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      YORKSHIRE 8 DMVSR ASSIZES . m CROWN COURT .-Satcrdat , Jvlt 18 . 19 th of June , at Follifoot , Btolen two ewe * l !_ d four lambs , belonging to Joseph W _ U& .-Sfcntenw was deferred-Joseph Craggt , 26 was indicted for having , on the 12 th of June , at Newton Morrell , near Richmond committed * rape on Jane Apedale , a girl about 13 years of age . Mr . Elslbt and Mr . Tempi * were for the prosecution ; Sit G . Lewis was for the prisoner . The details of die case are unfit for publication . The prisoner is & labouring man , with three cnudren , and the prosecutrix was living with him at the time to take care of his children . The evidence ailed to support the capital charge , but the Jury found him guilty of a common assault . —To be kept to hard labour three years . Thomas Jones , 25 , was indicted for having , on the 23 rd of June , at Bradford , unlawfully and feloniously assaulted Ellen Verity , & girl only nine years of age , with intent to commit a rape on her person . Mr . Elslbt and Mr . Wasksy were for the prosecu-^^^

      tion ; the prisoner was undefended . The prisoner is s shoemaker , and the prosecutrix is the daughter of a woman with whom he cohabited . —Guilty . To be kept to hard labour for two years , and at the expiration of that time to enter into his own recognizances of £ 20 , with two sureties of 40 a . each to k « ep the peace for three years towards all her Majesty ' s subjects , and especially Ellen Verity . Joseph Marshall , 67 , was indicted for having , on the 8 ih of March , committed a rape on the person of Uliza Middleton , a girl twelve years of age . Messrs . Baikbs and Overesd were for the prosecution ; the prisoner was undefended . The prisoner is a bleacher , ¦ and the . prosecutrix , who is an orphan , was a ; the time the offence was committed living with her ancle , Mr . Thomas RobinEon , who is a stone-mason -and beer-house keeper . Tne Jury immediately found prisoner guilty , and the Judge ordered the prisoner to stand down , informing him that his life was sacrificed .

      John Langley , who had been removed from Rotherham Sessions , was charged with- having forged an order of credit for the payment of * £ 83 &e . 9 d ., with intent to defraud one John Langley , of Woiverhampton . There were two other counts in the indietment , stating the intent to have been , to defraud the North of Scotland Banking Company , and the Yorkshire District Banking Company . Mr . Woktlbt and Mr . Pashlet were for the proeecu--bon ; the prisoner was undefended . Air . WofiTLEY opened the case by stating that if a person wrote his own name on an instrument in favor of another party of the same name , knowingl y , with intent to defraud him , he was guilty of forgerv . This was the charge against the prisoner . - The facts

      were these : —A gentleman named John Langley , a ¦ commercial traveller , had an account with the North of Scotland Banking Company , and in August last year he gave directions to have the account closed and the balance remitted to him . At that time he was living at WoVrerhampton , and to that place the letter ought to have been directed . The account ¦ was made up , and £ 83 9 s . 9 d . was found to be due to him . The manager of the head-office of the bank * t Aberdeen drew an order of credit on their correspondents at Sheffield , the Yorkshire District Banking Company , and the letter was directed instead of to Wolverhampton , to John Langley , Esq ., Sheffield For some time the postman was at a loss to find a person answering the description ; at last a person named

      John Langley was found , and that individual was the prisoner at the bar . The letter was left with a neighbour of the name of Fretwell , from whom the prisoner received it . He at first doubted whether he should open it , saying ** It cannot be for me , for if the person who sent it knew my circumstances , he would not have directed it" Esquire . " Subsequently he did open it , and the letter was in these words : — " North of Scotland Bank , 4 th Nov ., 1839 . John Langley , Esq . Above I now beg to hand you a letter of credit on the Yorkshire District Banking Company for £ 83 9 s . 9 d ., being the price of jour twenty-five shares , deducting half the cost of transfer , "Henry Paterson , manager ; and inclosed was a detailed account of the transaction . The

      letter contained an order of credit drawn by Mr . Paterson , and addressed to the Yorkshire District Banking Company . When he fin-t opened the letter ne said he had nothing to do with Aberdeen , but he -afterwards stated it might have come from a brother of his , who at one time intended to have settled at Aberdeen . " Mr 3 . Fretwell advised him to leave the letter , and she would consult her husband about it . On coming back he was advised by them to take the letter to the bank and to receive the money , and then to write to Aberdeen , informing the bankers there that he had the mosey in his possession . The prisoner anfortunately followed one part of his advice , but not the other . He took the order of ¦ credit * nd presented it to Mr . Pearson , the cashier at the bank , writing the name " John Langlev" at the back of it . Mr . Langley , of WolTerbampton , aot receiving his money , wrote to the bank : enauirv

      was instituted , and the prisoner was found who admitted drawing the money , and produced the letter which he had kept , together with a copy of the numbers of the notes he had received at the bank . Witnesses haying been called to prove these facts , the prisoner said in defence , that he had % brother who was -transported at the last assizes , and for whom he had entered into liabilities to fee extent of £ 600 . In April , 1839 , that brother was taken into custody and made an assignment ; as he had received so" benefit under the assignment he certainly expected his brother would endeavour to provide somethingiior him ; and when he received the letter he felt no doubt but H was done by bi 3 brother or by his orders . The only doubt he had was , whether it was with the knowledge of his brother ' s assignees " . In consequence of this he wrote to the solicitor of the assignees ( Mr . Nicholson ) , and not receiving atfy answer from him , he appropriated the money to his

      -own use . The Xiearaed Jcdgb briefly summed up , when the Jury found the prisoner not guilty . MONDAY , July 20 . George Wadsworth , 25 , pleaded guilty to having , at Halifax , detained certain poet letters . To be imprisoned in York Castle for six weeks . MCBDKB AI HCLL . Ann Gilmore , 36 , was charged with the wilful Hiurder of Margaret Gilmore , her own child , at Hull .

