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hlmaelf had engagements at dug period. which must prevent them
from specifying am particular day at present.
Lord ‘Vestmeath here stejtjaed forward, and was about to address
the Court, when he was reminded that Ma Counsel only could be
heart?.

Lord Westmeath—Perhaps the Court would permit me to say
that some of my letters having been sent, or having found their way
to the public press--
Sir G Rotarwsow—l can't hear you. Lord Westmeath.
Lord Westmeath—l know thy.' the Court has ro control over the
public press, but a part of the evidence has been given to the public
in the 'hope of my letter..
Dr. Jr.m)rta-Lhont Westmeath, no onposition has benn given
at the other side, and the Court is not unfavourable to the appli-
cation. _ _

Lord Westmeath—l merely meant to say that I hoped the Court
would consider tl'e amity aryl situation.
Sir C. ROBINSON-14 ni ‘Vestmoth, let me beg of you, or let
me compel you, to leave the matter to your Counsel.
Lord IVestmeath—l at. very wiry if I hare done any thing
irregular.
Sir C. flontxsow—The Court is desirous to do all that is agree.
able to the Counsel and advantageous to the parties concerned.
I understood it was desired that that case should stand over until
nett term, but if A change of circumstances makes it morestlesir-
rble that it should be baud sooner I have no objection.
Tbe reedit,: of the depositions of the witnesses in the cue were
then resumed, and continued until the Court adjourned.

WINTER HOME CIRCUIT.

HERTFORDSHIRE ASSIZES, Ilzarroan, Dsc. I.

THE KING V. WK. PIATT.

This was an indictment against the defendant for assaulting
his father at Piston, on the 17th of October, with intent to
.aturder him.
It appeared in evider.ce that the defendant and his wife loked
at the nutlet of a dlr. Turner, at Piston. On the night of the 17th
of October he came home intoxiewed, and quarrelled with his wife,
Whom he beat severely. Mts. Turner interposed to prevent finder
violence, when the defendant tumed upon and beat her in a simila•
manner. Her husband then flew to her assis:anre, and a tight en-
sued between him and the jnisoner. film Turner wean out for
assistance. She was followed by the prisoner, with the pin of the
door in his hand. The pria.mr's father, wno lived in a neigh-
bouring cottage, came to inquire what Was the matter' and meeting
his son, the latter knocked him down and beat him with the
pin, until he became set.tele,s. Covered with bloat, the old man
was carried home, and was under the care of a surgeon for several
days.
The prisoner said nothing in his defence, and was found guilty
of the assault, but acquitted of the intent to murder.
He was again indicted, and convicted for the assault upon 3lrs.
Tomer.
Baron 11111.socit, under all the circumstances of the
ease, sentenced the defendant to be imprisoued for both assaults
nineteen months, and kept to hard labour in the House of Cor-
rection.

POLICE.

BOW.STREET.

A gentlemanly-looking man, of very prepossessing exterior, was
brought up yesterday in the custody of Bishop. and placed at the
bar, on a variety of charges, amounting to swindling.
The first Case entered into was that of Mr. John Gale, livery
stable-keeper in Oxford-street, who deposed that about three weeks
since the prisoner, who was then staying at Thomson's Hotel, in
Oxford.street, and passing by the bile of Sir Thomas Hewitt,
Bart. hired a chariot of him for eight days, which he constantly
used during the whole of that period. On Saturday last he sent
again ter the chariot, having hired horses from Mr. Thomson, to
take him to Reading, with the avowed intention of returning to din-
ner the following day. On Sunday night, however, not having made
his appearance, ;Br. Thomson himself came to Gale and expressed
to him his suspicious that all was not right, more especially as Sir
Thomas had borrowed live pounds of hint for his journey. and had
given him a draft in payment for this and other charges on Messrs.
Jones, Lloyd, and Co., which, on being presented soon after he had
left town, wan returned with the ominous reply of " no teems."
The result of this conference between the two, who now both sus.
pected themselves to be fairly taken in, was a determination to
imr.tie their customer. In pursuance of this plan, they set about
making inquiries as to his progress, and fousid that, instead of go.
tog on to Reading, he had crossed the Thames at Kingston,
and gone into Keet. Here they traced him into the main Dorm-
road, and found that Sir Thome' had changed not only his horses,
but his name also, at Dartford, where the Baronet had dwindled
into ;simple Esquire, of the imnie of Smith, under which very stn.
c women appellation he hail contrived to wt into the books of the
landlady of the Bullto the amount of VAL The next placeat which
they obtained intelligence of Ma obiew of their pursuit was Ito.
chester, where they found S. S. Smith, Esq. who had now become
Mr. William ViTheatley. had again "ticked" for horses on tewatthel
Dover, at which place they eventually feend that he had stopped
a night at Payne's Ho:el. Hence it had been probably his mien.
tion to have proceeded to Calais; but whether he found the
" ticking" system would not elo to catty
.him across the water or
no, certain it is, that he changed his intention, if such a one he had
formed, and turned back again to Faversham. where his pursuers
overtook him abow five in the mostilog. Here Sir Thomas Hewitt,
Smith, Wheatley, WiiAglesworth (for he had assumed the latter
designation), hail gone to hod, and wws sound asleep, little dream.
big of the visiters who awaited Ms rismg, and who. having seen the
chariot in the ya. d, res dyed on giving him a call. They tapped
at his door, and easily awoke him, but he was by no means &nitwits
to admit vision's at•o unseasonable an hour, delaying to admit them
under Various pretext., inasmuch as he had overshot the bolt of
the door and mislaid his pantaloons. Finding, however, that his
" friends" woull not be denied, and that they were taking mess
sores for waving punctilio, and introducing themselves, the door
was opened, and Mr. Wriggiesworth (" prettily he has wrigiled
me" said Mr. Cale) was given into the custody of • couple of con-
stables.

