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. TO THE CHABTISTS OF THE UNITED KINGDOM.
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YOBKSHIBE LENT ASSIZES,
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Mb- O'CoNKoa has appointed Mr . 6 . M . Bartlett ^ 8 . Trinity-place , Wileot , Bath , reporter to the Star , fer Bath , Bristol , Trowbrldge , and Bradford . Mr . B . begs the sub Secretaries of the above places to give him timely notice of all public meetings about to be held in their districts , that he may attend and report the proceedings at all suchmeetingt . Is Pasties teho send communications here wish them attended to they must write only on one side . We invariably lay aside , without reading , every letter that we see writtenon both sides the paper . ( Jhables BowjcaK , Droylsden , shall hear from us by letter if he unit give the particulars oj his address . ChilBLES Cak-bell , ofBalbriggan , Baliottery , County
Dublin , will be thankful to make good use of as many Stars as con be sent to him . They are much needed and wanted in this locality . "Will ras party who has lately sent the Gateshead Observer to John M ^ Farlan , of Northampton , favour that individual with their address , per post ? A Cobbbspokdbkt writes us to say , that : — Those Lecturkks who are desirous of doing good by diffusing sound political knowledg amongst the people can find ample employment in the pursuit of their noble ana patriotic calling by visiting { he North of England , viz , Westmorland , Cumberland , and'North of Yorkshire , where they are desirous that lecturers should visit them , there being no regular lecturers employed , and , consequently , seldom hear the voices of those who
proclaim peace , and cameth the glad tidings of the Charter ; they should not , therefore , be neglected , but the principles of our glorious Charter should be carried into every town , hamlet , and village , and every slave should be made to know the degraded condition in which he lives , and be taught to spurn from him the tyrants that oppress him , and break to pieces the manacles that have so long bound him , and give his every exertion to obtain that freedom which it is his inherent right to enjoy . Thokas Dcttkisg . —Politics may be legally discussed on Sundays . Johjt Smith . —The report of a meeting on Tuesday , the 1 st instant is a little too stale . Pbo Boko Poblico should have sent us his name and address . We cannot give' statements like his
without knowing our authority . Cobbeskwdesis . — Will Mr . Thomas Hurst , whose name appeared a few weeks back under this head , be so kmd as to send his address to Mr . George White , 39 , Bromsgrove-street , Birmingham . Tee "NoBiHBas Stab . " Any reader of the Northern Star wishing for a file of the first two years' Papers may hear of one , perfectly clean , and in good condition , by writing to A . Cat this office . Geoegs Whetby . —You cannot stop the expence of the smoke-jack out of your rent . If the landlord won ' t remedy the grievance leave the house . If you have no special agreement with him you must give six months' notice , so as to quit at the end of
an exact year . A Woolttich Cjldkt is in type , but displaced by other matter . The following Axtsbatiok came too late to be inserted t » its proper place .- — " The Darlaslon and Walsall Association to be at Horsehj Fields precisely at ten , ajn ^ and wait the Wotverhampton and Bilston Associations : the whole body then mvce to the Rsilway , and arrive there at twelve at noon , to receive Mr . O'Connor . Mb . Gbobge Fuss , of Nelson-street , Bradford , Yorkshire , « desirous of receiving a few lines immediately from Mr . Mackintosh , of Cupar Fife , and the Secretary of the Merthyr Tydvil National Charter Association ,
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TEE Shabkhoujebs at Hxll ue requested to all at Robert Lnndy ' a , neva-agent , -25 , Mytongate , Hull , on Saturday next , the 17 tb instant , a * six o ' clock in the evening . Notices of Cash Beceited left oTer until next ¦ week .
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Feiesds asd Bbothzk Chabtists , —I embrace tbs fiist opportunity offered of returning thnnkn for the many acts of frmdngnn that I hare individually received from yon , and to assure yon that my long confinement has not in any measure altered my former principles , or made me less anxious for , or wiUing to assist in destroying the accursed system under ¦ which -we lire in vretehedness and degradation . But I must take this opportunity of ohaerring in reply to the kind imitations of several kind friends , that I bare not the means of attending to them . This , I think they will readily adslit , -when I inform thazn that I tare spent ten out of ihfl kit twelve years of my life in prison sad basisij Eient , ty *^ " * having had my home twice broken Tip , and am now entirely dependent npon the assistance of ay friends , who are suffering much in consequence of the unparalleled distress that exists in Barnaley .
I feel extremely desirous of assisting all in my power towards obtaining a better state of thingB , and ¦ would willingly sacrifice either life or liberty to obtain snch ; bntsitnated as I am I must rett satisfied frith hoping lor better days . - This information , I trust , ¦ win be a sufficient apology to those kind friends who have written to me . Hoping that the days of tyranny and injustice are dawisg to a close , I remain , my dear friends , Tonr obliged friend , Wm . ashtok . Banaley . 18 th Marek , 1842 .
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Bot Mish 3 G . —Joseph Seaworthy left Leeds in November , and is supposed to have been taken away with some of the show people . He has a light complexion , and fall eyes , and carries a deal of colour . Had on when he left a blue jacket , black waistcoat , and eotton trousers . He is thirteen years old , "Whatever informaVioB can be given to his father , HnghXenwortbj , No . 6 , Bread-street , Leeds , will be thankfully received .
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CROWN COURT , Satusdat , Mabch 5 . Before Mr . Baron Rolfe . BCBGLABY . James Drake , ( 20 ) was charged with haying on the 26 th of September last , at Nortbowram , burglariously stolen a top coat , two silk handkerchiefs , two cotton ditto , two pairs of boots , a desk , and Is . 6 d . in copper , the property of David Parkinson . The prisoner pleaded guilty , bat begged the mercy of the court as he bad been led into it by two other inen who made him drank and enticed him to go with them . He called the prosecutor , who was his Easter , from whose statement it appeared that this was not the first time he had been charged with felony . Sentence deferred .
