Star.
London, England, 1822-12-13 00:00:00

CHELMSFORD ASSIZES, DECEMBER 11.

After atteriding divine service; Mr. Baron G RANA it
charged- the Grand Jury, and addressed them with
topics precisely similar to those upon which he dwelt
in his charge to she Het tfordshire Grand JurY,, and
expresmd ids opinion against the necessity of reiv:
cuit at:this inhospitable season of the year, attended
' as i: was with.so tunch.personal inconvenience to the
Judges named in the Commission, to the Grand Jury,
and to the Yeomanry of the county, who were called
upon to discharge the duty of common jurors, with.
out producing any public advantage adequate to the
sacrifices which all persons asqembled on such an oc-
casion were compelled to make.
Abraham Parish and James Parish, brothers, were
indicted for feloniously assaulting Henry Golding on
the King's highway, at Barking, on the 17th of Nov
vember last, with intent to rob him.
Mr. JOSEPH was for the prosecution, and Mr. Mu
DR ZWB for the defence. .
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It appeared in evidence, that the prosecutor. wa4
the guard of a common stage waggon from Colches,
ter to London. Between one and two o'clock on the
morning of the 17th of November, the prisoners at,
talked the driver of the waggon near Chadwelliaed
insisted.upon.stopping the waggon, for the purpose
of robbing it.. The prosecutor, who was asleep- its
the waggon, was awakened, and he came to the
as-
sistance of the waggoner. He successively knocked
both the prisoner down, but they could not be
vailed upun to go about their business. They Loth
attacked the prosecutor, got him down, and were
trying to rifle his pockets, when two ca,te;s (Arne
up, overpowered the prisoners, and they were t.iken
into custody. The scuffle and resistance las;ed for
nearly half an hour. The witnesses positively swore
to both the prisoners.
No substantial defence was offered, and hall pri-
soners were found Guilty.
The.prisoner, Abraham Parish, was tried at tlie
last Assizes, for a highway robbery upon a female,
Under the most atrocious circumstances, hut 'was ac-
quitted, in consequence of a mi,take in the prosecu•
tor's name.
The Learned Judge sentenced the prisoners to 1.1
transperted for seven years, being the lull extent ci
punishment awarded by the Statute 7 Geo. 11. c.
sec. 1, on which the indictment was founded.
John Tararass was indicted for stealing on t!:e 31
of November, at Priklewell, a sheep, the property of
John Scratten.
The sheep in question was one of a fleck of 97, l'e-
longing to the prosecutor. It was missed on the
morning of the 4th of November, and in conccitience
of foot-marks on the ground, and traces of Lion
search was made in the prisoner's house, and the re-
, mains of a fresh butchered sheep were found in dif-
. ferent parts of the cottage. There was also a pair of
shoes foutid which corresponded with the -footsteps
which led to the prisoner's cottage from the spot
where the sheep was slaughtered. The joints of !neat
also corresponded with the sheep=skin found iir'the
ppon this evidence the case went to the Jury,
and they found the prisoner-Guilty—Death.

NEW GENERAL TURNPIKE ACT.—It may be rase-
44,0:Trustees, &c. of the Turnpike-roads to. be in-
formed, that the •Act of the 3d GNI IV. cap. 1`276,
which received the Royal Assent on the 6th of :August
last, repeals all the former Acts, and consolidate s the
-several regulations into one Act, which takes effect on
the lsecifJanuary, and that the 37th and .33d sections
enact, that on or before the Ist of January, 182.3, the
Trustees are to put up, on a table of tolls (painted
with black letters on white ground), the name of the
gate or toll-house at which the same be affixed; and
a list of the several gates, which arc N% holly or par-
tially cleared by the toll pstid at the gate at which the
table is put up; and that the tickets delivered upon
paying the toll, are to express the name of the gate
at whiCh the same is delivered, and also those of
all other gates freed by such payment. The tolls
on wheels of different breadths are revised, and are
to be expressed in the new tables of tolls. TI e pro-
visions. of Local Acts, which have been, or ma,. be
passed, are to be subject to the regulations of the
present Act : and several other provisions are esta-
blished which require the early attention of the
Trustees, &c. of the Turnpike-roads in general,.