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the evil4lik As Wk. dia. *Me' the bows ;Watell 7.otrefernainutes, WI rnki the prisoner Noe Guilty. •
SPORTING n TELLIGENCL
tend—'not tr +A ite .- • -- ,w s a :gond' indittintne against • the pri-
Seaeial.Witireites"efere _called to sorrohorate the inner for, a ivischifit '. which charged in' sins. •
accomplice in minor points of his e idence eanonr,
iliac:he 'fiat broken Mitt entered the Medlin•
g, Monday afternoon,?
aliktTllLcetret,TDsitaNtioGys,: sons rit r . table
of Odiam George, Catheri
a terwardThs in house
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tie, his wife. at the' : pgrents in that neighbourhood, on returning from School went
picklock keys and a dark lantern foundI f •
- same time being in an undretsid, and fraudii- ~•
to slide on a pond near the Infirmary when the ice broke,,
and
the house, were also prodaced and identified,.four iif them were drowned. The names'
of the unfortunate
The risoneYs. said nothing- in their defence. leetly, and under prerendce ofd:' being the said Odiain suff. erers are JA• Cloapattan, Thomas Ward, William Rama d
.Mr. Baton GRAHAM, in his charge to the Jury, did assault, &c. the said Catherine; she being wholly' I /edam Rota.—A Coroner's Noy W
said that the breaking and entering •
in the night time held bodies, 'la
ignorant that the prisoner was not her husband, but returned a verdiet—“ Accidental-Meath." on
the
wile
wasand
offeredbelievinign him
su ppt,owibeofso.
T.):.81.1.'r? hXolloNmGew. Andrews on Thar&
night be left out*
of their consideration, there being stiPposing
thisNiondeivcitdencnet, '
no satisfactory evidence that it was night when the however',A Jury sat on the IFitidA
day evening. the deceased having died in a pugilistic combee
robbery was committed • but then they would say . and a verdict of Nei Orally was recorded.
whether the property stolen' amounted to the value I
of had quarrelled at a public-house at Bretton on
of 401. for If it did, the prisoners were still liable to
. .' Catherine Smith,
DECRNIREIt 20.—MURDER. • ' with a man of the name of Arnold on Wednesday. The Wiwi
John Smith was indicted for the wilful murder , the LoWerPw
be found guilty of a capital felony; if the 1 at East Greenwich on the ord.road, and the landlord got rid of thehi in a drunken at.
, ury were . , 4ali of when they crossed the fields with some drunken companions, and
satisfied that they were concerned in the bb rr ery. October last. .
in the last of which the deceased fell sense-
The Learned Judge 'then summed
up the whole of It appeared that the. prisoner, a Greenwich n- less, and ruptured a vessel in the bead. It was proved that
. deceased V/34 a ila trrelsome man, and that he had most t
oat-
the evidence, with such observations as appeared to sinner, who was a very old man, upwards of 70, had rageously insulted Arnold, whuse forbearance was great m
him to he proper to make upon the
facts proved. cohabited with the deceased,and . they passed as Jury found a verdict of Manslaughter, as the loss .'
lof life oc-
The Jury deliberated a few minutes, and found man and w•f* ie. On the morning of the 4th Octcher, curred in an illegal act.
the .i a
pr son rs guilty of stealing in the dwelling-house about half-past five D' 1 kc oc , he went to a public-
to the amount of forty shillings, acquitting them of house called "T 1 •le C riateters," sat doWn near the bar ,
the burglary—Death. • and called for a pot of porter. 'lmmediately • atter-
• EXTRAORtsI NA RY RAPE. wards, addressing himself to the landlord, he said, •
o J Hawkins, ohn Pearson, a man about 23 years of age, washave you seen my Woman this morn-
indicted for assaulting Catherine,• the wife of Odiarn ing ?., He replied in the
negative.
Upon which
George, on the 10th September, at the Parish of Wood- the., prisoner said, " If you see her go' past, call her
church, and Violating her person. in. About ten minutes before• • six 0 clock the de-
It appeared from the statement of the prosecntriz, ceased came into. the public-hditse, in company
that on the night in qrtestion she had cone to ma with another Greenwich pensioner, named Levitt.—
alone, her husband not having then come home; she The deceased called for two glasses of gin. The
fell asleep, and was awakened by- the caresses of a landlord drew a glass of gin, and set it before her
man in bed with her ; her infant child was also in bed on the bar ; when she said, " You koow I take it with
with her. Supposing the visitor to be her husband, peppermint." The landlord was turning round to
she aemained passive, and yielded, under that per- get the peppermint bottle, when in an instantahe
suasion, to what took place. The criminal act. was Prisoner, who was sitting close to the deceased, rose
up and stabbed her with a knife in the right breast.
rereated three times. In about three quarters of an
hour, hearing a noise, she said to her bedfellow— Before this not a word had passed between the pi-
" What is that noise?" To which he replied, speak- soner and the deceased. The deceased immediately
excl.aimed, " Ypn have killed me! Yon have killed
ing of her husband, " It's Orly corning home ;" and
lie immediately jumped out of the bed, and retired me!' The unfortunate woman was urged by• the
into- the next room. The prosecutrix also got out of landlord to run to the Infirmary immediately. She
bed, threw a gown over her, 'and ran into a neigh-
went out, but before she got the distance of 40 paces
hour's bouse,where she complained that the prisoner,
she dropped down dead. The prisoner was immedi-
ately seized by the landlord, who said to him, 66 You
fected his object. She appeated agitated; was in wicked old man, how couhi you do so rash an act?'l
whom she said she knew by his voice, had thus ef-
wicked old man, how could you do so rash an act:"
fected his object. She appeared agitated ; was in
Ile replied, " She has been with that fellow all night.
tears, pale, and trembling. She then dressed herself,
and went to a neighbouring oast-house to give infor-
rhe priirmer was afterwards searched, and the knife
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mation to her husband, whom she found the: e. The was found upon him, stained eith blood ; and being I
asked whether that was the instrument with which lie
prisoner had got there before her. A complaint of
