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London, England, 1814-05-27 00:00:00

LA, INZELLIGENCE.
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Cot.TIT irswAr Ases;
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Ton JUNG ,o. ADD. °TURKS.
This wai 'an hi& ' "t 4ehalging 'the defendants, ,
Mr. John King, Alwe;Fdlistnor74turphy; and four
others, with a misdensnowtori in breaking and enter-
ing the dwelling house of flobn Askew, up the Aid],
{lay of July, 1811 ; butt When the case was calked °di
there being no appearlifie on theritart 'the iirost.j
'cution, the defendants were found 603101
THE K4Kfi V. ASKEW AND WhtEite: I

This wasan indictment on the prosecution a( MM.
, Eleanor Mprphy, one of the defendants in the last.
mentioned:lndictnlint, against John Aqtew. Loniii
,Italilila Askew, kik *Me, Ann Dugmore, Miry Hip.
f wood, ...."."4 I Blakeley, and . ThOties ts lAei; for * 6bl-
Lspirtiey against the lives and charactirief -Mr. John
sing, Mrs. Eleanor Murphy, Rich* csabert 'Wilt-
4ise, Julia frluntre,, John Norman,, and Margaret
Taylor, and,. in putstutqce thereOf, csusing ,O btlr of
t Indictment' td erred against *ern at tpeMit;
dieser BessiOn din` Attie 180, -BY Winch they
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were charged with a capital felehyvtit fertiblyttireat-
*land entering the dwelling house of John Ask ,
Cod 4t clarendonlWre, St. F.,. ass qnitlie2.l
of7uly; 1811',,and.there stealing, Tlt , parrying
Ausfr 4
if' diamond necklace, value 120' asis, a locli• i
*doe 80gruineas, five gOiheasin gold; a £5 tante, st
vitiate ether articles .the property ,of the said 'John
's
Askew en which indictment warrants were after-
wards taken out at Bow-street against the said John
King and Eleanor Murphy, in virtue of whicb they-
Were apprehended, were carried -to Newgate, and
tried at the Olt Bailey Sessions, which were sitting at
the time, and were acquitted. -Margaret Tayionaur-
rendered herself at the Old Bailey, Sessions, in the De-
cember folios:sing, and was also acquitted ; and the
other ,three persons, . against' whom the indictment
for the robbery was found, had never been-brqught
to trial. To the 'present indictment, for a conspiracy,
Askew and his wife, Ann Dugmore, and Mary Hip-
wood had pleaded not Guilty, and Blakeley and
Dale had not pleaded.
The Jury found Ann Dugmore Not Guilty, and
John Askew, Louisa Matilda Askew, and Mary Hip.
wood—Guilty, of conspiring, along with Thomas.
Dale, who; not having pleaded, could not be found'
Guilty.
Soon after the proceedings commenced the Duchess
of OLDENDURGH, who had previously breakfasted in
Lord ELLENDROUGIS'S Chamber, entered the Court,
accompanied by Lord Ensxma and her 'usual suite,
and took her seat on the Bench by the side' Of the
CHIEF Justice. Her Highness appeared highly in-
terested in, and attentive to, our Judicial proceedings,
and continued in Court till the Jury returned. their
Verdict. • ...
PREROGATIVE COURT, MAY 26. •
VOX AGAINST lIVAtS AND EVANS. : • k 1 '
This was a cause respecting the validity of the will
of Francis Evans, Esq. late of Harrow, in the county
of Middlesex, deceased. Two papers were propoun.,
ded, as containing the Will and Codicil of the de-
ceased, these papers bore date the sth and 6th July,
1810, and the Testator died on the 18th of October,
1811. This Will and Codicil were opposed by the
deceased's widow and his only son upon two grounds,
first, on the ground of controul existing at the time,
of execution of the papers in question ; and, secondly,
on "die ground of insanity and incay...city to dq such
"an act. It appeared from the evidence, that Mrs.
Evans, the widow, separated from the deceased in
the year 1802 under articles, that afterwardi a recon-
ciliation wok place between them, and Mrs. Evans
returned to the house of the de-ceased, but continued
with= him only a short period, on. suspicion of crimi-
nal intercourse existing between her bitsband and Miss
•Sargh COx Fox, %bombe had takes-into his honse to
manage his domestic affairs, and whom he bad mate-
rially benefited by his will, to the amountsof £lOOO
per annum, and likewise appointed her one of his exe-
cutors and residuary legatee. It further appeared,.
that :Abe- deceased had committed -various acts of
eccentricity, and that a CommissiOn of .Lunacy was
taken out against the deceased on the 2'2d of Novem.
ber, 1810, and the Jury, after mature deliberation,
trirrned him an insane person
-, lln support of the Will and Codicil it was conten-
. ' that there was fel undue ascendancy or controul
exercised over the testator at the time of the execu-
tion of the papers in question ; that' it was a free and
spontaneous act of a capable person.
On the other side it was contended, that not only
undue influence and controul had been practised, but
that the-deceased was actually insane ht the time of
the mention of the will and codicil, but had been so
previous and subsequent thereto.
The Court (Sir JOHN NICHOL) after recapitula-
ting the evidence, and making many pertinent ob-
servations thereon, was clearly of opinion that there
was no proof of a lucid interval at the time of execu-
;ion by the deceased, and therefore it pronounced
against the vAliditrof the will and codicil, and con-
demned Miss Sarah Cox Fox in costs.

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OLD BAILEY.
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, Yesterday 17 prisoners were tried. two of whom
were capitally convicted, viz. 7'. Alexander, for steal-
ing a ham, the property of T. W. Hodgson, privately
in his shop ; and W. Pritchard, for stealing a quantity
lof gold, the property of Messrs. W. and H. Jackson,
in their dwelling house, of the value of 40s. and up- i
wards.
John Saunder: was found guilty of stealing two
coats and a waistcoat, value :19s. the property of Sir
C. Price, Bart. in his dwelling-house, at Bedford-
squareion the 24th of the present month. The pri-
soner, it appeared, went unobserved into the servants'
hall, and stole the clothes, with which he was walk;
ing away, when he was interrupted by one of the ser-
' rants, who demanded what he was going to do with
them ? He said another had taken die clothes, and
had knocked him down while he endeavoured to pre-
vent him ; but be succeeded in driving him away at
last, lad was just going to give them to the servants
. when he was taken.—The prisoner in his defence said
he was a miserable .old man from Birmingham; had
tasted no food for three days before the 24th of May,
and pleaded for the mercy of the Court.
Twelve were convicted, of • felon;, viz. J. Hickey
Fl and AMelia attied,lor having' in. ter possession
divers. forged ,and counterfeit Bau;k-notes, without
lawful excuse; 7.1 Bather, for stealing 14,,drinking-
, *lasses, the prpperty of, lgeisrs.
,Sy• ..:•sr?,banna
Lowry, for "stealing two blankets, a' ts'itnit other
articles, .the property of J. Oillireif '-'y Morris, Or