Cambridge, Thursday, Aug....
The Times, 1824-08-07T00:00:00

UROAVlf ?31DE-Befikre Afr- J-t;,"' G -lQrT vr- Henry Linzdscl was idilcted tbr having assaulted Thomas Whit- by, on the 10th of iApril, at Shelford, and lhaving inflicted a wound upon hiim there witlh a knife, which occasionedI his death. The co- roner in this case had returned a verdict that Lindsell acted in his own defence; but he was subsequently committed to prison by two magistrates on a charge of wilful murder. The Grand Jury now Iound one bill against him for manslauglhter, and ia second for an assault upon a man named Yin. Shearing. It ap;,eared from the statement ot the witnesses for the prosecu- tion, in the course ot an immense mass of rather unintelligible.evi- dence, that Lindsell on the night of the 10th of April had stopped with a horse and oart at a pubiic-hotise called the Three f2orse Shoes, in Little Shielford. Wihen he came to this io7UseYe ewas something fresh, halvin before been drinking at a public-house called The Prince Regent; a id while he stayeil at the Three Hlorse Shoes, he was observed bly a person who held the horse, to come out of the house once, tucking a knife up his sleeve. At the end of about three quar- ters of ani hour, Lindmell camne out of the public-hiouse (the Thrce Horse Shoes) a second time, in companv with Thomas Whitby, the man whlo was afterwards killed. I,ndsell (as it was alleged) asked W1 hithy to go with himn on his way to Great Shelford, to whichi the latter agreed; and they started followed by Joseph anti William Shearing. The remainder of tile case rested chiefly U9po0 the tvidence ot 1 oseph Sheairing, who said that wheti the paity had proceeded a short distance on the road, a little past Sir Charles Wall'v house, he 8aw Lindsell knock M hitby down. It was at that time that the mortal wound was given ; and Lindsell ran away, crying " murder." The death of \Vhitby was farther proved from the woind that lie received ; and it appeared that before lie died he Made a declaration that Lindsell assaulted hiim, unprovoked, and struck hiim with some sharp instrument. In his defence, Lindsell declared that Whitby and the Shearings had surrounded him in Little Shelford, and had insisted on liis treating ihes with beer, which he did in order to get rid of them. He wanted to get a constable; and asked the landlord of the " Three Horse Shoe.4" where there was one; but the landlord told him shortlv that" they wanted no constable there." WVhen prisoner strrtea for Great Shelford, the witnesses (Shearing) and WVhitby still kept near hinm ; aind lie heard them say to each other, " lie shan't pass: d-_n his eves, we will do for hiim to-night." At this time Whitby atid the Sliearings were before him; and on his attempting to pass, the deceased seized his horse, and turned the animal rourid. Joseph Shearing at the same timc kaocked the prisonerouit of his cart, and stopped thehorse. WVilliam Shearing then came sip with a knife in his hand ; prisoner knocked him down ; and a general scuffle ensued, to the particulars of which he could not speak. The msaterial question in this case seemed to be, whether or not the Shearings andt Whitby hadl really committed or meditated any assault upon Lindsell; and to prove that thev bad entertained such an intention, threc young women (servants of Sir Charles Wall) were called on the parto; Lindacll. These witnesses swore, that about 12 o'clock on the night of the 10th of April, they saw two men on the road before their master's house; these men afterwards skulked aong under the paling as if tlhey wished to hide themselves ; they (witnesses) looked outof thiewindowv (two of them), and heard one of the men say, " He's coming now, d-m him, we will do for him." A cart then passed bv, and both the men sprang atter it. Presently witnesses heard some one cry "Do you mean to murder me r" or, 1 Are you come after me to mur,ler me ?" Afterwards there was a noise and scuffling, aud one man seemed to be knocked down. It was a moonlight night on the 10tli of' April; but not so light as that the perse-s of any of the meie could be identified. The JJury, after retiring for about 10 minrutes, returned a verdict of acq Hautl in favour of Lindsell ; an(d after this verdict, the secoiitl indictlment, for the assault upon WVilliam Shearing, was not pro- ceeded in. CAMIBRIDGE. TTrrrnRtnv A f..