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THE SUN, LONDON, MONDAY EVENING, AUGUST 9, 1858,

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STATE OF TR.4.DE.

and still was clerk to the justice. of the borough, pursuant
to the 1021 sec. of the Municipal Corporations Act, the sth
and 6it NVilliam IV., cap. 76. It then alleged that during
all that time the defendant was the partner of one Charles
Prothero as an attorney, and that Charles Prothero was tLe
clerk of the peace for the county of Monmouth, and by rea-
son thereof was interested and employed in the prosecution
of often Itrs committed by the justices of the bow ,gh of
Newport for trial at the quarter sessions of the county of
Monmouth, by receiving as such clerk of the peace divers
fees on the arraignment and trial of such offenders. The
indictment then set forth the names of divers offenders who
were so committed and tried between the Ist of July, 1856,
and the time of exhibiting the indictment, upon whose ar-
raignment and trial the said Charles Prothero received cer-
tain fees; and it then alleged that the defendant, as parlor?
of the said Charles Prothero, was, while he was such clerk
of the said justices, interested by his said partner in the pro-
secution of such offenders, by being entitled to share and
sharing in the fees received and ttken by the said Charles

Prone's°, &.c.
Mr. Woollett, the town-clerk of Newport, exemined I y
Mr. Scotland, said—The defendant, Charles Burton Fox,
has aced as clerk to the justices of the borough since t' e
year 1845. The borough IS one of tit se mentioned in
schedule A to the hlunicipal Corporations Amendment Act.
It has a separate commission of the peace. (The original
commission granted by William IV. and also t rat granted on
the accession of Queen Vicrokia were here produced.) The
defendant is an attorney and solicitor, and carries on busi-
ness in partnership with Prothero, under the firm of Pro-
thero and Fox. Mr. Chutes Prothero discharges the duties
of clet kcf the peace for the county. Newport has no
separate court of Tinter sessions. Prisoners are committed
at Newport for trial at the assizes or at the quarter sessions
of the county. Mr. Fox, the defendant, generally atrends
in person as clerk to the justices. His dell( (Thomas
Kessick) takes down the evidence, and the defendant ad-
vises the maeistrates. I was concerned in the prosecution
of Thomas Hunter, Ellen Griffiths, Ellen Dayre, Elen
Edwards, and Charlotte North, who were committed by the
borough justices for trial at the tisk sessions. I prid the
fees to Thomas Kessick, Mr. Fez's clerk; and I attended at
in Griffiths' and Dwyre's
the counsy sessions at Usk on the prosecution and trial of
those prisoners. I paid to Mr. Wilda', Mr. Prothero's cleik,
icsaseNe,o2lh'll.sf.aBsed: Ilita2rdeis;'s case, £1 13e. 2d. ; and in
Hunter's case, El 19s. Bd. The amount depends on the
number of witue.ses, &c.; but we don't know how the
amount is made ont.
Mr. Sergeant Pigott here produced the table of fees in
it was stated, had been
pthaen yeara allowed under
dandwhich,
wthhe7hth of Geo. IV., cap. 64.
force
u
iver.i nNv
oollett continued—Those fees do not include the
fees paid to the clerk of the indictments. I paid, the feet;
I have mentioned to Mr. Prothero, as clerk of the peace, at
the Epiphany Sessions, in January, 1857.
Cross-examined by Mr. Sergeant Pigott—ln 1853 and
1855 returns were made by the clerk of the justices (the de-
fendant). An attempt was made by the council to induce
the defendant to take a salary. That was first mooted in
1853. The council desired to fix his salary at about one-half.
I prosecute by desire of the council of the borough.
Re-examined by Mr. Scotland.—l am the town-clerk of
the bore: nigh of Newport. There have been two or three
meetings of ratepayers, upon whose recisions the council
have acted. The 14:h and 15th of Victoria, cap. 5.5, sec. 9,
was here referred to, which makes provision for paying the
clerk to the justices by salary, instead of by fees ' • and the
witness stated that it was attempted to have that Act carried
into effect.
George Handy, examined by Mr. Skinner, said—l am
clerk to Mr. Wollett, the last witness. I attended at the
county sessions held at Usk in March, 1857, and conducted
the prosecution against Dennis White, who had been com-
mitted by the borough justices, and I paid 11. 19.. 83. to
Mr. Wildy, the clerk of the clerk of the peace. The fees
were paid for arraignment, calling jury, swearing, taking
verdict, Sec.
Charles Prothero, examined by Mr. Scotland, said,-1
am clerk of the peace for the county of Monmouth, and in
partnership with the defendant, Mr. Foe, as attorneys and
solicitors,. I was formerly in partnership with Mr. Tow-
good, and we were appointed joint clerk to the justices till
the year 1845. The defendant then became sole clerk to the
justices. We share the fees connected with both dike',
clerk of the justices and clerk of the peace, and have done
so since 1816.
Cross-examined by Mr. Skinner.—The average amount
of my fees as clerk of the peace, in respect of criminal prose-
cutions, for five years previous to the 14th of August, 1855,
was 540/. Us. That was the average of the fees and emolu-
ments in criminal prosecutions. I made a return under the
18th and 19th of Victoria, cap. 126. The amount of fees for
the year ending in August, 1856, was £357 15s. 2d. The
number of prisoners had diminished. The fees for the year
ending August, 1857, were £446 15s. 2d. The fees for the
current year are below the average of the five years. The
diminution of prosecutions is a saving of labour. I have
received an allowance to make up the average on both those
years.
Re-examined by Mr. Skinner—The amount in the current
year will:be about the same as last year. It might be more.
The first payment was made on the 21th ofJune, 1857; and
the second paytnent on the 9111 of January, 1838.
This was the case for the prosecution.
Mr. Sergeant Pigott then submitted there was no case
against the defendant. In the first place, he was not
interested by his partner in the prosecution of any offenders,
though he shared in certain fees which the cleik of the peace
took on their "trial ;" and, secondly, the clerk of the peace
had no interest in the number of offenders, the deficiency
in fees being now made up, so as to equal the average of the
five years to 1855. He also cited " Cue v. Lawrence" (1, E.
and B )
Mr. Skinner contended that the defendant was by his
partner indirectly interested in the " prosecution" of
offenders.
Mr. Justice Hill said he could not finally decide the ques-
tion here, and suggested that the facts should be turned
into a special case for the opinion of the Court of Queen's
Bench, without prejudice to his right to sue out a writ of
error.
This course was ultimately acceded to, and a verdict taken
for the Crown, it being intimated by the learned Judge that
neither party could consider this as a triumph.
Verdict accors'ingly.