      Mr . Baikes and Mr . Bain conducted the prosecution ; the prisoner was defended by Mr . Murpht . The following witnesses were called : — Mary Wo ^ an , who deposed that she was the wife of George Wogan , who keeps a lodging-house in Hull . The prisoner lodged with them , and had three children , Ellen , John , and Margaret . She recollected seeing the youngest , Margaret , who was one T ear and nine months old , on Saturday night , the 5 th of March , -which was the day before it died . The child was then delicate , bat it was no worse than nsnaL About ten o ' clock at night she heard the child crying up stairs ; she told the prisoner to go up to i * . Prisoner said Let it cry on . " Ellen brought the child into the front room next morning , between eight and nine o ' clock . It was then quite

      well and was laughing . Witness told Ellen to go into the back kitchen and put its shoes on . The prisoner came into the front room with a cup in her hand ; they were then at breakfast . She took up a table spoon , put some sugar into it , and went into the back kitcben . About twenty minutes afterwards she went up stairs ; the prisoner was kneeling by the side of the bed on which the child was lyings The prisoner had one hand over the chila ' s face , and with the other she wad wiping its chin . She was lying over the child ' s head . Witness pushed her back . The prisoner said , What did you push my head back for ! " She replied , " I want to sec the child ' s face . " Her reply was , " You ' ve seen it often enough f and she would not allow her to see it . The

      child was vomiting something brown out of its mouth and nose . The lips and tongue were quite swoileu . Witness asked the prisoner what she had bern giving the child ; she said nothing but water . Witness said , " Water would not leave its mouth in that manner ; you ' ve poisoned the child . " She replied , ** God foigive thee Mary for saying that I have poisoned my own child . " She returned in a few minutes , and asked the prisoner what had burnt the child ' s chin * and breast . She said it was what had ~ " spewed" out of its mouth that had done that . The child ' s neck , breast , and chin looked like a piece of burnt leather . They sent for a doctor , and as he did not come , she ordered her daughter to go with the child t « the Infirmary , to see what the mother had given H . The prisoner wag willing to go , but said she thought the doctors would do it no good .

      They returned , as the aurse said the doctors could do it no good , for it was dying ; on coming back , the prisoner aid , Poor thing , Bh « will be no more trouble to us . " Mr . Fullam , the surgeon , came in the afternoon , and the prisoner then took the child's clothes down stairs and began washing them . After she had done washing the clothes &he said she would go > and wash the chikL Witness's husband locked the door and would not 1 st her ; on being refused she complained , Baying she thought she could do what Bhe liked with he own . The police toot her into custody on the same night , about eleven o'clock . . ¦ " - Cross-examined—It was a sickly child , asd the prisoner use to give it medicine . It is usual after the death of persons to waeb their bodies . Re-examined—The prisoner gets her livelihood by Hf . 11 ing nuts and oranges . -

      George Wogaa , husband of the preceding witness , aad Mary Wogan , their daughter , weto examined , ^ B | teirend < eaue was only confirmatory . Mti . oaftA Granee , wife of Mr . Gunner , ohemiBt ill Shifjnt ^ - Hall ) deposed that she had seen the pw »* lfcreqnentfy in their shop during the last twelte'i&QBtia ; sne came to buy a white mixture , io aootfee / the bowels of the child , as she said it was MOW . Oa ^ Sanday morning , betwixt eight and nine ¦^ iIii 1 ; Twnpr 1 witi nr mum for a halfpenny worth of Tinrtin— rod a halfpenny worth of oil of TitrioL Wttw « tdctdba if it wm to take ; &he said she

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      did not know , but would it burn the flesh . Witness replied , yea or anything it touched or cake near . A . bottle was lent to her , and on its being brought back she put it in the window , and afterward ! gave it to the inspector of police . Mr . J . Fullam , surgeon , said that © n the 15 th Of March , about three o ' clock in the afternoon , he was called to the house of Wogan . He saw the deceased child up Btairs ; the lips were white and blistered ; the tongue was white and shrivelled ; and the inside of the mouth was white . About eight o ' clock in the evening he returned with Dr . Chalmers ; it was then did not know , but would it burn the flesh . Witness

      his opinion that that vitriol had passed into its mouth . He received the body of the child on the following evening ; and next morning himself and his colleagues at the Dispensary made a post mortem examination . After stating the appearances witness said that he analysed the contents of the stomach and abdomen ; he found they contained sulphuric acid ( vitriol ) . He also found vitriol had been sprinkled on the pinafore and frock waist . He had no doubt the child ' s death was occasioned by the destruction of the stomach , arising from sulphuric acid having been administered .

      Mr . WiUan Henry Davis , surgeon , confirmed this evidence . ' Ellen Gilmore , the daughter of the prisoner , and only seven or eight years of age , in addition to the testimony of the Wogsns , said that she carried a bottle back to Mrs . Gunnee ' s . When she was going to bed , her mother told "her Bhe was not to tell any body that she had taken the bottle back . Her mother Baid she hid given the baby laudanum , and nothing else . Patrick Coollan , police-inspector , deposed that he was at tho station-house when prisoner was broucht by Serjeant Quest , which was betwixt ten and eleven o clock on the night of the 15 th March . Witness informed her she was charged with having poisoned her child , but she was not to say anything , lor what she said might be told against her . She said R h fi

      gave it nothing but a spoonful of port wine . Sergeant George Quest stated that on Sunday night , the 15 th March , he apprehended the prisoner . ™ . | ° ld *> er it was on a charge of poisoniug her cmid . She said she had not given it anything . He took hex to the Station-house , and , as they were going , she said she had given her child some coffee and port wine . She was taken before the magistrates , and , as they were going from the Police-office , she said nobody had seen her do it , and asked him if he thought they could hurt her . Witnessl » utioned her not to say anything ; but on going te the public-house whnre the coroner ' s inquest was held , she asked him if she had batter plead guilty before the gentlemen . He told her to mind what she said . She answered that she had done it , but that it was poverty which had driven her to it .

      Mr . Murphy , in addressing the Jury for the prisoner , urged that she could not be actuated by any malice towards her infant , which it was necessary to show before a charge of murder could be sustained . He suggested she might have administered vitriol as a medicine ignprantly , or by gross and culpable negligence . The Learned Judgh having summed up , the Jury retired , and , after being absent upwards of an hour , returned a verdict of guilty , with a recommendation to mercy . His Loedship immediately placed the black cap his headand silence

      on , having been proclaimed , he passed sentence of death on the pmoner , holding out no hopes to her of mercy in this world . The wretched woman dropped on her knees in tho dock , and implored for mercy , loudly and bitterly . After the sentence she was removed from the dock . Wm . Dean , 29 , Joseph Dean , 23 , Samuel Dean , 2 o , Thomas Priestley , 35 , John Sutcliffe , 31 , and Benjamin Robertshaw , 23 , were charged with having , on the 25 th of May last , at Silsden , burglariously entered the dwelling-house of Abraham Flesher , and stolen therefrom sovereigns , half crowns , shillings , and sixpences , two watches , and other articles .

