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IWIT ARRIVES, BILIDSTONI, MARCR 31.
'St XIV, v. CAPSELL.
This yea ala information-Shad by his blayeety's Atsomiey-Oene-
nilEß'set the eefendant, for having, on the 2154 of February, le S,
LTlnts:lovra‘ offend to emeEdwatd Oldey, a seaman of his Ma.
Jetty ip Homilies, employed in the Preventive Service, a bribe
amain uneastomed *rite to be landed sad imported.
plesded Na (Lath,.
dey, Lamm Tomball, and Lieut. arahara, of the
sterelosamined by Me. Sergeant ()),stow. assisted by
Ike I train of. King's and other Counsel, from whom k ap.
that the defendant, after having repeatedly tampered with
st "length Offered him II!. to 11M,iii rubs of spans to be
rim; iA use agreed to apperr to asetpt the offer, which was done.
The tabs were lar.detl. the money pall by the hand of the defendant
to Older (and no v produced), sod then the rest of the Preventive
piny tame tip; the spirits ROW sailed, and the smugglers, part of
61risto., Reared. and part, among whom was the defendant, escaped.
MCAreotrucs, for the defendant, cross-examined the wit.
aNdleywith great severity, but he did not swerve front his
. He then 'thinly addressed the Jury, but called no wit-
t' end no defence being set up, the defendant was, without
belefltition, found Guilty.
• Tlonnur forcer and IPm. Retie, were indicted for having, with
efilietak feloniously usembled themselves armed with bludgeons,
at the parish of Eastehurch, in order to aid in the illegal running
sod landing uncustomed goods in the night of the 10th February
LYL
Mv.-§argeent Owsvow and Mr. Kwox conducted the promo.
illevace.teb was instituted by the Admiralty; and 31r. CLARKSON
.6..:Mthe examination of Lieutenant Hamilton, the officer coat.
the Preventive men on the night in question, who had
most cruelly beaten by the body of persons of whom the pet.
KOMI formed a mug, and whose conduct on that occasion was most
warmly applauded by the Learned Judge for his coolnevi and
lamanity hi not using his pistols, which were loaded at the time,
CiallneOlf, on the part of the prisoner, with the Counsel
tette Crown, applied to the Learned Judge that hie clients might
be permitted to plead guilty (It having been stated by Lieutenant
Hamilton that they had in nn respect joined in the assault), and
that Judgmem might be respited to enable the Crown to avail itself
el the testimony the prisoners were willing to give to further the
anmelcdon of the met ;when apprehended) who actually used so
'ridseiltde e.
wed 'settled on the part of the Learned Judge, and the con-
*Wow wank with the judgment, recorded, the Learned Judge de-
peeper representation of the case should be made to
tie •aR Ambler.

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01.0110ES'rER, THURSDAY, Maitcw
These Assizes commenced before Mr. Justice LITTLZDALI
on the Crtiwn Side, -and Mr. Baron Gastow at Nisi Prins. The
criminal calendar -contained the names of 109 prisoners, nine of
whom ere charged with murder. On the Civil Side, 46 causes
were entered, of which ten are to be tried by Special Juries. There
were six infortnations quo Tarrant° to try the tight of voting in the
tuiriof Monmouth ; end three other informations quo warrant°
swish Sir George Chetwynd, Bart. and two other gentlemen, to
ry else right of voting in the Borough of Stafford.
CROWN SIDE.
Before Mr. Justice LIT TLED•LN.
4-4er Whitt!' was charged with stealing a salmon, value 305., the
pralerty of John Cornock.
THr SS stated, that the prosecutor was the owner of a fishes?
in tote river Severn, and that, for the purpose of taking fish how
that river, he had a number of wooden engines or traps called
pouters, into which the salmon swam when the tide was high, but
is which thefish were left dry as the water receded. The prosecutor
bee* reason to suspect that his traps were robbed, marked the
sahlifin in question (which had been caught on a previous day) and
pliced It in one of the traps*, if it had been just left there by the tide,
andstationd himself behind a projecting rock to see who was the
vim. *I, had not been there long before he perceived the prisoner
eft to the trap, and as soon as he saw him take the salmon out of
healed out, " You are the man 1 wanted to much," on which
thweprisoner ran away, but was pursued and taken by the pro.
riestiter.
Jebs-Cornock said, I have s fishery in the river Severn at Thorn-
Doty, in this county. I use engines called posters to take the fish,
and, in consequence of some suspicions, I marked a sear on this fish
vs know it again, and put it in one of the pooten. This was at
abOut three o'clock in the morning. As soon as I had done so I
bid behinds rock, and saw the prisoner go and take the salmon ;
csied out, " You are the man 1 wanted," upon which the prisoner
was running away, but I caught him and he threw down the fish ;
he begged of me to let him go, but I held bins, said delivered him
ovl, to a coosnrble.
lihe servant of the prosecutor confirmed this evidence.
be prisoner made no defence.
if:;dct irsJiustice.L/TTLEDALE surm
y. ised up the evidence.
acetsinae—Six months imprisonment with hod labour.
CIVIL SIDE. •
Before Mr. Baron °Annoy%
COLLEY, WIDOW v. HAWKINS AND *ROYER*.

Ma Cites, opened the pleadings.
