Star.
London, England, 1803-03-30 00:00:00

ASSIZAS. &s.

Norfolk Affises doled on Thorfday, when the
following prifoners received judgment of death,via,
Iliac Temple, for Reeling a greyhound, the pro-
perty of J. Micklewaite. Efq. ; Elisabeth Eagle,
for privately kaling in a dwelling honk ; and
Henry Ford, for flailin a watch, four &Wings in
money, and a coat and jacket, the property of T.
Aylmer. Fad is left for execution. without hopes
of a reprieve ; the others were reprieved before the
Judge left the city. As the circumflanees of his
cafe were highly cruel. we infert an atfkrad of his
trial as proved in evidence.
The profecutor and prifoner were both in the
employ of a farmer at Tenthey. and on the day
laid in the indiament were at work together
thrafhing in a bar?), when the prifoner fuddenly
pulled out his knife, cut the thong of his Rail, and
with his fss Ingle beat his unfortunate work mate
I, dreadfully as to leave him weltering in his pee,
apparently a lifelefs corpfe. He then robbed him
of his watch, the few Ihtllings he had about him,
and the coat and jacket he wore when coming to
his work, and abfernided ; the watch he offered
fur file to a watchmaker, who after taking the
marks and number sefuled to purchafe it. He
fold it to a tradefman, who on learning the parti-
culars of the robbery took theprifoner int o coßody.
The prifoner in defence let up that Aylmer
owed him a guinea and a half, and that prefling
him for payment, they bade difpute. which ter-
minated in blows, when the profecutor gave up
the watch for the debt. The clothes. all bloody,
that Aylmer hadon were produced. and convinced
the Jury of the manner in which the watch and
money had been obtained, and they returned a Ter-
aina or—Guilty inflates".
Thurfday fe'unight came on at the Cagle of
Exeter, before a Special Jury, the long depending
and interelling catife for deciding' the right of
el.aing a Mayor for tire borough of Plymouth, in
which T. Cesar's'', Efq. was the nominal Plain-
tiff, and J. C. Lam:dean, Efq. the nominal De.
fendant. Mr. Glass led the cattle for Mr. CLIA-
T ;tailwind Mr. DALLAS for W141110)18 AD ; and ,'
s:ler a molt eloquent limb by Mr. Gress, and an I

able defence made by Mr. DALLAS, in rapport or
the tights of the Freemen or Commonalty, a full
verditt was given for Mr. LANOMPAD, by which
the Right of nation of the Mayor is decided to
he in and fioni the Commonalty at large, Intlead
of being confined to the narrower mode of Elec
ting bs Atfarers and a Jury, as contended by the
Aldermen.
The three Warrant Officers, who were convict
ed at the late Exeter affixes, of healing from his
Majelty's Chip the DIANA 200 pig. of ballall, viz.
James Martin, John Marfb, and Jofeph Crabb,
received sentence of death, and were left for exe
cuttom with Matthews, for horfc-dealing, on the
Id of April, at Exeter.
At the L.ancalter Affixes, which ended on Fri.
day lad, an action was brought by Mr. KIRKFA-
Ttucx, of Liverpool, attorney, againft the Pro.
prietors of the London Mail Coach, for damages,
as a compenfation for an injury he fattained by the
overturning of the Mail, on the London road, in
confequence of which his arm was broke, and he
was otherwife contiticrably broiled. The plaintiff
obtained a verdict, with zgel. damages. This ac-
cident was cccationed not by any negligence in the
Proprietors of the Coach, or any deficiency in its
appointments, but was owing folely to the drunk-
ennefs and carelanefs of the driver, and thews
the extreme importance of being perfettly aflured
orthe fteadinefs and fobriety of all perfons who are
ectrufted with fuch employments.
At the affixes for Derby the following prifoners
received fentence of death, viz. D. Wells, for the
murder of G. Bingham, of Barlborotigh, an old
man upwards of 7o years of age ; D. GiNot and
J. Gillot for horfe stealing; T. Carter, for fheep.
healing ; D. Pearce, alias H. Waller, for bur-
glary; and J. Robinfun, for privately healing in
a dwelling-houfe at Tidefwell.—D. Wells was ex-
ecuted on Saturday fe'nnight. After having been
fufpended, the rope flipped, and the wretched man I
fell to the ground, by which his leg was broken,
and he was otlicrwile much bruifed ; but being
immediately tied up again, he expired after a le.
vere struggle. It is laid, that he acknowledged
at the place of execution the commiffion of another
murder, two years ago, when he drove a waggon
over his unhappy viEtim, and reported, that he had
met his death by accident.
On Tuefday laft Thomas Henniker, convirtted
for being :Olive in destroying the premifes of Mr.
Naiffi, clothier at Trowbridge, was executed at
Fifherton, near Salifbury.
At Hereford affixes, J. Fowke. alias Coll, for
(beep-haling, and J. Fletcher, aged only ry. for
the murder of her new-born baitat d child. were
capitally convitled and condemned. Sentence of
death was silo pared on J. Teagucs, found guilty
of forgery at lath affixes.
The three German foldiers who were left for
excess ion at the Winclieller affixes, for a forgery,
have INCtiVed a reprieve.
Friday fenniglit Wm. College,
_ convieted of
horfe-Itealing, was executed on Red Hill, near
Ws:smelter. Spicer Woodham, found guilty of
(beep-Itealing, and left for execution, received a
refpiti. n Thurr,lay evening.
On Friday night, or early on Saturday morn-
ing lett, the hook of Mr. Richard Townend, of
' Lower.fireet. Iflington, was broke open, and en-
tered by a gang of villains, but being alarmed by
the family, they decamped without taking any,
thing of value.
Sunday night. about eleven o'clock, as Mr.
I Water' was returning to Town in a poft chaife,
he was hopped by two footpads upon Blackheath,
with black crape over their faces, who robbed him
of (even guineas in gold and a silver watch, and
with dreadful imprecations threatened to murder
him if he gave the leash alarm.
On Friday night, or eatly on Saturday morning
lath, the houfe of Mr. Richard Townend, of Tuff-
nell Place, Islington, was broke open and robbed
of several articles.

