The Sun.
London, England, 1828-09-10 00:00:00

LONDON SESSIONS.-(THIS DAY.)

af 'hese Ssions comenced this moning before the LORD
4,tts., Mres. Sergeantm AHABIN, and Sheriffs, and several
0;
itue Aldermen.
th'ir• Sergeant ARABIN charged thc Jury, and said, that
tlugh there were 81 prisoners on the London side, yet it
not be supposed that crime had increased, for a greater
.P,aee of time than usual had elapsed since the termination
ICtile last Sessions. He had also to congratulate the
:letzten of the Grand Jury, as well as the country, on the
ttlotlliat there had been a diminution of the number of capi-
tit. :knees, so that the present calendar did not exhibit the
u 4display of crimes marked by any great degree of
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I.rilliarn Cordell was indicted for assaulting William
4!lth on the Bth of June last.
ftlittr. CLARKSON stated the case to the Jury. • The de-
tit ',lnt was the coachman of the Exeter mail, and resided
watue Bear and Staff, Smithfield, where the prosecutor
th: a porter, and was in the habit of cleaning the boots of
defendefendaht• When he asked for remuneration frem the
the dant the latter paid him by certain blows, not being
current coin of the realm, to which he therefore rea-
",;,blY objected, and thereupon issue was joined.
ihe defence was, that in the preceding negociations a
great deal of animation had been displayed by the prosecu-
tor, and some terms were used not recognized in the di-
-1,1.'1.1°4146c vocabulary. The defendant, indignant at this
e.t"tel"ph of etiquette, forthwith terminated all further nego-
The atliby an appeal to arms instanter.
witnessea in the case swore point blank against each
oday ther • and one of them said, that in the early part of the
t1:11 prosecutor expressed to him his intention of kick-
.og up a row that evening.
,in he &try returned a verdict of " Guilty," after a few
'oututes' consultation.
king,
Court sentenced him to pay a fine of 50s. to the
'ng, and to enter into his own recognizances in the sum
4201. to keep the peace for twelve months.Ti ellism •
Cope, the City Marshal, was indicted for an
unit upon William Brand, one of the Marshal's men,
eh the 13th of June last, and was defended by the Law
t)it cers of the City.
It appeared that there is a rule in the Mansion liouse
that all the Marshalmen shall muster at a quarter-past
11,4 o'clock, or in default, their names are reported.
un the day laid in the indictment Brand was entered in
the book as late
Mound that, by t, against which he remonstrated, on the
he post-office clock, he was in the office
by
the bour. He was told that the registry took place
:t1 the post-office clock—and, to set matters right, it was
reed that the clock should be inspected. Accordingly
it eY proceeded to Lombard-street, when, on examination,
(tPPetired that the poat•office elock gave upon one side
hat next the Mansion-house) twenty minutes past nine
aad upon the other side seventeen minutes only ;
sti That, allowing for the time consumed in the interim,
'and Was in time according to this latter side. On his
11.4ttirh he told Cope that he was too sharp, and that he
also too partial, for he had known instances where,
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71111 other parties were the defaulters, the book was kept
until they appeared to offer a reason for their absence 6.
Pe, thereupon, ordered him to quit the office, which
rand refused to do, asserting that the office was as much
C43Pt'e, and the latter thereupon forced him from
then P, and this was the assault complained of.
~ The evidence, however, did not support the violence
ZPilined of, for though Brand swore that his coat was
La". the other City Marshal swore. that Cope only gently
tided him from the office.
e Under these circumstances Mr. CLARKSON, who was
f"hsel for the prosecution, gave up his case, and the de-
enelsist was immediately acquitted.
hel4r. Alderman 'ENABLER said that the office was the
krehaaaed l's, and he had a right to eject from thence whomPle.
MIDD

ILE SILX SESSIONS.-(THIS DAY.)

kiaoss Assan LT.—Elizabeth Tvf fly, an elderly woman,
40 indicted for assaulting Mary King.
f Alr. SwFli conducted the prosecution, It appeared
'
.1.441 the evidence of the prosecutrix, a remarkably mild and
,i.'lerrastitig person, and who was still labouring under the
;la‘Ort of the defendant's violence, that about four months
ce she was sent for to tke house of a wheelright, named
,_"(1, der, jet order that she might explain some language
'aich she was charged with having uttered against the
aefeadant. Upon Mrs. King's admitting that she had
17 the language in question, the defendant abused
„41. in the most offensive manner, and to such a
"th of violence did tke defendant proceed, that a young
1fi1,040, the son of the person • in whose house they were,
411 d it necessary to interpose, and in order to save the
INeentrix locked her up in a separate morn. The rage
jfille defendant, however, was not to be abated, she ac-
:'%lly burst open the door of the room, seized Mrs. King
the throat, and held her in that manner until (to use
~tll° words of one of the witnesses) her face became
,l'ltoloured. Young Pedder again interposed, and with
,vg° assistance of his sister, succeeded in disengaging the
ILof the poor woman from the defendant's gripe,
lit Was only that she might direct her rage to another
t caught the prosecutrix by the
'r) f
and or she instantly
wrenched it backwards with such force that the
actually snapped. A surgeon was sent for and the
ktil„118", but such was the effect of this brutality upon the
woman's constitution, that she has remained in the
vit.laelplees state ever since.
„several witnesses were called who proved these facts.
a
nd'ir• Anotritus addressed the jury for the defendant,
At; after e
a conference between that gentleman and
Brnith, the latter consented for the prosecutrix,
fits *as a poor woman, and therefore likely to be bene-
pritarnore by a little money than by the protracted im-
ladv-aluent of the defendant, to accept 7/. 105. from that
client, 40 a compensation for the injuries sustained by his
8 ar It vvas stated that tke defendant was unable to pay
m sum.
The errata-maw told the defendant that she had had a
"TY fortunate escape, as he would have sentenced her to a
"re punishment but for the compromise which had
been effeeted.