Star.
London, England, 1810-07-17 00:00:00

MIDDLESEX SESSIONS.

Yesterday the Sessions for this county commenced
before WILLIAM MAINWARM, Esq. and a Bench of
Magistrates. The day was wholly occupied in hear-
ing matters of assault.
Charles Wiltshire was indicted for assaulting a man
of the name of Kelly. It appeared that the prose.
cutor had nursed a daughter of the defendant, for
a-iiich he now allows him 2s. per week ; that some
of this money being in arrear, the prosecutor called
upon him for the payment of it, when words having
arisen, the assault in question was committed.
- The defendant, in his justitication, said that the
prosecutor Kelly had run away with his (the deler!
dant's) wife, and kept her from him, and now lives
with her in open adultery.
To this the prosecutor rebutted, that he, the de-
fendant, had turned his wife and child out of doors,
thirteen years ago, and that he had the maintenance
of both of them ever since; and that (except her ser-
vices) he derived no other benefit by her, unless the
Court would suppose that the 2s. a week was a re-
compence, which he was certain that their Worships
w•Aild not—at these words he offered to exhibit the
Lady in Court, but that was declined by the Bench,
add the defendant being found guilty, was fined S 6.
Amalia Lee indicted two persons of the names of
r- Gia:?ey and Sarah Easily, for an assault, and they,
or (,ne of them, indicted Amelia Lee for the same
offence. From the accounts on both sides, it appeared
that Amelia Lee went to Oxley's shop, who is in the
millinr:y way in Russell Court, to sell him some
habit shirts that she had worked ; that having asked
a certain sum for them, the owner of the shop, Oxley,
disparaged them, and treated her with extreme rude-
ness ; he first threw them about the floor, and even
tually threw them into the street ; and one of the
shopwomen (Sarah Eastly) of this man milliner,'
struck her several times on the head. In short, even
taking their own shewing, they used this industriou,
young woman exceedingly ill. This very naturally
induced the passengers to stop, among whom was a
Mr. Wells, a young Gentleman, an Attorney, who
seeing the situation of the girl, and :a..rninp,, from the
surrounding people that she had been most grossly
treated, interfered very humanely on her behalf, and
having rescued her from their violence, then institut-
ed this process. This Gentleman was examined as a
witness, and gave his testimony in such a way as in-
duced the Court to tell him that he conducted km-
self so exceedingly well that public justice was in-I
debted to him. It appears that he is Clerk to Mr.
Justice Bayley.
The CHAIRMAN summed up the evidence, and the
Jury acquitted Amelia Lee, but found Oliver Oxley
and Sarah Eastly
Mr. MAINWARING, after a suitable admonition, pre-
notinced the sentence of the Court, which was, that j
Oliver Oxley should pay a fine of z€2o, and that
Sarah Eastly should pay a .fine of £lO, and that
each should be imprisoned till their respectives fines
be paid.
Before this sentence was recorded, the prisoner Ox-'
ley came fOrward, and said, that the prosecutor and
her witnesses had perjured themselves, adding that
he would pay ins fine, but that the other prisoner, his
shopwoman, mnst go to gaol, as he would not ~,ay
it for her. lie was proceeding farther, when
The Rev. Mr. DunLIN, one of the Magistrates, re-
marked, that the Court had still the power of altering
its Judgment, and that, observing his conduct, they
would, on this occasion, avail themselves of that au-
thority._

The Court accordingly did reconsider their judg-
ment, and after some consultation

Mr. MAIN WA RING addressed the prisoner Oxley,'
and told him, that the Court had now a good oppor-
tunity of witnessing his disposition. The prisoner
Sarah Eastly had incurred the vengeance of the law
in his cause, and under his jurisdiction, being at the
time in his service, and now he refuses to pay the'
fine she had incurred by his means. It waS ttiere-
fore just to change the sentence already given, and
to pass another, wh ch w::, that he should pay a fitr
of rE3O, and that Sarah lastly pay a fine of
twenty shillings. The Court and the prosecutor re-
mitted Sarah Eastly's tine; but the defendant. Oliver

Oxley, was compelled to pay the fine imposed upon
him, one moiety of which was accepted by Amelia
Lee, the prJsecutrix, and all to the great satisfactioa
of the whole court and auditory.