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COORS OF KING'S BBNEH, SATURDAY, JAN. 10.

S:glings fbfter lifkltaciams Term. before the LORD CHID>
JUsTICO and a COMMAS Airy.

MONTH V. TI MM.

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MT. SCAULETT mated-
the Me. This was an action of da-
meges for an assault committed by the defendant on the person of
the plaintiff The plaintiff is a broker, an old, infirm, qiuet owe
tleinan, and the defendant a shipwright, abort, thick, and stoats
and welbaccustomed, from the nature of his profession, to nail
thumping. The parties lire near each other. There arose Sol&
discussion between them on the passirg of a truck belonging to
Mr. Tanner, by the door of Mr. North; Mr. Tanner struck and
kicked the plaintiff so severely as to cause considerable injury to
his health. The plaintiff had used no words or actions to provoke
or justify this violent outrage. He did not seek excessive &nags%
such only as world stamp the disapprobation of the Jury en such
conduct.
Sarah Grinault sworn.—ln March last she saw Mr. Newh, tie
plaintiff, and defendant, Mr. Tanner, who keeps a timber-yard
r near Mr. North's premises; remembers Mr. North to have spoken
to Mr. Tanner on the subject of a truck ; Mr. North said CD Mr.
Tanner, " I wish you would take more care when you are passing
with !OUT truck through my passage, and not injure my door so."
Mr. Tanner replied, " if any thing happens to your door, you
must look for redress to my men.' Mr. North said, " he would
look to Mr. Tanner for redress." Mr. Tanner rejoined, " I shall
du what I please, and you must do as you can ;" some more words
followed; Mr. T. was going away, he returned, said he would
kick Mr. North, and called him a old reseal. He seised
Mr. North, struck him, kicked him on the thighs, and knocked
his head against the wall ; Mr. North did not offer any violence to
Mr. Tanner, only held out his hands to defend himself. Mr.
Tanner then took off his coat and offered to box Mr. North Mr.
North declined boxing, and said he would fight Mr. Tonne{ ano-
ther way ; Mr. North is an elderly gentleman about sixty ; saw him
next day, he appemod very ill.
Cross-examined by Mr. 31rianvarT.—Mr. North did not at-
tempt to hinder the truck from pawing; did not hear .Mr.
use any insulting irritating language to Mr. Tanner; Mr. Nurth
had not a hold of Mr. Tanners cape; Mr. North had a clothe"
brush in his 'sand; did not raise it to strike Mr. Tanner; has lived
in the neighbourhood more than twenty years.
Mr. J. Bonner' sworn.—ls a master painter, lives near Mr. Tan.
net ; knows Mr. Tanner several years. Mr. Tanner has had these
premises about a year. Witness was in his house when the affray
began; came out after some time; saw then Mr. Tanner holding
Mr. North by the collar, and driving his head against the brick
wall. Witness arse out because he had heard a name. Mrs. North
took Mr. North In. Saw Mr. North next day ; he appeared ill and
weak; he walked with a stick; never saw him use a stick in walk-
ing before.
Anne Carlton, swom.--Baw Mr. North after he came into his
house that day : his person was bruised, the flesh black and bite,
and the skin tan ; he was very ill, and became extremely debili-
tated in consequence of the violence which his person suffered on
that occasion.

