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VerdiEl for the Plaintiff—One shilling damages.

TtIC KING V. witAtasts..for a 7 asses/l.
This indiament was preferred by Mr. Abbey,
(a sporting gentleman,) against the Defendant, (a
gentleman ot large fortune from India,) for an as-
sault committed by him at Doncaster Races. Mr.
Abbey deposed, that one day during the last Sep-
tember races, the witness publicly offered a bet of
301. to 201. against Irmo which bet was accepted
by Mr. Williams, and they exchanged cards.
Vesta was second in the race. and the bet was there-
fore lost by the Defendant. The witness aft►.r-
wards saw Mr. ViFilliams, who said to him, I
owe you a bet of four guineas upon Vesta." Wit-
ness replied, " the bet was thirty guineas to twenty."
Mr. Williams said it was only six guineas to four.
Witness afterwards met Mr. Williams nn the Grand
Stand, and asked him if he had recollected the
amount of the bet ; Kr. Williams replied it was
only six guineas to four. Witness persisting in his
former demand, Mr. Willi.tros called him a liar
and a scoutadrcl Wiwi's* retorted; and Mr.

VlHams then struck him a violent blow. villas
rendered him for wine time nearly insensible; and
for this assault the Defendant was indided.—Ver-
dl6l—thuity.
THY KI NI O. Willa 111 T.4•SpeCiell jeep.
This iniliitnieot was preferred at the instance of
the Commissioners of Excise against the Detenslaw.t,
for anaolting an Excise Officer in the execution of
his office. _ . .

The Defendant is a tumor, at Howden, and the
Excioe Officer WAS in the habit of visiting his tan-
yard in the course of his duty, to examine the num-
ber of hides drawn from the pit. Some hides hav-
ing been seized by the Excise upon the Defendant's
premises. which he supposed to be at the instiga-
tion of the Excise Officer, this proved a source of
irritation in the mind of the Defendant. In count-
iag the hides at a visit subsequent to the above
seizure, the Defendant found fault with the Es-
ciseman's removing the hides, and throwing them
about in counting them, as being injurious to the
Nudes; and told him he might count them as they
lay upon each other. Some words pasted hetween
them relative to the seizure of the hides, in sehala
each gave the other the lie. The Defendant asked
the Exciseman if he had finished The Escisenian
replied he had. Defendant ord. red him to quit his
premises, nr he would turn' him out; and the k.lx-
ciseraaa said he should stay as long as he pleased.
There was mach contradietion in tae evidence of
the witnesses. Ttie Excise Officer denied that he had
finished his survey, or that he had replied so that
died ; which fsi was, however, deposed to by se-
veral witnesses. The commente•aent of the as-
sat:!t, and the place where it occurred, were various-
ly related ; hut it appeared. that alter much alter-
cation, the Deteiaiant (*h.) i. a very stout man)
went ❑p to sue Excise 011L'er. and gave him se•
ver .1 blows on the lace, and .s black eye j the Luis*
();ficrr scutiad with the Defendant, and tore his
shift ; he Lame the day following, and proceeded
in !i,l serv.iy, attended by a Constable.
Verdia—Geirte Cif EiCiff Ofuter, but
net in the mei .:f 41s lire.