The Express.
London, England, 1863-04-11 00:00:00

A COUNTY MAGISTRATE IN AN ASSAULT

Yesterday a case was brought before the county
magistrates at the New Bailey Court-house, Manchester,
in which crom-stuamooses bad been taken out for assault
In one can. Mr. Win. Rayner Wood, a magistrate of the
county of Lancaster, was the plaintiff, and Mr. Blair,
cotton waste dealer, was the defendant. In the other case
Mr. Leyburn was plaintiff sod Mr. Wood defendast. Mr.
Wood lives at Singleton Brook, near Manchester, and it
wears that on Sunday afternoon, the I.sth Mardi; Mr.
Blair and Mr. Leyburn were walking out in the neighbour-
, hood. It is alleged that the latter gentleman had seen so
advertisement of a new house meting at or near Singleton
Brook, and that Mr. Wood is building a new front to his
house there Mr. Blair and hie tread mistook Mr.
Wood's home for the one advertised, and entered the
grounds leading to Mr. Wood's house, to look at it. At
about 50 yards from the entrance gate a mid branches from
that to Mr. Wood's house which lends to the home of Mr.
Wood's mother. Up the latter road Mr. Blair and Mr.
Leyburn had advanced about 50 yards, when Mr. Wood ran
acrun the grounds towards them, charged them with tree.
parks, and ordered them away. As they did not imme-
diately go, Mr. Wood, after ordering them to go three times,
took hold of Mr. Leyborn by the arm and pushed him about
two yards. He thee repeated the order three time, and
ages pushed Leyburn two yards farther. Mr. Blair then
advanced, and Mr. Wood ordered him away. They lard
something; hot be said, " I am not going to stop talking to
yea on my own land.* He bad before said they were ill.
behaved reacale. When be ordered Blair away, Blair said
if be attempted to remove him he would strike him. 'Mak-
ing if he waited for •a pohoman or other assistance "tees
people would acoomplith their object of braving him,* he thee
Pushed Blair, and the result was that Blair struck him on the
nose and gave him two black eyes. Had plaintiff not draws
hack, he ia of opinion that he would have been maimed for
life. After that be Made se feeiher attempt to remove
them. lie demanded thee names and addresses, width they
gave. Mr. Mother wee counsel for the plaintiff, and Mr.
It. B. B. Cobbett, solicitor, appeared for thie defendant. In
orme-examinatioa Mr. Wood acknowledged that he celled
Blair and Leyburn rascals, and he might have called them
blackguards, but he had no recollection of calling them
scoundrels or thieves. He was perfectly cool and
collected, but he did not recollect all,that took place. It was
not because he could not remember, but because he pur-
posely paid ao attention to what they said. They might
have offered him their names and addresses in the first in-
stance ; they did offer their cards, at which he was " much
arnamsd." &don he was struck Leyburn and Blair had
retreated about 50 yards before him, towards the gate.
They had walked backwards, but not because of any threat-
ening indications of violence from him. HO re-
membered Leyburn asking ban his name. sod
be answered, ' I am perfectly well known." Mr.
Cobbett, in opening the case for the defence,
said his clients had committed no doubt what was tech-
nically • trespass, but the irooadoct was in no way blameable,
and if Mr. Wood had been as cool as he bad stated himself
to be, they would have explained their error and with-
drawn ; but he ran at them, sa they said, like • wad eat, in
an ungovernable rage, and gave them no opportunity of
extricating themselves, naiads they had been disposed to roe
like school boys or like people who knew they were wron
Mr. Wood had not struck at them, but though • tall,
man, had clawed at them mid bad scratche
powerful
till they were covered with blood, sad bad
wretched one of his eyes so that it bled. At this stage of
the use, at the suggeetio• of the magistrates, a cos-
fermi took plaat, which led to the withdrawal of the
summonses. Mr. "Lifland Mr. Leyburn would not censefit
to make an apology, but they were willing to my they were
sorry that they had not continued to show the forbears's°,
throughout which they had show' to Mr. Wood to the and
inateace.

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