Star. — 1802-10-14 (London, England)

TEL SESSIONS.--The Grand. Jury] for Suirex had, laft week, before them, an unufual number of inditiments for affaults, fc'me of which pi dented circumllances of a nature fo feridukand complicated, that the Grand Inqueft felt an intereft in inveltigating them with more than ordinary miflute nefs and circumfpeaiou. Thole molt entitled to notice were preferred as under, viz. Apia *Ewen and another, for biating and otherwife ill treating Mrs. M‘Eweii, wife or the fie ft defendant's brother, in her hufband's houfe at Brighton. Returned a true bill. Againft the abovelady, Mrs. M'Ewen (who has: in her poffeflion a Judge's Warrant for the apprehenflon of her hulband, for affaulting her fome time since) for forcibly entering her Paid hulband's houfe at Brighton, alarming the neighbourhood with her cries of murder, and threatened the faid M'Ewen and his alociate, with a naked knife. This bill being rejetled, induced the Complainants to exhibit articles of the peace againft Mrs. M'Ewen, but on the recommendation of the Court they withdrew them; and departed • but Mrs. M'Ewen afterwards obtained of the Bench, a warrant to bring her affailabts before fume Magiftrate to give fectutty for their appearance at the next General Quarter &Mons, to anfwer her complaint. And againft Hill. D-rl.y, Efq. of dice box celebrity, for having expreffed his difapprobation of the conduit of a London Conveyancer, who had won fifty pounds of him and declined play, by diftiiffing him his apartment at Brighton, with a brace of black eyes, and a bloody fhoulder, in confequence of its being forced into violent contaft with the glafs of one of the windows.—A true bill. All the above mentioned indictments (land over for trial at the next Seffimrs.  ;_. Smarr Sassioms.=--Yefterday Jofeph Eyre was indiEted for felonionfly Realing feveral feet of mahogany, the property of Mr. Dowfon, from his Wharf at Dockhcad. Mr. Winftanley, who was the chief witnefs on the part of the profecution, depofed, that on the Bth of Angufi lift the prifoner acquainted hint he had got Tome mahogany to difpofe Of; that being a broker, he went to the prifoner's.houfe to look at it, when, from the circumftance of its being apparently jn a fecret place, and from the price which the prifoner afked for it being fo much un der its real value, he began tb fufpea it was not honeftly dome ,by; he therefore Metfure4 it, •and examined it very minutely, and agreed to call 'for it on the following day. He gave information at Union-hall, but on going to the prifoner the next , day, the mahogany was gone. The prifoner told him Come officers had been to &arch the premifes for it, he had therefore removed it to Eaft Cheap, but would take care • Mr. W. fhould have it in a Thort time. Mr. Winftanley heard that a quantity of mahogany had been Rolen from Mr. Dowan's Wharf ; he therefore went there and on being {hewn the Jogs from whence the mahogany fo Rohm *as cut, he was convinced that the wood fhewn him by the prifoner was cut from the logs in Mr. Donlon's yard. On his being crofs-examined he laid, that from the veins of the mahogany, and from other marks, he was' pofitive it was the fame wood. Another witnefs proved tieing a quantity of mahogany carried from the prifoner's houfe in a cart, between five and fix o'clock in the morning of the following day to the one on which Mr. W. had been with the prifoner.—He „was found Guilty. s