Charles Modes and Thomas Lealham were incicted for a burglary in the house of Thos . Bramall aid entting and wounding the said Thomas Bramall , aaofence which , notwithstanding the relaxation of oar penal code , is still capital . Sir Gregory Lewin and Mr . Stanhope conducted file prosecution . The prisoners were defended by Mr . Wilkins . f t appeared from the statement of the prosecutor , who is an old man , and keeps a public-house at Monkbretton , in the West Biding , that about three o ' clock in the morning of the 27 th of July last , he ¦ was awakened by some noise about the lower part ofhis house . The win d , however , was very boisterous , and he was for some time in doubt whether this was
not the cause of the ni ise which had alarmed him . The dog . however , began to bark , and was then heard to yelp as if he had received a blow . The prosecutor roused his wife , and went down stairs . Hs found the front door ajar and the door of the bar as well as the cellar door open . He closed and locked the front door , and proceeding np stairs lit a eaadle . He went to one of the bed-rooms where his fcieee and the servant maid slept , and finding they were both there , be again went down stairs . He descended into the cellar , and -had very nearly reached the bottom of the steps , when be saw the two prisoners , both of whom he had known before . They had , a candle , and immediately on seeing him
Rhodes made a blow at him with a poker he had in his hand , which took effect behind the ear on the right side , knocked him down agamst the wall , and caused Wood to flow in great profusion from his mouth and nose . Leatham then made a stroke at him with a plongh coulter which he had in his hand , and struck hia * severe blow upon the shoulder , narrowly missing his head . Rhodes again struck at him with the poker , but missed his head and struck the wall with Bnch violence as to take a chip off the stone D ping this scuffle both the candles had gone out . The two prisoners then made off np the cellar stairs j oat the prosecutor , though enfeebled by the Wowb he had received , kept hold of them both , and called
out for assistance . The prisoners forced their way , dragging him -with them up the cellar steps , and while bo doing , Leatham endeavoured to stifle his cries by putting bis hand over the prosecutor ^ mouth . The latter , however , got the thnmb of his assailant in bis teeth ; and Leatham , being unable to extricate himself , called out to Rhodes , who finally steeeeded as the prosecutor himself expressed it , a " throttling him off . " On being released , Leatham drew back a stop or two , and gave ibe prosecutor a iTO-handed blow with a piece of iron , which cut through his nithtcao . severely lacerated his head ,
and deluged him in Wood . He fell , and was unable tg&in to get on his feet . Rhodes then drew the prosecutor ' fl shirt over bis head , Baying to Leatham , " Hang it , thou bast killed the old man r I did sot intend he should come to any harm . " Mrs . Bramall , alarmed by the noise , came down stairs , and finding her husband on the floor , screamed out . She heard a voice jnimieing her , tod , turning towards the door , saw a man , whom * he believed to be the prisoner Rhodes . Her evidence was corroborated by her servant , "who slept sp stain , and who pat her head oat of the window ,
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to give an alarm . She saw a person come out of the door of the house , whom she believed to be the prisoner Rhodes . He was , when she saw him , stooping down , as if about to pick op a stone , and , under the impression , he was about to throw it at her , Bhe drew her b « ad back into the window . On looking out again , she saw him going round the corner of the house upon hifl hands and knf es . On examining the premises , it was found that about 81 bs . of butter , a quantity of bread , mutton , and other articles had been taken , and there were also found two halves of a heavy poker and a plongh coulter , forming a weapon of the most deadly kind . Tha prisoners were taken into custody the next day
, one at his own bouse , and the other in the magistrate ' s court , where he was attending the proceedings . Farther evidence was given to show that Rhodes , in company with several other men , had been seea lurking about the house of the prosecutor the . light before at a late hoar . From the depositions taken before the magistrates , however , it did not appear that either Be&maU , his wife , or the servant had mentioned either Rhodes or Leatham by name to the constable , when the first information of the robbery was given . AH , however , now deposed that the name of Rhodes , at least , was mentioned , and in this they were corroborated by the constables .
Mr . Wilkins addressed the Jury for the prisoners , contending that the absence of the name of either prisoner in the depositions showed that the prosecutor ' s accnsation of them was an afterthought , consequent upon their apprehension by the constable . It was clear that the prosecutor knew tht persons and residences of both the prisoners , and the name of , at least , one . If , then , be had recognized them as these parties at the time of tbe attack , was it not clear that he would have pointed them out by the description of their residence at least , to the constable , and
would not such description have appeared in the depositions 1 Was not the absence of such description conclusive that the prosecutor had sot pointed them out , except as stated in the constable ' s deposition , by a general description of the persons of his assailants , and was not that , in its turn , conclusive that he had not at the time of the attack recognised them as the parties now accused ; but , with his imagination , biassed by prejudice and passion , had mingled up his recollection of the parties before the attack with that which he had acquired since their apprehension !
His Lobdship having summed up , the Jury retired for some time , and returned into court with a verdiit of guilty against both the prisoners . His Lobdship expressed his intention of looking carefully into the depositions before passing sentence , to see if any facts in the case would justify a mitigation of the punishment which the law imposed for such offences .
INCKKDIABISH . Andrew Maclean was indicted for setting fire to the parish church of Thirsk , on the 20 th of July last . The prosecution was conducted by Mr . Blanshaud , the prisoner was defended by Sir Gbegoky Lewis . It appeared from the statement of the witnesses for the prosecution , that on the 20 th of July the Parish Church of Thirsk was undergoing some repairs , and several workmen were engaged iu the clock tower . About mid-day the prisoner was sesc in the church , and after looking round the monuments for a short time went away . Ab » ut eight
o clock , after the workmen had gone , the sexton came to ring the curfew bell . He left tbe church by the south door , locking it after him . The north door was bolted in the inside . When ho came to tbe church on the following morning , he found the south do * r , by which lie had left , bolted in the inside , and , going round to the north door , found that open . His first impression was , that a robbery bad been committed , but on further search this pr « v « d not to have been the case . In the course of the i » j t however , he found that an iron pan had been brought from the belfry , that a fire had been made in it , and that this fire had been placed under some stairs leading to a pew , which communicated with the rtof .
The materials used in making the fire had , apparently , - been the sexton ' s wand , and Bome lo * ee pieces of wood which were lying in the church . One of the steps was nearly burnt through , but tbfl fire had fortunately gone out without doing any further damage . A reward was offered for tbe discovery of the incendiary , but no information which could lead to his detection was obtained until August 27 th , when the prisoner called on the Incumbent , and in the presence of tbe churchwardens stated that he wa 3 the person who had set fire to the church . He said that he had gone in to see it about mid-day on the 20 th tf Jnly , and that the id » a suddenly seized him to Bet it on fire ; that he
went away , and returned aVral five o ' clock , at which time ( he workmen were still employed in the belfrey .. That he took the opportunity of their absence from the body of the church to conctaA himself in a particular pew , drawing the curtain f prevent his being seen . He beard the sexton , accompanied by another person , come in to ring the curfewbed ; and he then-went onto detail a conversation which took place between them . He said that when they were gone he brought the pan from the belfry , Jit the fire with some lucifer matches , and placed it where it was found . He then got out at the North door , which be bad previously opened to facilitate bis escape , and went home to his lodgings . On getting
up the next morning he was surprised to find that the church was not consumed . If it had been it was his intention to have given himself up . Hearing , however , no alarm , he left the town , bat on Boeing the advertisement of the reward , he came forward to surrender himself , lest any person should be induced to make a false claim to it . It appeared in the course of the trial , though not by strictly legal evidence , that the prisoner had originally been a shoemaker , had then been in the army , and finally h&d become a teacher of modern languages . He had been resident in Berwick-upon-Tweed , but had been very unfortunate , and his disappointments in his endeavours to support his wife and family were supposed to have affected his mind .
The Jury , after some deliberation , brought in a verdict of guilty . Sentence was deferred .
BOBBKBT . Robert Crow , 25 , and James Bates , 21 , were charged with having , on the 3 rd ef September last , in the township of Emley , robbed "William Dyson of 18 s ., a pair of spectacles , and two memorandum books . Mr . Waenby and Mr . Pickebi > q conducted the case for the prosecution ; Mr . Wilkiss defended the prisoners .
