The National Register.
London, England, 1823-02-24 00:00:00

LAW INTELLIGENCE.

w rompirr. was. 10.

BREACH OF PROMISE OP MARRIAGE.
4.klele e. lIICADoWCROFT.
This was as action brought by the plaintiff, who is the pro-
chain simi.of • Miss flatboats Hale, • minor, to receive cool
,pensation is damages from the defendant, on attorney in
Gray's Inn.square, for the oonperforinaisce of a prowiee of
marriage, which, as was alleged, he made its August, 1820,
to Miss Hale.
Searleit and Mr. Charles Phillips conducted tbe caselor
the plaintiff; and Mr. Cooper and Mr, Broderick for the de-
fendant.
Mr. Searlett having slated the wise for the plaintiff, which
he was instructed he could prove, called
Sarah Harrison, examined by Mr. Phillips.—l 'know the
plaintiff and defendant; I first knew the plaintiff in August,
1820, and 1 went to live with her as servant in September,
1820 ; Ito August die plaintiff lived in Cook's. row, St. Pancras,
hat in September idle used in Camden-street, Somers Town ;
she then reinor,3l to the rale of health at Hampstead, where
the defeodaid t ok a cottage for her, and in the year 1820 fre-
quently came to see her ; she was very young, not seventeen
years of age until homey. 1821 ; the defeurlant sometimes
came to see her at Somers Town three times a day, arid if he
were absent • day or two, ke was -sure to write ; his sister
Mary Anne was then at school at Hampatead ; after the first
work or two that she was at Jolampstead, the defendant did not
come so fiemiently as before. Oise day as I was taking omit
coals into the parlour, I heard her pressing him to perform his
promise to marry her, and he said," shall be my wife ;
you are my dear little wife:;" and he looked at me, and said,
"At least, it shall be so soon." I looked at him, arid thought
be would not mercy her ; I thought hint • rogue. because I
thought be bad seduced her, and brought her to that place.
On one occasion the defendant told the plaintiff that his sister
was walking on Hampstead-heath ; and the plaintiff said.
"Oh, dear William, why don't you introduce Mary Anne to
me, end let'her stop here ?" But he said, " I most lest take
my dear little Hannah to Hatopstesd Church." The plaintiff
Zile■ removed to Clarendon square. In March, 1821., I saw
the plaintiff sitting 51mo the defendant's knee, sod she was
urging hint to perform Isis promise. end be said, " By God.
you shall be my wife ; bat, my dear little Haunch, you most
have patience, I can do nothing yet awhile '•" sod Joe said
something about his onole. When the plaintiff sod d retuned
to Hsanpstesd from London one day, we found the defendant
there, 'sad we saw the letter-box open upon the table, and we
also saw the li der-box, and • candle on the table, and a
-quantity of burnt paper in the grate ; and the plaintiff said,
" Oh, dem. William, whet have you done with my letters ?"
lie gave her one from her sister, and some tradesmen.' hills,
and said, " I have burnt these foolish letters, but I shall write
you more ;" I have read a gcrid many of the letters which
were burnt, hat I remember particniarly the contents of two
of them, which were dated the 10th August, 1820, and the
2nd September, 18:0. In the first, he said he would perform
his promise of marriage between the 10th and 13th of that
month, as Le was satisfied that he was her seducer ; and in
the other letter, that he was obliged to go into the country
for a few days, but that he would marry her in the course of •
fortniAbt. The plaintiff appealed exceedingly attached to the
defendant, who told me to accompany her whenever she went
oat, and I did so. Ile always visited her in Clarendon-square,
until she went to her sister, who keeps a school at Blackheath.
She remained at Ler sitter's for some time, and then she came
to town, and took lodgings neer him, at 7, Staple lan.
buildings, Holborn, where he visited tier four or five times.
I remember the plaintiff going afterwards to ale attorney,
Mr. Pearson, and hoeing her letters with him.
Cress-eaemieed by Mr, Cooper. —When the defendant said,
My dear little Hannah, you shall be ray wife." I can't say
that he was iiitoxicated ; I w ou't sweat that he was sober.
This took place after dinner, I have been sent out for wine by
the defendant. I used to read the plaintiff's letters.
George Edmund Shad well proved the letters produced were
ile the band-writing of the defendant. After the death of the
defendant's .trackt, he told witness that his uncle died worth
60,0001. and that his pert of it, wbeu his uncle's affairs should
be settled, would alumna to 8 or 10,0001.
Robert Reeves preyed other letters, which were produced,
were in the hand-writing of the defendant,
Ten or twelve letters were Bien pat in sad read.
1a these letters the defendant professed the greatest friend-
ship for the plaintiff, told her " to keep up her spirits until the
wiled blew over; that be would, Vibe weal to school to her
' sister, expend 1001. a year on her improvement." But in
none of the letters was there a distinct promise of marriage.
Twoor three other letters were read. 15 ooe, the defea-
dant complained of the plaintiff • loitering ablest the streets ;
and is another he said, if the plaintiff did not give a fair ex-
planation about the letter signed " B." and wished to separate
front the defendant. he would nut throw any obstacle in the