      Sir Gregort Lewix and Mr . Baiwes were for the prosecution . Mr . Knowles appeared for Priestly and Robertsbaw , and Mr . Mubfht for the Other prisonwa . The prosecutor is a yeoman , and resides at Doubler Stones , on the edge of some moorland , which divides the valleys of the Wharfe and Aire , near Keighley . The house of prosecutor is a very lonely one , and on the evenirjg in question was fastened b the prosecutor and maid servant . The house was broken into about eleven at night , and prosecutor and his wife were very ill treated , with sticks , especially Mrs . Flesher , whose life was at first considered in danger . Her deposition was in consequence taken , but having so far recovered as to sro to the magistrate ' s house on the 17 th of

      June , she identified all the prisoners , excep ; Priestley . On the afternoon previous to the burglary being committed , a ll the prisoners were Been at various places on the road leading ? o prosecutor ' s house . On the 30 th of May , either Jos . or Sa ml . Dean pledged one of prosecutor ' s watches for 13 s ., with Mr . Wm . Balme , a pawnbroker , at Halifax , and on the 10 th inst ., three pieees of cloth , belonging to Mrs . Flesher , which were part of a cloak stolen from prosecutor ' s house , and given by William Deaa ' s wife to a journeyman dyer , named William Taylor , residing near Halifax , to dye , was found in a bread tin , in Wm . Dean ' s house . The prisoners ,

      in their voluntary statements before the magistrates said , that they were in bed at the time the burglary was said to have been committed . Mr . Mcrphy and Mr . Kkowles addressed the Jury for the prisoners , and contended that the identity had sot been made out . The depositions taken ^ before the magistrates were put in , and , in the evidence of the prosecutor , it is stated that the burglars kept him down , and he could not take upon himself to swear to any of the burglars . Mrs . Flesher stated what we have given above , as to her not being able to swear to Priestley . Two witnesses were then called on behalf of Robertshaw , to prove an alibi .

      Sir Gregory Lewin replied , and the Jury found all the prisoners Guilty . —Sentence deferrred . The Court adjourned abont nine o ' clock . TUESDAY , July 21 . MURDER OF A POLICE-OFFICER AT HtTDDERSFIELD . Alexander AVGlachan Smith , 36 , was charged with the wilful murder of Mr . Dake , at Hudderafield , on the 28 ; h of April last . Messrs . Baises and Lister conducted the prosecution ; the Hon . J . S . Wortley defended the prisoner . The Court was crowded to excess , and the proceedings appeared to excite the most intense interest . Mr . BaInes stated the case to the Jury , and called the following witnesses : —

      John Danson—I have been a police-officer at Huddersfield three years . He knew the deceased , who was also a police-officer . On Tuesday , the 23 rd of April , he was in the street about half-past three o'clock . His attention was attr&ced to a crowd near a gardener ' s stalL I went to the stall to see what was the matter , when I found the prisoner and a man named Leonard , who kept a stall , disputing abont a shrub or plant . The prisoner said he had purchased it . Leonard said he had not . The prisoner said he had bought it for twopence . Leonard Baid the price was eighteenpence . I told Mr . Leonard to go before the magistrate , as the prisoner walked off with the plant . I went in the direction of the Magistrates ' -offiee , and found they had just gone .

      In consequence of thi 3 I took the prisoner to the lock-up . The prisoner had still the shrub in his hand . Duke and Leonard assisted to put the prisoner in the lock-up . The prisoner was taken iiilo the l&ek-up yard , and was searched by me in the presence of both Mr . Duke and Mr . Leonard . I found a pocket book and a large kui . 'e . Duke requested the prisoner to give up the plant , but he saivl be would not . An attempt was made to get ; t from him , and Duke struck him on the knuckles with a coustabl «' B staff . The prisoner kicked Duke twice , and said "D—n you , I'll make jou remember meddling with a Scotchman . " don ' t recollect Dnke making any reply , but went and sot a chain , fastening one end to bis left leg ,

      aud one to hie left arm , the right arm being left free . He was put in the lock-up cell No . 4 . Previous to this we had got the plant from him . About six o ' clock we again went to the lock-up , and called at Duke ' s house . Whilst there 1 heard a noise proceeding from the prisoner ' s cell . We all three went into the cell , and Duke said , " What are you making this noise about . " As soon as the doors were opened , the prisoner rushed out of the cell , with a knife in his hand . He pursued them , and when at the corner of No . 1 , I saw the prisoner stab Duke in the groin . I rushed upon the prisoner , and I had no cane nor staff with me . I seized him by the neck , and felt him cut in the back of the left thigh . We struggled , and both of us fell down . 1 was uppermost , and after wards felt myself eat hi the side . Whilst upon him , the prisoner said , '" D—n you , I told you what I would do for meddling with a Scotchman 1 " Dalton got the knife

      from his hands . When I got up , Duke was laid on the ground . Some other persons came to oar assistance , and I was taken to the Infirmary . Cross-examined—I do sot know that th « prisoner came from Dunkeid . We got into the inoloeure of of the lock-up before we got the plant from him . The chain I pat on the prisoner was a shackle , which we generally used , but I do not know its weight . The prisoner had it on till six o'clock . The prisoner had been making a noise , as if kicking at the door . There wai no noise when we came to the cell-door . It was immediately on the door being opeaed that the prisoner rushed out . The time was so short that I oould not judge whether the prisoner was in a state of excitement or not . Leonard , Duke , and me took the plant from him by main force , after the chains were put upon him . The chains were only used once before , which was on a person named Hardy , who was

      sane . Re-examined—The chain was very loosely placed on him . William Leonard stated—I am a market gardener at Haddenfitld . I remember Tuesday , the 28 tk of April , when the prisoner and another ptnon

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      came to my stall about half-past three o ' elook in the afternoon . Tait , who wa « with the prisoner , aeked the price of a plant , which I said was Is . 6 d . The prisoner took it out of his hand , and said , " Can you take 2 d . for it ! " Witness replied , " Yee , I can take 2 d . for a plant , but not ( at that . " T » U was then going away , on which the prisoner s » jd . " Lend me 2 d . ; I ' ve bought the plant , and the plant I'll have . " I said to him , "You must either pav for the plant , or leave it on the stall . Witness took hold of him , on which tho prisoner said , Tait take hold of this plant , and I'll smash his bones into the street . " Danson came up , and I said to him if the prisoner did not give up , I Bhoold insist upon his taking him into custody . Prisoner threw 4 tbuui came to my stall about half-past three o ' clock in

      u . uu , ue . . uaneon said w me prisoner , " My man , don't you be fooliBh ; lay down the plant , And don ' t get into any kind of trouble . " PriBOher said he would not lay it down for anybody ; aud " D—n you , yei English b s , I'll not lay it down for you . " Dawson said , If you continue to act in that manner , I shall be forced to take you into custody . " The witness then confirmed the evidence of . the previous witness as to what took place on going to the lock-up , and the fatal occurrence there . The prisoner was excited , and appeared to be drunk . I was not offended when he first offered me 2 d ., but I was afterwards angry . I should think the matter would not last more than a quarter of an hour from the commencement of the prisoner ' s being taken into custody .

