Star.
London, England, 1817-08-07 00:00:00

CROWN SIDE.

111111 am Braley and Stelthig 111.;abt were indicted For
stealing a bay gelding, the propetty of Charles Lam-
bert, Esq. oi Seize:lo:th, in this C•
William Bingley, ciiachman to Mr. Lambert,
stated, that in the mol:th ct May last he bought for
his master black gtlding, ssith a white mark round
the heels, for 4'50. .icuglit it of a dealer of the
mime of Ahttll, who refitied in the Borough. From
that time until the 1!)ili of June the horse remained
in his cu.itiidy, ott which night it was stolen from his
stable. The horse WaS now at Maiditone, and he
was sure of its itimtity..

Vb'arrttn, a horse-di:4ler in the Borough, stated,
that unyri..!ny, the 2.411 of July, Bentley trought a
black gelding to his stables in the Borough, and said
lie put it up there by the desire of his master, Mr.
B:iant. He asked him it it was Mr. Brawn. of
man's Mews ,? He said, yes. He knew that Mr.
Briant had been in France, and he asked if he were
re:urned ? The prisoner Bentley saM Ire was. The
nest tt.trtiay he rode the horse out for exercise, and
Mr Abell recognized it, v, No told hirn that it WU
stolen horse. On the sv'ne .y eeering, es lete es tes
o'clock, the two prisoners, 3,i.int and Bentley, caws
fer tile horst ; he.then stniosed ;hem to, a time, say.
ing b„,ti..r swot out, ntiCl l:e could send for the
police °Ricers. TI vy then both wiid that they had
bsusht tkc huitt Lt.; ..;...)teulea., au .1 that they were

hwing to take him to a Gentleman who. they were in
opes, wollid GO guineas for him.
This use t• ease on the part of the pmsecution,
Mr. CDUIV4O D IV; O. prisoner Bentley, ealleJ two
witnes. , st:iu stalci that Bentl:y lodged with thews
•••111•41 i. 4 several months he had never been out of
the houre so late as eleven at night--that he was
hosi'et to a stabk.keeper of the now of Smith, near
Ilsthit an. •

The Jary, after trine deliberation, found them
both Guilty.

SALISBURY ASSIZES.

At these Assizes the trial of Andrew Pearce, jun.
for the murder of Ge.orre Oattidge, excited great
interest. 'llse prisoner was the son of a respectable
fernier at I...,ngbridge Dev. sell, anJ had been drink-
ing at the Sim Inn, at Westbury Leigh. on th.- S:h
of Ally, with the deceased, and ther, till half part
eleven at night ; they Lit the Sun at a quarter _past
twelve. th'• party consisting of the primmer, the de-
ceased, man named William Watts, and another
named James Holloway. On their way to the house
of Watts, who WAS a weaver in the parkh of West.
bary,and at whose house the prisont,r s4tcl he wool.'
sleep. the party were so intoxicated that they were
obliged to lead one •another. They quarrelled on
the 104.11 but tt.e wttnesset on the mai acknow-
ledged hey were so drunk they could not tell the
origin of it.
Hollow4y deposed, that whilst he was on a little
way before the party, he was called back, by the de-
ceased, and he found him lying down on the road,
tobady with him, and groaning very heavily ; .it
was very dark, and he could not see that the deceased
was a he could not go for assistance himself,
being very drunk, and he fell down and remained
till he was picked up in the course of the morning
by his brother.
!qr. Phipps. the Magistrate, who went to take a
deposition hotn Oatridge,early on the next morning,
found hint in bed in great pain, but perfectly sett-
siblc ; Mr. Phipps told him that a surgeon said Ite
could not live long, and that he should be particu.
larly cautious in what he said. Oairidge's depo-
sition shortly stated, that he had some quarrel with
Pearce on the road about a dog, when Pearce stabbed
him with a sharp instrument ; but he did not know
who gave the first blow.
Nlr. Gibbs, a surge•m at Westbury, deposed that
he was called to see Onridge at half past three on
Sunday morning, and found a wound two inches in
length in the lower part of his belly, on the left side,
through which a large portion of his intestines pro-
truded. 0 midge died t%e next day.
Barun GRAHAM seat:rely reprobated the barbarous
conduct of the prisoner, who, it appeared, wnen find-
ing :lima& unable to get the hetet of his antagonist,
took A knife from his pocket, stabbed, and WI him.
A 3 t'ae quarrel was, however, sudden, and as the
proof of malice alorelliought was necessary to con-
statute the crime of murder. the Learned Judge
thought the prisoner guilty only of unlawfully killing.
Verdict accordingly.