way.
Mr. Cooper addressed the Jury for the defendant, and con-
tended at ronaiderable length, that it could not be inferred
from any of the letters that the defendant ever promised mar-
riage to the plaintiff. The Learned Counsel also contended,
that Harrison was undeserving of credit, sod that if the de-
fLndaut had in his letters of August and September, 1820, pro-
mised the plaintill• marriage, it was not at all likely, after
hrviug destroyed this letter, that ho should (especially when
be professed so flinch regard for the plaintiff) not say a word
of marriage in the fourteen letters produced.
Ilis Lordship summed tip, awl the Jury having retired • for
about a quarter of an hour, found a verdict fur the pLaiatig—
Damages, 5001.

TIIURsDAY, ►EB, 10.

ANONYMOUS SLANDCII.-SIR DAVID OtiILBY V. CH ANNON•

This action was brought by Sir 11. Ogilby, an oilier in his
Majesty's service, and Lady Elizabeth his wife, against John
Channon, and Eliza his wife, to recover damages for ►lander.
The declaration charged the wife of the defeadant with tieing
the writer of four anonymous letters, to as many persons, with
intention to injure the honour mid reputation of Lady Ogilby.
—The letters were all without dates, except the date of the
Post mark. The first was addressed to Baroness Nolekeos.
The second, to Lady Paboo; the third to Lady Desunges;
the fourth to Jam Lewis llesaoges. The letters, with some
slight variation, cautioned the parties to beware of the woman
Lady Ogilby. who .e ished to cute into society, after loosing
in the back ground many years from a good cause, having been
known to be use companion of disgusting characters; her ob-
ject was to take away people's characters, married or ►ingle.
The writer expressed fear that she had done so with two or
three respectable families. Her intriguing sister went with
tier. Sir David Ogilby was described as generally melding
disgraceful tales of people, who would not notice bin. it was
a shame such people shoul& go into respectable eessiety.—The
letters were all signed ♦ Friend le Morality."
Mr. lioarlitt Ilveribsit the rutin bra perermee of Whims


sad fortune, nod imputed the writing of the above slander to •
wealiciees feeling on the part of Mrs. Cimino's, in congealment/
of a refusal, on the part of Lady Ogilby,. to introduce her*t
the drawing+ooa+•in April, lt^22. he letters were la ritteu i•
a feigned hand, but certain peculiarities in the composition
would leave the Jury no toom to doubt Mrs. Cloannou ass* the
writer.
A great number of witnesses were examined in support of
the plaintiff 'a case. Some who hail seen Mrs. C.'s writiog de-
clared the letters to be her hand disguised.
Sir F. Deranges and Baron Nolekens were, however, of
opinion it was not her writing.
The Solicitor-General addressed the Joey for the defendant,
end vaned Sir Hobert Steele, Lady Steele, Lady Lille, Sir
F. Shuckhorough, Lady Chailutte Denys, Miss Denys, and
others, who expressed their strongest conviction that it was
not the hand verities( of Mrs. Chenuon.
The Lord Chief Justice, in his charge to the Jury, said,
this case proved bow much it would he to the advantage of
themselves and others, if. .parties eiving anortyruoce letters
would put them in the fire the moment they came to heed.—
In most instances anonymous writers might furnish some truth,
but in general the greater part of their information was false.
His lordship left them to say whether they believed Mrs. C.
wrote the letters. If they did not believe her to he the 'inter,
they most find for the defendant. If, on the contrary, they
should he of opinion she had circulated the slander, they ought
to give damages suitable to the injury the plaintiff had sustained.
The Jury found a verdict for the defendant.
FRIDAY, EEO. 21.

