Star.
London, England, 1818-11-03 00:00:00

MIDDLESEX SESSIONS.

Bode:win maw, John Abets and Flynn Hymns,
were charged with a riot in the premises of George
Henry Worthington, Esq. a gentleman of fortune,
rr-
siding in 'Sloane-street, Chelsea. It was stated that
the object of the prisoners was to take by force, from
the stable of Mr. Worthington, two horses, which it
was alleged were the property of .Shme. It appeared.
however, in evidence, that one of the prisoners took
no active part in the affair, and consequently, that
only two were guilty of riotous conduct. The charge
laid in the indictment was of courst abandoned.
John Shaw was then indicted for violently assault-
ing G. H. Worthington, Esq. on the 9th day of Sep-
b-mber last.

Mr. ALLEY stated the case for the prosecution--
The prosecutor, in consequence of an advertisement
in a newspaper, went to the Saracen's Head, Ald,,a'ate,
to view a pair of horses. It never occurred to him,
that the horses might not be the property of the ad-
vertiser. No honourable mind could doubt, that a
man publicly advertising property for sale had ob-
tained it fairy. Acccrdingly, be took the horses on'
trial for three days; and at the end of that time, as
they gave satisfaction, he completed the bargain, and
paid eighty guineas for them. On the day mentioned
in the indictment, the prosecutor, accompanied by
the females of his own family, was driving to the
Haymarket Theatre, when the carriage was stopped
by four men armed with bludgeons ;.the prisoner was
one of these, and claimed the horses as his father's
property. iThe prosecutor said they were his. The
prisoner began to disengage the horses from the har-
ness, and struck the prosecutor a violent blow, by
which he was thrown from the box, on the pole be-
tween the horses. What court the Jury think of a,
man who, strohg as Hercules, and armed with a
bludgeon, could thus attack an unarmed person, and
one so evidently his inferior in bodily strength ? He
had declined indicting the prisoner for hosse-stealing, '
on account of his clams of right; although he was
not certain that the law on the subjlict would not
have warranted the capital charge. Me prosecutor
continued to hold the reins, while the horses were
driven at a furious rate up thellaymarket; at length
exhausted, he was obliged to quit his hold, and the
horses were taken away by the prisoner.
This statement was fully substantiated by evidence.
The Jury found a verdict of—Guilty.
The CHAIRMAN addressed the defendant, and said
he had been convicted of an outrageous assault. He
was willing to believe, however, that he had acted
under an error cf judgment. Had the assault beep
trivial, his punishment would probably have been only
a nominal bite; but as the outrage had been violent
and dangerous, the Court sentenced him to pay a
fine of 4:10. The fine was immediately paid by the
defendant's father, Benjamin Shaw.
An action of trorer is still pending against Shaw,
for the recovery of the horses.

Saturday everting a large hamper, well packed
and carded, with a card of. direction, was brought
by a porter to the house of Mr. Hurst, wholesale egg
merchant on Saffron-hill. On laying down his load,
the porter said it came by the coach from the coun-
try, and that the carriage and porterage was paid,
and then went off. Mt. Hurst proceeded to uncord
the hamper, when on lifting op the lid, to his great
surprise, he found • li-fine female child, about three
weeks old, with a lace cap, and otherwise well dress-
ed, lying fast asleep, closely packed all round with
hay and straw. Mr. H. sent it to St. Andrew's Work-
house, where it now is in a very healthy state.
MAnLeottovutt-sTurrr.—Yesterday. John Curly
was charged with assaults and riot at Mary. la-bonne
Church or. Sunday evening. A young Lady named
Baynes, who was a total stranger to the defendant,
stated, that she was on hCr way through the gallery
to her pew, in company with her brother and si.ter,
when the defendant accosted her in very disgusting
largui7e. He was in company with several others,
1 and together they impeded the passage and ulti-
mately stopped the way. A party rushed down the
stairs in the confusion, and several females were
thrown down. Another Lady attended, with her
daughter, ss-ho corroborated Miss Baynes's statement.
Her daughter was thrown down upon the stairs, and
the alarm was such that she went into fits, and was
removed in a senseless state. One of the Mary-la-
bonne Constables, who attentis dating Divine Service,
proved that the accused was constant in his visits at
the church, annoying females, and breaking out into
what the witness termed « horse laughs." The rest
of his associates escaped upon this occasion.. The
mother of the young Lady stated, that in the confu-
sion to get her daughter away, she lost a silver purse
and prayer hook. The Magistrate (G. 171, II N
Esq.) severely reprobated the dcieL:clant% tuutiLict,
and ordered him to find boil