An explanation as to why I didn't film the BMDs, or Local Intelligence, for this issue!!!  3 JANUARY 1851 - PRISCA FIDIS We present our readers to day with the first number of the West Briton in a greatly enlarged form - and an event of so much importance in our career at once gives an especial emphasis to our new year's greetings, and furnished us with a fitting opportunity of taking a more enlarged review than usual of the past, and of imparting to our readers some idea of our intention for the future. The West Briton has now existed for rather more than forty years, a tolerably satisfactory proof of the value of its services to the cause of Liberal politics. It was started at a time when to be suspected of any leaning towards constitutional progress, any sympathy with the cause of the people, or any dissatisfaction, however slight, with things as they were, was sufficient to place a man under the ban of social proscription, was almost certain to make him the butt of calumny, and in all probability to expose him to injustice and oppression. The prevailing character of British statesmanship at the time was imbecility, its great actuating principle was a vague, stupid, ignorant fear of popular feeling and liberal views. [and so on, in the same vein, maintaining that those in power so feared 'revolution' they would not allow any questions, or opinions, that differed from theirs.  I simply couldn't find the Local Intelligence section, or the BMDS, and I did try.] .................................... WEST BRITON AND CORNWALL ADVERTISER JANUARY 3, 1851 CORNWALL  EPIPHANY  SESSIONS  FRANCIS GLANVILLE, Esq., of Catchfrench, qualified as a county magistrate. The following gentlemen were sworn on the Grand Jury: Mr. John Ball Smith, St. Stephens in Branwell, foreman Mr. Jonathan Baron, Bodmin Mr. James Brabyn, St. Kew Mr. William Clogg, St. Martins Mr. Walter Cock, Luxulyan Mr. William Cook, St. Martins Mr. William Dawe, Morval  Mr. Giles L. Hawken, st. Teath Mr. Nicholas Higgs, Lanlivery Mr. Jonathan Hill, St. Martins Mr. Thomas Jane, Lanhydrock Mr. John Lakeman, Egloshayle Mr. William Huddy Littleton, Lanlivery Mr. Joseph Michell, Gorran Mr. George Morcom, St. Austell Mr. Richard Oliver, Morval   Mr. John Pearce, Tywardreath  Mr. John Rundell, Luxulyan   Mr. Wm. Rundell, Tywardreath Mr. Alexander Stephens, St. Mewan Mr. John Trevaile, Luxulyan Mr. John Trevenen, St. Sampsons Mr. W. Henry Trounce, St. Ewe The proclamation against vice and immorality was then read... TRIALS OF PRISONERS HUGH HOLLINSHEAD, 42, pleaded GUILTY of stealing, on the 27th of December, at the parish of Tywardreath, a coat, neckerchief, bag, and knife, the property of RICHARD NETHERTON. Three Months' hard labour. THOMAS ROWSE was charged with stealing, at the parish of St. Austell, on the 5th of December, two jars, and about four gallons of brandy, the property of William OLVER. Mr. SHILSON prosecuted, and MR. STOKES defended the prisoner. Prosecutor is an innkeeper at Mount Charles, in the parish of St. Austell, and prisoner is a sailor living at Porthpean. On the afternoon of the 6th of December, prosecutor left his house to go into St. Austell, there remaining in charge of the inn, his wife, daughter, and son, and an apprentice called HOAR being in the workshop. There were two jars of brandy in the bar when prosecutor left, and in the course of the evening his daughter discovered that these had been taken away.  Suspicion fell on the prisoner, and JOSEPH BENNETT, a constable, being called, he and Hoar the apprentice, went to prisoner's house at Porthpean, about a mile and half distant, with the view of apprehending him. It was about ten o'clock at night when they arrived at prisoner's house. The constable knocked on the door, and prisoner asked who was there?  The constable replied, "a friend."  He asked what they wanted, and the constable said "something to drink"; he asked, what? And the constable said, "a drop of water."  After this they heard a bustling inside about the kitchen, and presently afterwards the prisoner opened the door and came out with the jars, with which he went to the garden and threw them out of his hand. The jars contained two gallons of brandy each, and Mr. Inch's name was on the label. Prisoner was then taken into custody, and afterwards committed for the offence . In prisoner's defence, Mr. Stokes submitted that there was no evidence that he had stolen the jars, but that they had been placed in his house by some other person; and that the act of carrying the spirit into the garden was done by a drunken man who did not know what he was about, - that in fact the apprentice said he appeared to be tipsy when he came out of the house with the jars. Mr. Stokes also called WILLIAM BOND,JOSEPH RICKETT, and two other witnesses, who gave the prisoner a good character. After the Chairman had commented on the case, the jury found the prisoner