The Stourbridge Observer, Cradley Heath, Halesowen & District Chronicle.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1869-01-09 00:00:00

AN ACTION FOR FALSE IMPRISON-
MENT AND SLANDER.

The case of " Torckler r. Tattersall (clerk) " has
been tried at Liverpool, and was an acts in for false
imprisonment anal slander.
'rhe declaration in two counts charged the false
imprisomnent, and in a third the slander, and to this
the defendant pleaded a justification.
Mr. Temple, in his opening statement, said that
the defendant was a clergyman, at Oxton, in Cheshire,
and the plaintiff a gentleman, who entered the
tonourable East India Ciimpany's service as a cadet
in the year 1820, and served with varitius regiments
fiir about tot years, rising to a lieutenancy. He was
present at the siege of lthurtpore in 1i420, for which
he hob!, a medal. In 1:429, sWirg to an imputition
11l ctiwardiee, Lieutenant Tore.aer was involved
in a quarrel with ibitne brother ofliers. He
challenged them, but they showed the clialleuq,e to

, . . .
!arm :ire .1. 'errnm o. m spit e oot t m ex . ortosos I la Iv ' ..
,nil ~; 1-,l••si win:it censure, to act in direct defiance . officer., and lie was ,obligisl to ,
twi.7..ilrelri.w.",-"niT.'"lhtTir this he requested one of the I
it 1,,, I .J,....,, Coln', iNI ..\ I D le.ii, API VOlllrtett.ly tit
.•fliers to withdraw the imputation Ile httil made. He ,
in,re i-s pt.ginent. Th. se retmoks are suggested loy
refused to do no, and drew a pistol and tired at ,
tI- sermon lin-at-h. .1 by the Rev. Idljitoir Richards, at orckler. He returned the tire, but no blood was shed. .
All finduts% •Margaret•street, at morning service licot
• In the following November Lieutenant Torckler was
5.,,,,i,ty. The preacher tin It two passages of S -rip-
tried by court-martial for shoo in g at his superior ,
tme for the text- - s iz., Psalms exxxix., v. 21, 22. and facer, found guilty, and smffenced to deith. TIIIN
2 l'oristhians, e. iv., v. ri, 'J ; atoi after having ilw, It court-mart' a', it seems, was impropet Iv held tenth
for a little si•ace on the purely spiritual amt rt-list' its ease I orug jail before the Commander-is-I Trief the
asp.-cts of the w Isle, he proceeded to DOI.DDeDI, at
s. menet- was remitted, hut Mr. l'orcklerls.lllllliSSloll
gmoter length on the stil,ject which he e.i.lently felt sibpeisietl. Afmr this he came to England, nhere be
most deeply, and which he called " a grevious blow heard that the directors of the Company had detersdn. d
oleatt at the Church of God." t., dismiss him, but in consequence of the mitigating
Ile reminded his Ire reel that on christmasslay he hail circumstances of the Cape and his ten years'
labily hammed thrill of the Itt,ttitri.DS ti.,III;LO; ht.t tit hdve ~ vice, allowed him a pension of k7O a year-
na ea at hal lesgth upon then. then loe felt would li eve o .
been drover:ctn. of a ova'. 1 f •-tival. Ile:Minh, I, la, MI too im..sentence
.still, however, remained recorded agMnst
tis• n mid. de,•ision of a t, Ono, ji awe], he „anti,. 0,0.1,. him. In la .1.1 lie DllDlCillanded a company- of Escheat
0,-,-..-1 Ids tie irel, t, iri si. 1, i•er was 0 twins,' n. i r,,,•,,,,,i-e., I in the 111 a-rating Army of Ports,al under 1 tom
~,• ~,,,,i,,,,e,, hv the Moore., lout w Mob losoi bye ot•PA. Ihoolro, anti was present it the siege ..1 Oporto. He-
,ttja.t I , {•,.. ‘,..,,t the tie. ..tit. ill tlle .11,11 C 11.6 i•W It [l,, torbing to I.,glarni aft, r ties he has sines, taught
c,, -, to• I ~a, ot AI ei.l A. i 0 l'e.v:, Connell, he rc 010.0 rho: I, Freoeli, Ilintlus.mui, and other things in various towns
u..,iy a • , tttre to nal :,,,.-'•I, ..a ir ~...., I ..,• ~ ory ,- t
sit "II e .ticres, In l$1;:t the papers relative to the
Pr., 1, ~,.... --,;,• :,1 Ide clow.-11,,, ~ • • w., 1 lici,dl.l., ; bar 'l' I'. ,- ' ,• , , • , jj
ht be inild, ~., I, •re b•s, an I ottbenevots, cow tdnartlat were tato 'adore toe ee.nbe of Commons,
Iltt dlt., lA,' :1.-1D1.,11 4.1 it 1.11,,, hilt
in which the church was steeped five-and-fforiy years C. e,ranted in .b rune, 18114. In 15417 Mr. Torckler came to
trill matt-awed that state with its present condition. Then Liverpool, hoping to lie able to establish a school to
it .11,1 no: trooble 'Loll or the will wall religion, and the prepa .mti re tlemen for lielia
noffices, but was tursue-
world DA, n.tti,keit. Now relight, is its all in all. c fll 1 ^
at i „,.,,,,
hale m,,,,,,,, n„,pnlio.i in it:6B to
It pr•sses redgious duties OD the notice, -"" '
mei tho av,,rhi 14 ill entisetnehre displworld's eased Itireeity hisl tt.reur for some assistance to start his schocol.
the thurcl.. said the preao'hero shakes herself from Annum cotlic•rs lie waited on the defend i