      Francis D . Dalton , policeman , stated that ke saw the prisoner and Leonard come to the prison . He went to the cell with the deceased aud Dansou . There was a thumping before at the cell door and Duke said , " You blackguard , what are you making that noise for , " and threw the door open . The prisoner was then sat at the lower part © f the bed , at the end of the cell , with his right ant behind him . The prisoner then got up , sprang forward , and savini ? " You b r" struck Duke . Duke said " Did you sea that , " and ran towards hia own door . We ran in the contrary direction . I heard Duke cry out "Oh my God , " on which I ran back . I then saw the prisoner strike Duke in the groin . Duke reeled and fell on the ground . They rushed upon the

      ori-£ oner ; ne Blabbed Danson , and they all three fell on thogrouud . I got the knife from the prisoner . He wa « then quite and orderly ; he said " I have done for two of theb— -si ; I'll do for other fifty and then Eugland will be free . I called for help when two mencameand we got the prisoner into the cell t went baok to where Duke lay , and saw him bleeding profusely from the side . I sent for Mr . Wrialey the trurgeoH , who attended immediatel y . We took the prisoner to No . 3 ; as we were Koing , he said "D—n you with your red stick , I'll do for you too yet . " I produce the knife . Cross-examined . —The prisoner was quiet when I was absent , but very violent when I was there . On the way to York Castle he was very cheerful , and we had a good deal of conversation . After we had been before the coroner , the prisoner was not so violent . He was violent at Leeds , sullen and reserved vn the railway carriagesand on coming into the

      , Castle we saw Mr . Barker , the under governor . I loosed his legs , and Mr . Barker suggested I should take off a cord which was round his waist . We went into the Governor ' s house , and I then took off his handcuffd . After Mr . Barker had heard part of my statement , he ordered them on again , and Mr . Noble , the Governor , afterwards ordered them to be taken off . I asked him the cause of his violence at Leeds ; he said some of the police and some of the prisoners had been abusing him , and told him he ought to be hanged , and have his brains knocked out . While there , the prisoner said to mer- " Kill m « out . you b r . ' He never said any thing expressing his regret for what he had done . Some letters from his wife were dated from Sterling , in Scotland .

      Re-examined—Prisoner told Mr . Barker that he had bought a plant in the market , and that the gardener would not let him have it . Mr . Barker said he should not have killed the constable for that , to which the prisoner replied that he had been ill-ueed . Mr . Noble came in and told him if he behaved himself they would use him well . He said it was a bad job , but he would make the best he could of it . At the inquest , on the evidence being read over , the prisoner as-ked the coroner if then ynjaa sufficient evidence against him . The ooronbr . sairi he thought there was , on which the prisoner Baidr-jt Be doing . " A Surgeon who was present said—•* My man , were you in liquor at the time ; " he replied— No , I never was in liquor in my life , but liquor baa been in me many a time . "

      Cross-examined—I cannot Bay that there was a great noise on the night the prisoner was there . Mr . Thomas Wrigley bad been a surgeon 36 years . He was passing Dukes house on the night in question , about six o ' clock . 1 heard a great noise , cries of murder and distress , which attracted my notice . I went to Duke's yard , and saw him bleeding very profusely . I examined him , and found the principal _ wound to be in the left thigh , and I had him removed to the house , where he only lived ten minutes . Witness then described the nature of the wound , which caused his death .

      Cross-examined—I have been in practice thirtyfive years , and seen numerous cases of fits of epilepsy . The effect of those fits weaken the mind . Persons who have had fits in their infancy , are likely to bo extremely irritable in afterlife . Re-examined—I do not know that the prisoner has been subject to fits of epilepsy . Ft $ m what he saw of the prisoner on the night of the niurder he believed him to be of sound mind . k . t . Thomas Shepherd , a reed-maker , Baw the prisoner at the gardener ' s stall ; he appeared more intelligent than those of his class of life , and talked rationally . Godfrey Mann , of EUand , said he had employed the prisoner as gardener , and he never saw anything in his conduct to make him believe the prisoner was insane .

      Mr . Wm . Greenwood , surgeon , of Hudderefield , saw the prisoner at the inquest , and iu his judgment he was of sound mind . Mr . G . Champney , surgeon at York Castle , considered the prisoner sane . Cross-examined—There was some appearance of feverish action in the beginning of this month . I believe the prisoner has had some attacks of epilepsy in gaol . Many of the patients in Lunatic Asylums are attacked with epilepsy . Mr . W . Anderson , partner of the surgeod at the Castle , Mr . Barker , deputy-governor , and one or two of the turnkeys , all gave it rs their pinion that the prisoner was in a sound state of mind .

      Mr . Wortley addressed the jury for the defenoe in a long and eloquent speech , during which he stated that he should show that the prisoner had suffered repeated attacks of epilepsy , which had weakened his intellect and depraved his moral feelings , that he was not capable of distinguishing right from wrong , and had not the power to control hia actions . He also argued that the prisoner having been illegally arrested , and treated whikt in custody with unnecessary hardships and severity , the offence was at all events reduced from the crime of murder to that of manslaughter . But he should have no doubt of satisfying the jury that the prisoner was of such an insane state of mind as rendered him neither morally nor legally accountable for his actions .

      Thomas Noble , of Elland , Btated that the prisoner lodged with him for some time ; he had several epileptic fits ; and the witness detailed various paroxysms of excitement into which he had been thrown by the most trivial occurrences . Mr . Wm . Brook , of Elland , and Mr . Caleb Williams , Surgeon , of York , were both examined at great length , and their evidence was to tho effact that in their belief the prisoner was not of sound mind . Mr . Baines having replied , tho learned Judge summed up at great length . The jury then retired , and after an absence of an hour and twenty minutes , returned into court with a verdict of Not Guilty on the ground of insanity . —The prisoner of course W 4 II be confined for life . The Court rose about half-past eight o ' clock .

      WEDNESDAY , July 2-2 . ATTEMPTED MURDER NEAR BRADFORD . Samuel Wooller , 35 , was indicted for having , at North Bierley , maliciously and feloniously assaulted and beaten his wife , Sarah Wooller , with a poker , with intent to murder her . There was another count in the indictment , charging the intent with being to do her some grievous bodily harm . Messrs . Ashmore and Lkter conducted the prosecution ; Mr . Cottingham and Sir Gregory Lewin were for the defence .