Guilty.Two months' hard labour. WILLIAM JONES , 14, was charged with stealing a fustian jacket, belonging to JOHN GREEN, of Ladock. Mr. G. COLLINS for the prosecution. On Friday, the 6th of December, prosecutor had taken off his jacket and placed it on the shafts of a waggon. He saw the prisoner near the place, and afterwards missing his jacket, he rode after the lad and overtook him near the Blue Anchor. Prisoner was then wearing prosecutor's jacket, and was taken into custody by constable MENNEAR, of St. Enoder. Verdict, Guilty - Six Weeks' Hard labour. WILLIAM HARRIS, was charged  with stealing a fowl, the property of WILLIAM OLVER. Mr. G. COLLINS conducted the prosecution. Prosecutor keeps the Seven Stars Inn, at St. Columb, and also farms a tenement about five hundred yards from his house. He has there a linhay in a field, and it was from that linhay he found on the 27th of October, that two fowls had been stolen since the previous night. Opposite to his field was a gate leading to Mr. PAYNTER's field, and behind the post of that gate he found two heads of fowls, four wings, four legs, and a quantity of feathers. HENRY COOMBE, policeman, stated that he followed the traces of the feathers, and eventually searched prisoner's house, where he found some feathers, and he also found a fowl under the back window of the house, which was not there when he was under that window before. The feathers were sworn to as being those of the lost fowl, but the jury did not consider the evidence conclusive. Verdict, Not Guilty. A second indictment against the prisoner was withdrawn. RICHARD HOCKING, 20, pleaded Guilty of stealing, on the 3rd of November, at Restronguet Creek, from the vessel PRIMROSE, a worsted frock, the property of JOHN GOSLING. He also pleaded Guilty of stealing, on the same day and from the same vessel, eleven sovereigns, the property of THOMAS HARRIS. For the first offence, Six Months' hard labour, and for the second offence, Two Months' hard labour. JAMES GILL, 18, pleaded Guilty of stealing, on the 9th of September, at the parish of Wendron, a shirt, belonging to WALTER PASCOE. Three Months' hard labour. JOHN OLIVER, 20, pleaded Guilty of stealing, on the 24th of November, at the parish of St. Austell, a silver watch, the property of ROBERT TERDREA LONG. A second count laid the watch as being the property of EDWARD ROBERTS. Three Months' hard labour. ELIZABETH ROBERTS, 21, pleaded Guilty of stealing, on the 28th of November, at Liskeard, a silver teaspoon, and four tumblers, the property of NEHEMIAH HENWOOD. Two Months' hard labour. JOHN WILLIAMS, 18, pleaded Guilty of stealing, on the 16th of November, at the parish of Gwennap, a a hand-saw, the property of JOSEPH PASCOE. Two Months' hard labour. SHEEP STEALING -  THOMAS BROWN, 23, WILLIAM ROBINSON, 30, and JAMES HILL, 36, were indicted for stealing, at the parish of Pelynt, a ewe sheep, the property of JOHN ROSKILLY. Another count charged the prisoners with killing, with intent to take away the carcase. Mr. CHILDS conducted the prosecution; the prisoners were undefended. JOHN COCK, the hind of Mr. John Roskilly, stated that he resided at the farm house on Trendaway estate, in the parish of Pelynt. On the morning of the 1st of December, he went into one of the fields of the farm, and saw thirty-nine sheep there belonging to Mr. Roskilly; on the morning before he had counted forty sheep in the field. He went to look for the missing sheep, and found the belly, skin, head, neck, and the small part of the fore-legs wrapped up in a corner of the field. The sheep did not appear to have been slaughtered by a butcher; it was not skinned so clean as it ought to have been; the head and neck were left in the skin.  He carried home the skin, head, neck and two legs to his master's house. In about an hour afterwards, he saw men's tracks in the field, which was then wet, and the marks were to be plainly discerned. One track had seven rows of nails, and other  eight, and another had a "diamond". He had before that called a workman to assist him, and also MR. HOOPER, a neighbouring farmer. They examined the tracks and went on following them through Pelynt to Highlane, above Lantundle, in the parish of Duloe, from three to four miles from where they set  out.  