The Sun.
London, England, 1806-09-01 00:00:00

POLICE.

On Friday evening 'three persons who had been
drinking- freely having-gone into. Astley's. Amphi-
theatre, a considerable chsturbanee took place ; in
Consequence of Which, Mr. Astley, jun. went up
with Mr. Slinkily of the Crown and Anchor Ta-
- Aw S '
n, Mr..Grieve,.the
scene-painter and designer,
' .2nd
,a gentle.mm named Potter, assisted by-Woriley,
the Police Otlicer; and civilly. applied to the ;dis-
turbers to conduLt themselves with proprity, and
not to interrupt the amusement of the audience.
In reply, a most tremendous 4hilialah was bran-'
&shed over Mr. Astley's head; • he warded it off, and
Wortley, the 'Officer, took away the Stick: The
. three Versc,,ns were taken into custody, and;the per-
formance proceeded. They were examined on Sa--
. turday at Union Hall, before GIDEON FouttN:Eß
and PETER BROADLEY, EsqS- -and, the.: fads stated
being substantiated by the. evidence of Mr. Astley,:
Mr.- Potter, Mr. Grieve, and Sirokin, they
mnd bail to answer for the offence''At the next
Sessions.-

PUBLIC-OFFICE, QUEEN-StalThßE. Friday Au-
gustin Be: ry was examined, beingthund'in the ad
of cuttin.z. off the brass knos atiixed to the bell:.
wires. houses about Westminster have
I.:en robbed,. in this• manner; he had tools abput
him to cut them from the, wires-in an instant, which
caused great inconvenience to thq housekeeper.—
The Prisoner was' fully c omrnitted for trial.
Maria Jones and Jane Rosendal were committed
for-trial,,on :a charge of picking pockets.—As was
also Ann Singer, being charged by a foreign G2ll-
- picking his Becket in the Park of six
double pistolcs, which property was found upon

lANsIoN-lON---james l'aup,/zan was on 'Sit-
tArday charged before,Alderman 1-71ANKE'. (who-sat
fOrthe LORD MAYOIO, .on suspici!?n, of
,forging- 40(1
Puttering certain-notes or receipts, purporting to 112,.e
been signed. at the War Office, with a design to de-
fraud Mr. Jackson, an Army Agent, in The
Lai ti.—
Mr. Samuel Canning, clerk to, Mr., JaCkson, stated,
that he had paid one of these notes for three pounds
eighteen shiilings and sixpence, and that upon apply-
ing to Mr. Brett, at the War Office, he Was told it
was a forgery. Another Clerk said he bad paid one
of thirteen shillings in the same Way. It' appeared
that some days since a man -olf,the name of Smith,
who said he was a Chelsea. Pensioner, -was.taken,up
attempting ti utter some of these notes, which he
said he had fronft. the. Prisoner Vaughan. This was
not denied by the Prisoner, and when apprehended,
some more of the same sort were found in his pos-
session, which he said, he had froMsotne sailors'-?•or
. soldiers' wives from Woolwkh and Chatho.m and
not being able to give a proper account of him-'
self, he was ordered to be taken proper care of, till
they should 'find some more of his accompliccs in
this knavish transaaion, He was- accordingly re-
manded for further examination.