      It appeared from the evidence that the prisoner was a jobber at the Low Moor Iron Works , at North Bierley , near Bradford , and on the evening of the 6 th of April , when the offence was committed , he went home rather the worse for liquor , and in the coarse of the evening he went into the house of a neighbour named Ligbtowler , and said , as his wife was beginning with her / lurries , he wished him to go in , and see what went on . Some quarrelling took place between the prisoner and his wife , and they retired to bed about one o'clock . At half-past five next morning she got up and began to prepare breakfast , when the prisoner came behind her , and without saying anything , Btruck her several violent blows upon the head with a poker , by which he

      fractured her skull in three places , and broke two of the fingers of her left baud . A neighbour came in , and found her drenched in blood . The prisoner then went up stairs , and laid down under th » bed ; soon afterwards , he was l ying upon the bed , with bis throat eat . Surgical assistance was speedily procured , and he recovered . His wife was confined to her bed for five weeks , in consequence of the injuries she had received , and since then she had not reeerered her sight , and was in a weak and emaciated state ; since the injuries she had been confined of her seventh child . It was proved that on previous occasions the prisoner had said , in consequence of the aggravation hehadreoeiTedfromher , heshoulddo his wife her job for flier some day , and then he would do bis own . The aggravation alleged was ataiing him for coins withlooae women , and ne-

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      glecting his family . The proseoutrix , in her evidence , denied that she had ever given her husband any provocation—she durst not speak to him when he was in an ill hnmour—she never used abusive language in her life— -and that he had appeared to hate the eight both of his wife and his children ever einoe he got connected with other women . Mr , Cottinqhaw addressed the jury for the prisoner , observing that there could be no doubt as to the facts . It was impossible for him to disprove or deny them ; but he contended that the intent was not to murder , and argued that if such had been his object , nothing was so easy as for him to effect his purpose , as his victim was entirely in his power . The Learned Judge summed up , observing that a man must be presumed to intend the necessary » lA » t ; n <* h \ tf . miiir Tk . » A . ^» . . _ i . — __ j

      consequence of the act he does , and three violent blows with a poker over the head would certainly , in a majority of cases , occasion death . He strongly reminded the Jury that they had nothing to do with the effect of their verdict ; their sole duty was to say whether , in their judgment , either of the intents , or neither of them , which were stated in the indictment , were sustained by the evidence adduced . The Jury retired , and after an absence of two hours , returned a verdict of Guilty , with intent to do some grievous bodily harm . # On being asked if he had anything to say why the judgment of the Court should not be passed upon him , the prisoner said he hoped his Lordship would be as merciful as he could , entering into a list of family grievances , and begging for the sake of his six children .

      The Learned Ju » ge said the best thing he could do for them was to remove the prisoner from the country . Had the Jury found him guilty on the first count in the indictment , he would most assuredly have been left for execution ; as it was , he should sentence him to be transported for life .

      MURDER AND RAPE AT ALMONDBURY . Wm . Ellis , 25 , John Batlye , 25 , and John Gregson , 41 , were charged with having , on the night of the 25 th April , at the parish of Almondbury , in the WeBt-Riding , violently and feloniously committed a rape on the person of Ann Stuart , widow . The prisoners were also charged with the wilful murder of the said Ann Stuart . Mr . Baines and Mr . Pashlet were for the prosecution Mr . Wilkins and the Hon . J . Wortlet appeared for the prisoners . '

      The offence was committed in a field , en the road to Hudderatield . After the offence , Ann Stuart ( who was 41 years of age ) was confined to her bed , aud died a week afterwards . She got her living by selling matches . It appeared that on the night of the 25 th of April , about eleven o'clock , Ann Stuart was assaulted on the road to Huddersfield by three men , who dragged her into a field , then poised ( kicked ) her three or four times , and effected their purpose , after treating her in a very brutal and

      violent manner . The poor woman was extremely ill , she returned home , retired to her bed , and died about a fortnight afterwards . On a post-mortem examination of the body , the surgeons found the lungs to be in a state of gangrene , which they attributed to the violence to which she had been subject . The evidence against the prisoner , was principally given by persons who had seen them on the road on the night in question ; their confession that they had been with au old w— -e , whom they poised and mada be quiet .

      Two surgeons , in cross-examination , stated that death might have been brought on by exposure to the cold . After the case for the prosecution had closed , The Judge expressed a strong opinion that the charge of murder could not be sustained , as it had not been shown that death must have been occasioned by the kicks ; it was equally probable that it had been produced by exposure to cold , the deceased having been out all night , a great part of it voluntarily on her part . On this suggestion , the Jury acquitted the prisoners on the charge of murder . M * . Baines then said he should feel it hiB duty tO proceed on the charge of rape , to which the same evidence was applicable .

      Mr . WiLKiNS said it would be quite impossible for him to do justice to the prisoners' case at that late hour , it being then nearly seven o ' clock . He therefore trusted his Lordship would adjourn the Court . The Judge said he would grant the application , if the same jury would all punctually attend in the morning at nine o'clock . The Jury having promised to do so , the Court rose .

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      NISI PRIUS COURT , Monday , July 20 . CLARK V . THOMPSON . ( Special Jury . ) Mr . Cresswell and Mr . Martin were for the plaintiff ; the Hon . J . S . Wobtlby and Mr . WATSON were for the defendant . This was an action brought by Mr . Clark , who is a brickmaker and bricklayer , carrying on business at Great Driffield , to recover from the defendant , Mr . Thompson , £ 331 and a fraction , the balance of . £ 431 due to him for work done aud materials provided . It appeared that in August , 1838 Mr . Clark

      , was employed by the defendant to erect him corn warehouses at Nafferton , which were superintended by Mr . Parker , the book-keeper to the defendant , and who had somo knowledge of tho building trade . In the following January , on the night of the great storm , a portion of tho warehouses was blown down , and the roof falling on the adjoining dwellinghouse of Mr . Thompson , his servaut and three of his children were killed . The defence accordingly was , that the building was erected iu an unskilful , unsafe , and unworkmanlike manner . The answer to this was the direct negative .

      Witnesses were called on both sides , and after a protracted examination , the case ended in a verdiot being found for the p laintiff—Damages , £ 200 . The Court sat until twelve o ' clock at night . TUESDAY , July 21 . DOE DEM . SIMPSON V . WINN . ( Special Jury . ) _ Messrs . Cresswell and Bliss were for the plaintiff ; Messrs . Alexander and Addison for the defendant . This was an action of ejectment , brought by Mr . John Simpson against the Rev . John Winu , to recover possession of certain premises at

      Richmond , which he held as mortgagee on behalf of a charity . Tho property in dispute was a tan-yard and adjoining dwelling-houses , whiuh the plaintiff had occupied from hiB father ; they were of the value df about £ 750 ; aud the dispute in the case was whether his father had merely alowed him to possess the premises without payment of rent until his death , or had given them to him as his own property . The cause lasted the whole of the day , and , like other cases of this description , was as uninteresting as possible to all except the parties concerned in the result . Verdict for the plaintiff , damages la .

