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London, England, 1827-07-28 00:00:00

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• Anthony Webb, the elder. and his two sons, Anthony
ad William, stood indicted for stealing, in the parish
of Snwford, three lambs, the property of Mr. Briaris.
The elder prisoner is a small farmer, living about
four miles from the place when the lambs were
stoles, and. his sons were with him. On the day
after the lambs were missed. suspicion, from
some cause. was excited against him, and his house
searched. In a cupboard on the ground floor, the Car.
case. of two lambs, and several joints of a third, were
found, aid under a bed up stairs, the skins of dime
lambs were discovered concealed. The skins were posi-
tively identi6:•d by the prosecutor's son, and two of them
were proved by a butcher. who had accurately tried
them, to be the skins belonging to the carcases found
down stairs. The two younger prisoners were seen on
the night of the robbery going in the direction of the
prosecutor's field.
Verdict—Guilty. Sentence deferred.
NORTHAMPTON, Jucv 24.

7homas Werdex, aged 19, was indicted for feloni-
ou.ly ausaulting Layering Colenagn on the 2d of this
lmonth, in the parish of Barb,. The prisoner, it ap-
peared, was the apprentice of the prosecutris's father,
who is a wheelwright. On the day abovementiuned,l
he followed the prosecotrir, who is just turned of ten
years, into a certain out-house, bolted the door, anti
,ci,mtnenced taking gross liberties with her remit. The

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WO scrammed oat, aid her. cries brought thesinsisi -
*eve: to &Wise, what cede.' 'not L %Verna."
Pfitoineit- bewever. °pressed the child's lace against hi.
breast, so as to preemie herb:in' replyine, and gibweled
" Laverne is not hsse..if.is inr.",Tne housekeeper being
somewhat deaf. thou* she hrd been mistaken as as
the voice she had heard, sod therefore went away ; upon
hich the ptirner again assaulted the child and abused
her person. The latter. however, being unable wno, e
one material inatedient to const.tuo the capital .o Ore.
The Learned June; stopped the trial, and directed
the Jury to acquit the prisoner; which they did., lit.
Lordship then ordered him to be detained on the miner
charge, and the witnesses to be bound over to prosecu:r
him at the Quarter Sessions.
Job' Quin, who was convicted of robbing Captain
Blair, at Wredon barracks, and Miaad Ca POININ,
victed of receiving the stolen property from Q.na, were
brought up for judgments . ;
The Learned Juno; after adverting to the aggravred
circumstances under ahich this property bad been
stolen by Quin, from a Gentleman who was Isis Officer,
and had been his master, added. however, that the pi o-
secutor had acted indiscreetly in leaving such valuab'e
property unlocked up. As no violence had accompa-
nied the robbery, he would recommend that Quia's hte,
which had been forfeited to the law, should be spared
but then he mils expect to be sent cut IS the country
ior a period which vinu!d render it unl kely,that he
would ever return to it again. lies Lordship then
ordered sentence of death to be recorded against Q iin,
' and sentenced Canova') to be tray sportei for 14 years.
The Assizes for this aunty terminated to-day.

HERTFORD, Jove 26.
CIVIL SID2-111/LLER V. J.lll/0.
This was was an action lsf assault and battery. The
plaintiff, being an infant five years of age, sued by his
next friend. The defendant pleaded Not Guilty.
The plaintiff was the child of a porn cottager at Hod-
Jesden ; and the defendant practised as a physician in
the same town. On the Id Of May, the defendant was
driving in his carriage through Ho Idesden when some-
thing was tl rown at the vehicle. At this time there
were several little boys playing in the road. The dr-
fendAnt got out of the carriage, and desired to know
who had thrown stones at his chariot. One of the twys
pointed out the plaintiff as the culprit, who immediately
ran away, the defendant threatening to chastise him at
the first opportunity. On the 3d of May, the defendant
stopped at the co sage of the plaintiff's grandfather. The
plaintiff, who was playing in the garden, set ing the de-
fendant, took to flight, and endeavoured to conceal him-
self in an out-house. The defendant pursued him, and
brought him forth. He then pulled him along the toad
to a pond, some parts of which were very deep, and seta.
ing him by one arm flung him into the water. The child
scrambled out with some difficulty, and afterwards be-
came exceedingly ill, from the violence he had sustained.
These facts were proved by the boy's grandfather and
his mother. The boy himself was exhibited in °outs.
and he presented a pitiable sight, from his miserable
appearance and tender yeah.
The topics urged in defence were, that the defendant
meant no serious injury to the child, but only to:punish
I him slightly for his mischievous conduct in throwing
*elms at the defendant's carriage; and the,, in the past
of the pond into which the plaintiff was thrown, the
water was not deep enough to dr iwn him.
Mr. Justice PARK summed up the case for the Jory,
who found their verdict lot the plaintiff—Damages 451.

