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vets with shed erected upon them for the horsea
reached nearly half-mast hislls. and upon that
►ii.ththe hay awl pravetitb-r nu placed. Ile did
I 4:t flunk Nov vessels were built for the trasle.
said, he was, an insurances
tr"ker at Liv,riotool. It was well known Iltat ships
in the %Vest Indira carsied cattle on deck. It was
t,st usual to ovate any communication with the
i.alleramiert if it nay .tendril In carry cattle ; it
in tile. no 41ifferroCe iii the press 1111 l ; did not rim&
ci raw instance to which ii vessel having fats,' horses
tlll deck had noel with any loss.
Mr. SCARLIMT. after cnusulting a abort time
wish Ism client, the Defendant, add, there WlOlllO
doubt that it was usual to carry cattle from Ante-
,rn the West Indies-111e persuasion of the De-
triment hail been that it wu► not so universal to
curb• cattle its small vessels. It appeared, however,
tisat it had been dune, and he could uiit disprove
;t ; hut the Defendant then concets'r•l that the in-
tent; it; to carry cattle ought to have been vomitus-
nicnted tutus's. the underwriter, kW he could prove
$ hat he was ignorant of it.
Mr. Just ice liar Lair mild, there was no doubt
when it was once established that this was the
si•age. that they were not bound to coininuniente
it so the underwriter, but the underwriter Was to
ask.
Verdict for the Plaintiff for 10411.
Mr. Sea/it:aft. observed, that he would not trait
ltiiusl•lf ifs:vessels as laden; he would rather aril
nervy* the Mersey with a coachman for a Obits

RAWLINSON B. ROBINSON.
SCARLETT stated, that the Plaintiff 'in this
rause was a corer-factor. a respectable mast, living at
Illverstoste. The Dr•fenclunt, ./ohu 'Robinson. who
exhibited himself in Court, was a strong hale man:,
al t the age of 70, but possessed of a considerable
port of the vigour as well as the passions of
youth The present action was fur a violent assault.
The PI t happened to have a young and hand-
some wife The Defendant had not forgot that he
war once young, and he therefore seized every op-
portunity of indulging in his former youthful prac-
Item Whether it was from his appearance Of his
yirartices, yet the fact war, that one (tithe straiten re
load acquired was that of The Ball—he went by
the name of Tlw Bull at Ulversione. This hull
"t 1 gilt that every one of his tenants kept a cow.
Tlit:teariseul Counsel would not enter into the pre-
cise cit•curtirtances of the present assault. Smite ill
blood had mdmisted between the parties, but they
not come to blows till the assault in question
took place; there had been an altercation between
the Plaintiff and the Defendant's son, and the ran
having committed an act of violence, had been ob-
liged to pay a rum of eioney ; this the old mail re-
twitted, and on the 44th June last he went to the shop
of a person mimed Clarke, wliere the 'Plaintiff' was
busy mending wile sacks. 'Upon the Plaintiff's
perceiving him, hr said, he hoped he had come in
peace. The bull, enraged,.began with an oath, and
said, lie did nut know whether he had or nut—lie
exclaimed, take that paper. It war a notice to the
Phiiiitif, who was his tenant, to quit. The
ob.erved, he was glad to receive the notice, as
it w odd save hisn the trouble of giving our, and
lie 1-41 the Defendant the reason of his having
acted in his, the Plaintiff's house, as he had done
duriog Isis absence in Scotland. The Defendant
inenediately replied. " You are a set of combined
birompor and rogues—thy wife tempted me to it
—.lie asked me to come to her house, and sit
down ; after that • • • • • • ."
was II pleasant thing for a husband to hear. This
bull, who haul for his rude behaviour been driven
out 1.1 the Plaintiff's house by his wife, had the
impudence to nor' tttt ate that his wife was fond of
him, and had courted his embraces. The Plaintiff
said, do you mean to state that my wife is a strum-
pet ? the other replied, I do not ntesti to say your
wife is, but you keep one in your house. The
Plaintiff called him an old rascal, and told him lie
behaved exceedingly ill ; upon which the old bull
took up his stick and gave the Plaintiff a push with
it in his face, saying, take that, thou art a great
coward ; thou *hewed thyself a coward with my soot
James, and if 1 had knows, he had paid the n y,
1 would never have allowed it. He did all he
could to snake the Plaintiff fall on him ; he strove
to thrust the stick up his nostrils. Finding the
Defendant would not strike him, his courage in-
creased, and he continued flourishing his stick at
him and insulting hint. It was for this assault and
injury die PI had found himself compelled to
seek reparation by sit appeal to the laws of his
country.

Tit; facts were proved by Clarke who was per.
acid. He stated, that the Defendant accompanied
his thrusts with the stick by exclamations that they
were lint intended as assaults.

Mr. R•INE made a very humorous defence. Ile
obrerVed, he raw on re6rois whatever ashy the ladies
should have leru ordered nut of Court, while this
t•ou•e was proceeding ; thcre was nothing in it they
englit not hove heard and have been amused by.
As to the Defendant's declaration that the I'lantutl•
kept u strumpet io Isis !wow, lir Jiel not mean his
wife, lie meant l,►s timid ; the Plaiuufl• wits not the
arty wail who kept stick a character to his l.nu•e ;
It was no uncommon thing at Ulveisione. Wit
to the supporta anrault, it was eiaireiy a
; the Deli-lulu:it, like many other perilous,
was accustomed to flourish his stick uhoitt, mid it
hart irriutisly gone near the Plaintiff's face, bet
114.1 soot actually touched hint. lie recollected tlwt
t•lters the late Serjeatit Corky!l wins afflicted with
the gout became into Court to lead a cause, bring.
log 6u crutches with hint ; and A. be we. alwit}s re.
inarkistsle for the violent motion of hie left hand
when he woe pleading, it so kippered that he for-
got to lay down one of his crutches; and id his seal
hr kept flourishing it so near the faces of the Jury,
that every one was alarmed for lies surety; but
surely it was itupossible to construe this isms sus
assault. SO It was twit the ;nerved Defendant ; be
hail merely iu his anger liourirlied his stick, and if
• it had touched the Plisiostitf, it was purely accidental,
Usurer these circumstances. i.e trussed the Jury
would think this au actiou which could out be
maintained.

Tb. Learned Judge haring summed op ilw 4.16-
41reser, the Jury ouuld nut allow the wit of the De-
feklrnt's Comore! 10 primal'. lult found r r.rdu t
Co Plairtsli—Diusegos Teas Puoudo, real, lull
curts ul alas".

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