The prosecutor is a carpenter , residing at Clayton West , and on the day in question he was at Horbury , near Wakefield . He left that place on horseback , between six and seven o ' clock in the evening , and when he had got near a branch road leading to High Hoyland , he saw two men on tbe left hand side . He was shor tly afterwards struck on the head , in a most violent manner , with a piece of wood by a third person on the right side , and on turning round he saw it was the prisoner Crow .
who again struck him on the head which caused the blood to flow . Crow then took the prosecutor ' fl foot off the stirrup and threw him on the ground , and by the assistance of the two other men , one of whom was the prisoner Bates , his pockets were rifled , and the money mentioned in the indictment was stolen . Two or three witnesses deposed to seeing the prisoners with another man in the neighbourhood of the place where the robbery was committed , and a short time previous to its taking place .
After Mr . Wilklns had addressed the Jury , and the Judge had summed up , the Jury found the prisoners Guilty . . The Judge said , in passing sentence , that he entirely concurred in the propriety of that verdict . He had no doubt at all that tbe two , together with some other guilty man not yet taken , were the parties who perpetrated this outrage , and being so satisfied , he would not be doing his duty to the public if he allowed them to remain in this country . The sentence of the Court therefore was , that they be transported for the term of fifteen years . The Court rose at half-past five o ' clock . Monday , March 7 . SHEEP STKALISG .
Samuel Wragg , 28 , Was charged with having , on the 13 th of Oot . last , at Hunshelf , stolen a sheep , the property of Joseph Parfcin Hague . The prisoner pleaded Guilty , but said he had been led to commit the crime by another person .
BUEGLABY . Thomas ThornhiU , 21 ,-Jas . Ward , 22 , and Andrew Ward , 26 , were charged with having , on the 2 l 8 t of August last , at Sheffield , burglariously entered the dwelling-house of George Hiller , and stole therefrom ten hams , two sides of bacon , a crop of pork , a quantity of Boulogne sausages , tnd other articles . Mr . Wabsen and Mr . Ovekbnp were for the prosecution . Mr . Wixkiks defended the prisoners . The Juby found die prisoners Guilty . To be transported for fifteen years . When the prisoners retired from the dock they very vehemently reproached Thornhill fer having committed the robbery , and being in James Ward ' s house they affirmed had caused them to be transported .
SHEEP STEALING . The Grand Jury ignored the bill against Thomas Rawdon , 55 . chargedwith having on the ? th oi Jan . last , at Emley , stolen a sheep , the property of Jos . Appleyard . The Learned Judge in addressing the Grand Jury wished to mention a circumstance relative to the murder alleged to have been committed by a man named Goldsbrongh , abont eleven years ago . One of the principal witnesses appeared to have died since the prisoner was sent to prison , he believed by his own hand , and he had made a deposition , which , if properly taken , might b * received in evidence . Such evidence , however , was not so satisfactory as thongh the party making the deposition cad been
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present . They might yet receive it , and that deposition might perhaps supply the defect which existed about tbe identity of the party supposed to be murdered .
HOUSE STEALING . James Greensmith , 37 , who had been out on bail , was charged with having on the 5 th of April , 1837 , atD * ncaster , stolen a grey mare , the property of John Blacker . Sir G . Lewin was for the provocation and Mr . Wilkins for the defence . On the 4 th of April , 1837 , the prosecutor , who resides at Rawcliffe , near Leeds , sent his son to Doncaster fair to sell ag # odgrey mare . He went there and put up at an inn , aud next morning he went into the fair to sell the mare at an early hour . Whilst he was there a man came up to him and said he thought it was a nice mare what did he ask for it Tbe ioung man said £ 20 . but the man bid him £ 15 .
They parted , and when he had taken the mare a little farther , a person of gentlemanly appearance came up to him and asked him to get off the horse and trot it on . He did so , and as he was going past another horse it kicked him , broke two of his ribs , and rendered him insensible . When he came to himself he found a man , —not the man be had before seen—standing beside him with an old brown mare , scarcely worth anything , but having upon its back tbe prosecutor ' s saddle and bridle . The other man said— " here ' s your mare , I ' ve been standing a long time , and I thought you were dead . The young man replied that the mare he thea saw was not his mare : his was a grey one .
The other man said "this is the only mare I ever saw , " and asked if the young man had any friends there . The young man said he thought be had , and shortly afterwards went np to a person whom he knew , on seeing which , the other man absconded . When the prosecutor ' s son searched his pockets he found that 14 s . had been taken out of them , which he had on going into the fair . Nothing was heard of prosecutor ' s mare till about a month afterwards . Information had been given to the police in the meantime , and the prosecutor se » ing an advertisement in the newspaper , induced him to go to the house of a man named Barstow , who resides near
Bradford , and who is a carter and deals in horses . The prosecutor found the mare upon his premises , and Barstow said he had bought it of tbe prisoner the day after the robbery at the Red House . Search was made for the prisoner , but nothing was heard of him until February , 1838 , when Mr . Brigg , the constable of Bradford , discovered him in the Penitentiary , London , and in September last , he was apprehended . Mr . Wilkins addressed the Jury for the prisoner , and called William Sm > th , butcher , of Bradford , who deposed that he saw the prisoner buy the mare at tbe Red House , at Doncaster , the day after the robbery , of a man called Burtchell , for £ 14 . The Jury acquitted the prisoner .
BOBBKRT . George Parsons , 18 , and Charles Alexander Hooley , 18 , very respectable looking young men , were charged with aaving , on the 1 st of September last , at Sheffield , stolen from tbe warehouse of J * hn Harrison , a German Bilver bread basket , half a dozen German silver grafe scissors , two dozen of German silver snuffer trays , and ether articles The prisoners pleaded guilty , and two letters expressive of penitence , written by the prisoners whilst in the Castle , were banded to bis Lordship . The prosecutor recommended the prisoners to mercy . The Judge said he should take the recommendation and the letters into consideration .
BOBBEBY . Wm . Haley , 24 , Joseph Hardy , 25 , and Jonts Ackroyd , 33 , were charged with having , on the 7 th or 8 th of October last , at Horton , broken into the dwelling house of Wm . Wilson , and stolen therefrom a silk drees , a g » ld locket , a copper kettle , a pair of men ' s boots , a pair « f women ' s boots , and other articles . Hardy pleaded guilty . Mr . Wasnby and Mr . Wabren appeared for the prosecution . Mr . Wilkins defended the prisoner . The prosecutor is a Weeleyan minister , residing at Horto > , sear Bradford , and on tbe night of the 7 th of October , he retired t * rest , being the last persosup , and leaving the premises secure . About three o ' clock on the following atrning , the servant was awoke , and , on looking up , saw tie prisoner Hardy with a light : she gave an alarm , and the
prisoner ran away . Mr . Wilson , hearing the alarm , tot up , and found that the bouse was in great oon-FasUn , and that an entrance had been effected through the cellar window . Information was given to tbe police , aid the house » f Haley was subsequently searched , -when a kettle was found , which was identified aa the property of prosecutor , and also two pieces of silk , which corresponded with some that belonged to the prosecutor . Haley and Hardy were seen together near t » e prosecutor ' s house , about a& hour before the robbery . The evidence against Ackroyd was that he called at the house of a person of the name of Ackroyd , a relation , and left a pair of boots , saying he would call for them again : these boots belonged to the prosecutor ' s wife , and they and the locket in question were found on the premises of the prisoner ' s relation .
