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London, England, 1805-06-20 00:00:00

THE KING E. RICHARD M. ?SOUPS, ESQ.

The Defendant, who was conviaed at the Car-
narvon Assizes, for sending a letter, in order to
provoke the Prosecutor (Mr. Thomas) to send him
a challenge to fight a duel, was brought up for
judgment. Of this case, and the subsequent pro-
ceedings for an arrest of judgment, we have also
given full reports in former Papers.
The affidavit; of the Defendant, and Captain
IVoolesley, of the Royal Navy, were read, from
which it appeared that the Defendant was employed
in a very useful and necessary service on the coast
of Wales, under the command of Captain Vs ooles-•
ley; and the Captain stated, that it would be very
detrimental to His Majesty's service if the Defend-
ant should be ordered into confinement.
Mr. CLIFFORD, on the part of the Defendant,
submitted to the Court that there were nu ei. cum-
stances of aggravation or irritation in this case ; and
v:hen it was considered that the husinc,s arose in
the heat of a contested elealon ; that the P. osecutor
not beireg examined at the trial made it very
Iseult for him to prove his case ; and th..t, since the
time of writing the letter in question, ti:c Defend-
ant had rover done any thing to imitate tiie Pruse-
cut4r ; he trusted these circumstances would induce
their Lordships to prore,unce a very lenient sen-
tence. His e,jient had already been severely pu-
nished from the vast expellee he bad been put to,
the loss which the service might al:stain in hit ab-
sence was also a comideration; and, from what had
already posed. he was ruse an example of mercy
would have more effeet than that of pnoishment
he, therefore, lipped the Court would not visit this
Defendant with the extreme terrors of tht.
Mr. Easai ma, on behalf of the prosecution, ob- •
served, that the Prosecutor had no other objet in
view, but the discharge of that duty which he owed
to himself and the public; he had, F.ince the con-
vi:tion, given the Defendant every kind of indnlg-
. cr.ce in Isis power. As to the Affidavits, he had no
• doubt hut th it the Defendant was a very honour -
aksle officer, but others equally meritorious might
be procures! to sten* in Lis -plitte-ancii I:triter's c'
•his Country were satisfied. If he had called upon
the Prosecutor, and made some kind of apology, it
would be anat'oer matter; but it was highly necessary
examples should be made of persons et-gaged in
those kind of quarrels, which otherwise would only
end in the death of one cf the party. However, he
left the whole case in the linnds of the Court, to do
as in their lordships' wisdom they should think fit.
• Lord En rn count:cog I.et him be corn,
milted to the King's Bench, and brought up again
on Saturday next."

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Tin ICING %. IL AODOK.

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Mr. CURWOOD, for thu Defend Ara., co:wk.:el of

a libel on the of St. Vonc,-nt, moved to en-

large the time of bringing him up for judgr;ont,
'edilch had been fixed tur to-morrow, upon the
~ttnds, that a person of the Taarrir of Bartholomew,
Sitio was to make acs affidavit of great impavar.ce
to the attendant, was gone to Portsmouth, by
order of his Captain, and could not be back for a
day or two. This person hid been under elAtßlOA-
tion before a Committee of the House of Commons,
and had &relined making the affidrvit, until such
examination should be closed, lest he should inl
fringe on the privileges of that kiotue. This had
finished, and he was ready to make the affidavit as
soon as he could come up to town.
After a short consultation with the Soticiron
favren AL, for the Prosecution, the Court ordered,
that the Defendant should be brcugl.t up fur I.adg-
meat on Wednesday neat.
At one o'clock Lord Ett,saaJaourair sat at Nisi
Pries.

LLovn t. OREtN.

This was an alien for work and labour, brought
by a psrriwi,-r-maker and barber, against the Pro-
prietor of Willis's Coffee-house, Portugal-street,
Lincoln's Inn, for shaving and dressing the De-
fendanr for two years.
Mr. PA ax, in stating the Plaintiff's case, observ-
ed that he tinderoo/ the defence intended to be sot
up to this anion was custom ; and that it was to be
said that barbers were to shave and dress all the
masters of coffee-houses in I.ondon and their waiters
for nothing.
On the part of the Plaintiff, Mr. Thiima;,
former Proprietor of Willis's, stated that he wore a
buts wig in the morning, and a tail swig io the even-
ing, which the Plaintiff was in the constant habit of
dressing for him, and also of shaving him for a gr.-at
many years, for which he sent in Isis bill, and he
always paid him at the rate of 21. bs. per annum.
lie kriew of nu custom such as the Defendant
asserted.

Thomas Duncan, lately a foreman to the Plain:
tiff, proved the dressing and shaving of the Dciend-
ant, but stated, that it was the custom not to
charge gentlemen keeping coffee houses. Some
inconsistency appeared upon his examination ; and
Lord Et LIM so aouom, in charging the Jury, ob-
served, that even if such a custom had prevailed,
the es ideoce of Thomas was sufficient to do it away,
as it was evident there must be a waver of aU cus-
tom, when the party lurniidle, a bill, and is paid
the amount.
The Jury, after a short consultation, found a
/India if 7). 7a, for the Plaintiff.
Several saw cause; of no pubiic inheres; ware
disposed of.