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bring Were It was already evident to the Jury, that great
exaggeration had been used ; it was even thought necessary to
state, that the sickness of a female was the cause or the watchman's
interference ; but no such sickness had been proved. Nothing was
left out of the case that might contribute to make an impression. A
weapon was produced, and called a bar of iron, which was snore
like a skewer than an instrument of destruction ; and the bending
of it, which was occasioned by the scuffle, was said to be caused by
the weight of the blows inflicted on the watchman : he men-
tioned Buse circumstances to shew that there was no want of zeal
in getting up the case. Ile considered the case of importance, in
some respects, as it was as necessary to protect the public against j
the insolence of watchmen as it was to protect the watchmen in the
discharge of their duty. The plain facts were as he would state.
Lord Harbotough was in the habit, when he returned from boating, an
amusement of which he was very fond, to call out " Gee ho" when
parsing a friend's house, for the purpose of letting his friend know
that he was sale. (A laugh.) His Lordship happened, at the time
the watchman heard him, to be passing his sister's when he corn-
nutted the act which is converted into an offence. The watchman
seized him, and the principal offence which his Lordship corn.
mitted appears to be, that lie said at the door of his own hotel, he
would say out "Gee ho ;" and he put it to the Jury whether watch-
houses were intended for persons whose residences were known, or
whether, if an ofence was committed, it was at all necessary to take
Lord Harborough from his own hotel to such a place. [Here a
fellow in the crowd said " Lord Harborough was never in a watch-
house yet," which caused some laughter, although apparently
unobserved by the Lord thief Justice.] lie trusted the Jury
would by their %%relict protect the public against such outrages
that attempted by the watchnien.
Mr. WIGHT SIAN addressed the Jury on the part of Cap i
Bailie. The duty, he said, devolved on him in the absence of
Mr. Adolphus, who was unavoidably absent. Ile said his client
had been disturbed in his chamber by the scuffle between Lord
II srborough. Upon coming down stairs he saw his Lordship in
the hands of the watchmen, who were using great violence towards
his Lordship. Having seen Lord Ilarbitrough and his friend ,Mr.
Bray thus rimmed into their own hotel he endeavoured to extricate
them, and this w,ia his sole efence. But he would leave the Jury
to decide upon the case by the evidence which would be brought
before them.
Henry Grey was then sworn—lie was in company with the Earl
of WerLorough on the night in question. His Lordship, in pas-
sing his sister's, sung out—gave one halloo. The watchman came
up immediate ly, and said he would take his Lordship to the watch-
house. The watchman was very saucy, and pursued them to the
hotel. It was hut a short distance. hoed Harborough said, when
at the door of the hotel, he supposed he might hollow at his own
d,or. The watchman raid, "Do if you dare." fits Lordship did
sing out once. A watchman of the name of Murphy came up at
the tim and told the prosecutor who Lord Harborough was, and
that his Lordship lived at Stephens's. The door was opened, and
Lord Harborough rushed in. The watchman seized him, and said
lie would take him to the watchhouse, notwithstanding the re-
ntonstrances of witness, and of the watchman Murphy. The wit.
ness endeavoured to extricate lord Harborough from the grasp
of the watchman. The watchman then seized witness, who
asked what he had done. The noise attracted Capt. Bailie, who
came down stairs, and some watchmen had also come, in conse.
quence of the rattle which had been sprung by the prosecutor. The
clothes were torn of Lord Harborough, and his Lordship received
several blows. Witness heard the master of the hotel say to the
watchmen, that the gentlemen would be forthcoming in the morn-
ing, but the watchman said he would take Lord Harborough out
dead or alive. There were three or four of the watchmen attack.
ing lord Illarbarough, who, he believed, was knocked down.
[Here a yam in the crowd said, in an audible voice, " That is
wrong." We believe it was the same person who had before be.
Vowed his anxiety for his Lordship.
The LORD Cuts F JUSTICE ordered him to be taken out of
Court,]
On the cross-examination of Mr. Grey by Mr. Hoe:mato, he
' said that he was the intimate acquaintance and associate of herd
Harborough; and often he had spent some time on board his
Lordship's yeah. On the 19th June he dined in company with his
Lordship at kichmond ; they drank but one bottle of wine be-
tween them. The reason they drank so little was that it was very
bad. Ile did not hear his Lordship tell the watchman who he
was. The watchman did not attempt to seize his Lordship until
they got to the door of the hotel. His Lordship did not halloo but
twice altogether. He saw the watchmen strike his Lordship with
' their sticks. His Leedships' legs and arms were black and blue
next morning.
Thomas Murphy, the watchman alluded to, said that his beat
was next to the hotel. He saw the watchman seize Lord Harbo
rough, upon which he told him who his Lordship was, and that he
resided at that hotel. Ile heard his Lordship say he would halloo
at his own door. This witness fully corroborated the statement of
Mr. Bray. On his cross.examinat ion, by Mr. EvAlis, he said that
he had been foto. years a watchman, and removed but once ; that
was not for taking money, but tne not reporting a public, house that
was said to be open at unseasonable hours. Ile was discharged al-
together, but that he said was for doing what many a good man
J had done—that was getting drunk.
The waiter of the hotel and the housekeeper proved that the
watchmen were ti Id who Lord Harborough was. '1 he waiter mid
the reason why he el d not go at once with the police officer, who
I called upon next morning, was that he had received no summons
If/ that effect. _