      WEDNESDAY , July 22 . iOHNSON AND ANOTHER t > . CONSTABLE , BART ., AND

      ANOTHER . ( Special Jury . ) Messrs . Cresswell , Tomlinson . and Watson were for the plaintiff ; Messrs . Alexander , Wiohtuan , and Hoggins for the defendants . The action was brought by the assignees of Mr . William Nicholl , who formerly carried on the business of » worsted spinner at Midgley , near Halifax , to recover from the defendant , Mr . Hodgson , £ 855 11 s . 6 d ., the value of the property of the

      bankrupt , which was seized under a warrant of attorney , given to the latter , who was a journeyman weaver , and father-in-law of Nicholl , and which it was alleged was given by way of preference . Mr . Hodgson had become acceptor of bills to the amount of £ 600 or £ 700 , for Nicholi ' s accommodation , and the warrant of attorney was given to provide for these bills when they became due . The Jury returned a verdict for the plaintiff-Damages , £ 855 11 s . 6 d .

      RUSSELL AND OTHERS V . TEMPEST AND OTHERS . ( Special Jury . ) Messrs . Crksswell , Hildyard , and Tohlinson appeared for the plaintiffs ; Messrs . Alexander aud Watson for the defendants . The plaintiffs in this case are the assignees of- Mr . Joseph Nioholl , worsted-spinners , at Sowerby Bridge , near Halifax ; and the real defendants are the trustees under the marriage settlement of his wife . After the case had been opened , an agreement was entered into between the parties , and a verdiot was given for the plaintiff . RICHARD AND OTHERS V . SCARTH .

      Mr . Alexander was for the plaintiffs ; Mr . Cresswell was for the defendant . The action was brought by the assignees of Mr . Denby , who was a wooleorter at Bradford , against Mr . Scarth , the publio officer of the Yorkshire District Bank , to recover £ 200 received by the defendant on behalf of the bank , which it was alleged had been given to them by way of fraudulent preference . This , however , was not proved , and the Jury . returned a verdiot for the defendant .

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      CROWN GOURT . —Thursday , Jult 23 . The Learned Judge took hia seat this mornink at nine o'elook , and proceeded with the charge of rape against MegsonyBaUyg ^ and Ellis , whose case was left unfinished on the previous night . His Lordship read over the whole of the evidence again from his notes . The Hon . J . S . Wortley then submitted that there was no case against Megsou , and after some consideration the Judge recommended the Jury to acquit him , which was accordingly done . Mr . Wilkins delivered a very powerful speech for the prisoners , contending first that it had not been proved the woman , with whom the prisoners were was Ann Stuart , still less that they had feloniously assaulted her . The Jury retired , and after an absence of about half an hoar , returned a verdict of Not Guilty .

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      Barnelt Parkinson ( out on bail ) pleaded guilty to having married Hannah Proctor , his former wife beingstill alive . —To be imprisoned eight calendar months . " .- : ' ¦ '• • ¦ Thomas Edwards was charged with kaying married Jane Wilmot , at Whitby , his former wife being then alive .--GuiUy . —To be kept to hard labour one year . .. »„_ . _„ .. ___„_ - _ * - _ ^ m «— »» : u _

      MALICIOUS STABBING AT LEEDS . George iDuffield was charged with cutting and wounding Samuel Crossley , at Leeds , on the 6 th , of July , with intent to murder him . There was another oount laying the intent to be to do him some grievous bodily harm . Mr . Baines and Mr . Wilkins conducted the prosecution ; Sir Gregory Lewin defended the prisoner . It appeared from the evidence , that on the 6 th ef July , about a quarter past eleven at night , the prosecutor was going to visit his mother , who lives in the town of Leeds , and , in doing so , he had occasion to pass through a place called Joy ' s Fold . There he

      found the prisoner and his brother , Christopher Duffleld . Owing to some former grudge , the latter knocked the prisoner down ; on his getting up the prisoner attacked him , and , in the fight , Crossley was knocked down . Whilst on the ground , he siid he felt the prisoner stab him with a knife on the head ; he got hold of the handle , and called out" He ' s stabbing me , and I ' ve hold of the knife . " A man named Spink and Mrs . Ball then came up , but the prisoner got away . The prosecutor was taken to a surgeon , and the police being called , they went

      to the prisoner's house . On telling him he was wanted , the prisoner refused to open the door , but on gaining admission and searching his clothes , they found a clasp-knife which appeared to have been recently marked with blood . The prisoner was also heard to say to his brother , on coming out of Joy ' s Fold , "D—n the b * , I hope we ' ve killed him . " The prosecutor , in his cross-examination , admitted that he had been in prison a dozen times for different offences , and on suspicion of them . The wound which he received was not of a very

      serious nature . Sir Gregory Lewik addressed the Jury in an able Bpeeob , for the prisoner , contending that Crossley was a man of such disreputable character , that they could not safely place reliance on his testimony . He also argued that even if they did believe him , it was merely a common assault , as it could not be supposed the prisoner intended either to murder or to do some grievous bodily harm .

      Ihe Learned Judge , in summing up , expressed his deep jregret that the offence of stabbing had lately so greatly increased ; and stated that it was the determination of the Judges to visit with the greatest punishment parties who were convicted of this un-English and unmanly offence . The Jury retired , and after being absent nearly half an hour , returned into Court with a verdict of Guiltv , with intent to do siyne grievous bodily harm . Imprisoned eighteen months .

      CUTTING AND WOUNDING . William Hargate was charged with cutting and wounding Samuel Cutler , at Sheffield , on the 30 th of April , with intent to murder , or to do some grievous bodily harm . Messrs . Pickering and Overend were for the prosecution ; Mr . Wortley defended the prisoner . He was found Guilty on the second count , and sentenced to Two Years' Imprisonment . The Court rose about half-past seven o ' clock .

      GRAND JURY ROOM . ^ ( Before Thomas Starkie , Esq ., Q . C . ) Peter Compson , 42 , and Thomas Glayton West , 4 « , were charged on an indictment , containing four counts , with having conspired and combined to defraud , by fake pretences , her Majesty ' s subjects at Leeds . Sir G . Lewi * and W . Hall appeared for the prosecution ; the prisoners were defended by Mr . Pickering . It will be remembered that the pri 8 OttOT 8 Were indicted at the last Leeds Quarter Sessions for this misdemeanour , but the case was removed to York , as it- was alleged by the prisoners that their trial

      would be prejudiced at Leeds . From the statements of Counsel it appeared that about the 16 th of May , West went to Mr . Porter ' s the Railway Hotel , Leeds , and seemed exceedingly anxious for the arrival of a letter . He left a letter for a person named Nicholson , which Mr . Porter opened , inconsequence of something he had heard It Btated his surprise that Nicholson had not met him there , as he expected he would have been there with some goods . West ' s house in York Road was afterwards searched , and a letter , in- Nicholson ' s hand-writing , was found In his trunk , which was written in the name of Steel , alias Grantham , which was as follows : — "Market-street , HuddersfieldMay

