Star.
London, England, 1820-02-15 00:00:00

THE ICING V. WIELDER.

This was an indictment against the defendant for
an assault upon a gentleman named Gough.
The case was this :—The prosecutor was lodging
at the Bath Hotel, Arlington-street, Piccadilly, and
on the day mentioned in the indictment, while lie
was attended• by his servant in his dressing-room,
and in the act of shaving, the defendant rushed into
his room and demanded his dog, which he insisted
the prosecutor had. The latter asked him what dog?
To, which the defendant replied, his dog, which he,
the prosecutor, had stolen; that he had repeatedly
asked him to sell him the dog, but that he would
not sell his dog to a dog-stealer. He called him
many opprobrious names, and threatened that if he
did not immediately restpre his dog, he would pub-
licly horsewhip him in the street, and expose him to
all his friends. Mr. Gough insisted, that as he used.
such insulting language,-he must quit the room. lire
defendant refused, upon which the prosecutor laid
down the razor, and insisted he must go out of the
room. Mr. Fielder advaneed towards bun in a
threatening manner; a scuffle ensued, a mug
taming water was broken, and blows were exchanged;
but it did not appear from the evidence which had
struck the first blow, and therefore,
The Jury, under the Learned JudgeVdirectiops,
found the defendant—Not Guilty.

MIDDLESEX SESSION&
Yesterday, Bettis:nix Bina, of pugilistic notoriety,
was indicted for an assault upon twarothers, named
Tranmore.

From the evidence of the two prosecutors, it ap-
peared that, on the Ist of November last, they went
into the public-house of the prisoner, in Windmill-
street, when a fight took place between two men,
and, on Burns entering the room, he seized one of the
prosecutors, beat and -kicked him, and put his foot on
his neck, and, on his brother's coning to his assistance,
he was also knocked down. This evidence was con-
firmed by the testimony. oftwo or three witnesses.
In the defence it was stated, that Burns, on coming
into the room, had endeavoured to quell the riot, and
that the prosecutors struck hint first, and were busy
in creating a riot, and that Burns, in. the scuffle, was
dreadfully cut on the head by a pewter measure.
• The Jury found the defendant Guilty on both in-
dictments ; and the Court sentenced him tq pay a
fine of £lO, and to find sureties for his good behaviour
for twelve months.

James Hughes was indicted fora fraud, in having.
personated a letter-carrier of the General Post-office,
and delivered to several persons fictitious letters, forl
the purpose of obtaining from them divers sums I
money, on pretence of the charge for postage.
'The prisoner, who was a smart-lookingyouth, and
represented to be of a respectable family, by the ad-
vice of his Counsel, pleaded rarity to the thine, '-
with the consent of the Counsel for the

wag discharged on the recognizances of his father ant
another friend, as security for his being removed Io
distance from die 'Metropolis.

TwO porters, named Frith and Windsor, bbl-
ins to the Golden Cross, were sentenced to sh
months imprisonment, for altering a ticket, for thy
carriage of a parcel, from 2s. 6d. to 4s. 6d.

Yesterday, as Lord PETIMSHAII was returning from
his usual ride (Hyde Park), he came in contact with
a hackney-coach that was turning up Paik-lane, Pic-
cadilly, when his Lordship's horse, a fine spirited
animal, made a plunge to disentangle the vehicles,
which broke the splinter-bar and both shafts, and
besides precipitated his Lordship and servant to the
ground, but we happy to state that neither of them
received any material injury.
CORONEIea Incionsr.—An Inquisition .was tikes
yesterday at the London Hospital, on the body of
Ann Winyard, aged 60. She resided in New-cotrt,
Thomas-street, Vvhitechapel. She was in the habit of
getting intoxicated. Thursday morning last; having
been out at the wine-vaults in the neighbourhood
drinking, she came home almost in a state of insen-1
sibility ; she said she was thirsty, and a short time.
afterwards she drank at the spout of a tea-kettle,
which stood at the side of the fire, and contained
boiling water. - The moment she had drank it she
was in the most excruciating. agony. She was con-
veyed to the London Hospital, where she died.-
Verdict, Accidental Death by iding.

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