The Sun.
London, England, 1805-01-09 00:00:00

ASSAULT UPON, AN rxcisr OFITICErt.

John Kanto- was inditted for ;in assault uon an
Excibe Officer of the name of. Thomai Finely, and
when Cok I led upon, pleaded guilty to the cltatge.
Mr. Fitt,prma, one of the Counsel for the Pro-
'notion, then srated the circumstances of
,the case,
which Were as follow :

The E*cise Officers had learnt that the 'wst
tome smuggled coffee in the hoUte 'of one Soliimon
Levi, in Houndsditch. The prosecutor, along with
another. Officer, went to the house, and tOld Ltvi
what they 'Carrie fur. He, did, not deny'ithat he
had some :coffee in his ,house, and. took then) up
stairs. There he pointed Ma basket, " that
contains all the toffy,. in my possession"." • They oh.
served the Prisoner kilning upon a chair.- He drew
•a knife and threatened them, brit upon being put in
mind of the consequenoes that would relent( from
cutting or. maiming the Officers, he put icup. He
however, that they never, could 4ie such ugly
lortetelle3 as to carry away such a trifling quantity
of coffee. The Officer,,Fillery,' telieilthat Certain.
• ly if no more th,o should be .foundOt.would
he scarcely wort!, while to 'mlike a seizure,. .They
then colic- clown sr.tirs •t. ,gether, and upon searching
the kitchen, found a bag of coffee, antisinsisted
upon inking their hetZttrer The -knife, was again
draw(, and a rut given to one of the officers over
the fineers. The-Ptistiner being again admimiske4,
put Ili& knife in his pocket. At the same time he
• took up a poker, and struck the officer, Finery, over
the head, till the blond ran down int. his bosom.
A crowd was then, c •lleded about. -theAouse, .and
amidst-the confusion, the officers Miltie their seizure
and went atvay. .„
Mt. KNAPP,' the other.Countiel, them examined
Finery, the Prosecutor, who gave the same account
of the twat:lion •ai had beeergiven by Mr. Ft KID.
without any material variation.

The Prisonet,. as has been already mentioned,
,
admitted the' qharge, and only pleaded pnveity and
intoxication in mitigation of petnisinnent. T,he
however, could not Allow the 14A of intoxi.
cation; hut in cunsidcration of his having imnie.
diately ackn.wledged his delintinency and his con.
tritinn, pr, wiunced the mildest•punishment which
they could Ito in consistency with the AO of Par.
lianient. This was, that he should be imprisoned
in Ncwgate tot one year'
.

tvlessorea are taking in Glasgow for providing a
proper Asylumfor the reception of the- Insane.
On Stuart se'nttight one.Davitirjnlay, a book-
binder in Newcastle, presented toff payment at the
Tyne B 'hit', 9 cbegtie. fur 401.. appearing to be drawn
by Mr.: Caleb Aligns, coach-maker, who keiit cash
thete. Upon examination the cheque proied to he'
a forgery ; and Finlay nor giving a Citithabty NC.
count how he came by it was taken intOcustotly ;
28 Wag 1160 a clerk to Mr. Anvils, whir is strongly
suspetied of being concerned in the fOrgery.
lay has since been committed for trial.
As a poor woman Was passiog on Monday along,
Cheapside, site was taken so su Idenly ill, as to be
obliged to sit down 'wider a 1110 p wintlqw, where she
was solo tli,envered to.be in labour, and in such a
state as to prevent- thcitossibility of htr,being re..
Moved wittn danger Of her immediate dissolu.
tier by tin assistance-of some female passengers,
sin' was aatially delivered of a child where the lay,
sifter which she an 4 the infant were rertioved to a
more comfortable place.