which by sorce means he bad become po'sessed of a House
of Commons' seal to aid his fraud.
Frederick Jones, butler to Capt. Layland, Hyde-park
House, said that oa the 20th of July the prisoner brought
the foliowi,g note :
" Mr. George Cornwall Legh, M.P. for North Cheshire,
presents his respecttil compliments to Capt. Layland, and
brgs to recommend the bearer's case to that gentleman's
kind consideration. G. C. L. takes more than ordinary in-
terest in this mater, knowing several of the sufferers, na-
tives of Birkenhead and Seacombe, and trusts the motive
which actuates him will be deemed a sufficient apology.—
July 19ih."
Witneso took the letter to the Mendicity Society, and
found that the wilier and the tale to which the note evi-
derttiy alluded wire both well known there.
Webb pointed out the peculiar circumstance that the
16th of July in this ewe was the date of the wreck in the
last. Tue note purporting to be written by Mr. Legh was
sealed with a House of Commons' seal, which upon inquiry
he found hed been in disuse there since 1851.
Mr. Poynter said that, although there was quite enouzh
against the prisoner at present, he should remand him for
another week, as there mtght be other charges pref., rred.
Jo' 411 Orchard %las then heonaht in, n• ti Au. coAllised
by Webb as a wel-hi.own convicted begging-letter im-
postmr and atsJciate of Clarke's.
He was also remanded.

