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pass along tit* reel To obviate thin obstruction, the detention.,
caused the road to be widened, by cutting down part of the
eltta-
tifl garden. aril thereby the fence tell. It was most distmcdY
proved t, the plainiiff's own witnesses, that the portion of land
which had been cut away was no part of the plaintiff's origibai
freehold, but was appurtenant only to the highway, hating been
stolen from time to time.
Under throe circumstances, it was cont►ndetl by the defendant*
that they were jOstihed in removing an encroachment on the King t
highway.
Just as Mr. Beton (3attßtfw was going to sum up. the plalntie
consented to a mounds, which vat accordingly entered.
The Assizes fur this cconty then concluded at about twelvi
o'clock this day.

NORFOLK CIRCUIT.

SEPIFORD ASSIZES.

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THE WING a. din cirttoodir PAGE TURNER. BART.
This was the traverse of an singuleitian of lunacy, by which Sit
Gregory ()shame Palm Turner, the defendant, IVA% found to So it
lanat,c in the year 1893, and it now Came on for trial under an or..
der of the Lord Chancellor' on an application of the threndant to
be allowed to disprove his having been of unsound mind at the
peritatY the finding itf the inquisition aforesaid.
Messrs STORRS. Doyen, and Rosixsorr appeared on behalf
of the Committee to stioport the inquisition.
Mr. J. Wit.J.iesta came down specially on the part of Sir (X.
P. Turner, to suiiport the traverse, and with hint were deserts,
Ilawlms and Paorag. When the Jury were sworn,
Mr. Sergeant FIRTH. addressed the 'Court, and stated that he
and Mr. thinning were of Counsel for the heir at law, Capesier
Turner, and he contended that It was his right, in such capacity'
to take an active pare in the conduct of the cause.
The Logo Cut LE JysltcE desired the order of the Lord Chas.:
cellor to he read, by which order it 'treated permission etas given
to the heir at law, to " appear at the trial of the traverse ; and
The COURT thereupon decided, 'Nit the Counsel of the heir at
law having a right to appear, Attl that perruission being of no affect;
unless they could take an active part in the trial, it was their right
to put questions to the wirnesses, after their examination by the
Counsel for the Crown. _ .

