The Sun.
London, England, 1806-04-16 00:00:00

CERTIFICATES,

• May 6. Robert Morgan, of Smith Moulton-street, Middle-
sex, coul-merchant.
wujim Willmore, late of Birmingham, faaer.

pit,hard olLis, of ,Manchester, roller.maker.
is ~trd Nlngg Mence,-ofWorcester, mOnO.scrivetter:
1 is ..:rd Pratt, of Greenhill's-rents; Middlesex, cabinet.

1.11.1k.er. , •
Thomas Garner the ,younger; of Bread-street, London, ware-
houseman.

LANC4sTEE,, APRIL 12.—A reprieve has been re-
ceived for George Lothe, convieted of forgery at our
lAst AqsizN, on condition of transportation for life.
The execution of'- Simpson; for highway robbery,'
Frump, for burglary, and Mary 'Jackson, for fe.-
luny, is fixed for Sattirday'neit.
A melancholy occutrence took place on Sunday
se'nniiYht. at Cartmel, in this County:--Mr. Thos.
Brockbank, suraeOn, being in coMpany with seve-
ral'persons, at the Cavencksh Arms, kept by Mrs.,
lland, some. word's having: taken place bttween
him and one Jathes Backhouse, labOurer, as they
were going out of .the honse, between eleven and
twelve o'clock at night, Backhousestruck Mr. B.
on the head and side, knocked him down, and then,
as Mr. B. said,:punched him and-broke his leg; he
lingered, in great agony, till Friday the 4th inst.
when he died.—An Inquisition'was takefi 'on the
' body the same day, before Jour; GARDNER, Es.r.i.
one of His Majesty's Coroners for this County, when
the Jury returned a Verdiaof Wilul MyrVer against
the said James Backhouse,:who has absconded..

APRl*l.l2.—Last week Francis Hill,
was committed to our County Gaol, by JOHN STI37
PIIENS, Esq.-Mayor of this Borough; charged on the:
oath of Mr. John Briggs, linen-draper, of King-
street, as weltas on his own confeSsiOn, with having.
feloniously stolen several cotton prints, muslins, and
other articles,- and'about 2501: in cagh, the property
of the said Mr. Briggs.
Rais-rot., APRIL 14. Henry Lisle, who was
tried at our last Assizes ler an assault, stood in the
pillory on Saturday, pursuant to his sentence:. The
• surrounding populace was immense, and had it not.
been for the vigilance of ilieColisiablek, the: rage
bis-offence had excited would probably have been
fatal to him.
Tuesday-.last the wife of one Bindon;- gardener;
residing near. the King David, on St. MiChael'S Hill,
sitting too near the •'fire, the flames. caught 'her
'clothes ; 'though immediate assistance was rendered,
the poor woman was so' much burnty that she. now
lies dangerously ill. •

LONDON : I .ripted by RI(
At the SUN-O'F'F'

ctErtivE.yrrELL sr,s,slo,:vs, APRIL 15.

BEFORE WILLIAM MAINWARING, Ent.