WORSHIP- STREET.—DESERTED WIVES' PROTEC-
TION.—Mrs. Lavin Samuels, a very respectable-locking
Jewess, applied to the magistrate for a protecting order
against her husband, Isaac Henry Samoa,, a furrier and
cap maker. It was believed to be the first application of the
ken l by any of the Jewish persuasion, and therefore excLed
same interest.
The applicant stated that in February, 1839, they were
married in the congregation of the New Synage gue, at her
father's residence, in Barbicalt, recording to the rites and
eel emonies of the German and Polish Jews; they lived after-
wards in Sun street, and in November, 1845, lived in White
Lion-street, Bishopsgate, but on the 14th of that month her
husband deserted and left •ter there with three children,
and from that time to the present she bad neither seen him
n9r received from him the slightest assistance towards their
support. She had reason to know that be was now at Mont-
real, in Canada. She was living in Fountain-place, City-
road, maintaining herself and family, as she had done since
the desertion of her husband, by her own industry, in the
business of embroidery working ; and having acquired some
property, consisting of money and household goods, she
asked, as by law entitled to do, for the magistrate's order
of protection for that property, fearing that her husband
might suddenly come and deprive her of it. She produced
a copy of the register of her marriage, and Mr. John Levy,
her father, vouched for the truth of her statement. Her
application was acceded to upon the completion of the
requisite formalities.
Another deserted wife, named Mahony, also obtained a
protecting order against her husband, Dennis Mahony, who
had deserted her. Fortunately there were no children, but
she, as a sempstress, had contrived to save a little out of her
hard earnings, and to get some household furniture, and
she feared that her husband, although be had contributed
nothing towards it, might at any time come and deprive her
of it if she were not protected.
EXTRAORDINARY CASE OF CHILD DESERTION.—
Mr. Rosa, the relieving cffieer of Shoreditch, appeared be-
fore Mr. Hammill, the sitting magistrate, accompanied by
a little girl named Louisa Turner, between five and six
years old, a handsome and interesting child, very well
dressed in a straw hat and fashionably-cut velvet mantle,
and other suitable apparel, who had been left chargeable in
the parish under very remarkable circumstances. It was
stated that on Wednesday a well-dressed and respectable-
looking woman went to the residence of a gentleman in the
Queen's-road, Dalston, and, accosting
a female servant who
had charge of the house, the family being from home, intro-
duced the little girl saying, " I have brought one of the
children, and will bring the other to-morrow," and, taking
lease of the child, went away, and the servant unsuspect-
ingly received charge of the young stranger, who slept with
her on that night and the following. The master of the
house, however, returning home, and having no knowledge
whatever of the child, or any of her connections, desired her
to be taken to the Shoreditch Workhouse, from whence she
was now brought to this court, no clue having as yet been
obtained to the discovery of anybody belonging to her. All
that could be elicited from her was that her name was as
above stated, Louisa Turner, and that her " Ma" had brought
her to London by some railway, but she had no idea of what
part of the country they came from. She had a little sister
at home, and it was her " Ma" who left her in the passage
at the gentleman's house, telling her to wait there, and that
she was going to fetch her sister to her. The child, who
seemed to be quite contented and happy under present cir-
cumstances, was taken back to remain in the care of the
officials of the workhouse, and diligent inquiries ordered to
be set on foot, in order if possible to discover the mother who
had so deserted her, and thus to clear up the mystery.