Mr . Wilkins addressed the Jury , who found Haley guilty , and Ackroyd N » t Guilty . The prisoners were further charged with having , on the 5 th of OcUber , broken into the dwellingbouse of Harriet Jagger , and stolen therefrom articles of wearing apparel , &c . Mr . Wasney and Mr . Habdy were for the prosecution , and Mr . Wilkins for the prisoner Ackroyd . The prosecutrix lives at Shelf , near Halifax , and o * the night of the 5 th of October , about eleven o ' clock , she retired to rest , leaving all safe . Ab » ut three o ' clock on tbe following morning Bhe was
disturbed by a noise in her house , and she saw a light opposite " her bed-room door . She got up , and found that tbe house had been entered by the cellar window , and she missed a quantity of linen that h&d been washed the day before , besides some other wearing apparel , and some knives and forks . Within five or six days after some of the property missing was found at Haley ' s house . On the morning of the robbery Mrs . Jagger's poker wa 3 missed , and in its stead another poker was found , which proved to belong to Ackroyd . Mrs . Jagger ' s poker was also found in Ackroyd's house .
Tne latter prisoner was allowed to give his own statement in di fence , and he said that Hardy lodged with him previous to the robbery , and had brought the poker to his house . The Jury found both tbe prisoners Guilty . Ackr » yd was further charged with having , " on the 29 th of September last , at Thornton , burglariously entered the dtvelling-house of Jeremiah Briggs , and stolen a tin kit , two tin piggins , and other articles . Mr . Wasney was for the prosecution ; the prisoner was undefended . The prosecutor lives at Green Head . Thornton ,
near Bradford , and when he retired to rest on the night of the 29 ; h of September , all his doors and windows were fastened . On the following morning , between five and six o ' clock , when tie prosecutor got up , he found his doors were open , and that the cellar window had been taken out . He also discovered that the property mentioned in the indictment had been taken away . On the 8 th of October , the prisoner left a kit and a piggin at the house of Mary Ackroyd , saying he should leave them for a few minutes , and would call for them again , but he did not do so . The Jury fonnd the prisoner Gnilty .
The three prisoners were then sentenced to be transported for fifteen years .
BOBBEBT . John Aihton , 24 , was charged with having , on the 19 ih of October last , at Sheffield , robbed James Paramoreoffive £ 5 notes , two other promissory notes , fifteen sovereigns , and about £ 4 in silver , and used great personal violence towards him . Mr . Wilkins aud . Mr . Overend conducted the case for the prosecution . Mr . Hkaton defended the prisoner . The prosecutor is a grinder , residing at Owlerton , about two miles from Sheffield , at which latter place he had a number of houses , and on certain dayshe went there to receive the rents . On the 19 ih October , after he had collected bis rents , in
the evening he called at the Crown Inn , which was kept by Mr . John Lee , his son-in-law , in Gringle Gate . When there the prosecutor had in his inside waistcoat pocket , five £ 5 notes , fifteen sovereigns , a promissory note for £ 80 , and another promissory note for £ 3 11 s . He had in his right hand trousers pocket about £ 4 in silver . The prisoner was in the Crown Inn whilst the prosecutor was there , and he left the house about the same time * When Mr . Paramore had proceeded some distance , and had got to a lonely place called Groves Row , where there was ho gas light , be heard somefootsteps behind him , and turningroundsaw two men . This excited his alarm , and seeing a person before him , he hastened towards him , thinking to avail himself of his
assistance if it was required . He , however , turned out to be one of the parties , as tbe instant the prosecutor got up to him , he knocked him down . The two other men then came up , and one of them said " d—n him , murder him . " They then used great violence towards him , squeezed bis month , and made tbe blood to flow , and robbed him of all bis money . After they had done so , one of them said " d—n him , murder him out , " and they " punched" him on the side and injured him severely . The prisoner was like the man who knocked the prosecutor down , the
latter lost his hat , and took one from the ground , which afterwards proved to belong to the prisoner . The prosecutor went back to the Crown Inn , immediately after the robbery , and when tbe hat was produced , it was identified by Mr . Lee the moment he saw it , there being a hole at the top of it . The servant to Mr . Lee also knew it ; Bhe had noticed it particularly iu the summer , and saw there was no lining in it . The prisoner told her that he had got into a row at the fair , had lost his own hat , and had got another , and had torn the , lining out of it lest it should be owned .
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The prisoner was apprehended between two and three o clock on the following morning , at Sling ' s house , in Holy Cross , Sheffield—Guilty . To / be transported fifteen years . The Court roBe at six o ' clock .
TuKSDAYj MARCH 8 . ¦ : ' . .. . ; ' - : . . ¦/¦ ¦/ . ' HOBSE 8 IKALING . .- : : ' -:- : William Harrison , 27 , wa 3 charged with having on the 4 , h or 5 th instant , at Hatfield Parva , in the East Riding , stolen a bay horse , the property of Thomas Taunton . f ¦ The prisoner pleaded guilty . SACRILEGE AT BOTHWKH . Joseph Laycock , 21 , John Burdeit , V& , and Robert Hughe $ , \ 9 i were charged with having oat the 6 th October last ; at Rothwell , burglariously entered the parish chnron , and stolen therefrom two keys , two books , six wine Rlaases , and twenty bottles of wine , the property of the parishioners .