MIIK KING V. ALLEN.
This was an information filed ex officio by the Attorney-Ge-
neral, against the defendant, a widerman, for so assault on a
oustonr house officer named Oiled!.
It appeared from the statements of the witnesses for the pro-
seeution, tbat'ColseN was in the service of the customs, as a
preferable waterless's. On the Sib of September last, the Lord
Melville steam packet arrived off the Tower stairs, in the river
Thames, from Calais. Colsell, having gone on board with other
dicers, was stationed to prevent pawners from leaving the
vessel, except by the gangway, so order that an opportunity
might be afforded of ascertaining that ►hey did not convey
suagglad goods ashore. The defendant with other eat/rates.
came is his boat alongside the v I, in-order to bring yiassea-
gers oa shore, and came on the deck near the bow. Cohen
put his hued on Allen's shoulder, and told him he bad orders to
&Howie* person to go oat except by the gangway. What,"
said Allen, are you going to stop me, when you are nothing
but a b--y extra man t and put his Est towards the face of
the officer. Colic!l then went to fetch assistance, and Allen
seised the opportunity to get on board bis boat with three pas-
sengers, whom be had agreed to take ashore. Colsell fol-
lowed, ■nd observed there was no name painted on the boat,
sad accordingly seized it, node, ST Geo. 111. cap. 22, sec. 2.
and marked it with the broad arrow. Allen attempted to push
Colsell held by the steam-boat to prevent bum ; hut Allen
succeeded in striking out, and Colsell, if be had uot been
saved by another boat, would have fallen into the river.
The defendant denied that be assaulted the olhirer ; alleged
that be did not conceive the boat liable to seizure, because
there was a by law of the Watermeo's Company, allowing eight
days for the painting of the name, which had not elaps, d since
this boat was completed ; that the boat was not his own, and
therefore be had no interest in preventing the seizure ; that he
merely begged to be allowed to take his passengers on *here,
and afterwards actually brought back the bunt to the Castoes-
house oil oers.

The Lord Chief Justice suggested, that if the defendant
proved that to restored the boat, their ought scarcely to be
any farther proceedings against him.
The Solicitor-General said undoubtedly he would pray no

judgment.
The Jury then found the defendent guilty. He was inform-
ed that no judgment would be prayed against list, but be must
not rely on the rules of the Watermen's Company, which were
contrary to the words of an act of Parliament. The deiced.
ant bowed. and left the court.
AIDS HARRIET WILSON, S. SIR HENRY WRIGHT WILSON, ENT.
This was an action by Miss Harriet Wilson against Sir
H. W. Wilson, to recover the arrears of an annuity of 2001.
which be bad agreed to pay her is consideration of ber quitting
the satiation of governeas, which she held in Lady Sandwich's
fa.ily.
The Lord Chief Justice suggested the propriety clf • re.
ferrite', but the proposal was not accepted.
Mr. Gamey rose to state the case of the pkiatiff, wham Ist
was singularly bard. She was a young lady of excellent talents,
which had been matured by education, who had been engaged
as governess in the families of Mr. Miley Addington and of Lady
Sandwich, where she bad acquired the admiration and the
regard of all who knew her. The defendant sought her out, and
ascertaining that she was nearly related to him, expressed his
desire to remove her from a situation which he deemed dero-
gatory to himself, and olfered to pay her 501. per quarter if she
would leave it. She complied with liis wishes, but he bad
since refused to fulfil hie promises, and had thus deprived her
of the means of honourable subsistence, sod rendered her des-
titution more afflicting by the hopes which he had led her to che •
fish.

The Countess of Saodwich stated, that Miss Wilson had bees
governess in her family, and bore the most honourable testi-
mony to her talents and virtues. She parted from her with
great reluctance, at the earnest request of Sir H. Wilson, and
because she conceived the change would be for her benefit
She continued to receive the visits of Musa 'Wilson op to the
present time.
Mr. Riley Addington said, that the plaintiff had conducted
herself in all exemplary manner, and h,.d manifested great te-
lent as a governess i■ his Cattily, and bad, in return, been
treated with great respect and affection.
A number of letters horn Sir Henry Wilson to Miss Wilson
were then put in and read. The earlier letters were lull of
expressions of affectionate regard, and contained allusions to
the promise of 21001. a year. There were also letters to Lady
Sandwich and Mr. Riley Addington, speaking of the plaintiff'
in high terms, and containing similar allusions.
Mr. Scarlett submitted, that the promise, eves if established,
was riedesepatiosi, as it was the mere voluntary act of the de-
fendant's bounty.
Mr. Gurney contended. diet the letters sufficiently mani-
fested that the plaintiff had been induced by this promise to
resign a situation more truly valuable than the defendant's
protection, and that this formed a sufficient coasidetatima for
the promise.
The Lord Chief Justice ruled that the letters could only be
taken as evidence of a parole enntrset for su annuity, which
was void under the statute of frauds. The plaintiff mast,
therefore, be nonsuited.
The plaintiff was accordingly oonsuited.
Lord Ellenborough, Lady Sandwich, and Lady Harriet Wee-
tape, sat no the beach ►eside the Loed Chief Justice &grin
the trial.

