The Sun.
London, England, 1826-09-11 00:00:00

BEACH V. BEACH.

Mr. RUSSELL moved for an Injunction ex-parte, upon
an affidavit of Mr. Beach the elder, stating, that he and his
son, the defendant, were in partnership together as Oil-
coopers, at Dock-head, Bermondsey. That the defendant
had, from the company he had kept, become idle and dissi-
pated, and was most improperly using the partnership
property. The injunction therefore sought was to restrain
him from drawing, accepting, or negotiating any bills of
exchange in the name of the partnership, and from inter-
fering in any way in the partnership business. The Injunc-
tion was also called against the holder of a 2001. bill, part-
ing with the same.—lnjunction granted.

SOLICITOR GT.NERAL.

Sir C. WETHERELL had another long interview with his
Lordship in the course of the day.
His LORDSHIP saw all parties who wished admittance
on the subject of their cases, and then rose.

INSOLVENT DEBTORS' COURT—(Tuis DAY).
This morning this Court resumed its sitting for the first
time since the amendment in the late Act of Parliament for
the Relief of Insolvent Debtors.

There wertoeases of intiC;tance before the Court.
Robert Fitken was remanded, owing to an informality in
his notices and schedule.

The insolvent hoped the Court would not remand him,
as the informality did not rest with him, but with his at-
torney.

Tlie Attorney pleaded indisposition.
Commissioner LAW—The notices, &c. are precisely the
same as before, save they are more explicit--(Then ad-
dressing himself to the insolvent)—lt certainly is a hard
case upon you ; but if you may hereafter think proper to
move the Court to change attornies, every attention will
be made to the application.

MIDDLESEX SESSIONS.—(Tiris DAY.)

To-day these Sessions commenced at the Sessions
House, Clerkenwell Green, before Mr. CONS; Chairman,
and a full bench of Magistrates.
Henry Haws was indicted for an assault on Elizabeth,
the wife of John Martin, on the 15th of last May.
Mr. Pliewes was engaged for the prosecution, and
stated, that the husband of the prosecutrix was a respect-
able tradesman, dealing in grocery, &c.
On the day before mentioned, the prosecutrix left her
oa
o founde o f themthe
r three
shop for a few minutes, and on her return
dirty little children behind the counter.
had two bundles of wood under her arm. As the prose-
cutrix dealt in that article, this naturally excited her u sp
cion, and she pushed them out of the shop upon
esi-
answering.
Y
her impertinently. The defendant short] afterwards ame in
dressed as a butcher. He asked her why she struck his
prosecutrix child (the girl who had the wood). answered
that she had not struck her ; but if he thought she had, he
oath
that punish her by the law. He replied with an
that he would take the law into his own hand. A scuffle
ensued, in which the prisoner heat the prosecutrix in a
most savage manner, and she was obliged to have medical
attendance for a fortnight 'afterwards.
The prisoner calls several witnesses, one of whom
proved that the husband of the prosecutrix bad knocked
the daughter of the prisoner down in the street. The pri-
soner cross-examined the prosecutrix as to whether she
was really the wife of Martin, but he could not disprove
the assault.
He was found guilty, and sentenced to pay a fine of
101., with liberty to speak to the prosecutrix.
Zaoharian Wombwell Nvus indicted for an indecent
assault on the person of Harriett Beck, a girl aged 13.
Mr.
Prisoner) PHILLIPS
LplePrshafpusr, (the
tlhireedprhoosoeicvlottrti prosecutrix,
mobervosstoefd—yoloie
as a
Pubmlire. A
character,L in fact he is the keeper and proprietor of
4 caravan of wild beasts.
is a (for the defendant.)—No l excuse me, he
keeper of cows.--(A laugh.)
tut PS.—Well, then,
Mr. pit
friend will tame beasts if my learned
for some
ed will have •
it so. He is, then, a cow-keeper;
an infant
and
on the 2d
of tender
hay, fortame rabbits.
ae, woefnjtLtmoethleaskoutsheeoPfruthseeeduetrfeindant to ask.
The the purpose of feeding some
Prisonertnnatthen proceeded under a specious pretence to
take the
made the disclosure essen-
tial point in
public
justice,
erte.o.‘ldvolrhteeren
°liable liberties. It is a most
mitted. This,loGsure thimismnaetduiaretelyheoopetrsohenaeintjhuerehdighaevoimng.
this case :—the geiraltiemee, you will find to be the fact in
and the mother, with
appeal to creditable feelings, now makes this
myoenthrserofonageeo
Harriet Beck--I am thirteen
June. I went to home,
hay to feed my rabbits; he
he kept his hay ;111 did In, bytell's house to ask for sonic
oninintghe 2d of
He then asked me to come into' me to come into the room
stohohiev
amfraeida,
for
rtttlhee
cows
gwans
wdosooldmneoctalhvoerts.men.
6(), and he gave me some;
the cow-house and he would
the pig. The witness here, with
eH
teutlodo took filen en to
great apparent shrewd-

ness and flippancy, aescAed the offence, which even, from
her own account, was not of great enormity. She was
cross-examined by Mr. ALLEY at considerable length, and
ultimately admitted that the defendant's wife and son
were in a kitchen adjoining the cow-house. That
she did not cry out or say any thing about it on leaving
him, but went home and told her mother. On quitting
the defendant she thanked him on his telling her that she
might have hay whenever she pleased. She had not
been before a Magistrate.
The mother corroborated the statement of the child as
far as she was concerned.
Mr. ALLEY contended, that no case had been made out.
His Learned Friend had stated that it was an important
feature of a case for the injured party to make an
immediate complaint. He was of that opinion him-
self, and he considered the observation applied strictly
to this case. No complaint had been made in this
case in the proper quarter before a Magistrate; and from
the sharp manner of the prosecutrix in giving her testimony,
he believed that the assault never took place at all, and
submitted the case to the Jury as conscientious men, with
a confidence of a verdict of acquittal. Verdict—" Not
Guilty."