The Sun.
London, England, 1811-01-10 00:00:00

MIDDLESEX SESSIONS.

WEDNESDAY, - JAN. 9.
Adam Richardson, a puhrcart,, in Bethnal Greorii
was inditled for ass.mhing A man at the name of,
Chlries Alien. It appeared thatmnother young man,
ho is an acquamtance of Allen's, )Kt;; drinking in
the tap-roam, and being a little elcv,.ted, he to,,k it
into his head to sing ,a song of a certain deAci- ption,
but not very consonant to the ears of in' dooy ; the
consequence whereof was; that the 'defendant as
praCeeding to turn, him out of the house, and hay-
ing used some force to that etieti, he was interrupt-'
ed by the prosecutor,' on which tht! defendant in-
stantly turned his anger towards him, and gave
him a Push and a blow, by w hith his collar

bone was bri,lon. For the defendant wit ne,st.4 were

called, whose testimony went to shew that the de
fenitant was mired by the song being sung in the.
hearing of the female part at the tannlv, and that
the• fracture of the collar bone was, merely ao-
cidenf; hut this not going the length of disprov-'
.itt. Vie assault, the defeqdant was. found gnitty. The
Court, howeveroaking into Consideratio. nattue
of the provocation, only sentenced him to paay a flue
of t 34. 4d.

Catherine
,Banning and Hanpah •Conner, her sis-
ter, were tried tor as4,untin4 Joni, Wiirpot own
dwelling4ionse, in the ne.ghbourhood of florid-
street :The asslult was not on)), violent,- hut moat

impinvotied, and actompinied by acts tit the most
and'indeeent deseripti IL In short, ot:b
cat these4ertnagant ;Ladies 11.41;i,ig taken it into oer
head that the •prosecutor was ciutte mistaken a. to
her se 'acid gender, exhibited herself in a waythr.it
more ensii;cati be imaghled than expressed, to can.
hut • " that she was not au horrnaPttrodite,"

at the saftte time striking the nv,in In the ptesence of
his w 'le (she; the detendant, having t o of her covering
than her chemise,' and the otter de:en :ant being its
the t4atne undres) till she hid nearly beat out ODe
of his eyes, assisted all the rime by the other terma-
gant. They %ere both found guilty, and sentenced
each toptwo months imprisonment.
Joseph ficewkins, jun. was indicted for discharging
a loaded tawling piece, and thereby wounding a
little child betweeo eight. `and nine years old, in A
field at Horton. • The child, whose name is 13 icon, ••
:stated; that on the 23d of No%ember last, he was
'plating with other boys in a tiel,l ; that the de
fendant had a gun in his hand, that he was about:
0,0 yards 'flout him, and that the cielvntiant called
out to him to come nearer to him, when he in-
It:intly discharged ,the piece; and lodged severil
grAtis of shot in his face, neck, shoulders; and,
hinds, same of which have not yet bet -4 extracied,-
This'was proved by three others; two.ot who.n
positively swore that the defendant took aim;
direetly at the child, but-in a•lille towards litm.
If wrs act mined by. Mr. GURNEY, for tlr proivect.sl
Lion, dint no malice was in the mind (II Ow it:rem-W.l
toivards the child, and his Counsel addiessed the)
Jury in his behalf, hut he was found Guilty ; s:;)
tenee'deteried. ' ; •
Several cases of a minor description employed the
Court to. a late hour, and die Jury were the/14
di;itni-ssA, and ordered 'o attend on -Friday
iThe Court will hear Appeals„atid Petitions tiro
,T'h'ursday.-

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POLICE.

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Bow-sTBEET.--Yesterday Oldham and
Jcihrt Pickmore were brought to the ch:lrgt...d
on S,lspitoti of having committed diVers footpad'
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John Upton, oi,e of the patrols belonging to the'
OfLice, gaid:he was on 'duty on Tuesd4:evenine, iiyr
the tootpath.of the Shepherd and Shepherdess'-fields,'
w hen he sOW two persons coining tow
sand one of them, the prisoiier Oldham, putt hi 3 1,4,4
over his eyes :he su:ipt.,-ted them to tic ronbr,, r
whic6 tie s izedhim and told him he his corn.'
vqntionS were officers ; and irro,:eedtd to ,e
and (mind a sliver w;iieh, <a znutf-box with. 8-)ult-i,
gunpowder in plt;ces of Ic LA, zyp
made for sods.
John Frosi, i,thother of tfie patron-, sAid In, seized
the prisoner Pletimore, when tie immedi.ltely pot'
his. iimid'into his poeket and threw sixnethinil over
afe'nee : afterwards he proceeded t
'and found a silver hunting watch,
,a pocket-booh4
and various other articles, After the prisoners 'Were
properly secured, he procured a light, and having'
mat ked the part of the;` ft where he saw the pri;
soner throw 'a Something over, he 'searched and
tot id a pistol loaded with gtinpowdr.and t stag,
John Avey, one:of the patty of otrole;Said he
assisted itt seinciiincr, Ow priscno Pickrnr46, 'a udt
found upon hint sevcral at ticks at value, 'together,
with a 'piece of stick whi,:it oppeared as if 104
been ivied as at rarn--rod, • •'
'The prisoners were coannitiod for farther ex.
aminatioh.
Witham Richmam, tbetliack prizeffiglfltgi,
admitted: to ban, t.rit,a Ivarge:44 lerolehtlyf assaulting
John Hatt. at d'publie4touse,,ezille4 the klinft .114
Dolphin; in Sr. Martin's strevivou the night at the
.nghi between Molyneux, the tihit„k,
consequence ofa dispute bet ari)4l, if can
the Llctcrafloa:ioll al, die „baitic,