Star.
London, England, 1828-07-23 00:00:00

NORFOLK CIRCUIT-BEDFORD, JULY 19.

The Judges—the Lord Chief Baron Alexander and
Mr. Justice Hob oyd—arrived yesterday and opened the
Commission. This day, after attending Divine Service,
Mr. Justice Holroyd proceeded to the Crown Court,
and the Grand and Petit Juries were sworn. The Met qui,
of Tavistock was appointed Foreman chile Grand Jury.
Mr. Justice Houton), in his address to the Grand
Jury, said it was a great consolation vs him that there
were so few prisoners for- trial at the present Assize;
and.that amongst them only two cases required any
observation from him. The cases he refuted to were
those of James East, for the murder of his wife; and
Charlotte Lovell, for irson. These were circumstances

in the first case of a very extraordinary description..-a
The murder was said to have been committed so lung
ago as the year 1821, and had been brought aq light by
circumstances as singular as those under which the mur-
der was said to have been:perpetrattd. It would appear,
that when the prisoner was committed for trial by the
Magistrates, they were not satisfied that the female who
was discovered to have been murdered was the wife of
.thaprisoner, and he was committed for the murder of a
female whose name was unknown. It would be material

fur the Jury to atcettain if the deceas:d was actually the
wife of the prisoner ; and if the evidence brought before
them should not be of that description as to satisfy
their minds that a Jury would convict thereon, it would
be advisable that they should ignore the bill; for if the
prisoner should be put on his trial and acquitted. be
cas' not be again tried for the offence, though the
most complete evidence or his guilt should be after wards
obtained. The case of Lovell was extraordiaary ; she
had, according to the depositions, set fire to her master's
house, and, after'destroying the building, she set fire to
the out-house of a neighbour. He was sure the Jury
in a caie of so penal a nature, would take every circum-
stance into consideration consistent with humanity and
justice. His Lordship directed the Jury to proceed. to
the discharge of their important and soletom duties, and
requested that bills might be brooght into Court as
speedily as possible, so that the Courtmight proceed to
the dispatch of business.
Willians Gilbert, who had been capitally convicted at
the last Assizes, of stealing four oxen, the peoptittof
the Marquis of Tavistock, was placed at the bat.--The'
prisoner was tried before Mr. Baron Garrow, who re-
set ved a point in his favour, for the opinion of the Judges.
Mr. Justice HOLROTD said, that on the trial it sp.
pearedthat Mr. Baker, a servant of the Marquis of Teri-
stock, had tour oxen to sell at Ampthill fair, and the pri-
soner agreed ,to purchase them f0r:461. 10s. and to. pay
ready money for them. Baker proposed to . mark the
oxen, but the prisoner oppoted it, and saidhe would,pay
for them by-and-bje at the King's Arms. Baker went to
the King's Arms at the time appointed, bat the primmer
WAS not there. and on gain back to the Mullett he

found that. the prisoner bad driven away the oxen and
sold sham, and he °mild notheiound till some time
after, when be was apprehended. Biker MOM 'ou the
trial that he did not consider the oxen to be sold and
delivered to the prisoner till the money was paid.' The
Learned Judge who tried the case left it to the Jury to
say by their verdict, if they believed the prisoner origi-
nally intended to convert the oxen to his own use with-
out paying for them? and they decided, that they
believed he newer bad any intention of paying for them ;
and the Judges were unanimously of opinion, that
under those circumstances the prisoner was proper'',
convicted of the felony, and sentence of death would
be recorded against him.