The Sun.
London, England, 1836-10-19 00:00:00

MIDDLESEX SESSIONS-MONDAY.

At the sitting of the Court this morning, the Chairman
(Mr. Sergeant AnAms) stated to the Bar that arrange-
ments had been made for the Sessions for next year, so
that the important business likely to come on, and in which
the Bar would probably take a greater interest than it had
hitherto done—so far as the interests of justice and the pub-
lic required—would net interfere with the Circuits, the
other Sessions, or the sittings of the Central Criminal
Court. That arrangement had been made as much with a
view to the convenience and advantage of the public as that
of the Bar, because he (the Chairman) was well aware
that the interests of the public and of justice were never so
well sustained as with the assistance of au able and efficient

The Gentlemen of the Bar presen't having conferred to-
gether for a short time, Mr. Adolphus was requested by
his Learned Friends to convey to the Chairman their
thanks for the manner in which he had consulted their in-
terests.

Thomas Rawlins and Edward Umberstone, Kentish
Town omnibus conductors, were convicted of an assault
upon Mr. Thomas Ingram, fish salesman of Billingsgate,
who on the 24th of September last, had taken a place in
the Figaro " 'bus." Rawlins was sentenced to eight
months' imprisonment, and to enter into recognizances to
keep the peace. Umberstone to six months' imprisonment.
A true bill was found against Jelin Wilson, Wolsey and
others, and against. Wm. Johns, for a nuisance in keeping
common gaming-houses.

POLICE INTELLIGENCE.

MANSION-HO USE.

Mary N scholls was charged by Mary Sweeney for having
committed a violent assault.

The complainant stated that she and the defendant
lodged in the same house, and had been always on good
terms until Saturday evening, when the defendant started
up suddenly like a mad woman and tore away the com-
plainant's bonnet, cap, and hair, and obliged her to throw
herself out of a two pair of stairs window to avoid more
desperate treatment. _

The defendant, who is a much younger woman than her
antagonist, admitted that she had committed the assault,
but called God to witness that she was justified, inasmuch
as the complainant had poisoned her, by putting oxalic acid
in her tea. On Saturday she (defendant), after a hard
day's work, accepted the complainant's offer to make her a
dish of tea, soon after taking which her palate, tongue,
stomach, and bowels became much inflamed. She felt that
she was poisoned, and she ran off to a doctor, who, upon
examining her, said that she had the symptoms of poison
about her, and administered some powerful medicine to
her ; but for which she was convinced she should have given
up the ghost.
The LORD MAYOR—What motive could this poor old
woman have for poisoning you?—Complainant—She has
often said that she wished to have some good man, to save
her the trouble of supporting herself, as she found it incon-
venient to sell fruit in the streets in the winter months.
Now, Mr. Nicholls is my master, and I have no doubt she
wants him for herself.

Nicholls, who is an old hackney coach-driver, here stepped
forward, and said he supposed the old lady wished to be
better acquainted with him, but he did not wish for no such
partner, as he found it no conwenient matter to get wittles
for himself.

The LORD MAYOR—But you don't suppose that she
would poison this young woman to get at you ? Nicholls
—Yes, I shouldn't wondr. The young woman is my maid
—she lived with me when my blessed wife was alive, and
she has been very kind to me since ; but mind you, not in
no improper way. Howsumdever that's no reason why she
should be pisoned.
The complainant had no monstrous fancy of the kind ;
she never saw poison in her life, and bore no ill will to any
human being.
The LORD MAYOR—What do they mean by saying that
you mixed oxalic acid with her tea? Complainant—lf she
was sick, I'm sure it must be because she ate such a load
of shell-fish.

The Loan MAYOR.--;What shell-fish ? Complainant—
Mussels. She is so fond of them that she devoured ever
so many of them, beards and all.
Defendant—Yes, my Lord, it is true I ate mussels ; but
what harm could an innocent fish do me.
The LORDNMAYOR—I am quite satisfied that the mussels
were the poison you complain of, and that Mr. Nicholls is
wrong in supposing that his charms have so fatal an effect.
This poor woman no more poisoned you than you poisoned
her, and you must pay her for the damage you have done
her.

Defendant—l have got no money.
The LORD MAYOR-0, your master, as you call him,
will pay for you.
Nicholls—l an't got no money for sich nonsense. She's
only lost an old bonnet and a cap, and I'm sure the aclothes
were not worth sixpence.
The Loan MAYOR—And what do you think of the hair
she has lost

Nicholls—l'm sure nobody would give a farden for a
couple of handfuls of old hair. Why, it's not fit to make a
wig for a monkey, and I'm blessed if it was worth pulling
out of anybody's head.—(A laugh.) Besides, she'd no right
to pison the young woman.
The LORD MAYOR—If you don't pay, she shall sleep in
prison to-night.

Nicholls—No, sure.
The LORD MAYOR—Certainly she shall.
Nicholls—Well, and what am Ito pay ? Don't be too
hard—l've only got a shilling.
The LORD MAYOR—WeII, Mrs. Sweeney, what will sa-
tisfy you ? Complainant—Why, my Lord, considering
that I was robbed of my hair, and my cap and bonnet, and
was obliged to throw myself out of the window to savo my
life, I hope you won't think a matter of three shillings too
rtiuch.—(Laughter.)
Nicholls—Three shillings ! If every stitch upon your
hair and head and all was torn off you, it would not be
worth three shillings.—(Great laughter.)
The LORD MAYOR—Then I commit the defendant.

Nicholls—Well, if she takes it at a shilling a week I'll
pay her ; for you see, my Lord, what with the busses and
the cabs, and the Bank, we do little or nothing except in
the family way.

Complainant—l'll trust to his honour, my Lord, if he'll
promise that he won't let her attack me again.
Nicholls—Very well ; but you must promise never to
pison her again.—(A laugh.)