The British Press; or, Morning Literary Advertiser.
London, England, 1810-08-31 00:00:00

IINT Assizes,

IDIAIDATONE. LDRESDVf. AOC 29.
Yesterday hew& the Ceininie.ioneday for holding
the A•Kisrs or vile county. the LORD effIRIP iva
TICB of EROLARD. and the LORD CIIIRIF BAILOR
of the Excucour a, arrived in tuts town. They.
! •
ly miter opening thrir Can tttt tossion, a•-
Itended Divine Service ; anal this cnoriante. at nice
o'clock. Lord ELL►MSoaOOUN begut Uti.iiseeo on
the Civil Side.

!Batten O. CoecLaats.
This was a case of rather a whiii.sie4l nature, io
which the "mouse might hr said to catch the trap,"
rather than the 'rap the mous-. It was an acbou
by one buss-bailiff se:limit unionist., for fal-c ito!iri-
soninen.. The Plaintiff and the Defendant were
I both officers to the Sheriff ul Kiln, and bush kept
lock-up houses to the enmity. It h.q.:rued that a
writ of ca. re. was put into the hawk of Banked, the
Plaintiff, against the pertrot ut his brother firm,
CaPelaitil. the Defendant. He accordingly took
Copeland, who insisted that by law he had a right
to go to any lock-up horse for 24 hours, b.five h.
was earned to gaol.; suit as he himself k pia lock-
up horse, he would go to h:s owu house. The
Plaintiff not being able to decide this k.e.tty point
without conseitie4 his books. speed to go with
' him, sod tory truth went to COPt log/Id'S 11.4140 to-
gether. Here Copeland sent hi- wife and son to get
the money for which he was h• Id in executiou, sod
1 about four o'clock he procured it, and pail' the
- debt and costs; and Banker, and hr then took leave
• of each other. Coisetassul bola .r 1 imann4 10. friends,
I that re far from goin4 to flahkee's House, hr had
locked up his keeper, amid kept hint until four
o'clock. The Plaintiff, however, noon gulag house,
; whether by readina, or consultation wish MI stile
• lawyer, did not appear, found oust that he had done
what he was not boottl to do. mud that it as. a
• false imprisonment in his prisoner having locked
live ep so hit nen s;stinging-house. So, notwith-
standing they had -parted friend-, arid that they hail
e;)ent the dm, comfortably togetlsrr--tor it wit.
• proved vial 'turf had passed the dry by playing
" back-:iiinintio.' ~ the devil among the tailors,"
. smoking a social pipe. &c. Akc.--fir the honour of
; Cw prof'euims he determined to bring tile pre-
, w.i.t. action for his Prisoner having falsely imprison-

