The Sun.
London, England, 1844-04-08 00:00:00

LONDON SESSIONS.

The Quarter Sessions of the Peace for the City of
London commenced on Saturday morning, before the.
Lord Mayor, the. Recorder, Aldermen Lucas, Fare-
brother, Gibbs, and Sir J. Duke. The business, beyond
several parochial and other appeals, consisted prin-
cipally of cases of assault.
A young man came to apologise for the absence of
a gentleman who was summoned on the jury, and
who was not in town when the summons was served.
The Recorder said that this was the second time the
gentleman had kept away ; the Court, therefore,
ordered that he be summoned to attend at the Old
Bailey, where he will have a fortnight's employ in-
stead of two hours.
Thomas Moore was indicted for an assault. on
Robert Cheil, on the 28th of November last.

Mr. PAYNE said that this case verified the correct-
ness of the old proverb, " Two of a trade can never
agree." The two parties keep booking-offices in Old
Change, and arc rivals to each other. The prosecutor
is employed to receive at his office plate and other
valuable packages directed to the Castle at Windsor,
to which place they are conveyed by a carrier named
Gutterin. It appeared that the defendant received a
quantity of iuggage, directed to her Majesty, and
employed another carrier instead of the person whose
name was on the direction. Words arose between
the parties, and the result was that Mr. Moore kicked.
Mr. Cheil, and did him considerable injury.
The prosecutor said he had a warrant from the
Lord Chamberlain's office to receive plate and other
Taluables to be forwarded to Windsor when her Ma-
jesty holds her Court at the Castle. On the day named
Lord Seaford sent a load of trunks directed to be sent
by Gutterill through the booking-office of witness.
Mr. Moore got hold of them by hailing and gammon-
ing the carman, and this he did often. On the day
of the assault witness went to the King's Head, and
lifoore stood at the bar. Witness said to him, " Well
Tom Moore, you are not content with robbing me,
but you must rob another Man." The prisoner then
came up and kicked him on the hip, and he was kept
from business several days.
The jury .found the defendant guilty, and the
Recorder adjudged him to pay a fine of 51. to the
Queen, and enter into recognizances in the sum of
40/. to keep the peace for one year towards all her
liege subjects, and especially towards the prosecutor.
Sally Mouel, a young woman who has been before
the Aldermen nearly 100 times during the last two
years, on charge of " smashing the glaze," and some-
times of human kinds, was indicted for assaulting
George-Crawley, the turnkey at Bridewell.
The Common-Sergeant stated the case, and George
Crawley stated that, on Lady-day, he was in Smith-
field-bars, when Sally came up, and gave him .a violent
blow on the face. He had been in the police seven
years, and frequently took her in custody. She had
been fifty-eight times committed to Bridewell, and
often forgiven without a committal. Crawley was
ft!illy confirmed by a witness, who was saluted on his
cheek with her "bunch of fives."

The prisoner said that she never struck Crawley,
but she called him a mean fellow, because he was
having a love affair with a lady in mourning in a
court, and she considered it not right.
In answer to this, it was proved that there is no
court in that thoroughfare, and that Crawley was
walking alone.
The, Sentence was that she be imprisoned one
month, and enter into her own recognizances to keep
the peace for two years towards George Crawley, and
the consequence of a breach of them was fully ex-
plained. The prisoner is a well-behaved person when
sober, but mad when she gets gin. She is scarcely
ever out of prison a week together.

POLICE INTELLIGENCE.
(SATURDAY.)
MANSION-HOUSE.

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the
justice-room and the avenues to it, in consequence of
the understanding that William Read, the shipowner,
of Ipswich, and William Simpson, the captain of the
Colina brig, which was the property of the former
person, would be brought up for final examination on
the charge of having conspired to defraud the Alliance
Marine Insurance Company of the sum of 1,2501., by
sinking that vessel off Holland. The examination
was appointed to take place at three o'clock, in conse-
quence of the unavoidable absence of Mr. Clarkson
till that hour. •

The Lord Mayor and Sir John pirie sat upon this
occasion, Mr. Clarkson and Mr. Bodkin attended
upon the part of the prosecution; and Mr. Wontner,
the_solicitor, appeared for Read. As it was generally'
understood that Simpson would be admitted as Queen's