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London, England, 1818-07-21 00:00:00

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issal he had gone to Haselton in hopes of rem- '
feting his situation, and had begged his pardon for
the irregularity of trusting to his eye in one instance
as to the quantity in 19 sacks. His eye happened to
be correct, but it was an igegularity in his situation.
The Jury, however, would: not construe strictly such
an expression, at least they would not suffer it to
prejudice Martin. The characters of both were of
the very best and highest kind, and it was the ad-
vantage of such possession that it afforded great
protection in the hour of difficulty and danger. He
animadverted upon the possible injury to the defen-
dants froM Hasehon's religious aversion to an oath,
being a Quaker, and not giving evidence.
The Jury instantly found both—Not Guilty.
Mr. (;ROSS.—Aid is this faithful old servant to be
held in distress for months, and to be tried for felony
at the next Assizes?
After some consultation, Askey was obliged to
give bail, himself in £lOO, and two sureties in £5O
each, to appear at next Assizes to be tried for felony
in embezzling the difference of corn with respect to
which he had been acquitted of conspiracy. The bail

was instantly given.
Askey repeatedly wept while Mr. Cross alluded
al his services and his sufferings.
This trial occupied the Court till three o'clock.—
The convicts were then brought up for judgment.
Joshua Mimeold, Joseph Wounald, and Benjamin
Buckley, three very young, stout, and handsome men,
convicted of petty larceny ra Dewsbury, were sen-
tenced to transportation for seven years.
The following 15 convicts were next arranged at
the bar at once liar sentence
George Long, George Groves, David Holt, James `way,,Ga
John Brook, Thomas Beason, and Thomas Pearson, ra
it-
weeny; Isaac Parr-r, John Fairer, Joseph Ferrer, John M
chell, and William Hague, for burglary ; James Jackson, and
Thum Bradley, for horse stealing ; and William &bids, for
sheep stealilg.
Mr Justice BAYLEY, standing, his head covered
with the terrible emblem of a sentence of death, and
with a look of mixed solemnity and sorrow, address-
ed them :—" It is most painful to find that in the
short space of three months not less than fifteen per-
sons should come to stand in the situation in which
you now stand. The crimes of some of you are ac-
companied with circutristances of peculiar aggrava-
tion. You, Farrers, were at that bar before. This
I know, not from information, but from painful re-
collection. Your danger. and your acquittal failed
to have their proper effect on you: and in justice to
the public, I must pause before I determine whether
my rtsFonsibility can allow me to recommend you
to the mercy of the Crown."--(The Learned Judge
tow made particular observations on the circum-
stances of each crimt of which the several prisoners
had been convicted.)—" You, William Smith, stand
there a most afflicting monument of the dreadful
effects of crime. For many, many years, your cha-
racter stood as high as the character of any man
Could stand. You-had a son who looked to you for
example :aid assistance ; you had a parent that felt
deeply ihtereqed in you. Thoth, you have irrepa-
ridsly injnrcd and disgraced you have contributed
to bring the grey hairs of tile other with sorrow to
. the grave. Criminals, if for your own happiness you
Mid no feeling, could you forget that you had friends
and relations, parents and children, who are most
deeply interested in you, and who participate in your
danger and disgrace? The folly of sin is at least
equal to its criminality ; it seldom escapes punish-
saint from the laws of the land ; but there is an eye
from which no prudence can conceal, and no dexte-
rity elude. There is an infatuation in 'Crime which
ficilitates detection : often, too, criminals themselves
its the most extraordinary manner divulge their
Crimes : nor is this accident : it is the wise arrange-
ment of that BEING who rules over all. Remember,
too, that there is another world where the punishment
of crimes, not forgiven, shall be abundant and eter-
xial. I beseech you, then, to employ your time in
eastaining the mercy of Goo, and preparing for an-
other world ; the time cannot be misspent that is so
employed ; there is no extraordinary atrocity in your
cases, Farrers, Mitchell, and Hague, to prevent me
ficom recommending you as well as the rest fommercy.
The sentence of the law is, that you be all hanged
by the neck till you are dead, and may the LORD
have mercy on your soull."
All the criminal trials being now finished, the
Court adjourned at four o'clock.