The Sun.
London, England, 1835-02-06 00:00:00

QUEEN-SQUARE.

Major John Holt White, of Grosvenor-square, West
Pimlico, appeared before Messrs. WHITE and BURRELL,
upon a charge of assault, preferred against him by Mr.
Thomas Hoseason, of Grosvenor-street West, under the
following circumstances :
Last week, the Major charged Mr. Hoseason with an
assault and provocation to fight a duel, and the latter gen-
tleman was bound over to keep the peace. From the evi-
dence of Mr. Hoseason, it appeared, that on Thursday last,
between seven and eight o'clock, Major White, accompa-
nied by three friends, came to his (Mr. Hoseason's) house.
They gained admittance into the passage, and Mr. Hoseason
came out, when some conversation ensued, and Major
White came behind him, and pushed him into the street,
and there called him a blackguard and other opprobrious
names.
Mr. Hoseason said, that his object in bringinn- the
present charge was to prevent the Major from prowling
him to commit a breach of the peace whilst he was under
recognizances not to do so. He also said, that the Major

creditors,had taken the trouble to go round to
nuat;ng that he (Mr. Hoseason) was not worthy or
trusted.

Mary Poole, servant to the complainant, corroborated
her master's statement as to the Alajor and his friends using
very violent language towards him and Mrs. Hoseason, his
mother.

Major White, in reply, said that on Thursday afternoon
he certainly went, accompanied by three friends, to Mr.
Hoseason's house. He went at the request of a gentleman
named Roach, who had some questions to put to the com-
plainant, in which he considered it might be requisite to
refer to him. He had scarcely set his foot upon the
threshold when his own brother, Mr. George White, a clerk
in the House of Commons, who was at Mr. Hoseason's
house, rudely pushed him on one side and endeavoured to
shut the door in his face. Some conversation ensued in
the passage, and Mr. Hoseason was pushed against him,
but the Major strongly denied striking him, knowing that
he was under recognizances to keep the peace at the time.
Mr. Thomas Jones, of Newport-street, Leicester-square,
was present with Major White on the night in question.
There was to be a meeting between the parties relative to
observations that had been made by Mr. Hoseason upon
the character of a young lady, which, as they were injurious
to her, it was necessary to disprove in the presence of wit-
nesses. The complainant pushed past witness, and ran
against Major White. Some opprobrious words were used,
but more against Mr. George White than the complainant.
Mr. William Roach, of No. 7, Upper Eaton-street, Pim-
lico, and his friends had been dining together, and after-
wards called upon the complainant, relative to the words
he had used with regard to the young lady.
Mr. WHITE—Was it necessary to take the other three
with you ? Mr. Roach—Yes. They were more or less
involved in the matter in question.
Mr. Roach proceeded to state that during the alterca-
tion the complainant rushed out of the house into the
street, and that be heard high words pass between the com-
plainant and Major White. An expression was made use
of, " That now they had got him into the street they would
have an explanation."

Mr. WIiITE asked the defendant Major White whether
the allegation as to his going about to Mr. Iloseason's
creditors, in a manner prejudicial to that Gentleman, was
the fact ? Major White had been to the complainant's
tailor, who was about to arrest him, but otherwise he did
not think the question applied to the case. He begged
leave to assure the Magistrates that upon the evening in
question the party had gone to Mr. Hoseason's house im-
mediately after dinner, and before they had drank a single
glass of wine.
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Mr. WHITE, after consulting with his colleague, observed
that he was sorry to say that it appeared to the Bench that
Major White and his party had gone to the house of Mr.
Hoseason with a spirit of quarrelling. Nothing could ex-
ceed such imprudence, Mr. Hoseason being at the time
under recognizances to keep the peace. He felt compelled
to bind the Major over to keep the peace, himself in 501.,
and two sureties in 25/. each.