Some months ago, a manufacturer in Wigan and his son
were tried At the Borough Sessions, on a charge of having received embezzled ma- terials ; and so clear was the case against them, that, calculating upon nothing short of transportation, they converted all their property into cash before trial, with the intention of making it available in the co- lony to which they expected tq be sent. To the great surprise of the whole court, however, and not less to their own, they were declared not guilty. A few days after this unlooked-for event, a gentleman of oar acquaintance met two of the jurymen in company, and asked them what were their motives forgiving a verdict so coatrary to the evidence. The first, who was a thoroughbred Lancashire man, replied in the rich *alert of the county, " Whoy, mon, yo seen th' lad and me went to Schoo Cgether, an' it bud ha bin a hard case rho seat an owd schoo- fellow across t'weyter." The second, a canny Scut, had a no less elowacteristic reason fur his conduct. "Ma troth, man," Said he, " the said fellow owed me ten pund, an' gin he'd ha' been convicted, I should nc'er ha' seen a bawbee o' it.—Manchester Courier.
At a Petty Sessions held at 'Wandsworth, on Monday, five men, named Rolle, Stomp, ! Cummings, and Jones, were charged with a burglary in the house of Richard Jordan, a sawyer, residing at Hope Cottage, Wandsworth. On Albrolity lust, the prosecutor, on returning home, found that his house lied been entered and robbed of a 10/. note, eight soversigns, six silver spoons, and a silver \\each. The prisoners were appreltended on suspicion, and some chisels found in Stolen's. pos. session corresponded with the marks on the prosecutor's drawers. A. pistol belonging to Jordan was found on Cummings; and the other prisoners, it was proved, were near the house on the day of the robbery. They were all identified as experienced burglars. Stoner was, how- ever, discharged. The others were committed.
Enuna Dawes, the servant of Mr. Fletcher. a gentleman of fortune residing at Cheltenham, was committed on Saturday last, to take her trial at the peat Gloucestershire Assizes, for robbing her mistress of jewels, dresses, trinkets, about 301. in cash, and other valuable pro- perty. She was secured by an officer from Bow Street, after a chace of two or three days.
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