Star.
London, England, 1829-12-23 00:00:00

WINTER ASSIZES.

LEWES. DM 92.
Before Mr. Baron GARILOW•
William Brasier, aged 18, was capitally indicted for stealing Aloo
and upwards, in the dwelling-house of John King, at Chlllington.
The prosecutor is a labouring man, living in a cottage at Cbil-
Hatton, in this county. From habits of industry he had contrived
to save the above named sum. A female who lived in the same
cottage with him, bad also contrived to save £lO, which, together'
with the prosecutor's money, was placed in a chest in one of the
bed-rooms. On the 19th of September the prosecutor went out, as li
was his custom, leaving his money and cottage, as he Imagined, in
a secure state. On his return he found the house had been entered,,
by thieves, and the whole of the money taken away. The prisoner
was seen near the cottage ; and after his committal to gaol he con-
(coed the robbery to a boy in confinement on a trifling charge.—
The
Jury found the prisoner Gutty.
rseheard James was put to the bar, charged with the =Waugh-
ter of Mary Anne Alicorn, at Brighton.
Mr. Loma conducted the case for the prosecution.
It appeared from the evidence of several witnesses, that the de-
ceased, who was a girl of the town, met the prisoner on the &rpm'
at Brighton, on the 2d of September last : they bad a quarrel, and
the prisoner struck the deceased several blows on the bead, one of
which knocked her down ; she fell with her bead against the rail-;
tags, and died soon after from the concussion.
The Jury returned a verdict of Guilty, and the prisoner was sen-
tenced to seven years' transportation. -
FIRM AT LIIIIITSMANT i0111311211G.

In the use of Jahn ('Dare, charged with maliciously shooting at
Lieutenant Rosenberg, the jury, after being absent more than an
hour, returned into court, and, through their foreman, said, " We
find the prisoner Guilty, but acquit him of the capital part of the
charge."
Mr. Baron Gassow addressed the jury. He told them that an
the counts in the indictment against the prisoner were for the ca-
pital charge ; therefore their verdict must be not guilty, generally,
or guilty of the capital offence.
The Jury again retired, and they were locked up for about three
hours more, at the end of which time they returned with a verdict
of Not Guilty.
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CORONER'S INQUESTS.

Yesterday evening an intioisitt was taken at the Acorn public-
house, Upper Tbarnes.street, before William Payne, EAT the City
Coroner, on view of the body of James Smith, aged 55, a carman
in the employ of Messrs. Johnson and Co. coal-merchants, of
Hone-shoe Wharf.
Mr. John Smith, the landlord of the Acorn, deposed, that Co
Saturday evening, about seven o'clock, be was informed that a man
had fallen into the river, at Horse-shoe Wharf. Witness in-
stantly repaired thither, and found a number of persons dragging
I the river. Mr. Johnson who was present, gave directions for the
removal of the craft, which were much in the way. This being
accomplished the meb resumed their labour, and in a few minutes
the body of the deceased was dragged up ; he was quite insensible,
and no time was lost in conveying hint to the house in which they
were assembled, where be was attended by a medical man. The
deceased fell off a plank into the river whilst assisting to unload a
barge.
Mr. Philip Johnson, Surgeon, of Karl-street, attended the de-
ceased, whom he found in that house; after trying the usual resto-
ratives without the desired effect, he opened the windpipe, and in-
flated the lungs, but all to no purpose, the deceased being quite
dead, and thoughl he bad only been immersed about a quarter of
an hour, the low temperature of the water was sufficient to cause
death. Verdict—Accidentally drowned.
It is a remarkable fact that a man named Wm. Daties, who was
appointed by Mr. Johnson to succeed the deceased, was yesterday
Imorning driving the same team of horses which the deceased pre-
viously drove, when the animals took fright in Piccadilly, and in
endeavouring to arrest their progress, Davies was knocked down,
and the wheels of the waggon passing over his body, crushed It
' completely flat, and killed him on the spot !
An Inquest was held at the White Swan, In Long-acre, on the
body of Miss Ellen Kean Cooper Little,, aged 14. Mr. Marmch
stated, that be lodged with deceased's mother, in Spur-street. On
Friday night he accompanied her in a cabriolet, to visit a friend in
Blackfriars.road, when she became very sick. He took her into a
pastry-cook's shop, but finding her getting worse, be conveyed her
home in a hackney-coach ; but her extremities soon became cold,
and though medical assistance was procured, she expired in a few
hours. A Surgeon stated, that she died of apoplexy, and the Jury
returned a verdict—Natural Death.
Monday afternoon an Inquisition was taken before J. H. Go,
Esq. at the Coachmakers' Arms, Beigrave Mews, Grosvenor-place,
on the body of William Parton, aged 45, who came by his death
in the foUowing dreadful manner
John West, of No, 5, Broad-street, Golden-square, stated that
the deceased was a plumber. On Friday afternoon last 'deceased.
and witness were at work at the Countess of Powktt's, In Pica!
dilly. The deceased ascended a ladder to repair • skylight over
the passage, and while placing a board across it, be leaned upon
one of the bars, which broke and he fell through it into the passage.
His body struck against the top of a door which was open in the
passage. The deceased bled profusely, and appeared to be dread-
fully injured—he was immediately conveyed-to the hospital.
By the C,oaostra.—He was a very heavy man, and weighed
nearly 16 stone. It was not workmanlike for him to lean as he
did on the board across the skylight. The accident was entirely
his own fault.

Mr. Wm. Heley Good, house surgeon of St. George's Hospi-
tal. stated that the deceased was brought in about half-past three
o'clock on Friday last, he was nearly dead. and on examination
there did not appear to be the slightest hope of his recovery ; all
his ribs on the left side were broken in several places, and the
ribs on the right side were also fractured, and protruded into the
lungs. His skull was also severely fractured, and the brain much
injured. He expired from the injuries on the following day, about
three o'clock. Verdict—" Accidental Death."