Star.
London, England, 1821-08-09 00:00:00

YORK ASSIZES, AUGUST 6.

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Mr. Justice BAYLEY went to the Guildhall at nine
o'clock this morning, and charged the City Grand
Jury. In the course of half an hour the Grand Jury
returned true bills against the two prisoners in the
calendar, and the Court immediately proceeded to
their trial.

FORGERY.
Mr. POLLOCK opened the case, and Mr. SINCLAIR ,
the Recorder of York, stated the circumstances to
the Jury. Richard Young, a private in the 19th
Lancers, had, on the sth of May last, called at the
Banking-office of Messrs. Wilson, Tweedy, and Co.
and stated that Major Skelton, his Commanding of-
ficer, was unable to leave his room in consequence
of a fall he had had from his horse, and wished an
order to be drawn upon Messrs. Greenwood, Cox, •
and Co. in London, for X3O, and to be sent to him
for signature. This was done, and the prisoner re-
turned in about an hour with 11. Skelton" signed
to the order. The motley was paid to the prisoner.
Messrs. Greenwood, Cox, and Co. refused to honour
the order on the ground of forgery. The prisoner
was apprehended in Leeds, when he confessed the
fin fiery.—The prisoner was acquitted upon the indict-
mea, because the final letter in the hignaturc appeared
Lo be In, and not. n, as charged in the indictment.

HOUSE STEALING.
Mr. COLTMAN conducted this proF.ecution.--John
Malt6y, the pi isoner, bad been found on the Ist of
June riding a mare, which two persons who met him
recognised to be Benjamin Mountain's praperty.—
Thir said so to the prisoner, struck him with an um-
brella, and forced him to dismount. The prisoner
rut away, but was overtaken by them • and appre-
h..nded. The prisoner, in his defence, said that he
had been employed by Mr. Barker, a horse-dealer in
York, and that he had supposed the mare in question
to be the galloway which Mr. Barker missed. Mr.
Barker• was called, and gave evidence to this effect:
He had known the prisoner for two years, and had
occasionally employed him. On cross-examination
he.stated, that ele prisoner had once been tried here
before, bnt had been acquitted. The galloway which
was missed then vas actually found afterwards near
the place from which the mare had been removed.—
Not Guilty.
At twelve o'clock Mr. Justice BATLEY proceeded
to the Castle, and took his seat on the Nisi Prius side.
The first action was on a bastardy-bond. There
was no defence, and the verdict was fur the plaintiff
to the amount proved—£ls. 16s.

• SALISBURY, AUGUST 7.
Cooksey, a farmer at Tilshead, was indicted for
manslaughter, and the following evidence was ad-
duced at the trial:—Robert Coleman stated, that he
was the husband of the deceased, and a veterinary
surgeon at Tilshead ; that on the 29th of May last he
was standing on the street, at his own door, between
eleven and twelve at night; he saw the prisoner, and
heard him; there were several other persons•present.
Two men, named Baker, who are the sons of an inn-
keeper, were leading him ; he was trying to come at or
nigh the witness; he did not consider he was drunk;
at' that time Mrs. Coleman was in the house; wit-
ness's son was from home; he was gone to Langford,
eight miles distant; he rode home just at that time;
prisoner was abusing witness. and trying to strike him ;
at that time witness s son came up, and Mrs. Coleman
ran out of the house to desire her son to go in, lest the
prisoner should injure him. Cooksey then walked on
a little farther towards his home, and my wife fol-
lowed, as my son had walked after Cooksey, keeping'
nearly opposite to him. Cooksey was then at the side
Of the road, when he turned back, and struck her on
the left side of the neck with his right fist, which blow
knocked her down. As soon'as she rose she was much
frightened, and walked into the house. Witness did
not see her rise from the ground, but afterwards
saw her in the house, about ten minutes after. Witness
passed the interval with a Mr. Norris, in the road, for
the prisoner was still raving, and trying to kick Mr.
Nor:is.. As soon as Mr. Norris was kicked, he
went into the house, and witness with him—
when he found the deceased in a trembling nervous
state, and very much frightened ; she said she was
very stiff and sore where the blow took her in the
neck ; he very soon went to bed, and had a very rest-
[less night, often trembling and shaking in the night;
the following night she trembled much more, and WAS
.*orse, and the succeeding day said that the stiffness
in the neck was a little more into the shoulder. On
Thursday folio" ing, the :31st, she was still worse and
could not move her arm up. Witness did not look at
the place injured, because she was a timid woman, and
be thought it would not hurt her. However, on the day
following, June 1, she complained cf a pain in her
breast, and at night when they went to bed, she said the
pain was farther down at the side of her belly; she
thought it was much swollen,ard desired witness to feel
It was, however, so tender, she could scarcely bear it
touched with a finger. Witness felt a great heat and
a throbbing against his finger, and in the morning the
part was much swollen, as he saw it at the side of her
belly. The swelling continued increasing in size, with
a great deal of pain. Witness fomented the part with
warm water, which was the only external remedy he
applied, but he gave her a little rhubarb and warm
water, as he had been accustomed to do. I also, on
the Tuesday week after the blow, gave her sonic aloe