The Sun.
London, England, 1814-04-16 00:00:00

SESSIO:\TS, ApitiL J

Jam. poulio,, a s.Vottridek bdonging to
the Myth regiment,". iinlieted for assatiltil9,
itithard Taylor, in thi4 parish of St. Oecirge's, Ha-
nover-square, (Jit the.Ld iif Feb.last.
The prosecutor deptised; that he as a yvatcb-,
,inan in Five-Fields, Chelsea, on the niOit in ques-
tion.- As 'he was on duty, about half-past 'eleven
o'clock, he heard -some
,Jerson Out fin
help, and on proCeeding to the Ytuk Hospital,
from whentx the,souod proteelfol,, he found- the
sentinel. lying On the ground, and the prisoner tin
the top of lino: Ile seized bold of him, and asktd
Lim what he vas aliont ; when, witlwOt any he-
sitation, hestruck :he witness on the head with his
crutch, knocked' him down, and while 'on the
ground he broke the rim of 4iis belly, and fractur-
ed three of- his ribs.

Stephen lianfiehl, the sentinel on guard at the,
time, stated, that he was a-private in the Stafford-
shire. Militia, on duty at the.York'Llospital. His
orders were not to :suffer any person to lurk ab nit
his post. On the night in tpiestion, he perceiseo
the prisoner and.a comrade loitering about ; lie
asked them- what they wanted, and they replied,
they wanted to get into the barracks. , They went
to call the scrjeaut to ralrnit them, when he re-
ceived directions to arrest them as disorderly, and
to take them to the gund-house; in attem;?t,;.ig to
obey his orders, the prisoner struck him on the
head with his crutch., and knocked him down ;
while he was down, the prisoner knelt on his sto-
and continued to ill-treat hitn till the op-
proaCh of the watchman, 1000 he also knocked'
down.—The prisoner nei le no defence.
The Jury found hint Guilty, and the Court sen-
tenced him to three months imprisonment in
Bridewell.

William Earl was indicted for attempting to
pick the pocket of Mr. Thinuai Godwin of a silk
handkerchief, of the value of 2s appeared
that Mr. Godwin .was proceeding throngh ‘Vych-
Street on the evening of the day mentioned.in the
indictment ; be felt his pocket nulled, and, turn,
ing round, found his handkerchief half- out, and
the prisoner the only pe:son near him ; he ae•.
cased him of attempting to take his handkercbief.,
but he• denied tiAlt he hod any hand in it. A
Gentleman who was passing at the moment, saw
thz pri'smier conmiilting the act, and assisted in
securing- him.
• The prisoner Was found Guilty.-7-lle declared
that be had never been in custody before for any-
offence ; but, on the Chairman inquiring,. it
turned'uut that he was a notoriotis pickpocket,
and had been lour times apprehended 'under sin -
lar charges. 'He
.was sentenc.vl to be imprisoned
six months.

- Thomas Castle was indicted for pieking .the
•pocket -of Mr. Russell, die Manager of the Olyin.=
Theatte. The 'prosecutor Stated, that on the
night of his own benefit he was standing iu New-
castle-street, about six o'clock in. the evening,
cautioning persons from purchasing tickets trom
some women Who pretended. they had them for
-sale; lie felt a sensation, as if his pocket had been
picked, and innueliately a little boy came to him,
and informed hint it had%eCn picked, and poilned
out the prisoner'as the person who barl. dune it 3
he followed him, and hod hint taked•into Custody.
lie only lost-his pocket-handkerchief, which was
not found on the prisoner.
ThOnias !_','angston, a boy not quite eleven ycurs
of age, deposed that he saw' the prisoner take the
handkerchief out of-Air. Russell's:pOeker.
The prisoner, in his defence, sabi.he was an ap-
t. .
Fent:cc to Alr. Willia.ns. music.-printer, in. Great
itosselL:strec.t, and haul been on a 'message of his
master's to Fleet-street. Ile denied- all knowledge
of the handkerchief.

The Worthy Chairman PIK. MAiswAaiNG) told
the Jury, it they had any doubt that the boy was
mi.ataken as to the person of the•prisoner, they
would acquit ha.
'file Jury i:nuiediate y returned a Verdict of
Not Guilty.
George Wombwell was indicted for stealing a
tame perrot, the property of Charles Henniker,.
on the 19th of July last. Mary Turner stated,
that on the day in question, a man named Ed-
wards broiTht her aparrot, whirl: he said he had
found, and begged her to take". care of it. She
had heard that the•prosecutor. had lost a parrot;,
and bad advertised a pound reward for its restora-
tion. She went to his house, and ased him if
she had been informed correctly ? he answered.
her in the, affirmative : she delivered him the bird,
anti received the sum of one pound.
Tioothas Edwards said he had found the parrot,
and took it to Airs. Turner's.

The prosecutor being absent from triwn, and
no other evidence
_having beep produced, the
saner was acquitted.

. .
A circumstance of a most shocking. nature oc-
curred last week. lii the neighbourhood of Stam-
ford, which caused the death of a most . respect-
abk then, and, threatened the destructiorr of. a
whole family. Some arsenic which had been used
by the, servants of M. Valentine Godfrey, fanner,
of Tixever, in Ruthind, for the purpose Of de-

stroying rats, was thoughtlessly left upon a shelf
just -above a flour-bin ; the consequence was,.that
by some means the poison got mixed with the
flour; part 6f• which was made up into a pudding,
and all who tasted it were soon after taken,
assistance was immediately sent for, but
ere it a• rived Godfrey was a corpse ! By great
exertion the rest of the family, consisting- of Mrs.
Godfrey and five other persons, were saved ; al-
though the strength of tlie. poison rendered several
of -their cases very doubtful. Mr. Godfrey ‘vitS.
60 years of -age, and his fate.-is very generally
ruenteri in the neighbourhood, where be was much

respected.'
~A most lamentable oecurrence,latelrhappetled
Pembrokeshire. A boy. of seventeen, and a
girl of fourteen years of age, children of Evan
Francis,. .xlrho lives on Templeton Mountain ne;p-
Narberth, ha;'ing . been .recommended 'to wash
"themselVes in a solution. of- arsenic, in ol'dcr to

. cure a
.di!..,1-igrec-lhie complaint which they bad
CooZraetc:, leade use. of a preparation Sc)
Clat it.terminuted their existence in a sl:.irt tt rocs
l Ciey were Loth buried on Sunda

se'tlll4rilt.