The Statesman. — London, England, 1819-03-03 00:00:00

THE RTATIC; titions which have beets pretested on this sub ject I beliere, sir, that the more the names of the Petitioners are examined the more will it be forted that they are of the most respectable de• *caption. If the subject conceraing which these Pe titions have been presented referred merely tea mat ter of individaal suffering, it sight be desirable that the names of the Petitioners should be very name rout but on a subject of this general nature I coll. !rile that the surholity and character of the Pett it rrers should h• looted to rstner than tlieir olden sirr. number. With respect to the Petition from the City, who are the Petitioners? They are the Ma- I lirorates and infOis of a Court in which capital punishment 'sista to • greater eateut unfortunately then peVheps in any other one in the world. To dui, cane:jests', therefore, on the subject of Criminal Law considerable importance should be attacked; but •tilt further, it is to be considered that they are peculiarly liable to the depredations against which the low provides, and may therefore reasonably be ',opposed %I attached to the system by which their property is protected, sinless' that system has bees proved by et perience to be at elitism with the prise ciples of justice, sod even with the objects which it professes to attain. I say, Sir, that the may be reason. ably supposed, fur it is the nature of man geoerallp to be favourable to those means by, which his wishes are most speedily anti effectually secured. Tim authority of t citizens of London, therefore, on this melded* •pparently In opposition to their own interests, meet be considered as of the highest importance.--[eeer, Acar !]—With respect to the Positiou from the Fee ciety of Friends, commonly called Quakers, it may be necessary fur me to say a few words. This Pod lion prays for such a change of the Crimisal Law as is consistent with justice, and it also indulges in some hopes that the necessity for capital punishment may, by the progresi of religion and good morals, elti mately ewe. This; Is a hope with which good men have at various times consoled themselves ; bat whatever may be the opinion respecting the speculS lions of philosophy, or the hopes of religion, I did frost that a body of men who neither send paupers to our workhouses, nor criminals to oar prisons, would have at least escaped from an attempt to ridi cule or censers them. [Licar i heart] —I own that such a body did not seem tow adapted for ridicule ; a body which was the foremost to bring forward, and the most strenaoas in eosin, the abolition of the African Slave Trade; • body whose practice wants only to become general in order to render the inflic tion of capital psnishmest altogether unnecessary." —[fleat, heart] The lion. Member set down amidst cheers from both sides of the Ilene. After the recision had been read hem the Chair, Lord CASTLEILEAGH aehereveledged the tem perste and candid meet le•ableb the Honourable! and berried Gentleman bed treated this important subject- -[1 her, hear !]—as well as the valet of the lights which his highly cultivated mind and legal ta. lents had thrown open all the bearings of the case. But still, for the reasons which he had stated lest night, he felt it his defy to differ 4rnm the coarse which the Ileeeertble and Leareed Gentlemen pro posed to purser. As to the two precedents quoted by the Honourable end Leerned Gentlemen, be thoeght that the circumstances connected with : these precedents, fereisked segments rather against' their imitation, then in fovea, of 'their adoption. —What was the cowrie In 1752 ? The Bill was! sent to the House of Lords, het there was no : practical remelt; the number of capital lifelike was not diminished by it—why, it was in vain, at Ibis dietaries of time, to 'nitrite ; bet he could easily imagine that it failed feaceemplithing that object be cause it was founded esclasi►ely on an abstract view of t►e subject. without any reference to an 'salsify cote the recondary punishment to be sobstiteted for the cspital. Nor had the Honourable and Leeraed Gentleman show• thet alte peoseeditigt is the year 1770 14 to awl practical seselt. In feet, therefore, It was impossible ['cite precedeals less calculated to Invite the adoption of the course recommended by the Homerableand Learned Gentleman. Ti.l precedents of more modern times west to themes effect. Of She measures