The Sun.
London, England, 1817-07-23 00:00:00

SECONDAItY'S OFFICE, COLEMAN-STREET.

J. WILLIAMSi ESQ. V. EDWARD EINCII, ESQ.
• This was an action of assault. The defendant
suffered judgment to go by default, and this was
wm it of enquiry to .assess therlamnages loetore
Collinridge, the Under-Sheriff, and a most re-
spectable jury of merchants.
Serjeaut BEST •aml Mr, BEATH conducted
the case for the plaintiff, and Mr.-Sedeant ONSLOW
and. Mr. CHITTY for the defendant. •
From the statement of Serieant BssT, and time
evidence examined in the cause, the:following ap-
peared. to be the leading circumstances of the
case :—The plaintiff. was mcgentlenian of fortune,
and of the highest respectability, having formerly"
practised . as an .eminent Solicitor ; and:the de-
fendant, a native of Ireland, was Lieutenant in
.the King's First .Regiment of. Life Guards. In
the beginning of 1816 ,the defendant paid. his ad-
41mlesses to a young lady', the daughter of. Mrs._
,Browne, sister of -- li/hit-more, Esq. M.
N.
ttSen residing atßaih..-fille'oui-ig lady had cOn-
liiWrable'pecluriary expectations,- and at the time
!of her Marriage with the defendant - had 2001. per
'annum 'sertletinpon her in trust, the plaintiff be-
i.ing'one of her four most •respectable Trustees.—
Vvry soon after the solemnization of the marriage,
the defendant and his wife discovered symptoms
of mutual.infericity. Scarcely had three months
elapsed before the defendant granted a life annuity
a his • wife's income for the suns of 1,3001.
Added to repeated-acts of unkindness, it appeared
that he had injured her in a manner too indelicate
to mention with particularity. Her body became
diseased and her health impaired.- The plaintiff,
as One 'of the young lady's trustees, becans&ac-•
quainted with her unhappy situation, and inter-
posed his authority to alleviate her-sufferings, and
if possible to accommodate family differences. An
impartial inquiry into the •circumstances of the
case took place, and in the end Mrs. Finch deter-
mined upon a separation from her- hnsband.—
The defendant, conceiving that time plaintiff had
exercised an undue antimmity• on the occa-•
sion, and imagining that Ike had taken pains
to separate hint front his wife, became irri-
tated ; and ill consequence of time plantiff hav-
ing expressed himself in becoming terms of
indiggion at the defendant's conduct towards his
wife, he (the defendant) tvas heard to express a
determination of assassinating the *intl. g , and blow-
lag his brains out. 'The plaintiff, apprehending
that serious consequences-might ensue front the
violence of the defendant's temper, applied to the
office in Bow-street, and in consequence of that
application the defendant was ordered to.find se.
curity to keep the peace, himself in 2001. and two

sureties in 100/. V....ach. On the 9th of Jkini, last; 1
after the period of the defendant's recognizances
had expired, he met the plaintiff opposite St. Cle-
ment's Chiirch in the steod, walking arm in.
arm Major Browne (Mrs. Finch's iincle),
and withodt any previous notification,. aimed a
blow at his head, with the butt-end of a heavy
horsewhip. It ltappenitw to be a very rhiny day,
the plaintiff had :his umbrella op, and fortunately
the blow lighting on the umbrella, no serious
effects ensued. lie then directed anothei; violent
blow at the plaintiff's head, which the lattel• might
between his fingers and thumb, anil produtetf'
a very seere Wound. Major Browne immediately
interposed, and retnnostrated with the cl&ndant
*on the imprtidenct and intemperance of his
conduct. The defendant then threw down his
horsewhip, anti addressing the passengers, said,
" This fellow has been endeavouring to separate
me and my wife ;". and then directing himself to
the plaintiff, said " Now you scoundrel and cow-
ard, I have given you a licking; you -may take
me again before Sir Nathaniel Conant and the rest
of the Officers, and be d--d to them." He then
offered ,to box with •The plaintiff ; • but Major'
Browne effectually restrained his violence, and
the defendant went into a shoji.
The above: particulars Were proved by Mrs.
Browne, the plaintiff's mother-in-law, Major
Brown, Mrs. Wynne, a female servant, and seve-
ral other witnesses.
Mr. Seejeant Osscokit addressed the Jury with
considerable ingenuity and eloquence, and railed
some witnesses iantitigation of damages. •
Mr. Setjeant BesT addressed the Jury with
great energy in reply ; •and after
The SECO&DARY summed up the case with the
strictest impartialit he Jury found for the
plaintiff- Damages !Mt.

POLICE INTELLIGENCE.

BOW-STREET.

