The Sun.
London, England, 1810-07-13 00:00:00

IPESI'iIIA Si Ea SESSIONS.,

Yesterday the Sessions for the city. of Westmin-
ster commenced I,efore Wm. 114.1NWARIN(h F. 34
and a j-knon of. Magistrates. .
IVjiltant Freeman and William-l Casey pleaded
guilty to an indictment prefetreu against than for
di,orderly houses
_in the parish of. St. Mar-
tin. It appe d that they had quitted their obnoxi-
ous tenem:tntS, and iti consequence of their expres-
sions of contrition, they were ottiy sentenced to
seven days un;,risonmenr. _

Henry It right was fined (13s. 4d. for assaulting
John ,l'hotnpbon, artificial Hower7maker, of Ta‘ is-
t ,ck-street, Covent-garden.. •
The next person trivd was a .gentleman named
Patrick Davey O'Shaughn4ssfy, tortueily a reSpeei.,
able shoemaker in St. Jamests-stnet ; Out in conse-
quence of becoming iosoltem,.was constrained to
take ihe benefit of the Insolvent Act, and is, of
course, not in very flouri,bing circumstanced. He
stood indicted for violently assaulting Robert Smith,
on the 7th of November List, at a public-house in
Crown-c.:urt, Pail-Mall. The prisoner appeared at
the bar supported on cruiche,.

Mr. Smith,. the prosecutor, stated, that he was
formerly a green-grocer, and that the defendant
dealt with lam tor sottie yesrS;-but broke fifteen.
pounds in hi. ,debt, -having first giyun a bill tor the
aptotint of his accr,unr, which he negleLied to pie,
and which.lte, the plaintiff, ti as obliged to take up.
On the day specitiwd in the ihdidinent, WittleoS was
walking Pall-Mall, and -observed the Arlen
ant, but cid not take any &twice of him. He then
--went ',tic) the public-house in Crown-court, kept by
Mr. M‘Gawran, to whom he mentioned the circurn-
bliMlCC of his having mt:t the -defendant ; and also
observed, that he wished never to have any call to
him, float the dishonour.lne manner in w [fob he
had acted. ' While he
,was. speaking, the.detendant
came in; when Mr. M'Gawran reinaiked, that
" . here came the man of v. hymnthey were peak-
ing !" The detendant instantly pounced
.upon the
planititi, and seizing him by the neck, twisted his-
necheichief uch a manner as altilost to suffiicate
him ; observing, at the same time, that if it Was
not for the law, be would ram his List -down Hi
throat, and then struck him several unmerciful
blows on the face. Flom this dangerous .situation
wt.ness was rescued by the Litioloid, vho, with
some difficulty, extricated him. from the furious
• grasp of the deten.lant.
Mr. ALLEY, C.,un.el for the defendant, then—
cross xatnihed the witness as lobo% s

Q. To what reason do 7.)u ascribe the violence
of the dett,hd.int ?--A. I bupposo. when he heard
that I had been talking of, ',inn, he knew I had no-
thing to sa) good of him, amt was therefor,: resolved
to to recinge of nae withou; kn,iwing fir what.
(..4. d d you not ret rim tiie blow; of the de.,
lenlant hadt,ot pc:•A er to do so:

Q. Why yon Inuit have been very much hurt ?
A 1 was exactly !the a man that wuc hanged and cut
dawn.

Q. Hive you ever experienced the sensation of
bvigln,?—A. Ni ; 1 can't say I have.
Q. I see the .delelictint is. very lame ; has he not
lost ilia 01 one min can; l tlt ;
but I know I felt the etfeas of Loth.

. Mr - M‘G.c.vran Was next examined; be corrobo-
rated tlar test.inony of ible prosecutor, and dek•osed,
that the defendant ran off ,without his ti ig, stvear-
ing: he would prosecute the whole• kit of
them fora robt:ery. What bccime the wig he
-knew not,. but.he saw an Lilt barrow-woman pur.
sue.:the defendant,
.calling ua him to Like his wig ;
but whether ahe suceeded in her sulictations or
MA he Could not tell, •.

Mr. ALLEY made a vary ingenious defence fur his
client, contt-nding thit the I laiwiti was the first ag-
greisor, attd struck the defendant a blow on the face
betore-he resented it. This he obs,r:ed, he could
prove, by :n witness who saw the fad. He then
called the witness to "vhoni be alluded but he was
noli.-.li'diappilitited on ex:nnining find, that
Ile corroborated the tes.nnony of all the persons
who Ltd been questioned in behalf of the prose-

'''Mr. NlAN‘VARlltiCisurnmi)ned up the evi-
dence, and tilt! Jury, withuulhesitation, returned a
verditt ut—Guilly.

. After some deliberation, Mr../VlAmwAnrNo ad-
dressed the Court, and observed, that himself and
his brother Magisrrates were, at a loss how to act,
under the circutnstances of the present case. From
the.pri.oner be,ng insolvent, it would be useless to
irlpose such,a fine on him as the aggravated nati.re
of Ins.offi-oce deser% ed. They wete therefore re-
du,.ett to the net.essity of plssing a sentence, of im-
prisonment, which, twin the apparent ill health of,
the prisoner, conli ,not be so severe as his miscon-
duct merited He then addressed the. prisoner, avid
inf .rmed hint, that the Court_sentenced him to Two
Months Imprisonment.
The'f;rii.ner then shortly addressed the Court as
firlgivs:—" Mr. President, I hive to retwu you
my thanks for the patient hearing you have given
my wesecUtois, ilotwithstandiug titey are perjured.
°ciao; with much eloquence, has told you
the real st.ite. of tti facts, and I lee! myself much
iiidelated tor 'his exertion,. I must also express my
graiitule tor tjw lenity shewn to an auld man like
myseli, seventy .one years of age, in only senclingine•
to riso:t.tor t'wo in Jails bless you all! -17th
Gut end of an auld man's blessing will do lion. nu
balm !"

Here Mr. Justice NAnp.s remarked, that the pri-
Aoner should take care rind condua himself with due
resveCt to the Cour!, as they had the power to ex-
tend the term of- his coutinetnent,4 they thought
•
proper.
Mr. ALLEY, on behalf of the prisoner; observed,
that he meant nothing disrespectful to the Cottrt.
The prisoner, in cpptinuation, declared, that
nothing could be further from his wishes than to in-
suit the Beneh.—A.hbough he was a broken shoe-
maker •he knew better than logo beyond his last—
"ne sutor ultra yr-epic/am" He. hoped,.; however,
the. Court would send him to some corVortable
where his health would not be sacrificed to the un-
-11,1 prosecution 'of his enemies.
ikle was then.. wasi red to the care of a jailor.
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