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London, England, 1828-07-21 00:00:00

WESTERN CIRCUIT.—WINCHESTER, duty 16._

Vicente b2oun, a Spaniard, WAS arraigned for having,
on the 9th of March last, at Portsmouth, wilfully and
Maliciously cut and stabbed one Thomas Stowe, with
intent to murder him, or do him some grievous bodily
harm. An interpreter endeavoured to explain to the
prisoner, who seemed to be a man of weak understand-
ing, the nature of the proceedings and of the circum- '
stances in which he was placed. The prisoner after
some time pleaded guilty to the charge, adding that
he wished to be tried. From this; taken altogether, it
was inferred that the prisoner intended to plead not',
guilty, and a plea of not guilty was recorded. He was
then asked by the clerk of the arraigns if he would be
tried by a jury composed of six Englishmen and six
foreigners, or by a jury altogether English ? The pri-
soner said that he would be tried by an English jury.
The prisoner was then removed from the bar.
Nanny &vacate, aged 59, and Jane Southcote, aged
17 (mother and daughter),were then indicted for having,
on the 29d March, in the Isle of Wight, wilfully mur-
dered a male illegitimate child, which had been then
recently born of the younger prisoner.
The evidence cf the surgeons who had attended the
young woman, and examined the body of the infant,
proved that the child had been born alive, and bad
died of some violence; but they said that the marks
upon the body were such as might have been the re-
sult of a wkwardnes and want of skill in the person as-
sisting at the delivery. The mother, who mime assisted
her daughter on the occasion, had never performed a
similar ,uty belore.—The jury acquitted the prisoners.

CROWN SIDE,-VORGERY.
TAornas Ellis stood charged with having, on the 14th
of January last, at Portsmi.uth, forged and counterfeited
a Navy bill to: 251. 183. in the name of one James
Monday, with intent to defraud the Commissioners of
his Majesty's Navy.
Mr. BAYLEY tfor the priyinerY contended that eiere
was, at the time of the uttering of the bill, a def. ct,
which no evidence on the part of the prosecuti,n could
core. It was clear that this could be no order for pair-
znent of money without a payee's name being insetted.
At the time of the uttering there was a blank, which
*as afterwards filled up by one of the witnesses, but it
Wasjetot such a bill as was contemplated by law. It was
clear that this 'paper had been presented for payment
by some person, but by whom it did not appear.
Mr. Justice LITTLEDALC held the objections valid,
and the prisoner was acquitted.
David Exale was indicted for killing and slaying a
person named Simpson. It appeared, horn the evidence,
that on ,the day laid in the indictment b, th parties were
present at a sort of rural festival, at Sadley Hill, in this
county, where a quarrel having arisen between them,
the prisoner inflicted upon Simpson several blows and
bruises, which ultimately proved fatal. It was proved,
ou the part of the prisoner, that the deceased chal-
lenged him to fight, and provoked him by his language.
They fought several rounds, and at length the deceased
declined going on, but not until he had received the
injuries of which.he died.—The prisoner, being fizad
Guilty, **fined 1 la and discharged.

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NORFOLK CIRCUIT—BUCKINGHAM, JuLir 18.
Josepi•Hook aged 21, Henry Wise. aged 21. and
John Careen, aged 21, stood indicted for having, on the
14th of May, at the gaol of Aylesbury, stolen a part of
a flitch of bacon, the property of Mr. James Sheriff.—
The prisoners in this case were undergoing sentence ut
imprisonment in Aylesbury Gaol for different peri,.ds,
on previous conviction* for ielony. They were each
sentenced to be transported for the term of. 14 years.
His Lordship observed to Green, that it was probable
he might have his sentence mitigated, if he made appli-
cation to the proper quarter. Alter the prisoners had
heard their dcom, Wyse said, with apparent hardi-
hood,
," Thank ye, my Lord, I did not know I had so
long ,to live."
loaeph Walker, late parish clerk of Owing, was in-
dicted for the murder of his wile by poison. It appeared
that the:prisoner had lived upon very bad terms with
his.eritri_ slice he became acquainted with a girl named
Begot. and bad on several occasions beat his wile and
threatened her lite. During her absencifrom home, at
a religions meeting which she was in the habit of at-
tencling,,the prisoner returned home, and, it is supposed,
placed some arsenic in the tea,por. The deceased on
returning home made some tea is this tea-pot, and
shwa, after abe had taken it became sick, and ethi-
bited symptoms of having taken poison. lier son, who
came in shortly afterwardst drank some of the tea, and
he also became very. ill, 614 **misted. The body of
the deceased, when opened, presented the appearance'
of having contained poison. The primmer was found
Guilty, and ordered for meet:ion on Monday.
41Fa4lam Baidtiand, f fohng Man only
.20 years of
age., ries indicted for basing cut his wife's throats with
intent to murder her. The primmer was &labours:Nand
resided at Vraysltry. On the night of..the 4th of
April The prisottet and bis wife bad a slight quarrel,

when the prisoner, in the heat of passion, cot his wife's
throat with a knife, and then cut his own. He was
instantly afterwards taken into custody, when be ad-
mitted having committed the offence. The wound in
his own throat was very slight, bat that in his wife's
was extremely dangerous. After the occurrence took
Place and when the prisoner's wife had recovered a
little frAm the injury,she said that she and her husband
had had a quarrel, and he struck her head against the
fire-place several times. She ran to a corner of a chest
of drawers, and her husband then cut her throat with
el clasp knife, which was found in a place where she
said it had been thrown by the prisoner.
The wife of the prisoner, who has been in custody
ever since her recovery, in consequence of her refusing
t r become a witness against her husband, was brought
into the witness' dock. She is 23 years of age. She
at first refused to be sworn, and after she was sworn,
she said she would not speak against her husband. On
bring pressed, she said that she cut her own throat, and
that the prisoner cut his afterwards.
The LORD CHIEF BARON, in summing up the case,
said the Jury must entirely reject the evidence of the
wife.—The Jury found the prisoner Guilty, and he was
ordered for execution.