The Sun.
London, England, 1814-09-15 00:00:00

MIDDLESEX SESSIONS.

Yesterday, John Goodrick, a fisherman, was in-
dicted for assaulting Mr..lelson, the City Water
Bailiff, and obstructing hint in the discharge 6f his
duty, on the Ist of May last., It appeared that
on the day mentioned (Sunday), Mr. NelSon was
in his boat, with two friends, near the Red house,
Chelsea, when he observed the defendant with
two others in a boat, on the other side, throwing
out a. drag net. Mr. NelSon knowing the pri-
soner, and suspecting his net was an illegal one,
rowed towards Lim, intending to seize it: ' On his
approaching the defendant's boat, he hailed him,
said who he was, and stated, that he was come to

seize his. nets. The defendant said he ,did not
care who he was, but he certainly should not have
them ; and in order to keep Mr. Nelson at a dis-
tance, he and another man named Waithman,
commenced an attack on him with large stones,
whilst a third man went off with the nets and fish
they had_ taken.
The defendant did not deny having thrown the
stones ; but
_said, at the time he did so het was
ignorant it was Mr. Nelson.
The Jury found him Guilty ; anti it appearing
that he was an old offender, and had formerly
been convicted of an assault on the \Vater
the Court sentcneed him to six months' imprison
meet in the 1-louse of Correction.
Matheivs and Cooke, two of the Hatton-garden

officers ; Thomas and George Dutlfield, tattier and
son ; and Johiz lVrothain; were indicted for a 'con-
spiracy to charge Charles John 1:aylor, of Good-
man's4ield, with felonionsly'stcaling a,quantity
of stones, the property-of Mrs. Lyons: Another
Count charged them with entering the premises
and falsely imprisoning- the prosecutor, they hav-
ing no ,warrant or other legal authority to do so.
The prosecutor stated, that on the lith of May
last, be being then in the country, some persons,
whom he understood to be the defendants, came
to his house, under pretence of lroing a warrant
to search for stolen property, and ransacked the
premises from top to bottom, but found nothing.
On the 19th, prosecutor returned, and was inform-
ed of this circumstance ; and on going down to his
work-yard, which is at a distance froih the house,
and the
he was surprised to sec Cooke, Mathews,

two DudtiJlds there. Cooke and, Mathews were
holdini( a sack, containing some stones, which had
formed the floor of a pig-stye, and which they had
pulled up. The prosecutor asked then) what they
were going to do with his.. property? when
Dudfield said, " That is the man,' and Mathews

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told the prosecutor he must go with them. Cooke
was going to take hold of him ; but the prosecu-
tor desired he would not, saying, he would go any
where with them, and make them pay for their
Conduct hereafter. He was then taken to the

at and Tun, in Hatton-garden, and kept there

near an hour, though he rTnnonstrated against it,
and desired to be immediately taken before a Ma-
gistrate. At length Mathews took him into the
Office ; and' on the Magistrate inquiring where
the warrant on which he had been apprehended
was, it appeared that none had been granted.—
Wken at -the Office,, the elder Dudfield charged
the prosecutor with having stolen a quantity of
coping stone, the. property of Mrs: Lyons,
,and
used it to pave his pigstye with ; and produced
that they had brought from the prosecutor's pre-
mises as sonic Of it. The Magistrate, however,
Considered there was so little foundation for the
Charge, that he permitted the prosecutor to return
home, on his promise to attend again on the
Tuesday following. - Ike did attend at the time
appointed, and was then disblissed by the Ma-

0-strafe.
On his cross-examination by Mr. GuitNiv, the
prosecutor swore that he never had, to his-know-
ledge, brought any coping." stone from Mrs.
Lyons's house ; or had any, with his knowledge,
been ever brought away in hie cart.
Mr. Go IINEY addressed the Court on the part
of the defendants,- arid acknowledged; that as he

was riot Sjtoktiot) Ito I)i`titit:ce any warrant, or
to drew there was one, a verdict on the counts fot•
assault and a,se imprisoirtnent must be fount!
.dgaitist CoOke, Mathews, and theater Dridfielt[..
Ile trusted, however, the Court would not, front
the 'circamstances,- tionsider it as an aggravated
case., or one lil which there was anl,. malice,
groueal foi• the charge ,of conspiracy. As u
ViTrotham arid the younger Dudfielcl,, he -tthtuitted
there was no evidence ‘vhatever.-

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The Jury acquitted fill the defendants of ,the
conspiracy; and'found CoolCc, Mathews, and the
elder Dudfield guilty of. the assault and false inl-
prisoutnent ; but acquitter[ the younger liudtield
and Wrothain.

POLICE INTELLIGENCE.