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HtBEAS CORPUS.

Mr. GARROW;:;;IiW;:ii;ie:73 Corpus to bring
up the body of a boy of the age of 13 years who had
been impre.sed; he observed,that the Admiralty had
given him every assistance in their power, as they
were always inclined to do, but to no purpose : he
thought the age of the person, on whose behalf he ap-
plied, would warrant his application, but the circum-
stances of the case went much further. The father of
the boy lived at Colchester, where the Lieutenant of
an armed cutter also resided ; the latter applied to

the former to allow the boy to come to him for a
time, for the purpose of cleaning his knives, shoes,
&e. and occasionally to go nn errands, which the
a,:;reed to, cn express condition that the boy
was to go back whenever it would suit his conve-
nience ' • it was true that the boy frequently slept on
board the ship, as the Lieutenant had not any
accommodation on shore for him ; but when the
father wished to get him back, in order to put him
apprentice to a dredger-man, he refused to let him
go : the boy, he said, never had been at sea,-uor
aver regularly entered ; and the Lieutenant, on
finding ne must be d:,appointed of his hopes of
k cep; ag him, had him tied up to the gangway, and
ordered him two dozen lashes, which he imme-
diately received. The father swore he was detained
against his will—was never regularly entered, or
obtained any bounty ; and at the interview which
he had with the boy, he intimated his wish that
this application should be made.
T::e Court granted the Rule.
NVISANCE.
THE KIN° v. ROBERT RUSSELL, ESQ.

the Defendant, in this case, who was an exten-
sive waggon owner, residing in the city of Exeter,
was conviEted of a nuisance, in suffering his wag-
gons repeatedly to remain in the public streets far
whole days together, so as to interrupt both foot
passengers, and all carriages which might want to
pass that way. He had been indicted by the Mayor
aid Corporation of Exeter, and having suffered
judgment to go against him, he paid a fine of SOL
And afterwards removed the cause by toliorar4into

the King's Bench.
Several affidavits, on the part of the Defendant,
were read, from which it appeared, that there was
sufficient room. at all times, for carriages and peo-
ple to pass. His own waggons, and those of his
predecessors, for 50 ycars back, were loaded and
unloaded on the same ground, and be bad been at a
great expence in building warehouses, by which sr
veral feet of ground were thrown into the street.
The affidavits on the part of the Prosecution,
stated, that the nuisance was continued to the pre-
sent day.
The Soxrcyroa Current, for the Defendant,
thought the Mayor and Corporation had carried
their resentment too far in bringing this Gentleman
up for judgment such a length of way : having the
appointment of all the fines, they had already made
him pay 501. and as they were to be his sole judges
under the first indittment, he was induced to re-
move it into that Court. Mr. Russell was not a
person wlso would willingly violate use laws, as had
been evinced some time ago, to the surprise of the
whole country. when he offered an immense num-
ber (near 1000) of horses for the exigencies of Go-
vernment., at a moment's notice. He had already
offered to the Mayor and Corporation, if they would
not bring him up for judgment, that he would con-
fine the time of unloading and loadir.g to a specific
time, under any penalty they should name.
Mr. Serj. Paavn, for the Prosecution, said, it
was not the wish of the Mayor and Corporation to
pnt Mr. R. to any unnecessary trouble ; it was a
which they must perform ; and unless
J unloading should be prevented in
o. the °Nett of the Proscutinn would

Faoanunts said, that the Defendant

must consider, that the street was sot to he u-od as
his own private property, he would henceforth un-
derstand the law on the snhjea.
Mr. Justice Gaoss hoped it would be an example
to persons in other towns, even in this city, that they
were not to suffer nuisances of this nature.
After some consultation, the Court oireaed that
the Defendant should enter into recognis trace to ap-
pear and receive judgment whenever he should be
cal:ed upon, and discharged him, with a caution to
avoid such practices in future.