A. gigantic ~and eccentric. Hibernian seaman,
named Gough, who bad been taken 'into custody by-
the Peace Offices on Friday', for riotous' conduct,
breaking windows, and raising a mob opposite to
'the East India House, was brought up from the
Poultry Compter, where he 'had been in durance,
to answer for his conlia, and say what surety be
could give to keep -the peace, if he was now nhe-
rated..He answered, " the devil a peace he wanted
to break at all at all, if the people whO made such a
noise about the peace would let hirn' alone in peke
and quietnesS, and not be insulting him, or tuAing
game of his. country."
The Magistrate told him he thought it would be
better to let hiM remain where he was until Mon-
day, when his temper would be less and his
Mind more cool. To which he answered, " that
theldevil-a rirfjle he.wished- to Wear on his temper,
and as' to coolness, he was as cool as A:co/pc:Giner ;
and no-wonderfor him to be cool ; for the devil
burn the'bit ht had eat since •he had the honour e.f
seeing his-Lordship last,'but bread and. water."
The Magistrate told him; he was .still confident
it would be better for him to remain a few days.
To which he\answered; he hoped- his Honour did
not mean to send .him back to that shabby, hungry
place whke he was ; for sUre,, lie did not think,
that a' man, like him, could 116.; upon three half.;
pence Worth of bread in a day: Ail he. Wanted
was -to go home to Northepd, Where. he lodges; .to
get clean linen ; but his Worship would lend
him a clean shirt; and send him a right sort of a din-
ner to-day and tufrnorrow, he had no objection to
stay till Monday:.
• The. Magistrate then asked him, if he would gb
on board the Enterprize' Tender ? To which he
•ansWered, " Sure he was there already, for a
whole n;ght, double. ironed, •hand-coifed, and
gagged, for only damping the King and Govern-
ment; and hOw could he.help it, when a black-
guard pressgang 'almost cut him to pieces,' in the
name of the King and Government ? He had no
occasion to go on board the Enterprize, when he
only wished to go into the service in a Ship he kpew,
the Salvador del Munch; at Plymouth, where he
was. well known to the:Officers. He had just come
from India in a ty's Ship." -

The Magistrate told him, be was his friend,
though, perhaps, he did not knbw. it ; and only
wished to keepchiro out of harm's way. He looked
like an honest fellow • and if he would promise not
to get tipsey, or break any windows, ori:stri,ke any
person, but go direaly out of town, krould hbe-
ratti him.

To, this he answered, " Very. possible:his Wor-
4hip might be his friend, though, to, be sure, he
had a d-d odd way'of shewing it. Perhaps his
Worship was.one of his own trade; be was a cabi-
net-maket torn, and so , was his' father before him,
and both were reared among the chips., If he had
kept the fifth.Comniandinent, he need not be there
now, nor, any where else either : as to getting
tipsey, devil a spoonful would he drink till he left
town, if all the ccriter. in London was turned 'into
liquor; nor a window would.he break. • His Ho-
nour was pleased to say he 'looked like an honest
fellow. No wonder for him ; for it was kind fa-.
they for him to be -an' honest fellow, and God Al-
mighty'wrote it Upon .his forehead. But as to,strik-
ing any body, he had. More regard for his own healfh,
for he was a doublejointe4 man, and if he snuck any
man a blow with his fist, he would knock the brains
out of his head; if Ise.-had dny brains in it."
The Magi' trace,. his solemn promise to be
quiet and leave_ town immediately, ordered hiin to
be discharged.

PUBLIC-OFFICE; Won E ET: - Saturday
Thomas Ifizts-on underwent . a final, exainination,'
charged with wantonly driving his tart along Kings-_
land Road a few afternoons since, liy_whic4 one of
the wheels went over 'the bOdy of a girl about three
years.of age, of the tiarne--of Barlow, and killed hen-
op the spot. ,The Case-being made ont;,the,Priso-.
mr, not. being "able,ro deny -the.fa6l, was fully corn-.
mitted. for trial, for holyticide. The Prisoner was
after•wardS admitted to bail.

'MARLBOROUGH -STREET. —.Saturday Catizerine
Handy, a young woman, 19-years of age, was charg-
ed, by the PariSh Officers. of St. Giles's,- with placing
her infant cfaughter in, the street a few-hours after its
birth. Sarah Hampstead was returning to her habi7
tation in St..Giles's, between 11 and •12 o'clock on'
the night of the 29th ,Tulyr when she heard theories
of a -mid, and on approaching the spot from Whence
the cries issued.she discovered a newly-born infant in
the middle of the Street; quite naked, in such a situ-
ation that a vehicle could net have passed Without
going. over it. 'The bane was taken fo St. Giles's-
Wolhonse, and on a midwife of the name of Nea-
gle, seeing it she recognized it to be the child of tlie
Prisoner, whom she had delivered a few hour.; be-
fore. The midwife repaired' to the house of the Pri-
soner, but she had removed to her mother's, in Church
ane, and on being traced by Mrs.. Neagle refused to
tell whether her child Was dead-or alive, or what had
t cc' me of it. The child was identified, and the Pri-
!on ;r was fully committed for trial for child-dropping.

