Star.
London, England, 1802-09-14 00:00:00

CLERKENIVELL SESSIONS.

litces's HatU—Yefterday the General Setflons
of the Peace for the county of Mid4llefez Corn.
tneoced, before W. Mattiwasitian, Efq. and the
other Juftices for the county. -
William Wixom, and another, were indi.led
for affaulting. John Dalton a contiablerin the ex-
ecution of his offset, on the% 3eith day of June !all.
Mr. ALtity, for theptofecntiiinr, .opened this. as
a very ferious cafe„ He fail that.tbe defendants
were men in a, refpeflablbe fitpation of. life; Mg
that circumnance repriced their conduift-themore
reprehenfible. kr .thry, ought to have known, how,
to have conduaid thenifelves, with more dec.eney.
3,nd decorum, than thole not enjoying the advan-
tages ariang from. fuieifor,eansiition., The pm-
-1.., he find* was 'a ceineibk, and; 'on the day
'.n in the indiament, had been fent for by a Mr.
Hollingihead, a manufatinurer, ittoilidri. to tiike
into cutlody one of his workmen, WM Kid behaved-
in a riotous manner. He accorelliqdYzatte9deds
and took the man into cuilody-tAiwils estrenidy
unwilling to fubmit, and attacked 'the vittftable
with great fury. This obliged' him, in his turn,
to have recount to a little coercion. Thi.ftruggle
tearfully occafioned folic . mob in the theeti—
they interfered : among them were the two de-.
fendants ; and then it was -that Mr.' Wixon aft!
faulted the prolocutor, and attempted torefene tbe'
prifdaer. This fort .of Condwa, be was lure, the
Jury . would. reprehend:. The. Court, however,,
*maid meafure the degree. of hie panininenn IC
they. firind him guilty of the fad. - - ...r.,
'lleprofeeutor, who was an.bilhman, gavel,*
fame aseonatnithe afaslt as had been opened.*
the.. Learned sCOunfel, except that he did *lie ,
charge:Mak Whim with doing more than holding.,
hiammiiniorder to let the aprifontr efcape. Mite '
man in ennody, be laid, was very riotous, iitidb
;kickedbis•thinttill they were very much bruited'
nod:cute acing .crofs.erasnined. by Mr. .Conur,
Athether he Isad not beat the man very feverell's
'Mid thereby induced the defendant to interferes'—.-
He laid he had not, but that he only gave him a-
ktiock ot.two bn the hat, in order to terrify trims'
into quietnefs. It appeared, however; that his hat?
was on his lead.when the witneh gave his terrii).
iv.. bad,. Being alfo told, that there were fever
ral good Englith witneffes.tocontradie him.ln cilia
matter; be fetid, he-did. not care; he bakfeveral
goodlrifh witneffes toTupport him.
. Mr. Holliogfhead, who gave cuftody of the man,.
Grid, ho was a mon turbulent fcoundrel,; but, he
confeired,.be thought that the constable hit the bat
rather too hard. .
This being the cak maihe part of the prorate.,
tion, feveraV witnefes went called for the dercsi-
dant,..wkiii ,ftea,rli
.pinved that. the: con (table .had
beau moovidttat.tabia blows, to make his prifo-
ner quiet, and tbavtlia defendants •interfered
Plerti Y. AollcVVivatcefe,. the. Jury returned, a Nen!
sclifl.prNiit.Gu ,
4 7441Pr7P9445,4, e..batchostat4 4761111/fe‘thal Ms.
INVX4 Wire inf,4l. for". a
~in 140 ruing. La-
..dies of.thesnaiMas Ot. AV . ,
_..nandby.—
rico
h a ppeitre4 .t) i At e vidence .. of ~t Prpfeeutr i xeS r
itha.t Ahei. Pigdin,,tbe neighbourbtiodlo£ the Pa.
ttindat* likel ..oftsm had ,occalion, topah,by Jilt
iitetliit sit ~sever die Defendant Hawke' fay,
tbtln, 111.04 toinfoltthem with the mon abufive
i language andtell aOti_they were no better than
;t4irsopilittset;waheps. They became extremely ,
rtf,' itt 00,0944, and. pee evening, having.
, . )ant.olatn ta. fimilar tnwner, they, went to..
'•
.fe,04.04f•!16.49.7) twin, th

boy !buck them, *ad the NatfieeafterWards came
from his parlour and (ruck them alto.
Mr. ALLY, on the'part hf die Defendants, con-
tended that this *ls A frivolous and fpittful prole.
eutiOtt,' which the kir*: milt treat hh the con
tempt it sdeferved. ' He fhoulktirove.that thole
two delicate young Ladies, whore fenfibility ap
peared to have been ib much affetted by theicur-
Mous expredions of a butcher's boy; had in 1114
iiiliance condueled themfelves like violent %Iry
goes; for, mild and gentle as they appeared to he,
they had aCtually ;dr-milted the boy ; and what the
mailer had done, was nothing more than an at
tempt. to refcue him from their fury. Lie rh-
fervtd, that one of thefe young Ladies (Naito
Woodward) was thedaughter'of a butcher, who,
although he wits Clerk of the rarifir, and alwaYp
cried Amen at the end of every jiratir' for • peace
and good-wilt towardEMett; had' 1 • been in a
time of enmity witti.his, cOnipeti thinners,
Mr. Woreefteei ahtperhapshe-ini he inflOenc.-;
ed by fonts motive's of *thil kind tai in/46ft the
prefent profccuticut againit him. As there was a
teparati indiament againft each •Degriclant; he
would call each to give evidence as to what re-
lated to the other.
Worcefier was then called. • He lad he had
been fitting at his flipper, when he heard a gicat
noife and- Wile in his fhop. He ran out, and
law Mifs Woodward beating and thumping- his
boy, who was down oh the floor, and Mil's lland-
by had hold of the hair of his head. He took
hold of the-latter Fend), by her gown, obferving
that it was not fair, for two to be on one perfbn,
and put her out of his fhop; be turned the other
damfel out in the fame manner. He never let the ,
dogs at them. The great dog was chained; up,
and two other dogs that true• look would nut I
hurt any body.
John Havfltes, the othir Defendant, was next
examined on behalf of his Mafter. He laid one of
the young Ladies had come and given him afmack
on the fide of the face, knocked him down, and
kept baling him, while the other pulled his
He positively (wore his tnafter had not (truck ei-
ther of diem, but merely put them out of the fhop.
After fome other Witneffes were examined, the
Jury found Hawkes guilty; Worcefter not guilty.

SPILSBURV'S ANTIICORIIVTIC bROPS.--ThiS,
well known excellent Medicine; having been ap-
proved by the public near 3o years, hardly needs
any further recommendation : but as a Gentle.
man of refpeffibility, reeding in the neighbonr-
hood of Spilfby, in the county of Lincoln, and
whole cafe was novel, had the goodnefs to Call '
the Proprietors, at the Difpenfary, No. 15, Soho-
fquare, to acquaint them of the cure he had re-
cently experienced from the ufe of their Medicine.
Mefrrio. SPILSBURY and Co. beg lean to acquaint
the public, that by applying to Mr. HOFF, of
Spiliby,they will receive every fatisfaelory account
relit ve to the cafe and cure alluded to, which for
many rufous would be,unpleafant to the Gentle-
man to have publicly advertifed.—Aug. 9, 0302.