      , 16 . —Dear Hanson , I am sorry to see by your letter that we shall not have your company on Sunday as we fully expected you . Nicholson sends his respects and hopes to see you at Mr . Porter ' s , the Railway Hotel , near the Old Church , on Monday or on Wednesday , without fail , from ten to twelve o ' clock . P . S . Keep your eyes open and see if anything can be done in Leeds . ( Signed ) James Godfrey Steel . " A firm of Nicholson , Grantham , and Co . kept a shop at Huddersfield for some time , but they had left the town , and the police were in Bearch of them . On May 23 d Compson entered on some premises in Lands ' -lane , previously held by Mr . Walsh , painter . for them

      Compson applied a few days previously , stating that he intended to carry on the drysalting business . He Baid he merely wanted it to exhibit samples , as his principal warehouse was at Hull . Godson was known to Mr . Willis , of Salthouse-lane , by the name of Peter Gardner ; a person named Metcalf was also known to him . and the prisoners seemed partners . In May , the prisoners went to Wallis's shop . Metcalf also went and asked Wallisto supply them with some goods to be sent to Grimstone-Btreet , to hia lodgings . The Learned Counsel detailed the whole of the facts , the most interesting part of which was embodied in the following evidence : —

      Mr . T . D . Barker , flax-dresser , Hull , stated jthat in April last , he sold to a person named Metcalf , in Hull , about five hundred sacks and a quantity of cordage . Metcalf had a counting-house at No . 69 , High-street . West was porter and warehouseman to Metcalf , who made many promises to pay , but did not keep them . On Monday , the 11 th of May , Compson or Gordon came to me and purchased one hundred sacks , handing a card with the address " J . and P . Gardner , biscuit-makers , Salthouse-lane , Hull ; " to which place he ordered the scales to be

      sent , desiring me to call on Saturday for payment , saying , "that credit makes long friends . " From subsequent information he did not send the goods The same day he learned that Metcalf had gone off . He went to his counting-house , and found there only a few samples of flour and grain , and some empty and full ale and porter bottles . He also found afterwards a quantity of sham sugar loaves made of salt , bags of sawdust , and empty cannisters and boxes . Cross-examined—He had heard that some of Metcalt ' s goods had been obtained by one of his creditors . He pursued Metcalf to Liverpool , but in

      v . Mr . John Pearson , joiner , of Leeds , was employed by the defendants to fit up a warehouse they had taken in Land ' s-lane . They said they were drysalters , and wholesale druggists , and had establishments in Hull , Halifax , and Huddersfield . When he sent his account he was told it would be sent to Hull , whence the money would be remitted to pay the next week . Before that time they were taken into custody . Richard Hargreaves , paper-stainer , and Mr . Scott bookseller , stated that the prisoners obtained goods of them , promised payment , and gave cards with the address "Johnson , Compson . and Co . Land-lane Leeds , and High-street , Hull . " Before the time

      they promised to pay , they were arrested . Alexander Patrick , twine-maker , gave similar testimony , adding that Compson appeared to be a master , and West a servant . Mr . GeorgeTovenor , canvas-manufacturer , Leeds , agreed to sell Compson six pieces of canvas . The card which he gave him had on it , " Wholesale tea , coffee , hemp , and seed merchants . N . B . General shipping agents . " From what he heard , he never sent the goods . Mr . John Lumley , commission-agent , said the prisoner obtained canvas to the value of £ 6 * from him . n Mr . Hodgson , cloth merchant , was applied to by Compson for cloth . Finding he issued different cards ^ witness sent for Mr . Child , the police-officer , who directed him to take the cloth applied for to

      compson s , ana accompanied witness in plain clothes Hodgson required paymeut on the spot , and West finding he would not wait until Saturday , said he had better take the cloth away than make any disturbance about it . Child opened some packages , which appeared to contain tea , and found they were filled with sawdust . Mr . Cowling , clerk to Mr . James Hollins , stuff , merchant , proved . { . hat Compson agreed with Mb em * ployer for a quantity of Orleans cloth . West came for it , with a note from Compson , and took it away . The witness followed him . and found he did not go to the alleged warehouse in Land ' a-lane , but to the

      White Bear , where West was joined by Qompson . and they together went to the Turk ' s Head . The prisoners left the doth in the bar of the latter hoase , and witness desired the landlady not to let it go out of the premises . : - Several other similar cases were proved by other witnesses . ; George Linsley , assistant to Coxon and Johnson , pawnbrokers , proved that on the 17 th of June , the prisoner Compson pledged several pieces of Orleans doth for £ 2 2 s ., in the name of James Smith , lodger , 14 , York-street . Compson had been at the shop pawning various goods about ten times before . Some other goods had been pawned in the same name , or in the name of Ann West , by a young ¦ ¦¦¦ ¦¦

      woman . , . .. .- . . - .. -. . Cross-examined—The goods pawned by the latter were a watch and BeveraT articles of dress , some unmade up .

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      Policeman James produced pawn tickets , some of which were found in West ' s house , and some in Compson's trunk . Policeman Dalton . Hnddersfield , proved ( bit there was a firm in that town styled Granthim . Nicholson , and Co . " It was suddenly broke tip . Mr . Pickering addressed the Jury , contending that West was only a servant , and could have no fraudulent intentions . As to the flotitious address of the firm , that was not at alJ uncommon . He also agreed that Compson oould not justly be charged with fraudulent intentions at Leeds , because he Had promised to pay parties from whom be received t > . i ; . — .. « ^_ . _ . _ m . » a « - —« :. u _ . < •„ .

      goodson a certain day which he mentioned , but he had not an opportunity of doing so , as he was previously apprehended . : In summing up , Mr . Stabkie directed the attention of the Jury particularly to that count of tho indiotment charging the prisoners with conspiracy by divers false pretences , to obtain goods front certain parties to defraud them . He remarked it was not enough to prove that false pretences had been used to constitute the offence , bat those pretences must also have been successful . ¦ Guilty . —Sentence deferred .

      FORGERY . Richard Thwaite , 27 , was charged with having on the 13 thfof June , 1839 , at Appleby , in Westmoreland , forged and uttered a promissory note , with intent to defraud Robert M'Adam . Not Guilty . ' These two were the only cases taken in the Grand Jury Room . v Nisi Prius Court . —Several causes of no particular interest to any but the parties concerned , occupied the Court all day .

