. Two children, apparently between seven and eight years of
age, ap- peared before the Lord Mayor and Magistrates, at the Guildhall in York, on Thursday last, on a charge of having wilfully broken a fence near Scarcroft. The Lord Mayor said such depredations ought to be put a stop to. He was sorry, however, for the boys, one of whom was motherless, and the other an orphan ; and should, therefore, indict the smallest punishment, which was that they be fined Is., which, with the expenses of issuing the summonses, serving, swearing, &e., amounted to His. The children, in consequence of their friends not being able to produce the sum, were committed to the House of Correction for four- teen days !—Niegieldiris..
A pauper named Poulter, who was aged and deformed, was attacked, on Saturday evening, on the footpath near St. Alban's, by an athletic young fellow named William Johnson, who knocked him down, without any provocation. On his getting up, Poulter expostulated with John- son, as did a man named Peacock, his companion ; but to no avail, for Johnson made a second attack, and, with a violent blow, broke the de- ceased's jaw, which was forced into the mouth. He never spoke after- wards. Some ineffectual assistance was afforded ; but ultimately he was placed over the rails by the road-side, where he was left, and in the morning was discovered quite dead. The Inquest Jury returned a ver- dict of " Wilful Murder." The prisoner has been committed to Hertford Gaol.
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