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THE NATIONAL REGISTER

• BAILEY SESSIONS.
WEDWRSDAT F as. 19.—These sessions commenced at
Jusiicc Hall, in the Old Balky, before the Right Hon.
the. Lord Mayor, Mr. Baron Granam,,Nllr. Justice Park,
the Recorder, Alderman Cox, Sheriffs, &c.—The ca-
lendar contains nu less than 201. prisoners for trial.
John Strong, remanded from last sessions, was placed
at the bar. charged with stealing in the dwellisig.ttouse
of William Donovan, divers Wills of money and bank
notes, value .5001. and upwards, his property.
The prosecutor, who is a fishmonger lit Oxford-street,
stated, that on the evening of Sunday, the Myth of Dec.
he went to chapel, leaving a servant lad named Kennelly
in care of the house. After divine service was over, he
went to visit a brother, and had been hut a few minutes
with him, when a person came to tell hint that It:s pre-
sence was required at hone directly. He went oft im-
mediately, and on his arriving tin house, discovered
b.., daughter in tears, and exclaiming, " Father I father!
we are robbed." He• went• iota a back parlour where t,
lie had left the whale of his property safe, previous to
his going out, and fouud the ilia .vers broken open and
money taken from their to the amount of 801. or 901.—
An iron chest in the same room had also been opened
by means of a picklock key, and cleared of its contents,
vie. 100 sovereigns, IDOL bank note, a bank post bill
for fol. front I to. Boo crownireces, and two checks for
481. Suspicims fell on the lad Kennelly, but he denied
all knowledge of the robbery, and said it must have taken
place during..the time he had been to Mr. Latouche's,
who had sent for some oysters. He however was taken
into custody,. and-after having undergone several exa-
minations before the magistrates at Marlborough-street,
lie'confessed that the robbery had been committed by
the primmer. He had met the prisoner, he said, at the
Lamb and Flag publi-house, us Oxford-street, where,
after some further conversation, he agreed to let him into
the house, after his master tad gone to chapel.
The accomplice Kennelly, was then called, and stated
the circumstances of the meeting, and the plan eoucert-
ed or effecting the robbery.
The daughter of the prosecutor, who but been out
the whole of the day, stated the situation in which the
premises.were on her return.
Tshe landlady of the Limb and Flag had seen the
prisoner Kennelly in oonversation at her house, on the
evening of Friday preerditig the robbery.
Mr. Justice Peek then st 111111 l ed up the case, and the
Jury, after a short deliberation, reiurned.a verdict of not
godly.
Mary Bayley was indicted for stealing a large quantity
of wearing appareLand linen, the propeytr of J. Jarvis..
Verdict guilty.
Edward Cocks and Isaac Davis were capitally indict-
ed fur Mouton.-!y assaulting Edw. Hone, on. she King's
highway, on the Bth of February, in the parish of St.
Mary, Wititechapel, and taking trout his person a watch
and chain, value 81.
Mr. Hone is a gun-maker, and on the evening of the
day stated, he was passing along Whitechapel High.
street, on his way home. when at the corner of Gould-
street, he saw a wiudow brokete, and a crowd collected
round thadoor of the house. He stopped to learn what
was the mauler, when he was surrounded by four or
five inets,antoog whom were the prisoners. They seised.
and pinioned-his arms. and drove hint back against the
He called nut to them not to posh hint
through the window. Cocks at this time had hold of
his arms, and Danis was very busy about his person.—
When he called out as described. they let him go. The
prisoners were moving off, .when a man who had ob-
served them, said " There they go' Witness followed.
and seised Davis by the collar. and said, "Young man,
where is my watch " and-Davie' without replying—
struck him .00. the mouth, and knocked hint down.
—Witness called out for help,, and saw Cocks advance
towards him, and at the saute moment be received a
blow on the side of the head. which had again brought
him to the ground, but he kept hold of Davis, and
contrived to wise bold of Cocks. They all fell together.
He continued to call out for assistance, and two of the
Bow-street disinotnited patrols came up sod secured the
prisoners. They were searched, but the watch was not
hou.d.
Richard Seywood, a baker's apprentice, swore that
lie was 'sassing at the time, and saw Cocks have hold
of the prosecutor by the arias.
Bush atud Hall, the two patrols, deposed to appro.
blending the prisoners. The Jury found them both
guilty death.
Touesoae, Fes. gOi---Benjamin Moore, a young
man of genteel apraratice,was placed at &be bar, charged
nit au indictment with assaulting General Kerr, on the
King's highway, with intent to take mndcarry away his
goods and money.
Several respectable witnesses were called; who gave
him au excellent character.
Mr. Baron Graham summed up •atgreas length, and
after a short deliberation, one of the Jury asked the
learned Judge whether it was oonspetent for them to
acquit the prisoner of the felonious intent, and fitid him
guilty of the assault only.
Mr. Baron Graham replying in the negative, the Jury
almost immediately acqui.ted
uint-
John Walker, James Aldridge. and Thomas Gibson,
alias Blackett, were capitally toweled for breaking and
entering the dwelling-house of Andrew James Simpson,
and stealing a glass jug, a silver watch, a-curet, two
blankets, and a quantity of wearing apparel.
There were five indictments against the prisoners, all
for the offence of burglary.
The prisoners made made no defence, and called no
witnesses. '
Aldridge and Walker were found guilty... Death—
. not guilty.
The three prisoners were again indicted for a burglary
in the dwelling-house of James Armstrong.
Mr. Armstrong resides at No. 4, Prince's-square, St.
George's its the East, and on the night of the 7th ultimo
his house was broken open, and plundered, ansong other
things, of a tea-pot and hat. The tea-pot was fouud. at

