The National Register. — London, England, 1809-02-26 00:00:00

THE NATIONAL REGISTER. LAW REPORTS. COURT OF KING'S BENCH, WESTMINSTER, FEB* 21. • (worms v. WI, EATLE V I ESQ. This was an action of assault and false impritonment. The Plalntiff is a tradesman in Westminster. and the Defendant a CoVonel in the Guards. It appeared that the Miami ff, on the King's Birth-day, he beluga Constable, serving in his own right, was stationed in one of the avenues lea - thug to the Palace, with orders to permit no our to stand in that passlge, but to keep the crowd moving. it so happened that Col. \V heatley, dressed in coloured cloaths, placed himself in that passage with two Latlies, and the Plaintiff insisted upon his moving one way or the other. The Defendant told him, that he was Commanding Officer of the Guard, ani should staad there. The Plaintiff would not believe him, as he was not dressed in uniform, and insisted upon his moving; upon which Col. Wheatley called two of Isis Grena diers, gave the Plaintiff ip charge, and he was' carried a pri soner to the Guard-room, where he was kept two hours. It was for this assault and imprisonment the Plaintiff now brought his action, and justified his conduct upon the orders he had receiv ed, and from an ignorance of the Defendant's character and sta tion, he being in coloured cloaths. Lord Ellenborough thought it was extremely wronl of ( 7 01. tV heatlev to have been on duty in • coloured cloaths oti such a day as that; and that the Plaintiff, not knowing him to he an 0111cer,. did right in desiring him to move from the avenue in which he was standing. The assault had been proved, and the Jury would say what damages the Plaintiff' was entitled to. The Jury gave a verdict for the Plaintiff', with M. damages. THE KING V. BEAUMONT* This was an iaformation, filed ex officio, by the Attorney General, against the Defendant, for a libel in a Sunday Paper, printed by the Defendant. — The libel was a le t te r addressed to his Nlajeity, under the signature of" Tiberius Gracchus." It tontained several passages of animadversion upon the conduct Tsf the King, and many of the Royal Family. It charged the King with ruling the Country through the means of a secret tahinet or Junto of persons inch pendently of the public :awe liked Ministers and the Privy Council ; from a secret ,part , ho were not responsible to the country for their misconduct. 'This was to effect the tendency of the letter • The puislication bring proved, Mr. Cliifard addressed the Jury, and contended for the De fendant that in other times in •n of the first political characters has, made similar charges, both in their speeches and writings : stud he ias:anced in particular, the great Lord Chatham, Mr. Burke, Mr. Beckford, and others ; amid yet it was not there held constitutional to prosecute those persons for libels. Tbe Jury, under the direction of his Lordship found the Defen daut Guilty. FEB. 20. cuEsTER. CIRCUIT. Robert Dallas, Esq. and Francis Burton, I:sq. Montgomer% shire—Thursday, Nlareh 23, at Pool. Dero)igh-hire--Iti'ednesday, 11: arch 29, at Ituthin. Flin:shire—Tuesday, April 4, at Sold. Cheshire— Monday, April 10, at the Castle of Chester.. ACCIDENTS AND OFFENCES. Early on Tuesday morning, the body of a new born infant %as found in the garden of the Archbishop of Canterbury. It is sup posed a woman had delivered herself in the Bishop's-walk, and had thrown it over the garden wall. The body of a very, gtnteel dressed man Was picked up in the new Paddington Canal WA Tu esday last, and it wa- owned on the following day by the brother of the deceased, whose con nections were traced by !tome memorandums found in a pocket book. Mr. A—r-1, the deceased, was a Lieutenant of Infan try, on leave of absence. Whether he came by his death by accident, or design, cannot he ascertained. There were no marks of violence, and live guineas were found in his pocket. On the 10th inst. a remarkable instance of desperation oc curred at North Shields. Some articles which had been stolen from a wash-house at Tynemouth, having been found in the possession of a woman of the name of Murton, who for many rears kept a school. and