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were brought heft
It was by mistm
'time, and the plait
that as he was
and his strength
lquired to work
it). the morning
Hassey declared,
long as the -yams,
day the plaintiff hid
till five, as ordered. • ,
.
he went into the kitchen, where he_was in. the Itab.i,
of getting hot water to Make tea, with which he was
provided by some of his family; when'"he wiliottold'
the Overseer had given orders he should* ketnii Mole'
hot water, and it was vefusesh- Neat day the Plain-
tiff did not go to work; Mr. Hassey sentfora et:insta-
ble, and had the unhappy old who lvisdiaeurred
his displeasure, instantly dragged' to tlie.Aje.;tthel
Place where felons were confined before, thetrivere
taken to Maidstone Jail; and in that dungeon, with-':
out fire, without bed, -without cevatittrof auy.itind,;
with nothing but the brick floor sad damp. iittaw to:
he on, with windows secured by ;sea bars) lint open
to all the winds of heaven, in that wretched dungeon.
waithe prior man of seventy, for 50 hoursi ih the month
of October, two long winter nights, kept in a, state of
solitary confinement! On the evening of the second
day, a compassionate passenger, looking through the
'bars of the plaintiff's prison, saw his wretched stales{
and went, at his desire, to his son's, who liveibi mile
distant, and who sent him a great coat to covtr him, ;
which was probably the means of preserving him
alive. The third day the plaintiff was taken before'
!the Magistrates sitting at Woolwich, about a mile
distant from Plumstead, but when he was brought
lout of the cage for the purpose of being taken there,
it was found that he had suffered so much from the'
dump and cold, that he was wholly unable to walk;
and it was necessary to take him in a cart. The de-
fendants both appeared before the Magistrates, and
made their complaint; but on a minute investigation
of the case, the Magistrates dismissed the charge.—
The plaintiff was then set at liberty, but the effects
of his cruel confinement continued longer ; he was
under the necessity of having the assistance of the
parish doctor, who attended him for some time af-
terwards, and prescribed both internal medicine and
a blister,..before the plaintiff was completely restored
to his former state.
Several witnesses were'eiamined, Who proved the
plaintiff's case exactly as stated by Mr. Phillips.
Mr. Anor,pnus addressed the Jury at great length
for the defendants, but called no witnesses.
The Jury, after a short consultation, returned a
verdict for the plaintiff—Damages £lO.

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.I:Keeper _ _
same tilitetitat lie wanted it for the purpose of pay-
ing a Übaurers in his emploYinent, then
wa~tmg at atriblic-house Called the Green Man, in
the neighbourhood. This assertion wasikceinnpanied-i
by a pt mice to deal with her for any commodities,
such abaton, bread; or cheese, that he or the per-
scini. his employment might want. Induced by
this prtintisei the• change was given, and the 'pri.
soars said his name was Russell, and bred at Yald-
ing. One of the Inspectors of notes of the Bank of
England Kneed that the two notes, the subject. of;
the indictment, were forged in all respects. Tliel
Confession of the prisoner, stating that he had bought
'the note, knowing it to be forged,*as put in and read.
H The Learned Joni", having summed up the rei-
deate, remarked that the Jury were to consider whe-
Mier, on the present occasion, the prisoner could be
poosideted as having a guilty knowledge of the na-
tives( the note. Upon that point they were to con-
sider whether a person, who was ignorant of its being
forged, would have given the different accounts of
?himself which the prisoner had done? If they were
of opinion, upon. a due consideration of all the cir-
leumstances of the case, that the prisoner knew the
note was forged, it was their duty to convict him.—
The Jury found the prisoner Guilty—Death..
William Lenity was indicted for stealing a bay
mare and a black gelding, the property of Thomas
Hewitt,. at Henfield. •
On the evening of the 25th of October, the servant
of the prosecutor left the two animals mentioned in
the indictment safe in a close near the house. The
next morning the prisoner was seen riding the geld-
ing, and leading the mate, at the distance of eighteen
miles from the place where they were missed. The
person who saw him nothaving heard of the robbery,
allowed him 'to pass. When Mr. Hewitt's servant
perceived that the animals were stolen, he went ac-
cording to the direction of the person who had seen
the prisoner with the horses, along that road about
four miles. There they suddenly lost all trace of the
prisoner. As the place at which they had then arrived
was by the side of a wood, they supposed it very pro-
bable that their search in that place might be suc-
cessful. They accordingly entered one of the paths,
and when they had proceeded a short distance they
saw the prisoner start from the ground, where he had
been lying, and run away. He was pursued and
taken. When asked how he had obtained possession
'of the horses ? he said they had been intrusted to his
care by a person whom he did not know, and that,
not liking the job, he had left them, and gone into the
wood. The Jury found the prisoner Guilty—Death.
James Jahnsan, William Pike, and William Payne,
were charged with having, on the night of the 4th
September, burglariously broken into and entered the
dwelling-house of Charles Newington, at Ticehurst,
and with having stolen therefrom eighteen silver
spoons, and other articles, his property.
The evidence against the prisoners in this case was
also circumstantial ; they had been seen together in
the neighbourhood of Ticehurst for the two pre-
ceding days, and they were also seen together at
about five o'clock in the morning after the robbery.
Suspicions having arisen, from these circumstances,
that the prisoners knew something of the burglary,
they were pursued and taken, when there was found
on the person of Johnson a pocket-knife, the tip of
which appeared to have been broken off, and in the
wooden sash of the window, out of/hich a pane of
glass had been cut to facilitate the entrance of the
robbers into the house, was found the tip of a knife,
which, when produced in Court, fitted exactly with
the knife found on the person of Johnson. On the
person of Pike twelve silver spoons *ere found ; and
en Payne a pruning-knife; in a ditch where Payne
had been, us he said, resting himself; just before they
were taken into custody, was found two silver spoons.
'the whole of the property was identified.
The Jury found a verdict—Guilty—Deatk.
His Lordship then proceeded to' pass the awful
sentense.of the law upon the following prisoners, viz.
Wm. West, James Johnson, Wm. Pyke, and Wm.
Payne, for burglary; John Dearing, for sheep-steal-
ing; and Wm. Lenby, for horse-stealing.
His Lordship did not afford any of them very san-
Tine hopes of mercy.

