Middlesex Sessions.
The Times, 1824-01-13T00:00:00

Yesterday these sessions eoinieirlced at the Sessions House, Clerk- enwell-green, before Ilr. CONST and a Bench of Alagistratee. JemaWS Irc wasindicted for conspiting with anorher person, named Hennilker, to obtain money from VII. Squire, by charging him fiilsev with having attenipted to comtmit an unnatural crime. Win. Squire, ine prosecutor, deposed, that he carried on the 'nsiness ofzabooDsklerin Aldersgate-street, and resided in lodgings i Brunswick-place, Citv-road. On the 5th of August last hte dined at the Castle and arlcon tavern, in Aldersgate-street, which plkce he left shortly after 11 o'clock at night, and proceeded to his ogings by the direct road. He cane to anl oyster-shop, in the E trca :n which he lived, and seeing some females in the shop, he s:ope;l, lookina into the window, for about five minutes, and then walked on. lVhen he had proeecded a short distance tn thc ,tirection of bis lodgings, a man, whom lie afutwards knew to be flenniker, ran a*inat lim. Henniker.made use of a certain ex- rm,~Irin, for widen the prosecutor struck him a lard blow, and ibem rltn towards his home. Henniker called out "WAteb," and the presecuttEr was stoppcd by a watchman. Both Henniker and the pnsoner ls' who had now conit; up, charged the prosecutor with an attempt to co'i3niit a horrible criime. The prosecutor was taken te the w-atch-house, but was soon after liberated, in consequence of his landlord becoming bail for hiis appesrance. The prosecutor was three tines taken befiobie a magistrate, and was ultimately compelled to g bail to answer the charge- He appeared, and took his trial at the last sessions, and was acquitted before all his witnesses hasi been examrined. He declared solemnly ihat thiere was nota word of trutl in the accusabon. tCes-evarnined.a He had never said that he was dtsirous, for the cAe cf his character, to compromise the affair. 33r. Davis deposed, that he kept an oyster-shop in Brunswick, p-aca. On the night of the 5th of October, between eleven and ecls-c o'clod:, hc observed Air. Squire looking into his shop, He had a shore time previously secn the prisoner and another manu in nshop. Jeaeph Manton, thc servant of the last witness, statcd, tlhat he cbscrved the prisoner and another niau iicar his master's shop, at the dma the prosecutor was looking through the window. When the ;rcecuator proceeded towards nis lodgings, the man who was in ctripany witlh the prisoner followed him. Cross.examincdr_He never told any person that the prosecutor was Sdullng about the shop, auth that he did not know what to make c,f it. David .Birch stated thiat he.saw Ive and Venniker together near tne avoayerchop Pt ten minutes before 12 pit the Sth of August. He pmtsed them, and in about two minutes after he heard an alann s,6vca. I-fe ran back, and found the prisoner Ive, Henniker, and thc p,rc=mtortogether. The prosecutor said" Takenotice of rwhatthese villairs say." Hmnike.; chirgcd tle prosecutor with a cenain crime. and the prosecutor Was in c3,riscquence taken to the vsatch-liousc. Gaarge Shecn, a watchnman, ilcposed .tbat hevas on'duty near tho o ttor p in Brunswick-llace o-51 .thc night of the Cti of August. S time ahout half past II o'clock' ji: heard thc cry of " wat5ch" He procceded to the quarter from which Ike cry camne, andi saw vthe prosecutor running towards Charles-square. JJeaaftcrwardslearnMc thpt tli; proswator was running to his own hous.-- .le would arrive at his ovwn house before he entered the square. In cons&Euwnce of the c&zsge which Uenniker made, lie toolc the prosecutor into &ustody. - Alexander, another watchman, corroborated the evidence of tdi la? witness resilecting the apprehension of the prosecutor.- . He aeso that the morning alter the afiair took place Ive and lien- niksr =casnpanied him, thr vwitness, to Clharles-square, and pointed ont a paticular spot as the place wllere tine prosecutor muade tile at. tnps t wh wbich thev chame.d lihnl .lA5DREWS adilsseA'the jury onAhalfof the prisoner. He believcd, Ie said, that Blr. Squire was. as innocent ofthe crimie whlch lad hren brought against him as any-man within his hearing: but it 7sz by no nisans necessary for the defence of Ive, to supposd fur cne mroment that Air. Squire was 4uilty. Ive might have acted. t- i tne YcTantations which Hennuker made, nupposing thiem to be true, end that lie believed was the fact. Several witnessee gave the prisoner a good chdracter. The CHAIIInarL said, tliatthe only question which the jury had tn co sider was, whetlher there had been a pre.concerted seleme be. tvn-on liae prisoner and Henniker to charge the proseeatox withi the ehnze which had been aLluded to. He t(ought that tliere couldebe zo douhi upOn the subject, if the witnesses for the prosecution were to be Mlieved. They were seen in company together be- fore the accusation was made, and next morning tihey accom- mzied a w:atchman to Charles-square, to point oun'apa"icu- tar "I as the scene of the prosecutor's guilt. If tle jury en. rzrtamned any doubt of the prisoners gutlt, they would give lilu the baneEt of the testimony which had been adduced in favour of his npirn-l conduct. but such testimony would not weiht as a fmesthcr cRaino fccts.-Thejary itnmediately returned a verdictof gailey. 'We are sorry to state, that the banking-house of lles=sr, Pire,ilam, ad C,, of Mcrthyz.Tyd,Yi has suspendoa pay. AlIDDLESEX SESSIONS.