The National Register.
London, England, 1811-03-24 00:00:00

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KENT.

SMITH V. RUSSET..
This was an an action to recover damages for an assaith.
Mr. VA ft ROW (Tened the case. with great gravity; and stared
that the plaintiff was a medical gentleman of con,iderahle ca•
lints, who had settled at Dover with a view of obtaining prac-
tice in that town. The d fondant was a publican resident
there, and it happened that he had a servant who 7.-.,as afflicted
with the itch. His client was called In, and cured her, ibr
which he of course espected the payment. The &fent:antis
wife, however, most egregOsly.abused the plaintiff, ,-nd on a
subiequent-day, .the delett4int dr.)* his elbow into the p7ai,n-
dirt stoniaCh, so, is to butt him very mtat t. and again as,aultl4
him upon anbther ocossion.—Two witnesses p: ..ved the as-
sault 'first stated, that the defendant thrust his tatiow in 1)r.
stn:to's stomach, but negatived the latter aliflilllol.43h CrOVS, •
examination, they said they did not knowiiow Drc,sinijtis he•
came a doctor; he gave physic r, the pi: )14:- at Dovtr, but
nrght be nothing more than a surgeoi4.—Mr. Seijeant 'Sliep•
haru, to prove the Doctor's literature, produced his bill, a
paper which had been proved by our of the wit: e-ses, and
which began as follc,ers.raG, nierkstrell astiniesseist for curing •
the oid surrante of thi• /it'Lch." tre also stated, that the plain-
tiff had indicted the defendant arthe Dover lessions, and whew
examined there on hip oath, my-Learned Friend tasked the We-
tor where he got his diploma / Wheii his answer litl-raliy Was,
that he had got his deplortr of the Mayor of Gue..nsey. De-
plorable it was, indeed, that such a fellow tilf.auld go about
poisoning his ajesty's subjects; but he trusted tho hie). would
mark their opinion of him, and action by a farthilig.damaps,
or if they went further, it would he to give the knave a groat."
—Verdict for plaintiff—Damages Ow Fartkiag.
THE KING V. PHILLIPS AND ()VIERS.
This was an indictment against Phillips, Ban foot, and East-
land, a Custom-house Offi::er and his two Assiaams, for having
extorted a suns of money from one I'ymm, in 0.-eer to release a
quantity of Bandana handkerchiefs, which they had seized of
him. The account winch Pymni gave of the transaction was as
follows : That he was servant to Captain Le Blanc, of the Lord
Wellesley Fist Indiaman, and in July last he arrived &oar India.
He was coming up to London it) a poia-chaise ; when,
.near
Shooter's-hill, the three defenelatita jutneall out-of a heeil!,e and
stopped the chaise. They said they we-e revenue offietrs,-ant,l
would search the chaise. He askosl to; -their authority ? But
Barefoot, the officer, made no reply, but jumped directly into the
chaise, and began a rummage. tie found his bag in which he
had stowed away his Bandanas, upon Which he called.out to his
companions, ee here is a prize," and declared his intention of
seizing chaise, horses, and all. The witness I)egged very hard,
and told them, if he had to pay for the adjs.: and horses it
would ruin him. tHe.alin begged for his, Bandanas, and , ffered
ail the money he had about him, aasoUnting to thirty dollars and
four guineas. They at fi.st relented, and he put up his money.
At length Barefoot said to his companions, " this is a poor fel-
-1o w, let us take all his money and let him go." He accordingly
gave them the thirty dollars and two guineas ; Barefoot having
returned him two._ The next day he saw them at Deptford,
when they • and swore they . ver
had seen him them
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that they were
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secution was
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denied all knowledge of hirb, and sviore they vet:
m before in their. lives. "'Upon this he told them 4e
Ley were thieves, and not officers. The result was,
'ere taken into custody, and the fact turning out that
were in the employ of timgoveliitea the present
Is commenced. •
re aUfoupd guilty. '

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