MATRIMONIALDIFFERENCES.—Yesterday morn,
ing a Gentleman, in a high official situation, Was
charged .with cruelty to his wife, to whom, it ap-
peared, he had been married 15 years, but that
latterly he bad changed his conduct from being
affectionate to violently assaulting and ill-treating
her, which was proved by several friends and
neighbours. The Magistrate observed, that be
must call upon the defendant to find sureties to
answer the charge in another place, at which he
expressed himself both surprised and indignant.
The Magistrate then informed him, that he cer-
tainly should protect the Lady, his 'wife, -and he
nitw, therefore, find bail, which he refused to do, ,
and was detained in custody.
PENSION FRAUD.—fOh/i Willinnts, alias Thorn
s
Parsons, a man of -colour, and Gusty/. Dongreed,
alias Daniel Green, were charged, the former with
knowingly and falsely personating and assuming
the character of being an out-pensioner Of Green-
wich Hospital, by' pretending to be a Man of
co-
lour the name of Thomas Taco}) ; and the lat-
ter prisoner with aiding.and abetting him in the'
perpetration of the crime. The prisoners were
committed for another examination, when My.
Bicknell pledged himself to prodticeniord evidence
against Dangreen.
MAALBOROUGTTRECT.
HORSE CIIALINTING.—VCSterIitIy the final EXA..
, titillation of Pytqll and Savage, for fraud, in horse
chaunting, took place. It seems, however, that
detainer for felopy against Jones had been lodged
against him, and the conductors of the prosecu-
tion did not deem it necessary to bring him to this
Office,' the prosecutors being• at liberty to preter
a bill against hint at the Sessions. After hearing
Counsel for the 'prosecution and the defence, the
Magistrate, Mr. BLYattows, committed Pywell and
Savage for fraud and conspiracy. The prisoner',
are bound to give 24 hoari notice of bail.

•
GUILDHALL.
EXTIIAOiDINMIY y01111)g lad
of most interesting'appearance and manneT, was
charged with the following offence :—On Mon.;
day, (hiring the trial between the Fit'e_:oftice and
Mr. Dunkin, a considerable crowd was assembled
in the Court of King's Ben Ch. In it stood au
eminent surgeon in the city, who imagined he
felt some one pull at his watch-riband, to which
were affixed three gold seals. In a short time
he telt something and upon examining,
friund his watch-riband cut, and seals gone. The
prisoner, who stood close to hint, was , seized,.
when the seals and :a pair of scissors were found
in his hand. He refused at first giving any 'ac•
count of himself, isn't at lenghth confessed that
his name was Robert Anderson, that his family
resided in Manchester, front whence he was en-
ticed
him
a Gentleman, who, however, had desert-
ed m since his arrival, and being-friendless _ and
distressed, he was (trivets to the commission of
the crime (the first) he had committed.

MANSION,HOUSE.
DISORDERLY House.—J. Donoughoe, the
keeper of the Grapes, public-house, in_the Old
Compeer, Cheapside, was charged by the night
officers with entertaining disorderly characters of
both sexes at unseasonable houri. The evil com-
plained o( was not confined to the honse of the
publican—it extended itself around the neighbour-
hood, by the party retiring from the scene of dissi-
pation in tumult and riot. Fights between men
and women were the constant results in the streets,
and a few nights since, in one of these affrays,,
feniale'had her head laid open.—The publican in
his defence said, he held the house under Iris fa-
ther7in-laiv, and that beiing much distressed of
late for the, want of business, lie had established'
what i 3 Called a " Cock and Hen Club," for the
sake of. custotn.—The Loan MaYdit said, be
thought . there did not remain in the city a house
so bad, and he should exert himself- to the utmost
to keep such places down.
WORSHIP-STUF,F.T._

II A CR, E\ C C-r-ILNIA (WO Freeman, owner,
and driver of the hackney chariot No. 1,09, was
summoned to this office, to answer the contl>laint•
of Miss Margaret Dew, the daughter of a respec-
table tradesnsan in Shoreditch, for extortion and
improper-lconduct.
The Complainant stated, that on the 7ili instant
she took the defendant's chariot frotuthe stand in
COrnhill, near to Graceehurch-street, to take her
to Star-corner, City-road. On arriving there, be-
fore she came- out of the chariot, she offered

A • know •'
rend:Jut Is. o,l.ing the tilstance to 4e abort
a mile. Defendant refused to take it, declaring. '
she should not leave the chariot till she p-sid
and behaved in a most insoient,mankr, till Coat-

Plain:4dt submitted ; and as she had no more
change, she offered him a pOtind note, but .he
fte44l to Change it till she would give hint another
shilling td drink ; but, on her insisting nit his giv-
ing the full Oninge, he consented to take sixpence,
His language cin the occasion %vas •utifit for the
public eye.
The detendant, io defence, said be-has a coach;
a chariot, and one pair of horses, which he work;
with only. one number, changing it alternately .as
occasion may retilire, add brought for Ward his sta-
ble-keeper to prove the chatiot had not been out
on the day_stated by the complainant. •
Gitrc'dan, the sitting Magistrate, expressed
his surprise that the Commissiouels would grant
a number to be transferable lty any individual
from a coach to a chariot, at their pleasure, where-
by that individual 'has, it in his power frennentif
' to. deceive and defraud the public. It was only
prOmoting a collusion rithongst coachmen which
should not exist. it was the first time such an in-
famous practice ever came td Ilk knowledge, and
now be would take care it should be reported to
the. Comm ssioners, as he doubted whether they
were aware of the grievance, and probably they
would take away his licence altogether, and fur-
Aber, he 011 e Magistrate) would represent the case
to thi Member who brought forward the Act its
the House, in :order to remedy the eviL. The de-_
fendant had from Thursday last to bring forward
evidence to controvert the charge, but batitr't.
failed, it sufficiently -proved his guilty conduct
therefore be must- be fined 20s. for the extortion!„'

;IA 51. fur lewd and improper cimversation Ics
toMplaintint.—Convicted accor'dMizly..

SPORTING INTELLIGENCE.

EDINI3t7RGH RACES, AND NtISSELBURGII MEET-

ING, 1817.

THURSDAY, JULY 17.

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