Star.
London, England, 1829-12-03 00:00:00

LONDON SESSIONS.

These &Woos commenced yesterday mousing, before the Right
Hoa. the Lou Maros, Mr. Sergeant Alum. and several
Aldermen.

ASSAM.? EPOS. • SOLICTIOE IN THE PUNT TALON.
Asses ankh, a powerful man, stood indicted for violently as.
sauteing, on the 4th of August last; William Heary James Conway,
a solicitor, living in Castle-street, Holborn.
Mr. ALLAY and Mr. STEAK appeared for the prosecutor, and Mr.
C. PI it.t.trs for the defendant.

Henry James Conway stated, that on the 4th of August last he
went to the Fleet Prison. It was about seven o'clock In the even-
ing. When witness was coming out of the prison, he saw the dt-
fendant at the bottom of the coffee-room gallery stairs. Without
saying say thing defendant knocked him down. When down de-
fendant kicked him several times, and then kneeled upon his chest.
Prosecutor called out "murder," three or four times, when seve-
ral persons came to prosecutor's assistance, and dragged the defend-
ant from him. Prosecutor went boats in a hackney coach. On the
following morning he went to the prison to make a complaint to
the Warden. The defendant, on seeing the prosecutor, said—
" What brings you here, you b-- thief ?" adding, " you have
robbed me of thousands—you have sold me." Mr. Brown or.
dered the defendant to be confined in the strong room.
Cross-examined—Did not have a hackney-coach ago to the
Fleet Prison on the second day. Was Attorney to the defendant
in fire different suits. He was unsuccessful in them all. Defen-
dant complains of Ms conduct. Be most certainly did not use any
irritating language. Defendant has paid hint £2O. His bill
amounts to 1150.

Mr, Wm. Brown, the Warden of the Fleet Prison, stated, that
the defendant admitted having assaulted the prosecutor.
Mr. Lee, surgeon, spoke to the nature of the Injuries the prose-
cutor received. Witness attended him for several days.
Mr. C Pnu.un addressed the Jury in behalf of the defendant,
and called witnessed to show that the parties fought.
The Jury returned a verdict of Guilty.
The Court postponed its judgment.

Tuesday morning 25 male prisoners, among whom
were some desperate ocracksmen' " were conveyed fromNewgate to
Chatham, and were guarded by 3lr. Smith, the Clerk of the Prison
Records, and a number of turnkeys. Upon their arrival they were
put, on board the Dolphin hulk (the vessel which was lately driven
(torn her moorings) preparatory to their embarkation for NC*
South Wales, in which colony they have been sentenced to remain
for the term of their natural lives.

Thursday se'nnight, as a gentleman, who is in a re-
spectable mercantile house in this town, was proceeding to his
residence at Kirkuk,. just beyond the boundary stone, he came is
contact with a bricklayer, who was carrying a beck iron on his
shoulder, by which means the gentleman bad hiskleft eye moat
dreadfully cut, and remained jolt* insane:Me for some minutes
afterwards. The Injury was gait* accidental, as DO attempt what-
seer was made to rub or otherwise molest the geml=thq is in
a fair way of recunry. The night was Very dark.-- Papp.
The phrenologists have discovend that the Skull of a
goose has MOOD of the bump indkatleo of wisdom than a'turkey,
sakihat the shall of a genuine phrenologist very much tesembie.
that of the former. , .

POLICE INTELLIGENCE.
MANSION-HOUSE.

Yesterday Margaret Braddack, an elderly decently dressed
woman was brought up on a charge of passing bad money, in
which she appeared to be rather an extensive dealer.
William Aickson, a fruiterer, in Leadenhall-market, stated that
the prisoner came to him on Tuesday and purchased sixpennyworth
of apples, in payment for which she offered him half a crown,whieh
on inspection, he was confident was counterfeit. He also knew the
prisoner to be the same person who bad purchased sixpennyworth
of apples from him the Tuesday before, and given him a bad
crown in payment, which he had taken, and given her the change.
Perceiving the halfcrown to be bad he told her so, and asked her
where she got it? She replied that she had taken it from a poul-
terer in the market. He proposed going with her to the shop,
and they went out of his shop together. They bad not gone many
yards when be perceived her to let fall a small parcel, and, taking
It up, found it contained seven bad halfcrowns and two bad shillings.
Site then said she had not taken the first halfcsown at any shop in
the market, and he gave her into custody.
Mr. Powell, of the Mint, proved that all the halfcrowns and
the two bad shillings were counterfeit.
The prisoner was committed for trial.
She was about to state where she had purchased the counterfeit
money, but the Lord Mayor told her it might be better to make
that communication in private to Mr. Powell, which she said she
would do. It is said that the quantity of counterfeit silver coin in
circulation is immense.
BOW-STILEETs
Yesterday information was given to the Police of the following
impudent robbery, committed on Tuesday evening,:—About five
o'clock on that evening, a man of very gentlemanly appearance
called at the house of Mr. Meevor. a musical composer, 38,
Southampton-street, Strand, and asked permission to look at the
first floor, which was to be let. Mr. Meevor's gold watch and ap-
pendages were lying on a table in the drawing-room, and the vi-
sitor contrived to take them up, and place them in his bat. Alfa.
Meevor heard the noise of the gold watch chain rattling as the
stranger put on his hat to go out, and almost at the same moment
she turned round and missed the watch. She gave the alarm to
her husband. who pursued the stranger, but the latter ran at the
top of his speed the moment be got to the door, and succeeded io

mating his escape.
The police are on the alert to apprehend the thief.
HATTON-GARDEN.
Yesterday morning Mary Murray was brought before Mr. Ro-
seau and bleiSergeant Smarm, under the following circumstances .
Mrs. Haywood deposed, that on Tuesday evening she was pro-
ceeding home from Mile.end. When she bad got to the corner of
High-street, St. Giles's, the prisoner came up to her, and without

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any provocation struck her several violent blows, tore her bonnet
and veil completely off her bead, and kicked and abused her in a
most shameful manner. It was some minutes before she could

speak, she was so violently assaulted. An officer came up and
took the prisoner into custody.
Jarvis, police-officer No. 5, F division, stated he took the pri-
soner in custody, and he never saw a woman so violent in his life.
He was obliged to get the assistance of six other officers, to take
her to the watch-house ; the prisoner biting and kicking all the way.
Lincoln, the police inspector, said the prisoner's conduct in the
watch-house was most outrageous. She assaulted every one who
went near her ; and in bringing ber to the office she bad assaulted
poles' than three officers.

Whilst the witnesses were giving their evidence, the prisoner
abused them in the most disgusting language.
The Magistrates consulted a short time, when Mr. Rouses told
the prisoner she was fined 25, and in default of payment to two
months imprisonment.
As soon as the prisoner heard the ft ntence she seized the leaden
inkstand on the clerk's desk, and threw it with great force at Mr.
Ronan'. Luckily, Lincoln, the inspector, was just behind her,
and seizing her arm at the instant, it fell short of its aim, other-
wise the Magiatrrate must have received a severe contusion.

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