JTJYDALK

AUGIISI7 22

fifines Mfriey and Christopher Nulty stood 'cap.),
t indiCted for the wilful murder •of Peter Loden,
cie the eeth of April, in the,43d year of the King, tat
toughboy.
The indiqment. averred,, that James Duffey gave
the deceased a mortal woicti with a stone on the
bead-on the 9th of April, 1803, at' Loughboy; of
which he died on the 20th of the same month,, and
that Christopher Nulty was present 'aiding and
assisting. -
The.first witness, DanierFinhigan, deposed; that
he ;.new the deceased=that about tin:ee years last
_I
Easter, at Loughboy, in thc county of Louth, he
heard a noise between e1e...-ein and twelve_o'cic-xl: at
niaht—thlf he got up and gaW the deceased p..z‘ar
Nan- Al`Guire's house,-,the deceased W 45 ontside,
and asked who was theie party of men said,
if you come hero you'll .know :"--deceased fol-
,
lowed them,. they, were seven Or. eight it) number----
the 'prisoners were with them,
_whom . the- .wit-
ness identified—when the deceased closed upon
them, 'they turned back and knocked him down—
witness does not know which of the party spoke;
nor which .knOeked him doWn7-deceased- got up
and went into Nan M`Guire's. house—the woman
of the 'house got hold of the latch, outside to, pre-
vent the party following him into the house—
there were some other people in the street, -who.
wanted to pacify _the angry party, and d, ceased
then got out of Nan IVPGUire's house, the- back
vity, and. crossed by an ,open down to the road
where the *party were ; Duffey then . said, hollo,
boys, here he is ; deceased retreated, and went hilo
witness's brother's 'house, near the road ; the
party followed-the. deceased in.)mediately in, while
the dOor was open; and found the deceased there;
Nulty held the deceased by the breast, and wanted
him to go out; deceased refused. Nulty said, I'll
net strike von, but you rnust come out. Nulty
had a 'hold of him, and the rest were about him ; .
deceased begged they would let him go ; said he
was not willing to fight, but would' see them if
they likediri Faircloth's field, next day : one'of the
party then tript up the deceased, and knocked him
down,—he don't. know which of the party ; it was
night, and he bad nothing to see v}th but the moon-
light. Deceased got away, and went into wit-
nesSes's - house ; they followed him there, and got
in witness cannot say what happened there,• as
was minding his children and his furniture : they
staid about ten minutes; in which time, deceased was
struck with a stone in the' forehead ; the wound
was Middling' large, about the breadth of a dollar ;-
the stone was found on the floor, and was about a
pound weight.; there was no such stone there be-
fore they went in ; witness gave thedeceased what
assistance he could when the party went away ; he
lived 'eleven days, and then. died. Witness's broom
ther said to Nulty, when' be was going out (herei
the testimony *as confused Whether before or after
the stroke), 1 knew your people, they Were manful
men,- and I did not think you,would go in. NUlty
said, he was sorry for it ; and his brother and Nulty
took each others' hands ; this was just inside he
door ; brother and Nulty were hand-in-Itand, When
a man went in, and gave the'blow with' a stone ; 'he
did not see-this; but heard -it 'from his brother.
Cross-examined : heard Nulty bid said he was sorry
he:had come in ; and .while Nulty and his Ur-Other
were hand-in-hand, some persons came iii, and k nock-
ed the deceased down;. he knew the deceased.;
Can't say whether he was 'a boxing-man ;- heard the
deceased say he would meet them next day.
Anne M'Guire knew Peter 'Boden, the' deceas-
ed ; remembers his being in her house-Easter three
years with another boy ; a stone was thrOWn at the
door ; deceased went out ; witness heard a• noise,
and went out ; she saw some people- triPping, and
the deceased came into her house ; she shut the
door,• stood outside, and desired her daughter to
lock the door Withinside ; there were five or, six, or
seven people, and the Prisoners were among theM.
Witness saw the,deceased after he went but back-
wards. When she saw hiM again he was cut.
.Cross-ekamined.---L-When the deceased got out
backwards, he tight go to his- house the•-way he
was going ; but that was not the most dire& way. .
Francis Eecleston knew the deceased ; remembers
the abuse he received; it was almost opposite his
door, and near Nan M'Guire's; saw deceased come
up'to the party ; saw Nulty and him trip, and both
fell he saw James Duffey lift either a clod or stone
about half a minute after the fall; and they all va-
nished front his sight. He saw this through a cre-
vice in,the door : he saw no more.

