The Sun.
London, England, 1807-10-14 00:00:00

SURZIEY SESSIONS, OCT. 1

Ann Preeman was fiwill Guilty of unlawfully tit-
tering; an,l tendering hi luiyipepti. afSternotioii.s,
:Sontbwarli, a false and tAtaDteltintititElilgllthi 4iti-
-1):31Ce, nti4 liai iu in her po3session oth ounotrr
felt money, knowing.thesannalo.be•so, 1:1314 being
her, second otience,,she was sentenced: to be imprii-
awed for itwelve; months, in the County gaOh. and
to end Sureties for her good behaviour for two years,
'herself in ;101. and two others in toh each. •

. Sarah Afu was also, found gulty of uttering
one bad Shilling, to John Goo Why hut this being
her first olfencei she was only sentenced to six.
months linprisounient in the I fouse of ,Correttion,
at Newington, and to find security Tor her good be-
haviour for six months, herself in 201. and two
others in lA. each.
• Mamas .Bolton, a butcher at Kennington, was
charged with assaulting a servant girl of the Wale of
Ann Bass; upon the 2oth of May last. •
It appeared, from the evidence, that Mr. Chain=berlaine, her Master, kept an Academy at'Kenning-
ton,.called Norfolk House Academy, and had dealt
for' above a year with the Defendant, for butchers'
Meat ; that Mr. Chatub..trlaitie, about six months
agO, became insolvent, and, at that time, owed the
Defendant thesuth of eleven pounds; but the Ik-
fendaht refused to accept the compromise which
I.everal others of the creditors agreed to take, saying,
he could not;atl'ord any less,. but still insisted upon
filling Mr. Chamberiaine, who, to prevent expense
and litigation, sent him five pounds on account, pro-
miaing,.to pay the remainder as soon as he cwild,
and also to deal with him thenceforward for ready
money. The Prosecutrix was the person sent from
her inaster. Initise with money to purchase the
. pleat 1 . btitr, in. ct6nsequence of improper liberties at=
tempted with ,flee by the Defendant, she declined
going there any .more, and purchased her meat else.;
where. The Defendatn again betantreituporiunate'
with leer master, and complained sit his sentling htta
ready money custoth elsew here. Mr. Chamberlaine,
ignorant of this 661, called ilk wife to uxplain.
ctrcwpstakce ; imn she said that the girl had- al-
ledged.thelnproper liberties fictrien,ty taken with
her hy the Defendant as the eaus,"iiller not going
-to his shop. The De:,:ntaiit wade reply;. hut, a
day or two afterw.ards, mite .Prosecutrix wzis sent. on
a message by her int.tress, and, , when a few yards
from her mastet's (loot, was met by ti'e
carrying two hog Nils, with a yoke, up his shoul-
ders, who interrupted her paasage, would not suffer
her to go upou either side td hiA , called tier a thief
amid a and told her %‘ as drunk from
morning to night. She made no:reply; but retreat-
ed towaros her master's gate, whither the Defendant
filloWed her, and, taking. one of his pails by the
handle, he struck' her violently three tunes over the
arm, ,and once upon thy breast. Spe called tg her
aid a young Getitletum named Vivaries,..a teacher in
her master's .scope], t hen coming fret') town, and
close to the place, and. the Defendant went away.
She was disabled,. by the blows she had received, for
three whole weeks,, from attending to her business,
and did not' recover from the wound or contusion-
on_her breast bdure the lapse of three months.'

fitaletllatt Was supported not only by the
evidence of the girl herself, but by that of her mas-
ter and mistress, and Mr..ViVarieS; alt of whom
swore, that they saw the .assault committed in the
manner alledged.
On the part of the (Prisoner; Thomas Bennet, a
boy of twelve years of age,, son of a butcher in- the
same neighbourhood; stated, that he was coming
by at the same time, on the opposite side of the
.way,- and that he heard the Prosecatriv.threaten to
Scra I tc.) the ...... n e.'en..an(s eyes out, and that she flew
at him as if for the purpose; and that the Def.mdant
answered she should not scratch him, but she might
scratch his pails, Otte of whiCh he then held up in
his defence, and in riumiaott him, she struck her
ktittckles'againt the pail. I
The CnAtuNtAN, iu snimning up the testimony to
the Jury, was,.decidedly of opinion that this boy's
testimony was tindeserving of Credit ; as it stood
contradiaed by four other Witmsses.
'The Jury found the'Prisoner Guilty of the assaults
and the COurt ,ivas prweeding to sentence, but was
given to, understand by the Prisoner's counsel, that
he had agreed to compromise the matter, by malting
to 7 the Prosecutrix ample compensation, nainely,
paying la.' and the costs of 'prosecution, to which
.the Coinisel for the prosecution acceded, and. the
Court in consequence passed no sentence. ~