Mr. °MELEE addressed the Jury on behalf of the defendant.
He must allow that the Jury might find a verdict for the plaintiff;
but the damages he trusted would be of no considerable amount.
lie had witnesses to prove that there was considerable provocation
used towards hi, client—that the irritating language and conduct
was reciprocal between the parties. The case was highly coloured
on the plaintiff's side. There was not such a serious aggravation in
it—no such personal violence or injurious consequences to the
health of the plaintiff —if so, why was a surgeon not called on to
attend the mffring pleintiff ? Why not subpeenaed to give the
Jury a description of the severe bodily injuries ? lie wou/d, Un-
der these circumstances., apprehend but very ending damages Indeed
from the decision of the Jury.
John Atkins sworn—ls a baker; lives at notherhithe.wall ;
knows the parties in this action ; has little acquaintance with either
of them ; was going through lidmonsbury when the quarrel was
cornmeccing; Mr. North was abusing Mr. Tanner ; he was telling
that he himself had paid 2fts. in the pound ; bade Mr. 'fanner go
and do the same. Mr. North told Mr. Tanner to pay for the bread
he (Mr. Tanher) ate, and that he himself always paid for the bread
he (Mr. Noah) qte. 11r. North calla: Mr. Tanner a jack-pud-
ding ; Mr. Tanner told Mr. North to go is doors, a. td abut his
mouth ; called him a d—d old fool. Some other words occurred ;
Mr. Tanner said if be (Mr. North) would not SO in, he would
kick him • Mr. Tanner went oo with a Job In which he was em.
ployed about apiece of retired' ' yard
North followed, sail' dote
(aim a d—d old fool,
?he yard gate was closed,
Mr. North, who had gone
'food before Mr. Tanner, ra
and said, " You rum], you
k now." They laid hold
Mr. North's collar •
sore struggling wit
salsa /mod ; each

saw neither Party .
day and tea. a

Cross-evatiui—
North; al not refuse

(witrieva) did not
or have any thing
Vittieineti brother
_

had belonged to Mr.
away from ♦o}k.
John Usher is a .._
any person who employs
Mr. North talked

near his door :Mr.

. -
Tanner) would make
Mr. North -
per by the Fang,

manner; they stingoed
his hand was inside 611,4
Mr. Tanner's ace

man;" there was
sprang cm Mr. Tanner
mail very ill language f
Cruse-cauminetil ur
inglt.un militia; w;
Oxford%hire militia
behaviour—la wire
and turned out of tt
behaviour; he tras .
kill a child—a young
not murder a child;

a village; people wo
round; there wax

hdpleis in a kind of rocking
but a woven twig basket; they a.
dered then; to kill the child; witness retused, would INK WA 4,
child ; he was tried for this, rugged, and turned out of the regi.,
mint; he is sure, then, he was tumid otit of the regiment for his
good behaviour; the regiment was On its return froth the East
Indies; he was thee • scrjcant ; he arta pension; he gas it still;
he supports his old mother by it; he saved his king sad country
honourably ; he may have marks on his back, bat not one stain on
his character.

Other persons were ralle.l. who confirmed the statements of the
preceding witnesses for the defence.
Ilia Lordship dwelt on the chief points of evidascii, and directed
the Jury to find a 'media foe the plaintiff. The amount of damages
would be a proper subject for their consideration.
Verdict for the plaintiff—Damages, 101.

SECONDARY'S COURT--Q—ArraD4r.

MOLES', ♦ND THE PARISH OF ST. Awnaxw, sor...noax, r.

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MELLOWS.
This was an action to recover a corolientatinn in damages for an
alleged ration) injury. austaiiied by a man named Higley, in eigt4
sequence of the fiacturo of his rightleg.
.51r. ANDAtWiI, Coureri on the part of the par!sh, stated the
rose. The onus since die injury had become a paupersond this *e-
ther was brought to recover a compensation in damps. for the in-
hod anoislaed by she stagelgosee Maim slelmuliatei samara
e defendant Is a livery-stable keeper, Jo Grara.lan-lane, and en
the first 'of March last was with his servants baking a colt In
his yard. The man Higley, who is a teal-haver, and was then id
i receipt of Ws. per week, happened to be
.passinirat the time, the
plaintiff's servants carelessly let go the horse, which ran from the
Lis
and' leaping on the eoal.heaver, threw him dqwn, and bre -c
kis leg. lie was conveyed to the hospital, where %very attention
was paid him. Witnesses were here called, who prieeed the injury
the pour man had sustained, and the agony he had aidured.
.Mr. Anot.egcs, for the defendant,. contended that the injury
VAS accidentally and unavoidably indicted. Ilia cll.:au:hail done all
in his power tbr the poor man, and no one Could be sore sorry than
be was it bad happened ; he ad since that time adeEnced hint 10s.
per week—arsd now, when he could resume his works he justly con-
sidered it ti:ne to stop. Finding that the case, the coal heaver
turned round and says, "No ! l'll have more money." He (Mr.
.) thought tile Jury must conceive the money his client hell al-
ready advanced was a sufficient punisituieut for the act.of his ser-
vant, and a fair compensation for the injufty which the plaintiff had
suffered.
o,ok