Cross-exaMined.—Saw him through a wide open;
did not open his door—knows no rpore of the mat-
ter.

• James Walsh knows
,DUffey--,-never heard- him
mention any thing about the beating Boden got—
never heard any thing about it. •
Roger PatoOn is a surgeon ;"he ••he examined the
wound of the deceased, which, in his opinion, was
the cause; of his death ; witness trepanned him ; the
bone was bare ; there was an internal fradure given
by a blunt instrument some days before he saw it.
CrOss-examined.—Never attended here before ;
nor never heard of others being tried-for thisnirder.
Robert Boden is the father of the deceased; on
Saturday night, 9th April,- 1803, his son received
the wound, and died on the 20th of same month ;.
on the 10th deceased came toswitnes's ; the deceased
7was able to walk:every day .until the morning of the
day be died, when he was• struck speechless, and
died at night.
Prosecution closed; .

Thomas Hoey knows the *Pri§Oners ever since.
they were at school with :bim ; they' always bore
very good charaelers; never knew them in.a riot ;
they alWays bore the characters of honest, peace-
able, industrious, and quiet men:
*The Learned Judge charged the .Jury,. in which
be recapitulated the evidence, and stated' to. the
JUry the law. of the case in the clearest point of
view ; and thought, upon the whole, there was not
'sufficient evidence to' warrant a verdiel of guilty of
the crime of merder:

•The'Jury retired for about fifteen minutes, and
returned with a verdo. of—Not Guilty.
Catherine Marmion stood capitally inditled for
baying uttered and put off, knowing.itto be base
and counterfeit, one guinea note, purporting to be

•
, -
44:4 ilVVo'vericOrt:C. aye
a;guinert note .1. and ompan)
Bank of Ireland, insthernenth- ofJuly last, at bun-
daiki with' intent tc; defraud James Chapmatr;. she
also stood_capitally indided for offering as genuine,
''knowing it to be base 2ticlicoutnerteit, a one pound
note purporting,to ofThe,Governor and Company
of the., Bank of Ireland ; she was found Guilty
upon both iudiaments and the Learned Judge, in
a most tender and pathetic manner, pronounced the-
awful sentence of the law for :death and execution
upon this uphappy young woman.
' At this AssizeS Rob was indieted for a 'rape
on Judith Collins, When this woman came
ward .to give her evidence, she was asked if the Pri=
soner was any relation
..of her's ? She answered,
that,he was her. husband,. The Prisoner was aci.

qui►ted.

LAIVC./ISTER 4SSIZES.

THOMAS WELD, ESQ.. V. THE ItEV. M. GEOF.FRY

HORNEY and OTHERS.

This aainn .was brought by the Plaintiff, as owner
of very
.extensive Fisheries in the Rivers Ribble and
Hodder, against the Defendant;Mr._liornby, trustee
in the will of the late Tjiomas Winckley, *Esq. and
the 'other Defendants as lessees, for an injury done
to those Fisheries, by 'combining n stone caul (a- wear
across the Ribble, from Brockholes to Sarnlesbury,,
built in the year 1784.
At the last Lancaster Assizes the Cause..came on
to be tried before Mr. Baron SUTTON and. a Special
Jury, Acme of whom bad viewed the: caol—when a
verdiCi was found for the .laintiff,.notwithstanding
the suit
.had only been commenced afew .months
before the expiration of t ,vc.nty. years from the •eree-
-tion Of the wear; and it was determined by the Judge,
in conformity to a decision made in this Cause by
the Court of King's Bench, that 'the. right
of a&ion was not barred by lapse ot time.
.The Owners •of Fisheries in the' Rivers ••Ribble,
Hodder, and Calder, may, by. means of thiS'Verdia,
be enabled to enjoy their rights and properties in the
beneficial manner they were accustomed to do pre-
vious to the year - •

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