Star.
London, England, 1818-03-09 00:00:00

HERTFORDSHIRE ASSIZES.

A man named Benjamin Foster was indicted on a
charge of murdering his wife, but the Grand Jury
ignored the bill.—The fullowibg were the only cases
worth mentioning :
William Dyer, aged 18, late a desertt‘r from the
Marine Depot at Chatham, wns indicted for a violent
assault upon the person of Thomas Clarke, on the
King's highway, and taking from his person a silver
watch and 71. in Bank-notes, and other property, on'
the 12th of September last, in the parish of Braughin.
All that ingenious cross-examination could effect
for the prisoner was done by Mr. ADOLPHUS.
The prisoner strenuously denied his guilt, said he
knew nothing of the prosecutor, and was a stranger'
to that part .of the country.
Mr. Baron WOOD detailed the evidence to the Jury
with the greatest minuteness and impartiality, and
the Jury immediately found the prisoner Guilty—
Death. He was left for execution.

Edward Hooper, aged 24, was capitally indicted
for breaking and entering the dwelling-house of John
Edmunds, of Watford, in this county, on the night
of the 9th of January last, and stealing therein one
dozen and a half of razors, one dozen and a half of
knives and forks, some scissors, a silver spoon, some]
wearing apparel, and a quantity of gin and brandy.
The Jury returned a verdict of Guilty—Death, but
recommended him to mercy.
The Assizes finished on Saturday evening, when
sentence of death was passed on—
_ . _

Robert Ruskin, Richard Bradshaw, and Barnard Rodwell,
for horse-stealing; William Fountain and Thomas Hat r, for
sheep-stealing ; James Andrews, for house-breaking ; Ldward
Harper, Joseph Milton, John Martin, John little, and William
Edwards, for burglary ; and William Dyer, for highwarrobbery
The culprits, with the exception of Dyer, seemed
deeply affected. Dyer was told by Baron Woos not
to entertain any hope of mercy in this world.

OXFORDSHIRE ASSIZES.
AUSTIN V. YORKE.

An action was brought by a livery stable.keeper of
Oxford, against the defendant, who is son of Colonel
Yorke, to recover a bill ef IS/. the items of which
were composed of the following charges : 81. for the
purchase of a horse 21.45. for the keep of it ; and
21. f6s. for the hire of horses.

Mr. JARVIS, Counsel for the defendant, contended,
that the articles in question were not necessaries.
The Learned Judge fully coincided in opinion with
the defendant's Counsel, and most strongly recom-
mended the Jury to find a verdict for the defendant,
which they did accordingly, without hesitation.

Monday night, the house of Mr. Jackson, the sign
of the London Bridge, Maze Pond, Southwark, was
broke open, and property stolen, consisting of money,
plate, linen, and liquor, to a considerable amount.
Tuesday night the respective premises of Mr.l)l uce,
Bermondsey-street, Mr. Cribb, South-street, Lam-
beth, Mr. Wallis, Snow's-fields, and Mr. Owen, Suf-
folk-street, St. George's-fields, shoemaker, were broke
open. At the latter house the robbers effected an en-
trance by forcing down one of the shutters and break-
ing one of the windows. They conveyed away a
quantity of shoes. The watchman observed the breach
in the front of the house, and alarmed the family.—
The robbers returned in about half an hour after-
wards, and is consequence if no measures having
been taken to stop up the cavity, they again entered
and stole another lot of shoes. Sixty pair of shoes
were taken in the whole.