introdeced into that House by il.e Leafleted individual alluded to by the Horioerable and Gemini Ge•tlenean, only one received the sanction et the other Hoes" et revilement. If they, had proceeded on the tidied consideration of the saltject, which be recommended, it was probable that more of them weorld have passed into laws. nu' the result•, even of the Bill iotrolluz'd bi nit. S. limsail.y, which wel agreed to by tie other Loaseyabe abject or which was to take away c•oitsl ponl.liant :It froth the °Mince if Mealiog 'tritely', from the person, sod to make it • tiens;ottebbirefceace. were nos arch as to rensem mood any similar proceeding. That Bill pealed !eve a law •boat fear jean ego. By sit relents for the last ten jest,. II appeaseJ, that the number of per.l sons charged wit► sad convicted of the crime, had increased in a greater ratio than that tiewther of thole cheesed with and convicted of any other crime.' There were eherged with that crime, in 1810, 136 ;; In 1811, 194; in ii•u.1,'224; 411814.272; in 1814, 311; in 1815, '277: in 401; in 11517 i. etr7 ; sod in 1818, 531. Teem were convicted of t►at crime, la 1810, 64 ; in 1811. 83 in 1812,! 78 ; in 1813. 136 ; in 1814, 467 ; ire 1815. ; in 1816, 234; in 1817,847; andio letB, 262. It appeered, therefore, that the new missive hid bad no practical result; bet that the particular crime its qeestion had increased in the period of the last tee years, in the proportion of between filer and five to one. Untie& the enquiry proposed by the Nonevent ble aced Learned Gentleman were to be ectitaled to the nature of the secondary punishments, it must be u:itstisfecter) ; fir of the 13,C.v0 Ciii:dri3ll wi►h which ear jilt wet. aneuelly crowded, on leg than 10,M0 .rte of the class I' which these ponishments wire inapplicable. lie hail no conception that there were, us eletod b ) tee ilenourntert and Learned Geotienosts. '2OO felonious openers. Blsoy of the %nacre, however, on that !Orient were obsolete, aid their ahsolrte remove; from the "tratete Book was a matter of little impertatire. Torre might be otheis shin of the fantastic therartrr de.etibed by the Honourable end I,^rrner.l (;.'.Armen—feel as the Black Art—bot surely them was no pve!sere for their immediate repeal. If the limeourable and Learner' Gentleman's ircumenti were us conciselye es they appeared to him to be otherwise. nett branch of the question, the practical and the abstract. tight tile to a Committee; bet teen in that case the fct oer ought l• precede the latter ; the substitute /hand be considered before the alteration. Bet Ise (Lord C.) contended that Ibe whole enquiry should be car: tied on by the same peruse, and not dispersed among various hinds, the result of which woold mt. oes..lily be partial end limited. lie roald not per suade himself that the enquiries of the Commit ter ap pointed last night would occupy a rest event of time. Ile did mot think they eight to charge them selves, for instance, with an elimination into the state of ., jail, bet en the contrary, he thought they shoold look at the 'object in a larger point of view, for the papa* of establishing general pried plcs to be acted en either by the Crown or by the Legislator,. So with respect to the secondary penishments, they ought to look at the question largely, as statesmen, sod endear''r to metals what eltuellen in the general character of those penithments was likely to be beneficial. Ile saw sae reason why all this might not be satisfactorily ac cemplished in the present, or at furthest, its the nett Session. The ulnae mould decide between the two courses. He felt it his duty to move the presi. nes question on the motion made by the Hon. sad Learned Gentleman, not from soy wish to oppose him, but because he thought the appointment of the Committee of last night was the step most calculated to lead to advantageous results. Mr. BUXTON thought It impossible that the Com mittee appointed cooed enquire into the state of all the prisons; the whole Police; the hulks, tramper- Ution, and a new colony of the Antipodes, if they were to enquire else Into the state of the Widest Law. The want of religious instruction was the great cause of the hurtles' of crime. lie hoped the House would ague to send the enquiry into the Cr,. mina! Code to a distinct Committee, as be was of opinion that oar Criminal Laws did greatly teed to increase of crime. He compared ten years at ono ! time and leo at another, in