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London, England, 1804-12-17 00:00:00

gEltil. V. J•RR/TT.

This was an aaioa for an assault ; Mr. Kerr, thr
Plaintiff, is a wealthy ship chandler, and very well
known on Change. Mr. Jarrett, the Defendant,
h. 1.1 formerly been an intimate friend of his, and
was concerned with him and some others in 'a pri-
vateer, which had been very successful. Mr. Jar-
rat had a great inclination to be made Treasurer,
and to receive the very large sums of money, which
were remitted, to be divided amongst the Proprie-
tors. The Plaintiff, not wishing to let the money go
into the hands of his friend, was a principal means
of preventing his appointment ; this so enraged the
Defendant, that he committed the assault, for which
the present anion was brought, and which was
proved by Samna Leavers, who deposed, that on
the 20th of July last, at three o'clotk in the day, he
saw the Defendant standing at the entrance of the
Exchange, with a large cane in his hand; he asked
him, bow he did, and what was the nutter wick him?
to which he answered, he did not know how he was,
and that he was waiting there to c:cle. that d—d rascal
Kerr ; he then went in and told Kerr ; but he said
he knew it, as Jarrett had sent in a message to him
to that purpose. At a little alter four o'clock he
SAW a cane laid across a man's hack, which he soon
found was Jarratt performing his promise ; a scuffle
ensued, and the stick fell. He then saw them both
preparing to sght, hut the Officers interfered, ar.d
took them to the Poultry. They were afterwards car-
ried before the LORD MA volt, who bound over the
Plaintiff to prosecute at the last sessions, but he
chose rather to take an aeion.

Serjeant COCKLL called ru. witnesses far the De-
fend:nit ; but, in a very long speech, endLaqoure,l to
prove, that the damages sh9uki mall. The Jusy
gave Sul.

KILLICIt and Wilt V. GILIMILT.
The Plaintiff, an linaest rustic, brought bi'..Pc-
tion to recover damages tor a brutal assault corn-
mited on his wife by the Defendant, who rode over
her while she was gleaning a few ears of corn on
the estate of Mr. Dorand, of sporting celebrity,
near the village of Carshalton. It appeared, that
during the harvest, in August la t, the Plaintiff, ac-
companied by other women and children in the vil-
lage, west to glean the fields of Mr. Durand, dur-
ing which the Defendant, who is Bailiff on the
estate, rode in• among them on horseback, and ex-
pressed his determination to ride over all in his way,
as his master had given him leave to do SO. or to
send them to the D—l. The women and children,
in consequence of his attempt to put the threat in
execution, were greatly terrified; several narrowly
escaped, but the Plaintiff was not so fortunate, the
Defendant pursued her, and although she begged
him for God's sake to turn aside, regardless of her
cries he rode over her ; the horse trod on her hack,
and the consequence was, that she was under the
hands of Mr. Wallace, .s surgeon, for a mouth, and
was not yet perfedly recovered.
The Defendant, instead of exprening sorrow for
the injury he had done, exclaimed, "D—ti her, she
is an old offender, and 1 had a gredge against her."
It was urged by Mr. Serjeant BEST for the De-
fendant, that he was obliged to resort to the means
he hail taken to preserve the property of his master
from being pillaged, as the Plaintiff and the other
gleaners had got among the shocks. lt, however.
appetites' from all the witne;ses, that none of the
gleaners were within a considerable distance of the
shocked sheaves; and that the Defendant had no
pretence for his contiva.
Mr. Justice Rooks; direaed the Jury to give such
damages as would deter the Defendant from exer-
cising his inhumanity in future towards persons of
the Plaintiff's description.—Vercild for the Plaintiff.
—Damages GUI.