The British Press; or, Morning Literary Advertiser.
London, England, 1819-01-18 00:00:00

BITING A MAN'S NOSP. OFF.

Daniel Donoeuu, a dealer in fowls at Leadenlial!.
market, was indicted for :t most inimanly and cruel
assault, in biting off the nose of Alichael Donovan,
an Irish labourer, tin the evening of Tureday, the '1
likt of December last, in a court on
near HuttousGarolein The Prisoner pleaded Nut
Gushy. Michael Hayes was also indicted for being
cum:erned in the and assault ; he pleaded .lot
and tratersed to the next Sessions.'
Nlichael Donovan, *hose appearance excited
much commiseratiasi, was the first witness. He is
nut at all related to the Prisoner. He stated, that
on the night in question he was taking some beer
in rile One 'll•nn *l*, near Helton-garden,
and the Prisoner came in and began to converse
with him about a former quarrel : the Prisoner
told him that he would think no more about it, and
they would drink together and make it up. He
mecompailied the Prisoner. at his request, from the
One Tun to the Bleeding Heart public-house.
near Saffron-Inn, and the Prisoner began to abuse
him, and spoke to him in Irish, challenging him to
fight, and tciliug Lim that he was not man enough
to beat lain. The witness told him, that if he had
fair play ',hewn Mtn Ise should not care shout hav-
lug a rap at him. %l'ituess and Prisoner went out
of the public.-house quarreling, and began to fight ;
they st utHed about until titre got *tufo a place called
Cainumilescourt, Saffron-hill, when the Prisoner
seized hint round the waist, and grubbed at his
cheek with hits teeth, but did nut succeed in his at-
tempt to bite it. lie then pressed the witness's
head against his face, until he got his nose into his
mouth; lie then bit it as hard as lie could, but
could tint lute it oil close tit the face as where
lit hail taken hold. lie slackened his hold, and then
hit agooin about a quarter of tit inch nearer the
end of the nose ; witness was in the must exerri,i.
sting torture oloring the time he was lowing his
teeth through tile gristle of his o. sr he culled for
assistiiiive a. loud as lie was coil u person
mimed Alteaortily attempted to !vice the Prisoner
front him, but a toitir 'named Hayes, who war the
Prisoner's cmtipanion, ;prevented him limn so gluing.
Wittiebs Ina his e) ..sight for some time through
the agony lie endured, and the Prisoner gut away.
The 'lose could not be lotted any where ; the Pri-
a "ler confessed suberquently that lie had swallowed
it. Witioese stool that he had known the Poisoner
fur several years, and lie wee the fifth persun who
hail been bitten by to his kilns' ledge, within
the last six years. Toot Connor, who bees at the
Field-tour, had one of his cheeks
bit off to the boos by bunt,
'I he Jury found the Prisoner Guilty.
The Come sentetoreil him In lei confined for two
mouths to the lionise of Cotrectivo, and fur the
first fortnight in a sr:lit:try

POLICR.

p sow rrits.vr.
SHAM POSTMA .•

On the second examiii4tiol of Joseph nnwley, the thin
two-peony postman, it sprared that tk h,ll Adkins, the elk
cer, took him into custody, he found 33 pretended two rim,
post letters, directed to different persns, with false imam
of the Gesievil Two-penny emit Office, in Gerard.street.
They were principally sheeted to persons iesidiet is Ras.
sell-square and its neighlionihood, and slots to iehabitams
in Somers-town. He also I, of a hag in Ifis hand, to carry
halfpeore and penny Weer 11., ',Millar 5, those clerics' ly
revilar 55,-1 A tIL • thOr: "ulgin 5,f(1.11,
27 4.i. of le:01 with tithes uu th.. 111, roa
nem: 140, marks.

TN, mat practices of the I's is.ssiss,r lose !seen alteis4o
with serious ennwrsenees to a iqular pustinins, who
been piap. udrd frurn his place w sun•equessee of a person
complaining ut the Putt-sslfite of Ilse postage of a fictitious
letter toeing obtained hy a letter-carrier, and an innocent
man was 'tundra out who WI the iinpinung letter st tic
!loupe of the party, and sit consequence Le was susptuded
tram Isis place.

HIIEI. Parkin, Esq. the Solicitor to the Post.olEee, att.i
eil the csansinoti 000 , and examined the lrll.•rs too.)
Adkins upon the l't isoner, and had nu doubt but that
punted marks on them were the whole of them fro srrm
soil that the Prisoner was sot employed by the Post•olfirS
114.:1 to/orals:y-Ikm I. tier carrier.

The Pi i%oner pleaded poverty, which induced him to adopt
the fraudulent scheme of pietroding to be a tsropen.,y-post
letter-earrirr, ill obtain money (or the suppooli postage, a.
hat he had hero advi.eil to dlso by a mai, of the Dame
Drake lie was committed.•

A lezarteler Pasescre, late a parer at th• White Rear Ii
Piccadilly, was brought to 11w office trona (siaersesid,
underwent au nomination I, lure Mr. Hints, elis.ged wi.
4('r:wiling John Hobbs, the book.kerper, At ►he White Hear
Inn, its Pitca.li!ly, of alanit thirty pound■, and ales, it a,
peered was answerable to lir. Horn, the hoprirtor, for
ainoinit of the carriage and porterage of parcels. and
Prisoner has lino deficient in settling hts accornits for
last three weeks, and on Tuesday last he had parcels to
liver, amounting to between W. and 41 with which be
wooded to Gruvesend.—He was committal.