Lent Assizes.
The Times, 1824-03-24T00:00:00

'l'his was, an, action on- the casc against miller, for unlawthrfuly andl &eceitfully returning to tieplaintiffaquantity of inferior flour,asalls prodde ot0wheatwhichlhadbetn sent byhim to theirmill to beground it was proved athat the plaintiff a farmer, was in the habit of send- ing corn to the defendant's mil to be ground; he had frequently occasion to complain that the qqality of the flour returned to him was inferior to whathe had a right to expect as the produce of his corn. On the oecasion which gave rise to the present action, he took precautions to detect what he suspected to be the result of de- sign; and accordingly he obtained decisive evidence that a fraud had been practised upon him. It was admitted, on crosseexamination of the vlaintiff's witness, that the parcel of wheut in question had begun to grow before it was sent to the defendant's mill. The fraud of which the plaintiff complalhed was stated to be one of not unfrequent occurrence. efoce the plaintiff's cuse dosed, Mr. G(u RawEY interposed, and admitted that the defendants must submit to a verdict against tbem. The transaction of which the plaintiff complained arose from mis- take, in deliveriuz to him other flour than that wvhich was the pro. dauce of his own corn. IHe had agreed with the counsel on the other side that averdict should.be estered for 101. The Jury were directed to find a verdict for the plaintlff_Da. m-wes IOL SANDnA.Ml VY. 51AaS5ALL. This was an action on the case for the negligent conduct of the de- fendant's servant, in driving a waggon, vwhereby a gig, in which the plaintiff was riding, was upset, brokern, and his person injured. The plaintiff was upwards of 80 years of age, and on the 10th of Septenmber, 1S21, he was riding with his wife in a small one-horse chaisehbenween Little Hampton and Ferring, when he met tWO carts of the dlefendant's., driven by the servant of the latter. The carts were on the wrong side ofthe road, and in endeavouring to escape the d3nger which impended in passing, the gig was upset and smashed to pieces, and orn of the wheels of the nearest cart 'went over the fiesby part of the plaint!ffis left arm. Re was taken up in helpless state, and carried to the nearest house, and notwithstand- ing his advanced age, speedily recovered. For this injury the action was brought. The gig cost 611. or 71. in repairing, and the surgeon's bill caine to27s. Witnesses were exariined on both sides as to the cause of the accident, and on theresult, the Jury, under the learned Judge's tirections, found their verdict for the plaintiff-Damages 201. CROWN SIDE.-PoST-OrFICE x ROSECUTIO(. William Georgc Angej, a young mau, aged 17, son of the deputy postmaster of Chichester,' was indicted for stealing from the post- office of'that city, on the 8th of February, a letter containing bank- bills and notes to the amount of 1001., the propertv of Al essrs Win- ter and Ridge, iron.merchants at Bankside,* Surrey. The prisoner was also indicted at common law for the offence of stealing the same notes and biUs. To this latter indictment he pleauled " guilty," upon an understanding that he should not be prosecuted for the offence againist the statute, whereby his life would be in jeopardy Mir. Sergeant O0S2 ow (with wlhom was Alr. NOLAX, and fr. BOLLAND), for the prosecution, stated, that in consideration of the prisoner's youth, he was not instructed to offer any evidence upon the charge affecting the prisoner's lite, azd therefore upon that in- dictment the jury would find the prisoner " not guilty." Th; Jury fonid him No Guilty accordingl; and for the larceny he was sentenced to be transported for seven years. The prisoner was a young mnin of very respectable appearance. ' - -. L E ,''NT ASSI0gS. HONSIUAX1 I Aaci 22; -AllvlJL,lll)r.-ZEM2MTT V. CArFYW Allr-tl AIYWr?"-