SECO7MAIT 414dreascd the J an eke eeemiten, *ha, die
retiring for halt' an hour, ameseed the ; tip plaintith at
Fifts Pounds.

Cease LAWL-01) ThilradaY 1414./Ohn httler. black-
smith, of Rouasiy, (whose wife keeps the liOrd Nelioi in
that town) was brought before Sir Thomas ifecitheakte and
*es Sloane Stanlv,Esq. at the Magistrate's oiNit,chargsd
by W. Thresher, keeper to the Right Hon. Lead Valitkfr-.1
stop, with having ten pheasants and two Garr .is h_isgss:,
session, oak the 15th of November last. daf -eye
was ghly conducted. by Mr. J. C. Sharp, eitor, who
atm
pro el by the testi non, entree thin one witness,
i sauiliee
oh the part of the blurs*. There was another iiforma- ,
tiou against defendant, etthaving two head of game in hie
possession, on the 20111 Of December last, which was abitib-
doned; but be was convicted In the fiill peaalty of 601. on
the first charge; belad Ll. fur each separate head of game.
The defendant Lai a wife and len Children, and all he is
worth in the world would not, it is ,lievol,. uncut to
brit the amp awarded against him ! 'Utica or !Trail was
given, OR the grtiunttor ire/its/14; jirr; Oka Is the cor-
poration of Roinsey, the above decision being gii-dt 'Within
their limits.

LL-
BrnotauT llonnEcy.--Jeds Ellis, a tort or jobbing
wheelwright, residing in Providence-place, St. Luke's, underwent
a final examination on Suunlay, before the sitting Alderman, on a
charge of burglary and robbery, under the following circurii-
autumn:— _ _