At this place, above Lantundle, they came up to THOMAS BROWN, one of the prisoners, and afterwards saw ROBINSON, another of the prisoners, standing by the hedge, only a few yards from Brown. They also saw JAMES HILL, the third prisoner, coming towards them from the opposite direction. They traced the footmarks, close up to two of those men, and not further on. Brown was standing by a little fire which had been lighted by the hedge. The witness Cock then left the prisoners in charge of the two men who were w! ith him, whilst he went for constable TRUSCOTT. It appeared from further evidence, that whilst Mr. Hooper and the other man were left with the prisoners, that a man called STACEY found a smock-frock in some furze not far from where the prisoner Brown was standing; and that when constable Truscott came, the smock-frock was examined, and found to contain two rounds of a leg of mutton, two shoulders, a loin, and some other parts; the ribs, it appeared, had been dressed at the fire. The tracks were afterwards compared with the prisoners' shoes, and the pieces found in the smock-frock corresponded with those found in the field. A labourer called NORTHCOTT  also gave evidence to show that the three prisoners were in the field about the time it was believed the sheep were stolen. The CHAIRMAN, in summing up , said there could be no doubt that the parts found in the smock-frock and in the field came from the same animal, but were the jury satisfied that the prisoners were connected with the jury  smock-frock in which the portions were found?  The tracks had been traced up to the prisoners, who it appeared were strangers in this part of the country; and the jury must consider whether they were satisfied with the evidence of those tracks. The Chairman remarked that the manner in which the shoes of Brown were compared with the tracks, was the correct way, namely by making a fresh mark by the side; but as to the other tracks they were compared incorrectly, by putting the shoes into them. The jury found the three prisoners Guilty. They were each sentenced to Twelve Months' hard labour. JAMES CONDAR, 20, and JOSHUA WILLIS, 18, were charged with stealing at Stratton, on the 12th of December, a silk handkerchief from the person of JOHN LYLE. The handkerchief was stolen on Stratton fair-day. A farmer called ROBERT JONES, saw the prisoner Condar take the handkerchief from prosecutor's coat pocket, and pass it over to the prisoner Willis. They were afterwards taken into custody by policeman GODDARD. Verdict, Guilty of stealing from the person. Sentence, each Six Months' hard labour. Julia Mosman, OPC for St.Austell,Charlestown, and Treverbyn Website at http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~staustell W. Briton newspaper transcripts at http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~wbritonad Please visit the OPC website at http://cornwall-opc.org I'm a volunteer for FreeCens - why don't you join, too?

It sounds like a lovely exposition of liberal thinking at the time - could we please, please have the whole explanation? :-) Clare jwmos99@msn.com wrote: > > An explanation as to why I didn't film the BMDs, or Local Intelligence, for this issue!!! > > 3 JANUARY 1851 - > PRISCA FIDIS > > We present our readers to day with the first number of the West Briton in a greatly enlarged form - and an event of so much importance in our career at once gives an especial emphasis to our new year's greetings, and furnished us with a fitting opportunity of taking a more enlarged review than usual of the past, and of imparting to our readers some idea of our intention for the future. > > The West Briton has now existed for rather more than forty years, a tolerably satisfactory proof of the value of its services to the cause of Liberal politics. It was started at a time when to be suspected of any leaning towards constitutional progress, any sympathy with the cause of the people, or any dissatisfaction, however slight, with things as they were, was sufficient to place a man under the ban of social proscription, was almost certain to make him the butt of calumny, and in all probability to expose him to injustice and oppression. The prevailing character of British statesmanship at the time was imbecility, its great actuating principle was a vague, stupid, ignorant fear of popular feeling and liberal views. > > [and so on, in the same vein, maintaining that those in power so feared 'revolution' they would not allow any questions, or opinions, that differed from theirs. I simply couldn't find the Local Intelligence section, or the BMDS, and I did try.] > > .................................... > > WEST BRITON AND CORNWALL ADVERTISER > JANUARY 3, 1851 > > > CORNWALL EPIPHANY SESSIONS > > > FRANCIS GLANVILLE, Esq., of Catchfrench, qualified as a county magistrate. > > The following gentlemen were sworn on the Grand Jury: > > Mr. John Ball Smith, St. Stephens in Branwell, foreman > Mr. Jonathan Baron, Bodmin > Mr. James Brabyn, St. Kew > Mr. William Clogg, St. Martins > Mr. Walter Cock, Luxulyan > Mr. William Cook, St. Martins > Mr. William Dawe, Morval > Mr. Giles L. Hawken, st. Teath > Mr. Nicholas Higgs, Lanlivery > Mr. Jonathan Hill, St. Martins > Mr. Thomas Jane, Lanhydrock > Mr. John Lakeman, Egloshayle > Mr. William Huddy Littleton, Lanlivery > Mr. Joseph Michell, Gorran > Mr. George Morcom, St. Austell > Mr. Richard Oliver, Morval > Mr. John Pearce, Tywardreath > Mr. John Rundell, Luxulyan > Mr. Wm. Rundell, Tywardreath > Mr. Alexander Stephens, St. Mewan > Mr. John Trevaile, Luxulyan > Mr. John Trevenen, St. Sampsons > Mr. W. Henry Trounce, St. Ewe > > The proclamation against vice and immorality was then read... > > > > TRIALS OF PRISONERS > > HUGH HOLLINSHEAD, 42, pleaded GUILTY of stealing, on the 27th of December, at the parish of > Tywardreath, a coat, neckerchief, bag, and knife, the property of RICHARD NETHERTON. Three > Months' hard labour. > > THOMAS ROWSE was charged with stealing, at the parish of St. Austell, on the 5th of December, two > jars, and about four gallons of brandy, the property of William OLVER. Mr. SHILSON prosecuted, and > MR. STOKES defended the prisoner. Prosecutor is an innkeeper at Mount Charles, in the parish of St. > Austell, and prisoner is a sailor living at Porthpean. On the afternoon of the 6th of December, > prosecutor left his house to go into St. Austell, there remaining in charge of the inn, his wife, daughter, and son, and an apprentice called HOAR being in the workshop. There were two jars of brandy in the bar when prosecutor left, and in the course of the evening his daughter discovered that these had been taken away. > > Suspicion fell on the prisoner, and JOSEPH BENNETT, a constable, being called, he > and Hoar the apprentice, went to prisoner's house at Porthpean, about a mile and half distant, with > the view of apprehending him. It was about ten o'clock at night when they arrived at prisoner's > house. The constable knocked on the door, and prisoner asked who was there? The constable > replied, "a friend." He asked what they wanted, and the constable said "something to drink"; he > asked, what? And the constable said, "a drop of water." After this they heard a bustling inside about the kitchen, and presently afterwards the prisoner opened the door and came out with the jars, with which he went to the garden and threw them out of his hand. The jars contained two gallons of > brandy each, and Mr. Inch's name was on the label. Prisoner was then taken into custody, and > afterwards committed for the offence . > > In prisoner's defence, Mr. Stokes submitted that there was no evidence that he had stolen the jars, > but that they had been placed in his house by some other person; and that the act of carrying the spirit into the garden was done by a drunken man who did not know what he was about, - that in fact the apprentice said he appeared to be tipsy when he came out of the house with the jars. > > Mr. Stokes also called WILLIAM BOND,JOSEPH RICKETT, and two other witnesses, who gave the prisoner a good character. After the Chairman had commented on the case, the jury found the prisoner Guilty.Two months' hard labour. > > WILLIAM JONES , 14, was charged with stealing a fustian jacket, belonging to JOHN GREEN, of Ladock. > Mr. G. COLLINS for the prosecution. On Friday, the 6th of December, prosecutor had taken off his > jacket and placed it on the shafts of a waggon. He saw the prisoner near the place, and afterwards > missing his jacket, he rode after the lad and overtook him near the Blue Anchor. Prisoner was then > wearing prosecutor's jacket, and was taken into custody by constable MENNEAR, of St. Enoder. > Verdict, Guilty - Six Weeks' Hard labour. > > WILLIAM HARRIS, was charged with stealing a fowl, the property of WILLIAM OLVER. Mr. G. COLLINS > conducted the prosecution. Prosecutor keeps the Seven Stars Inn, at St. Columb, and also farms a > tenement about five hundred yards from his house. He has there a linhay in a field, and it was from > that linhay he found on the 27th of October, that two fowls had been stolen since the previous night. > > Opposite to his field was a gate leading to Mr. PAYNTER's field, and behind the post of that gate he > found two heads of fowls, four wings, four legs, and a quantity of feathers. HENRY COOMBE, > policeman, stated that he followed the traces of the feathers, and eventually searched prisoner's > house, where he found some feathers, and he also found a fowl under the back window of the house, > which was not there when he was under that window before. The feathers were sworn to as being > those of the lost fowl, but the jury did not consider the evidence conclusive. Verdict, Not Guilty. A second indictment against the prisoner was withdrawn. > > RICHARD HOCKING, 20, pleaded Guilty of stealing, on the 3rd of November, at Restronguet Creek, > from the vessel PRIMROSE, a worsted frock, the property of JOHN GOSLING. He also pleaded Guilty > of stealing, on the same day and from the same vessel, eleven sovereigns, the property of THOMAS > HARRIS. For the first offence, Six Months' hard labour, and for the second offence, Two Months' hard > labour. > > JAMES GILL, 18, pleaded Guilty of stealing, on the 9th of September, at the parish of Wendron, a shirt, belonging to WALTER PASCOE. Three Months' hard labour. > > JOHN OLIVER, 20, pleaded Guilty of stealing, on the 24th of November, at the