Star.
London, England, 1812-09-16 00:00:00

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.ir4I.IDDLETE-X ;SESSIONS.
stood indicted fist havinig committed
assatlitir On . the- pesseins of. William Sicomonds gild
RicllerieSquiree, oil tit 14th of AMP last, and on the
other nand the piosecotors stood indicted for hitfltis.,
committed a similar offence on the person of DOM.
French. to both of which charges the patties Pleaded—
Not Guilty.
Williagt BimMonds said he kept a shottie-111,
ingharn-street, Fit zroy.snuare, part of which'
to Jews, of the'itame of Lyons. On the 14th dflUtie.
which happened to fall on a Sunday, he, wai sitting
in his parlour, when he heard a tap at the door, and
be desired the pesson whbever it was to walk in.—,
Daniel, French, at that time an utter stranger to him,
entered the rem, and accosting him, said he 'called
to speak to hint concerning a lady whO lived up stairs,.
who he said had been struck by William
He hid scarce time to reply, when Mr. French called`
him an old blackguard, upon iihichhe said it he was
snot courteous, he would have hint turned mit'athe
room ;to it hick Mr. Frencittepteti, that 'would
1110 t be turned out. Upt:u this the witness was ohli.
sed to call in Richard Squires to his assistance, and
whilst employing their initedlorce to' turn him out
from the pat lour, he struck them both with a stick,
which he carried in his hand. We, however," said
the witness, 4, turned him ony'oriably out, though he
out Ni to piece: wilhhis stick."
Richard Squires supported the evidence of Sitn-
mends with *some accuracy; and produced the stick
which belonged to French, which was broken in two
dwing the statile.

Elizabeth Simmonds and Sarah Jones confirmed,
in some of the material points, the preceding evidence.
Mr. French then addressed the Jury h rryelf:—
Mks Lyons, he said, who was a young lady of the
Jewish persuasion, lodged in Mr. Simmonds's house;
he (Mr. French) had bees for some time studying
. the Hebrew language undo= her superintendence, and
a degree of intimacy and friendship subsisted between
• her and Mrs. French. On !he day mentioned in the in.
dictment, which was a Sunday, he accompanied Mrs.
French, who was just recovered of her lying in,
on a visit to Miss Lyons. On arriving at her house,
they found she was confined to her room, Sad ex-
tremely indisposed. On Mrs. French going to her,
she leaned that her indisposition arose fr :m the vio-
lent conduct of Mr. Simmonds, who had the day be-
fore assaulted and treated her in a violent manner.—
. Upon hearing this, Mrs. French came out and receres-
ed he would go down and expostulate with Mr. Sim-
monds ttn the subject ; with that intent it was that to
went down ; he kneicked at the door, and, as had been
:'stated, WAS desired to go ix, and asked to sit down,
but the moment be rat nainiied.Miss Lyons' name, the
defeddasit cried art, Out, out, you d—d Jew! "
and immediately ca.kd the nth- r defendant, Squires,
-the constable, who was in the rit.4 room, exclaimin*,,
a The d—d Jew is come to murder me—look at his
• -stick Mr. French had a large stick in his hand,
;which he used in consequense of weakness to assist
*him waking. On hearing this, he immediately threw"
the stick from him into the passage, saying, he only.
desired to retire in peace: Simmonds, however, came
up, running his fists in his face, and continuing to cry
• out he intended to murder him. Mrs. French hav-
ing by this time heard the noise, came down, anxious
'fr,r his safety,, and seeing his situation, involuntarily
laid her hand bn Simm'oods's shoulder, on which he
struck at her. Mr. FrenCh seeins this immediately
retreated, recovered" his Stick which he had before
thrown away,
.and acknowledged• he struck at Sim-
"moods Kith if; if hit the wall on the stairs, and was
'broken. He .vas immed:ately seized by Squires, and
Arita by Simmonds over the eyes with a mace which
'kit had in his haatl, 'and'. knocked down. Squires
called in suite persons who were passing by at the
time, and h f.tbefb Mr. French was taken to the watch-
house, where he continued till I 0 o'clock in il:e even-
ing, when he was admitted to bail by order of Mr.
Conant. this statement was corroborated bribe
testimony cf Mrs. French, Miss Lyons, and some
oiler respectable witnesses, and the Jury, after an imp.
.
. partial .address hum the Chairman, acquitted Ks.
trench if the assault; but found Simmonds and
'Squires Guilty; and the Court sentenced them to six
months imprisonment in the House of Correction.
My:l3A Howard and William Lovegrave were in-
dicted for assaulting the person of Edward Moore, a
Palace Court °Meek,. during the execut ou of his
•AltitY upon the 11th of June last.
;Edward Moore said,. that. he was a Police Officer,
of: Palace-yard, and went on the morning of the I f lit
of June, acconittanied by his son and a person of the
'name of Higgins, to execute a warrantupon the body
of 4 man ni med Howard, who resided at Finchley.
they iiniied at that place about two o'clock in the'
'morning but were dewed admittance. A short while
-after,'theY were ?rine(' by Matthews and Cooke, two
runners, whom he understood were come with a war-
rant to search be premises of Howard for an illitit
:still which they had received information was erected
-s. mewhere in his premises. -• Hithen applied himself
-to one of the windows for Admittance, when a voice
exclaimed from within, es If yon don't leave the
rounds, we will blow your brains out." Picsentiiri
• the pr isomer, Lovegrove, leaped out done of the wine
doves, and leaving it open behind him, the witneii
-thrust in his head, and clapped his ha'nd cn the shout-'
-der of Howard, saying, " You are my prisoner;"—
whereupon,-they pulled down the sash of the window,
'and holding it upon his neck, belaboured him unmer-
cifully. His son then endeavoured to rescue him,
and after a fierce struggle, they succeeded in throw-
ing up the window, upon which they leaped into the
house, and found Mrs. Howard aimed with a pitch-
fork, which she applied against their persons with con-
siderable prowess; another of the inmates held a
sharp hoe in his hand, which he was not scrupulous
of bringing in contact with the heads of his Majesty's
liege subjects in the performance of their duty. Finally,
after a sharp bickering, in which Moore was covered
with blood, they got pustessitn of the mansion,and Mr.
Howard escaped at one of the windows, and bad not
appeared since. The Jury, after a short considera-
tion, found a Verdict of—Guilty, and the Court con-
signed them for three months to safe custody in the
House of Correction.

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Yesterday morning . ly, some , entered the
.new-t.uilt premises in Eermondsey-street, stripped the
same of ailthe leeaAipi o;si is y
s and other propertyt to a
great extent, and sc ki ,
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