... THE BLASPHEMY I PROSECUTIONS. ON Monday last, Mr. A. HEYWOOD, bookseller, of Manchester, against whom an indictment for Blasphemy had been found, appeared, in the sessions-House, Salford, to take his trial, for the alleged offence. The case having been called upon, Dr. BROWNS, on behalf ot t 4orermnent, (in whose name the prosecution had been instituted) stated to the Court that he had ...

... YORKSIIRE ASSTZS.. i CROWN OOURT-Saturday, 4Uan.h 14. (Before Mi. Starkie, @; C.) - ' cUTTING AND MATEIING AT NORTHOWRiAM. Thomnaes Mansfield, 22, was indicted for having, on the 25th December, at Northowram, neaur Halifax, t unlawfully, maliciously, and feloniously cut, maimed, a and wounded Henry Walker, with intent to do him n some grievous bodily harm. . . , . . Ip Mr., BAcIns andbir. ...

... PORF.&= SHERIFF'S COuRT.-Oif 7hrsday last, a case of considerable importance to /3rtlsts came on for discussion in the Sheriff Small 'Debt Court. The irmstc ees of the ease is au ?? ;- Some days previous to the visit of Messrs. Collins ' ud White to Forfar, large placards were issued and' Vosted up through the town, announcing the meetings j:ht were to be held in consequence of the visit of ...

... legal Intellfaence. GADIE CERTIFICATE.-The occupier of land may shoot or destroy rabbits without a game certificate; there is no penalty for shooting wild ducks without a certificate. LIABILITIES Or SHAREHOLDERS.-All shareholders in joint stock banks, are responsible for the liabilities of the bank; there can be no deed framed so as to exempt them from this responsibility. TITHE COMMUTATION. ...

... The town of Birmingham and its neighbourhood were on Thursday morning week thrown into great confusion in consequence of the body of a young woman, nlamed Harriet Wright, being found in the canal, near Walmer. lane. Suspicion immediately attached to a young uian named Josiah Lilly, and information having been dis. patched to the station-house, constable Brough immediately went to the residence ...

... | oreedfrigs in the Mull Volict Qaurt. I~~~~~~~~~~. .. LIZ of WEDNESDAY. A girl named Margaret Dickenson, was charged ly with stealing some brass thumrb-screws; from the Flax m and Cotton Mills, where she had been at work, on le Saturday last. The girl had offered them for sale at of the shop of a marine store dealer, named Vm. Eddi. if son, and not receiving a satisfactory account as to ...

... BAIL COURT, WIEDNfESDAY, Nov. 25- THiE QUEEN v. JOSEPH HEALD POLLOCK.-Mr. STANt- vtri inoved to make a rule absolute In this case to bring thedepo- Sltionjee Io this court by writ of Cer'iorari. and also for admitting the defendant to bail in the country. Mr. 1l3A5ES now showed cause against the rule, and said that he was sure his Lordship would not make it absolute when he was In Poiiesiion ...

... ad, as CENTRAL CRIMINAL COURT, JULY 10. e, te The Judges took their seats upon the Bench a at nine o'clock, and the prisoner was then placed at the bar. te Mr. S. TAYLOR, the prisoner's counsel, called twenty-elght wit. , nesses, six of whom were physicians and surgeons, to prove the pri- ih se soner s Insanity. Ie The Judges having conferred together for a quarter of an hour- e. The ...

... SATURDAY, JULY 11, 1840. it _ _ _- TtFiE AssizEs.-The assizes for this county conimenace e this tay at Yrik. There are 413 prisoners for trial in thi Crown Court, including several very heinous offenders. Little is yet known as to the civil business. At the Sheriff's office, on Thursday night, advice bad been heard of only three special juries, viz. :-Clark a. Thompson, and Thomp- son ?? Clark ...

... BTOOMFORT. APPREHENSIONS AND EXAMINATIONS OF TURN-OUTS, &c. COURT HOUSE, Tbursd&2, May 21. Before Mhe MaVor, Jonathan ThordhiUI, and P. E. Marsland, Esquires. INTIMIDATION. Jamea Percival, Wim. Crawshaw, Joseph Hopkins, and Mary Welton, were charged under the Intiaida- tion Act, with having, on the 18th inst., molested and intimidated Mary Wright, with a view to force her to quit the employ of ...

... I (From B.'s letter to the Times.) And now the representative of Majesty is within the gaol. And what is the first inquiry of hisExcellency? Into the state of crime ? The proportion of the committals to the convictions ? The nature of those convictions and the number of them ? The heathy state of the gaol ? Its discipline ? Its cleanliness? The comfort of the prisoners? flow far criminal ...

... Pull MARJslunmer Quarter *Cssfonz. (Concluded ftorn last week.) FRIDAY, JULY 10, 1840. The Court opened this morning at eight o'clock. JOHN SALTER, (43,) was charged with stealing a shirt, be- longing to George Johnson. Pleaded guilty. To be imprisoned for two months. JOHN THOMAS BAILES, (15,) was charged with obtaining, under fahe pretences, from Samuel Lambert, a pound of raisins and some ...