which the number of the capital contictious had increased in a propor- ; lion of between four and Ave to one. More crimes bad been declarOd capital in the reigns of the Bruns. wicks, than in the reigns of the Plantagenet., all the Tadao, and all the Stuart,. Taira were per- I sons new living, who were in glistened when the capital offences amounted to GO, anti in the short ' Space of the life of man, they bad seen them qua drupled. Seventeen offences were made capital at once, one of which was the shooting at a man ; ano.; tber the killing of a rabbit; the third, trying to horn a men In his bed, aid the fourth, cutting down heady of ish-poods. Lately, when a man wasnreatell for forgery, the promisee charged the law as murderous ; for they called out that she man was murdered ; and • be thought they charged the law justly. In his opi nion, the severity of the law had raised up a power ; In this coaetry which abrogated the law, by produc ing encertaiety of punishment to the criminal. He did justice to the Judges and the Goterement for their willingness to mitigate punishment ; but what did this prove? why, ooly that we were saved howl the severity of our own law by the lenity of Mi., sisters. The laws spinet Nat West bankrupts and forgery bad operated greedy to the Injory of trade. He instanced she cases of two Grottoes's of the; greatest mercantile dealings (there net being ten men in the kingdom of more), who suffered two persona; to go unprosetuted for forgeries on them. Cardinal Wolsey said, that the Juries of his time were sea ! blood.tbiraty that they would find Abel guilty of the murder of Cain ; the Juries were now eactly the reverse, for actin: to the severity of oar law, it was almost impouible to obtain a conviction. One Jury had found a person guilty of stealing to the ! amoont of 395. when he had stolen 81. its notes, and some bills of exchange. A man had pot his breeches ander his heed to keep his money safe, and in the eight a thief sowed the room, took the mousy, *rid repisced the breeches. The Jay found him guilty of stealing, bat lint in the dwelline.hoess. Now, to mike sense of that, the breeches must have been temoseil out s.f the house to be tobi:ed, soil, when that was done, returned to its former piece. Ile said, that from Parliamentary doer. mats, it could b. s..tus that it was ten to one that an tut:oder was not lz.ken, fifty to *no that he was not proseuscpil. a hundred to one that he sr • 4 not cnntieted, and snore It In a thousand to one that he was not eseteitert. The effects of esece.ion were neat le aolliing, enrreny one might satisfy him. ,elf of that from the &India and "mien of those present at such Visible eshibitioas, and.the prisoners themselves always still, suer an • lion, " Well, we can't pity him, he is one in heaven ;" 'bashes,. ing that no effect was produced on them, lie appealed tePtlitePelitions of those *Pry mess who'were she rubel losers by depredations, who wets the 'waded is steaming a revision of oar Penal Lawe. beasethine must be done, and it ought to be submitted tee sepia rate Committee. Mr. COUIZTIA Y. in in argnmenlatice nitwit, slated hit reasons for not secrtling to the to.olion of hes 1t... and ttarat/ I recast (bir J. Mackintosh). Mr. LAW3I/4 spoke agalott the motion of Sir James Mac intosh. SION itAUN T MB id , hr should wort decidedly tioohr file proposilios or the Hon. and Learard Geollersito (Sir J. alseintoch). Mt J . BM 14 deci Iced shot he olloold vote for tie oboiloo or Mr lion. and learned Frirud (Sr J. Macistoth). Mr. LITTIR raw oisprirtert the .Minn. Mr. r 11E1111 Lain epek♦ to f.tennr of die winder. P. 1.. WILMOT einem+, Ihni if Miniurrs kad col rnspre. briefed Ow selsfeelle itself ,e1ea5.•14414. he dwell hare soled for the Hon. and Learned Heenle.nan'e =oh n. Mr. K is as eloquent aad impressive 'perch. sappor:ed the mail n. T A XIING eul..ei•rd hr 111211111 , T in which toe motion had been boloollirforirrorJ. hot -saw no reJuon fnr the up pointoieot of a Canapitte.. Mr. SCARLETT, in he alck sp.eth, ropooried the reethre. Mr. Alderman W 001) owed. ih there newr then le New • ente 4.3 erfeiloth seder iient•pee er ..reih end 4.;0 for Iran.. "n m ersia.. m a t lone Ihr erre, of the prewet systene of the Crietteet C 0 4 7. outt of lie htile only i? W•relaileri• The ATTI)R P. EN f. It 1 11.44 i-toiled the ey•lrsn. Sir J. dAVINTONN Imielly replier', and proceeded re reed th- nereer of Ike Mers-cn whore. Wroold he