The British Press; or, Morning Literary Advertiser.
London, England, 1826-09-18 00:00:00

MIDDLESEX St.SSIONS, SEPT. 16.

Joseph Lattrer:y was put to the bar for an assault on John
31• David, a soldier in the 3d regiment of Guards, on the Bth
of May.
Mr. BRODERICK said this was a public prosecution instituted
to protect soldiers In the execution of their arduous duties. some
soldiers whom he should call went to a public-house after one of
their comrades who wtts absent from his quarters, where was the
prisoner and others. They would have gut the man home quietly,
and actually had him in the street in custody when he was rescued
from them. The man was captured a second time, when the pri.
inner excited a mob of thirty persons again to rescue him. Great
credit was due to the soldiers in not drawing their side arms in de-
fence of themselves in the execution of the duty they had to per-
form. The prisoner abused them in the foulest language, jostled
them that the soldier in custody might get away, and spit on one
of them. The injury sustained was of no sort of importance; the
prosecution was instituted to teach others that tiddlers were not to
be assaulted with imptuMy. Ile should call—
Alexander FOUii4, corporal in the 2e: battalion of the Ed Regi.
men; of Guards—John 31'David is a private of the '2d battalion; on
the night of the 9th of May, he was absent front his quarters, at the
3iews Barracks, tipsy, at a public-house in Clare-market. Wit-
! nest made Sisson and Glover, two privates, get out of their beds at
lialftast ten at night to go with him to fetch 31'David ; witness
went into the public-hoose by himself, leaving the two others at
the door; there were about a dozen persons in the tap-room ; he
took the man out. and when they got to the door, the prisoner and
others surrounded them and got the man away, swearing he should
not be taken, and using various abusive epithets. They got the
malt again, when they were a second time jostled and pushed; the
prisoner get between them, desiring they would let the man go ;
this was at 12 o'clock ; WitlleAS ordered the men to draw their
bayonets, but they were not used. The ptisoner followed them into
Great Russell-street, where he advised him to no home. and let
them do their duty. The prisoner and about 30 others kept fol-
lowing them With the foulest language; the prisoner spat on the
breast and back nf 31• David, railing them lobsters. &c. So
great was the difficulty of keeping oft' the mob, that witness em-
ployed the watchman to follow in the rear.
31`David and Sisson confirmed the testimony of Foulis.
The July found the primla' Guilty.
The Co lIT said it was a ease deservingof punishment, as an ea-
I ample to others. 'faking into consideration the two months ins-
prisonment that the prisoner had suffered, the sentence of the Court
was, iha: he be imprisoned in the House of Correction one month
I more. -

John Fuller was indicted by the oafish authorities of Padding-
ton, for an tumuli on John Ifeys,la constable, while in the execu-
tion of his duty. There was a second count la the indictment for •
common assault.
Mr. Avor. mire opened his address by promising to occupy but
a small portion of the time of the Court, and described the prisoner
as detect& in pillaging handfuls of nuts in Paddington market,
when the man at the bar shouted out he was not near the spot; he
was charged with an assault at WhitechapeL Mr. Adolphus was
inclined to pay little attention to the prieoner till his assertion was
backed by the ecoseentor, who said be was nut the man. An
officer was sent t,t the New Prison to bring up the right John
Fuller. Mr. Adolphus said, in the time of Robespierre one John
Fuller would have been enough ; right or wrong he voted have
beta sent to the guillotine.
In a short time the other John Fuller was put to the bar, and
Mr. Adolphus resumed his address.
John hays is a constable of Paddington ; on the let of Septem.
her he was on duty In Paddington market; a cart was standing
there with hazel nuts, which were being sold to the retailers ; be
übseived the prisoner several times go to the off aide of the cart
and help himself with the nuts, while the countryman's attention
was drawn by his customers. Witness went to the prisoner and
told hint he bud bad a pretty good run. sad to go away. The pri.
saner '• who are you? I shan't go." Witness replied " I'll
let you know who I am." and hit him with his cane. The prisoner
called hint a body-snatching, took the cane from him, broke it
Over his head, hurled the pieces away, and then struck witness in
the face with his fist. liretnees got the assistance of Bradbury, the
watch.home keeper, and the prisoner was taken to the watch.
house.
Bradbury confirmed the last witness in his testimony.
The prisoner was sentenced to one month's imprisonment in the'
ll,iuse of Correction.
Thomas Mee. a boy about years old, was indicted for steal.
ing two tame lire rabbits from a neighbour, at No. 7, Laurence.
street, Chelsea, on the nth of August.
The prosecutor had four rabbits in s hutch; on the 29th, at
tout In the morning, the prisoner was seen to get over the wall and
seal two of them t tie nest awning, about the same hour, the pro.
aecutor was awakened b 7 a wells under hie window, and got up to
learn what it was, but little suspected that the same thief had toms
again so soon. %%lie he was running wand to the back of his
house, his next door neighbour had thrown up the sash of his
dow, en which the prisoner threw down the rabbits and got over the
well. The prosecutor intended to hive tabu the hey for the first
loffence. but he kept out of the way.
The boy denied being near du place.