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the prisoners* lodgings, and the hat upon Gibson 's beet . never heard the deceased express any apprehen siert o
'1 he "insaner were all found guilty—Death. - death.
Mr. Justice Park, addressing the prisoners, said, there Mr. Lewis Evans, another pupil, stated, that (roes
were three other indictments against them ; but hr the 30th of January to the 4th of .Behruary, he attended
thought it unnecessary,.afteralie satisfactory verdicts that the dccaased ; after his death lie opened the head and'
had been.given,.to proceed with them. The prisoners found a contused wound, which might hare been in-
were evideetly a desperate gang of burglars. who had finned by a blow or a fall ; the vessels its the region of
it. the. business of their lives to plunder all that the brain were full, but no blood ; the symptoms were
they could. Hi would,. therefore, strongly and most simply of an infiammatoty nature; he had no doubt.
'earnestly recommend them mums theirserious attention. but the wound occasioned the deaths of the deceased.
to the awful situation in which they stimuli The prisoner made no defence.
TRIAL Of THE NOTORIO us -BILL SoAmite.—Williain. Mr.l3aronGraharn addressed the Jury, and observed,.
(alias Bill) Soatites was indicted for stealing a silk hand. that the case la far shout of wilful murder. It was.
.kerchief Irons the person of Edward S.tek. therefore, the question for them to consider, whether
Between the hours of six and seven o'clock on the the prisoner•had, by feloniously striking,. been guilty of•
evening of the Ist instant. John Woodward, servant to manslaughter.
Sir John Lubbock, was passing through Newgate-street, Verdict—Guilty of manslaughter.
when lie S3W the prisoner, in company with a well. Sarah Stubbing., aged IT, a girl of very interesting
h'dressed woman, watching the pockets of several pawn- appearance, was placed at the bar, charged with the
gets. Ile kept his rye upon them, and at length sin wilful murder of her male infant child, its the parish of
eSuanies put his baud into Mr. Sink's pocket and take St. Pancras.
..out a handkerchief, lie seized Sieunes, who hail The Jury returned a verdict of not guilty.
the hauilkerctuel in his hand, and endeavoured to His Lordship humanely reeommenclerl the aunt tire'
get it nom hint, but the latter put himself in ass attitude take the unhappy girl under. leer protection.
''to strike him, and the womauat the same t i [[[ e came up Eliza Saunders was indicted fur the wilful murder of'
and said, " what do you want with the man 1" and her female basin child, by tying and fastening• certain
snatched thw handkerchief from Soatnes. She got away, piece of silk about its neck. whereby strangulation wee-
bee the prisoner was secured. produced.
The prisoner, in his defence, said he was totally hum- A gentleman, with whom the prisoner had Eyed as.
cent, and adverted to she circumstance of his having for- servant, gave her a good 'character for humanity, anti'
wetly been "•unforiunate," which, however, he hoped said she was remarkably affectionate to children.
would not prejudice him with the hooouraule and en. Mr. Baron iiivaham shortly charged the Jury, and =-
lightened gentlemen before whota he was now. tried. pressed an opinion, that the evidence was instrilkient
The Jury Mural Non guilty. to fix upon the plisoner so heavy a crime as that ni
The Recorder ordered him to be called up for judg- murder
anent„ and said nu one could doubt of the propriety of The Jury found the prisoner not guilty, and she w
the verdict which the Jury had given. The prisoner had discharged.
run a long course of crime, but Justice, as was generally Bo RIMARY.—Henry Seaton was capitally indicted.
the case, had overtaken him at last. Without further for burglatiously breaking and enteriag. the dwelling-
observation, for observation would be useless with such a house of Lawson Holmes, and stealing therefrom two
man as the Court knew the prisoner to •tre, the sentence watches, thirteen sovereigns, a quantity of gob' coin,
was, that he be transported beyond the seas- for the term and-other lunches. the property-oh Catherine Dalet
of his natural life. Mrs. Dale was a lodger in the house of Mr. Bedews,
The Recorderallcd up Woodward, and thanked him its St. Paul's, Shadwell. She went to. chinch on a
in the name of the public for the promptitude and cost- Sunday evening in January. leaving two young men, in
rage which he had displayed upon this occasion. Mr. Holmes's service, in the house. She had not beets
FRIDAY, FEB. 21.—Mary AntiSluat,a young woman gone long when one of the young men going outside
of most interestitig appearance, aged gy, arid Jane Par- the door, saw a light its Mrs. Dale's sitting room up.
rust, aged 53, were indicted, the former for having stolen stairs. He and the other went tip stairs, and whets