TILE KING V. TYRELL.
ASSAULT AND CONFINEMENT IN A, MAD_
HOUSE-. -
.IP.M/tint Tyra/ was indi6ted for an assault on
Mary Mills...
he Prosecutrix 'elated a long story, of which
the following is the substance :7—That she •is the'
Wife of a
.Gentleman in the -City, who has a house
inj!entonville : that she had sepaVated from him a
long time, and had an allowance from him of half-a-
guinea a,eek,- she being in lodgings: in August
last, at noon-day, she . Was met by the Defendant
and another person, who had a certificate -of her
madness. , They put,her into a coach, and took her
to a mad-house at' Hoxton, kept by Mr. Miles,
where she remained a long 'time, until. she con-
trived to have a Jetter conveyed to
.Mr. Moore, of
Compton-street, to whom she was known, stating
her situation. Application was made to, the Doc,
tor who visits that place of confinement for -Lu-
natics ; and he being satisfied, on examination, that
she-was not a Lunatic, ordered her to be discharged,
which she was accordingly : upon which this De-
fendant was indi&ed .fOr an assault, in taking the
frosecutrix away in this manner. The narrative
contained a great many other circumstances, which,
as they did not relate to the present prosecution, we
omit, Jest the publication of them might ailed a
latnre prosecution.
`the Prisoner said he had lent,the Prosecutrix a
great deal, of .money--had lost t 001. by , her—had
lent it for her rOef. He hid no doubt she. was out.
of her mind, and that he only assisted the Officer in
taliling her to a proper place, according to
.her cer-
tifidate, RLc.. -
Mr. Co NST addressed the Jury for the da Defennt,
in which he Observed, that it was to • be taken for
grahted that whatever was done was regularly done
according to the certificate; and. that on this case,
considered as a charge of a common assault, he had,
no evidence to offer.

Air. Moore said he had no idea -that Mrs. Mills
was insane ; he belieyed her ,no more so than
hiniself. •
Mr. -Co. one Of the Magistrates upon the
Bench, observed, that the.present prosecution would
fall short of what appeared to him to be the justice
of thiS case : he was decidedly of opinion that cer-
tain persons who had been alluded to in the nar-
rative of these transactions should be indided for a
conspiracy:,
• Mr. ALLEY, the Counsel, told the Prosecutrix and
Mr. Moore, who had taken up the case with so much
humanity in her behalf, that he_ should be glad to
have the assistance of his Learned Friends around J
him to support a Prosecution for a Conspiracy : if
pot, he Nvould conduct it professionally as well as he
was able by himself. * •
No Witness was called on 'behalf of the Dc-.
fendant. _ .

The CIIMIZMAN then spoke as follows I
agree with the Learned Counsel for the Defendant,
in saying, that we have nowsbefore Its, nothing but
a case of, a simple assault; but I differ from himl
widely indeed, when 116 Says, we must suppose that
every thing done: in • this case was regularly done ;
that we "MIS( suppase the Defendant properly atubo--
r:id' by virtue of the certificate which has been
'talked of in this case, but trot produced—quite the
contrary ; we must, upon this evidence, take every
thing here related to' have been done, to have been
most irregularly done ; and that this Defendant, if
authorized at all, was very 'improperly authorized ;
because the account she gives of the manner in
which she was taken, by 'the assistance of this De-
fendant, is most unwarrantable, and does, at least,
call on hint to shew that he was not only properly
authorized, but irresistibly commanded to aet as he
did ; otherwise he is particeps criminis to every thing
which this poOr woman has suffered in her place of
confinement, in the mad-house; and therefore, un-
less he can shew us how he came 'to commit this
assault on her,_ or that he was aaing in obedience
to lawful command, I trust that this Court Will
agree with. me in holding him long enough in con-
finement to satisfy the demands of justice in this
apparently most atrocious-ease-41e makes no de-
fence."-
Prisoner—" She has cost me tool."

Mr. CiIAIRMAN-", If you have any evidence to
liy before us, the Court will hear' it ; and if it be
not conchisive to establish your innocence, it may
diminish. your guilt;. and .we shall know aftetwards
how to punish_you if the Jury tind yon guilty; but
at present, if you have, no evidence, .we must take
you to be guilty, and punish you' according. to:your
guilt, as it appears by her account of this transac-,

Mr. NAIZES, one of the Magistrates—" I say that
the certificate of ,the insanity of this poor woman is
no justification to any body, who has had any con-
cern in this transa&ion; for when I came to inquire
of a Gentleman at Bedlam, I found: that'that Gen
tleman had not seen the woman at all !"

The Defendant being found Guilty, all the Gen-
tlemen of the Bar, with one voice said--" We will
all assist in this Prosecution !"
The Prisoner was then ordered to be taken to the
Cold Bath-fields Prison .until sentence be passed.