committed the murder, he said it was, and owned
what had happened was made to the husband. Ten
minutes only had elapsed from the first discovery that that he did it. The instrument, which was a corn-
the prisoner was the intruder into her bed. She had mon pocket knife, upon being examined, appeared
followed the prisoner, and kept him in sight until he as if it had been recently sharpened at the point.'
went into the oast-house, where the huhand was.— •
This was the case proved on the part of the prosecution:
rhe prisoner, who appeared to be the remains of a
The latter was asleep when his wife came, and had •
been drinking at a public-house. She then told her very fine seaman, being at least six feet high, and still
robust in frame, entered into a long statement of
husband what had happened, andaliat she-believed it
quarrels between him and the deceased, which, he
was the prisoner from the colour •cir his smock-frock.
On her cross examination by Mr. RYLAND, who said, had irritated and made him unhappy. She had
was Counsel for the prisoner, she admitted that she come from London to live with him, and take care
of him, he being old and infirm. They had lived
was in the family-way by her husband before they
to-
were married ; but she swore that she had never gether for about fifteen months ; but a short time
allowed the prisoner to take any improper liberties before this transaction she was greatly altered in her
behaviour towards him. He had, through friends of
with her, and particularly that she had not admitted
his own, procured her a situation as helper in one of
him to herbed on the preceding Saturday night, nor
the wards of the Hospital. She became cold and un-
kind he been in the house, after nine o'clock on the
kind to him, and at last he discovered that she kept
night in question, to her knowledge. During the
• b Levitt.another
Greenwich pensioner.
time the prisoner was in bed with her en the night in company with
On the morning of the 4th of October, he went to the
question, no conversation at all took place between
Cricketers public-house to get some beer. Whilst he
them, except that he seemed more amorous than her
was there he was cutting a piece of stick-liquorice
a..
husband generally was..she said to him, +'vitaOdy, is
vita Ins knife, when the deceased and her lubber'
this all love?" to which he answered " Yes," in an
came into the house, and stood close to him. He had
under tone of voice. She swore, positively, that she
been drinking the night before. The appearance off
was ignorant that the prisoner was in her bed until
the deceased with her paramour affected him very
he said " Ody.was coming home." During her whole
much, and the deceased having trod upon his corns,
examination she conducted herself with the most iin-
he in a moment of rage committed the fatal act, but
perturbable composure and coolness. She was a young
without knowing what he did, and certainly not in-
woman, about 25, and good-looking. tending to kill the unfo•rtunate woman. Under such
The prosecutrix's husband, the woman to whom
circumstances, he hoped a merciful view of his case
the prosecutrix first complained, and a man who was would be taken.
at the oast-house at the time the complaint was made mB.
r. aron G RAH A m summed up the case to the Jury.
to the husband, were also called as witnesses. It ap- The Jury
e found the prisoner Guilty, and he was
peared from their testimony, that on the night of the ordered for execution on Monday morning. The un-
alleged rape, the prisoner had been at the oast-house fortunate old man appeared firm, and retired from
full three-quarters of an hour before the prosecutrix the bar with a steady step.
came there to inquire for her husband, and that he The Assizes ended at three o'clock: Sentence of
was seen on the preceding Saturday evening, at half- death
was passed upon ten capital convicts ;but none
past nine at night, to let himself into the prosecutor's were left for execution except Robert Hartley, for
house with a key, sit down in the room, and take off stabbing Capt. Owen, of the Bellerophon, and Smith,
his boots ; and th:tt he remained in the house twenty the man above-mentioned.
minutes, when her husband also went home, and
then the prisoner retreated by the back door.
Before the case went to the Jury,
Mr. RYLAND submitted that this indictment would
not lie as for a rape. The indictment alleged force
to have been used. That allegation was negatived
by the evidence ; for the criminal act, which was the
gravamen of the charge, was done with the consent
of the prosecutrix. In the absence of force, and the
direct proof of consent, it was impossible to support
this indictment.
Mr. Justice BAYLEY admitted that there was con-
siderable weight in the objection, but he thought the
case ought to go to the Jury. An extremely nice
question of law was involved in this proceeding, and
I one which, for the present, he should not decide. If
the Jury, however, thought themselves warranted in
convicting the prisoner, he should direct them to re-
turn a special verdict, so that the point might be
raised before the twelve Judges. ,
The Learned JUDGE then summed up the evidence
I-or the Jury. He observed that the statement of the
prosecutrix was certainly very extraordinary, and, in
some particulars, very suspicious. She had been
contradicted in two material points; and if she had
mistaken or misrepresented circumstances in one or
two instances, there was some ground for doubting
the truth of the whole of her statement. In order to,
' justify the Jury in finding a verdict of guilty, they'
must be fully satisfied, first, that the prisoner was
the person who had committed the -alleged offence
in the manner stated ; and, second, that it was com-
mitted by mean; of a false representation that lie was
the husband of prosecutrix, and induced her to submit.
They must be satisfied that the prisoner had prac-
tised a delusion, and that the prosecutrix wcetld have
resisted his advances, had she known the real situa-
tion and character of the person who had obtained
access to her bed. Should they think the case
proved did not warrant such a conclusion, the p:i-
soner ought to he acquitted. His Lordship said, he
should not himself give any opinion upon the case in
point of law, hut should leave it as a matter within
their proper province to determine. 'The Jury delibe-