MARYLEBONE.—AN ILLICIT STILL.—EXCISE PAO-
SECUTION.—Benjamin Snedker, described as a gardener,
residing at No. 0, George-street, Kentish-town, was charged
before Mr. Long with working an illicit still.
It appeared from the evidence that in consequence of in-
formation which Mr. Vanstoce, supervisor, and Mr. Bullen,
another officer of the Excise, had received, they on the
previous afternoon went to the house above stated, and in
a back parlour occupied by the prisoner they found a still
set in brickwork, and which had evidently been recently
used, and in the same apartment they also discovered a cask
of molasses wash, and about three gallons of spirits. The
prisoner, who was out when the officers entered, shortly
afterwards came in, and on being questioned he without
hesitation admitted that the room was his, and that be had,
in conjunction with a man named Smith, been working the
still for about three weeks. He added that he knew not
where Smith was living, and that he (prisoner) was very
sorry he bad had anything to do with the concern. His in-
tention was to have worked up what was in a state of fer-
mentation, and then to have given up the trade altogether.
Mr. Lonz—What have you to say to this"!
Pt is-mer—l must plead guilty. lam very sorry for what
I I have been engaged in. I hope you will deal with me as
leniently as you can.
The magistrate said it was not in his power under the act
to ihtlict a lesser penalty than £3O, and in default of payment
1 three mouths in the house of Correction. He might memo-
!
rialise the Board of Inland Revenue for a mitigation of the
fine.

CLERKENWELL.—MOST BRUTAL ASSAULT ON A
RUFFIAN PUNISHED.—A tall, powerfully-
built man, who gave the name of Dennis Beodrich,
described on the charge-sheet as a carpenter, residing at
4, Victoria-pine:l, Liverp of-read, Islington, was chat ged
before Mr. Corrie with being drunk and violen:ly assaulting
Hannah Brodrick, his wile, at Islington.
The prosecutrix, who entered the witness-box with an
infant alymt three weeks old in her arms, said she had been
married to the defendant a great number of years, and had
a large family of children. For a lengthened period she had
been subjected to the most cruel treatment from her hus-
band, who, although a good mechanic, refused to work re-
gularly, and in a• ty starved her and her children. About
three weeks ego, on the night of her confinement,
the defendant returned home the worse for liquor,
asked her what business she had to be in bed ;
and when she asked him for a drink of water, he
told her there was plenty in the water cask below and that
she had better go and fetch it. He then began abusing her
in the most disgraceful manner, pulled her out of bed, struck
her, made her go down stairs, and then, although she had
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into the streets. The neighbouts then interfered, but
although a policeman arrived she would not charge her
husband. Since then he had several times ill-used her, but
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to give him into cu-tody for the protection of hers( If and
her chi then. She had Lad summonses from that court in
pseei6us cases of assaults by hi r hisbrid but had never
appeared to support them.
The defendant !marked that the whole of the statement
was one tissue of lice.
Police-constable Bartress, 65 N, said, about three weeks
since Le was called to the decer--sclant's house, when he found
the complainant in the streets with I:er infant, then only a
few hours' old in ler arms. She said her husband bad
turned her out, but she would not give him in custody. On
Friday night be was again sent for, when he found the de-
fendant drunk and locked ki m up.
The brother of the \vie here stepped forward, and in
answer to the magistrate, said he had seen the dt fendant
knock It's sister about thousands of times. He was a
" 'e'rie elnilerfewicked
treatedbrute.'
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rsehelot'uld be gi‘en to the wife from the poor-box, and theCtsyu%ro-f
de-
fendant, who seemed very much surprised at the decision
was removed.

