The Sun.
London, England, 1828-01-07 00:00:00

LAW INTELLIGENCE.-(THIS DAY.)

COURT OF KING'S BENCH.
ti `Lord TENTERDEN sat this morning, for the first
;I me, since the holidays, for the trial of common
JurY eases.

RUNT V. WILBERFORCE.
co was an action to recover 2001. the value of fifteen
ancilged to have been unjustly detained by the de-
f is a gentleman residing in the Regent's-park,
.rfl the plaintiff, who is an assigneu appointed by the In-
tl:vain Debtors' Court to the effects of Paul Turney, an
I,l°lvent. Mr. Wilberforce is a son of the late Member
tZli York, and has above 500 cows in his dairy ; Turney,
Lueavinsolvent, is a dairy man, residing at Notting-hill, and
f, rug fallen into embarrassment, it appeared be sold 15
:" Ito the defendant for 2001., but agreed to take their
;L'ilit for the season, a custom by no means uncommon
„I.47gst poor dairymen. As there was no evidence to
fer'Zie dud the sale of the cattle by the lusolven.t to the de-
ant Was not a bona fide transaction, his Lordship
"erect the plaintiff to be nonsuited. •

INSOLVENT DEBTORS' COURT.
Several insolvents were discharged this morning, to
whom no opposition was offered.
In the course of the proceedings the Clint:. COMIIIS..
'ZI°NEn. observed, that much embarnissment was occasioned
11 the uncertainty as to whether a woman, whose husband
Wilt out of the country in consequence of a criminal sen-
4-Ike, ought or ought not to be considered in that Court a
!Ilarrigid woman. The question had, however, been raised
'4
bankrupt petition now pending before the Lord Chan-
cello
rs and it was to be hoped that his Lordship's decision
""b
1 set the matter at rest.

:DDLESEX SESSIONS-f THIS DAY.)

CHARGE OF ASSAULT.
AI
Thema* Williams was indicted for violently assaulting
4,417 Bucks, his wife's apprentice, to which indictment he
Pleaded "Not Guilty." 1,
EAir. BARRY, for the prosecution, stated that a-more ag-
elrrated ease of assault he had seldom had occasion to lay
apore a Jury than that in which he now appeared, if the
hteementa contained in his brief were at all to be relied on.
the irsoZeettilas the husband of a dress-maker, to whom
tuber last, he took ltPrenticed ; and, on the Ist of Oc-
bead, and afterwards Zon himself to strike her on the
horswhip her. He also,and actually
took her up stairs,
took up a carving-knife,7,hde (Mr. Barry) was instructed,
the imfortunate prosecutrixagainst
threatened to use iti
now
came before a Jury for redreas 'this assa
ultu s ie
and he h doubt but
they would find the prisoner gl,!,
ItY. The Learned Gentle-
nin then called
abouMtary Bucks.—This witness d
Voted that she had been
five months apprentice to the
Wife of the prisoner.—
A: premium of 10/. had been given with her, but she was
Vocation, the
idwaYa kept without a sufficiency of food ;
and,
on the day
a -- went out early in
prisoner breakfasted, na
e morning. After be was gone, wit,
with . servant,about ,esa• in company
°'elock in the
d v th-_, went out also twelve
ilt.7) and remained out until four or five in the afternoon.
pun her return the prisoner said that she had got a 21b.
loaf at the baker's in name, and then calling her st,erai
l'enlea) he struckhcrblows. Witness ran up stairs,
arkl the • some • f • m off the sidebftvd, and
horses Prisoner took a whip from
bak ;whipped her upstairs. Witness got the 2lb.loaffro, tile
~, el. 3 because she had been kept all day without victuals. A
stick
it Pr4r he took up a carving-knife,
would
She had
.., into her if she did not sit down to her work. r() f
her getting
and said lie
ant, °°, for he locked all the doors to prevent
4, and she was then kept to work until nearly three
° -"eliz in the morning.
fro,tir°4B, -examined by Mr. Puti,Li rs.—Never ran away
she her home before, except when she went home forfood•
pri2ever had sufficient food, nor at dinner-time did the
~, 'utter ever tell her to take more. Witness and the sei•-
Tillit Were not on that day left in charge of the house.—
th,ere was a Miss Craven in the house when witness and
' wa,letvant went away. Recollects the prisoner calling the
kJ'' li on the night in question, hut not to her. Did
hp,14111 out when horsewhipped ; it was enough to make
eru.' lilre. Williams was at the bottom of the stairs, and
-`4-O, ut, ~ You have not half given it to her."
1,,,14111e Auitin is the mother of the last witness. The
ekt,.litrix came home on the first of October very much
so
Ilitted, and having marks o
.
fors', Mr. Williams called about a quarter of. an. hour
the-
In a great passion, and asked if she ha 4 seen ner

