The British Press; or, Morning Literary Advertiser.
London, England, 1805-11-02 00:00:00

SHORT r. MARTIK.

This was an aaion htought by the Plaintiff,
Coachorimmet, in Gray's-inn-lane, aga'nst the De-
fe.idAnt, a Collar-maker, residing at Stratford, in
Essex, for an assault and trespass on his person and
property.—The damages were laid At 2DOI.
On the part of the prosecution it was stated,
that the Plaintiff, in company with two other gen-
tlernen, was returning from West Ham to town, on
the t42d of March last, about nine o'clock in the
even'ng. in a light chaise, and driving slowly nn
the light side of the road ; when they came nearly
opposite Bencrofes Alms-houses, Mile End-road,
they observe) the Defendant, who was in a heavy
cart, driving furiously across the road towards
them ; and, immediately alter, the wheel of his cart
came its co'ta'l with the shaft of the Plaintiff's
chaise, which was Main in two, and the chaise
overturned by the shock. The Plaintiff was thrown
out, with great violence, on the pavement, and so
much hurt, that, for a time, his recovery was doubt-
ful.

The Learned Judge, Mr. Serjeant MARSHALL,
summed up the evidence with his usual ability.
The Jury retired tor an hoar, when they returned
a vertliet tor the plaintiff—damages 201. with costs.

A few nights since, the dwelling-house of WIL-
LIAM CALLOW, Esq. in Broad-street Buildings.
was broken open, awl a •ariety of articles of silv.•r
plate stolen, consisting of twenty-two tabie-spoons,
twelve desert-spoons. a soup-ladle, and vatious
other articles of value. His counting-house in Ba-
ker's-buildings, Old Bethlem. WA% Molten open at
the same time, and various articlei of value stolen.
The robbers were disappointed, as there was w, casts
there.


MIDDLESEX SESSIONS, Nov. 1.

Blurt WILLIAM MAINVI. i.a, rigq.
sad a mom-rota B,,ach of
.7astires Jf the Pace for
that rassaty.

PERJURY.
Witiant Meier, a vet': genteel-looking ',rum
'man, was indided for wilful" an I corrupt peckers. at
the Sittings at Nrsi Prior, at Westmiosrer, steer last
Term, before Lord EL Its /1,;110u0a, in a cerr..ria
cause, Watts e. Costello.
Mr. Patentee stated. that the Prosecutor, Mr.
Watts, had been a most respettable chemist, in the
Strand, for several yea:s pas:, and having a large
family, he bound one of his son; a„.ipren lc,- to Mr.
Costello, a music-master, residing in vVestminiter-
road. The Defendant at the Bar was a:so appren-
tice at the satne time. Frequent coon-laints were
. made by Toning Watts and the Ddfendant. of the
harsh treatment they had received from Castello
anh his wife. The Defendant ward upon Mr.
Watts, to inform him o: the usage 'us son receic,ti ;
but, in hopes of ame•idment he let the matter rest
for some time. The ti:Jy, however, from the harsh
treatment he had received, was. at last, obliged to
he brought home, in such a state, that if his death
had soon after f;,!lowed, it would h.ye become a
subjea of mast serious investig At. Wore
found it necessary to inquire mare minutely into the
tags, and the young man at the Bar, in the premew e
of the Prosecutor and another pe-sirs,,r .ve suhh an
account as induced the Prosecutor to bring an aft; on
in the Court of King's-3-nch, against r'osielln, tor an
assault upon his .on, when he recov••red &mines to
the amount.of 1101. without ciallifig the mews' De-
fend .tut as a witness. Mr. rostena's C.:tm‘el bid
f:mhel his address to the Jury, en-cod:.l to call
witness:s ; when, to the astonish!! rt of Mr.
Ease: es:, who was Ci.unsel for the Plaintiff, and
ievei.ll other persons concerned, the young man at
th. bar, was pr a; a wives!' roe the D-feniti-
ant, and denied, upon oath, •what he had Is. :ore
affirmed. A pa;,rr was clewn to him, wherein his
tormcr account had been fairly el ai.si dis-
tinCtly yr Ai t • him ; and, when asked to the via, he
dewed the whole of it. in pn'itrve lei mt. Mr.
Watts therefore was called upon to ander this per-
jury, for which the Defendant was then pat upon
his trial. All the formalities of our Lows •NI •
served. were made for the most admirable pis 7 . ;
and an itidiCtrnmt for perjury should he sta. • r
very considerable circurnspecTon. p:'e
diarneiit might have def efts. which, in p.'
law. must pot an end to enquiry; but if the -nil: '•
meat were eorred, then it would be I" I 'se !u7
consider, hether the Defendant bad committed this
oSence, knowin..o ar.i if arCez.
ample of this nature would he highly benelicial ua
the public at large.
klessrs. Cos, r and Cue woo!). for the Defendant,
objent•il to the indiamenr, ir. point of form, and La
point rat substance, inasmuch as the assignments of
perjury, in the principal averments, were ant mate-
rial; the averment being, that he denied the con-
tents of a certain written paper, tipeti ai, oath. which
he had before assented to, in a verbal assertion, nor
upon oath.
After a long argiment hevcrien the Cotiosel oil
both si-lcs. the Court decided, that the ptineitsll
averment was not via:tent to the assignment of
perjurls, and die Defendant was accordingly ac-
quitted.