bscc,.4 is hit sisijss.hr sn.poNli 1.. Mg/SLAW Cyr hi, ( mossetler:— Mr. Dorherw, Atroriwy Ned Soltriior (Warfel.. Mr. Al dormers Wood, Lord Dr. Phollionn-. Mr. Wyatt, Mr Unerl• 4). Mr. Mnrdon d, Mr. Scarlet, hlr. Abeicroin hie, Mr. lint'', Intr lion, Mr. liens. it, Mr. Wilberforce. Mr. Berrogi bird Nugent, Mr. Verse., M.. Huston, turd Mr. llnearth. Tire Dame hen dig Lied. when the number. et ere— Fur the origin 1116.1140 :41—Asain.t it 1114—Me)erily 19. hie J. MA 19 r()%11 (es we were given to understand) ...ea tworibeiesi the Meoibers Is bad formerly menlioord for Ma Mr M. 11 PLAY fwd for an Account or Sorebarges ender the AMC red lair.. frow the SAN April, 1618, le the 516 of ler. ear) , 1819 —Dr& rcd. Aeisetrred al halt peel OIC 10.041Kke iPkesrvimsfve r tisi*Vritlx. At foil• o'clock yesterday, the following number; were eitribited hon. 14r. Lamb . J. ii..lthiposi: ntll - . - Mr. Deettottre haptd . the free Electors would still persevere, used odd their names to those which had already appeared is Moe cues of liberty', whatever ' might be the ante of the cesteet a which now appear ed to be in heater of that morastrees coalition ; a proof of to undeniable niter' masted that Mr. Lamb owed his success to the friends of Sir Murray Mittwell.— He (Mr. Ilebhouse) bad • card, hafting those who weeld hose kind as to oblige Mr. Denis O'Brien with their votes for Mr. Lamb, to breakfast at the house of that hospitable friend to the Whig caste, and from thence to attend him to the Hustings, in order, the csid told, to gas a death blow to seerrility. This O'Brien had been noted. ously the most active parses in promoting of Sir MM.- ray Maxwell, by Nisi a meet improper infisence, from which it most be plaisly inferred that Mr. Limb came forward, became!, Sir Murray Maxwell ' bad retreated. Ile said, Mr. Lamb bad behaved with the gresteat tffrtmterit, in declaring that the popular had turned away from him, because a body of hired ruffians had interrupted the Wolin by their noises; but it was, he observed, some consolation to him to koow that the assertion had been made by the some person who had stated that Sir F. B. was oo longer held in the estimation of his Constituents. lie knew that Mr. Lamb's popularity wu of a portable kind, and believed that he always carried it is his pocket. ( Laughter mod applesese.) But there is another charge still worse: Mr. Lamb had accused him of having professed himself of the Opposition views in canvassing for Cambridge, sad deserted from them. Ile contended that his conduct five years age at Cam bridge, was reconeileehle to the views of ao honest aid independent Representative. He was very 'tang, end naturally admired these is the House of Commons who opposed an inicpsitons Adininistre• lion, from a conviction that their repugnance to the measures of Ministers were sincere.. He bad since learned that it was merely a contention for power over the People, and not for their privileges, on the one side, and agisiost them on the ether • and be had • decided hostility to those who teral aside from the principles they had professed, and had made false pledges for the sale lion of mankind Mr. liohhouse again called on the Blotters to come up n the Poll. He 'herald have the honour of m h; them neat Jay. Mr. LAMB said, his opposeols (foe he was honour , ed with two) bad bees ameslog the multitude with food better calculated to ezeite their merriment, than their serious consideration. As • specimen of the conduct of Mr. ilohlsomee's (deeds, he should reed • letter seat by Ike Gentleman who came forward the day before, and complained of basing bees anted by some penes hired against the independent Flouters.—(This letter contained a vary decided In. ! junetino to a tradesman, and a threat of lost of cos. ; tee, in case of a Waal to vote on that side of 11. berty.)—Mr. Lomb avid, hie predietloo, that he would be tent to tome pass where lie should be better beard, was seedy fulfilled. They world neat day prove, that he bed not arrogated any thing is hint. self, is standing as • Camlidate for their fawners. Mr. Herr came forward, eller meth opposition, cud paired out a arrest of abase, es tarsal, against, Sir F. Burdett; after which the Hon. BIAONIT step. I pal forward, aid repeated his charge against Mr. Lamb, of hiring ruffling, and impeding the Electors coming forward in support of his friend, Mr. Hob. house. Sir F. Burdett felt it his duty to occupy only a short portion of their lime, •s the Poll wra now so , nearly at a close, and of course every moment was valuable for the purpose of strengthening their num ben on the Poll. The Worthy Baronet then, after a few observations en the speech of Mr. Limb (which the Baronet formerly give), ri ittared that on his \armour as a Gitatiemen, he could state, that not one person bed bees hired on behalf of his friend's Com mittee, for, on the restravy, the persons who acted es the occasion were voiontary lie wa s afraid the Electors "we like a bundle of hay between two saes, and be doubted they had lest their steal energy. 