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London, England, 1824-11-06 00:00:00

INSOLVENT DEBTORS' COURT, FRIDAY, Nov. L

This mornirg the Court was held in the Great Room. Lincoln's
inmtieli!s, owing to the new edifice not being in a tit SIAM' fur the
accommodation of the Commissioners, and the publk.
The following insolvents were ordered to be discharged forth-
with. viz.—Williatu Jones, of \Vatir-tare, Flcet..treet, book-
binder ; Alexander Pool. late of Crown-street. Sot•.o, butcher ;
James Towers, late ot• H'ellingum.street, Penton) ills, clerk in the
County Fire Office (except u to a debt due to the Crown) ; and
%William Barnett, late of Leominster, Herefordshire, mobster.
Woolf Jonas, late of Holywell-street, Strand, clothes-salesman,
was struck out of the paper for not appearing.
The following petitiocers, whose cases were adjourned at pre-
vious sittings, were declared entitled to the benefit they prayed.
viz—William Terry. George Childers, G. Arrowsmith, J. Holland
Goddard, and HalelVonham.

JUDOi I ENT.
Esther Hall, whose cue we noticed during the previous sittings,
came up for judgment. The complaint against she insolvent was,
that she had sold her interest in a certain annuity for 40f. to her
brother-in-law. The last time she was before the Court, the case
was adjourned, to ascertain the value of her life-interest in such an-
nuity ; but it appeared that nothing had been done in the interval
to comply with the requisition of the Court ; therefore
Mr. HEATH, for the opposing creditor, prayed its judgment
against the insolvent, as it was quite clear that she had at one time
an interest in the will of her drceas,..l husband.
Mr. Commissioner HARRIS, in passing judgment, observed,
that there had been a conspiracy among the members of the family
to reserve to themselves that ',minty a hich ought to base gone to
the creditors. _ _ .

Remacded for nine months horn the date of her petition.

WESTMINSTER SESSIONS.

FRIDAY, Nov. 5.

Richard Dunn was indicted for assaulting William Corers and
William Tyre. watchmen of the parish of St. Gorge, Ilanover-
square.
Mr. A rcnnt we briefly stated the case for the prosecution. The
present prosecution was instituted by the parish, in order that the
facts of the case may be laid fairly before the public, and to show
bow anxious they were that the character of their officers should be
inquired into for the purpose of punishing them, if they should act
improperly; and, on the other hand. of supporting them if acting
within the due end proper bounds of their duty. With these re-
marks, he should leave the case to the Jury, and proceed to call
witnesses in support of the charge.
William Tyre, sworn and examined.—ls a watchman knows
the prisoner Dunn ; remembers the transactions of the night Mid
in the indictment ; at half-past to elve on that night, was standing
outside his box ; heard a violent noise; Mond it to proceed front
the prisoner, who was furiously hitting at the gate of a timber- yard,
with a stick, and thereby causing a dog (that was kept inside for
the protection of :he premise.), to bars loudly. On witness's ap-
proachieg prisoner, prisoner exclaimed, " d—n your eyes, fellow,
do you want to rob mc," and immediately struck witness, and re-
pealed the Wow several tittles. 'Witness then sprang his rattle,
and the other prosecutor came to his assistance; swears that
up to that time lie had nut In the slightest degree molested the
prisoner. Witness and Cozens then seized prisoner, each by an arm.
and while taking Wm along, he held on by an iron Tail, and suc-
ceeded in throwing Cozens off the Mot-path, knocked him down,
and violently kicked him. They, however, ap,ain took and
niately conveyed him to the watchhouse, prisoner, as he went
along, calling loudly on " Mr. Fisher, Overseer of St George's."
" St. George's Patrol," &c. lie telicvm, and is convinced, that
the prisoner was intoxicated.
On his cross examination, swears be did not hear that a watch-
man had been turned off that station for robbing Mr. Dunn. Does
not know why the book in which the charge against prisoner had
been entered. is not now produced.
William Cozens was next examined. Ills evidence went to cor-
roborate the former witness's statement.

