The Sun.
London, England, 1822-10-02 00:00:00

Yesterday the adjourned Sessions for the City'
of London were held before the-Loan MAYOR, the RE--1
CORDER, Aldermen ANSLEY, Smrr 11,-Tucatr, and WA-ITH-
MAN.
John-Dutton, a .Bowtreet. patrol superintendent, was con-
victed of air assault on Mr: William Watson, the proprietor
of the floating-bath near Blackfriars-bridge, on the 9th of July.
The COURT, in passing sentence upon him, said that he, as
an officer, whose-duty-it was to keep the
.peace, should-have
been the last to violate it, and-that such it violation of the peace-
as lie had been guilty Of deserved heavy-punishment. That he
had more than once subjected himself to a charge of such a na-
ture was evident fropi the acknowledginent of one of the wit-
nesses called for the defence. The sentence of the Court, un-
der ..such circumstances; was,,that
..the defendant should be im-
prisoned four months in the Giltspur;street Compter.
CARELESS DRIVD.IO.--=6C97V .Ezeivs, a hackney coach-
man, was tried upon an indictment, charging him with having
assaulted and driven over a carpenter named Bilborough.
It
.appeared from the evidence called by the COMMON .srat-
GEAN'T, who condo.cted the prosecution ,on behalf of. the City,
that on the' 31st of July last,-in the afternoon, Mr. Bilborough,
after having been at a dinner, where he drank rather 2reely, was
returning home with a friend. As they were eroising Ludgate-
near the Old Bailey, Mr. Bilborough was suddenly knock-
ed doWn by coming in contact with -the pole of a coach or die
horse, and was run over; he did not know-whether by the coach'
or the horses. When he recovered his senses, he found himself
in a surgeon's shop, with three of- his ribs broken, and one of
his fingers shattered to pieces. • •
A surgeon proved that it had become necessary to amputate
the finger; and that the injury. sustainedby Mr. Bilborough was
such as was likely to debilitate him for-life.
The defendant was seen by a porter of Lincoln's-inn, driving
away, leaving the proSecutor on the ground, and was fbllowed
by the porter, to whom the defendant • appeared to he sensible
of what he had- &one, from the circumstance of his having put
his horses to their utmost speed as soon • as the mischief was
done. The pursuer, who was -on , horsebaek, • swore that he
would follow the fellOw to thedevil sooner than let him escape,
and secured him with the assistance of some other persons.
In the prisoner'S defence it was set forth that Mr. Bilborough
was too much intoxicated to get out of the way, and the mis-
tress of the coach proved, in behalf of- her driver, that -one of
the horses he drove Was-a spirited mare, which was not likely to
have stopped readily. It was stated alSo that • his family had
been reduced to beggary by hiiconfinerfient under the charge,
since he had-been taken into custody.
The Jury found the defendant- Guil€y, but recommended him
to mercy on account 'of his distressed iittoily.
The- COURT said that the crithinal carelessness of coachmen
in general as to the lives of foot passengers had been manifested
on so many, occasions recently, that they could not, consistently
' with their duty to the public, listen to the. recommendation of
the Jury: To check the serious evil of careless driving it was
necessary' that frequent 'examples should -be made. The sen-
tence of the Court was, theretore, that the•defendant -should he
imprisoned for the space of three calendar mouths in 4lic Gilt-
qgur-street Compter, in addition to his farmer confinement.