Star.
London, England, 1824-04-28 00:00:00

CHESTER.-WRECK OF THE 11ORNBY_BRIG..

John Roberts, of Llandridno, was indicted for having,
on the 24th of February, stolen a quantity of woollen
cloth, the property of the owners of the brig Hornby.
The ATTORNEY-GENERAL said, that on the 21 of
January last, the brig Hornby, of Liverpool, bound to
Rio Janeiro, was wrecked off the Great Ormshead, and
all on board perished, one man only excepted. The cargo
was worth 70,0001. The mildest course which could
be pursued was adopted by the prosecutors in this case;
but it was the determination of the merchants, if any
vessels should unfortunately be rubbed, and similar ex-
cesses be committed, to indict the offenders capitally,
in which case they will have to pay for the offence with
their lives.
Mr. Fidler, of Liverpool, proved the loss of the vessel,
and the nature of the cargo.
Owen Jones, a tidewaiter, was put in possession of the
vessel on the 3d of January.
Mr. Lloyd Roberts, clerk to the attorney for the pro-
secution, proved, that in February last, he was em-
ployed in gett;ng information relative to the property
which had been stolen from the vessel. On the 24th of
February, about nine o'clock at night, in company with
a Mr. Harris, near Talsain-gate, they met a man who
proved to be the prisoner at the bar. He had a bag on
his back, which he said contained flour, but on stopping
him and examining the contents, it proved to be woollen
cloth ; the pi isoner prevaricated in two or three instances.
Mr. Ackers, of Liverpool, said he took possession of
the wreck and cargo. He believed the woollen cloth
found on the prisoner to be pelt of the cargo.
The prisoner did not make an) defence ; but called
several witnesses to his chai acter.
Mr. I3adcock said, lie was agent to Sir Thomas
MoAy, and the prisoner's character was unusually good.
Cross-examined.—
Ile was not at home when the ship-
wreck took place; and when he returned he did not in •
terfere about saving the property. Witness did refuse
to give Mr. Boardnian any assistance in securing the
ptoperty,and knew that some of his servants had actually
concealed part of the propel ty stolen on his premises.
Witness was asked whether he had given notice thereof
to any Vice-Admiral, or any proi3er authority ? Ile de-
clined answering this question.
The COURT said the conduct of the witness had been
most disgraceful. In answer to a question from the
Bench, witness said he was a Cheshireman. This answer
the CHIEF JUSTICE said had censidei ably relieved him.
Mr. Richard Hughes, keeper of Conway Ferry-house,
said he had long known the prisoner, whose conduct
had always been good.
Cross-examined.—He had seen a nu-nber of persons
passing his house, carrying away property from the
wreck, but did not attempt to prevent them, because it
was no business of his.
The Couter.—lt was your business so to do as an honest
man. The witness was asked, did he not say to the
pi isoner,when he was brought into his house in custody,
" What a foal you've been for not going across the
fields as I wanted you, for I told you Roberts and
Harris were coining!" The witne s hesitated to answer
the question, when the CHIEF JUSTICE said, if the an-
swer was not given, he would commit him. At last
witness acknowledged that he had said so.
Mr. Phillips, of Penlyn, gave the prisoner a good
character; hut on his cross-examination admitted that
he had seen many persons carrying away the property,