........—.— 1
Some time in August last, the house of Mr. Tyrer, goldbeater,
No. 12. Bridgwater-square, was broken into and robbed of gold,
and goldbeater'ssikin, to the value of about ten pounds. The bu.
pleas bad been dexterously managed, mad no trace or due what-
' ever could be gained of the thieves. Mr. 'l'yrer gave a pretty ge-
neral notice through the trade; and a short time afterwards one
1 Tillett, a gold-Ratter, oter.al a quantity of goldbeater'a skin for
Kale to Mr. Durnford, a goldbeeter, Compton-street, Clerkenwell.
Mr. Bamford mentioned to Tillett that this was the sort of pro-
perty Mr. Tyree hail been robbed of, and declined buying it; but
as he knew where Tillett lived, lie did not then stop him. Mr.
Tyrer, however, been infomie I of the circumstance, had Tinett
taken op to Ilatton-garden Office, where he readily produced the
' akin, sating lie had received it from the prisoner calks to sell for
him. Bead the officer, was despatched to Ellie's, but he had
left his home; and on searching his premises a crucible was found,
which bore very evident marks of having been lately used in melt-
ing gold.
Tillett was discharged after a day or two's confinement, and
tiothirg was heard of Ellis from that time till Wednesday night
last, when some of the City Officers, in making search after a
person suspected of Mreakinginto the premises of Mr. Brogden, a
near neighbour of Mr. Tyrer a, accidentally fell in with Ellis, and
took him in custody, and he and Tillett were the next day brought
up to this office. As Illicit, since his discharge, had never at-
tempted to go out of the way, and as his master gave him a good
character, 31r. Tyver was inclined to believe his statement, and his
evidence was accordingly taken as against Ellie; but as Read, who
had the property is his possession, was not in attendance, no fur-
ther proceedings were bad till Saturday, when the property found
in the possesnon of Tillett being produced before the Alderman,
and identified by ,Mr. Tyree, and sworn to by Tillett, as hominy;
been received by Mu from Ellie, the latter was called upon for Ins
defense, *Aids assisted of a denial of all knowledge of the gold.
beater's Akita, and a recrimination against Tilled, as being him-
self the person who had melted the gold in the crucible found, and
afterwards employing him (Ellis) to dispose of it for hint. This
statement, however, this discralited, and Ellis committed to New.
Rate foe trial.
' QUEENSQUARE.
Saturday Jews itArdrev, wwbhoo was brought fimen Brixton
watch-house by one of the Bowotrect patrol, on suspicion of being
concerned in the attempt made to rob and murder John Collins, on
Sunday Pe'nnight, in the Vauxball.bridge-road, was brought up
from prison, to be delivered over to his friends, for the purpose of
getting him into seine asylum for lunatics.
emit, The unfortuna man had been a respectable engineer, in Well.
close-square, an for some time past has been seriously afllicted
with a disord mind. On the night in question he escaped from
cis friends, and was found at Brixton by the watchman, strolling
about. without a hat, and evidently in a state of distraction.
One of the robbers having lost his hat in attempting to escape,
led to the suspicion against 31`Andrew, which was strengthened
by the eireninstauce that he refused giving any satisfactory account
of himself.
The Magistrate was satisfied of his Innocence of the charge
against him, and his friends took him away, and were grateful for
' finding Mtn under any circumstances.

1IARLBORO('OH
On Saturday George Frottee was brought to this office, in custody
ea constable. from St. George's watch-house, charged by his wife,
en interesting-looking young woman, about 24 years of age, with
* moat brutal assault on her. Her face wu literally covered with
wounds, and exhibited all the appearance of the savage treatment
she received. The prisoner is a marble-polisher, living in North-
row, St. Georges.
From her statement, it appeared that on Friday, evening last,
between eight and nine o'clect. she wee occupied in her kitchen,
when the p riseper came in and began to accuse her of neglect of her
business, idleness, and being in a state of intoxication; conscious,
she said, of the falsity of the c she repelled it warmly; on
Which he knocked her down, trampleharge, d upon her body, and kicktvl
her in the face, the vroandifrom which were visible enough ; she
Mremned out murder as load as ale could, which brOught dawn •
female ledger, who interposed and called the watchman en the best,
who refused to interfere.
The lodger was produced, who corroborated last witnesses to the
treatment received, ' 4, that watchman