DARING ROBBERY BY A FASIIIONABLE.PICKPOCKET.
—A respectably-attired young woman, who gave the Lame
of Mary Ann Warn'r, but who is better known to the
police by the alias of Julia Cartney, was charged on remand
with stealing a pease containing £4 Bs. Old., from the person
of Miss Agnes Haines, of 31, Upper Seyineur-street, Boston-
square.
Mr. Thomas Wi.keling appeared for the defence.
The prosecutrix, on the 4th of this month, was proceeding
along the Pentonville-road, when the prisoner met her and
asked her the direction she should take for Holborn-hill.
The prosecutrix kiedly told her, and having taken some
trains to make her utiderAand, the prisoner left. As soon
as she had gone the prosecuttist put her hand in her pocket,
and missing her purse, hastened in pnrsni' f pri,ee tr.
Police-constable Flower, 4:24 A, coining up, the prissner
was giten into his ett-tocty, when the purse and its con-
tents were found in her possession.
Mr. WakOing having advised the prisoner to plead
guilty to the charge.
The magistrate sentenced her to imprisonment with hard
labour for six calendar months.
EXPOSING GLANDERED HORSES FOR SALE.—John
Birch, the omnibus and cab proprietor, of the Horseferry-
road, Westminster • and John Smith, a horsekeeper in his
employ, surrendered to their recognisanees, charged at the
in-tance et' the Royal Society for the Prevention of Cruelty
to Animals with exposing glandered horses for sale in the
New Cattle Market.
Mr. Stuckbury appeared to prosecute on behalf of the
Corporation of London; Mr. Herring defended, and Mr.
W. Love, the chief constable, watched the case for the Royal
Society.
The case for the prosecution was this :—gbout three weeks
since Rutherford, one of the society's officers, was in the
New Cattle Market, when he saw the two defendants in
charge of two horses which were very badly glandered. Mr.
Nice, the veterinary surgeon of the market, examined the
animals, and said that any person who had anything to do
with horses must have known they were diseased, and a
witness named Dyer, who was formerly in the employ of the
defendant Birch, said that he had been instructed to send
the glandered horses out at night, so that they should not
be seen. Mr. Arthur CI erry, the veterinary surgeon
attached to the police, said that he had cautioned the defen-
dant several times about having glandered horses in his
stables, and had !sad same of these horses killed.
Mr. 'Herring, for the defence, said he could not deny that
the horses were glandered, but when they were sent to the
csarket they had no appearance of suffering from that dis-
ease, and he had several witnesses who could prove that
they were taken out from several other animals. The ani-
mals were sent to the market because they were " used up,'
and were no longer fit for omnibus werk. r •
Mr. Stuckbury said the corporation were determined to
prosecute in every case, and as this was a very had one he
must ask for the infliction of the full penalty. There could
not be the slightest doubt but that the defendant Birch was
fully awate that the horses were glandered.
Mr. D'Eyncourt said he would discharge Smith, who
acted under the orders of the other defendant. lie must
say that he considered that Birch acted is a very reckless
manner by patting glandered horses with those which wet e

not suffering from such a disease. These cases were vety
difficult to prove, and this was the only one since he Lad
been on the bench that had heel brought Lome and clearly
proved against the parties. There was evidence to show that
the stable had had glanelets in it for some thee, and the
defendant Birch knew it, as Mr. Cherry had spoken to and
cautioned him shout it. Exposing glandered horses for'
sale, or taking them through the streets, was very danger—
ous to the public. He then lined Birch the full penalty of
£2o—a penalty which he did not consider was heavy fur a
man of his means.
Mr. HerrinF applied that the fine might be made les on
the grouml of the youth of the defendant, and the expense
he bad been put to ; which was opposed by Mr. Stucktutry,
but ultimately the fine was reduced to £l5, which was at
once paid.

SOUTHWARK.— James Rowie, a genteel-looking
young man, was charged with being found in the Duke of
Clarence public-house for an unlawful purpose.
theatwood stated he was a pvtivan in the employ of
the prosecutor. About time o'clock on the previous morn-
ing
he heard a noise in the home ; be went ,b.w?, sta;r;,
and 1..ut,t1 the ;insofar on e tri.us of the rkatle-ground.
Witness called in a police-constable and gave the prisoner
into custody.
Mr. Combe asked him what he was ?
Prisoner said he was a respectable tradesman, and carried
on the basiness of a bootmaker in Clare-market. He had
been to the Crystal Palace with some friends, and had taken
a drop too much.
Mr. Corube said be must remand him, to enable the police
to inquire into his character; and in the meantime he would
take bail for his appearance.
In the course of the day a respectable tradesman well
known at this court gave the prisoner a good character,
and he was then liberated.