eal
Mr. Seijeant Ban. for the Defendant, contend-
ed.' that this' never could he considered an itapri..
sonmeut, :is it was a voluntary remaining in the
house! although tree it was, that, according to the
usual bad of the house. the doors were hunted up
as person. passed in or out.
Loot Ett.asiarsitemoo left it to the Jury to my
whether there was any imprisonment, and if there
was. what was the :mutton filthy intinaor ?
The Jury foetid for the Plaintiff—Dmaiti.es 520 e.
elutes e. N%WU.
U•107-11A14.
William Harris was charged by Barney Garnett. wasa latenveareetnoodit Db,:lahe. razersoas..gaiin.isitt.th.eriiDetr:
a travelling dealer in earthen-ware, with assaulting
was 411 N unt between the Plaintiff and Defendant
erf his with. and a female filen& and robbing
on the score of tithes. to ailinst which they hail •
.rw_hisa belt' C•Lit•Mli. that on i•K • quantity...,.o of
i l',neshay night meeting at • ponlic.houie at Langford. in this
The state.
county. •flie Attendant was attended by his At-
:hatbe was at • public-noose ia Kent-street. up. tummy, a Mr. Reynolds, who hod •• writ in hie
psoite to where he tires, battik; • cheerful Slats
pockt fur the Plaintiff. Arteriolar discussion, the
*with his wife and a female friend, after the labours
firmer produced • book, which contained a Itst
ortfte day. had lus Iwo: of halfpence, the day's
the composition fur tithes; tine the parson wished
of
prodoee ms pots and pane. in lit. hand. The Pti-
t possess, but the other refused to give it ty.
haste was present about ten o'clock. The Prose.
LoTpon this the parson seized him by the collate pee
by Moor left the house t
her ogo home, end was fol
ad just got lowed him
several
sercre blows
on tar
neck and
awe,
and
'and hoe
on the :tne,ow, threw him down, by which he was badly bruised on
when he .11-...a1-a-r-m—ed.nb-y. •--I,ii.r:des the side. Tlis was sworn to by two witnesses. Intel
n port corrolomited by the servant-maid and the
toning round. perceived the Prisoner had rrossed
the street after him, anal hail knocked down his The drat proving that she heard a great
tinier and scuffling in the room, and that the Plait,
wife and her friend. and was, beating them with a
off called, " Settesworth, Rettesantak !" the leo&
poker. He attempted to secure the Prim tact'. but
lord's name; and the landlord proseel, that when
la the colifusuin he escaped, and soon after he
he came, the Plaintiff was very much hrularil on
was gone, the Prosecutor dim:overt.' that his bog
Was goim also. I the side of the neck, soil on the tide.
A surgeon was also called. who atatri. that the
Tim Prisoner acknowledged liseitc4 struck the Plaintiff was so conattlembly injured, that he was
ladi• (of that indeed their viesges bore atnp'e tea. J obliged to keep his lied for several days.
Itmony), but denied having any knowledge of the I For the Defendant. Mr. Reynolds (his Attqrnt7)
hallpeiii.e ; mein there bring scene inconsistency m swore, that the •Plaintiff was never strink ut all ;
the Prosecutor's evidence. the Magistrate thought I ti.,at ew putting his pocket-Meek into his pocket. he
proper to commit the Prisoner for te.esaintnation. I slipped off his ch..ir, and felt down ; that mine.
anirelTltatT. diately recovering himself, he weld out of the room.
Earle on Saturday morning thi• co iehit.aii of but the passage being very furrow, he fell over
John Ord. Esq. of %V alhatn.green, no getting tip the stairs. and must have bruised himself by that
is attend to his horses, discovered that his master s
boos, had beet broken open. by forcing the bars Mr. GAIROW. in • very able replY, treated this
and bolts of the kitchen window ; he. al'irmri hi' i story as a mere fabrication, and uultorthy of any
inviter and the boiler; 'rhythm' exelmiling the Pre:t credit.
mists, nothing was missed but • great quintile of I Ireedwt fur the phttedm....menteges6.3l.
plate...-the abate was not taken. Mr. Ord di..
patched his hotter and co trhnsan to give inform,- CRIMINAL /MDR.
lion of the robbery at the above office. Priv kts
the lacer went to the house with all possible st 'l' t. Several peranna were nonelected during the day fur
ton the ea. •'6l ofnv3l, lie hail no d.,ubt bit tt a phandelioz of' lima *stmts.
robbery hod been chinsaltted by parties who knewJoes /lore and Williams Smith, both workmen
el, NAM.. stud whet+ to Rod the tittle ; and 0:i hiv .is 11..5..k5.e1l .td. were convicted 01 earshot% no.
inquiry as t the state of the servants. he was in• i sal sto.• s. T..in were detected in coming Oat of
riwehed that the footman, Thema Mil. hart got the itock.yari pith the armiest cassia:sled about
leave of airwave foe a few mare, to go to are h a then,-
il'end• at Moilwrimigh ; sod that be had left Sail.;, Rae.l Naval!, Juxothma Car-

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sill. and James 13'illiauts. were convicted of ech•
brazlittg vit tudilas g Thte.Atores wrtc bhip.
pcd 0111 tward the C'conmeece,hosN, for the USe Of Ili%
altoi sti's •itip 7he4ea';,: I,kut the pro-.sort*, who
%vete the crew of the h.:y. took out part of toe it ueu.
and filled the casks up with water.

They acre ult (pitail) indicted; but on an üb-
jltiton fr.•m Mr. Cutorgtr, the capttui {a,•t Mrs
over-ruled, and they wire acquitted of the eapitk.l
part, and found godly only of the le,ser offevree.
Suxby, and Mnaatt, the Mauler of the im), at..tl th.-
0140.n.hott4e 011itcr, core sentenced to Le II ems-
ported jifr semi yews; and Ha rrett and Witltaar4
to beiwprihineed for ode yeaft.

Che all, a man living in gond repute at
ChAli.an, was inflicted for knowingly
stores Inhis posorscon!
. .

The °Seer of Excise proved the finribiz but-
ter firkin, containing copper Lolls, &c. in his curt.
Mr. Cunwonn, for the Ilefendant, addres•Pd the
Jury, end stated, that he inertly had the rirtrries
to every for other pentorn. ; but, front the death of
his aittiess, yes unahlc in prove it. fie was fuonr:
Guilty, and sr nteneed to one year's imprisuumeut,
and to be publicly whipped.