Star.
London, England, 1805-08-15 00:00:00

SUSSEX ASSIZES.

wzs, Air°. 12.—0 n Satnrday evening the
Judges arrived in this town ; they were immediately
attended to the Town Hall, where they read their
Commiffion. Yefterday they went to church, and
early this morning proceeded to bufinefs.
Janes Boiting,fen. and Jaws Bolin", jun. were in•
dieted for firing at and cl.sngerotily wounding J n
Hefkins.

Mr. Ovansv, as Counfel for the profecutiend
hated the circumflances of this cafe. The ptifoners
at the bar, he laid, were father and fon, the elder of
whom was poffelfed of feveral little houles near the
Cliffs, as Brighton, which were chiefly inhabited by
loufe women. The profecutDr, Heficins, was a let-
jeant in the South Hants Militia, who, on the night
of the 3d of June, underflanding that thine of his
tnen were out of quartets, and ipending, their time
among the women at there houfes, went thither in
fearch of them. He found fome' whom he fent
h tam to their quarters; and while he was fearching
for others, juft as he came out of one of there bottles
the elder Boning fired a piftol at him, which fo se-
verely wounded him that he tell fenfelefs. Within a
minute afterwards another was fired at one of the
loldiers who accompanied him, and he believed the
evidence would go to fir the fecond (hot to have been
fired by the younger prifoner. This aft, he faid,
was done moll wantonly, for not a tingle word of
anger had pallid between them.
Serjeant Hefkins was called, and he gated the fags
exaaly as Mr. Gurney had opened them. He ad-
ded, that when he received the fhot he fell fenfelefs,
and did not recover the life of his reafon until the
next day. Several (lugs were extratled from his
groin and thigh.
Thomas Lewis, one of the privates who was -in
company with the Serjeant, depofed, that Botting,
the father, was the perfon who fired the firft then.—
He was certain as to his identity, for he law his face
by the flafh of the piftol.
Longford, another private in the regiment,
Paid be was in company with the other two. At the
time the firft piftol was fired, he was Handing behind
a wheelbarrow. The next fhot came near him, and
he immediately ran to the Battery Hook, and got
afliflance for the Serjeant, who was lying wounded
on the ground.
On crofs-examination, this witncfs admitted, that
be faid before the Janice, he believed that Boning
thought they were come to rob his garden ; and he
added, that he now believed the man fired at them
under that impreffion.
Mr. Juilice Hs ATH immediately told the Jury, if
the prifoner ailed under that impreffion, although he
afted very blameably in firing fo handy, yet they
ought to acquit them of this indiament.
The Jury accordingly accNitted the prifoners.
Elizabeth Dale, a girl of only r 7, was indieted for
an affault upon Hefiab Carter, an infant of the age
of five years, by holding her over the fire, and
(torching and burning her loins, pollesiors, thighs,
&c. The only witnels to the fad was another child,
about tea years r is!, the lifter to the infant. By her
teflimony it appeared, that they were the children of
a poor man at Afhurfl, in this county. The prifoner
lived at home with their mother-in law, when the was
out of place. The youngell child had committed
a (mall fault, when the mother-in•law, (who is fince
dead) put a furze bufb on the fire, and the prifoner
took up the eloaths of the child, and held its bare
pofteriurs in the flame, by which the was moll feverely
burned and fcorched.

Another witnefs was called, who proved that the
child was near a month before it recovered of its
wounds.—The Jury found the prifoner Guilty, and
the was fentenced to Three Years Imprifonment.
William Graambridge and lllilSam Booth were con-
!titled of Iheep healing.
Gcnor !Me, a lad of 19, was indieed for breaking
into the dwelling-houfe of Richard King, a farmer,
at Lowley, near }Latham, and healing about 301.
in notes and money..
Ey the evidence of the profecutor, it appeared that
he was repairing his houfe in June lad, and the prifo-
ner worked with the bricklayer, by which lie got a
knowledge of the bed-room of the prokcutor. On
the 16th of June haft, when the family were out, the
houfe was robbed. The next day the prifoner tender-
ed a la not; to a ihopkeeper, of the name of Pol-
lard, as a al. one ; this begat fufpicion, and on fur-
ther enquiry it turned out Co be one of the notes loft
by the profecutor.—Verdict, Guilty.
Thomas Dykes was indicted for the wilful murder of
John Jordan, on the 29,h of May laft, at Lewes.—
The Jury found the prifoner guilty of Manflaughtcr,
and he was fined is. and difcharged.
Mr. JoiliceHtartt finithed the calendar at o'clock,
and patfed fentence on the flamers. He informed
the lbeep healers they mutt expert no mercy ; in the
other cafes he k v Paid he mould ctiire into the charac-
ters of the prifoners.