Star. — 1831-07-23 (London, England)

MOIRE.  I shall now prove that honest inexperienced debtors may be ruined, should Lord NV's Bill become law. How often does it happen that young men give theif bills to advertising money-brokers to raise money, and bow frequently does it occur that those miscreants concert those drafts to their own account, and procure an unfortunate young man to he arrested for twenty thousand pounds, when there is not one shilling really due. Let me suppose this unfortunate young man to be arrested; and though he has a good defence in law to make, yet as he is unable to give bail in double the amount of the sum marked, he is liable to be declared a bankrupt, and all his property, both in possession and reversion, may be sold, and that in consequence of Lord Wynford's inconsiderate legislation which favours, much more than it prevents, frauds. _ _ _  SHEFFIELD COURANT, Jo* lb. The Assizes fee the county of York commenced on Saturday lut. Mr. Baton Vaughan arrived a little after five o'clock, Mr. Justice Parke having been detained in Lawlor, on account of the illness of a daughter. Charles Briggs and Janke Briggs, who were convicted at the lut assizes of feloniously sidling, kicking, and wounding Wm. broil, in the neighbourhood of Hatfield, on Sunday night, the 9th of January, with intent to do him some grievous bodily harm, were then called up to receive judgment, their case having been submitted to the consideration of the Judges. His Lordship, in passing sentence, observed that the prisoners had been convicted under the statute of 9 Gee. IV. cap. 31, see. 11, which re-enacted a former statute, the 43d of Geo. 111. cap. 68, with an addition. The 434 of Geo. 111. cap. 38, made it a capital offence for any person malidouly to cut or stab any person with intent to murder or do some grievous bodily harm, and under that statute the Judges held that it was necessary that the wound should be committed by some instrument capable of cutting or stabbing. and that an indictment could not be sustained if the wound were inflicted by a blunt instrument. His Lordship, in ordering Judgment of Death to be recorded, intimated to the prisoners that their offence was a serious one, as it was cornwitted to prevent the course of justice, and that though he should feel it right to recommend them to his Majesty's royal clemency, they must expect to be transported beyond the aces, for the term of their natural lives. Reuben Goodeer was indicted for feloniously stabbing, cutting, and wounding-Hannab his wife with intent to murder her. A. true bill was found against the prisoner at the last Assizes, but the trial was postponed on account of the proseentrix having been taken in labour on the mornings} pointed for the trial. Mr. Hardy and Mi. Milner wean 11l the prosecution, and Mr. Cottinghem defended the priest* In his defence, the prisoner said he was sorry for what bad happened ; he was in liquor at the time, or he should not have done any thing of the sort be not know how it was. .A general verdict of Not Guilty was recorded, and the prisoner was discharged on entering into recognizances with two aunties in the sum of 1001 each to keep the peace, and be of good behaviour towards his wife for the space of four years.