Mr . Hall and Mr . Hill appeared for the prosecution . Sir Gbegory Lewin defended the prisoners . Thefacts of the case are as follows : —On the evening of Wednesday , the 6 th of Ootober , the church was locked up safe , and about half-past five o ' clock on the following morning , it was discovered , by Luke Barrett , gardener :. of Rothwell , as he was going to his work , to have been broken open . In the church were found a crow bar and a hammer , which had apparently been used for breaking the church open , and which had been stolen the same night at Lofthouse , a short distance from Rothwell church . The persons who had broken into the church had taken some wine glasses , bottles , &o ., and some of the
articles were found in the possession of two of the prisoners on the following day . Footmarks were discovered iu a garden adjoining the church , and leading to and from the vestry door , with which the shoes ef two of the prisoners were afterwards compared and found to correspond . The prisoners , and two persons named Crew and Wrigglesworth , and a number of others , were m company together at the Queen ' s Arms Tap , Kirkgate , Leeds , from about six to ten o ' clock on the night of the Ith of October . They were talking about housebreaking , highway robberies , and church robberies , and Crew aaked Edward Rayner , the waiter , what there was to rob at churches , when he replied there
was the communion plate , wine , and different things . All the company left the tap-room together about tea o ' cUok . About eleven o ' clock the same night a person having the appearance of Hughes , and five other men , were seen together proceeding in a direction from Hunslet towards Lofthouse . They were sten at the bott » m of Bell Hill , and near a house occupied by Mary Brooke . On that night the shop connected with tne Robin Hood Quarry , whick is between Bell Hill and Lofthouse , and about a mile and a half from R * thwell Church , and which was occupied by Mr . Armytage , was broken into , and the hammer and crow-bar , which were afterwards found in Rothwell Church , were stolen . On that
night also , the shop of Messrs . Charlesworth , of Lofthouse , was broken pen , and an account-book and some paint-brushes were stolen . These articles were afterwards f » und in the possession of Burdett . About a quarter-past two o ' clock on the m » rning of the 7 th of October , as Thomis Thompson , one of the night police of Leeds , was on his duty at Woodhouse Hill , he met 'Hughes and Burdett going towards Leeds . Hughes asked Thompson what time it was , and he told him it was a quarter-past two . The prisoners were about six or eight yards from each other , Hughes Dting firsts and Burton told Hughes he was going the wrong road , and pointed to a bye-road leading to Hunslet . They then went
m that direction . About a quarter to seven o ' clock on the same morning John Cowburn , one of the Leeds police , was on duty in North-street , when he observed Hughes and Burdett in Harrison-street . They were going towards him , and seeing him they made a halt . He passed the street bottom as though he had not noticed them , and waited a second or two till thty came up to him . They went down the street to where he was , and Hughes appeared to have something in his pocket , and Burdett bad something wrapped up in a pocket-ha » dkerchief under his arm , and appeared to have something in his jacket pocktt . The policeman seized Burdett , and Hughes Went away . He asked Burdett what
he had got , and he said nothing but a sup of ale . Cowburn examined a bottle he had under his arm , which appeared to contain wine , and was full . He told the prisoner there was wine in it . and thai he had been breaking into some gentleman s house , and he should take him into custody . : Cowburn found another bottle ia Burdett ' s pocket , ; and he took it out when he got to the police-office , and found it to be fulL When the prisoner was searched , a wine glass , which was accidentally broken , but whioh was identified by the churchwardens and eexttn , was found upon him , as also five paint brushes and an account book . About twenty minutes to six o ' clock n the evening of the 6 th of October . John Hudson ,
policeman , was on duty ill Call-lane , Leeds , when he saw the three prisoners in company with two men named Crewe and Wrigglesworth . On the following day , about f * ur o ' clock in the forenoon , Hudson went witk Serjeant Hepworth to take Hughes into custody . They found him at his mother ' s house , and Hudson asked him if he had been with Burdett that morning , and he said he had . Serjeant Hepworth also asked him what time he went to bed on tko previous night , an * he replied that it wouli happen be about ten o ' clock . Laycock was apprehended l > y Serjeant Epworth the same day , between twelve and one o ' clock , at his grandmother ' s house in Hunslet / He was in bad and
par tly undressed , and Epworth made him get up and dress himself . He told him he should take him to gaol , and the prisoner said what for ? he r « plied for robbing Rothwell huroh . The prisoner then went down stairs , and , Epworth asked him if that was his coat that was hanging , over the chair back ! and he said it was . Epworth found two keys in the pocktts , aid the prisoner said there was none without Epworth had put them in . Epworth said did he know anything about the keys ? upon which the prisoner said " Oh . ves , I had fdreot I had them . "
He then went to a drawer and tried to fit the small key to a loose lock which laid inside the drawer ; he said he had got it of a man to fit the lock . Epworth afterwards tried it but it did not fit , but it fit the lock of a cupboard in Rothwell church . These keys were identified , and they had been taken from the vestry table on the night of the robbery . Epworth asked Laycock if he would account where he had spent the evening before ? and he said no . Sir Gbegory Lewin in defence merely submitted that there was no evidence against Hughes , but did not offer any observations in defence of the other
prisoners . The Jury found Laycock and Burdett Guilty , and Hughes Not Guilty . The two prisoners were sentenced to be transported for ten years . The Grand Jury ignored the bill against A brdham Mitchell , 33 , charged with having on the 24 th Deo . last , at Quick , stabbed Benjamin Stead , with intent to do him some grievous bodily harm , and against Ely Crapper , 22 , charged with Saving on the 19 th of August last , at Halifax , committed a rape on Ellen Pickles , a girl under ten years of age . Thomas Hartley , 40 , charged with having on the 1 st of November last , at Dewebury , stolen a mare , the property of Thomas Wormald , waB acquitted .
BURGLARY AT SHEFFIELD . William Ludlum , 32 , was charged with having , on the 15 th November last , at Sheffield , broken into the dwelling heueeof Nathaniel Phillips . Sir G . Lewin and Mr . Phillips were for the prosecution . Mr . Wilkins defended the prisoner . The Jury found the prisoner Not Guilty .
HIGHWAY BOBBERY . John Scott , 2 . 9 , ^ and Thomas Rawnsleyv 20 , were charged with having on the 14 th of'November last , at Sowthowram , robbed Isaac Holdsworth of two sovereigns , a half soyereign , and 27 s . in silver , and used personal violence towards him . Mry Pickering appeared for the prosecution ; Sir G . Lewin defended Rawneleyi The Jury found the prisoners Guilty . Scott said , I can safely say that I am innocent if I was going to die this minute . " They were sentenced to be imprisoned one year . The Grand Jury ignored the bill against William Mtf , 48 , charged with the murder of Jane Rebinson , of Eskdaleside , near Whitby , on the 14 th of September last .
BURGLARY . James Lawson , 18 , was charged with having , on the 19 th of November last , at Harum , in the North Riding , burglariously entered the dwelling-hduse of Ann Lawson , and stolen a piece of cotton print ; a silk handkerchief , a pig ' s under ja * r , half a pig ' s face , a piece of butter , and other articles . To be imprisoned one year to hard labour . The Court adjourned at six o ' clock .
Wednesday ^ March 9 . . This morning , the Court was crowded at an early hour to hear the trial of Robert Goldsbroagh for murder . ¦ . ¦; ¦ . ¦ ' - , ¦ . - . ¦ " ¦; . ; , ¦ . . '¦ - ¦ •'" : ' . ¦ ¦ . ¦¦ . ' ¦ ' ¦ ¦ .. .. ' MURDER AT ; CRATHORNE . ^ Robert GoUtbroughJU , was charged with ^ aving , in the year 1830 , at Crathorne , murdered William Huntley , by shooting him with a gun . - ¦ _ ¦ Sir Gregory Lewin , Mr . Buss , and Mr . Pitlleine
were for the prsecution , Mr . Wilkjns defended the P Mr ! William Garbutt , solicitor ,-of Yarm , deposed that he had known William Huntley , to whom he paid a legacy of £ 85 . 16 b . 4 d . on the 22 d ; of July , 1830 . He had a large head and a projecting tooth on the left hand under jaw ; very low between the eyes , and the head particularly long behind . A scull waslately shown to witness by Mr . Gernon , which he had examined and believes to be Wm . Huntley's scull - ' ¦ :...-v V .. : ¦ - . ;¦ ¦ ' -: .- ¦ , :. ¦¦ .:: ;¦ ' /¦ ' - ; y-. _ j . ; ' ¦ .. ¦¦
.. . . George Farnaby , of Hutton , remembers Huntley disappearing in 1830 ; saw him and the prisoner together on the Thursday before Yarm fair . First leard of Huntley being missing about a week after-
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wards . Recollects seeing Joseph Dalkin at the prisoner's house , on one Sunday after the fair . Dalkin asked prisoner if he could give him any account of Wm . Huntly . He told him he had gone to Whitby to take shipping for America . On the Friday before the fair saw the prisoner about three o ' clock in the afternoon in his own house . He came in with something like a Back on his back , and went up stairs . It was a strongish sized sack and there was something in it . Cant say whether it waa heavy or light .