which she affirmed were purchased From one of those women who are in the habit of exchanging clothes ; but not being able to tell the name or residence of the woman, some persons upbraided her in Cie course of the day with theft, which seemed to drive her almost to frenzy, and about seven o'clock at night, she embraced two of her children several times, bade them farewell, and then, with her infant daughter in her arms, left the house. Iler husband returniug home some time after, found a letter on the taYe, in which his wife informed him, as she could not think of surviving the loss of character, she had resolved to throw herself and infant into the river. Instant search was made, but her body was not dis covered till Saturday morning. Coroner's verdict-.--Lanarg. The body of the child is not Set found. A circumstance occurred on Saturday se'nnight, at Elemire, near Masham, iu the North Riding of Yorkshire, that has ob toined a large share of public' attention in the neighbourhood. An old man of the name of W. Jest, his wife, and their daugh ter and son-in-law, Jonathan Graham, resided together in a house at that place. On Saturday the old man and vvoman were left together in the house,• the son-in-law having left them, to bring home his wife, who had been on a visit at his father's some days. About an how after dark the old woman thought she saw a man lurking about the house, and her husband vent out to reconnoitre. Soon after lie had quitted the door a gun was discharged at him, and the ball passed through his arm and lodged in his body. For some time no traces of the murderous olicuder could be fonnd,but suspicion at len7;th fixing. itself upon his son-in-law, Jonathan Graham, he was secured and taken be fore Mr. Clatter the Nlagislrate, when it appearing that he had borrowed a gum from one of the neighbours, and the gun having. been found secreted in a hedte, he was committed to York Castle to take 100 trial for the offence. The poor old man who Iris lately become posse , sed of some property, still survives, but it will he some (la\ s before his fate can he pronounced upon. Yesterday morning, at eight o'clock, John Nichols. for forging Bank of England notes, and Sarah Grimes, alias Bar rington, far forging a seaman's will s were executed in the Oki Bailey. THE KING V. HORSMAN. T was also an information against the Defendant, for a libel. The libel consisted of a witting-bill, which the Doren rlant had causer! to he posted up throughout the whole tour, otrering-20 guineas reward to any one who w mild prove that the nuke of sut4-lex was not the author of a certain hand bill, signed • Yorkshireman, aspersing Mr. llague. lie also declared his intention of publishing the letter ;in Englishman in which the tnoral character of the [royal Dukes %%maid he discussed. This was the band-bill which was followed by Mr. Ilague's summon ing 1♦ !r. Wnodf i i, a printer, together with the Duke of Sus sex, to appear before the Lord Mayor. rlr. Adolphus, the Defendant's Counsel, eudeavonred to chew that it was not st libel. inasmuch :16 it did not charge the Duke with any cri minal offence. Lord Ellehborough, in bit charge to the .1 nrv, held that it wassittlicient to constitute a libel, if the person attacked might be renlered even merely ridiculous by it. !lad this been applied to an common Mail, it must hk, considered as tending to hold him up to ridicule add contempt—it was clearly a libel. 'The Jury lothid the Ocfendaut LENT ASS IZI>I. NORTH WAT.ES SPRING CIRCUIT, IRO. lieveeqer, 1"q. and Sir Titoina , 4 Nuttier: Anglef.ev—Thtfrsday, Alarcli 23, at liennwaris. Caraarvomhi re— II y, Mareh 29, at Carnatvon. Merlin:et tullire—Ttleolay, April 4, at Bala. MARRIED. At Lambeth. James Jefferys„ iron-monger, to Elizabeth Ro• bert , ., Widow of the late John Roberts, Esq. On Tuesday, at St. George's, Bloomsbury, Captain Charles Payne , . of the Royal Artillery to Barbara, daughter of the late Robert. Dyneley, Esq. of Bloomsbury-square. Tuesday week, at Thornton-in-the-Moors, Mr. Samuel Sant, aged 64, to Miss Hannah Lamley, of Traford, aged 18. — May and December! DIED. 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