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INSOLVENT TIMM& COURT, SEPTEMBER 12. '
The Rev. J. B. Herne again applied for his dis
charge, under Lord R.•desdale's Act, having been
remanded; first, becauso it was alleged that he had
executed certain bills of sale, to favour some creditors
at the expense of others: secondly, that he had raised
an annuity of £35 on certain property, by means of
fraud, in representing it to be unincumbered : and,
thirdly, that he had wilfully destroyed part of his
property by causing a horse to be shot.
The first arid second objections having been satis-
factorily disposed of. a Mr. Barris was called on the
third point, to falsify Mr. Herne's statements on a
former day, that the, horse, at the time of its being
shot, was old, useless, vicious, and lame. This wit-
hess stated, that when the horse was shot he was in
good condition; End that a Mr. Creswick offered to
give 440 for it, but not till after the animal was shot.
Mr. Herne agaih said, that the horse was vicioul
and useless ; and that he csu .•,-d him to be shot tt.
prevent him becoming food for the hounds. Mr
Herne last mounted him dining the hard winter
1812, to hunt with the Crtvett Fox-hounds, on whi • h
occasion he was lamed, and ever afterwards • fusobld'
so much that he could Hot be in at the death, a•:. he
had been accustomed to be. By selling him he
should hot have got more than ,C 4 or in ; ar.l, he
could not bring has mind to 11 the faithful servant
of 14 years for that sum, that his remains might be
eaten by dogs.
Mr.. Commissioner Plasm said, that he did not
like the transaction. He might have, as he ::ad,
strong suspicions---bat he - could • not Proce•el
ova
---- He must reipect the oath if a Cierg; man

aaapicion.
of the Church of England, who had ssVorn is Mr.
H. had sworn ; and his representation that he hal
not acted with a view to fraud.
The Prisoner was discharged ; after having stated
that the family plate was his wife's ; and that he had
never done any repairs to Bloent's Court (Mrs. H.'s
propeetyl out of his pocket; Blount's Colin being
now UM to Dr. Hale, Dean of Christchurch, who had
not paid any rent for the last three years.
The horse was charged in the schedule, as having
originally coat ,e3OO.
LONDON SISSIONS.
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'Yesterday these Sessions were held before the
LORD MAYOR, the RECORDER, and several Aldermen.
Considerable difficulty was found in making out a
sufficient number to form a Grand and Petit Juries ;
in Consequence of which, the LORD MAYOR stated,
that its future the fine-should be £lO, insteid of ses,
for non-attendance an the Petit Jury.
J. Wilton was indicted fur assaulting-J. Dye, a tic-
ket porter.
The prosecutor stated, that on the 4th of July he
was standing on his regular ground for plying, when
the defendant, who keeps a pocket-book shop at the
corner of Dean's-court, :it. Paul's Church-yard, came
out of his house, and said to him—" Fellow, if yna
don't go away I will throw a bucket of water over
you."— He did remove abnitt seven feet. f.om the de-
fendant's premises; a. awithstan ding which, Wiison
came onz with a watenng.pra full of water, and after
pouring the contents of it over him, beat him about
the heild with the pot, "0..1 he had cut his tromplf
and the inside of his The prosecutor then
attempted to defend himself ; but the niece ce he de-
fendant held one of his hands, while Wilson of ore
of his arms round his neck, and with the tithe hanc,
(to use the prosecuot's phrase,) kept peggi• a 10,9
at h:m.
This statement wa' :orroborated by two ,f his hi

low-porters, who harmed to be .g by ; and
also, that after Mr..: ism had been patted from
the prosecutor, he came to his door and challenged
him to fight him the n.. is day for a gu;nea.
On the part of the letendant, it w..s contenckii,
that these ticket-1).31cl were a great nuisance to
tors' Commons ; hannuch as they were employee!
by ,the lower order of Proctors to inquire the business
of eVeryperson coming to the Commons, and thereby
to send them clients, who might be ignorant of the
places where the more respectable Proctors dwelt.—
The prosecutor had been ettrensely troublesome to
the defendaat, vino had been obliged, on a former oc-
nallion is bring bim up before the Lord Mayor for
leincring before his window.
=. A person wed is employed by the respectable
Meters as a porter, deposed, that Mr. Wilson came
use of hie shop, and eivilly requested the prosecutor
to go off his primitives, which the other, with much
'sinus refused to do, at the same time challengir.
him, if he bad any spite against him (the prosecutor
to come out and fight like a man : that Mr. Wilson
did then go teen his shop, and brought ont a pot of
water, and that while he was pouring it over the pro-
secutbt, the latter, who had continued in a posture
for fighting, struck him a violent blow in the eye, in
consequence of which a senate ensued, and they were
at last parted. Mr. Wilson then said, that be would
see•the prosecutor neat day ; but be did not challenge
him to light for a guinea.
The Recontien, in summing up the evidence, said
it was evident the first assatalt was committed by DU. I
Wilson, and therefore they must find 'him guilty. • AI
terdiet to that effect was returned, and the Recorder,
ordered him to pay a fine of Is.
J. Gillett was indicted for assaulting Patience, his
wife.
The proseentrix, an interesting young worn in, sta-
ted, that she was married to the defendant about a
year and a half ago. She never lived with him, as
he bad not provided a home for her; but she went to
service, where he repeatedly came and created dis-
I terbances, until she was obliged to leave her place ;
the, however, procured anothersituation, where she
became pregnant. As soon as the defendant knew
tar to be in that state, he brought her a powder, and
desired her to take it, with a view of destroying the
Child. She peremptorily relived to obey this inhu-
man request; in consequence of which, he swore that
he would knock her head through the door, and that
It should think k no crime to run a knife through
her. In November last, (she being then with child),
he followed her from her place, Mr. Puckeridge's, on
Snow-hill, to Islington. It was in the dusk of the
evening, and, in one of the bye-lanes, he caught her
by the waist, threw her against a paling, aid kicked
her with great violence, swearing at her that she
should not take the law of him, as be would not strike
her with his hands. Soon after this she was Safely
delivered; but in consequence of his ill treatment, it
was a lung time before she could prefer any complaint