Saw the prisoner again the day before the fair , at which time be offered to lend witness £ 5 . to buy a cow ; witness declined the loan . Robert Braithwaite , tailor , of Hutton Rodby , deposed that he knew Hontley , and that the last time lie saw him was on the last Friday in July , in : 1830 . Saw him go to the prisoner ' s yard , and he knocked at his door and gained admittance . Prisoner looked out of his windoir and seeing who it was , Huntley was admitted . There was a particular tooth in his under jaw which projected his Hp out . Saw a skull at the inquest ; there was a tooth in the skull similar tb Hnntley ' s . . ; ' : ¦ ¦ : '
James Gears , Of Hutton Rudby , labourer . Knew Huntley , and remembers the time he disappeared . Last saw him on the afternoon of the 20 th July , 1830 ; he was then ia company with the prisoner and one Garbutt , going down a lane towards Middleton . On the first Wednesday in August prisoner showed him four or five £ 5 notes , and a quantity of silver , which he took from his breeches pocket . Prisoner told him that he got it from Stockton Bank ; that he dealt in poultry , and could always go to the Bank when he wanted money . He hid previousl y known the prisoner to be ill off , and had many a time lent him a meal .
James Braithwaite , of Middlesbro ' , bricklayer , resided at Hutton Rudby , in 1832 . Knew William Huntley ; knew the prisoner ; saw William Huntley in the prisoner ' s house on the evening of tho 30 ih of July , 1830 . On the Monday following , went to Yarm Fair . Saw a pool of blood , about fifty or sixty yards from a bridge near to Foxton Bank . About ten days after , I was passiig along the yard by prisoner ' s house about ten o ' clock , when I was struck by a strong smell of burning ; I went into prisoner ' s house , and told him I felt a curious sort of fmell , like woollen , burning . He said he had been burning s « me old rags . The fire was a large one . I said"it Was about bed time , wasn't he going to bed . He 8 » id no , he couldn't sleep .
James Maw , of Middlesbro ' , green grocer , lived at Hutton Rudby in 1830 . Knew Hantley very well . Knew the prisoner , and knows George Garbutt saw them all three together on the evening of July , 1830 , about nine o ' clock ; they went from Rudby towards Middleton . Prisoner had a gun . Huntley invited the witness to go with them . Witness declined , as they were probably going a poaching , Huntley put his hatd into his pocket , palled out some notesj and said , "I ' ve plenty of money , I ' ve have been to Mr . Garbutt ' s and drawn part of my fortune . " I saw the notes ; Prisoner called out and said , "put up thy money . thou fool , why art thou exposing it that way ; we 11 have nobody with us . " The witness went on to describe several
conversations between himself , Beswiok , the constable , and prisoner , after Huntley waamissed , in which Beawi « k asked prisoner what he had done with iiuutley . The . prisoner seemed much agitatedand confused ; said that he had set him as far as Easby Bridge , on the Whitby road , to take shipping for America . Witness said that was unlikely , as no ship had been adver tised to go to America from Whitby . Prisoner then said that he had set him on the Tontine road to take the coach for Liverpool , and so to Liverpool . That is in an opposiio direction from the Whitby road . Prisoner afterwards said that he had set him upCarldon Bank , to go into Bell ' s Dale , to see some of his friendB . Wituess , with three men , who ^ e since dead , searched the prisoner ' s house that night ;
found some old clothes which he could almost have sworn were Huntley's clothes . There was a pair of woollen-corded trousers , an old waistcoat , and an old coat . We found six shirts marked w W . H . " Now 1 , 2 , 3 , 4 , 5 , 6 * 1 they were new shirts . We asked him how he accounted for them . He said that Huntley had given them to him , and we then said Huntley was too greedy to give them to him . Then besaid Huntley owed him some money , ana he had left them in part payment . There was a watch hanging up on the chimney-piece , and Stephen Caichasides took it down , and Cook examined it . It appeared to be silver ; it had a light coloured case , and on the backside were the initials "W . H . " Prisoaer was aaked how he acconuted for it ,
and he accounted for ifc in the same manner as he did the other . We went up stairs and found three parts of a sheep . We fouid three parts of a sheep in a tub , and a weaver's apron and a towel spotted with blood .. : Prisoner said he bought the sheep of a country butcher , and he accounted for theblood on the apron and : towel , by saying that ho had wrapped up the mutton in \ t . I saw a gun in the chamber , and to my judgment it was a new one . The gun I saw in the night looked newish . Sophia Goldsbrough was in the house and orying , and she said " Oh , Robin , this is the thing thous either hurt Or killed Huntley with . " The prisoner said "hold thy tonge , thou fool . " She was his sister in-law . When she made this remark the prisoner seemed to
be very muoh agitated . I and others searched for Huntley , and then I saw a place near to Foxtonbridge , where the earth seemed to be newly dug ; it was in a potatoe garth . It was perhaps fifty yards from the place where it was said blood had been found . After the search , we met the prisoner in a little garth just above Rudby . He said to us /* where have you been searchingv to-day V Several persons answered " we have been searohing Foxton beck , Foxton woods , and Middleton , and Crathorne woods . " He said that he was far more likely to be in Stokesley beck . Previous to this I searched on Lord Falkland ' s side of the beck , and I saw the prisoner on the opposite or Sir William Fowlis ' s side of the beck . There is no public road
there but for farmers to their land , and geetlemen goj » g a fishing . W « pursued our search , and the prisoner proceeded along on the : opposite side . I saw prisoner after that in his own house , when the conversation took place I havo already sp ' oken to . On the Friday night , Huntley had a green coat on , yellow neckcloth , and I believe darkish coloured waistcoat and trousers ; I particulary noticed his coat and neckcloth . Huntley was rather pockmarked , with a broad face , and a dent between the eyes . He had a particular tooth , which stuck out on the under part of the left jaw .: I have seen the skull , and the projecting tooth ; and , to the best of my judgment , it was in about the same place as Huntley's projecting tooth was ; it projected in the same way .