The keeper of the hotel said that when he got to the scene of the
scuffle he told the watchmen that he would give them the names of
all the gentlemen in the morning.
Mr. I)ENMAN briefly replied. He said that amidst all the
conflicting testimony which had been received, the principal point
was whether the watchmen were apprised of the name and address
of Lord Harborough, for he admitted that if the name and address
of his Lordship had been given, it was unnecessary for the watch•
men to take his Lordship to the watchhouse; but he considered
that the testimony of the watchmen had cd.tblished that point suf-
ficiently to obtain a verdict for the prosecution.
The LORD CHIEF JUSTICE, in charging the Jury, said that
the Common Berg. ant had put the case upon its true grounds, in
stating that the only point for the Jury was whether the watchman
was apprised of the name and address of the Noble defendant. 11 is
Lordship then briefly recapitulated the evidence, and left the Jury
to decide on it. _ .

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The Jury, without leaving the box, returned a ver.lict of Nut
Guilty.

COURT OF COMMON PLEAS, WzmrEmmy, JUNE 21.
(Before the Lo RD CHIRP JUSTICE and a Special Jury.]
WARLEY V. SOISESON.

Mr. KELLY opened the pleadings. This was an action brought
by the plaintiff against the defendant for a libel, which had ap..
peared in April, 1826, in the Mrdieo.Chirorgicul 114:acre. The
defendant had pleaded the general issue.
Mr. COMMON-SERGEANT stated the Mt to the Jury. They
had heard, from the opening of his Learned Friend, the nature of
the action. It was brought in consequence of the publication of an
alleged libel in a work, of which the defendant is :he editor. This
libel was of such a nature, that the plaintiff felt it to be due to his
honour and general character to appeal to them—first, that he
might be cleared from the imputation which it cast upon him ;
and, sec sadly, that he might receive cornpensation for the
injury he had sustained. The plaintiff on this occasion felt
that honest indignation which every man must feel who cared for
his integrity and good fame. He had brought the present action in
such a manner as would afford the defendant an opportunity of
proving the truth of his allegations, if he could do so ; it the plain.
till had abstained from this course, he must have retired from the
world, subject to all the shame and reproach the conduct imputed
to him merited. The plaintiff is the editor and principal proprie.
tor of the Lancet, a publication doubtless well known to them ; and
in that character he had been subjected to all the calm invective
and personal attacks which the detandant had thought proper to
heap upon him. The defendant had been for many yews the edi.
tor and proprietor of the Medico.Chirargieal Quarterly Review,
which had a wide and extensive circulation, being read II the me-
dical protession in all part* td F.urope and America. 'llse injury
which had ace.ued to the plaintiff was therefore moat extensive and
serious. flaying stated a few of the facts of the case, he should en.
deavour to account for the conduct of the defendant. In 1823, the
Lassa originated with the plaintiff: It had since obtained consi-
derable celebrity and circulation, and was, therefore, a formidable
rival of the defendant's publication. It appeared, then, that the
defendant had determined he would put down the plaintiff's work;
and he sought to effect this, not by fair argument and the means
which free discussion offerei: him, but by a heap of personal and Ca- I
lumnious attacks on the plaintiff's private character. In 1820, his
client married a lady of respectable family, and took a house in
Argyle-street. He subsequently insured his property in the Hope
Insurance t Mice, and some time after this increased the amount of
his insurance. In the course of a few months, his wife being ab-
sent in the country, the premises were burnt, the plaintiff anti his
servants escaping from the fire. The plaintiff, in consequence of
this misfortune, became, fax a time, almost au outcast from society.
Ile went, however, to the insurance-office, and claimed the coni.
pensation to which he was entitled for the loss he had sustained.
The insurance company thought proper to question the manner in
which the fire had occurred, imagining that it originated with him;
and the consequence was, that an investigation took place in a
court of Jaw, at the suit of the present plaintiff. The verdict, de-
livered by a special jury, was fully satisfactory, both to himself and
family; every thing calculated to cast even the shade of a
suspicion that he had any participation in the burning of his
premises, with a view to defraud the insurance company,
being totally destroyed. This question was, therefore, most
completely set at rest, and the fact was never after mentioned,
except in the way of commiseration, until the plaintiff happened
to set up the Laurel. Then it was that the dying embers were
raised up and rekindled; and, as it were, the very phtenix of
slander arose out of them. The alleged libel was contained in the
ightli volume of a new series of the defendant's publication, pub.
lished in the month of April last. The first part of the libel arose
out of a meeting which took place at the Freemasons Tavern,
at which several members of the medical profession met, to
consider the beat means of remedying the abuses existing in the
Royal College :of Surgeons. At this meeting it was proposed,
either to draw up a remonstrance to be presented to the Council
of the College, or to petition Parliament i and it was the doubt the
plaintif entertained of the propriety of' the former measure, which
collo I forth the remarks of the defendant, comprehending as gross
a emote of libellous effusions as could be conceived. In a note to
some observations on the meeting, relating particularly to the
plaintiff; the defendmt said, " We are well aware how many vials
of arils will be !soured out by the voracious and immaculate heb-
domadal junto, in consequence of this little exposi ; wrathful
ravings, which we regard as the rock regards the foaming wave.
Next to the approbation of honourable mlnds, we prize the male-

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