The National Register.
London, England, 1820-11-19 00:00:00

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THE NATIONAL REGISTER

At the execution of the Writ of Inquiry before the
Sheriff, the Jury found a verdict for 5001. damages.
Mr. Adolphus stated to the Court, in support of his
motion, that the Sheriff had refused to hear evidence in
justification of the publication ; and that the Jury,
having no proof in mitigation before thesis, found a ver-
dict for 5001. damages.
The Learned Counsel contended the damages were
excessivk.
The Court granted a Rule to shew cause.
JEZ V. JoNE.S.
Mr. Adolphus moved for a rule to shew cause why
eliasohoukl not be a new trial in this case,. on the
en ar.tina tought
by the a servant, against his master, to -over
damages for assault and false imprisonment, The Jo
foods verdict for 64 The cause was tried at Guild-
hall. The plaintiff was taken up on a false charge of
embezzlement before the sitting Magistrate at Guild-
hall, and discharged, there being no ground for the
accusation.
The Court, under all the circumstances, were of
opinion that the damages were not excessive, and re-
Anted to disturb the verdict.
7/10TEURZE 17.
THE ZING V. JANE CARLILE.
The defendant, Jane Carlile, was brought into Court
this morning, in custody, to put in bail to an informa-
tion filed against her by the Auorney-General, for pub-
lishing another seditious libel.
Mr. Beubow and another person offered' themselves
as bail, and Mr. Motile required forty-eight hours notice
The defendignt remains in custody.
. The Court proceeded with questions standing on
the special paper until one o'clock, when the Lord
Chief Justice sat at Alsi Prima, and tried several
CUM.

