The British Press; or, Morning Literary Advertiser.
London, England, 1810-10-09 00:00:00

SURREY SESSIONS, OCT. e.

This day the Sessions commenced at the Sessions.
house, ilortrenionger-lane—Nlr. Strjernt ONstuw
in the Chair. •

CARPENTERS.
A question of considerable impn:tince to Master
Carpenters was decided by the tiial of an hifurma-
tom against Mr. Swain, a master carpenter, of the
Borough-road. charging him with having em-
ployed J-.4n Boyce as a journeymen. he lint having
served .' , apprenticeship of seven years to the
trade. 1 ant inforinatioi, war (minded on the sta-
tute of the 15th of Eliz ibeth, by which tt is react.
cd, that any master im offeudiug shall subject him..
self to a penalty of 21. per month for every mouth
he shall have enployed such man as a journeyman.
Frain the evidenceit appeared. that /Joyce had
it. en with Mr. Swain for four years, for the purpose
'*l learning the trade of a carpenter. For the filet
year he received wages at the rate of half-a-guinea
a week, which increased progevively from year to
year. At the end of font years, indentures here
drawn up, and executed by the parties, by which
Boyce mgr.:rd to continue iiithSwsia for three years
longer. making a term of seven years. At the
time of executing the indenture, however, Mr.
' Swain told Boyce he ru;;,lit leave Min at any time.
as the indentures were nut legal. Boyce continue.'
to work With Mr. Swain for eight wroth* after. at
155. pet week wages. and then left him.
I Then Jury found the Defendant Guilty.
ASSAULT. •
George Brows and Peter Augustus Rouse were
indicted for tmeauStiog Jobs Lock, a Sheriff's
°cheer. ' 'wree-,e,,-, • -
It appeared from the evidence, that in May last
the Plaintiff was in possession of the hou.e and fur.
nii me of Mr. Thomas Brown, brother of one of the
Dofendants, on behalf of Mr. Swainstone, under a
bill aside. Late one evening a person knocked at
the door, and informed him that Mr. Swainstoile
Will at a public-house opposite, and wished to see
hint ; and that he (the messenger) would keep
possession till he came back. The Plaintiff ac- '
cordingly went to the house pointed nut, bat
on inquiry found Mt. Swainstone had not been
there at all; he immediately suspected that *
trick had beau played upon him, and hasten-
ed back, when he ?mind his suspicions were aril
founded. the two Defeisdants being iii p0.4.e._
no., of the pet int-es, and relositig to admit him. In
this dilemma he applied to the person residiug next
door for permissiciii to pass through his house.
from the yard of which he knew he could regain
adinissiou iiito the house from which he had been
ejected. tie obtained perinissiou. and just as he
was entering the window of a back kitchen, the De-
fendants appeared. and Brown struck him a vio-
lent blow across the legs with a large piece of wood ;
whilst Rouse, swearing he would cut bins down.
etruek him with a shovel and wounded him on the
Shoulder: they then dragged him through the house
and turned him out at the front door into the
street. telling him he had been in possession Wog
enoughoind it was their turn then.
The Jury found them Guilty, and the Court sen-
tenced them to pay a fine of five pounds each.

INVEICAESS CIRCUIT.

Alexander Gillau, accused of ravishing and mar-
daring Etspet lamb, a child of 11 years of age,
was found guilty. and sentenced to be executed on
the 14th November next, on the moor near where
the body of the said E!spet Lamb was found, and
his body afterwards hung in chains. This was the
most atrocious ease that ever came before a Court. • .
George. Hay, late servant to Lord Seaforth, ac-
cused of breaking (men luck-fast places in Brahan
Castle. and stealing ther ,from, was found guilty on
his own confession, and sentenced to seven year.'
transportation.
Elspet Myer alias Anstie, indicted for vitriol's
acts of housebreaking and theft, was sentenced to
stand iu the pillory with a label on her breast, with
this inscription, "A notorious thief," be imprisoned
one year, and thereafter banished Scotland fur life.

leFpriedyayofaupoaretyl. of light dragoons halted at the
inn at Stoney Cross, and when they had quitted
the ion, they observed that one of their party,
mounted on an Officer's charger, which was eve.
cially intrusted to his care, was not with them.--i-
Keturoing for him, they found that the horse bad
thrown him, and he was so much hu. t that he died
before he could Ise conveyed into the house. HO was
s young man of good character, and had just had a
A letter has been received this week by the
111eroa of this City, through the Post-Office,
threatening to murder him and nine ethers, if the
,entente of Smith and Clarke (twoconvicted feluas)
is carried into itzecuttou.—(Cliester Berea)