parish of St. Austell, a silver watch, the property of ROBERT TERDREA LONG. A second count laid the watch as being the > property of EDWARD ROBERTS. Three Months' hard labour. > > ELIZABETH ROBERTS, 21, pleaded Guilty of stealing, on the 28th of November, at Liskeard, a silver > teaspoon, and four tumblers, the property of NEHEMIAH HENWOOD. Two Months' hard labour. > > JOHN WILLIAMS, 18, pleaded Guilty of stealing, on the 16th of November, at the parish of Gwennap, a > a hand-saw, the property of JOSEPH PASCOE. Two Months' hard labour. > > SHEEP STEALING - THOMAS BROWN, 23, WILLIAM ROBINSON, 30, and JAMES HILL, 36, were indicted > for stealing, at the parish of Pelynt, a ewe sheep, the property of JOHN ROSKILLY. Another count > charged the prisoners with killing, with intent to take away the carcase. Mr. CHILDS conducted the > prosecution; the prisoners were undefended. JOHN COCK, the hind of Mr. John Roskilly, stated that > he resided at the farm house on Trendaway estate, in the parish of Pelynt. On the morning of the 1st > of December, he went into one of the fields of the farm, and saw thirty-nine sheep there belonging to Mr. Roskilly; on the morning before he had counted forty sheep in the field. He went to look for the missing sheep, and found the belly, skin, head, neck, and the small part of the fore-legs wrapped up in a corner of the field. The sheep did not appear to have been slaughtered by a butcher; it was not skinned so clean as it ought to have been; the head and neck were left in the skin. He carried home the skin, head, neck and two legs to his master's house. > > In about an hour afterwards, he saw men's tracks in the field, which was then wet, and the marks were to be plainly discerned. One track had seven rows of nails, and other eight, and another had a "diamond". He had before that called a workman to assist him, and also MR. HOOPER, a neighbouring farmer. They examined the tracks and went on following them through Pelynt to Highlane, above Lantundle, in the parish of Duloe, from three to four miles from where they set out. At this place, above Lantundle, they came up to THOMAS BROWN, one of the prisoners, and afterwards saw ROBINSON, another of the prisoners, standing by the hedge, only a few yards from Brown. They also saw JAMES HILL, the third prisoner, coming towards them from the opposite direction. They traced the footmarks, close up to two of those men, and not further on. Brown was standing by a little fire which had been lighted by the hedge. The witness Cock then left the prisoners in charge of the two men who were with him, whilst he went for constable TRUSCOTT. > > It appeared from further evidence, that whilst Mr. Hooper and the other man were left with the prisoners, that a man called STACEY found a smock-frock in some furze not far from where the prisoner Brown was standing; and that when constable Truscott came, the smock-frock was examined, and found to contain two rounds of a leg of mutton, two shoulders, a loin, and some other parts; the ribs, it appeared, had been dressed at the fire. The tracks were afterwards compared with the prisoners' shoes, and the pieces found in the smock-frock corresponded with those found in the field. A labourer called NORTHCOTT also gave evidence to show that the three prisoners were in the field about the time it was believed the sheep were stolen. > > The CHAIRMAN, in summing up , said there could be no doubt that the parts found in the smock-frock and in the field came from the same animal, but were the jury satisfied that the prisoners were connected with the jury smock-frock in which the portions were found? The tracks had been traced up to the prisoners, who it appeared were strangers in this part of the country; and the jury must consider whether they were satisfied with the evidence of those tracks. The Chairman remarked that the manner in which the shoes of Brown were compared with the tracks, was the correct way, namely by making a fresh mark by the side; but as to the other tracks they were compared incorrectly, by putting the shoes into them. The jury found the three prisoners Guilty. They were each sentenced to Twelve Months' hard labour. > > JAMES CONDAR, 20, and JOSHUA WILLIS, 18, were charged with stealing at Stratton, on the 12th of > December, a silk handkerchief from the person of JOHN LYLE. The handkerchief was stolen on > Stratton fair-day. A farmer called ROBERT JONES, saw the prisoner Condar take the handkerchief from > prosecutor's coat pocket, and pass it over to the prisoner Willis. They were afterwards taken into > custody by policeman GODDARD. Verdict, Guilty of stealing from the person. Sentence, each Six > Months' hard labour. > > Julia Mosman, OPC for St.Austell,Charlestown, and Treverbyn > Website at http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~staustell > W. 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