The Sun.
London, England, 1821-11-07 00:00:00

LONDON ADJOURNED SESSIONS.

The Adjourned Sessions for London were held at the Guild-
hall yesterday, before the Common Sergeant, and the Aldermen
Birch, Ifeygate, Cox, Brown, and Lucas. The following was
the only case worthy of notice :
CAUTION TO CARMEN.—John Redman, a carter in the
employ of Mr. Richards, wine-merchant, of Mincing-lane, was
indicted for a violent assault upon Joseph Gulliver, the collec-
tor of the city toll at the end of (liltspur and Nowgate-streets,
the regularly employed servant of the lessees. i'ron the evi-
dence, it appeared that on the day named in the iiklictinent, the
prisoner was in his cart driving from Skinner-street towards
Newgate,street, and on the collector's demanding the toll, held
out what appeared to be a del:et, but which he withdrew on the
collector's attempting to look at it. This trick he repeated se-
veral times, so that the toll-taker could not get such asight of
it as to be able to ascertain • whether or no it was the proper
ticket for the day, and finding the carter driving on, he ran to
the horse's head, Seized the rein, and insisted on being satisfied.
The carter, knowing himself in the right as to the -ticket, im-
mediately commenced a furious assaul: upon the toll-taker with
his whip, and injured him so severely, as to render it necessary
subsequently for him to procure the assistance of. a sur-
geon. The toll-keeper was resolute in the rerformance of his
duty, and did not sufnr the cart- to pass till he had ascertained
the ticket was the correct one. The prosecutor, it came out,
had made complaint to the Fe isouer's employer, but without
obtaining any satisfaction, he cionsidering that its there was no
intention to evade the toll, his man was in the right.
Mr. No RTON exerted his ingenuity to defend and explain,
the'prisoner's conduct, but the fact of
.the assault was uncon-
tradicted.

The COMMON SERGEANT, in charging the Jury, observed,
that very possibly the prisoner knowing himself in the riht
with regard to the ticket, might intend only to have a bit of tun
by teazing the toll-taker. He had, however, carried his jest a
little too far. The assault had been clearly proved, and by the
cvider;e, the whipping the prosecutor received was no joke,
and it whs fitting these gentlemen of the whip should be taught
that when they play such jokes; they may be made to sutler
for them.

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The Jury found the prisoner Guilty, and the Court immedi-
ately sentenced him to.pay a fine of 31.

On Saturday last, a boy, about 9 years of age,
fell into the river Kent, opposite Mr. livaittsoN's
dye-house. A youth, only fourteen years old,
passing by at the time, and observing the peril-
ous situation of the child, fearlessly plunged into
the river, and grasped him very firmly. The
current being remarkably strong, carried them
both down to a considerable di,tance; the ad-
venturous youth, however, providentially caught
hold of a stake in the river, and there held fast
till thi'y w ere both extricated from their danger-
ous extremity.—(iVestmordand Gazette.)
Several human skeletons were found upon Red
Hill last week, by the workmen employed in
making ti►e new road near Birstall-house. From
their having been interred only about a yard
from the'surface, they are supposed to have be-
longed to men ssho fell in the civil wars which
desolated the country some centuries ago.--
% Leicester Chronicle.)