Star.
London, England, 1805-12-04 00:00:00

MIDDLESEX SESSIONS.

Monday the General Qcarter Seilions of the Peace,
for the County of Middlelex was held at the &Mons
Houk, Hicks's HA), WM. idAIMWAILIMG, Efq. in the
Chair. Sevetaj cafes of alfault were tried, but
chiefly arifing!out of petty fquabbles, and the circum-
dances of them not worth reporting.
Cbrifitlxr, Robert, and Emanuel Hatton, Wood-
Yoke Nillimne, and Edward Itorton all decent
looking young men, were tried for a confpiracy, the
objeß of which WAS to prevent a perfon named John
Fellow, fi om working at the chop of Robert Speller,
Itone mafon. By the evidence it appeared that
Fellow was made foreman of Mr. Spiller's bufinefs.
which difpkafed the Defendants, who al fo worked with
him, and at latt they mutually agreed that they would
all leave his employ, unlefs be difmided Kelluw.—
This Mr. Spinet refuted to dd, but incliaed them for
the confpiracy.
The Chairman obferved to the Jury,that theft fort
of combinations were the IMPa dangerous fort of
things that could well caill, for no man could fay to
what extent they might not go. It was very imma-
terial in this view of the quettion what might be the
merits or demerits of Kellow—Admitting he was
ever fo bad a man, the law would not Puffer him to
be driven from his fervice by a embination et this
fort. If any of the Defendants disliked him, they'
might withdraw themfelycs from working in the fame
shop, but they mutt not confpire to drive him from
his fituation. The Jury found them all guilty, and
the Court took time to confider of their judgment.
Yefterday :jaws Fair, the Mailer of a Pi efs gang,'
was indiCted for a violent affault upon Mrs. Anne
Harvey, the owner of a public bowie in EaR Smith-
field, on the 4th of OAR, her.
Mrs. Harvey proved, that the Defendant., accom-
panied by the perfons cornpofing his gang, came to
her houfe on the day above,mentioned, in quell of
feamen. There were two men fitting in her bar :
one the Mate of a merchant vefrel ; the other an old
man, formerly a Collor. The prifoner,upon inquiry
from them, learning that they were feafaring men,
hated on their going along with him : they refuted.
The prifoner and his gang endeavoured to farce
them : a male enfued, and the pellet-writ rather
alarmed for the fecurity of thofe fragile ntetrfils. of
glafs and china, in which the honour and the 'were'',
of het bar were fo materially involved, ventured to
ftep between them and danger;, in which effort the
happened to get into the way of the prifoner ; who,
not very punctilious in his regards for the tendernefs
of the fee, struck her a very unmerciful bloW with
his brawny fist, nearly tantamount to the kick of a.
coach-horfe, upon her fide ; and in fume other exer-
tions of his violence, pulled down a (bell in the bar,
upon which was fuflained a five gallon calk of
4,, Hodge's h;gh flavoured cordial gin," which beim
precipitated upon the exterior of the prtifetntriest
head, laid her as prollrate and fenfelefs upon the
floor, as if the siolence of the material had ailed ab
interiori. The prifmter, teeing the mirchief he had
done, cut and ran to avoid the confequences ; but was
afterwards brought before a Magiftrate, and con-
Ggned for trial.
Mr. Mary watiNc, in remitting up the evidence for
the Jury, reprobated fuch Reis of outrage, as wholly
incompatible with the necetfary duty of the imprefs
fervice.

The prifoner was fined 4os.
Two genteel looking youths, janre: and George
Buthr,b,others, and inarument makers, were
indieted for nelti indecently infulting and alfaulting
the Rev. Mr. Kirk, a Navy Chaplain, with his daugh-
ter and lint(a Nlidthipman, aboutfourteen years old)
on Sunday evening, the :otli of September tall, hav-
ing followed them, with continued Willi, from bow-
fireet to St. Gile.'s. They were both conviaed, and
the one leotenced to impact-anent for three months,
and the other for two.