The Sun.
London, England, 1812-10-29 00:00:00

MIDDLESEX SESSIONS, OCT. 28.

A man named 11ealy stood.indicted for a vio-.
lent assault on a :Mrs.. GoOdman, and a man
n:-tined Wilkins, on•the 10th of August last, at
It appeared; from the' evidence, that
the proseputrix, aethe time of the assault, was a
bilsk widow, and the hostess of the Bird-in-hand
pUblie-honse, Highgate. The'defentiant, Healy,
is an _Hibernian, -ands gardener in :the same neigh-
bourhood. The prosecutor was also an inhabi-
tant of the same place ; and both were 'competi-
tors for the fair hand of this, agreeable witioW.L--
Healy, it seems, thought him Self the favoured
lover ; and as he had obtained his own consent
to the, match, he considered him Self bona file as
the host apparent to the Bird-`in-hand, and relied
that he. Should-be very speedily called to the bar.
The widow, however, who was a matron of ex-
perience, had heard,. probably, that Irish gentle-
men were fickle, and finding her other suitor tlie
more ardent and obsequious lover, and'llu:t he
was some seven years younger and brisker than
Healy, gave the latfei• formal notice to diicontinue-
his suit. Vexed at his disappointment, he went
to the house on' Sund.riy morning, the 10th of
August, and called for some dr:nk ;7 but lie *as
told he could not be served. Not choosing to take
this answer from n servant, the lady,.r.-11,t war up-
stairsi.dresNinz. for the -day, calrie down to enforce
her orderS;by repeating the refusal of liquor to
Mr. Heals., who, exasperated by her Unkindness,
very eallantlykruiCked her down with a forMidable
shilelab he carried, and while she was prostrate,
indU . stribusly repeated blows.' Her screams
brought his favoured rival to her aid and be,
with another gentle touch from the same instru-
ment, was laid across Mrs. Goodman, and then
tolerably well thrashed for falling.

.Healy was found Gui/ty, and sentenced to four-
teen (lay's imprisonment for the former, and seven
days for the latter assault.
A respectable elderly gentleman, named Freeman,
of 'Judd-place, Somers-town, was indicted for vio-
lently assaulting, on, the sth of. September last,
Wm. Singleton, a boy of eight years old. From
the tenour of the evidence, it appeared, that the
defendant resides at Judd-place, and that there is
before his door a flow Cr-plot with some poplar
trees inclosed by a railing. That-about noon on
the day above stated, three I•ttle boys. had got
within the railing, and one of them had climbed
up a tree, and was breaking off the branches.
Mr. Freeman ran out to catch them, but they ran
away..; two. Of thent ekaped, but the little prose-,
Cutor not being able to outrun the defendant and
his servant, was made "prisoner, brought back
into the defendant's .the doOr shut upon
him, and the hall window, which waS raised,
pulled doWn; when the defendant gave him, seve-
ral strokes of a bamboo walking-stick upon the
arms, ribs, and face, which made the child, serum
out loudly, and left livid. marks of severify on
every point of contact where he was struck. Hav-
ing received this severe chastisement, he was
shoved out of the house.

A man named Roberts, who was accidently pas
sing, saw the child seized and taken in, and saw.
him shortly afterwards -turned out, 'crying :and
agitated ; and took •him ltbme to his 'father,, who
is. a journeyman carpenter in the neighbourhood.
The child's mother, went to the defendant' to 're-
monstrate on his* severity, and. stated the bruises
the child had received; but he neither made apo-:
Logy nor compensation, and only offered her a
letter; to a Dispensary, where the child might haVe
charitable assistance. The father went after-
wards; and repeated this remonstrance ; and the
only consolation he received was, that the traver-
ser told'him he had often beaten boys until they
were not able to stand ; and that he had often
seen men whipt till the flesh was stript from their
bones.

The Jury found the traverser guilty, and the

sentenced hini 'pay it fine of 4ds.. to-
King.

A young man named fielder stood indicted fOr
a violent assault upon a'Ali% J. F.
SepteMber last, at Ponder's End. The prosetnit9i
.is a respectable silk-dyer, residing at Ponder's End,
0.10 The defendant, the agent of a booksellei, etn-
ployed,. like many Others, to traverse the villages
round the metropolis, to leave printed catalogues
or lists at every house of the.bOdks they are coai-
missioned to sell, calling again for the catalogue...3,
and receiving such orders as they: Can elicit by
their persuasion in this Way of traae: The de-
fendant was commissioned, amongst other work:,,
to urge the sale Of a new, splendid, hot-pressed,
and highly adorned edition of the Bible, in nurnly:r:;.
A carter had just brought a large-sack of pots
toes to:the ,hOuse of Mr. Williams, and bad car.
Tied it within. his gate. The defendant ith-
mediately followed him, with, hi. c.talOgties and
Bible nun:hers. Mrs. Williarirs-lold hint, " slk
did not want none of his rubbish;'' and Mr. Wil-
liarn'S, wlio Was in ills
inquire; and
:hearing some
tercation, 'came-to and to
.semi the de-
fendant off his Pir..".thisesi.:-.134.. was greeted, by him
with the appellation of -"a, riciitY,•pupicyr')-lle
desired- the defendant to go, out of hi,s
and,. •on- hiS declining, endeavoured to push' him
out ; but the defendant struck _ him a desperate
blow with his fist under the left eve, :and cut him
ca sevci'av, that he bled for four hour;. He livid
not used any aousive language to the defenda”.4
bordotre any thing more than merely endeavour
to-push him-off his premises.
The Jnry found the traverser Guilty, and he vac
sentenced to -three days imprisonment.