ant, who s
het' 010 op sleep and becomes faithful to her lonl : directlY chajdain to a „Masonic lodge, and showed him a list of
sh• ros-ca trots the slumber is shjeh she was slink, sod oserib mmm
ers turd recommendations. On this the de-
mei endeavours to aronie in others a sense of thoo•ir bit., fentlast promised to give Li, but not having it
VW. De Vel.) Siii,ll DII.I ollt. III:a our bit here is,blessed
sold! is, to be reviled mid hate.% the obircl. . f • Isa
es itl 111 1111 Ire - 1.1 he 'a 11 see the plaitaiff again. On
slepie,m, and ~bin,oly. As long. he conthoned, tiol the the plaintiff elating lit -Mr. TattiTsfelrs for the subscrip-
thmeh is the trio, d cot the rich, the companion. 4.f the ed.- that be found a note left for him c.,tit eining only 10s.
cued, and is polite to the unddle-e.a o-s, aithost mo g (hi this he wrote a letter to the defendant, askin,, for
intru,i‘e, and shares the duties oi the is ooving-oottleer wool It etr her 10s., hut received no answer. A few days
of the polleenitill towards the poor, the world lets lor pass, later the plaintiff met the defendant walking near
ani ta atilllent Is 11, for her cc ise spirit of t.a,en.. P.,,t no ow
Oxton when the Plaintiff, after some words, said,—
that me firm-eh is in earnest it is persecuted ,itis in the - • ,• ,
onolit on of the wo do's oof St. Pool', •• trout-den on every are a vagabond, alai hate obtained 10s. from
We. : - and he doubted not that days of prosecution and I roe by false pretences. I will give you into custody...
per•muties were in stmt., font that some would conceal He accordingly did so, and on a policeman being pro-
Pen,- .•..1,,,,,,0n with their blood. He considered that the cured the plaintiff was lodged in the station-house till
inoimooont it the Privy Council in one point—the hulas the following ,lay. On being taken before a magistrate
es thr altio.—WaS Olt MID, k on one tof the great , ,
.'
i hroohcoo eeeities_ohe whieh he huh. ne ;au," tome', ;,,.„. m. was remanded and con tintsl for four days. On the
tail ~ted in that chuich, and ..lie which he would always , Peeolll.l hearing the defendant withdrew the charge.
teach—the doctrine if the real presence. The opponents of I Mroors brave since been made to refer the case to friends
the revival of high relict..rts thosght and practices we' e very of the parties, but they have not been successful.
ready with their ohjec 101 IS to the symbols by wliir the The learned counsel repeated the offer, which was
thtirch strove to dignify the doctrine. htse aught. They
tolled the symbols mummeries, the doctrines superstb mow aceeloted, and a verdict entered for the plaintiff,
ti.. 101. the object priesteraft, and the end Popery. The sig. subject to a reference.
to tica,.ce of altar lights is, as the congregatioca well knew,
that Christ Is the light of the W1,r1,1. Where, asked Mr.
Richards, is any superstit on is this But the world dons
lot like to he remholed of its Ilathes and obsgations, and,
therefore it tries to stifle the voice of those who would te-
Mill.' it. Let not his hearers he east down. The day wooed
out,-t, came, slot C. me soon, . hen the doctrines of the o lourch
would he trminploant. TiL, .1101 trollbica on every Aide, yet
*ere they not distressed -, perplexed, lout Dot 111 deSDatr :
reDicellte.l, hat IVA 1....5Akt11; rast down, but not olestrovisl.
Tile preacher concluded a Very long ill course by calling
upon Ms people henceforth to let outward sig. testily
too the inward helief of Oar hearts. They knew he
did. That, hitherto, he load discouraged rattier that.
elleouronceot the use of extreme external signs of IleVOtllttl.
I-DI TAOS Di-slit DOW ile So 11, loOger. lie hooped that in
fuccare Iris congregation soniti join with the rest of the
I distal in kneel', g in the creed at the words -and was
itrantate and was niaole loan "I and in prostrating these
se:ves as in the Words of the psalm-- let us worship :did
Loll down "—during the prayer oof consecration in the office
of the holy maharist, and . specially never to sit de • 11,
toil( to kneel • r to stand, while o tie blessed Locil lies on the
a!tart No use, lie said, would think of cutting in the presence
. I the Queen, how notch snore shond one he revereot ill the
presence of the King of Kings 'r
He wound up be requesting the subscriptions, of the
cot gregacion at this crisis to all the services of the
1•;t11Iell, although his practice on the first Sunday
of the year was usually to ask them in behalf of soonie
(bac ity.
At the celebration after the sermon, the candles on
the altar were lighted, mad remained so during the
service. Prostrations and genuflexions as desired were
also, performed.