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London, England, 1824-09-22 00:00:00

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MIDDLESEX 'SESSIONS,

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• Yesterday ttaderine and Ann irvittr, convict)..'n Mon-
day of starving and ill.tre.istirg children, were brougut up fur
judgment, .
The CJ...i.kUmAN- said Ctere could be no doobt 0.4 the pad
rents of the elliltite 'Bid' been gtifitY.' of a grenedereliction of
their duty.; that lidw.ever, -formed do e the
con(IP ct of tire prisone.;s; 'Kite ease: rot. proved, Aid pot:con:re
up to the opening ititeinelit ; arid there Was still much for which
they had to be responsible.
. Catherine Irving (the another) Tits then septewed, to Nur
Month i Irving Months imprisonment • Ann Irvihe ilaugtner) to three. Win. ettg6ri 1, who delictribed'hinnielf at having been I school+
master, was put to the bar, charged with an assault.,
Defendant,, on coming up,, said that Jo: objected tai,he jurisc diction of that Court ; he desired to be tried beftti-e the King.
The Cu A IltilAtt.-IVell ; you ate nominally, before tho
King now; do you, wish that he ittiettiti attend in.penton.?
Defendant said,
,that certainly was his wish.
Mr. CONST.—llumph 1 1 am afraid on thisbecasiOn, !must
presume to act as his representative.
Defendant.—l object altogether to the Court by which I ant
tried.

The CIIAIRMAN.-1 ani sorry for it; but a great many pen,
ple come here with the same fee/ing.
Mr. C. FOk, of Queen-strect, Bloomsbury, the prosecutor,
was then called, and seetnld almost as ebullient in this style as
the defendant. Ile said That he knew' theprisoner at the bar,
and had to complain of an assault from hint.
Delendant.—An assault ! Let him go on. bring bins back
with i circurthendibas. • 7
Mr. Fox.—My Lord, he came to my house In Queen-street
on the tldth of July, in the evening. .lly servant brought up
his name, ar.d I sent down word that he should go about his
business. As she was going out .4 the room to tell him this,
in he bounces, without with your leave or by your leave.
The CHAIR adAN.-110 does seem to have a mode of his
own.

Mr. Fox.—When lie came in, he said that be came to de,
.mand his wife and children. I said that they were not with
me, as he knew very well. With that, my Lout. he took up
his stick—his " shillelagh" he calls It In his own country and
be began to beat me over the head with it, if your 'l,l, orahip
pleases, as hard as he could.
The CHAIIMAN.-4,But why did he do this?
Mr. Fox.—lly Lord, I don't know.
The CitatitatAx.—And had you no stick yourself?
Mr. Fox.--My Lord, I took one up, but he took it away
froM me. So then I faced him right anti left with my fists;
and we fell upon the carpet together; and, as I found I had
the worst of it, 1 cried out for help, and the neighbours came
in and parted us.
me CHAIRMAN.-But what is it about his wife ?
Mr. Fox.-11y Lord, it is that lam trustee to some property
she has independent of hon. They hare been parted a con-
siderable time, and she is governess in.a most respectable tinnily,
as he knows.

The defendant being called on for his answer to this state,-
metit, said that clay word of it was false. Ile was an oppress-
ed man—ialways in prison and ill-used, and now much aggriev,
ed by the Court. Ile hail that in his hand which would show
his wrongs, and some day make his enemieslremble. On go-
ing to queen-street, he had found Mr. Pox sitting an a aura,
after dinner, taking his wine; while he, who was Mr. Fox's
betters, had neither dinner, nor wine, nor son'. He him-
self, however, had been ussaohed .betbre he laid hands upon
any body. • .
A printed pamphlet was then handed in, which purported to
describe some disputes between Mr. FOR and the detendant ;
but the, CHM USIA OfiCr 100killg over it, said it was no ati.
ewer to it charge of assault.
Defendant.—Then again I challenge. the Court. It i• a
fraud that you, of any single individual, should have power to
pass sentence on me. •

The
MAN.—it is a brttylt of the laws of onii►v ►...•
w:Vlie Jury then found the defendant Guilty, who continued
to contest the right the Court had tq deal whit hint,
Mi. CON wr.-1 don't know whai to dO with hiM.
Mr. Fox.—My Lord, he had been taken tip
,to Bow-street
the very day when he attacked me.
Defendant.—That Is false, I went there to camplAio of the
conspiracy which you are at the head of I have been to the
Lord Mayor and the Secretary of State.
Mr. CONsT.—Havc you any bail ?
Defemlant.—lf I had, do you think I should have laid two
-months in prison ?
The CuAtnataN.—l don't know how long you have been in
prison.

