The National Register.
London, England, 1821-12-17 00:00:00

PAYS C V. JONES, ESQ.

This was aa action against the Marshal of the King's
Bench, to remover the expellee incur red by the plaintiff,
in executing a warrant under the follow hug vire .....
the simmer of ISIS, a person confined for debt in
the King's Bench, named Poisons, made his escape. In
November, the pi:lima being in I)orsetshire, saw 'lessons,
and gave iolountalion In Ilse Mun dial, who wmote to him.
and promised 'din all reasonable expenses, and a ru•will (I
of len 'Mum; if he apprehended him. An escape warrant
was obtained, and forwarded to the plaintiff. lu the
mean time another person hail applied to the Marshal for
time job of apprehending Parsons; the Mai stoat, however,
informed him he hail employed Payne, and this individual,
in vet cow- for his disappointment, gave illl.Ol Mai OM in
Poisons, who absconded. Payne arid his Man pursued,
and traced his route fur upwards of 200 miles, and then,
after being engaged in the pursuit twenty-eighs days, lost
him at litidport. In the month of April foilooin, bow-
ever, lie again obtained intelligence ofhim, amid gave fresh
information to the Miirshal, who renewed his promise, and
sent a stew escape warrant. With this the plaintiff ap-
prehended the poisoner, and, as the warrant directed,
took him before a magistiate, where lie rotated into
recognizancee to appear to time indictment for an escape.
Payne then applied to the Marshal for his expellees, but
the Nlaralial said lie wanted the prisoner biutiglii bark to
the Bench, and granted a Wall-MIL for that purpose. The
warrant was execnted, amid Put suits was brought to the
Bench. For the t•xpenrrs of fias second exciiesiou Mr.
Jones paid the plainiiti, limit when lie delivered his bill for
the expenses of the pity ions pursuit amid apprehension,
namely, a guinea a day for his own amid his man's line, amid
a guinea a day for the keep of himself, man, ■std horse,
with oilier expenses, amounting in all to Bttl. 16s. the
Marshal said he shonlml bride it when Mr. Parsons settled
Isis account. Upon this refusal the plaintiff brought his
action.
Mr. •urney, for flit defendant, cohtended that the
whole case of the pursuit was a fabrication, and that Mr.
Parsons was at West Camel, within three miles of the

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plaintiff's residence, and might have been arrested at any
hour ; that the plaintiff had already had 801. which was
fiillcompensation for his trtitilde.

The framed Counsel called witnesses to prove these
fact,. And the Jitiy, tinder all the eirenittstanr,,s, found a
verdict fur the deleitaatil.

WEDNESI/AY. DEC. 12.
DISPUTES IN 11F.T1IN AL-GREEN PARISH.
slollt V. GWYNNa, E.g.
Mr. Scarlett said, iteiNaction was brought by the plain.
till, a solicitor and late vests), stet k of St. :Matthew,
BeCesial Green, to e censer a csimpensation in dainag,,a
from tile elefiiestant, a Doctor of Laws. resident in that
parish, for Ilea troblicavon of a /scandalous libel, inserted
en a newspaper called The Sunday .llhnit"r, with intention
to injue e the pla character, ised defeat• his re.elee.
lion as vestry clerk, which office he had held for 30 years.
—lt appeared nom the statement of the leeward Counsel,
that the libel had its origin in the squabbles which have
lately divided the above pas isle. Mr. Merceron had been
11e.4,14ter of the 11111114, and was prosecuted I,r
ini,ninilication of elle monies coming to leek hand. The
defeeislant was one of the most active in pro iiiii nag inquiry
in.() Mr. 11es eel on's conduct, in the hope, piarleaps, of
get•isig the (Mice in Ire...sneer. That object, however,
tailed, for the parish resolviitl he future not to vest their
fused in any one pee,ose, but to place the 'matey in the
Bank of England, ill the name of proper persails having;
the management of the poor. Previous to that eletermina-
lion, Dr. Gwynn... al a vests,' meetioe, had propo,c4
vote of thosiks .0 .iir pl for his conduct as vestry
desk, hut afterwat it- finding himself sli.appointed with
respect to 'lie office of ereasies er, lie declared against him,
and oecame a visdelet orpoilem. Various parish transac-
tions took place, atilt on the 2,1 of May, ISA, appeared
wital tempos-led en be a repast of a 1111 l nittee, in The
SondaY 41itmilor. It imputed to Mr May that lie had been
trying to make up the 14 rention of the parish in a mannur
exactly similar to that of Mr. Mercerme, and for which lie
had been I 'shed. The tkienslant sensed 2,091 copies
of the repent to he pa hoed, and slistrlnsted among the
pari.leionee 8 its a pamphlet. Cy Chia circulation a preju-
dice was salved again.: the plaintiff. lle lost the election
for vestry clerk, and the party in Ike interest of the
ilt,fensiant was elected. 111r..Seat lett entered into a long
and minute statement of the purists areonnes, and con-
tended there was not the lease ground for accusation
against the plaintiff, whose reputation had stood high ill
the palish upwards of thirty years, during which he had
held the situation of vestry clerk, and to justify his cll.
racier be was nosier the necessity of brining this action.
A number of witnesses were tallest to prose that Ds.
Ciwymie was the author of the alleged libel, and that he
had circulated it pamphlet, from which the libel had been
copied. The witnesses also detailed she proceedings at a
meeting to secure the election of Mr. Brown as Ye-try
clerk. 1)r. Gwynn,' was present, and a committee was
formed, consisting of Messrs. Ball, Watsan, Gable,
Uuw in, &Mlle, and ethers.
The Rev. J. King, rector of the parish, stated the part
taken by the deleniluest, at the discussion of the affairs of
the parish in I -17, when a subscription was entered into
for the purpose of commencing a prosecution against Mr.
Merceion.

After the case nn the part of the plaintiff sad been
proved, come consultation took place between the Counsel
on both sides.

The Solicitor General. on behalf of the defendant, then
said, it was clear that lits client could not justify this
publication in the Munitor; but it was stns.-o,le lie might
have acted under a mistake. He did ma insist fur a III 0•
areal ill4l the charges against this gentleman mete true,
and upon that admission his learned friend, Jlr. •,carlett,
had consented not In proceed proviti.M the de-
fendant would pay the Mlllll of s:h. to a public charity.
Thal his client was willing to do 80, and be would also
pay the costs incurred 1131 r. Nlay.
Mr.Srailett said, in arceptiog the offer made by his
learned friend, he fmnislieti the strongest proof of lot-
bearance on the pat t of 51r. 'lay.
A verdict was then taken by consent for 501. damages.