The Sun. — 1853-07-13 (London, England)

NORFOLK CIRCUIT.—AYLESBURY, JULY 12. The commencement of business at the assizes for the county of Bucks had been announced for two o'clock yesterday, and the grand jury had been summoned to attend at that hour. The one o'clock train, however, brought neither of the judges, the Lord Chief Justice of the Common Pleas being detained in town, and Baron Parke prevented by indisposition from leaving home. The commission, however, was opened by Mr. O'Malley, Q.C., who afterwards attended at the usual service in church.  The business was then postponed till this morning. In the evening an entertainment on a scale of great magnificence was given to the magistracy and the bar by Abraham Darby, Esq., of Stoke Court, the high sheriff of the county. The calendar contains a list of 13 prisoners ; but with the exception of a charge of robbery and another of a felonious assault on a female child, the offences are not of a serious description. Henry Adams, aged 23, was indicted for having violently assaulted and cut, with intent to murder, Ann Simmons, and stolen from her person six half-crowns and other money. The prisoner pleaded guilty. The learned Judge told him that he had no discretion, but was bound to order sentence of death to be recorded. If any reason existed why a punishment short of transportation for life should be inflicted, application must be made to the Crown.  Ellen Martin, a girl 16 years of age, and of great personal attractions, was indicted for uttering a forged order for 10 yards of blue barege, 10 yards of white book muslin, 20 yards of white muslin, and a pair of stays 20 in. to the waist.  Mr. Latham Browne prosecuted ; Mr. David Power defended.  On the 23d of May Mr. Quelch, a draper in Aylesbury, received by post a letter purporting to come from a Mrs. Carter, of Merisch, directing that the property named in the indictment should be made into a parcel and left for her at the White Hart at nine o'clock the next morning, to be called for. Mr. Quelch made up a parcel containing all the goods so ordered, except the stays, which he had not by him, and sent it according to the directions of the letter. It did not appear how the parcel had been taken away from the White Hart, but on the forenoon of the 24th the prisoner, who was an apprentice to a milliner in this town, of the name of Webb, took to another milliner, who was a stranger to her, the barege to be made up into a dress for her. In the evening of the same day she took the white muslin to a third milliner, with like directions. These circumstances having transpired an application was made to the mistress of the prisoner for leave to examine the prisoner's box. That was done, and the book muslin was found therein.  The Jury returned a verdict of Guilty, and recommended the prisoner to mercy. The learned Judge then passed on her a sentence of 12 months' imprisonment with hard labour.  oxroni) Ulltdtfru-k-r' 12.  The assizes were brought to a close at twelve o'clock to-day, though the judges did not sit till half-past nine. There were only five cases remaining for trial this morning, of which three were for larceny, one for feloniously wounding, and the fifth for murder.