Defendant.—l dare say you don't. This is what I objected
to the Court for. I knew I should be found gnilty.
Mr. Pttt:NDrituA:•r, the Barrister,' said, that he believed
the defendant was insane. Ile had seen hin► in Courts of
Justice before.

The defendant said that he believed ;11r. Prendergast was in-
sane : he had seen him in Counsel' Justice before.

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The CHAIRMAN then ordered that he should be taken away
for the present. ,
Kitty .4fTurthy, a very poor Irishwoman, was charged with
stealing coals out of a barge upOri the Thames. Poor Kitty, it
appeared, had been taken in the fact ; and a peck was the quan-
tity of theft charged against her in the indictment.
rue CHAIR MA N.—Have you any Counsel.
Airs. Wearthy.—ls it counsel, your Honour; what would I
be having counsel for—let alone where would I get 'cnt_when
I never did the thing at all at all ? I'm an honest woman—
long life to your lordship—and gets my living virtuously by
picking up coals upon the wharfs. I walks into-the water after
em, the bits of things, and urns my bit and my rag by wetting
myself, saving your Honour's presence, to the skin of me. I
never laid a linger on the coals, nor on nobody's' property but
my own, bad luck. (and sure that'si Clerkenwelb to me if I
did. I have two " childern," without ever a father. And sure
I'll throw myself, and all that's mine, on yotir Icilitship and the
jantlemen of the jury altogether."
These declarations of innocence did 'not produce all the effect
.that might have been expected. The jury founts he prisoner
Guilty.
The CHAIRMAN then proceeded to pass sentence; but
Kitty's trust in her own eloquence was not over.
AIL Conn.—Now, my good woman— • '
Ill'earthy,—Many thanks to your Honour, arid its that
I mu.

The CHAIRMAN.--YOU have been found guilty of a very bad
act.

3lrs. AlTarthy.—Why then truth's truth, your Honour: I
did do it ; but the things came in my way, and I could not
help it.
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The COURT.—Ay, but you must help these things. 'The
sentence of the Court is, that you be iniprisonrd seven.—No, I
mistake— . ... _

:His: ill'earthy.—Vou don't, your Honour; -would it be
your Honour that would mistake I let it be seven' days, • your
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of your word. ; don't, your Honour, go back
Thoeurt, as the word you
InAi24Atheiti
said ihatt, fbi once, 'he would be as
good as his word ; it should be seven days, bue'he-hoped he
Should never see Mrs. Al'earthy again. .
Airs, lil'earthy (moving off)---Och I never again will your
Lordship lay_ your two eyes on me ; though' I'd always he glad
to see your Honour well and in health ;
and might the blessing
of God fall down upon you, and yours, night and morning,
and every other time of day.
Isaac Linton' James Williams, and Joiner Tar, three
corporals in the.Coldstreant Guards, were indicted for a riot on
the 30th July, and for 'assaulting and stabbing Joseph Pond.
• It appeared, that on the day'in question, the.prtroners Were
found by Pond, the beadle of St. thlett's . parish, in Bueker..
kige.street,,..or in George-street, very'drUnk,,and surrounded
by a mob. Being apprehensive of a riot it:'ttlis continued in
such ..a neighbourbmi, Pontl and some other officers waited
. them, and advised them to go.to their quarters, offering to chew
them the way. The soldiers At first went' away very peaceably,
. but some person in the crotvil called out, "Take them to the
wave s.house;" upon which they turned round, and ;
, attack!n
the officers, a' general battle 'commenced. Linton drew 'his
.bayonet and made a lunge at fond; which went through his
cost, and narrowly missed his body ; 'Williams - alsO drew his
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Williams to 6, in the House of Correction.