3.51. in bank notes, from the dwelling house of Mr. H. they got near the door of Mrs. Dale's room they heard
Kemp, her uncle, and the latter fur receiving the same an attempt made to -open the window inside. They
(its the county oh' Surrey) knowing them .to he stolen. rustled into the room, and the prisoner turned about.
The List !Uinta pf ISOLICI 55 as not puce on her trial, her from the window and advancing towards them, struck.
offence having been committed in Surrey; she was, one of them a blow. on Ilse side of the head.. Tney,
therefore., remanded until the next Kingston assiaes. however, secured him, and conveyed hint to the watch..
The prisoner Shoat remained at the bar—and her ap- house. When they got him near the street he struggled
pearance, and the nature of her misfortune, eseited the to get away, and threw himself down in the snow.—
commisseration of a Court unusually crowded with le- This lie repeated twice whilst going to the watchhouse„
males. and on the spot where he first fell, Dickinson and;
It appeared by the evidence of Mr. Kemp, which was Avery, two 01, the patrol of Boss Street, found two
givers with great reluciatice and pungent sorrow, that watches and a pair of sleeve buttons, the property of
the prisoner was a branch of a must respectable family, Mrs. Dale. A hag, containing levels picklock keyr,
and Isis niece; she. generally resided with hint. and until was hound where he fell the second tinte;_andiet the .
this unfortunate.oecurrence her conduct was most exem- third place some snatches and .a piece of candle were •
plary ; hut in an evil hour she was inveigled from the picked up.
pads of rectuude and virtue by the woman with . whom . The prisoner.'s defence was, that he was never in the
She stood inducted. Having succeeded by svatapern in house, and that he was collared in the street ,by trop-•
enticing her unfortunate victim from that dwelling where take for some other person.
virtue and happiness were the peaceful inmates, she Several witnesses gave hint a good character, but the
took an early opportunity of inducing. halo visit her Jury found hint guilty--tleath.—Aced ea.
respectable connexions. and commas. depredations on _ —a
their property. By the influence.of Aleuts she went to LONDON S ESSIONS.
her uncle's, broke open his dab, and committed the
offence with which she now.stoodcharged. An officer
was despatched in quest of the unhappy fugitive, and she
was found iii a house of the worst description in St.
George's-fields, kept by the prisoner Parrott—the dig-
gnaw mutual intercourse of both sexes the officer wit-
nessed on this occasion we forbear to describe.
The Jury found the prisoner guilty, lout earnestly im-
plored the weren't' interposition of thcAiourt,..
The Recorder mitred them that the strictest attention
should be paid to their request.
The Judges entered the Court as ten o'clock, when
William Biugley was placed at the bar, charged with the
willullnurder of George Durham.
Elisabeth Williams deposed, that she saw the deceased
at the George, George-yard, Whitechapel, on the Pith.
of January, about tine u cluck 111 the day; prisoner was
also there on that day; deceased used very disrespectful
language respecting the prisoner (who was than absent),
Morning, among oilier things. that Ir.: would give lints
a good hiding. Whet' plisoner came, witness informed
him of what deceased had said; they. both met at the
same place in the evening, when a quarrel arose, which
was promoted by Durham ;
,priaoner said he would give
hisn a good beating, but he knew deceased would take
advantage of the law.; .deceased deelared he would not,
and the fight commenced ; prisoner received the first
blow, which knocked hint down ; the battle proceeded.
and ended .in .the fatal catastrophe which formed the
subject of the present charge.
Usher witnesses who were present at the contest gave
similar testimony. By their evidence, it appeared that
the unfortunate deceased was the promoter of the quar-
rel.
John Durliam,lhe father of thrtleceastel, stated that i
on the night in question his son came Made with sic
skull fractured, and was.-from thence conveyed the 'wet
day, to the Londou.Hospital, where he shortly died;
deceased observed that he had received his deem-blow
before he went to the hospital.
Deceased said the niglu he came home, he was sure
he should die, and requested witness (his father). to go
and get the prisoner apprehended ; after he went to the
hospital, he wrested to come home to die.
Mr. Pullen, a pupil at the London Hospital. stated,
he examined the head of the deceased, whets brought
to that establishment; he considered the contusion was
occasioned by a volent fall; when he first saw it, he
did not apprehend the natal result; the wound had even
, a healthy appearance two days before he died ; witness

