The Sun.
London, England, 1805-01-21 00:00:00

e SURREY* SESSIONS.

Saturday 'a.::es Batthclar,. the Toll Colleaot, xr
the Circus Turnpike, wils indiet?d" for unlawfully
-extorting from o Fria s Barrow, Esq.' the sum of
23, for allowing a, certain coach to pass through
-the gale, hewellknowiog he had no right to de.
mand the same.

, •
appeared that Mr, Barrow, the Barrister, and his •
friend, Mr. Scrivenpr, 'went to Vauxhall in hackney
coach upon a Tuesday evening:in Autumn last. Mr.
.Barrow paid ad. the toll demanded of-him:;--he re.'
turned from 'Vauxhall before the Music had done
playing in the Gardens, and on attempting to` re_,
the same
.turnpike, the Defendant 'demanded
,another ad. for: 'Wednesday, alledging that it way
welve o'clock. Mr. Barrow and' Mr.,Scrive:.
nor louked.at :their watches, atid found, that by
oiie -
'it wanted seven minutes 0i: twelve, and by the other
eleven minutes—they had .not heard :any clock
`strike, our had the
,%eatuhman called the hour.. The':
Defendant insisted it. Was pa,t twelve, and he would
,not suffer 'the carriage to proceed ; upon which Mr..
Barrow gave him the ed. at the same time telling
him v,,ho he was, and threatening hini with punish.
ineut. 'These fada were .ptoved ; nod after a long
addlel;?, from the Prisoner's" Counsel,' he WaS'fOund
T M,
The CuCH A I AN censured, severe terms, the
offence of extortion at turnpike guts, 'and,observtd,'
thdt'nOthing hut the circtnustance of the'llefendantas
.not having used violent language prevented a more
'rigorous judgment.—. The sentence of thtiCourr was,
that he shoUld be itripriSoned 14:days.
jaws Willikom ItlatiPankers tl;ere indkled, '
the limner for waling, and the latter for receiving,
Annie carrots, the pro;ierty of John "Gurney,
'Hannah Colt way,: cook to Mr. Gurney, at his.:
country_hoAse at' Norwood, said, that she saw a,
quantity of cArForslying on the 1) 1 in the garden,
which surprised her Very much, as the Prisoner had
told her the 'carro'ts were.all out. She immediately'
infortned her Inasicr. ' •

Mr. Gurney.deposed, that he, had suspeaed his,
gardener of robbing, him-7that as he was coming
into town, he saw the
,Norwood stage.coaqh,leavirw
a parcel at the wptutu!s shop:, He went in, and
asked her had any Carrots. to sell ?. and she pro.
duced the parcel she had ju'.t got, and told him she.
had just received: them frtn an old man at Nor-
wood, who was in the habit of supplyingher. Miter
telling her the • carrots were his property„ he took
. them into his gig, anti drove home. On seeing the
gatdener, he-accused him of stcaling.the cgrots, and;
the latter confessed it.

The Jury found Willisun vino, but acquitted
Panket*.

By: Mr. GURNEY'S desire, his Counsel recom.
mended the Prisoner, on account of his aic. He wilt
sentenced by the Court to three months imprirarqrsent.

On Thursday ictragical event occurred at Cam.
berwell : a young. man,'servant to, a' baker in that
town, for a considerable time past paid ,his addresses
to a Miss Gdrdon, who, with het sister,,carties on
the millenary and mantua.making business near the.
. Green.' .A..mutual regard appeared' to subsist he-
tvi een them, but young woman. constantly re.
(used to marry, conceiving that the' earnings of her
lovetwould be inadequate to support them in a roan.
net agreeable to her wishes. On Wednesday even.,
ing.they aceompattied each other -ion, a walk, .when
the young man.complained.of a partiality sliewn' by '
her to 1.4 s brother, in consequence of which :1 guar.:
Rd took place, 'and he parted, with expressing that
she should never see him again alive, The mist
evening he took poison, and early on Thursday
morning died in'the greatest agony, notwithstend,
ing every assistance was afforded
.; by the Faculty.—
The melancholy tidings of his death occasioned a
dreadful slnick to the.young woman,
.who is at pre.„
sent dangefously-ill;.aod the event has prOduced ge.,
nerul sorrow arming those .acquainted with the pat.
ties. The unfortunate man, meditated a, similar it.
tempt on his Ilk: a few mouths back, and leaped
,off
London-bridge, bui was, preserved by a watettnan
who happened to be near •the part where he plunged

On s3turday afternoon a Coal. Merchant of le-
COTlrweXion4. put an end to his estistenec at
the Dolphin public.house, Ludgatc.hill, by swallow.
ing a large clot Amity of opium. About three d'clock.
he cailra the .Dolphin, which he was in the habit
of frequenting, and ordered a. glasi of brandy, and
water, and a pipe of tobacco; after smoking the pipc,'•
and drinking the,liquor, he. requested. to have a
glass of gin 'mid over Which heliat till nearly
Six. o'clock, Nvlien the servant observed tohertnaster
th„t the Gllntlernan had fallexiAsleep. The Land.
lord 'went di.reilly to the parlour, far the purpose of
awaking hint, and , there' found him in a stare of in-
liqunr which remained in the
tlass the landlord perceived had changed. its colour,
atni from that circumitance he inspeCted the Gentle-
•m.,ll had Itecci mixing it With some poisonous drug,
which bad produced 4he elleas be then' witi essed.
Ao applincary•w'as immediately
.sent for, wIL,
stonily gave him an. eineticovhich did not operate,
The patie44 w..s diem put to bed ; but-every. effort
t. 'tome him was ineffeclual, ,and he died;,at, 12
ck the stone evening.. 01)sta/chit% his pocket,
tour ounce phial Was found. •

evening a Coachman in a.Gentleman's,
1;1 rhily, residing at Tottenham, was found by titer
Ciardener..operitletl from the Vtair-case, , A Short,
-tinte before he ;appeared in good spirits, and bad
taken so-me purl •it d neighbouring public-house.
0,1 Friday st'noight as Mr. Ilublnird„ butcher Of
1.,an;1;41n, rn.ar o,ikhmll, was passing al.9ng
received a kick from a bor!.e•
ilvitOitti loose in -the street, virhichj'rattilred tiii
I'4 in so dreadfol a manner that he'notylies
out
,1 0p0,,,,,,1 recovery. Mr. Hubbard had scarcdy
recovered front 'a dreadful wound
received in S[Airiford id
imcs of his hands. 1-lis,wile had her aria broken a,
time sirs.. ; and Yesterday NenkliAllt aIR 'hie
pntner, Mr. StirnsLiii, Ilt Odkhara, butcher, was re-
turning'hotoe from visiting p,or flubbitrd, hikhorse
.11wn, and 14:. fitn,ott had three 'of hii ribs
btokent