      FRIDAY . —July 24 . SENTENCE OF DEATH FOB RAPE . This morning , at nine o ' clock , his Lordship ordered Joseph Marshall , who had been . convioted of a rape on a girl named Eliza Middleton , at Barns ley , to be placed at the bar . The Learned Judge then placed the black cap on his head , and Bilence having been proclaimed , he addressed the prisoner in the following terms : " Prisoner at the bar—at the conclusion of your trial , I thought fit to take time to consider if I could find any circumstances which would j ustify me in not leaving you to suffer the' extreme penalty of the law . I regret , to say that I find no such

      circumstances . And'in all the endeavours of the Legislature to mitigate the seventy of the penal code , the crime of which you stand convicted is one which scarcely any one will be bold enough to say ought not to be subject to the penalty of death ; and although there may sometimes be circumstances tending to mitigate the enormity of the offence , in your case the outrage is of such a nature and the injury so inevitable , that nothing but the extreme penalty of the law must follow such an outrage . In your case the unfortunate victim of your brutality is an innocent young girl , without parents , whose uncle and his family left tin

      the house feeling it impossible that she should be subject to violence or injury . And you have arrived at a time of life when even ungovernable passions einnotbe pleaded as an excuse for your crime . I feel it my duty therefore to pass upon you the extreme penalty of the law , and to leave the law to tike its coarse . The sentence upon you is that yoa may be taken from hence to the place from which you came , and from thence to the place of execution , and that there you be hanged by the neck till yoa are dead , andmay God hare mercy on your soul . " On beinj ; removed the prisoner Baid "God have mercy upon me . "

      William Dean , Joseph Dean , Samuel Dean , Thos . Priestley , John Sutcliffe , and Benjamin Robertshaw convicted of burglary , at Silsdon , were then placed at the bar . Judgment of death was recorded against them , the Judge intimating that they would be transported for life . George Holroyd , convicted of manslaughter at Leeds , and sentenced to three months' imprisonment wag called upon . His Lordship said he had reconsidered his case , and would now mitigate the sentence to six weeks' imprisonment . James H » lmes p leaded guilty to three indictments charging him with embezzling money from Mr . Smithson , corn miller , Kirklees , near Huddersfield . To be imprisoned eighteen months . His Lordship then proceeded with causes , none of which were of particular interest .

      GRAND JURY ROOM . ( Before David Dundas , Esq . Q . C . ) John Crowthbb was charged with having on the 3 rd of July , at Northowram , feloniously assaulted and robbed Abraham Todoroft , on the Queeh ' a highway . . Mr . Roebuck , appeared for the prosecution ; the prisoner was defended by Mr . Hildtard . Thd prosecutor was nroeeedini ? W « <>» th * nt < rkt

      in question , and when at Northowram , about three abd a half miles from Halifax , was knocked down by two persons , who rifled his pockets of 5 s . or 6 a . all they contained . He swore to the prisoner as being one of them . For the defenoe , an alibi was set up . The Jury returned a verdict of Not Guilty . The two men yesterday convicted of conspiracy at Leeds were then called upon for judgment , and were sentenced by Mr . Dundas to be imprisoned eighteen months .

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      •— ? —— . — BRADFORD . Lovett and Collins . —It is in contemplation amongst the Radicals of Bradford to give a public dinner to these insulted and injured individuals . Woolcombebs . —We understand that a publio meeting of thewoolcombers of this town and neighbourhood will be held on Monday next , the 27 th inst ., a * one o ' clock in the afternoon , on the open space of ground in front of the Odd Fellows' Hall . ARREST of x Chartist . —James Marsden , one of the Chartists for whom a reward of £ 50 was offered , as one being concerned in the Bradford outbreak , was apprehended at Bolton , in Lancashire : From what we caa learn , the evidence against him is very wfak ; and it is expected that he will be liberated on bail . /

      STOCKPORT . RE-ORGANIZATION OF SlOCKPoRT , AND THE Neighbourhood , in favour of the People ' s Charter . —On Thursday evening , a public meeting was held in the Radical Association Rooms , Bomber ' s Brow , of both male and female inhabitants of the town , for the purpose of laying down some plans for reorganizing this district in favour of the Charter . The words of the placard were "for the purpose of forming District Associations , to resist national and" local tyranny . " There was a very large congregation , and the meeting was honoured with the attendance of a couple of policemen to keep order . We are sorry that our space compels ns to omit the report of the excellent

      speeches , by Messrs . R . Horsefleld , D . Wild , P . Chappell , P . Fogg , and others . The resolutions unanimously carried were . — "That the inhabitants of Stockport present , do pledge themselves , individually and collectively , to use their utmost exertions to form Associations in their several wards , for the purpose of resisting local tyranny , as well as carrying out the principles of the People's Charter . " » That it is requisite that ward meetings be held , for the purpose of appointing ward committees , tocarry out the foregoing resolution ; and never to rest satisfied until they have legally gained our political right * , " A Central Committee was also appointed , A letter from Mitchell , in Chester Castle , was read . Tha policemen-were thanked for their attendance .

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      J . who were sentenced to seven years' transportation for their virtuous and unflinching adherence to the r ights of labour—for joining their fellow workmen to prevent the reduction of their Wages below the starvation point , will attend a Publio Meeting , at the Hall of Seience , Bath Buildings . Huddersfield , on . the Evening of this Day , Saturday , July 25 th , at Halfpast Six o'Clook , to explain the horrors to which they have been subjected for upwards of Three Years , in Chains and Manacles , for Virtue ' s sake , and , also , by what means they obtained their release . &o .

      Men of every Trade—of every Trades' Union—of every Order—and of every Society ^—those Men were for many Years , before they were pounced upon , the Champions and Leaders against your Oppressors in Scotland , and for your Cause they have so long endured the Felon ' s Chains ana Tyrant ' s Lash . Be up , then , and show your Gratitude , one and all , by your presence at the Meeting , and your Sympathy by the liberality of your Subscriptions . It is by such Men , and by such Deeds you can hope to bs saved from absolute penury and want

      . Trades' Unions are again on the move . You are all aware that Union is Strength . Then embrace this Opportunity to lay the foundation of an Union which shall never be broken until Mankind are emancipated * v After the Cotton Spinners' Business is disposed of , it is intended to lay before the Meeting a Petition to both Houses ef Parliament for the removal of all Political Prisoners from the association of Felons , and to be placed amongst the Debtors . ¦ ' ¦ - Admittance—One Penny .

      The Five Glasgow Cotton Spinners.

      THE FIVE GLASGOW COTTON SPINNERS .

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      6 'GONNOB , Esq ., of Hammersmith * County "" • Middlesex , by JOSHUA HOBS 0 N ., at hia Print Ing Offices , Nos . 12 and IS , Market-street , B ^ iggate ; andPublishedby the « aid Joshua H 0 B 8 ON , ( for the said Feabgus O'Connor , ) sfcnUDw * ling . hoose , No , * , Market-street , Briggate j an internal Communication existing between the said No . 6 , Market-street , and the said No * . 1 » and . 13 , Market-street , Briggate , thus oonBtttatiiigJ ^ whole of the said Printing and Publishing Offloi one Premises . All Communications must be addressed , ( Post-paid ) to J . Hobson , Northern Star Office , Xeeda , ( Saturday , July 35 , 1840 .

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  • Citation
    • Northern Star (1837-1852), July 25, 1840, page 8, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/king-y1kbzq92ze2694/page/8/