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MIDDLESEX SESgIONS, MAT 10.

Jam May. a baker, was Indicted for an assault on Elira Paul,
on the 13th of March, at Poplar.
Eliza Paul lives at 17, Wade-street. Poplar. On the day stated
in the isullumeot. May came to her house, between three and four
o'clock, and asked for her husband. Finding he was not at home,
he sat down for about half an hour, then pulled her on his knee,
and took liberties with her. She had not power to foie hint much,'
because she broke a blood•vessel the day before. When she got
away from him she went to her mother, who went with her and her
husband the same evening to Lambeth-street office, and gave in.
formation to the Magistrate.
Cross-examined by Mr. PAENDERGAST—Never gave him any
• smragesnent. lice husband owed him 21. IN., part of 71., but
whets he came he did not ask for it. Did not call out. Other
people lodge in the house, but does not know whether they were at
hume.
Elizabeth Gilmour, mother to the prosecutrix, said her daughter
came to her the same afternoon. She was much agitated. She
gave her a glare of porter, and went with her to her husband.
(Main, a butcher, heard the prisoner say he had taken
liberties with the prosecutrix ; he was drunk at the tine, or would
not have done It. Witness told him, fur what lie did alien drunk
he mum, pay when sober. He said he would give her a sovereign
to drop the prosecution.
Mr. CONST, the Chairman said it was no excuse for a man to
say he was drunk as a palliation for so gross an outrage. In order
to recompense the prosecutrix for her expenses and the loss of her
gown, he should fine die prisoner 101., with liberty to speak to the
prosecutrix.
She received 71. 10s., 21. 10s. being deducted fortlie bill that was
owing,
Jabez Cooke was put to the bar on a curious charge of assault.
Jane Thomas lives in Antelope-yard, Shoreditcli. Her husband
is a smith ; the prisoner is • shoemaker; he is married, and all
live in the same house. On the 23th of December, the prisoner
and her husband had been drinking together the whole evening.
She went to bed and hung up the key fur her husband. /between
twelve and one the two men came home, both tipsy. The pri-
soner came staggering into her room, and her husband remained
outside the door. She was asleep. She heard a man in her
room fall down. Site asked him (supposing it to be her husband)
if he was not ashamed of himself He made no reply, but un.
dressed himself. She threw him her husband's night-shirt, and
in putting it on he fell down again. She got out of bed and
helped off his stockings. She remarked to him, " why you went
out with white cotton stockings, and you have got on worsted ones."
Still he said nothing. She got into bed, he followed her, and
pulled the clothes over them. The moment she found that it was
not her husband, she got up and called to a lodger, who came
down. lice husband then came in, and site said to him, " who,
in the name of God, have you sent to bed to me ?"
Ales. Cooke Caine down and law the prisoner stark naked.
Alter a short croas.examination the prisoner was acquitted.

