Star.
London, England, 1821-02-15 00:00:00

MIDDLESEX. SESSIONS.

Tuesday these Sessions commenced. J. Evans,
and E.liz.a and Batty Vincent (mother and. daughter),
stood indicted for assaulting Mrs. Mary Ann Wood-
gate, the wife of a We India Merchant.
The prosecutriz..stated, that Captain Hardy, a
fripnd of her husband, took a house for her, in Tre-
vor-terrace, Knightsbridge; and on the 18th of Oc-
tober the defendants broke in the street-door, drag-
ged her about the floor by the heels, tore her dress,
and beat her violently. Evans seized the poker, and
threatened to knock her brains out if the did not
quit the house, and threw a great quantity of the fur.
niture into the fore-court. Mr. Hartly, who was in
the house, went to Queen-square Office,, for the tts-

sistance of the Police, ntul they continued their vio-
lence till the Officers arrived.- It further appeared,
that the house was hell on • !ease from the hushand
of Mrs. Vincent, and they wished to gain possession
of it ; that two actions are now pending, one for
forcible entry, and the other for damage done to
the furniture, and also this indictment for the assault.
The Jury found the defendants—Guilty ; and the
Bench sentenced Evans to one month's imprisonment
in the House of Correction, the mother to pay a fine
of £lO, and the daughter a fine of 40s.
W. Tooting, a silk-weaver, in Bethnal-Green, stood
indicted for assaulting Margaret Kean, his apprentice.
This was an indictment instituted by the Parish of
Bethnal-Green.

Mr. ANDREWS conducted the prosecution, and exa-
mined the girl. It appeared, from her statement,
that the defendant tied the hands and legs of the girl,
turned up her clothes round her waist, and beat her
severely with a lash made for the purpose ; he pu-
nished her in this manner about a dozen times, some-
times in the presence of his wife, who assisted in
holding her down, and sometimes he would make
her drink out of the chamber-pot. She could not
get out to inform any one of his cruelty to her, and
she cut her work with a view that he would take her
before a Magistrate, and that she then would have
an opportunity of relating his cruelty to her. He
took her accordingly before the Magistrate, and then
the affair was develope3, and Marks of violence were
found on her person, on being examined by a surgeon.
Mr. Stephens, Overseer of 13etlinal-Green Parish,
examined the child next day, after she was sent from
Worship-street to the workhouse; found marks of the
cord on her wrists, and stripes upon her loins, which
appeared to be recently inflicted.
The Counsel for the defence addressed the Jury,
and stated, that the girl said she never Was permit-
ted to leave the house, that Mr. Tooting kept the
street-door key both day and night. He then called
three neighbours, who proved that they had seen the
girl about the streets repeatedly.
The CHAIRMAN summed up, and dwelt upon the
cruelty of the mode of punishment, especially his
compelling her to drink .the contents of a chamber-
pot ; but observed, there was no further evidente than
that of the girl to prove U. Verdict—Not Guilty.

Yesterday, Beqjamin Robson was convicted of as-
saulting Peter Bever, Peter Bellamy, Charles Galley,
and two other poor Italian haslikers, and destroying
their boxes, at Hammersmith, and sentenced to three
months imprisonment in the House of Correction,
Coldbath-fields.