The National Register.
London, England, 1811-11-03 00:00:00

MIDDLESEX SESSIONS.

Monday the General Quarter Sessions of the Peace for the
county of Middlex commenced at the Session House on Clerk-
enwell-green, before W. Mainwaring, Esq. and other Justices
of the County.. Two persons of the names of Horn and Kirby,
fishermen, at Twickenham, had indicted each other in cross
indictments, and Horn was also indicted for assaulting a I%liss
Colmar, arising out of the folowing transactions : Miss Colmar
is a lady of fortune residing at Teddington, who is very fond of
the diversion of angling. In July last, she went in her punt,
guided by Kirby, to enjoy her favourite diversion. Kirby hap-
pened to place the punt near one of Horn's, in which a man of
the name of Johnson was fishing. This angered Horn, who
swore that they should not fish there, and came in his boat in a
great passion to drive them away, endeavouring to push away
Miss Colmar's punt with his boat-hook. This produced a
scuffle, in which Horn got knocked overboard. It appearing
clearly that Horn was the first aggressor, although he got
knocked overboard, the Jury found him guilty, and acquitted
Kirby on the indictment against him. Horn NVSS sentenced to
two months imprisonment.
William Keatch, a fancy toy and basket-maker, was indicted
for an assault upon Elizabeth Forth, a young woman under
17
years old, with intent to ravish her. 1' he prosecutrix was servant
to the defendant, who employed several persons, male and
female, to carry on his trade as a fancy toy and basket maker ;
and from her evidence, which was gievn in a very modest and
e:oming manner, there could be no doubt of the prisoner's
guilt. A number of his relations, notwithstanding, came for-
ward to invalidate her testimony; but the Jury attached
no credit to them, and found the prisoner guilty. He was sen-
tenced to twice months confinement in Cold Bath-fields.
0 rant, a patrole, indicted a man of the name of Edwards, and
three others, with assaulting him in the execution of his duty,
and .Edward's indicted Oratn for assaulting him. The evidence
ped Oram to have been the aggressor : h was found guilty,
a sentenced to two months imprisonment.e 'lle others were
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acquitted.
Wednesday G. J. Clarke was convicted of an assault, with
intent to violate a child, only nine years old, named Mary Ann
Manley, under circumstances too horrible to detail. The de-
fendant was apprentice to the prosecutor's father-in-law, and on
the Sth of June, during the absence of her parents, he found
means. to perpetrate his atrocious offence. The prosecutrix
refrained from disclosing her injury, under his threats of beating
her, until the beginning of July, when, compelled by the most
tormenting pains, she told her mother, when it was disco-
vered, that in addition to the injury itself, this wretch had
afflicted her with a loathsome disorder. His sentence was post-
poned.
On Friday a person stood his trial at these Sessions for an
unntnural crime, and was acquitted.
James Carruthers and John Holmes were sentenced to One
Nonth's Imprisonment, for au assault on John Matthews, a Con-
stable, in the month of August last.
Articles of the peace were exhibited by his wife against
Chapman, a coasting pilot, .viit had to .find two sureties of fifty
pounds each, that he would keep the peace to his wife for one
year.
After the complaint of the lady had been read, Mr. Chapman
was desired to come forward if he Wished to say arty thing for