Middlesex Sessions, Frida...
The Times, 1824-09-18T00:00:00

Tljo1 as Willia77 EciTh as a sitart lad about 16 years ot' age, peti- tioned the Court acainnt his master, Ar. G. RB S?ftdl, a' tradesman at Kienrington. Kilby's petiton set forth, at considetable lenigth, that he was the apprentice of Sx. Smith and had paid 301. to learn the trade of a carver and gilder. Mlr. gsnith, however, instead of teaching him thit businiess, employed hlim in lighting fires, nurning children beating caipcts, and other domestic offices. The CHTArRAie desired to know what tMir. Smitb could say in arswer to this complaint ? i.Le Smith.-lMy Lord, I say that it's aU false. Thoiras used to liht the obop fire, but no other. Boy.-My Lord, the ahop fire is the onl, fire there i in the house. The C1Ra Sfx. BUt then, why don t yoa te=h him his trade ? He says yott make him waLit npoo lodgers, and clean shoes, and carry water. Mlr. Smith.-Your worship, I make him do that because he can't learn his trade; apprentices are never fit for any thing tbc first year. Kilbv's father now came forwaTd, and said that hc had grtat rea- son to tndd fhult with Z.r. Smith. His son was h,ard worked, uvctcb- edly fed, end learned absolutely nothing. .1;fr. Smith.-IIl fed t He alwaays lived the same as me and my fansily. Boy.-Ml Lord. tbat's upon fourptnny sheeps' livers-for lhe won't pay five-pence for good ones-and tlhree penny worth of bacon, for dinner. Mr. Smitht admitted this; and zppealed to the Bench whether sheep's liver was a food to be disdained. The Ct;eu itrAN said that would depend upon the frequency of its exhibition. AMr. Smith.-We never had it more than three times a week, my L-ord. The CaeAIeuaeAS doubted whether it ought to have been insiated upon more than twice. Perbaps, however, the best thing the par. ties could do was to separate. M1r. Snuith.-With all my heart, my Lord. He's a rebellious doer. I am quite agreeable to that. Complainant's fatner hoped that part of the premium lie had given -ould be paid back ? jlMr. Smitb.-Paid back, indeed 1 Youmust pay r'c for the time your son has to serve. Complainant himself then said, that lie wished to leave his master. He got nothn that he could eat, and wats kept running of errands (to and from die pawnbrokers) from morninF til night. The asARsitA4.r-Es that true, Mr. Smilth, that you have been in rbe Isbit of sending this lad tothe pawunbrokers? f1r. Smith said that it wam, and he waas not ashamed of it. Any tradesman migh; have occasion to send there. The CHAIRMAN--Ycs., but hot to send his apprentice: and his doing so wotdd des:rve the strongest reprobation. The lId's father pkidl you 301. tco vears ago. You must give him up, and return 181. Mlr. Smiltn.-Ofi, my Lord, I cai't do that. Ihad rather keep Thomas on, than give back the motney. The CHAiRMAN; said, that at present his opinion was that which he had stnted, but he was ready to bear evidence (if there was any) against it. Mr. Smith.-Then I'll call 3Mr. Robinson. He knows what I'vvc suffered. Cha,irs broken-glasses damaged-ill words to my wvift before my face ' Air. Robinson was called accordingly, but his testimony only made Mr. Snith's crase worse. Indeed, he s,aid at once that his friend Smith had not trade enough for himself and an apprentice; and that for the domestic squabbles, he believed the master- and mis- tress hrd been mnore to blaetie in them than the bov. Mtr. Snitb.-Wbv, don't you know that he uFeil to tell rne lies ? f Mr. Robinson.-lf he did, I am atimid Mrs. 9mith taught him. Afr.-Smith.-Didn't he use to drink the becr always as he fetched it from the public.louse ? Mr. Robinison I don't know: the people might have given him short measure. The CtAIR3t1AN said that. as the case stood, it seemed to him to be a very clear one. It was not Mr. Smith's fault that lie was in bad dTcumstances; but he had no right to take an apprentice, and with a premraium too, for wbhom ie coula not reasonnbly provitde. Under all circurnstances, it was infinitely better that the parties ehould separate: and MIr. Smith must n;ake up his mind to refund 181. of what he had received. Miery HiU and James Hillvwer indicted for a misdemeanor, in having a quantity of base coin in their possession, witb intent to utter or dispose of it. The prisoners, who were man and wife, lodged in a place called Long-alley; and, on the 13th of August, in consequence of private information, two officers from Worship-stree' suddenly broke in upon them. An iron pan was discovered, (concealed under a bed), waech as coiners use in finishing off their pieces; and a cup of wash, to give them the last colouring, prcvious to their being circulated. Ttomnas. Hill bsd nothing foand upon his person; but the woinan w-astaken with thrce base half-crowlrs in her hand. The CAenemrAN, in summing up, observed that nothing had bien found actually in Thomas H ill's possession. The Jury foundaMary Hill Coilty, sentence, four months' im. -pi,oa,t,ent- Thomas Hilt Xot c,atiy. Joscp,v PDac kcr was in(icted for an offence similar to the abom This prisoler w as a considerable speculator in his way; more than fifty half.crov'.ns acid shillingt ' ere found on different parts of his person, wvhen he was talken. T1he Jury found him G>i4ly; and lhe was sentenced to 12 months' imprisonment, the Chairmnan observing that hc had undergone tao yeara' confinemnent for similar practices already. [It is not very long siice 31r. Parker's remittances from Birming- hamn, to the aniount of nearly 1,5001., were stopped in 01d-street- road. They xvcrc coming up bs' coach, and weighed niore than a hundred pounds avoirdupois. But the offlcers havingprivate no. tice, waited the arrival of the vehicle, and (we believe) were so for- tunate as to secure sozne of the coneijnes. 