The Statesman.
London, England, 1821-10-20 00:00:00

SOUTHWARK SESSIONS.

The sessions for the borough of Southwark sour
menced at the Town Hall yesterday before the Lord
Mayor, Ald. J. J. Smith, the acting Magistrate of the
borough, sad Mr. Common Sergeant. Several indi-
-riduals were convicted of trivial offences, but the fol-
lowing were the only eases worthy of notice:—
worms Latta, a decent looking young man, was
indicted for a violent assault, upon Elisabeth, the wife
if Thomas Haetphries, a smith, in Baron's-place,
AlackfriamProad. The prisoner, it appeared, had
lagged with Mr. Hamphries, and was in arrears for
peat to •tisktinnsant of 31.175. 3d. They gave him no.
lice 'to quit, sad finding at length that he would not
en. and that there was no chance of getting paid,
titer at 'an 'relied the deer against Men, and refried
him idmiisiou. The prisoner gave them no annoy-
ance at that tine, but about 6 weeks afterwards the
prisoner came and demanded a tub. which Mrs. Hum-
phries saidohe had sold. He. however, got sight of
it in the coal-bole, and insisted on having it; and in
his endeavours to obtain it struck her several violent
blows, particularly on the abdotiten. She was preg-
nant at the time, and the violence committed on her
brought on premature labour. In consequence of the
blow* the mother bad received, she was considerably
bruised on the arms and back. and had a large tumour
On the groin; and it was stated in evidence that the
child alien born exhibited similar appearances of vio-
ante upon its back and anal. and a swelling in the
train corresponding to that on the mother.
The prisoner in his defence denied having struck
her. and said the bruises on her arms, &c., were oc-
casioned, by herself in her struggles to prevent his
getting the tub. The Jury found the prisoner guilty,
but recommended him to mercy.—Sentenced to 12
months' imprisonment.
Stephes Tyler was also indicted for an assault on a
married Woman, the wife of Mr. Newton, a respect.
able builder. residing in Wellington-street. The pri.
inner Nns going along the Borough-road on the even-
. ing of
.the 13th of March, drunk, amusing himself
with beating the lid against the side of a four gallon
paucepan, which he had just bought. The prosen-
trix unfortunately happened to come oat of a passage
at the moment the prisoner was passing. and he, with-
out any provocation. struck been violent blow on the
temple, which felled her to the ground in a state of
insensibility. The prisoner attempted to make his
escape. but was stopped and secured by the watchman.
*Mrs. Newton was in the eighth month of her preg-
nancy at the time of this outrage. She was pat to
bed with every symptom of premature labour the same
evening. and suffering great agony for four days, win
at length delivered, when, as in the former instance,
the child was found to exhibit marks of violence simi-
lar to those that appeared on the mother. That side
;)f the temple corresponding to the part on which Mrs.
Newton received the blow showed marks of violence.
and the eye was turned in its socket.
. The prisoner's counsel had nothing to offer is his
defence, bat in mitigation of punishment, pleaded the
state of iatexication he was in at the time, to which
'alone this wanton act was to be attributed. He bad
been annoyed in his way home by some girls of the
town, and drunk as he was his rage had been indiscri-
minate. He was It married %an, and had a wife and
'three children entirely dependent on his labour for
.sapport. Belted already offered the only recoaspence
in his power, that of his services in the way of his
trade, ise s, painter, to any reasonable amount, which
bad beenrefneed. The Jury without hesitation con-
vkted the priertr, and the Court, taking into consi-
deration his mace. and the betides* situation of
• his family, sentenced him to only six Enemata' hillfillOP•
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