Mr. LUDLOW stated, this was an action of trespass brought by
fee.itlaintiff, who wan a poor washerwoman reeding at Cheltenham,
and who had the misfortune to occupy a small bottle under one
of the defendants. It happened that the plaintiff had bad a small
diapers with the wife of one of the defendants, and had taken out •
Magistrate's warrant against her, which warrant was, however, dia.
cragged, the Magistratee having effected a compromise betimes
them: But the defendants feeling indignant that any one belonging
to them should be called In question by a washerwoman, they, one
darerhile the plaintiff was out, came to her house and nailed up
her door, having previously turned her children into the street;'
theeletntiff returned, and finding things in this state, was, as
might be expected, very indignant. and she was then assaulted by
Mradefendants • and not being able to get into her house, she wse
Moony obliged to go to the workhouse; and going again to ii 4
Magistrate, he sent revere! constables, and restored her to the pos.
enelbe of her house. These were the facts of the case which be
had to lay before them, and he trusted that they would give a fair
con•erensation to the plaintiff for the injury she had received.
ifeenah Colley said, I am the mother-in-law of the plaintiff;
tSe Teets a house of the defendant's father. On the 16th of De-
cember my daughter-in-law and I went out at about twelve o'clock;
we bit one of her children in the house, and returned at one
°lima: and found the defendant Hawkins nailing up the door.
Theehild which had been left at home was out in the yard ; the
defendant had nailed boards across the windows ; when the plain.
Organic up she took a hatchet and got mu one of the nails from
the door, but the defendant drove it in again, and said that his
lebra bad ordered him to do ad, and she should never come into
the eratege again • she said, if he wanted the rent she had the
money to her man, but he had nothing to do with the rent. She
meld not pet into her house all that day • but the next day the
constable put her In possession. The defendant Hawkins was not
teerwriven, but when he came back he said that if there had been
r‘nohunitred constables she should not have got in if he had been
at come. My dagghter-in-law is a washerwoman.
Come-examined by Mr. PHILLIPS—When we got in again
eese.rahing was safe.
Me.3llThatley said, lam the plaintiff's attomey. I called on
riairkins's father, who said that his son had acted by his cedes,
and Ben Mrs. Galley should never come into the house again, for
=at she had robbed hint of coals. I said that if he thought she
Lad steles his coals, he ought to have indicted her; but he said
Mat he preferred the mode his son had taken. I told him that for
sith a things% that his son was liable to an action ; and he said
on tilt that if she brought an action, he would indict her.
Cress-examined.—l am sure this was not after the action. lam
sbeentiorney of the plaintiff, and if the action fails, 1 look to her
Fa She costs. She is a washerwoman living in arsouse at a rent of
three Millings a week.
M.. C. PHILLIPS addressed the Jury in mitigation of damages.
He observed that the case had been much exaggerated ; and they
must see the nature of the action when they found that the plain-
tift'e attorney looked for his costs, in case the action failed, to a
poor wieberwomae. living in a house relied at three shillings
a week. It was plainly an action for the benefit of the attorney,
and the poor woman would never get a bantling by it, for even if
trey gave five pounds damage.. she would never see any prat of it,,
tor the attaireey would soon tell her that she owed him midi*
mereAbao shat for extra costa. He admitted that a verdict amat
pub for the plaintiff, but he d'd hope they would not gratify the
atrysey by giving so much as forty shillings. as that would put
several praude in his pocket as the fruits of his speculation.
:14i.`11aron DARIO w observed, that it' he ever saw an attorney,'
no mettee how high, trying to set persons together by the ears, he,
would at once say in plain terms, that it was disgraceful to him,
but be hoped he should never live to see the day when even the
poorai person could cot gain redress for an injury. They bad no
doubt beard that it had been sarcastically said, that the law was
equallt open to every body, in the same way as the London
'I avails—that is, only to such as were able to pay for it ; but that
teas realty unfairly said, for he hoped. the time would never arrive
when the 'poorest person could not obtain redress for an injury, and
if someone in the profession would not undertake such a cause es'
this, lila lnierim must remain unredressed. A poor woman like
tab' could Dot come into Court and plead !icemen cause ; she could
sal go ts any of tie Learned Counsel who were sitting them and
tell hitt her work. They saw the desks opposite to him loaded
with rtedetcs of papers, and the table be had left was (if it was not
breitraLeowci), equally leaded with parchments ; and yet if this
poor warm tad gone us ary of those eminent attorneys, who pm-
fermate* great piles of briefs which lay before the Learned Coun-
sel arable emigrate (Mr. Taunton) and his Learned Brother,
eery :-meesid •say, •' Poor woman, we an really, very sorry,
but Otweerenet attend to your case, out time is occupied with
toe aele eserrisnto cases from Steford, and the qua war raffia
caseelhamehleontoeth; and the great causes to be tried by Special
itriesßeteemen trah gentlemen, who can *Word to pay us largely
for Me eiretapeand we really cannot attend to you. Therefore the
only eowrio left for • poor pawn, who had been aggrieved was, to
apply •to •is person who, like the plaintiff's attorney, was young,
and l to advance himself in his profession by the care and dili-
gent:o Mk rat bestowed on such cases a' were entrusted to his
oilsleThey were therefore to weigh the circumetrace% of
tt give such a verdict as they thought right, en the
Matter before them.
intio
the plaintiff—Damages 61.
M this county is the heaviest ever known, end is
? e 'soupy ten days more than the usual time.
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