John Ridley Saunderson , is a farmer at Crathorno , lives about a quarter of a mile from the place where the blood was wd to be found . On the night of the 30 th July , was up later than usual , and between eleven and twelve ; heard a shot coming from the north-west . Got up and heard another shot fired ; opened the window on the north part of the house and looked out , and then went to the south side , but saw nothing ; to the beet of his belief the shot was a quarter of a mile off . William Garbntt , clerk to the magistrates at Stokesly , deposed to the tak . ng down of the statement of prisoner which was read to him . Bartholomew Goldsborough , farmer v of Middletonon-Leven , heard ' of Huntley ' s disappearance in 1830 , on the 2 nd August , saw the blood on the road
as described by previous witnesses . Witness described the situation and appearance of the blobc very minutely . He had not then heard of Huntley ' a disappearance . ¦ Tflomas Richardsoa , tile-maker , of Stookton-on-Tees , deposed to having sold the prisoner a suhon tho Monday before Yarm fair , in 1830 . Joseph Dalkin , a tailor , recollects the disappearance of Huntley . PriEoner told himthat he had set him on Stokesley-lane , and he was going to take shipping for America . He was to sail for America at four o ' clock on Monday morning . This was Sunday . Huntley owed witness something , and he determined , therefore , to follow him , and if possible to obtain it . He went to Whitby ; that day , and searched the . town for Huntley all round .: There
was but a bmall vessel there , aud there was no vessel going to America at that time . ; George Bewick , examined by Sir G . Lewin—I am a linen-manufaoturer at Rudby . In 1830 I was constable of Hutton . I remember Huntley ' 8 disappearance . In consequence of that I went to Jane Patterson ' s | Huntley used to go there . I afterwards went to Hall ' s shop . Prisoner and several others were there , but I can't say whether James Maw was there . Huntley ' s wife went with me to Hall ' s . I said to prisoner , ' ; . ** There is a report that Huntley is missing , and I hear that you was the last person with him , and I , therefore , thought you were the likeliest person to ask . " He said Huntley had some relations at Bilsdale , and he ( the prisoner ) believed he had gone there . I said , " Why did you tell Jo * Dalkin that he had gone to Whitby , and given him an unnecessary journey of sixty miles V ' , I don ' t exactly recollect what
the prisoner said to that , but it was not aa answer that satisfied me . Prisoner seemed agitated a little ; he showed it by trembling . I said "I understand thou has Huntley ' s five Bhirt 8 , how bast thou come by them ! " Prisoaer said he had bought them of him . I said " I understand you bought a Web between you of George Farnaey , which made you five each , bo that I thought it unlikely for thee to buy them and Huntley to sell them . " I said "Here ' s Huntley's wife says he had only a bad one on , and a worse off . " The prisoner did not make a reply that I recollect . Huntley had something more remarkable about his-appearance than any man . He had a very short face ; his head looked less , than it really was ; he had a remarkable tooth ust above the eye tooth on the right hand of the ower jaw , so far as my memory serves me . I lave seen a skulL - v-.. ¦ ¦ ; ' ¦ ;¦> , :- ' -. : - : - ' : ¦
John Kay , Mana Richardson , and Elizabeth Shaw , were examined , but their evidence was not material .-: '¦• " .. ¦ . ' . ¦ ¦ •¦ ¦ ; ¦ : ' . ¦ . ¦¦' . ¦ ¦ . . ' •'¦ . > - ;¦ ;; '¦ ¦ : ' ¦; '¦ - . ; .:. ¦' r - - ¦ : ¦' ¦ ' . Hannah Best , a washerwoman deposed to the fact of the prisoner bringing in a sack , which he took up stairs while she was washing at his houBo on the
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Friday afternoon . He refused to allow her to gonp stairs to put the child to bed , and put it to bed himself . -. ¦ ,: '¦ : '¦'' ¦ : ¦ ¦ - ''¦ ' ¦¦ ¦ . -:- . ¦ ¦'¦ ' ¦¦ . ;¦'¦¦ -: ¦ :. . v - ' ; ¦ : . ¦¦ Anthony Wiles , an ostler , of Stockton-on-Teep , was of the party who searched for Hantley ' s body . Prisoner came up to them , called them a lot of fools , and said if they would wait a fortnight , ho would bring him for ward . , ^ John Duck examined by Sir & Lewis . —In 1830 Lwaja overseer of Sexhow . I knew the prisoner ** that time : he lived at Hnt . ton . hht bedonffed to OUT
township . He came tome for relief in the fore part of 1830 : he and bis family were relieved with 53 . a week for four weeks . : ^ John Neust , a farmer , at Seamer » and Matthew Robinson , labourer of Stokeeley , deposed to the lading of the bones in the Stell which divides Stokesley from Seamer , and the lodging * of them with Gernon the policeman . Gernon , the police-officer , deposed to the receiving of the skull , and produced it in CoHrt ; iubsequeatly this witness gave the following evidence : —
In consequence of the . bones being discovered , I wenttoBamsley , on my own authority ; it was on the 23 rd of June . I found the prisoner in his own house in the evening ; told him I had come to take him for the murder of William Huntley , eleven years ago * he seemed much agitated ; be had to assist himself with his hands in rising from his chair . His coat wa * on ^ the chair by his side , and he was going round the house to look for it . I said " have you a Tvatch I" He . said " no , I have not , I have not had one frr two or three years ; I gave it to my son . " I said ^? where is y » ur son 1 " He said " in the north , atStockton or ¦ Middlesbro ' . " His son then cane in , aad the prisoner said—there- is my son . I said to prisoner ; " you told me your son waa in the north . " Prisoner said " Oh , my son and I have not been friendly for the last year or so . neiiher have I seen him . " I aaked the son where waa the
watch his father had given him some time before . He said he had sold it in Hull about half a year befbre buf ^ he did not know to whom . I put the skull on the table , and told him to look at it , when he looked , round and said , " I ' m innocent . * ' He also said , they might swear his life away if they thought proper , but he never had any clothee , or watch , or anything belonging to Huntley . The last time he had seen Huntley was on a Thursday . I did net detain him , but apprehended him a ^ ain on the 10 th of August , at Barnsloy , and took Lim to Stokesley . . ¦' ¦ :: . / / . ¦ . -: : : >¦" , " .:... •'¦ : '" : '• - ¦ ¦ ¦¦; ' : ^ .:: . William John Strother , surgeon , of Stokesley , deposed that the bones werer those of a male , and the skull indicated the form ofa head , face , and skull , such as the witnesses had described Of Hnntley ' s . Ho = should sayfrcm the appearance of the skull that tha person bad died from violence . The skull was broken in .
Wm . Robinson , examined by Mr . Pulleine . —I Hvo in Kingston-piace Barnaley ; I am a weaver . In the autumn of 1830 prisoner came to reside with me ¦ he took a loom of me , and called himself Robert When we inquired after his other name he said they called him "touch-rae-lightly . " Whenhe first came to my house he had on n ; pair of brownish woollen fawn-coloured trensers ; he had a blvsk coat Hia box came some weeks afterwards ; after it came , he had a green and black plaided cloak tuid a top coat , two hats , a black one and a white one , two watches , one of them
apparently old and the other new . They appeared to be silver watches . I never saw him with any money , but from his way of living he appeared to have money . He lent me two sovereigns . After he had been a few weeks he went away , and wid he was going into the North ; he was absent near a month . A woman camo back with him , ' and he said he had married her . They Stop , ped spine time , b » t did not sleep . in my house ; they had their meal * there . The watches had both cases to them when he first came , but when he returned from the North , ha had lost the case of the old watch .