LAMBETH.— MURDEROUS ASSAULT FROM THE
ALLEGED EFFECTS OF A DREAM.— Robert Nelt1111(171,
pipe-maker, who has I eon in custody for the last 10 days on
a charge of committing a serious and murderous assault on
his wife, and cutting her on the head with a hatchet, was
again placed at the bar before the Hon. G. C. Norton. It
will be recollected that st the former examination it was
stated that the prisoner and his wife had lived on friendly
and amicable terms, and that the violent assault by the
former on the latter was the result of a dream, and that
while labouring under some strange halueination the pi isoner
jumped out of bed, seized a small hatchet or chopper, and
inflicted several wounds on the head of his wife. The
two sisters of the injured woman were now called as wit-
nesses, and gave a very different feature to the' statement
before made, and represented it as the extreme of cruelty.
They said the prisoner had been in the habit of striking and
knocking his wife down, and that they had frequently seen
her with black eyes, caused by his violence.
The following certificate of the present state of the unfor-
tunate sufferer was here put in, and it was said that it is
quite impossible she can survive many days .
" I hereby certify that Grace Newman is in a very pre-
carious state, and is totally unfit to be removed.
" WILLIAM VERNON, House- Surgeon.
" Guy's Hospital, August 7, 1858."
Mr. Norton, in remanding the prisoner, directed the
()nicer to have in attendance, on the next examination,
some witnesses whose names bad been mentioned, and who
were said to have been present when the prisoner had struck
his wife.
THE INCENDIARY FIRE AT BRIXTON.—James Finch,
the youth who stands charged with wilfully and maliciously
setting fire to a sired belonging to Mr. William Towler, and
destroyin; seven valuable cows, was brought up to have the
testimony of an important witness added to the depositions
before taken.
The witness was a lad named Phillip, and he swore that
about a fortnight after the prisoner had been discharged
from the prosecutor's service, he heard him say he wished
all the cows and children of Mr. Towler were dead, as he (Mr.
Towler) had prevented him from getting a situation from
a Mr. Morgan.
Mr. Norton considered that this witness considerably
strengthened the case against the prisoner, and fully com-
mitted him for trial.
Mr. Towhee's loss, it appears, has been nearly £2OO, but
he subscriptions on his behalf exceed that amount by DIB.

THAMES.—ASSAULT AND EXTORTION BY A TOLL
COLLECTOR.—Mathew Gooden, to!' loom and col-
lector, appeared before Mr. Yardley, on a summons, charged
with assaulting Mrs. Emma Punt, the wife of Mr. John
Punt, landlord of the King's Arms TaTern, 141, Hounds-

