The Sun. — 1849-08-13 (London, England)

ROLFE.) Charles Davis, 17, was indicted for having, at Horfield, on the .29th of July, feloniously and maliciously shot at George Ward Nash, with intent to do him some grievous bodily harm. Mr. Skinner prosecuted, and Mr. M'Mahon defended the prisoner, who. it appeared, was keeping the birds from the wheat, when the prosecutor and a roan nsmed Lock entered the field. lie called out to them not to go among the wheat; they came up to him, and Nash struck him, on which the prisoner discharged his gun at Nash, burning his hair but providentially doing him but little injury, most of the charge passing by him, except two or three shots, which struck him on the back of the head. The jury acquitted the prisoner of the felony, and found him guilty of an assault, for which he was sentenced to three months' imprisonment. Thomas Perkins, 16, was indicted for cutting and wounding James Nash, at South Hamlet, on the 4th of May, with intent to do him some grievous bodily harm. It appeared that the prosecutor was in the employ of Mr. Guest, a contractor on the Gloucester and Berkeley Canal, and he went into a stable to get a strap, where he encountered the prisoner, who said, " If thee'st take that strap, I'll stab thee." Suiting the action to the word, ho drew a knife out of his trousers pocket and instantly struck Nash with it in the middle of the right arm. The wound did not appear to have been of a very serious nature, and it was dressed at the Glouceeter in. firmary.  The jury convicted the prisoner of an assault, and ho was sentetced to three months' imprisonment. Margaret lifultate, 21, was brought up by a writ of habeas corpus fro:a the gaol of Bristol, and indicted for maliciously stabbing George Br.) ant, at St. Stephen':., on the 29th of May, with intent to maim and disfigure him. Mr, Powell prosecuted. The prisoner, who was undofended, cried most piteously throughout the trial. The prosecutor is a labourer, at Bristol, and on WhitMonday last went with another young man to the theatre. Bryant, after leaving there, was walking along the quay with a female, when the prisoner came up, and, using abusive language, struck him in the arm with a knife. He felt down, and the prisoner again struck him in the right side with the knife. He was confined in the hospital for a fortnight. The prosecutor conducted himself with so much levity in the witnessbox, that the Judge threatened to commit him. In her defence, the prisoner said Bryant's brother kept company with her, but the prosecutor was jealous, And had beaten and kicked her several times because  she would not yield to him. Ile had dune so on the night in question because she had resisted his solicitations.  The jury found the prisoner guilty of an assault only, and she was sentenced to three months' imprisonment, on which she fell down in convulsions, and was carried out of court.  Julin Millard, 40, removed by writ of habeas from Bristol, was indicted for cutting and wounding Elizabeth Millard, his wife, with intent to kill and murder her. The following are the facts of this case : On the 13th of July last, about eight o'clock in the morning, the prosecutrix went out to work, leaving the prisoner at home. Feeling unwell she returned home at ten, when she missed a gown and a shawl. She asked her husband what he had done with it, and he commenced abusing her, threatening her, and saying, " I will be your murderer." She was alarmed, and ran from the house, but Millard fetched her back, dragged her into the parlour, locked her in. and went into the kitchen, where he sharpened a knife, with which he returned, and again swore he would murder the woman. He knocked her down, and cut her Mice across the nose between the eyes, so as nearly to sever that organ from hcr face. She was taken to the hospital, where her wounds were dressed, and she was found to be much bruised about the body. It appeared that he had beaten his wife at intervals from ten until three o'clock, when he used the knife. On the policeman going to the house, he found the prisoner lying on a bed, quite unconcerned at the horritile outrage he had committed. There was a pool of blood on the parlour floor, and also a knife. The jury found the prisoner Guilty, and Mr. Baron RuLFE ordered judgment of death to be recorded against him.  NORTHERN ClRCUlT—Lancaster, Aug. 10.