Mr. Sevens then opened the case. He told the Jury that the.
simple Issue which they had to try was, ntethet Sir Gregory
Oseorne P. Turner was of tussoitnd mind on the 19th of December,
1823, the time of the finding the inquisitiol of lunacy which pro-
nounced the defendant to be incapable of self-governmeet, and in-
competent to marage his property and affairs. lie dwelt at consi-
derable length, and argued with mash force, on the nature and
eharaeter of the malady which afflicted the unfortunate gentleman,
who. inheriting as he did, a fortune of FLOW. a year, bad re-
dile, d !dimwit from affluence and splendor to comparative poverty ;
and instead of cultivating that society in which his station and for-
tune entitled him to mix, had degraded himself to the lowest col.
nee lone, and afforded, in his person and habits, a melancholy spec-
tacle of wretchedness and debasement. He then detailed the facts
of the defendant's lunacy which were to be given in evidence.
Rehecce JI irella I, the first witness, deposed, that she lived of
Battlesden House (Sir fi. P. Turner's test knee). as housekeeper,
niece 11121. He generally resided in the house for two years
while witness was liege; his abets, reckerchief-, shirts, and
towels, were eametantly cut into holes, as if done with scissors :
always considered his orders inconsistent ; he would order dinner
for a particular time, and when told it was ready, walk out ; often
dii not dine till nine or ten o'clock; often kept the victuals that
came from his table, before he would let them go into the hall,
until they were mouldy ; when he did not consider joints of mess
high enough, he would order them to be hung in the fire CPS,
nor, to make them higher; would order fires &ern in the nottest
weather. Generally wore old clothes full of holes, stud was never
willing to part with them. Prior to 1023, witness did not conaidet
his mind sound. Ili% tied was often not made fer three weeks to-
geitier. Alter witness had lived with him a considerable time, he
turned her out one night at eleven o'clock, sent for her back, and
asked her to drink wine: there had been no quarrel. He once struck
at witness through a window, and cut his hard. He asked her to tie
op his hand, and after she bad done so, struck her attain. Hs
once ordered a hem to be boiled, and when it was half-devoted,
caused it to be taken up and kept till mouldy, when he sent it back
to the butcher.
31ary Budge, a servant at Battlesden. said, that die looked rift's
Sir G. P. Turner's body linen. It was constantly cut in small
holes. [ Witness produced a number of shirts and shoe's that were
so cut."' Sir Gregory meet have cut the holes himself. He would
net allow his diem to be mended. He once hit witness e violent
How. which confined her to her bed three days. Some time after
he followed her along a passage. and liked very much deranged.
Sarah Robins, a servant at Battlesden House, corroborated the
fanner witnesses, and stated, that she saw Sir Gregory's bed.roont
broken open by the sheriff's officers, in 11123; it wanted eleaninp
ve.y much. There were several pieties of paper about the room. She
last made the bed about three weeks before Sir Green'', went away.
She sat UP writ him one night, at his desire. Ile walked about the
room, and looked wild. Ile was wrong in his head. Lady Turner
had been these for three motiths together. .ehe never saw Sir Gre-
gory with her.
J. Shivey, gardener nt Battlesden, said that Sir Oremy would
make him pull up the flowers and destroy the shrubs. He dressed
very shabbily. His beard was very long, and he was dirty. Hs
was quite insane.
3lary Welch, chambermaid at the Perry Coffee-house, Rath.
bone-place, deposed, that Sit G. P. Turner, end Iwo persona
named Ryan and Tonikins, step; at the coffee-house in 1823.
I From the appeerance of the a tees, she thought Sir Gregory slept
in his boots. The room was very dirty in an improper wee. Sit .
• Gregory's beard was very long. He caught hold of witness one
night and tried to bite her nose. He did not bite it off, but made
it very tender.
Thomas Paxton depleted, that he had been servant to Sir Gre-
gory 15 rears, and went with hem to the King's 'tench prison, ix
Jely, MO. He was then completely insane. He was only. once
altered the whole time, and refused to have clean linen. ( anew
described indelicate conduct on the part of Sir Grignry, in the
presence of a person named Weir, and witness.) From the King's
Bench they went to Baker-street. Lady Tenter. west there. Sit
Gregory slept on a sofa tOr a fortnight, and attempted to jump out
at the window. S r George Tuthill was sent for, and they were
obliged to put or, a strait waistcoat, and to elm him. They went
down atterward% te his scat in the country. On their return, in a
gig, he jumped out and ran away with a portmanteau. Coming
from Buttlestlen in a gig toe^ether some time after, Sir Gregory '
would not puffer the horse to be baited, but came the forty miles
through. Oil the road, at Mickley, lie behaved indecently before
some females, When they came to Tottenham Court-road, he
wanted to go back with the +-ante horse; they went to Baker-street-
where witness was desired to leave the room, and shortly afro
heard a scream; he went into the room with the lady's meld.
(The scene described by witness is too disgusting for insertion., .
Sir Gregory would net go to bed during the night, but took a
bier-tut off the bed and weneed about the room. lie afterwards
escaped from witness and was found at a small pot-house in Tot-
tenlians Court-road. He gave two men three a 10e note to pry
for some porter, a-d then ran sway. They thought it was a
forged note, and followed him. The note was a good one. In •
1823, witness being at Bettleetlen, received a letter from Mr. Ma-
belly, that Sir Gregory's son was dead. with directions to break is
to him as easy as he could. Sir Gregory said the doctors had
killed the child, and he would have an inquest tin it ; and rent
witness lor reetorstive medicines to put into the child's mouth ;
and desired that a grating inig!kt be male for the vault, that if the
chill came to life again his voice might be heard. In October,
11E3. he sent witness to a tinker to purchase " tributreeenny ;" the
tinker wanted 10/. for it, and Sir Gregory gave 91 Ids. though • •
witeese told hint it was an imposition, lie bought many other
useless thing., such as stones, shields, and spears, of his tenants,
I and gave thein recent.% for their rent for then'. When he was '
leaving his house in ll,ker-street, his room was very offer sive.
There were many valuable articles mixed with others worth no.
thing. As the watches dropped out he would say, " here's •
another, here's another, Tons.' He had about 50 watches and 40
clocks. The curiosity peep!: he called his white sheep, and went
great lengths to pay them. He called his tracles.people his black • "
i shee,.. He had about 40 newspapers a-week ; a great many were .
not opened. He had many cases of goods from London which
were never opened ; one was filled with small tiles from ruins; • •
the roads had since been mended with them. There were piles of • •
thine in the home, brought from the roads by various persons, why
got paid for theme
Mary Sprineett, servant at the King's Bench coffee-house in • • 1
November, 18e3, proved that Sir 0. P. Turner was there for 32. . •
days, during which he never went to bed, nor changed his linen,'
nor washed hinutelf.
Thomas Stephens deposed, that he had the care of insane
foe 20 years, and Sir G. P. Turner was decidedly insane. etTt'eneliltis
described his indecent conduct. Shaving was always done by Mkt
force, and when it was over he would fill on his knees.
At sit; o'clock the Conte adjourned to nine o'clock on Saturday. '
Sir Gregory Page Turner was in Court the whole of the tune, •
and appeared very attentive to the proceedings. lle was heard, in, !se,
an under,toniS occasionaEy to give a negative to some of the evidence
a one or two if the witnesses. There appeared a sort of wildittee '
of coentennncef nothing of insanity, at the moment, but still of •.,
marked peculiarity.
The folios ing gentlemen composed the Special Joey e—Sir R. • "
H. Inglis, Bart. ; S. C. Whitbread, Esq. M.P. ; J. Foster,
t :Int; J. Higgins, Esq. ; J. Mackay. Esq.; T. C. Higgins, Esq $
W. Bar.eoloniew Higgi..s. Esq.; George Musgrave, EA.; 1. •
Simpe nu, Esq. ; Henry Bcandreth, Eaq. ; Francis Pyin, Esq. ;
and William Humble, Esq.

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Cu ea c.—Most of the hay in this neighbourhood is cut
down, apparently to be got in in good condition, heavy but
not bulky. The crops of oats and beans, in the south.
eastern districts of Fifo look miserable; they have in many
places been ploughed up, and replaced by potatoes. la
many of the pasture fields the wt ter has failed.

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