The Earl of Derby's Stag-hounds meet on Tuesday neat, at
leatherhe.ol.

H. Joffe, Esq.'s Fox-hounds meet on Tuesday, at Hand-
crou ; Saturday, at the 20-mile stone on the Merstham-road.
The Surrey Fog-hounds meet on Monday, at Worms Heath;
Thursday, at Riddlesduwn; Saturday, at Limps&id.
The Surrey Harriers meet on Monday, Thursday, and Sa-
turday, at Kennel.
The Worcestershire Hounds meet on Monday, at Kinfare
Church; Thursday, at Fengate Cn Mode; Saturday, at the
Fox on Shipley Common.
' The Gransden Hounds meet on Tuesday, at the 11-mile stone
on the Huntingdon roach ; Friday, at Whitwell.
Lord Anson's Hounds meet on Monday, at Teddesky.
Lord Yarborough's Hounds meet oik Monday, at Stalling.
borough ; 'fuesday, at Kingsfotth House; Friday, at Eikington
Cow Pasture; Saturday, at Fox Dales.

Buarox Hurrr.—Sir It. Sutton's Hounds meet on Monday,at
Swinethorpe; Tuesday, at Nocton House; Thursday, at Legs!";
Saturday, at Blankney.
The Southwold Subscription Fox-hounds meet on Tuesday, at
Edlington Grove; Thursday, at Partney ; Saturday, at South
House Bar.
The Union Harriers meet on Monday, at Cratfield Church ;
Thursday, at Walpole-street ; Saturday, at St. James's Park.