CORNWALL V SIR PETER SOANR, FART.
This was an action for a spotting trespass, to which
the defendant pleaded .1 not guilty."
Both parties were Gentlemen of large landed property,
.near Royston, in this county, their estates adjoining.--
They had been on friendly terms until a short time
previously to the transaction in question ; but in conse-
quence of some misunderstanding, each had served the
other with notice not to trespass on their respective
lands. 0.1 the V3d of December last, the defendant
was out with the hounds. The dogs following the
game through the plainteslanct, the defendant Crossed
a field for the distance of a few hundred ya,ds, and for
this trespass the action was brought: A mutual friend
htd endeavoured to compromise matte's, but without
success.

The Jury (which was speci4l) under the Learned
Judges directions, returned th.ir verdict fot the plaintiff.
Damages—One Farthing.
Mr. JuAke PARK said, he was inclined to certify, to
deprive the plaintiff of his t o ts, if he might ; hut re-
served that question, being of opinion that the action
was most unneigbbourly and frivolous. lt•was quite
clear that the defendant had done all he possibly could
to avoid committing a wilful ttepas!.
WINCHESTER, Jute SC
Crru. Sin—Wore Lord Chia Justice Burr and Spatial Jerks.
THE KING V. RICHARD IItANIPTOS.
Mr. SCARLITT opened the pleadings. ta hich set forth
that this was an information eget; st the defendant for
having assisted in exhibiting a light, as a signal to a
vessel at sea, contrary to tl e statute.

Mr. C. F. WILLIAMS stated the case to the Jury.—
This was, he said, a prosecution under a statute passed
for the very essential purpose of suppressing the odious
practice of smuggl rig. The fACIS of the preaeat case
were shortly these :=On the 22d of Oct..rber, 1826.. the
defendant, together with some other men, one of whom
was named Steele, Were observed arranging a.light en
a part of the coast called the Bourne station. Two
officers of the Preventive Service near the slot went and
found this light overhanging the rock. Three men ap-
peared to be holding it, but upon_their coming up, two
of them ran away; and when defendant saw that the
third (who was Steele) was in danger Irons the naval
Officers, he ran up and threatened to bring on all
his men to annihilate the officers. The Later prepared
to defend themselves with their swords upon seeing
a large band of the smugglers assembling near them,
and thought it prudent to know Frampton and Steele
to escape for the moment, as they knew them both well,
and apprehended it would have been in •ain at the
time to have succeeded in effecting their caption. They
afterwatds met Frampton, and informed hint that he
mould be proceeded against for the penalty, ter holding
bora light to encourage smugglers. He never denied
the fact, but said he thought it an Unfair proceeding,
as no blows had passed between them, and the smug-
gling men, who were assembled in 101 l force, had not
offered them (the officers) any violence.
The tuts were ckasly proved in evidence, and the
'defendant found Guilty.
TUN KING v. DANNY AND ANOTNIZR.
This was a prosecution by the Crown against 'the

ndants for lieving in their custody some copper uten-
sils and materials which had been purloined flop the
dock-yard, Portsea. The case was
against Darby, Mho was found gouty;
Justice remiukeJ, thit bad the indict

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