Cross-examined . —It was the latter part of the year , towards Martinmas , that the prisoner came to my house . - : .,. ¦ .. . ¦ ¦ ¦ . ¦ . 'V . ¦' •/ . " ¦ .- ' . " ¦ ' ^ - ¦ : " . ¦ \ ; ¦ , ; ' ¦" . "¦ .. ¦ '"¦ - , " ¦; Wm . White examined by Sir Q . Lewinj— I am a ¦ watchman at Barnaley . In the spring of 1831 1 waa living with my , mother in Cordeux-row . I saw the prisoner there . He went by the name of Robt . Towers , and came to live near my mother ' s . He once offered me tor sale ' the watch he wore , and he also told me he had the inside « f another , would I buy that , and I declined . The prisoner had been then in Barnaley about four or five months . V John Wrightson examined by Mr . Btiss . —I am a fanner , llvjtag near Hutton Rudby . 1 knew Huntley twelve or fourteen years . I have seen the aknll , and I believe it la similar to bis skull , the face , and sverything about it .
William Jackson examined by Mr . PotLEiNE , —I am a draper and hatter at Kudby . I occasionally anpplied Huntley With hata . He had a rather particular shaped face , a very short race , a broad flat nose , and very much sunk between the upper patt of his nose and the low part of his forehead . The low part of hia forehead overhung very much and then fell back , and the back * part of his head was very large ; The last time I sold him a hat he required a very largo hat \ '¦;¦¦' . - ; ¦¦¦ : ' ¦¦¦¦ .,. ¦; : . -.: ' . \; ' ; v ' \ "¦ ' ¦ :: ¦ ¦ -r- -.- ' ¦ Jeremiah Rainsey examined by Sir Or . Lewin . —I knew William Huntley when he was a boy , and we used to plague him about his teeth . He had a tooth which projected out , but I cant exactly swear to the place .,. :- ' ' . ' : '"; . - ' . - ¦ ¦¦ - ¦ : ¦ - ¦ ' '¦ ¦ ¦ ¦' :. ' : ' ' ¦ , --v - ¦¦ : ¦ ¦ - '
Wm . Reed examined by Mr . Bliss —I am a police bfflcer at Stokesley . I waa present one day at the prisoner's examination , and I saw a man named Thomas Grounrty there . I brought ^ Gro andy to the Cas tl e as an accessory in the murder . v Croes-axamined . —Qroundy appeared in his right mind . ¦; ; - ' y '" ' \ > - • - , ¦ . _ . - . ¦ ¦ ; ¦¦ . -, ¦ . ; :.. . : ¦;• . ¦ ¦; ¦ .. ¦ Mr . John Noble eximmed by Mr . Pulieine . — Thomas Groundy Was brought into my custody on the 18 th of Angust last ; 1 saw him in bed the same day ; he had destroyed himself . V Cro » s examined . —An inquest was held , and a verdict of / c / o dc s ? was returned . I spoke to Groundy twice ; he did not appear flighty . ' / '' - Mr . Garbntt recalled . —The deposition now ptodnced was written by one of my clerks , in my presence , before the magistrates , and in the pressDce of the prisoner . It was read over and signed by Groundy , who was duly sworn . ?
This deposition was read by the CJerk of the Court , and was to the following effect : — VOn .. the Wednesday night after Wni . Hantley was missing , Robert Goldsbrongh came to me and asked me if I would help him with a bag to Stofeesley > and I told him I would go , arid we wenfc We went by Nevill ' s house , and we went down the wood behind the stone bridge . ' He took the bag and laid it down on the ground in the wood , and I laid hold of it , and I found like a man ' s head , and I asked him what it was ? and
he stood about five minutes before he spoke , and he then aaid it was a bad job ; it was Hantley , and as he was going past him he shot him . I then felt frigh ^ ned and wanted to go home , and Goldsbrough / said— ' If you mention it , I'll give you as much / I did not mention it , and wanted to make off , and I did so . The body was in the wood , between two hundred and three hundred yards from the bridge , and it was in a lone place . He never said anyttii"g more to me about it . 1 was frightened , and durst not mention it . Huntley had a long tooth , and " used to twist his mouth . "
After the deposition was taken , witness went to the place with Groundy , and Gernon , the police-officer , and they found the locality where the bones were found to agree with the statement of Groundy . Robert Hall deposed—In 1830 , I was a butcher at Hutton Rudby . 1 saw the prisoner at Yarm fair in that year luying a small red heifer . The pnrchase was £ 7 , and Is . again . I saw him pay for it . il saw him nave paper money , and gold and silver . I saw Bewick at my shop on the Thursday after Huntley was missed . Mrs . Huiitley was also there . Bewick came to enquire of Goldsbriragh what had become . of Huntley . : This was the case for the prosecution ; and it was detexmined to hear tho remaidcr of the trial next day , the jurors being pro * ided with proper accommodation during the night . \ / ; . Thdesdat , March 10 . Mr . Baron Rolfe took his seat upon the Bench at nineo'clock . i
Mr . Wilkins commenced Mb address to the Jury for the defence at half-past nine . He wenfc m ' . h great minuteness through the statements made by witnesses who had been called forward , commenting on each with great force and eloquenco , and deducing inferences favourable to the cause of his client . Ha also cited cases from Lord Hale and others , which bore upon the peculiar circumstances of the present case , and furnished instanceawhere , though under clear circumstantial evidence parties have been found
guilty . The deceased persons had afterwards turned out to be still alive . He concluded by a feeling and eloquent appeal to the Jury , and sat down at halfpast twelve ; his address having occupied three hours . The Jury then retired for a few minutes , and the Learned Baron summed np at great length , and with much minutenesa , going entirely through the evivence , and commenting thereupon , in a lucid and most impartial manner . His summing up occupied until . shortly after three o ' clock , when the Jury retired , and were absent from the Court aboat half an hour , and then returned a verdict of Not GuUty . ^ ¦"• . ¦•¦ - : ; . ¦; ¦ ¦ ¦ ¦ - ¦ ¦ i ¦ . ¦ - ¦ ¦ ¦ - ¦ - ¦ v " - ' ¦ : : . ' . ¦ •• . ¦ ¦ ¦ . ¦ ' :
STABBIHIS AT XEEDS . ' Job Byrom , 35 i charged with hating , on the 24 tti of July last , at Bramley , near Leeds , feloniously stabbed Joseph Goodson with intent to do him grievous bodily harm , was acquitted .
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. To The Chabtists Of The United Kingdom.
. TO THE CHABTISTS OF THE UNITED KINGDOM .
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YOBKSHIBE LENT ASSIZES ,
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Northern Star (1837-1852), March 12, 1842, page 5, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/vm2-ncseproduct1152/page/5/
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