Oa Monday these Sessions commenced before the
Lord Mayor and a Bench of Aldermen. .1
Gauss ASSAULT AND PUMPING IN Tut FLIST
sox —JoMph Atkins and George Atkinson, debtors,.
Actnifitied in the Fleet Prison, and George Rushbury, a. •
visitor to some of the debtors, were tried upon an iudiet- •
mem, charging them with having most siMently as-
molted and pumped upon . Abraham Aarms.-.ln
Attar-
hey's Clerk, on the 15th of Deceusber daitt. is the yard.
of the prison.
Mr. Andrews, for the prosecution, stased,, that the •
result of the present case would, he hoped, be such as
would be likely to put an end to a very absurd and in-
human practice which unfortunately existed for a length
of time amongst persons confined for debt.
Aaron, who is a man of small stature, deposed/111k
he went into the Fleet Prison out the 15th of Decembers
to get a schedule signed by a client, who was about to
take the hem& of the Ac:. Upon going into the tap-
room. one of the delentlatits challenged him with hav-
ing undertaken a prisoner's defence in the insolvent
Couri, and robbing him of eight guineas. Aaron de-
nied the truth of the charge, and they said he must
stain' a five shilling treat. Re refused, and the defend- r
ants and some others dragged hint forthwith to the pump
with the grossest violence. and pumped upon him most • A
unmercifully three or four minutes. One of the turnkeys
rescued him from this condition when he was drenched
and shiiering, and supplied him with clothes aid other
means of avui 1111 l g the worst consequences. The prose.
cow had appealed to the defendants in the moat solemn
manner to spare him in consideration of his wife and
children, but they continued their sport, and said to . .
those collected on the spot, that they, were "only pump.
imp upon the little Jew Lawyer."
The case was most cleanly proved by several wit.
nesse,.
Mr. Arabi's, for the defence, called witnesses So revs
that his clients were not parties to the severity peamised •
against the prosecutor.
The choral, however,to prove an Alia with respect to
eachof tin: defendants proved abortive. •
Pie Jug immediately found the defendants guilty;
and the Recorder, in passing sentence, animadverted .
meat strongly upon the barbarous conduct of those who
were fools enosigh to consider themselves possessed ol the
privilege of using the prison pump for so base a purpose. •
because they became inmates. •
Each of them was sentenced to imprisonment. for sin.•
levnt hi.
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