FEMALE COURAGE.—On the morning of Thursday
'last, about three o'clock, the maid-servant of the Rev.
Mr. BECKWITH, Curate of Tillingham, Essex, was
Ahmed by a noise at the window of an apartment
litelow, and, looking out, she saw the body of a man
half way through the sash, and he was then pushing
himself in the remainder of the way. Mr. BECKWITH
was at that.timein London, on a visit, and the only
man in the house was the parish clerk, who slept
there. The servant went immediately to call him,
and having informed him of what she had seen, de-
sired that lie would get up and protect her and her
mistress. She then went to Mrs. BECKWITH'S cham-
ber-And had no sooner communicated the terrifying in-
telligence to her,than this courageous young lady took
a loaded pistol in one hand and a candle in the other,
and desiring the servant to follow her, WecH down
stairs. When she came to the room into which the
fellow had entered, she walked boldly in and saw
him cowering; down in one corner. She presented
the pistol at him, and, in a menacing tone, told him
that if he moved or offered any resistance, she would
shoot him instantly. By this time the honest parish
clerk, who probably fearing that his ancient bones
would suffer from being exposed to the cold, had
waited to put on his clothes, came shivering into the
room, and seeing the triumphant posture of his mis-
tress, he advanced with move' confidence, and Mrs.
BECKWITH stilt standing by with her pistol, the clerk
and the servant bound the thief hand and foot with
cot& lie was the next day taken before a Magis-
trate in the neighbourhood, and committed. He had,
it appeared, lifted a five-barred gAte from its hinges,
and brought it across one or two fields for the pur-
-1 pose oftrwrrg it by. way of Witter to enable him to
reach the windows.

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wrote the oljeceitdarts t• 44yr-declared .bet• . ~....y4L, iii.'4l44loa„ 7, , , , Elooattili
stake they, hid left 'off lieft;rel:theit 4"4411% • • eki-iii\c • • itiiit.Vri- toffee
plaintiff vatituretOci exprks .4 hope, was appreh -•• at some disk roisiAt '''`
is then .nearty seventy years: of age, the'PrOeltiiio'r. Vllkh_loeconstaide who. Moh hint
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Mt failing, that he would not be re- 'into 'ettitiNt.told.hitis The reason for that proceeding,
i longer to Wilt -0., Than fteutt• eight :he irtmwaiwctly .1441,1,14 baeived tlifinite from
if; till Tour in the: .afteritorm, Mr. 'person- M , • !,,.- ,had sold a, harsh:at. Mut Min. ,
rd,` that the plaititiff, should:, Work as steed fah: 'mi , sietowlso called, who proved '
ningest nian in the belie*. The swat Alt -0, the, ►4 , hist preceding the last transaction,
iff went to work atleietv,hrithiontittued . . ;ad 'Cpitted at i Chandler's shop, at Er.
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dared.' 'on recur:fling froths I:Abut.' reersb.wstar Tatilsridge Wens; 111.14 asked the
L_ i.:-..h.:. •whefre he was tn. the 1144 si.. ).kper for-change of a a note, saying at the 1
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