ditch.
Mr. Stoddart, solicitor, of Arbour-street East, Stepney,
appeared for the prosecution, and said this was a case of
great importance to the public, and that the prisoner was
notorious for his extortion and insolence. The toll for one
horse at Mile-end gate was 3d., but the defendant had been
in the practice of exacting 4d.; and his attempt to make
the overcharge on Mr. and Mrs. Punt led to an assault on
Mrs. Punt, and a good deal of insolence.
It appeared, from the evidence of Mr. and Mrs. Punt,
that they have a private residence at Forest-gate,
near Stratford, in Essex, and on Saturday night last,
at half-past eleven o'clock, they were proceeding to their
country house is a chaise drawn by one horse, and upon
their arrival at Mile-end•gate Mrs. Punt tendered to the
defendant a shilling for him to take the toll, and he re-
turned to her two fourpenny pieces. She said, " You have
not given me my right change ;" on which he sulkily
handed to her another penny, and in doing so knocked the
back of her hand, containing the fourpenny pieces, and
forced one of them out of her hand on to the ground. Mrs.
Punt said, " You had your money given you in a proper
manner; why did you do that ?" and asked him to pick up
the fourpenny piece, and restore it to her. The defendant
refused to do so, and the request was repeated and again re-
fused. Mrs. Punt then descended from the vehicle, went
into the toll-house, and procured alight, while the defendant
was collecting the toll from another person, and began look-
Inc for the fourpenny piece. While she was doing so the defen-
dant said, " If I had seen you go into the toll-house, I would
have dragged ycu out." The complainant was subjected to
further abuse, and Mr. Punt. directed his wife to enter the
chaise, and asked for the ticket. The defendant said, " I
gave it to she." Mr. Punt said, " Who do you mean
by she ?" The prisoner said, " Why, ycur Roman,"
and, in spite of the remonstrances of Mr. Punt, repeated
the words in a most offensive manner. The defendant then
handed another ticket to Mr. Punt, and said, "If I don't
give you a second ticket you will swear you never bad one."
In answer to a question by Mr. Yardley, Mrs. Punt said
that the fourpenny piece was purposely knocked out of her
han,!. Mr. Punt said he did once pay 41..t0 the defendant
when it was demanded of him at the beginning of the sum-
mer, and be thought it was for watering the roads-, until a
triend told him the toll for one horse was only 3d.
Mr. Stoddart said there were several gentlemen in court
of whom 4d. toll had been demanded by the defendant and
paid, and they had also been insulted.
The gentlemen alluded to by Mr. Stoddart here advanced
towards the witness-box, hat
Mr. Yardley said he did not want to hear them, although
he must admit that the extortion of 4d. from Mr. Punt and
others had some bearing on the case.
The defendant said be never intended to take 4d., and
that one of the silver fourpenny-pieces was knocked out of
Mrs. Punt's hand by accident, can which she called him a
vagabond, and he said she might look for the piece herself.
Mr. arid Mrs. Punt denied the statement of the defen-
dant.

Mr. Yardley asked if there was anybody present con-
nected with the lessee of the tolls?
The defendant—l am the lessee.
Mr. Yariley--I am sorry for it, and I don't hesitate to
sa3 Sour conduct is most disgraceful to you. It is highly
reprehensible. I had occasion to find fault with you some
time ago, and to order you to pay 10s. to a man you had im-
properly summoned. I am afraid it is your practice to extort
4d. where you can, and now I hear it said that you are the
lessee. I hope all the world will le told that the toll for one
horse at the Mile-end-gate is net 41. bu' 3d. only; and if
any a ore Oral 3d. is ever demand, d let the parties come
here and I wi!l give redress. There was another very had
ease against the defendant this very thy, and I was com-
pelled to adjourn it until Monday, owing to the impe'uosity
of Mr. Simons, the complainant, who is a very respectable
man no doubt. The only fault of Mr. Simons is that he is
impetuous; and lam very sorry he has left the court. I
have no hesi ation in saying that the c..nduct of .he de-
fendant in demanding a secoA toll of Mr. Simons while the
el( ele was striking 12, having paid the toll three or four
times, though it might be legal, was very sharp practice;
while I have no doubt that taking a whip out if a marfshand
for non-payrnentoltoll was decidedly jilt gal. The defendant
carried things with a very high hand at Mile-erd-gate. The
ziefendant had committed a decided assault in snatching the
whip out of Mr. Simons' hand, and the whole of that pro-
ceeding was most reprehensible. To return to the present
case, The assault in itself was very trivial, but it was sur-
rounded with circumstances of a ver peculiar ature. lle
believed every word spoken by Mry . and Mrs. n
Punt, who
appeared to be most respectable people, and they had been
vilely insulted. If he had had any doubts on the case the
conduct of the defendant in the other case would have
satisfied him. The defendant under no circumstances oueht
to be allowed to become the lessee of the tolls again. For
the assault on Mrs. Punt, in purposely knocking the four-
penny piece out of her hand, I sentence the defendant to
pay a fine of 20s. to the Queen, and in addition costs to
be paid to Mr. Punt.

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