daughter? Witness replied in the negative; and he then
said she should not alarm herself, but her daughter had
taken up a two pound loaf in his name, and he had taken
it upon himself to give her a good sound horse-whipping.
This closed the case for the plaintiff.
Mr. PHILLirs then addressed the Jury for the de-
fendant, and said it was a most unfortunate thing. for his
client that he had such a girl as the prosecutrix
palmed upon his wife ; she had been taken with
half the usual premium, and he should prove that
she had been always most kindly treated. He should
also prove that she was unworthy of belief upon her oath,
by the evidence of her own uncle, who turned, her out of his
house for theft, and would state that she was a very
abandoned creature.
The uncle, Mr. Buck, being called, would go no farther
than to say, that in some things he would not believe her
upon her word ; and on his cross-examination he admitted,
that she was entitled to some property, and that an action
had been commenced against him upon her behalf. •
Harriett Stuart, another witness deposed, that she was
in the house at the time of the assault complained of, and
heard no screams whatever. It was also intimated, that
when she was bound the aunt authorized the prisoner to
horsewhip her whenever he thought proper. This aunt
wee wife to the former witness.

Mr. PHILLIPS said, he could prove that she had always
been most kindly treated by the prisoner, and had
had plenty of food, the same as the rest of the
family.
The CHAIRMAN, however, thought such evidence was
not to the purpose, and it was therefore not entered into.

. -
Mr. BARRY, in reply, contended that the defence set
up was a serious aggravation of the original injury; and
The CHAIRMAN, in his charge to the Jury, said that
the horsewhipping a female was most unwarrantable; and
that he had done so was clear, for he in fact , gloried in it,
for he told the mother that he had given her a good sound
horsewhipping.—The Jury found the prisoner Guilty.
The CHAIRMAN inquired what might be the cost of
the prosecution, and being told it was between 4/. and bl,
he sentenced the defendant to pay a tine of 81., with li-
berty to speak to the prosecutrix. He also said, the con-
duct of the proeecutrix was so far provoking-, that he
thought he was doing justice by merely granting her
expenses.

wigiam I:homy Williams, John Farrell, and William
Wyatt, were indicted for keeping a disorderly house,
called the Pavilion Theatre, in Baker's-rosy, Whitechapel.
Mr. ALLEY said that the defendants, one of whom (Mr.
Wyatt) was absent, had kept the theatre in question open
for the sake of gain, and there had music, dancing, &c.
although the house was not duly licensed, as it ought to
have been at the Quarter Sessions, according to 25th of
George the Second.
Mr. AnoLruns objected that the indictment was drawn
at common law, whereas the offence was against the statute,
and the indictment should have been of course under the
statute. Keeping a disorderly house was an offence at
common law, but it was because the common law could not
reach such theatrical amusements as those complained of
that the statute of George the Second was passed. The
keeping this theatre open was as offence against the statute,
but the defendants were not indicted under the statute, and
could not, therefore, be convicted.
This objection was held to be good, and the defendants
were of course acquitted.