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London, England, 1828-12-06 00:00:00

l'who told him be bad none, but advised the witness to
' take some of his master's clothes and-pledge them.
adding, that he might get them out of pawn, 'vein
them, and there would b.: no harni. Witness took a
suit of his master's clothes, and the Prisoner Hall
pawned them, aria birnight him SOs. Afteritards Wit-
ness was alarmed, and wished to get the clothes ie•
turned, but .the prisoner Hall dissuade Chins. Ti tee
days after, witness 'rink more clothes from his master,
and gave them to Hall, whir paid him 10s. ri wear after
he had tepeated this. Witness did not expect to be able
to redeem the clothes. Hall never produce.' the tickets.
Cross-examined by Mr. Anotenvi--Hall was to
have no Advantage from the transaction ; lie saw witness
take the clinhei from the drawers.
Mr. AnoLnitia now to• k an objection to the indict-
ment. The first transaction did not amount to a felony,
though the second might. But upon this second offence
there was no evidence but that of an accomplice, and it
was not customary to Lc cases go to the Jury upon such
evidence. But eacir of the offences ought to have fot trued
the ground of a separate iticlictment.
the Neat' corictrired in this Objection, and the pri-
soner was Acquitted.
NEW COURT.
(Wore the esisfaors Setiotoirt.)
Mary Woods was indicted for bigamy, having attics"
married with John Lenghorn, on the 15th Of July, 18425 i
her former husband being still alive.
John Cox, the clerk of Si. James Gurlick HOW,'
produced the register of the marriage of the ptisonit
with John Woods, on the 24th March, 1818 ; he wasl
present at the marriage, and tetnelnbeted the prisoner;
he had seen John Woods.
John Longhorn swore to her subsequent inatiiige
with him in the present year. • •
Jamet Hill produced the certificates of both Mat-
!Liget.. • •
The priSoner, in her defence, said, that before she
married Longhorn, she told him that she was married
to Woods. but Wbdds was Pot really her husband, as
he had been married to another *Oman in 1806,in the
name of Chaplin Woods; Longhorn had used her ill,
and was now living with another worn in, w h.ch was
the reason wiry he had brOnght Prvrard the peso ution.
A woman of the tingle of Eagles prove,l, that she
had heard the jiti,dnrr tell Langham, before her Mar-
Hoge with him, that she had a for mer husband living;
The Jury found the• prisoner Guilty. but ret.om-
mendvd her to mercy, on the ground that Langhanes
*conduct was not flee hom suspicion.
The CvAINION SanosauT said, that be should not'al,
low Langham his espettsi&s.
Elizabwh Davies, an elderly woman, veil indicted far
iteal.ng some sheets,-pieces rf flannel, sits& spoons,
Sic. the property r f John Smith,
Front the evidence it appeared, that the articles lien-
Eioned in the inslictmtnt were Missed, and at the prisoner
Was attending as mate upon Mts. Smith, ire 1145 sC-
Pected, and it was found thit she had pledged theinet
a pawnbroker's in the beiglibour hood in her own rianae.
The prisoner in her defence said, that Mts. Smith
being in want of several little luxuries, lehleth !tee MAP
band would ivrt let her have, Mrs. SMith had desired;
'ter to take the things in question, and pawn them; in
order to ttirehase- such things is were necessary.
• Mr. Smith dented that inch iould be the case ;.his
wife had long been ill, and lately bad ,been confined to
ler bed, and he was in the habit of letting her have
whatever the physicians who attended her thought
proper. His wife Seas too ill to attend, and he bed 2
c. rtificate from a medical man to that effect.
The Jury deliberated on the case fur about a quaitr.r
Of an hour, and then retorned a verdict of
Before kr. Sergeant Loam.
John Murray was indicted for atealing four shillings
end sixpence from RAM Allen, the landlard Of the
King's Arm., at Blackwell.
The niece of the landlord stated, that she was its the
tar when the prisoner came in, Wad 'nits pretending to
look through the telescope that belonged to dl4 haw,.
r'erbe" n she heard the 'money in the till chink, 'on wiiels'
Oh* turned round, and perceived that•theptisoner had
Jett taken 49. 6d. from it.. About ten minutes before,
Vie knew that there were four shillings and six al
in the till, and aftetarards the'4s. Sete gone.
The uncle corroborated this statement; but on their
Moss-esamimation these witnesses admitteddrat thevei-
ioner, on being charged by the niece, said that the
**bay eras bis, and die landlord per -gritted him to go
%may, without giving him in custody; in the evening
kbe prisoner returned to the house with two -police-
officers, and said that he was needy to be given Into
their custody, it Allen Chose to`MakettnY Charge against
hins; this, hoeieter, Allen refirsedte do, and it was not
till the prisoner sunaisnatted him before the Magistrates.
three **eta lfterwards. 'for the 44.6 d. which 'be had
,derainida.thathe preferred this ch'ar'ge ofTelorty Ogaitisti
Murray. ,
Mr. Sergeant ARAMS put it to the Jury whether tber
could coniict upon such Itstiertinyirs this? Ifit'cisald-1
be *tinkled, no man casuist be fir sin 'ottani at.
The Jury immediately acquitted tbit

•
The emoluments of the Clerk ofthe•Peaceforbliddte-
I.ses likely, it is said. tote diminished to the idne
,0001. 'velar, by ttre dperition Ofihcnew law givhig:
:411agiste.ites.a summary power Crier assaults.
• The indiv;dual who absconded himself from-Faver.
ilium with between 12,(K) and 500 sovereign% Was
beret in comfortable jodgings 'at Caber, Ind Was-pr e-!
bailed on to return the moire?. excepting 401. which Le
said he bad expended. He had absconded a week only
—the most busy week, perhaps, he ever bad. He is
jqw- ian shoemaker-

irneposo. •
Friday night, abbot seven o'clock, Mr. Cappe, of;
Leadenham. was tern; hing home from Lincoln fair, in'
company with a friend, on horseback—scarcely beyond
the peat toll bar, they were I:e.et by four villains, who,
succeeded in kirmking Mr. Cappe off his horse. His
flrendesc aped ; but the tinfirtunwe .gentlentan, who:
fell, was bruised and beaten with bludgeons, in a man.
sner which Troves that murder k necoMited eery lightly,
isy these inhuman wretches in their•purstrits. They took.
about Sul. from their victim, and some loosesilver, and
left him in a state nearly dead. After their departeid
'he inked himself, andiained the Rein Deer Inn, near
the toll bar, where his bloody appearance eicited grist
'alarm. In describing the manner in which be sent
:sucked, a person .present happened to mention that be,
had seen a man named Wingfield near the spot 'bolt
the time • Uthe Muck, who had stated that he was
going home to Boulthism. a village two miles off, wlsei
he then lived. It was semarked that he was actually:,
'eliding in the opposite direction, Newport; and this,;
With other circumstan:es, exciting suspicion, the next
morning a con t11)4 apprehended Wingfield, laid
sum of Money was found in his possession, correspond.
ing with Mr. Caispe's loss, 'also the pocket bbok. An
examination took place on Saturday morning .at the
police office, and the caae eaeited a surprising interest
in the sweets of Lir,cciln, on account of the enormity of
the crime and the well Vown character of theaceused,
'who was fully committed fkir taal.—Boston Gazette.