Star.
London, England, 1806-05-09 00:00:00

ASSAULT•

Catherine Duff was brcught up for judgment,
being convicted before I,:ad ELLENBOILGUGH on an
indictment for an airault on her niece, Anna Maria
Good, a girl of about twelve years of age. His
Lordfhip Ihortly read from his notes, that the girl
was going pall her aunt's door, on the 23d of Otto-
ber Lift, when the came out with a pail of water, and
threw it entirely on the child's head, without any
previous provocation.
Mr. MARS torr, on the part of the Defendant, raid,
he had an affidavit, which he hoped might be read,
in mitigation of punifhment, though it could not be
allowed as evidence an the trial.

The affidavit was then put in and read by the of-
ficer ; it Rated, that the father and mother of Anna
Maria Good, who were in better circumliances than
the Defendant and her hufband, had, for tome time
fubfequent to a family quarrel, encouraged their fer
vants and children to take every opportunity to in-
felt them. Stones and dirt wet e frequently thrown
in at the Defendant's window, and on the table,
while ihe fat at dirakr, by this girl, who, after doing
the mifclii?f, would ititlantly run off. A few days
previous to the throwing of the water, the girl came
to the doer of for'r honk, and having poited a theet
of paper again( it, held a candle to it, and ralkd ,he
pa.Tengers to read. The libellous contents of this
paper were as follow t •
C. Duff has jua returned from Windfor, from
a fecund recreation with an old bookfeller. It is to
be hoped flie is not fotowfled as formerly. It would
be ungenerous in her if lb* fhonld forget the poor
tailor. N. B. Foreign wines and fpfrituous liquors
fold here."
Mr. Mae alorr hoped the Court would take there
eircumeances, and the indigence df the defendant,
into eonfideration, in pronouncii:g judgment.
Lure! ELsevsnaoroa raid, the whole bufinefs
Teemed to have originated in a family feud, and the
Court fentenced the defendant to be tined 61. Bd. and
difcharged.
MAT 6...—C11.11411111. 11176114ATIONS.

This morning, Mr. Gamow, moved for a Rule to
thew caufe ally a criminal information Ihould not be
granted again(( Lieutenant Colonel Draper, of the
Guards, as the avowed author cf a book which con
tained a libel againft Mr. Sullivan. who was one of
the Under Secretaries of the Colonial Department.
Mr. Gus ow Rated, that the prefent cafe origi•
oared out ct the traufaition which had lately been
I..:fore the Court—he meant the trial of General
Pints. late Lieutenant Governor of the Bland of
Trinidad. Colonel Draper nn that occafion had
written a book, which was publi(hed. In this he ra-
Mar entered into a defence of the condo& of Guyer.
nor Pieto,i, and in one part of it, which was the
pan that this application was grounded on, he Rated
a converfation which he affirmed took place between
Mr. Sullivan and a Mr. Lynch, potting very ilrong
espreffions into the mouth of Mr. Sullivan, namely,
that he, from his fituation, knew that Governor
Mon would Riortly be fent home, as Commiffioners
were going out. Mr. GARROW laid, he would re-
frain from making any other obfervations on the
content. of this book. as he was almost certain, from
the number of patrons and eircumlianccs adverted
to io it. that he would have hereafter to apply to the
Court for feveral other informations again(! Colonel
Draper. For the prefect, he hoped he would be al-
lowed his Rule.

In the prefent Rage we do not think it proper to
enter !maw into particulars.

Lord Et.t.awsotououll Take a Rule to thew
caufe."

MAT 7.—G11011.011 TOWER,
Mr. GARROW applied for a criminal information
againft this gentleman. The Learned Connie' faid, ,
that however fit the interference of the Court might '
have been in other cafes, the prefent, if poffible, Rill
more peremptorily demanded it. The perfon at whore
instigation the application was made was a Magiftrate
who had been grofily infulted, beoaufc he had ailed
uprightly in the execution of his office. In the year
1804 the corps in which Mr. Tower is a Captain was
quartered at Ipfvrich, and a furgeon of that town ex-
hibited a complaint againft two officers in the regi-
ment, for an affault. The affair came under the in-
fpeition of the Magiftrates at the quarter feffions„ and
fureties were given by the officers to keep the peace ;
one of which fecurities the defendant became As
foon as the regiment removed their quarters, Mr. Se.
cum, the profecutor, was peltered every day with the
moll ahufive letters, grofsly refledling on his charac-
ter as a magiltrate; no notice, however, was taken
of them until one arrived which induced the Prole-
castor to apply to their Lordthips, in order to refcue
his chatailer from the imputations under which it
had fallen. The poll marks upon thefe letters de.
fcribed the route of the regiment; many of thefe letters
the profecutor was induced to fupprefs, from motives
of delicacy. The produCtion upon which the appli.
cation was made was dated from the Hulks, and be-
g ins thus—
My dear Sir—The agitated Rate of my mind ever finer the
unhappy fate of your friend Patch, has been the foie caufe of my
not ccndollog with you limner on this melancholy event."
It then proceeded to remind the profecutor of the
flrong cautions given him again! his keeping compa-
ny with fuck a fet of men. It next advifed him to
look back upon his pall life, and by a few hours of
folitary reflation to render himfelf happy for the
remaining period of his exigence. It then applied to
the charaiter of Mr. Secum the adage of " Nofcitur
fotiis," and again exhorted him to quit the fociety of
wicked men. The letter then attributed to the pen of
the profecutor the new piece of The Forty Thieves,
and told him, that if, intlead of introducing Mrs.
Sharp, and other fair females, to dance upon the
Rage, he had reprefented himfelf dancing upon no-
thing, the effeit would have been far more enchant-
ing ; but he was unwilling to turn Mr. Serum's mind
to the melancholy end of poor Ormond, who had
been hanged for forgery at York. It then advifed him,
in cafe of his arrival in that part of the world, to
lofe no time in making his refidence known, other.
wife Mr. Tower would remain in ignorance until the
arrival of the hue and cry. This, however, if conti-
nued, might be onneceffary, as it would be only requi-
fate for the Magiiirate to thew his face unfhaven, and
he would be immediately recognized by the guard of
the Hulks, sand would be apprehended. It then went
on to recommend to the perufal of the profecutor the
I Whole Duty of Man, and the third volume of the
Newgate Calendar, for his mental improvement.—
' The whole was (worn to be in the hand-writing of the
Defendant. The Learned Counfel concluded by re-
marking that no provocation whatever had been
given ; and by hoping that the Court would in no
cafe refute to protect the Officers of Juilice, and
I much lefs in the prefcnt inftance, where fo many
circumftances of aggravation had been united.
Lord ELLENROROUGH—.. In what regiment is Mr.
Tower ?"

" Mr. GARROW—In the York North Riding Mi-
litia, my Lord."
Lord ELLENBOILOUGH-••" You may take a Rule to
(hew cattle."