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London, England, 1821-09-14 00:00:00

OLD 1141LItit SIVSIONS,
''; 11116111 DAY, SEPTEIIIItI 13.

Jolla Berne "nd Benjamin Boise were indicted
under Lord Ellinburough's Act, for cutting and
msiming Jonses Austin with a sickle.
The parties, it appeared, were drinking together.
at the Robin 1-I.od public house, slid were all a
little flustered with liquor, when John Bone at-
tempting to quit the house without paying his
reekoniog, was followed by the Prosecutor, who
endeavoured to stop hilts ; a scuffle ensued in whirh
Austin was wounded in therms with a sickle which
John Bone had in his hand.

After hearing the evidence of the Prciecutor, the
Landlady, end the servant girl of the public house,
the Leaned Judge (Mr. Baron anthem) addressed
the Jury, giving it as his opinion, that the in.
dictment could not be sustained, fin though the
Prisoner, John Bone, had behaved very wrongly and
intemperately, yet, if the blow bad been fatal the
Jury would not, under the circumstance., have
found a verdict of murder but of manslaughter ;
as the case stood at preseut the Prisoners might be
subject to indictment for an assault.
The Jury concurring in this opinion Acquitted
both the Prisoner..
Ants !lavas was indicted for uttering a forged
Bank of England uote fur 1/. with introit to defraud
the Batik of England and Julio Newman, on the
6th August list.
Matthew Bloomfield, shopmau to Mr. Newman,
grocer, No. 11, Church-row, I.lington, stated, that
he first sew the Pre:otter at the bar on the 4th
August, when she came to Iris employer's shop, arid
bought some tea end sugar, and tendered • 1/.
Bank note in payment, which he suspected was bad,
but other customers coming in, he gave her 16s. io
change, previously. asking her what address lie
should put upon the note? She answered, '• Ro-
berts, Hart-street, Covent-garden ; or if you are
not satisfied with that, you miry put Mrs. Norton,
No. 16, Cross-street, where 1 Din now, and who
recommended me to your shop for tea and sugar."
She then went away, and the witness directed a lad
to follow her, and see if she went to Cross-street.
The boy's name is Parry, but he is lint here as a
witness. The note was delivered to Mr. Fisher,
the Bauk inspector. This 'ninetieth/1i was on •
Saturday, Red on the Mitriatry following a woman
came to the shop, anal asked fur some tea and sugar,
and change fur a 1/. note. Witness then hav-
ing learnt that the note lie had taken on Sa-
turday was a bad one, did not give tieing, for the
one tom tendered, bet asked to look at it, and
thinking it to be a had arse, and apparently off the
the sense plate as the sat he had taken, lie ques-
t trotted the wtentrai foe whom the grocery was ? and
she said it woe fur a woman who was at Mrs. Nut-
tun's, No, 16, Crossaiereet, but 'shorn she did not
know. On his dmenbiag the dress which the Pri-
, ironer had on, the woman (whose name is Sarah
Leach) said, the description suited the person who
had given her the note, upon which be desired the
woman to wart while he went for an officer. After
consulting his neighbours, be got an officer, and re-
tinue() to the shop, and Sarah Leath, himself, mad
the officer went to Craw-street, hut the Prisoner was
guar. He saw her again ors the opposite side of the
way about two hour. utter on tire same day, and got
a cornettist,/ to take her into custody.
Sarah Leach esainiiied.—Witereas lotigesat Mrs.
Norton's. in Cross-street. She did not know the
Prisoner at the bar, only from seeing her in the
back parlour of Mrs. Nominee on the 4th August,
sad on the 6th of August she was it Mrs. Norton's
agein, when she heard the Prisoner ask for change
of a pound note, winch Mrs. Norton declined giving.
Witness offered to get it for her if the note were a
good one. She said it was a good ogre, and directed
witness to go to Mr. Newman, the grocer, and get
some tea and sugar. Witness went accordingly,
and the circumstances occurred as detailed in the
evidence of the former wittiest. In about an hour
and a half after the Prisoner sent a little girl to say
she should call on the witness on the following day,
bat witntss followed the little girl, and she joined
the Prisoner at the end of Cross-street, to whom she
communicated *hat had happened, and desired her
to go with witness to Mr. Newman, which she con-
sented to do, and on their way thither the Prisoner
was taken nits custody.
J. Fisher, Inspector of Bank notes, proved that
both the notes were forgeries in every respect, and
both were struck from the same plate.
The Prisoner upon being called on for her de-
fence, handed in a paper, which was read by the
Officer of the Court. She denied therein all know-
ledge of the itote being a bad oue. which she de-
clared she had takes in the way of her businere, as
a dealer in left off wearing apparel.
' Mr. Justice Hictleaosoo 'unlined up the evi-
dence to the Jury, who, after deliberating for sonic
time, returned a verdict of Guilty. but strongly re-
commended the Prisoner to mercy.
Joshua Roictiothenn was indicted for stealing
Sundry article" of wearing apparel, the property of
J. florrnt, shove the value of ss. on the lath Au-
gust last, Irono his dwelling-house at Stanniore, in
the day time. no person being therein et the time.
The Pros, cutor, a day labourer, left his house on
the day IDPllllOlled iu the indictment, said at his re-
turn found the house had beers entered by the win-
duw, and the articles mentioned in the indietoreet
stoleu. lie west towards Colebruoke iii search of
the thief, said found the Prisoner at the bar there
with the coat and shoes on which had been stolen.
He had him immediately Liken into custody.
The Prisoner made no deferrer and the Jury
found hum Guilty.

MIDDLESEX SESSIONS.

CLERK ENWELL, THNISDAT, StPTRICUII 13.

The Court was occupied the whole of this day
in hr■ring mud deciding cases of parish appeals,
which ',resented itothiiig worthy of particular
uotice.

Lord Chief Justice Ansurr has instituted two
prizes, the one for • Loma Oih., the other for so
Eogtesti Essay, which ore to be (vote-tided for by
the scholars of the Kong's School at Csaterbuey.
lie the course of Wedreesitoy *sight, some villains
broke lute the shop •i Mr. SoLosion, of recce-
dilly, silversmith, sod succeeded in hiking awuy
oper iy to the aopunt of WV.

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