31r. Thompson confirmed this siatement of his fellow sufferer as
far as he was concerned.

The MALI of many names being asked by Mr. floats whether
he chose to say anything in explanation, merely made a negativing
bow, on which his Worship ordered him to be remanded till this
day week, whrn Mr. Gale thought he should be able to prove
by Mr. Payne, that this carriage wus offered for sale to him by the
prisoner.

QUEEN-SQUARE.
Yesterday Richard Martin, Esq., the Member for Galway, came
forward to complain of the driver of a show-van, who had been
beating his horse over the head and knees in a most brutal manner.
at the foot of Westminster-bridge, on Friday last, until the poor
animal was totally unable to ascend the bridge. He (Mr. Martin)
had remonstrated with the dtirer, to whom he observed that the
horse was as unable to drag St. Paul's along as the monstrous ca-
ravan he was then fastened to. lie afierwards went into Oliver's
coffee-house, situated at the foot of Westminster-bridge, and sent
out the waiter to take the number of the var., which he accordingly
did, and he believes very correctly, when he (the waiter) found the
driver still belabouring the poor horse, which he continued to do
for the space of 20 minutes. Air. M. remarked, that he thought this
was really a case which called for the interference of the magistracy.
Such horses as the poor animal here described were sold to the
knackers (slaughternian), who ought to 13:1 them immediately they
were bought there. But instead of so doing, they regularly kept
them alive for fourteen or fifteen days, to drag about enormous
vans, at Is. 6d. a-day. Ife ndded, that when he formerly applied
for a summoos on this subject, the Clerk had made out a warrant,
he supposed by mistake.
Mr GuEinnatE—l am sorry, Mr. Martin, that we did not obey'
your commands. I now recollect it was a warrant; but, in point
of fact, our warrants are summonses.
Mr. Martin then retired into the clerk's office, where his sum-
mons was made out against the driver.

I,AMBETB.STP.EET.
FRAUDS AT THE COURTS OF KT.QUESTS—Yesterday Jams
Anthony Seward, one of those fellow■ who see in the habit of
hanging about the minor Courts of Justice, was brought before the
sitting Magistrate, charged with having freadelently, by repre-
senting himself as an officer belonging to the Court of Resucsts,
Osborne-street, NVhitechapel, obtained from Mrs. Mary I ouden
the sum of 7s.
_ .

Mn.s 'Vanden stated, that on the '23d of October last, she wept
to the Court of Requests in order to take out some summonses ;
number she wanted was twain, but on speaking to the clerk, be
advised her to take but six. She said that she could first ace Mr.
Hardy, a friend of hers and a trol.e.. hi the iicil.,!,bourhood, and
be guided by him. While on her way thither, ate was overaken
by the prisoner, who tapped her on the shoulder, and said it would
be better for her to take nu tthe twelve, ariding that he was an officer
of the Court, and would serve them for her. On reaching air.
Hardy's abe did not find him at home, and then, under the itn.
prassston that he was an officer of the Court, she gave him 7s. to
perform the necessary bushiest'. She had subsequently aecer.
tained that the summonses had not been taken out, and that nothing
up to the time of that inquiry was done in the affair.
Hr. ICYATr, the Illagistrate—Have the summonses at all been
taken out?

The prisoner eagerly replied that they had; but re, interrupted
by the complainant, who said that strh mot not the tact until after
the warrant had been issued for his apprehension. ~
Mr. WY.►TT (to the prisoner)—Arc you am•oflicer of the
Court. •
Prisoner—No, your Worship, I am not ; I bole been in the
habit of doing business for the officers, and consoles debts; Mr.
Hardy knows use very well.
Mr. WYATT—You have evidently obtained this money under
false pretences, and your conduct almost ainoeuts to a felony ; I
shall thereore hold you to bailsof which you roust give 24 hours'
notice, to answer the charge at toe next se•atons.
The prisoner was then committed till he gave the necessary bail,
and Mrs. Youden bound over to prosecute.

TRIAMES OFFICE.
Mr. Aristides Franklin Mornay, and Mr. George Pritchard, two
respectable inhabitants of the hamlet of Mile-end Old Town, ap-
peared at this olfic: yesterday, before William Ballaotioc and
Thomas Richbell. Esqrs., the presiding lifegkirates, to answer an
information against them, at the instance of Robert Willis Hill,
and Francis Dexter, the present churehwariens of that hamlet,
charging the defendants with retaining In their possession certain
rate-boOks which were delivered to them as suryeyon of the high-
ways, in the year 11324, though due notice had kat gives to them