the
ing her back, non voices, who insisted upon
ing a candle, non coleus.
Edwin Pooley, constable of Staplehurst,
Liam Appes, a borsholder of Maidstone,
the apprehension of the prisoners at the bar
not make any resistance. None of the property
found in their possession.
When asked if they had anything to sa'
defence, the prisoner Harris observed,
before the Magistrate who took the depositioi
Pankhurst stated, that he (Harris) was one
two who were at, the house on the Sunday
the robbery.'
Pankhurst, on being recalled and questio-
the Court on that head, said that he might
taken as to the Sunday, but that he was posit
ris was at his house with three other men

night of the robbery.
The Learned Judge, in summing up the
observed, that no witness had identified

of Spearman, and only Pankhurst that
as to the circumstance of the prisoners hay
indicted for the burglary, his Lordship
might be necessary for him to state to the
whether a person broke into a, house by m
or by means of false pretences induced the
to open the door to him, the fact was equally con-
clusive in point of law, and of course sufficient to
constitute that feature of a burglary known as the
forcibly entering into a dwelling-house. The Learned
Judge then recapitulated the evidence, and the Jury,
shortly afterwards returned a verdict against Samuel
and Jesse Chantler of—Guilty—Death.
Spearman -Ind Harris were of course acquitted,
but the latter was detained upon a charge of high-
way robbery.
John Jones and John Hillary were indicted, upon
a Coroner's Inquisition, with feloniously killing and
slaying Michael Henry Higgins, on the 11th of Sep:
tember last, in the parish of St. Nicholas, Deptford.
The Grand Jury not having found a true bill in•
this case, the proceeding was instituted upon a Co-
roner's warrant, but the evidence went to shew that
Jones and the deceased shook hands immediately be-
fore and after fighting ; that Hillary was not in any
manner accessary to the death ; that there were not
any outward bruises on the body; that the deceased
fell after he had left Jones; and that the effusion of
blood upon the brain, which caused his death, might
have been produced either by the fall or by an cx.
citation of the mind, acted upon by intemperance
(in which state the prisoner was said to have been at
the time the battle took place). The Jury, therefore,
returned a verdict of—Not Guilty.
James Lowe: was indicted for having, on the sth
of November, feloniously slaughtered and carried
away from a field, in the parish of Stoke, one sheep,
the property of Richard Everest.
This case was fully substantiated by the evidence
adduced.

The Jury, after hearing a recapitulation of the
testimony of the witnesses from the Learned Judge,
returned a verdict of Guilty—Death.
William Steers was indicted upon a charge of
having, OA the 16th of November last, tendered and
uttered to Samuel Bensted, one piece of false and
counterfeit money, called a sovereign, and with hav-
ing at the same time a piece of false and counterfeit
money, called a halfcrown, with intent to utter the
same, well knowing them to be false and counterfeit.
The case was fully proved.—Guilty. Six months'
imprisonment.
Thomas Hosted was indicted for an assault upon
Wm. Silver, an officer, in the execution of his duty.
Mr. MARSHAM, Counsel for the prosecution, stated
the case as afterwards proved.
The prisoner, in his defence, denied that he had
been called upon in the King's name to assist Silver
in the discharge of his duty, but said that he had
demanded a sight of the warrant, which Silver would
not produce; and he then said, that he had no right
to take Clackett.—Guilty.—He was sentenced to two
months' imprisonment.
Vietoir Lambert Alexandre was charged with hav-
ing, on the 4th of November, feloniously stolen and
taken from the shop of Henry Keel, at Greenwich,
in this County, a piece containing three silk hand-
kerchiefs, value 15s.
This was one cf those every-day cases of shop-
lifting, without the palliative of the goods having
been exposed at the door, which has so often decoyed
the weak-minded and unwary passer-by into the un-
gainful practice of theft.
Mr. Keel, a shopman, suspecting the prisoner of
the robbery, had him searched, and the goods (which
were sworn to) were found upon him.

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WINTER HOME CIRCUIT. .' .
SSIZICS—NI A IDSTON 11, DECEMBER 164' i
'angler, Saraud Chantler, Richard Merit, '
at Spearman, were indicted for having, on
1 November, feloniously. entered the house
el-Pankhurst, at Staplehurst, and stealing 1.
two 101. notes, one 51. note, three 11. notess
Din to the value of 121. four silver tea-
cl three sovereigns, his property.
hamlet pleaded Guilty, the other tiro'
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Ctassingliam merely deposed to the en-
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several men into the prosecutor's house on
n question, and to the circumstance having
sed her as to prevent her observing their
ces.' She was, however, perfkctly Clear its -
tetion of having attempted to make her
ough the orchard, of one Of the men fetch. ' ,
ick, moss velem, who insisted upon her lights
ile, eon calms.
Pooley, constable of Staplebtirst, and Wile
es, a borsholder of Maidstone, deposed to
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ension of the prisoners at the bar,who did i
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any resistance. None of the property was
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heir possession.
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isked if they had anything to say in their I
the prisoner Harris observed, that when 4
Magistrate who took the depositions, Mr.
t stated, that he (Harris) was one of the ~
were at, the house on the Sunday before
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irst, on being recalled and questioned by
on that head, said that he might be mss
o the Sunday, but that he was positive Har. 1
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his house with three other men on the ,
he rohbery.
arned Judge, in summing up the evidence,
that no witness had identified the person
nan, and only Pankhurst that of Harris 1 , i
:ircumstance of the prisoners having been -
or the burglary, his Lordship thought it ii.,l
necessary for him to state to the Jury, that
t person broke into a. house by main farce,
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ins of false pretences induced the inhabitant ,

Verdict—Guilty.—Four months' imprisonment.
The Marquis. CAMDEN has paid over to the Cone •
solidated Fund the sum of nine thousand and seventy.
one pounds Milken shillings and fve pence, being the
amount of lees which his Lordship had relinquished t•
as Teller of the Exchequer for the year 1822.
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