The Sun.
London, England, 1807-09-15 00:00:00

CLERKENWELL SESSIONS-Sztr. 14.

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This day the Sesions commenced.--Mr. Mark
Lemon, of Oxford-street, was tried for an assault
and battery, on the prosecution of one of his own'
former coach-drivers. The charge was, that the
Prosecutor applied personally to Mr. Lennuon for,
a balance of wages due to him at the time he •wai
dismissed from his service ; and, instead of receiat-,
lug the balance in cash, had received a.severe beat=
tug upon his head with a stick front Mr. Leinmon,
The son of Mr. Lemmon stood also indiEted with
the' father, who is a Job Coach-hirer,- -and in t4.':
habit of employing several drivers. -
'The Prosecutor, however, when struck and cut
on bOth sides of his head, as he stated; went into
the stable-yard, and.seized' a short square plank of
timber, with intent, if further atiackett or, struck, to
retaliate, by beating the Prisoner, or throwing it at
hinA. . The plank,' 'however', the- Prisoner's son
wrested from the Prosecutor's hand in the yard,
hontotfered no further violence. It was admitted
by.,the.krusecutor, on cross,examination, that he
had -been dismissed from his, master's service 'for'
drunkenness. The assault was fully proved 'against
the lather„ but the -son was acquitted. -The Pri-
soner was only fined thirteen shilling. aria fourpence,
and discharged.
' TURNPIKE TOLLS.

John Dutton, the gate-keeper of the Turnpike on
Putney Bridge, between Putney and Pulham,.with
a man of the name of Davis, and one Taylor, were
indided for an assault, on the prosecution of the ser-
vants of Mr. Vernon, of Berkeley-square, a Geetle-
man of fortune, who had advised his servants to
carry on, the present' prosecution.
Mr. Vernon, with Mrs. Vernon, and a young
'Lady, were driving to town from country seat
in a phaeton, followed by his groom on horseback,
and his butler and footman in a gig ; as soon as
the phaeton passed the toil-gate, the gate-keeper
seized the rein of the grooM's horse, which was
high-spirited, arid' capered about,_ while the groom
told the gate-keeper that he must not be stopped,
as his fellow-servants; itist following down s- from
the centre 'of the bridge, would pay for all the
E quipage.

''Tie butler, on seeing tseizure, ptit up his hand
froth 'the gig, and hallooed out that he Would pay"
all.. The gate-keeper,, however, held the reins of
the groom's horse still, and, aided by Tailor,
the groom from his' horse. A scuttle ensued, as
the gig Came up, and the butler paid the toll
.for all,
but the scuffle hadliOt for some time subsided, and
not until the constable, having been sent for, had at.
rived. A number of friends from the water, and
the sivati public-house, in Fulham, assembled on
behalf 6Ftheir neighbour, the gate keeper, and the.
eoom, enraged at being stopped from felloWini his
In:4'o,er-rind mistress, and being -uhliorsed,•otrered to
tight the gate-keeper, or.any other man in the ship
stiled it). -It was proved that this was the
Jatkal tuode of paying in such cases, the lash-' person
in the, equipage paying for all, not only near London,-
but[in distant parts. •
It'w as contended, that the groom had aiighte4

RtC4t4kfG VO. 4, Aldfliett..contr,
bUitad

of hirntielf fo ght the toll-tan .for stopping his.
horse, and that the ca'perin4 was caused by the spur.
Mr. ou tlu p.st of this very long and 1,
%VA-contested prosecution, being,, with Mr. 'Gi,)ll7
HEY, Of Cuwn,et for the'Dtfend:intS;, ire alluding' to
the spur,. naAde. a 'quc.)ta I i t hini 'a Prologue %yr) t te.-0
by .Mr.. 'Sheridan, in which, alluding to the•
.I)eroxiii3OT Rotten-roW, that •cidcbra(ed Wit

says

4, 1711:11e'hIS Icft heel, insidiously aside,
",l'ruvuk.es those etipels which lie stems to ,chide.''.

- ;Aft& the greate'r part Of the day was consumed by
chi.., chi roar, the Jury, aftera vet), elaborate charge frOm
die Vhitittuan,,, found a verdict 61 Guilty against the
ate.-1-.eetiei,'and verdiOs of (iiviittai as to the othet
Defendants'' -

giving judgment, the Bench expreWd their
regteCt hat 'Such ciseAoUld- have occupied
so' much' of the 'time of the Court and public, and
fultzd the pte-keeper one:.ihilting•only... • •
IVALSIIIO IN-TRADE, •
Mr: Milbourne West, 'Surgeon and Man-mid
..
Wife, residing at Hainniersinith, in pradiee f6i
veral yeari',.wai tried for an • assault upon another
SurgeOn,'a young'rnan,of the -nan4of Chaptlian, of
the same place, lately let bp,Th busineSs theVe, it
was stated' for the prosecution;'' that, althou'gb
,the
injury siiStairied Was very trivial, being only the
of Mr.. Chapman
Ir by the' left' arm, and 'turning
hits mai one side of a lane to the other, and
squeezing his arm hard b) the athietic grasp- of Mr.
West's far superior stre,ngth, yet that,,
oetitrivalhip hi business; seemed to have provOked
this assault;and as l‘lr. West was in the hiii?if pr
shakiti'llis head at Mr. Chap Man, it bc-tanie neces-
sary to put 'an end to such practices, by this
cation. -'•, , ,
The Pri.Soner hail no Counsel, and admitted lho
big Stated, thai- the ''Prosecinor provoLed
a,sault, by 'putting'his hack it gate; leathn into
the: houie of a' Mrs: Fowliir, w hom, he, the Pri-
soner, wAs.going W visit, shortly after he' had at-,
tended her. in'alahour ;Ate said tie had teguned the
_Prosecutdr toleavethe gate, Which hedung toi,',o fast
as to prevent Mr. 'West flout visiting: his ix:tient ;
"but a Licl'hnoduced ti r the Prisoner, as a it-
iness, who was looking .itt the triinsaction from a
housd, did not corroborate this state-
meat. •

The Prisoner said, he was a peaceable man, well'
known to' all the neighbours, and had never o:Tend.:
ed any one by land nor by sea, where he had been;;
but had a' right to sh;ike his head at any otu: cc:quint-4
-on his side of the: way.—He was fbitud, apcf
fined 13s. 4d. ,