Charles Reeves and Thomas Lewis, both constables, were pro-
duced ; Reeves, for the purpose of describing the appearance of
the watchman after the alleged assault, and the riotous conduct of
the prisoner at the waichhouse ; and Lewis, to account for the
absence of the watch-house book, in which the original charge
wes entered.

The next witness was Mr. Rentnore, surgeon of St. George's
Hospilt.l. Ile proved that Cotens was brought to the Hospital,
and complained of having his ribs broken. Witness found his
brer.thing touch impeded. Believes it to proceed from the pres-
sure of the stoloruiii:d muscles on the kidneys. is convinced he
(CUZLIIb) received much constitutional injury ; however, permitted
Inn next day to go out, on being tell it was necessary. Owens
was brought to I soon atter he received the ii.jury, testi before
inflammation took piece.
A constable, named Midborcugh, swore prisoner charged hint
with stealing his watch.
This was the case for the prosecution.
Air. Amin:l:s addressed the Jury for the prisoner, and after
a short address truer the CHAIR:JAN, the Jury returned a ver-
diecof Guilty.—Sentence deferred.
It was subeelututty suggested that he should arrange the aflitir
with the watchmen.

Mr. Palmer, chemmonger, of No. C 7, Dean-street, Soho, was
charged with an assault on Thomas Nlonon.
The prosecutor, a very good-looking young man, stated, that on
the morning of Sunda:, the 17th cf October, he and the defendant,
In whose house be heiged, had a dispute whetl:r the house door
should stand open for a short time or not, and in the course of the
quarrel the defendant gave him a blow and broke his nose, on
which his wife went Into a screaming fit.
Croes.examioed by Mr. Cats' Notrow—We had had disput.s
beror-i about some rent the defendant distraincd for. The injury
oo my nose is all I have to complain of.
(The nose of the prosecutor did not appear to have been injured.)
airs. Morton gave newly a similar account of the transaction,
except that she added that the defendant gave her a severs
blow alio.

Sarah Allow stated, that she lived on the opposite side of the
street, and saw the defendant shut the door against the arm of the
prosecutor's servant maid.
flannotorow, for the defendant, remarked, that every
witneas bad &ten evidence of an additional grievance; indeed it
was not unusual in cases, for facts to be brought forward which
had int: relation to the immediate case, but were only brought in
to give a false colour against one of the parties. These embel-
lishments were called in some Courts " garnish," iu others
" fringe." On this present charge they had nothing to do with
ttit suilhised injuries done to the prosecutor's wife, or to his• Ser-
va::t's erii:; the only thing they had to ry was the grievance inflicted
or the pr:sieutor'a nose, and he would ask them to look at the pro.
stentor, and asy whether, if he had even gone to the ingenious
Carpue, and chosen from his collection a nose to iiis own taste, he
could hare selected a handso•:ner Haze than that a Welt at present
adurned his countenance? This was the whole of the pres.att hharge,
and the fact was, that theprosecutor lodged in the defendant's house,
aid they had quarrelled, which, with persons in their situation, was
but too often the case.
The CliAllt te (F. Const, Esq.) raid that the evidence was tan-
contradicted ; they had heard certainly • very ingenious speech
from the deleudant's Counsel, but they must no: suffer the tageralty
of Counsei to take off their attention front the facts of the case.

Verdict—( s
The deferdent vow addressed the Court, and stated, that a week
before the assault, the prosecutor had said thathe (tile defential:l)
sold addled eggs, and rabbits that died because they could live no
lorAcr.
The CHM KAIAK sentenced him to pay a fine of Ir.
Mr. Thomas Jarvis was found guilty of beating a beadle of fit.
Marlin.* parish, and sentenced to pay a fine of LW.
Mr. James Caldron was charged- with assaulting a watchman of
St. George's, Hanover-aquae.
From the watchman's statement it appeared, that on the evening
of the fith ult. he heard the defendant and his wife quarreling, and
he want ints their house, and discovered, that interferitig in a quar-
rel between man and wife was ineffective, for lie soon tound him-
self on the outside of the door. On the next day the detei.dant met
him, and asked him his name and number, saying that he meant
to report him to the Watch Board, when the watchman said hp
abOtild bole prosody, mil proceeded to take him to the watch-