Star.
London, England, 1812-10-27 00:00:00

LONDON SESSIONS.

Yesterday these Sessions commenced, when E.
Amu, a most daring character, was indicted for as.:
saulting Thomas Pike, an officer belonging to the'
City Police. It appeared that the defendant went
into the shop of the prosecutor, who keeps an eating-
house in Cow-lane, Smithfield, late on Inc evening of
the 2lst of September, and having quarrelled with a
female, the prosecutor requested him to keep the
peace, in consequence of which he struck him, drew
a knife, and threatened to take his life. The watch-
men came in, and before they could secure him they
were compelled to draw their hangers, and wound
him in two places on the head.

The Jul; found him Guilty, and the Court sen-
tenced him to be imprisoned 12 months in Giltspur-
street Compter. Several other assaults were tried
and the Sessions adjourned.

MIDDLESEX SESSIONS.

Ycsterday these Sessions commenced before a full
Bench of Magistrates, W. MAINWMUNO, Esq. in the
Chair, when

Ayr ed Lemon, 11 years of age, was charged withi
assaulting T. Brayer, a child, nine years old.
Mr. Arnottrws; for the prosecution, stated as fol •
lows:—On the day mentioned in the indictment, the
prosecutor and defendant were playing at trap-ball to-
gether, when in the midst of their game, the prose.
cator was sent for to come to dinner ; he took up his
ball for the purpose of going home, when the defen.
dant Insisted on his staying to finish the game, say- ;
inP' if he did not, he would throw a stone at him.l
The prosecutor, however, still shewing an intention of I
going, the defendant seized him by the collar with one
baud, and struck him so violent a blow with a stone
which he had in the other hand, as completely to
break his nose, The child ran home, and his. father
iromediately took him to the defendant's father, and
represented to him the conduct of his son. The fa- '
ther, however, bad neglected to punish his son as he
ought to have done, and also refused to pay the sur-
geon's bill, amounting to al. 7s. for attending the
child for three weeks. These circumstances had ob-
liged him to come to the Court to seek redress.
The prosecutor confirmed this statement, except as
respected the father of the defendant's conduct to his
son. It did appear that he punished his son upon the
representation of the prosecutor's father.
'['he defendant's father stated, that he had always
been ready to pay the expences of the Doctor's at-
tendance ; but the prosecutor's father would not re-
ceive it, and said, he would make the business cost
him £2OO.
The Chairman strongly repnitsated the conduct of
Mr. Brayer in,making this transaction the subject of
a criminal prosecution. If the defendant's father had
refused to make a fair'compensation, he might have
made-it the subject of a civil action. It be paid the
Surgeon's bill, he thought the justice of the case
would be met.
Mr. ALLEY declared the readiness of Mr. Lemon
tas do what the Court had suggested; or, if that should
not be satisfactory, he would go on, and prove-that
the prosecutor committed the first assault.
l'he Jury, without hearing further evidence, found
the defendant-Not Guilty; and his father paid the
amount of the Surgeon's bill.
Jarws Bryant was indicted for assaulting Elizabeth,
Brewley, with intent to commit a rape.
The prosecutrix stated, that she was a tenant to the
defendant, and rented a room from him. On the
day mentioned in the indictment, she was in his shop,
and paid him a month's rent, and treated him with
a pot of porter; she then treated him with another
pot of porter, for which his wife was scut, who, on re.
turn, coming much sooner than was expected, found
the prosecute ix and the prisoner in a situation on the
staircase not to be described, and into that situation
the prosecutrix stated she was forced by the defendant
against her will.
On her- cross-examination by Mr. BARRY, on be-
half of the defendant, she admitted that she would
not have prosecuted, but that defendant's wife caught
them in that situation. The Counsel then addressed
the Jury for the defendant, commenting on the im-1
probability that whatever might have been the erm.l
duct of the defendant, yet that none of it was against
the will of the prosecutrix ; and he called some wit-
nesses, whereupon the Jury brought in a verdict of
Not Guilty.

POLICE.

BOW-STREZTe•••••MURDERS.--Yesterday Rowland
Preston, charged with the late atrocious murders Of
Francis Bruce, and Ann Taylor, at Market Drayton,
was brought before Mr. READ, the sitting Magistrate,
by William Smith, one of the conductors of ,the
patrole belonging to this Office, who apprehended
him the preceding day, (Sunday), at his lodgings, in
Crown-street, Soho, under authority of a warrant
from the Magistrates of the county where the offence
happened. The prisoner's person being identified by
the constable who came to London with the warrant,
Mr. READ ordered the prisoner to be conveyed to
Market Drayton, properly secured, under the care
of that constable, and Smith, the conductor of the
patrole, who apprehended him.
UNION HALL.—A young woman, servant to a
Gentleman at Newington, was yesterday charged
with stealing several articles of table-linen and sheet-
, ing in the house of her master. On the charge being
stated, the Intim tunate girl burst into tears, and con-
fessed that she had pawned the articles under the fol-
lowing circumstances:—Her master had found means
to seduce her, and she was then in a state of preg-
nancy. In the course of the summer !ter master and
mistress went out of town, leaving her without
money, and having occasion to purchase various ar-
ticles for her subsistence, she was induced, at diffe-
rent times, to pledge the articles, to redeem which
She felt no doubt her master would furnish her with
money, as be had promised he would take the kindest
possible ewe of her. On his return, therefore, she
communicated to him the facts already mentioned,
and begged he would give her the means of restoring
the property. Instead, however, of complying with
her request, he sent for an officer an had her taken
into custody. The complainant solemnly asserted that
the whole of this tale was a gross fabrication, inven-
ted for the purpose of averting the prosecution. The
wife of the prosecutor, who was present, seemed, how-