Lancer went on Tun a yoo in wnicn ne was am- gtil;i;t-iiiAl-111erwel;;,i,-ive;dieu:7l;4;i•-thewatiguan-- 7xcthiti
ire of timber ;he retired towards his yard ; Mr. • self from acting by saying the parties were drunk. She ob-
itill abusing ; Mr. Tanner a second rune . called t teed A ennatable who took the prisoner to the watch-house.
01, bid hint ;to In doors or he would kick him. cirolgoit t
he took out of hie pocket a handful of sore-
s closed; Mr. Tanner came out of the passage 4 77- ....
dbe constable of the Wain to take what he pleased
had gone in alittle before, came out alto house,
fanner, raised a brush which be had in his hand, 'glee -to baiL The constable confirmed this, and stated
tlist woe of the parties were intoxicated.
rasnd, you threatened to kick me a while ago, do Here Mr. COMMIT, the skiing Magistrate, called for the watch-
aid hold of each other ; Mr. Tanner bad hold of
r•AI r. North seized Mr. Tanner's cravat ;tb nun, whose naasis Midatel Heerigan, and asked him why here.
rill each other ; they shoved and wheeled tai
vidi
fused to Perform Ide duty when Alla! upon I, His conduct, lie said,
• that he felt it a duty he owed the pariah
li was altirnately thrust by the ether to the ; Was a° 'hi s ,
to :. ' p,
~. , ... laterdlogl did.
strike at kick each of Mr. North . • • "splessesg. ipeestested,
s after ; d not 'Coati -• , ,
.'" " - ' s4tArhergeneral neglect of
hia • ."'.l'' ' hini With a
I.—Wituess wali sinuntiaid o• • • ro .... 4....,.. • pain
way sae of a moat violent cha.
efuse to give evidence; said to 's. . :. it
1 - faclef. 1111. • ' iIUCUMI2III, and ordered him to procure two I
wish to be annoyed or token •• • • "-• respettilb - repels as bail, for his appearance at the
;to do with the affair at all .. - ,• .
r did not work u a carpecter • , Sessions •
Hr. North; he was never tar •• by • • N
ACCIDENTS, OFFENCES, 4c.
..
a labourer, worked for Mr. ntatteer w.te —........_.
inploys Mtn; does not work noll for 31r. • Foiewltv.—On Thom/fey last, a check the the sum of 1151. les.
on the day in question aboutifte trust_ retie • to be drawn by. G. W. Philpot, an Tilden, Smith, and
r. Tanner said if any injury wen dune bi (Mr.
.of 'listings Hank, and en orf imd, William 'folkway,
lake it good • Mr. Tanner cease out from Ids Maidstone, was presented for payment at one of the banks in
I rushed out, after some words he seized Mr. Tan- Maidstone, by a lad, who said he was sent for that purpose by Mr.
!, and raised a brush over hi:n In a threatening Rollaway. The signature so exactly corresponding with that per-
troggled ; Mr. North was chc Mr. Tanner; ma's hand-writing, the cheek was !newt y paid. On its being
tie Mr, Tanner's cravat 4 the was all lip in Usrarded to the bankers at Hastings, they immediately returnml
e ; "intros cried out, "do you tto choke the 11; saying the partial whose signatures it bore were unknown to
no striking or kicking on either de ; Mr. North The check was then presented to Mr. Rollaway, when it
lit
inner as a dok would spring on a rat ; Alr. North iroa therm disoorcratt to be i forgery. SusiPletairing m a rs°l/ asp to M. 'lunar. . Mina William Pipes, who wan Kin a one on the y the
iby Mr. fic: Was Itdin the Back- tibia was Mid, lEmpiegohe spaded Itinfillk, immediately went
was inii'ilitia regime" in 1r it
.triss tha itsommit a hiin, and from the intimation *obtained, succeeded
M; he left the regiment—he le -it it
tua good fa hint ea SultdaY await et the Hare and Hounds
cit war for Nis good behaviour # lie was 8 vet: house, *Wight Downs, neat Dating& He bad in his
the regiment; yet is entitle it this for his • dolt when taken MU in notes and 16s. in silver; the notes
I
asflogged and nutted away be ref the same as were glven In eiefiange for the check. A blank
ung harmless child ; yes,it La use he woadd sibeek of the Hinting* Hank tamale° found on his person, har.ng
l; it was in Ireland ; they were ehing through wrapped up with it the of a bill, to which wan attached the
were lying dead here, and fyi there, and all aornature of Mr. (lak leman, surgeon, of Maidstone, itorn
a child, a little young child, infant, lying which it is inferred eh*, • ery was contemplated in that gentle.
lie
[of rocking basket, not a cradle at in this country, man's name. 'le wain. ondar morning brought bekre Hobert
basket; they were Passirt;),Y iti the Colonel m- I resell, Esq. Alayor if aidatoile, by whom was committed