'fo.morrew *mild he the final peek end he trusted the Electors would do jetties to their owe geese and the cognate. After a few ternerk• on the conduct of Mr. Denis O'Brien, the Beremset cos. eluded amidst much orphan with peat disapproba• lion. The crowd thee dispersed to the greatest order. The followiog cord esplolnt tie ollotion of Mr. Ilobhooso to the noutoatsl coed met of ki r. O'Brien : No. ?I, Crirtea-itreet . , Strand, Feb. 97, 1819. Mr. Dellis Wittiest entreats of close Klett on. to whose aps plseatiou at the commeorement if the present contest hereplied, • that it was am his lasenturn to tate any port in the protest Election." sow to rose forward, and strenuously to 'appall shit Nottoiesittie Grum* Lomb, who citrns. at all events, be moistened of •:nr bostility to the British Constitution. He begs to odd, that Be shell be b:ippy to see those Electors who ore willing to oblige hiss, sib's own howe to breakfast, oti Moeda, sad Tuesday, theist of Nardi, to proceed with hies to the Poll, and :mitt In Riving a decisive blow is scurrility —irdltios—and the mat oppressive 'pussy, soder the mask of peeteaded freedem. CATHOLIC QUESTIOM It appears by the last Dahlia Papers that the Orange Faction, or, the !woodlarks, as they are now properly denominated, have been straining every nese• to raise Antt•Catbolic feeling% and procure Petitions against the repeal of the laws by •hirl( our Catholic brethren are harassed and oppr•ss►il. Net content with inviting the Orangemen is. stand to their areas—not content with gearing every hut/. and alley in the City for signets's% they base had the audacity to apply to the garrison of Dublin—lbey have attempted in the face of Abe Coestitution sod the Lairs, In convert Oa Army of Ireleua into a Political Association. They Lave trodden upon the very heels of n,oH TalliaSOX l at all Weals, they hat. 'totaled the Act of 18113, and sohjogied ttivieselvas to the punishment of the gibbet. A'!►d yet these men, lobo would load the muskets of the soldiers for civil war, hue the assurance to call themselves the blonde of the Ge►ernment. General White. the Commander of the District, beria' in►estigated and ascertained the fact, the fol. lowing Iteptiiriental Order his been in eonagae~e. is.uon by Major Wilmott, Commanding the ::oral iu the Deblin Dist. iet : r:. 0. Plnd•bri Are. fhb. 16. " it hating appeared, that papers of a politics( nature have been introduced into nesyal Artillery Barracks, with the tie* of ;mining signatures of Noir commissioned Officers and so!•liers, th• Non-corm:B.s -stoned Officers and men sr* r-minded, that anyinter. feteisee In matters of a political nature, is directly in violation of their daty, and contrary to his Majesty's espfeii orders. " The Commanding Officer laments that me in. stronieut of th. nature above shaded to, containing the signatures of many Non-oommisaioned Officers end soldiers, should be in the hands of those ;moon! whom views it answers to swell the apparent numbs! of their advocates; bathe feels at themes timflon. winced, that the/ have been led into this act through inadvertency, not intention. lie calls upon Non ennsmissioned Officers of companies, and Officers of all ranks, as well as all Non-commissioned Officers to guard against the introdaetlon into barracks of any Paper which bears a political tendency, or giving it their countenance or signature. " Any deviation from the orders here contained will be punished in the rust severe msoner.The Com manding Officer takes this opportunity of reminding the men, THAT ATTEND ANCE ON ORANGE i.oocsas II CONTRARY TO Ills MAJESTY'S ORDERS. AND itg VICOS TO AT CAPTAINS Or TROOPS APO CORP.% NI .3 HILL, TO Tilt UTMOST OP THUS rowels, OH. COUNTENANCE SUCH PRACTICE." PROTESTANT PETITION. The olferela wade by the lutoleranta hove acted at are seppmed they would have done.