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London, England, 1807-10-23 00:00:00

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Yesterday the'qentral Quarter Session for the
•. • • .• • •'
City of Westminster 'Commenced before
NrAINWARINGj EN:al9.-1 a Bench of 'County Mu
gistrates. _ _

- Edward Merit and ffydirt Town, his sister, both
of Bond-street, artists; were incii6tc.id for au assault
upon Daniel Smith, a boy about t 3 years qt. age,
son of Mr. Smith, also on Mr. Stnith;also Of Bond-
street, Sadler.

Daniel Smith stated, that on the night of the 20th
of February last, at Otot4 half after nine"Pati he was
returning home front being on an'eriand for his to
ther, when he came opposite the door of Mr. Nar
brow's shop,' where the Defendant's lodged, Miss
ToWri, without his having seen her that night be-.
fore, darted out of the shop, laid hold of him, struck
him repeatedly, and
.cut, him on' the back. of the
hand with something shafp, like: the teeth of a
comb. The other Dfendant then came out, Col-
lared and knocked him down, then kicked hiM
when he was down. In consequence of the' ill-
treatment which he had then received,. he continued
to be very poorly tbr several days y delicacy prevent•
ed him from describing the particulars of his situa-
tion.

Upon his etoss-examination'bY Mr. CONSTi after
some very cautious answers, he adMitted that he
had twice said, in the hearing of some ladies who
were going to learn drawing from one or other of
the Defendants, Beware of perjured' Jews." He
had circulated some hand-bills, which .night have
been printed:by his father's order, with the words
Riot in Bond-street," in large chara6leri at the
top the substance of the hand-bill was a statement
-of die transaction, and an invitation to those who
:might' have thanced to hare been ' passing at the
rime, and.saw any of the ciectimstakes, to come
forward and give evidence upon the trial.
Thomas Knight, a fireman, who .was returning
from a,_ tire in Cavendish-sqnare, came forward in
consequence of his having seen the hand-blll which .
had been spoken of. He saw a tall ,man kicking at
the boy, but whether he hit him or not he could
.not tell.

Mr. Valentine CoOper, of Bondtstreet, haber-
dasher,. saw the Lady shaking her fist at the boy,
and the brother holding him at the, time. 'He re-
leased the boy from their.handc
Charles Smith, the Prosecutor'', brother, bore
testimony to the injury which the lad bad sus-
tained.

Mr. Smith, the father, love a long history of the
different proceedings at law between the parties: they
had been heard at Hicks's-hall, there was afterwards
an action upon the Case in the Court of King's
Bench, and, besides the present indiament, there is
another on the opposite side, now pending at Hicks's-
hall. After some extremely cautious answers, he
admitted, that though be had not received a-lbrmal
notice, he knew, by report, that an indiament was
preferred against his son, anti that he had sent him to
the country in order to avoid a personal service of
notice upon hiM. •
Susannah llickwood had-been servant to,the De-
fendants, hoth at the time of their lodging'in the
house of Mr. Smith, and since their rem oVal from
that house,
,hut at present she lives with. her fit her.
She sword" that she had repeatedly' heard Master
Smith say to Ladies that were employers of the-De-.
fendantii—rbeware of perjured Jews;' and that she
had heard t e father say, that he authorised his fa-
mily to d0,.1 s they liked. Time boy had Made u'se of
Mesa= expr,!saions between three and four o'clock
on the day laid in the indiCireent, but escaped at that
time. In the evening he catnc past again, and was
caughtby Miss Town ; but the boy hit her several
blows before she struck him. There
.was not any
person but lter*lf present at the Commencement of
.the quarrel.
Mr. C. Town., brother to the Defendants, swot*
-that the ProSecutor said to him—here is' one of the
,pedtiredJeWs ; I leathered his sister the other night,'
and-we Shall have him iii the pillory next Week.'
' Mr. 'ALLEY, for the prosecntion, alleged that the
question rested entirely on the weight and credibility
et' the witnesses, which, he maintained, WAS entirely
in favour of hii client.

The CHAIRMAN, however, in summing up the
evidence, declared that in his opinion there could
not .be a more dkinterested witness than the yo'uig
ooman who had been servant; but was now living
with her father.

ittry,after consulting upwards of half an hour,
found both Detendants'.---Wat Guilty.
This trial occupied the Court the greater part of
the day.
Solomon haaei an 4 Mary his wife were conviaed
of keeping a disorderly house in Marigold-court, now
called Seitthampton-place, in
,tl►e' Strand. They
were each sentenced to be imprisoned six months.

THIS JUNG Tuomas cOOPER.
' Mr, Paton, the Prose.cutor, stated; that ai he Was
going through Pimlicia Turnpike, between eleven
and twelve on the night of Whit-Sunday, lie, was
stopped by the Prisoner, who insisted upon his pay .
ing the toll',, The Pr,J;eciator replied to the dernaud,
that it was ihd ti,ilc of the eleCtion, and that none
ought tO'.be Contritry to the
,regultttion,
.the name of the Toll-keeper waa not posted up at
the gate, 41 wrangle etisued.on this, ditierence, and.
Cooper applied the most abusive and
,indecent lan-
guage to the witness, who'in:the sequel, extricated
~himself without paying the charge. Some witnesses.
Were called On the part of the Defendant, ,who was,
found Guilty, and se uteticd to one month's itur
prisontuent.
4„,,,
Another,indiament was preferred against the, same
person, for a violent assault: on tile same occasion,
"the Prisoner hin;ing struck Mr. John liowick with
a boot jack over the arm, in consequenee, of which
blow he Was much injured,
ht, ros‘cutor stated, that observing a great tumult
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at the turnpike-house, and a cry of murder being.vo-
ciferated within,' the watchuran broke open, the door,
:and as he was pressiug in with the ottieer of the night,
to prevent mischief, he -was exposed to This furious
attack.

Mrs. Gurney said, she was returning with herhus-
bands to Chekea, and as she passed !he gate-house,
the Prisoner and hips wile; rushed out, and dragged her,
into the room. The wit .then threw her on the
floor and cruelly beat her, In th.it situation. :,;1;e
'screamed out " murder, to Obtain ilSiiStal)Cd,

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