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Cn Totorhey moroong Mr. ,Serieant BURTON ern.
cerilrd id thr small County Court, awl co ttttt st-s.vtl
trying 011ie Itecouth.

JOHN SIOPFOND v. nErirvir

This was ass sits lOr delsoissithos. r. ‘‘. A
GETT opened the pleadings. •I'he first roma, hr
said, stated, that Ilse Plaintiff followed the bostssess
or 6(1,11,1'60n of schoolmaster and stissrusetor of
y g persour„ as well ferrodes is Mbileq. Nipsi
schoolmaster was the toaster or eoperisitendoist
a certain school, in which divers broy• and girls
were placed by their pierent•or gussedians under tile
core of the said Plaintiff, not only for their tiiiississ,
but also for the guidance and goverisinesst of their
morals and conduct, and that Ise thereby justly tib-
ia:shed the good rs; sit all his arrprainisseries ;
and that he was sever guilty, or slope( ts d 111 he
guilty of any rape, OF assault with iieteot to moo•
nut a rape, sir of any sillier improper cosoinci ;
and that one 'Mary Murphy was one id Os,
tiff 's pupils snot that Or order to snjore the.
Plaintiff sit los character and reputes:so, she
Deferidiost. 1.1 3 conversation had by him probe
hely with Plaintiff; desired him to " Take care that
Murphy's (1311141kter WOIIIII lint PlSellr 14 rope ARN11.74.
hint." The been's(' count stated, that the De fest-
rhert told the father of the said Mary Moreliv,
that Plointiti committed, OF ;attempted to commit
a rake on Isis daughter, Hod that lie ought to Like
her from the Plaisitstre school. There w.f.. two
further counts, nearly of the s.sme import of the
second. The damages were laid at loom/. and the
Defendant's plea was the general issue,
Mr. TOWNSEND stated the Plaisitill 'is case, the
facts of which were shortly these:—Tbe Nlortiliosisess
of Thomonif some years since established a scl I,
at her Ladyship's own expense, fill part of the
'Marquis's estate, of Itssettllon, w this coon V,
for the education and instruction of the ctstidrs n
of the neighbourhood, of both sexes, arid of which
school the Plaintiff and his wife were apponsted
master and mistress. The Defendant wa+ a Lieu-
tenant in the Navy, on halt:pay, who had ssio.e
retiring from his eiaval duties 'mhos ked its trade,
and become a coriosmereloost its the lielghloogsr-
hood of Rostrllati. The Marsialr of Thossiosid
was entitled to toll or qnsiyege upon all vessels
that came to lord or unina.l at the quays of
Rostellim, which toll had hem let to the Maio-
till: In the month of October lust, a sloop with
a large cargo of slate for-the Defendant came to
the quay, for the toll poyatile on which the Ploies-
tar applied to the Defendar.t, but was desired to go
about his baroness. lie then applied to the owner..
of the vessel, but lie was by them referred to the
Defendant as the owner of the cargo, sold finding
that it would' be quite useless to make any loniser
application to the Defendant on the aohjeet the
Plaintiff determined to &strain, slid accordingly
hr proceeded on board the vessel and do-re seized
two oars, which lie brought with him on the quay.
The Defendant woo preaect at the time of the
seizure, and lie called on the Plaiiitiff to give sip
the oars, as they were his property ; the Plaintiff
refused, end a scuffle rosued between them, the
oars, however, remained old, the Piassitiff. The
Deleitiliiiit here culled on a mini in his employ to
take the oars front the Plasistiff, which lie "314'133 dtli
in doing. Some angry words then passed lie-
tweet' Plaintiff and Defesolant, and during the
argument or contest the Defendant used the lan-
guage towards the Plaintiff complained of to the
declaration. Mr. Townsend, with great effect,
here commented on the iisjitry that such as•ersions
were likely to do a mast ;is she situatinti of the
Plaintiff. II the nature of the school were to be
considered, milling could be conceived more ruin.
ous to the establishment, or destructive to the
man who presided over it, than to have it spread
abroad, that he, disregarding tlse sacred shuttles
intrusted to Isini, instead of isistilliog into the minds
of the children sound and moral precepts, and
sliewtog them good example, endeavoured to nor-
rupt their understandings, and violate their persons.
Such • report, whilst it tended to blot kris the visa-
racier of the master, might have the effect of over-
turning the establishment itself. Nit.. Townsend
proceeded to state, that in some &lye after the ills-
pute on the quay, the Defesidasst met the father of
the girl already mimed, and idiot upon that occa-
sion be stated to ham the longlisige contained ist
the second count of the dechirsoutt. 'Ft, report
having now become piddle, it reached the Masques
of Thuniond, and his Lordship being ',stormily
interested for the success of the :chisel, and for its
good government, immediately ordered an inquiry
to be suede into the conduct of the 'rooster —4llli.
actordingly, the Rev. Mr. Hasizell. Chaplain iis
his Lordship, the Rev. Me. (Trio u, the Romeo
Catholic clergyman of the parish, told two other
gentlemen, met to investigate the matter ; sit which
the Defendant attended, produced witnesses, and
the result was, test the gentlemen who presided at
the investigation conceived there was no foundation
for the charges made against the Plaintiff, and ac-
quitted him. Under these circumstances the pre-
sent action was commenced.

John Murphy, who was present at the 'Mile on
the quay. stated whet took place there, end the
words spoken by the Defendant to the Plaintiff. as
laid in the declaration. The Plandiff having been
pushed down by the Defendant's man on a !seep of
slate., and being deprived of the oars, began the
provoking language.. in the course of winch lie
charged the Defendant with cheating the country
people, to whom he sold meal, and he olicl liw
would sell the cost off his bock to get satisliiction
for his character, mod puni.h Defendant.
This witness underwent is long creem.examination.
during which he said, that before tlrt tronemetinn
on the quay. he had not heard any penion Charge
the Plaintiff with tsking improper liberties with the
gads at his school, but ►ince heard wrist my tn.


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