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iIIDDLESEX SESSION&

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THE KING V. STEVENSON.

!COURT OF eiiANCERSY, FE. 12.
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sterty,lnt aid napes-a-may dozy any of the charge:.
The Jury found the prisoner G
The Recorder observe.!, that-she waf found guilty,
to the great satisfaStion of the Court; and said it
-was well for her that .the Coroner's Jury had
brought in their verdidt so faTourably, or her life
must have been forfeited, as.one womnn had some
time since lest her lite for c similar offence. He
exhorted her to devote her 'long imprisonment to
sincere repentance, and sentenced her to—Tkra
rar's im.pricsnmerit in M toga's.
The crowd was so much incensed against her
that they clapped their bands for joy when ‹le re-
ceived-her sentence; end the constables were obliged
aoconvey her in a coach to Newgate, fearing, if she
walked, that the populace would lay. violent hands
(upon her.

This day the Sessions commenced for the County
,of Middlesex, at Hicks 1-1.111, before Wu. MAIN•
IVARINo, Esq. and the Bench of Justices; when the
f..,lluvring trials took place:—

Arche)ald Stever:sox was indicted for awaulting
Richard Hensy, while in the execution of his of
The Defendant, who peeps a linen-manufactory,
in Princes-street, was in arrears for rent with his
landlord, a Mr. Reddish, in consequence of which
the Prosecutor was sent to keep- possession of the
:goods upon the Defendant's premises, until the rent
should be paid. While in that situation, the pri-
• toner came to hint, and ordered him to leave the
house, threatening, in case of refusal, -to makeitim
go by force ; the Prosecutor said he would go when
rent was paid, and not before.: he was sent to
keep possession of the goods upon the premises, and
he would not leave them without orders from his
employer.. On this the Defendant struck the Pro-
secutor several severe blows, and forced him into
the street.
The Prieatner alleged, in his defence, that he
Tented the house which he lived in of Mr. Reddish's
-mother, ar.d not of any other person ; he had there-
fore resisted the Prosecutor's being put into pos-
session of his goods, from the belief that he was
not authorized to come into his house. It was,
however, proved, that the Prosecutor had been le-
gally placed upon the premises, and that Mr.. Red-
dish was the prisoner's landlord. The Jury re-
turned a verdict of guilty, and the Court sentenced
him to.pay a fine of Ten Pounds.
yaw: .Warlditacv the elder, and jays:: Waddilow,
jun. v:ere indifted for assaulting William Everitt, the
Toll-keeper at Cambridge-Heath, Hackney. It ap-
peared that the Defendants, who are persons in ve-
speaable situations, were passing through ehe,xoll-
- in a cart. On paying the toll, they de-
manded a ticket, which was refused by the Prose-
cutor, who used very abusive language, and told
them to drive on. Ifladildow immediately got out
.of the cart, went to the Prosecutor, and struck him;
the son also went with intention to assist his father,
.and joined in the affray. From the evidence ad-
duced, it appeared, that the Defendants were the ag-
gressors. The Jury, therefore, found Mr. Wadai.
low the elder guilty, aad acquitted the son.—Sen-
tenced to pay a fine Of 101.
Richard Park was indicted for assaulting Mr.
Fenton, by crverturning him in his chaise on the Sd
.of December last.

The Prosecutor stated, that he kept a "home at the
Foot of Highgate Hill. On the Sd of December,
about four o'clock in the afternoon, he was coming
from Kentish Town towards Battle Bridge, in his
chaise. He observed a cart drawing upon the
side of the road which he was upon; on this
he crossed over. When on the other side, he
saw a coach, driven by the prisoner, coming
towards him ; he attempted to get out of the way,
but the driver would not stop his horses, or suffer
to pass. The consequence was, one of the
wheels of the chaise was locked in the wheel of the
roach, by which means the chaise was overturned,
and the Prosecutor much hurt.

Several Witnesses spoke in favour of the Prisoner,
and proved that he had not been the cause of the
accident.

The. prisOner said in his defence, that he had not
the least intention of causing the misfortune that
had happened. The accident was solely to be at-
'tribute(' to the Prosecutor, who had turned the head
of his horse in such a dirciion as tocaure the wheels
to lock within each other. He had not made use
of his whip, nor was he driving very fast. lieloped
the Court would, therefore, acquit 'him.
Mr. MAiNws a two stated' to the Jury his remarks
'upon the evidence, and observed. that coachmen
were much given to drive their horses hi a manner
highly dangerous to the public. It was, therefore,
of much importance to prevent the effeCt produced
.by such conduCt, by punishing the offenders with
the utmost rigour of the izw. In the present instance,
it did not. :however, appear that the prisoner had
been aftuated by any propensity to commit the as-
.sank : it looked more like an accident than design ;
they wo'ild consequently give.their verdiCt aceorffing
le the evidence, and their belief af he prisonees
.conduct.

Verdid, Not Cult.
Several other trials for assaults took place, but
in general so uninteresting to the public, that we
.tanit them.

MARQUIS 'Or'!!!lNEGial..'S ESTATE 4.
An applieation w,4. made to the Court by Mr.
'HART, on the part 4. Mr. kites, who is one of the
lholders of debenture granted by the Marquis on his
estates, praying that..the Cotirt would be pleased
to appoint a receiver. It was stated that the late
Marquis had nominated the 111nourable Chiches-
met Skeffington, and Henry', Alexander, F7sq. re
•ceivers ; that they continned..to act as such until
the month of November, IfloO, when the pre-
sent Marquis desired that they •would not pay
.any further stuns of money into the hands of the
hankers ; that accordingly they complied with the
.desire of the Marquis, and ceased their functions
until the 'following April, when they were al-
Jo wed to resume them. The creditors, Mr. Hart
•rtated, had not been elle to Fro cure the payment
<of the interest on their debts, the whew amount of
Achich is little short of 200,0001. and since the deed
.of trust was entered into, a sum very little exceed-
ing 20001. had been ludgedin the hands of the

bankers, schicl, if partitioned, would not go to
allot to each creditor more than three-pence in the
pound. This, he observed, must augur very great
mismanagement in some quarter, the Marquis hav-
ing allotted the residue •of his large estates to the
payment of his creditors, reserving to himself an in-
come of 10,0001. per annum only, consequently the
creditors had a right to expect from the produce of
his estates a very large dividend, considering the
length of time since the trust-deed was entered into.
On the part of the Trustees it was stated, that
they were ready to ,abide by the decision of the
Court]
Mr. Rots tt.tv observed, 'that the Court already
had appointed a Receiver on an application made
some years since. This was ackitowledged by Mr.
Hart, who said, that the Receiver so appointed was
only for a part of the estates, and he believed had
never acted. The present application was for Jane
to receive the produce of the whole estates.

Mr. Rom i 1.1. Y said, that the Gentlemen named
by the late Marquis were .of unimpeachable-charac-
ter; the one, Mr. Alexander, is Chairman of the
Committee f Ways and Means. Why they had
relinquished, for the time they had done, to the
Marquis, the entire controul of his own estate, he
was at a loss to conjecture. If the Court thought
it just that another Receiver should be named, he
certainly, .on the part of the Trustees, mast acqui-
esce.

The CH ANC ELLOR observed, that *in considering
the propriety of the application, he should be go-
verned by the circumstances which had been dis-
closed.—Tirenty years since such an application
would have been refused, but latterly that Rule had
been departed from. In dociding,.perhaps it might
be right to consider subether the controul should not
be wholly taken out of the hands of the Marquis of
Donegal

POLICE.