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honour, was satisfied, and could not expect to gain a farthing da-
mages, or, at beat, TORO than a farthing, which would, no doubt,
.arry floats for his attorney. Under all the circumstances of the
.'arie h.' thought his client entitled to the verdict of the Jury.
Geer Gray examined by Mr. CABINS t 1.1.—1 was crgagcd by
ihishaan to make an apology to General Burton, for taking pos.
/*sena of h:n teo housessi I saw the lieneral, and told him that I
rstnt horn Dunham to apologise, at the same time slicwing him a
Dill of elshaagc feu 2011/. signed M. C. Burton, a similar came to
that of the Gereral hia,szlf. Ile and it was not his hand-writing,
but rf his liephcw, who was dead. I .hen said 1 trusted, us he
taw the proceedings were iu error, that he would take no proceed-
u.gs aer last Mr. Dunham. The General said It was a most tin.
jusittable r7octeding, and that the defendant bad done mere than
his duty. • l said lined and Johnson were eta very sorry, and
would make him an apology. He said h had received a letter
:rum them, hut it meant nothing—it was no apology. I pressed
every thing I r. old upon the (lennsd, who talked more of the at-
tempt made upon his life, than upon the wrong possession. I sug.
'rind the p!sn of making the apology before the servants. The
tall taag—toe servants came, and the apology was trade, and I
thought accepted. I said that the General had kindly consented to
take an spolag, for the nwpeu, which was altogether anjustifi.
able, and therefore that the General could not surer in the least
degree, as a man of honour and respectability. This was all said
4n the hearing of the General. Ile then began to talk of the wound
be h.al received; and as I was about leaving the room, he desired
isle to withdraw the man from Hoensey, and to make the same ex.
planation. To which I said, certainly I would. I went to Homey
and explained to the servants there, as I had done at the house
in town. lortainly thought the General was satisfied with Mr.
Dunham.
crons-enatxined by Mr. Baoutinan—l act as the assistant of
:tlr. Dunham, and have been so for three or four months. I was
i+l the service of a foreign merchant, and am now a bailiff's fol-
lower. I never lived at the expense of my creditors, though l owe

mosey.
X& Bann onass—That's what I call living at the expense of
one's meditate.
Re-examined—l sever mid I was a foreign merchant.
A desk from the office of Hard and Johnsen proved the delivery
of the letter already stated. lie reached the house of General
Bungs about half-past twelve o'clock, ea the 7th January this
)L:ar. Wires I brought the lenge. and after be read it, be observed
that they must know, that with the moat rapid promotion a captain
could not become • general. Its also said that the bill of exchange
which was strewn to him was not in his hand-writing. The a hoots
corroborated Gray in the statement as to the acceptance of the
aroco.ed
irpclogy by the timers', and to no further against Illr.
Dunham the defendant. The was for the trespass.
John Iles, the man in possession to the same effect as
the two former witnesses relative to 'she apology having been made
and accepted.
Cross.examined.-1 am a bailiff's follower, and of an evening
13in in the profession of acting as bail.
AIr.BROVGIIAII replied.
The Loan CISIF.T JVSTTCE left it to the Jury nosey, whether
they believed the plaintiff to have made anyest with the
risterdant not to institute proceedings if he hi
mi sn apology,
in if they believed the witnesses for the defendant. an apology was
made. If on the contrary they believed the witnesses for the
}:....miti.. and thet no such agreement was entered into, they would
give such damages as the justice of the case required.
The Jury cnnmiked for a few minutes, and returned with a ver-
dict for the plaintiff—Damage; tel.
The Court rose at tire o'clock.

COURT OF COMMON PLEAS, WEDNESDAY, Dzc.ls.

.s;:tmg: err Term, at Gui 1.14,711, be:we Chief Justice BEST
and a Special Jury.