Police.
The Times, 1824-06-01T00:00:00

DIAxsION-.HOUSE _A few days ago, a merchant, named iHill- yer, residing in -the city, *as charged with h3iving committed an assault upoh a female. - Thdcomplainantmwas about 30,years of-age., and. her appearandc respectable.. she _tatedtthat she had some time been marriedtoa 'leuienant in the navy, wuith'whom she now lived, and had a fanmi. 1y4 but about tein yeats ago, before she was uarried, she was so un- fortunate as-to fall iti the way-of-the; defendant, the'ionseque6ce of wvhich ;wRs a son. This child :she- had -since maintained; and'hai gent- it to: a boarding-school. Her! husband's family in- creased, whilst his means of maintaining it diminished; and .she Was recenfly, under the necessity of.applying. to .the defendant tocontri. buteto 'the-futuresupportofbischild andto pay something towards the expens already incurred. Forith-ewholetec years-he had paid little more than tbirty'poands. She met withthegteatest difficulties in goinglto see-him at his 'countfig-hiouse.: -:She described his-treat. tnent!of her ag most-cruel and abusive. He told herhe would go to his attorney,'and settle tho rnatter; and she-replied, that as sic pre. sumud that ierfprcsence was requisite at the settlement, she would accompany him., -She folloied l,im into the street, iihen he turned round upoh hers, told her she was. not 'Wanted there; and pushed her back against apostswitheuch yiolence-that-she wasseriously injured. She-was then labouring-under an inflaitmmation of the chest. Forthis .siault shec alled upon him to aaswer- before his Lordship, but all. her arixiety was to obtain a provisio for herchil4. ' The defendant said the complainant wai an -extreinely troublesome bad womnan, who wished to extort -inoney from hiii by every meansin her power. She came to his counting-house and his private house, collected mobs round him in the streets, and annoyed him everywhere, Shehad, ia fact, threatened to conLinue to doso, if he did aotsatisfy jt-oJbig,.ard waW ~~r he~oucltoj~hrwa h edt 1Shentold ifer -q` m,;.ll 6e ierto h~eventdI'h r fbllwn ii -:st-id uSe tfo le,c was4tbevae,.' Ti~ -T6crPlLuain&dOpeAied fIltich 9.ted,~a1id'delared'tat'w1at. thef:defe-ndant-had ,said asgainst her wstaJse-'but~shie exclaimeid Ibt she would m-ake ~any sacrittles; r5006 tilaT 4iffierher child to be taken int6ig workhousE, or pIactdiqtliibhands of, parisi-officers.- -The difeaddnn said bo would pr~ivit'c Ih h Id,i leore 'duid 'satisty bim tbatist was his by'tweaAizi it. I * The conip1dinaut; as soon asi i wa~ pepliined to Iter thaeitw was no't necessary, for. ber child ie goeotijte-workhoixje, agre toswa t Theichaii6of atssauldt Was giver, up, but sbe corlaied thear ft.e uleendnt ad ake OUa warrant against b1er, and she belii*ed she, waste be taiken before ~a;nrflgistia te'atOGreenwich, wrhere .she lived,' ajndiml5HsOned-forgo inr-to~ seek the defendznt.-...A d6cument was here handed ini to,the Lord Mlayor.) -The cocn; M vjya3jW_V afi-s this for:" tmgsreca have gratnted'such & warranitas this whtiaisrt a iThe hIj1jand stated thlt t 4 wais granted. by- Mr. Snith; of Grcen. wich, wlid: Was thle defendant'a f4ther-in.Iaw. * Thi efnin.it for annodyingiii; ~actmpngioo' nuit a breach of the . me t .com The LOUDGMAYDR, declared that'lbe had never seen such,'a war-. ranb befbri~, ana exPrdssed hisi astonishrnent that any sul ch col.ave. bee, ganed. le oade tbec6inplai,,ait be tender tio 1earresmg it, as th m-raieglittle dangee of 'aLnyVo"neventirn'toatiio gi. The,pafties then retired. - r I * o c I NeWXCrossLui Yeiter, .- Yones', tbce,;toIl-colIector.a't thec NewCrss urG'1&9ite vwvsumtmon ed before L. B. AILEwN, 15sq., thiargeid'with itaviuig cl~manded 'and tak-en a toil af that gate' which wta,g not-authoiked by act of PNrliarnenim, MUr. Chandlerlijj stated, -that o,n'the 29th of Mayi he was. travel- ligih'~w arrl4e, fr9uun Fbot's Ciay tc Lonu4on, and paid the. lega tol r~h?~gkte Uun hi arivalat he Nw Cossteirrpike, in he epto.d.raa,.th~cfndumtdenauie~a lll f 6.,and 2d. time infornied~ ~ ~ ~~~~~orth Mr. obseved the xactionsof tlmisdesciption were,very pr~aentwu~ngs th to,esers i:Was wilTing to uphiold thits claa of en i tif disha~eor teir l~ce btet hen suchi imposii tion wee rctied,an xemlar puishen~sliould be aparded. The d~encl~n was gt~,~6tc~.ofappeal. POLICE. : l