George Jews was ordered to be confined six months In the
House of Correction, for defrauding the United Britons' Benefit
Society of Ws, on the 11th of February.
Charles Dawes Is Secretary to the Society, held at Mr. Wat.
mores, the New Inn, in the Edgware-road. They have a fund
of M., and leave 20Cin the hands of the landlord, for the weekly
payment of sick members. The prisoner, who formerly had been
Secretary, on that day went to Ales. Wetmore for the sick-money.
In the list of names as sick were those of Baker and Evans ;
Evans had declared off the books on the 2.lth of January, and
Baker had made no claim on the Society for seven years.
Mr. Co MIT said it was in the discretion of the Court to send the
prisoner out of the country ; but as the amount of the fraud was
not much, he should not visit him with that punishment the moral
guilt of his 'Aimee demanded.
.Sentenced to six months imprisonment.
Jam lhonphreys, a broker, was indicted for a rose maul' and
extortion on Elizabeth Horton, on Good Friday.
Elizabeth Horton lived at No. 30, Seward-street, Goswell-street.
On the 24th of March she was about to move, having let her house;
between three anal four in the afternoon of that day, the prisoner
came with the tax-gatherer for half a year's King's taxes; she said
it was not convenient then to pay, as the in-coming tenant had not
paid her for the fixtures, but she would call on him in the morning
and pay. Humphreys said he would have half • guinea for his
trouble, and if she slid not pay directly, he would make out a war-
rant of distress. She called down an old lady who lodged in the
house, and borrowed her purse, out of which she took 11. 14s. Cal.
and offered it to the prisoner, who refused, unless he had 10s. 601.
more; she put the money on the window-ledge. lie then ordered
one of two boys he brought with him to drive the van to his house ;
the carman r.tused to have the van removed till he had eaten some
bread and meat ; prisoner then ordered the boy on the van to untie
the rope, and bring out the goods. " Oh," said the boy, " there's
plenty to pay—here's half a dozen mahogany chairs and a box of
linen." The money was still in the window, V. 4.5. 6d. She abut
the door, to keep out the people who had collected. He exclaimed,
" D— your eyes, you shan't make a prisoner of me; I'm a consta-
ble ;" he then struck her on the bosom with his staff, and took the
money, and though he took 21. 4s. fid. for IL 14v. Gd., he would
only give her a receipt for the lesser sum, and went away. She
followed him down the street for the receipt.
Cross.examined.—When she went after him for the receipt, she
did not call him a certain old rogue ; did not lock him in ; had
not got the key ; the in-coming tenant had it. Never swore she
would not pay, nor ever refused to pay. She had been in the
doctor's care for the blows; she still had the marks : that was the
reason she could not speak louder.
Yates saw the cart at the door with the second load of goods.
Humphreys demanded U. 145., though there were fixtures sufficient
to pay the King's taxes in the house. Humphreys wanted half a
guinea for his trouble. Saw the money in the window; saw Hum-
phreys take the prosecutrix by the arm and shove her. Humphreys
did not show any warrant.
Joseph Hopkins, a carman, was not present all the time; heard
Mrs. Horton remonstrate with Humphreys, because the tax was
not due till the morrow ; but she did not refuse to pay. Saw her go
after Humphreys and say, " Mind, Humphreys, you have given
me no account of the half-guinea I" but dui not hear any oppro.
brious epithet.
A Medical Gentleman said he was called to the assistance of
Mrs. Horton ; she was in hysterics, and had a severe bruise on the
breast ; saw tier breast last Friday or Saturday.
Richard Morris is a tax-gatherer; went to Mrs. Horton's for half
a year's taxes, having received information that she was removing
her goods ; he did nut show his warrant; had it in his hand; it is
plated on the bark of his book, and is a general warrant. Hum.
phreys desired the boy to unload the van; still she would not pay.
Humphreys took an inventory, which witness signed; there was
much eenvermtion and angry words; plaintiff tendered the money,
and bid Humphrey, take what he liked. Cannot say that Hum-
phreys was locked in, but heard the street door unlocked, and !turn-
phreys was In the passage. Mr. Horion, the husband, was present
all the time. Did not hear prosecutrix complain of any blow. if
she had complained, he must have heard it.
Charles Chase saw Mrs. Horton follow Humphreys all down the
street, and call him a-- old rogue. Did not hear her complain
of a blow ; her husband was in the passage or in the parlour all the
time; he to • tall stout man. The key was in the door ; Mrs. 'Lor-
ton lucked them in. Humphreys said, " We're not going to be
made prisoners by you ; if you don't open the dole' I'll break it
open.' Humphreys did not strike her; her husband wok her by
! the arm and twirled her round.

Mr. COWS? said, the prisoner must have known he wax doing
what be was not authorized to do ; he should show the sense in
which the Court viewed lit, ofrence, by oidcrirg him to pay a fine
of 3W. with liberty to speak to the proseeutrix.
Abraham Abrahams and Mary Abraltertu were indicted for an
assault on Rehtcca Solomon., all of the Jewish pealuasion. Three
witntsses swore the assault wee at the White Horse, while three
others swore it took place at the Coventry Arms, Buthopsgate. The
one bring in London, and the other in Middlesex, with evidence so
exactly poised and flatly contradicted, the Jury acquitted the pri-
soners.

V.mas Garmortze musical clock-maker, of %Food-street. King-
scpate, was fined lig: to the King, with Jiberty to speak to the pro-
secutria, in au assault on his servant g tl.