The Sun.
London, England, 1828-01-09 00:00:00

MIDDLESEX SESSIONS, JAN. 8.

THE KING U. SAMUEL NEWELL AND OTHERS.
Mr. PHILLIPS appeared for the defendants in this
case, who were indicted for keeping a gaming-house.
They had obtained a writ of certiorari to remove the
indictment into the Court of King's Bench, upon
which the bail went to the office of the Clerk of the
Peace, where, upon payment of the fees, their re-
eognizances were discharged. However, the affida-
vit upon which the certiorari had been obtained hav-
ing been found defective, a writ of procedendo was
gi anted, but the defendants were not now prepared to
take their trial; nor, indeed, were there any recog'
nizances now, he contended, before the Court, He
therefore applied to postpone the trial to next sessions.
Mr. ALLEY, for the prosecution, was not at liberty
to consent to a postponement.
Mr. PHILLIPS said, that in that case his clients
had no alternative but to throw themselves on the
indulgence of the Court, as they were unprepared
to take their trial now.
The defendants, accordingly, did not appear, and
their recognizances were consequently entreated,

MOTHER H.
This person, indicted by the name of Ann
Hodgkins, for keeping a disorderly house in Charles.
street, Covent-garden, last Sessions, and acquitted,
to-day exhibited, through her Counsel (Mr. Quin),
articles of the peace, in the name of Ann King,
against Thomas George Hodgkins, the son of
Thomas Hodgkins deceased, to whom she stated her•
self to be executrix. She also described her resi•
dence to be at 37, Old Steyne, Brighton. The
articles then went on to allege, that " on the even'
ing of the sth of December last, Thomas George
Hodgkins, and a man whom this exhibitant believes
to be of a very violent, malicious, and revengeful
temper, came into the bed-room of! a certain house,
situate at No. 15, Charles-street, Covent-garden,
which she was then occupying, and without an'
provocation, made use of many oorpbrious expres'
sions concerning this exhibitanti,#'ihe same tint
declaring, " I have owed you a grudgelYerNettely li
years, but in consequence of your lite' km4ese to
me I thought it was buried, but I find it la's only
slept—did I say slept ?—lt has only slumbered, ago
is now fresh kindled:with ten times more fury against
you. I will be revenged of you." He then put hit
hand into his pocket, as if in search of something
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She then asked Hodgkins if he meant to shoot het
He replied, that " he had not so much charity 0
her, but that he would make such a spectacle of het
to the world, as would make her drag out the re
mainder of her life in misery,—that his bosom dk
not possess so much charity as to kill her outright.
Believing that he intended to carry his threats int'
execution, she was compelled to leave the house
and to remain out the whole night.
" This exhibitant, on the 7th of the same month, Id
London for her residence at Brighton. On the
evening of that day, Thos. Geo. Hodgkins came t
her house, and was shown up stairs by the servant
and believing that he then came to put his threat
into, execution, she left her house privately, io
state of alarm. Finding the exhibitant gone, he tot
a Mr. Smith, who was there, that he would 01
the exhibitant, and have his revenge ; and that I'
would not leave the house until he had seen het
and on the following day he declared to Mr. smitt
that ' he world follow the shadow of the exhibitar
all over the world, to have his revenge.
" On the 26th of December, this exhibitant bein
in London, went with a Mr. Stuart to her attorney
in Bouverie-street, from 15, Charles-street, Covell
garden, to that place. Hodgkins followed her, 10
waited until she had transacted her busines; and d
her getting into a coach, Hodgkins ran back to hi
apartments in Charles-street, and attempted to entt
her private room; that she was thereby terrifies
fearing that he would have recourse to the most, vie
lent measures to carry his threats into execution; e)
therefore attempted to escape from him, front t)
top of the house ; and although she had patio)
business to transact in London, she clandestinely ti
turned to Brighton the next morning, in consequent
of the violent conduct of Thomas George Hodgkint
On these grounds she craves that T. Geo. Hodgkin
may be ordered to find sufficient sureties to kes
the peace towards her.
The COURT ordered that the defendant eater int
his own recognizance in the sum of 1004, with t%t
sureties in the sum of 30/. each, to keep the pest
Towards the exhibitant.