Joseph Johnson proceedingsdefend was Indicted for a Misdemeanour in Assaulting Robert Sandford proceedingsvictim , and striking him over the Right Wrist with a Handspike, which lamed him for a Week or a Fortnight . The Prosecutor deposed that he rents some Ground and Warehouses of the City by Fleet-Ditch, and that the Defendant Johnson erected a Post or Crain on his Ground to hoist Timber out of the said Ditch: that he sent his Man to tell him he must not do it; but he would do it, that afterwards he went with his Man to cut it down, and the Defendant Johnson took a Handspike and push'd at his Face with it, but he the Prosecutor put it by with his Hand, and in so doing push'd the Defendant on the Breast; whereupon the Defendant lifted up the Handspike again, and struck him over the Wrist, and and he was afraid would lose the use of his Right Hand by it. The Prosecutors Man confirmed the same. There were 5 Evidences call'd for the Defendant, who deposed that they did not see Mr. Johnson strike Mr. Sandford before he struck Johnson on the Breast with his Hand; but it appearing by two positive Evidences about what the negative Evidences called the Blow on the Defendant's Breast, was only Mr. Sandford's putting of the Handspike from his Face, the Jury Found him Guilty . Fined 10 Marks .