Wedaefday IA an inquifition was taken at Cul.
ham, before Mr. Ilocat.awo, Coroner, on view of
the body of Mr. John Tyrrell, a refpetlable farmer
of Drayton, in Brrkfhire, who was killed by a
fall from his horfe on the evening preceding, on
Wham Heatb.—Verdi&—Accidental Death.

Early in the morning of Monday fe'nnight, the
body of the wife of James Craw, grocer, in Sned•
don of Painey, was found in the over Cart, near
Paioey. with Inch marks of violence on the head
and other parts, as led to believe the had been
murdered: Craw, the hutbAntl, who had lived on
bad terms with the deceafed. was apprehended and
committed to prifon. and a precognition was
taken by the Sheriff ; but nothing having appear-
ed to juilify the detaining him. he has been liber-
ated on bail. The deceafed had been much ad.
ditied to drinking fpit its, and had, when intozi•
cated, been in the habit of leaving her hulband's
houfe at night. which is &listed upon the banks of
the river.

Mark Tyne, late of ViifMeld, near Wakefield,
has been committed to York Cattle, on a charge
of killing and flaying his wife ; the following par-
ticulars relating to this melancholy afair have
fine tranfpired
About one o'clock on the morning of Saturday
the sth inli. Tyne, who had fpent the evening from
home, returned ; fuon afterwards the neighbours,
James Fillstr and George Mellinger, heard his
wife fcream in the moll dreadful manner ;—they
immediately got up, and Filher perceived the de-
ceafed lying naked on the ground, &giggling to
get from her hufband ; having accomphlhed her
objeCt, the ran for protation, firfl into IF-ether's
and afterwards into Nita-copes bottle ; Tyne fol.
lowed, and having overtaken her, he dragged her
by the hair out of the cellar into which Pie had
gone to conceal !serial; and infifted upon her go.
ing home with hum; this the firmly objeeted to,
cxpretlirg ber liars that he would kill her. At
day break in the morning • quantity of hair was
found rear ch. hcd of the deceafich and • much
,larger qvant.ty in Medinger's Loofa Tbe
' tunate woman complained mach of the bruifes Ibe
had rec,:ived both on her head anJ body. and et
preffeJ hcrtch alarmed left they prove mor-
tal; theft fzars were ouhappuir rcalizeJ, for after
having languilbed un rtgT wnrll...ufe, at blitheld,
till the Friday follawieg, me wind.