Ills mother said her husband was a waterman, and that her son
had got up that morning at titnr o'clock to get the boar ready ; that
there were two other boys with hint, one of whom might have stolen
the rabbits. She told the same story to Mr. Gregory that sou told
here to•day.
Mr. Costar said it was a barefaced invention of the mother'a,
which would bring greater punishment on the boy ; he might thank
her for it ; she had brought it all on him. The ;lodgment of the
Court was, that he be confined three months_in the House of Cor-
rection to hard labour, and be whipped.
Charles Flight pleaded guiliy to stealing a quart pot from Mr.
Holston, of the Feathers' public-house, Milbank, on the 11th of
Jul!
lite officer detected him with the pot opposite the Penitentiary at
halt-past nine at night.
lit aotweepience of the prisoner pleading guilty, and the confine-
ment he had already undergone, the Chairman sentenced him only
to 10 days longer confinement.
Mr. Costar remarked on the impropriety of housekeepers hang-
ing publican's' pots on the rails and other open places as a great
temptation. They had had a great many tried at the Sessions of
late for stealing them term such situations, the punisment fur
which was always very little, as the Court considered it a great
temptation to the nereettitous.
Mary Seale was indicted for stealing a shawl from the shoulders
of Elizabeth Jane Journk, a black woman, on the 2d of Septets.
lice, in Drury-lane.
Journie is a traveller with children's little books; she never saw
the prisoner before the of September; the prisoner naked her to
treat her with gin, and because she would not, she stole her shawl
oil her shoulders.
The officer saw the prisoner near Illaelentore-street, with the
shawl under her arm, and when lie took her in custody, at the desire
of the proseentrix, the prisoner threw the shawl on the ground.
The prisoner said, site was in company with the prusecuerix the
night before, drinking, changed half-a-etown, lent the prosecutrix
a shilling, who, next day, gave her the shawl to pawn as the officer
came tip.
Mr. CONST—T think it one of the most impudent robberies I
ever heard of. You ask her forgin, and because site does not choose
to give it to you, you take her shawl, which is found under your
arm by the officer. I never heard of the like. The sentence on
you is, that you he confined in the Ilouse of Correction for two
months, and hard labour.
Julia Monk anti Peter Chapman, two sweeps, were put to the
bar on three indictment', for steeling two publican's pots, found
bent in a soot bag, and an apron found in the ha of Monk, stolen
from a kitchen where they applied to sweep.
They were sentenced to two months' hard labour in the House of
Correction for the first offence ; the same term in the same place
for the second offence, to fcturnenee at the expiration of the first ;
and another two months each, in the sante place, at the end of the
second two months.
An old woman, named Sarah Jones, well known to the keeper of
the House of Correction, was acquitted of picking pockets in the
New-road.