FARLEY-HILL COURSING MEETING.
HATCHES E.'S FIFTEEN GUINEAS EACH.
Mr. Ilurcombe's Fanny beat Captain Meredith's br. d.
Mr.. Stewart's Fly beat Mr. Morton's Tumbler.
Mr. Gbent's Music twit Capt. llolmes's Dash.
SILVER CUP AND coven.
Mr. Mason's br. d. beat Mr. Francis's wh. b.
Mr. Slade's Maria beat Mr. Cousins' Cowslip.
Mr. Wilmot's Tarif beat Mr. Owen's Cossac.
Mr. Herd's Juniper beat Mr. Fraser's Lunatic.
Capt. Hind's Wasp beat Mr. Williams's brind. d.
Mr. Haines's y. d. beat Mr. Gurney's Telegraph.
Mr. Hughes's Flora beat Mr. Meard's wh. d.
Capt. Swan's Hermitage beat Mr. Monk's gr. b.
LIES.
Maria, Wasp, Flora, and ll.:rmitage, beat the other winners.

SECOND TIE.

Maria beat Flora, and Wasp best Hermitage.
'THIRD TUG
Wasp won the Cup, anil Flora the Cover.

The-hares ran very strong, and the sport,was excellent.
The Louth Coursing Meeting, which commenced on the 10th
and terminate) on the 14th inst. was very respectably attended,
and afforded excellent spar:, the weather for the most part being
fine, the hares plentiful, anti the courses well contested. Mr.
HOSEINS (from Derbyshire) was peculiarly successful, having
won four matches. two sweepstakes, and an elegant silver cup.
The second prize (a silver goblet) was won by Mr. Comma, of
West Kasen. There were ordinaries at the principal inns on the
three coursing days, and a ball at the Mansion-house on Friday
evening, which was attended by many of the respectable fami-
lies of the town and neighbourhood.

We learn that out of 98 prisoners on the Calendar
at Chelmsford, 42 were acquitted or discharged by
proclamation, and six were sentenced to imprison-.
ment for a period which will expire before the March
Assizes, which latter would therefore have had to
have continued in jail three months in addition to
their present sentence, which . has been considered
by the Learned Judge commensurate to their re-'
spective offences under a less period. Of the pro-
priety of an additional jail delivery in many counties,
there can be no question, and all further comment on
the above analysis is unnecessary.
Dining the late storm a large chimney was blown
on to the roof of a house adjoining the Sportsman Inn,
Greetland, near Halifax, which burst through three
floors; taking along with it two children out of the
middle room, and depositing them in the cellar.
Amongst the ruins were the father and mother and
three children, who all escaped with their lives, but
not without several severe bruises.
Not long since, a most extraordinary flight of star-
lings was seen at Lydiard Park, near Wotton-Bassett,
the seat of Lord BOLINGBROKE: they rose like a thick
impervious cloud, with a noise resembling the tur-
bulent roaring of the sea : in their ascent they came
in contact with a pheasant which had just risen, and
with the shock killed the bird ; when in the air It was
supposed they extended over nearly fifty acres of
land. They were fired at by Mr. Mowlvos, solici-
tor, of Wotton.Bassett, who at one shot killed 150
of them.
ANOTHER PRIZE Or £20,000 SOLD IN SHARES RY
CAR a0LL,;—N0.3,4.25, drawn on Tuesday last a Prize
of 00,000—and N 0.16,522, drawn last Ft idaY week
(Dec. 6) a Prize of £2o,ooo—were aom Sold in Shares
si.CmtaoLL, who also sold six other Capitals in the
present Lottery. On Monday the Lottery ends—there
are 52 Capitals in the Wheel, amongst which ate ONZ
i.:93,000, Two of £lO,OOO, besides others of £2,000,
£l,OOO, £5OO, Sec. Etc. the whole of which must be
drawnoit Monday Next. Warranted Undrawn Tickets
L'aud Shares are Selling at CA11101.1.'5 fortunate Offices,
',19, Cornhill, and 26, Oxford-greet.

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