but did not attempt to prevent them, because it was no'
business of his. The prisoner was found (.uilty, and
'Fhe CHIEF JUSTICE observed, that the conduct of
Badcock was most disgraceful; he was a At subject far
prosecution.
Win. Davies, and eight other prisoners, were then in.
dieted for the same offence, and were convicted, and te-
ceived sentence of imprisonment for varions periods.
EHluib/leglairl.eos
Hughes, with
Boardman was indicted under Lord
igtilifsinAtecntt ftoo.drf6eliolinm someiouslyslit).o)odtiillyighaatrnlit.obet t
Mr. Boardman, it appeared, had been put in charge
of the wreck ; a misunderstanding had arisen between
him and another man, from a want of acquaintance
with the Welsh language; and a scuffle taking place, A
pistol was discharged.
the ATTORNEY-GENERAL, 'Hider these circum.danLes
would not press the capital charge, and a verdict of
Not Guilty Was given. He compromised ith Hughes
for the assault, and was set a• t he a
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lIP,RTFORD SESSIONS, APRIL c 7.
THE KING, Al' THE PROSECUTION OF MARY T.:WKES, "1.;•
HENRY WYLDE.
Tiis case, which had excited very great interest, came
on to-day at the sitting of the Court. The B.:rich was
unusually full of Magistrates.
Lord bacae sat as Chairman.
Mr..lEssoP stared the case.—lt was, he said, a case
that had excited deep interest, and cell deseried the
most serious consideration of the Jut y. The defendant
was a tieatleman, a professor of music, living in very
respectable society, and he was there to answer for a
gross, unprovoked, and cruel assault upon the prosecu-
trix, who was an aged pauper.' BUt though-now a
pauper, she had seen better days, and had been in the
habit of selling at different houses of respectability little
articles of dress and otnament. She had been long
paruniaed- by Mr. Clutterbuck's family, who had lived
in the house which the defendant occupied at the time
the assault was committed, where she had always
been treated with hospitality and kindness. On the
'29th of March last year, she called at that house with
some of her little articles for sale, and as was her cus-
tom, went to the back door, thinking at the time that
Mr. Clutterbuck lived there not receiving any answer
at the back dour, she went round to the front door ; the
defendant was at that time clipping a hedge in his
garden, near the house. During the few moments the
prosecutrix stood at the front door, something was said
to her by a person in the house, which she did not dis-
tinctly hear, to which she made some reply ; a person
at that moment came behind her, and she instantly te-
ceived a dreadful blow on one of her legs; she instantly
fell, andfainted, and on recovering her senses, found
she WAS unable to stand, that the two bones of her leg
were broken. One would suppose, that had it been
even the effect of accident, the defendant would have
done all in his power to afford relief to the unhappy
sufferer ; but he (Mr. Jessop) was sorry to state, that
without affording the least relief to the victim of
this cruel and barbarous outrage, the defendant only
sent fur a constable to have her removed. When the
constable came, and saw the state in which the pro-
secutrix was, he told the defendant it was a case in
which he could not interfere, as he could do nothing
with a broken leg. He understood it would be said in
defence, that the injury done to the prosecutrix was
the effect of accident ; that the defendant only pushed
her away from his door, and that she was intoxicated
and fell, which caused the fracture of both the bones of
her leg. But it would be proved that that was impos-
sible; if the fracture had been accidental, it would have
been transverse, but in this case the fracture was oblique,
which could only have been caused by a blow ; besides
which there were two wounds on the leg, one of which
bled profusely at the time, and neither of the bones had
pierced the skin, which proved that the wounds were
the consequence of external violence. In this state the
prosecutrix was removed by the officers of the parish of
Bushy, in which the defendant lived, and she temained
nine weeks under their care; during a part of which
time her life was considered in imminent danger, and
she was attended by Magistrates, who took her deposi-
tions, and had she then died, the defendant would have
to answer for a capital crime. He was sorry to have
to state that until her depositions were taken by the
Magistrates, the defendant did not even make any in-
quiry after her state, nor had he ever given her any as-
sistance, though he knew his hand had inflicted the cala-
mity under which she was suffering. As soon as the
prosecutrix was capable of being removed, she was sent
to her own parish of St. Andrew's, Holborn, under an
order made for that purpose, and they had paid the
parish of Bushy, 301. for the expenses incurred.
Mary Fowles, the prosecutrix, who appeared to be
about sixty years of age and almost blind, deposed to
the facts of the case as stated by Mr. Jessop. After
going to the house of the defendant, where she thought
Mr. Cluttet buck still lived, she stated the defendant
came up and snuck her with a sharp instrument on her
leg, when she fell.
Cross-examined by Mr. BRODRICK.--The story I
have now told is the same in effect I have always told ;
I stated to the Magistrates that I thought it was a scythe
I saw under the defendant's arm ; I never said I was
mowed down like grass by a scythe ; I did not say I was
desired by the defendant to go away; I said he mut-
tered something which might mean to go away.—Did
you ever perform at a Theatre ?—I have performed on
the amphitheatre of life, and am now performing the
part of Timothy Rag, in my own clothes.
Several other witnesses were examined for the prose-
cution, when
Mr. BIIODRICK rose for the defence. He contended
that the story of the prosecutrix was extravagant and
improbable, and that he would prove she was intoxi-
cated when the accident happened.
Several witnesses were examined for the defence,
some of whom swore that the prosecutrix was drunk on
the day in question, and that she was very abusive.
The most respectable evidence was given of the hu-
manity of the defendant, by gendemett who had known
him many years. Mr. Cobley, a surgeon, stated, that
a fall, in a person of the age of the prosecutrit, Was
likely to cause an oblique fracture.
Lord Dacne charged the Jury, who, after consulting
a quarter of an hour, returned a verdict of ot

The. 20th instant, N,). 19,412, was drawn a Prize of
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the two last Twenty Thousands drawn the 17th of March, had
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few remaining Tickets and Shares are on sale at the Contractors', J.
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ket,
and by their Agents.

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