1i FVillian Brittoon Dvson, 2a Man about thirty years of age, was inr. dieted foGr aswaulting Ann Wlieable, with latent to commit a rape (her. The prisoner wac said to be the same individual who Was trid (and ncquitted) a siert time since, for murdering his wife, by hrowicg her mito the Thames ne. r Wesiminster-bridge. EIe is a storat-built mtan, with dark eyes, and shaggy hair; of coarse mannier andi appearance; and, generally bv no means reposessitg. - Tbt prosecutrix, Ann Wheab\r,rather a well-lookirit girl, being sworn, said that she seas servaLnt to Mlr. Cooper, at No. 6i York- buildinjgs, New-road. On the 25th of July it wAs that tdie prisoner ftiade this attack upon her. Her master and the farmily erec out, and the prisoner canie. from the. Globe pub. Iic_.rous* to bring a pent of beer. Prisoner came although. he was not tTe FOan who regularly brought beer'tc their bouse. He talked tohier *r a fewrminittes at the strect-adror, and atiked her-if she was willing to keep compnany widt hirn, Then he torced hiinto the pas- sRae; tind th1rew her down upon thg stairs'; there W'as nobody in the hiuse, but she cried out and struggled, and at last"got away from him. Prisoner then left the house; but she (nrosecutrix) baw him aniri oh, the tiame day abou t four o'dock. When he knocked at the does het said he came for his pot; lie was not the *man who WtLAVv cwe 'fot the pot*, He said that be was very sorry for what byad paased in the morn!ng, and hoped she wonld -oved6oldk it ; he then took hold 1of her, ond carried her into the- p5flour, where there was a sofa1 and' ised qreat violence to 1ih'r 'evsda. ghe'(prosecutri7.) again resisted, ahd cried out- loudly; bat tie i,sonetot ontinued hbi ill treatment. '. At last thev& camewa rng aSthe ell, (trhich vwas ce real pot-man cotnefor his pOt), 'an(i pjisonsretben went to the door, ai2 after;wads went away. The pot.. mnafl who rhid rung the bell stayed for lis Pot; prisonet told him as h lu w$ autj tlat he had been " Larklig" with the niaid. She (wit. iiemL) told hira hosv prisoner had behaved, and desired that lie would tell his rcaser. On being questioned by Dyson himself. the progecutrix said, that ahe eas 18years of age, and.indignantly denied that she had ever hai aDny .nproper intimacy wilh him. She was positiveshe had gone tp iLe sota byvfree, and ftotyvillitigly. Did not knoow whether It was 'te *itingib at the bell wrhich made hint desikt ftom his attempt. Ott ivEeiti questionsl again, s he admitlethat she was off the sofa hef6ra-t ring aot the bell took pJace. Sithprisoner, in his defente, behaved witb a good deal of effron. tery, and said that the whiol pt-osecu~inii arose olut of the nmalice of his fellow--servant. He had meant nooffenck to the young woistan; and woilaThbtvemarri-id her, if sle would 'have congented rather than uhernateer should have come intocourt. He persistet, hov- ever, ina sedariarg that he had been criminally acqu- A,nted with the Pyosecnii-6 t i Thle C.-rAitf-eAN, in gning' over the evidence. said tbat as to the. as-rnlt thlere could b3 no doubt; the only quemsion that could arise se-ms whethler there had been the intent to rav'sh. IT1hle -jry fuiind'the:pchidergui4ty of the commrnon asraltd (nega. tiviz theinente:tt: and'e :zas sentenced by the Curt to one month's R7hitRAent.. retommiended him to look eimiibualk to hiil-beN hiviou'r as he'vruiatt inot escape so easily on tlhe textocion. ,tffri. Elizabd.s 'o,rorrezo, convicted on NV4dunesday lastof a false 'snu1 =cndAlous libel npon a gentleman of -the name of Amos, -waes. 'tmfAght upa erce'lveijudgment upon. the modion of SIr. ALLrr.. yis.M lltriso5i ha-itg-co;mc into courtl, Ilr. A LLRY thet adilresse -'V' halr-ar atl- stated t1tat in conllequence ofr npohegy made y ", :, vatstdest lre'sar, his cheat sa5 Ieiitour that'the ritter' Thotied b sai,-, hetnust confcss th:at ht eas a littl"s-str+ "*:riit, ic. '- lution.' -If the judign.ent of :the tourt hal ~I 0`i hate I Or a very.:heavy. bhAar~ter indeed,1 fi i- -dla thavoftb delatnet hrhdAtud- tieve; tOmet ; f ,t,xw:- e it;ial-tbisf, Siri..ut irs ilforrison htas ex- * pt?diher- reg ,antl It is iMr. Atmor_earaest with that the cte m* rhi?lQ.aIAiP rt.4it bis h the osecnt&;r>le5tire, I vati allo * '~,e'1e ; A2ertainlY e 'e-tnti -sa lno ml&ehit.etween v?ry 'heete inhabid~neeyiniaoi. :ri QT fl;iestwbch"topny't uaintbe s,)fOflPner ahlii4g'ble bbaavi,i'a._;! J.r. "---i-|' .* 1te~ itt1abilft3n of C4lais, in Main, and Si. St?ephen's, in 1~s nniik yteeeto fabbg vrte St. Croix crivt, have conneed tll It BedrStates with thBritish provinces f tile nerdi MIDDLESEX SESSIOYS, FjRIDAY, SRPT. 17.