The National Register.
London, England, 1818-08-02 00:00:00

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This Mr. J,e•tiee Abbott cumin( need the iu.!neti:
of Ilse Aqs.tie% at the Civil Si.ie, ;Intl )le. Sergeant I.en‘(fir
Clieub"ruligh ) stt we Critnia.t! side. Alter thy
.I,iry were sworn in, the luarack: Sergeant 5551515eb5eil theas a.
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THE NATIONAL REOSTER.

opportithity pass, with.. ot directing your particular atenti"
to one or two cases wine:: will be laid before you ; env: of
them of that class of offenc.ss known in the law as killing an .1
slaying ; and the oilier of ilixt class of crime which human
nature libbers, and which civilised society justly regards as
in the highest degree penal, and us one calling fur the mo►t
summary and most severe public example of the offender-
-need l say I allude to the crime of murder. In the inves-
tigation of t:lese cases in the insulter in which you are bound
to view ilium. you niust take care that in your return of the
several hills to keep both crimes distil:la—neither reducing
the one nor aggravating the other upon doubtful or incoia.
plete evidence, so far as your judgment enablesyott to decide;
always taking care that it is better so to pronounce in the
limit instance upon the character of the offence, as to render
it unnecessary at a subsequent time that the case should on.
dergo two iuvestigations. It is a very unfortunate ciremn.
stanee that I arts not fornislied with the whole of the deposi-
tions. lam therefore unable to say any thing more to yon on
the particular eases to which I allude, except what occurs to
one front the mere general description of. die offences on the
face of the record. But I now leave you to perform your
dnty, with the well grounded enufidence, that you will dis-
churge the important trust consigned to you with fidelity,
partiality, and correctness.
The Grand Jury then withdrew, and shortly returned with
several hills found against persons charged with capital of-
fences.

Philip Smith and William King pleaded guilty to the lesser
offence, of having forged Bank of England notes i■ their
possession. There was au indictment against them for the
higher offence, but the contwel fur the Bank withdrew It in
couseqnence of their plea of gnilty to the levier.
John Evans was convicted of having three forged Bank of
Englund notes in his possession. He was sentenced te fear-
teen years' transportation.

CIVIL SIDE.-WEDNESDAY.
THE KING V. REFS AND OTHERS.

Tn this case Mr. Rees, an opulent shopkeeper et Chatham,
Edwards and Wright, two of his shopmen, and Porcher, his
porter, were indicted by J. Balls, a private marine, for au as.
sank and false imprisonment in the cage of the workhouse of
Chatham.

Balls (and a comrade of his corroborated Ins evidence)
swore positively that at 11 o'clock on the night of the 6th of
August last, as he was returning to his barracks, he happened
accidentally to brush by a young girl, with whom Mr. Rees
and his shopmen and porter were chattering at their own
door s they all immediately ran at him, seized his bayonet,
and though Corporal Usic came up. and offered to take Balls
to the guard-house, and be responsible for his appearance on
the hollowing morning, they insisted on taking him to the cage,
where he was locked up all nieltt. Balls said, he was beaten
and kicked so severely, that he WAS Collfillell to the hospital
for 11 days. The m wines further said, that Mr. Rees ex-
claimed," (io you d—tl soldiers, yon are a set of vagabonds
altogether. 1 pay taxes to keep you, and ill punish you
wheneser I ran catch you." The prosecutor said. that the
only provocation he gave was that" of being a marine."

lio.r the defendants, the watchmen who-took he soldier
into custody, a tohoptuan of Mr. Rees. and a neighbour who
witnessed the transaction, deposed that the prosecutor was
the aggressor; that he had drawn his bayonet and cut Ed.
wards; that he had said, he'd •' assault his father or King
George if he stopped his way ;" and declaied be did not care
a pin for a watchman, as he bad pall 21. for capsizing nue
before now ; and the only thing he regretted was, nut having
given the fellows tour in:lies of cold steel.
Verdict—Godly against all but Wright.
VIE SING V. SMITH.

This was an infornsltiona,laiiisitliedefrntlant, at the snit
or the Attorney-General, fur amniniting Nichols, ituubilliard,
an otiker of the enstonss, in the excretion of his duty, at
Deal.

'l.4e taets of the case wire these :—Mr. RonH IliarJ, now a
Lieutenant in tilt• navy, and Mr. Pt ate, also a Lielgenutit,and
built twlnn.;ing to his Majesty's ship Severe, stationed at Deal,
'sere sent in pursuance of a deputation Irons the Customs.
aided by ten men, to soareli a luger, in the art of landing
and seopoterl to contain smaggled goods. lit the attempt so
to do, 14e Ll:fondant attacked Mr. Itoabilliard, and struck
him a 11:11V1 1.111 the brtart, which made bins stagger several
Mr. Ronbilliard'•. evidence was corroborated by that of Mr.
Prate, and the defending was found