•lt has inrreased Ike sigoatares to the Protestant Petition for Erna*. cipatioo, at lout far beyond the number sebscrihed le 1814. There wets, yesterday, lie hundred names where to this Petition than had been ever signed to soy former Polities in die city for • like pupae. LAW INTELLIGILVCF.. COURT Or KING'S SENN!. MARCH 1. Iltaeswoorn o. HAMPIHAW. In this cern the only point worthy of notice wee this:—The Geri held, that all consultations with a professional man, tboagh they may be confidential, are not privileged, bet those only where suit is the object. An Attorney, therefore, may be eternised as to mere matters of fact, as the preparation or ate. cation of a deed, which nay have come to his know• ledge without beieg intrusted in the cause. EXPENCES OF WITNESSES. In the abor;:caUse,e Personcb.4oreh. eel manse desired to know whether his reasonable eapences ' w•uld be paid to him? The Clint Justice inked him whence he cause? Nu replied, from the parish of St. Lake, Clerkenwell. His Lordship said, that he believed it was not usual to allow the eapeoces of a person tieing in London. The applicant was thew Owen, and gene his ',ideate. Nofe.--In 3 Blackstone, 369, it is stated, that Owe witness, enlace his reasonable expellees be ten. end him, is bound to appear at all ; ner, if he appear., is he bound to give gwidmoce till such charges an sassily paid him; except be resides within the hills of mortality, sod is summoned to give evidence Within the same." Ie • recent ease in the Common Pleas, a witness, mho had been summoned on as arbitration, refaced to glee evidence till he was paid his espences, and then brought an action to recover the same. Mr. Justice Park decided, that a witness coming from a j distance was entitled to his espences, though a wit. I ness within the bills of mortality was not ; bet he i must not refuse to - give evidence, after having been sworn. In Williams v. Wright (which wee tried before the Chief Justice. in Westtnisiter-hall, a few days • ego), the Plaintiff, a Surveyor, sought to mom 61. 161. ed., part of which consisted of a charge or two goinets, for attending two dale as a witness, in a cause Wright to. Jones, in At Klog's Bench. The I Plaintiff was enable to seppert the greeter pert of his demand, end, with respect to t►e two pines., Mr. ;kitten Alerted, that be did not know where his Learned Friend, Mr. Gurney, foetid it I.id down that a witness was entitled to a guinea a day. The Chief Jerflte said, lit should certainly tell the Jury ? When he cote to sum ep, that a witness was not en. titled to a guinea a day. Upon this intimatims. Mr. Carney &Omitted that a Verdict should be found fot the Defendant. MARCH s. AtrITIV V. ORHrIiTIM Alfa lIEROCR,T. The Plaintiff In this ease was a ca.penter, the De. fesdant Griffiths, a etorkiog-jeweller, mid Herbert, a constable. The precut action was brought to re. cover ccompensation for an assault and false impri. Consent. It appeared that the premise. of Griffiths adjoin then of a public's named Wild, in Cursitor. street who had gists him permission to make • win. dow ;maim into his yard. On the 20th of Aegeet last the Plaiutiff wks at the politic-house in queetieu k wino he went inea.tke yard, a n d. for a certain par. pose turned himself Aide near the window invita tion ; whilst standing' -here, Griffith pot a stick threegh the windoid slid pasted it in the Plain. Ws face, who seised the stick, end a streg• gle tank place, in which the witidew was broke. The Plaintiff Ikea went into the how, and 'wee after, the Defendant, eitcompanied bx,llerbert, and, not withitantli'ng ban was offerecl l o4 Austin's sp. patience neat morning, before a Magistrate, to the aninset of 3004 , Isolated en taking him then away to the Committer, where be win &ROO"( ileg that base, four o'clock is the afternoos, till eleven at WOO, when he was liberated by the keeper, two friends undertaking for his appearance neat morning. Ile did accordingly appear, when the Magistrate dis staged the toitplaint: Mr. Sctat.rrr, •a the girt of the Defendant•. contended, that MO Clients viers je.tified in •hat they lend dose, th• Plaintiff having condreed hrso golf in a vinient sod indecent manner ander the De fendant GriMth's oindeur, nod enemata', in the pablic.hesse, sirb sec\ violence, as fully justi6a the Defendant Herbert taking him Into comedy. The Jsry, after retiring an hoar and • q.aN•r r fcsad a verdict for the Plaintiff—Damages I v