afterwards he was carried up the close. He heard the
people call the lad Morrison; he was bleeding. Thinks
la was • the soldier first mentioned wise tilled ".{lre:".
An old woman then ran and called the guard ' • heard
several shots by this time; thinks they were fired over
the window in the garret story.
c ross.eaam ined.-.-Docs not think the soldiers had' their
belts or bayonets on; all the soldiers were " agreeable
like," or disposed to make peace when they went down
the close ; but did not hear the sailors 'abuse the sol-
diers; but they might have done it from the way the
soldiers were speaking when he came up.
J. M•linight, cloth merchant, Shaw.street, Greenock,'
remembers a riot on the 3utlaof July, about It o'clock
'at niaht ; concurs with the preceding witness as to the
--Ole. atuaheard shouts ofAtturilet.i saw the guatd take
away two awn In senors utmost i ..ark....„.. person from
a window say, " Who are your to a man Mats. close,
who answered he wa9 placed there by authority; Mne.
diately after this a musket was discharged from the
window, and the man in the close fell.
William Gowinan. grocer, Leigh-street, saw a sailor
and a girl, with some soldiers, coming toward Shannon's
Close. The sailofgave one of the soldiers a push, and
the soldier offered to fioht. The soldiers went to the foot
of the Highland Close, where there were a number of
sailors. One of the soldiers went forward and said, by
the Holy Ghost. he would fight any of them. The '
sailors gave no abusive language, and did not seem in-
clined to fight. to a short time he beard- a noise,
and upon going to look, saw two or three soldiers
_......... uouce lying at the door where they lodged. At that time
he heard a snap in sailor's dress say, he could lick
-solin the whole of them. One of the soldiers got into the
g.
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I-47n.
house, and returned with a poker, or othee ' weapon and
' drove hack the sailor and crowd. A sailor, who had
v a pair of stoups, struk him on the back of the head, and
after a scuffle, the a Morava, knocked down. The sailor
was carried into a house' and the soldiers went into their
lodgings, when a number of sailors came up and broke
the stoups against the dour. During this time a gun was
fired from the window, and shortly after a sailor, named
Morrison, was carried up severely wounded. Saw a gun
at the window, but not the person who fired it. Heard
the watchman Simpson desire them not to fire. and saw
him immediately fall in consequence of a shot from the
window.
John M'Farlane, shipmaster, Greenock, swore to the
affray on the street. Saw the soldiers take their fire.
arms at the higher window. The crowd made a rattling
at the door, and one man appeared first at the window
and fired up the close. A great nuMber of shots were
fired, but he did not see any one fall. Saw only two of
them fire ; one, he thinks, fired very often. When any
person " hove in sight," they asked," who goes there!".
from the window, and said they had plenty of ammu-
nition. A watchman came, and was asked from the
window who he was, and told to be off. or they would
blow his brains out. He said he was there on duty.
when a shot was fired and he fell. Did not see any of
them load. Cannot swear positively to any of the of
prisoners.
Mary Taylor swore to the conversation between the
soldier and watchman, and that the latter fell down
at be: feet, or within four or five feet of her: she codes. -
voured to!ift him up, but was not able.—Pearson, the
other watchman, came down the close, and said, " For
God's 'lake, conic and assist him," and was immediately
shot. Pearson died in less than an hoar, declaring
that they aimed the shot avhim. .
John MlCorcudale swore to the riot in the street.—
If/Gli COURT OF JUSTICIARY. the mob endeavoured to force thedoor, and a shot was
—ea- fired from the wiodow above, heard Simpson say, " avast
EDINBURGH, FRIDAY, Nov. 10. firing, we are all Kings men as well as you." sHe went
*GREENOCK OUTRAGE AND MURDERS. into the House with the guard, and a 'collie ensued.—
Tuesday the trial of Robert Surrage, Joint Dempsey, The guard went away to get fire arms, and then searched
John Beck, Jos. Elliott, Malachi Clinton, and Patrick the house. and took several of the soldiers. Did not •
Lynch, all privates in the 13th regiment of foot, came see any of the men fall.
on before this Court, for the murder of Robert Simpson, Flora Muir corroborate the preceding testimony as
Henry Pearson, and Archibald Morrison. at Greenock, to the riot in the street, and said she saw two soldiers
on the- 31st of July last. knocked down : after this firing commenced, and wit-
. After the indictment was read, and the panels had ness saw a man lying bleedin ; she called to the soldier
pleaded Not Guilty, at the window to cease firingsi:l 'she took irs the body.
Mr. Menzies stated, that as the prisoners had suffered he answered he would fire. whoever cattle; she retired,
considerably from the animadversions of the public I but came back and repeated the demand, when he said
prints; and as they laboured under other disadvantages ..
as strangers, ni t knowing any witnesses, nor so situated Drag him in then, and be d—d to you." The wounded
man was Simpson.
as to expect any to volunteer in their behalf, he was Other witnesses were called who corroborated the
anxious that Alalachi Clinton, against whom nothing
testimony above given, awl some evidence was adduced
could he proved, might be put on his trial first, in order favourable to the general characters of the prisoners.--,
that after his acquittal he might appear as a witness in After this was gone through,
favour of the others. Tbe Lord Advocate addresse
After the Lord Advocate was heard in answer, and after stating that be had not' d the Jury at lenath, and
sufficient proof in insist
Lords Justice Clerk, Gillies, and Mutiny, delivered: Elliott,
.Beck, amid Lynch, asked a verdict of Guilty
their opinions, the Lord Advocate deserted the diet against Surrage and Dempsey.
against Clinton, as his information did not justify hint in Alr. Menzies, for the panels, made an able and in-
detaining the Conn with his trial. The evidence for geaions defence.
the prosecution then proceeded. Alter the Lord Justice Clerk had summed up the
M. Mitchell remembers hearing a noise its the High- evidence, the Jury returned a rim core verdict, finding
land Close, opposite Shannon's Close, in the summer, Beck Not Guilty, the iadictisteht against Elliott andi
about midnight. `V he. he went op, he saw one of several Ly
murder of
Not proved, and Surra:.te and lientiney Guilty ei
to the soldiers, a tall men, asking the best of the blue jackets
two out, sad lie would fight diem ; there were five ur six f Simpson and Pearson only,
motility recommended Surrage to mercy.
soldiers, and about a dozen sailors and tradesmen. Al. j The trial occupied 18 hours and a half, and the Court
terwards one of the soldiers, a little malt, came up with . adjourned at half-past four on Wedoesday mottling to
a bayonet under his jacket, and asked them to turn out . hdlipast ten.
and fight ;he did not hear the sailors cry any thing; The Cdurt accordingly met at half-past ten o'clock on
they wanted to make peace. A sailor cam W e up, and 1 but mow.
Wednesday, when John Dempsey and Ralstrt Storage
ofiered the soldiers halt a pint not to wrangle. One of 1
the soldien, took hold of ahoop the sailor had, and said, was brought to the bar to receive sentence.
The verdict of the Jury having been read. Lord Gel-
" Come away, shipmate." 'the soldier went alongside I
of him, and all the rest followed; witness renieitied at i lies
tm Lord J 1 le Clerk addressed the prisoners in a
the Head oi the close, and shortly after lie heard a noise, . t!S I e .
and liird Pilmilly addressed their Lordships,
end one of the soldier,' knocked down a sailor with a ; 5°•••"'"
I I- and twine:live speech.
sentence authorised by
strata, Toe sailor mac up anti followed the soldier into a 1 His Lordship now read the_ r
in _
i..,.
(1,....
orge noose; oie door was immediately shot, and people, the Act to prevent the crime of iiiii We
__.eritiet:ld'y time
as a from tie inside, called out they were killing the i That they be executed at Edinburgh on Nv and
hours of Eight and
pan. Does tiot know the lad. The crowd then began i 13th December next, between the
bodies afterwards given to
to break open the doors and window-shutters; saw no ' sea in the morning, and their
soldiers at this time; witness ran up the close; he stood Dr. Alexander Munro, for dissection..
men, and or
alittle, and then heard one of the soldiers cry " Firer The prisoners are good-looking your, s
ge
. the crowd ran up tie clue; and said that a lad fell, and peared in great.sgotty of mind, pasucu ar y urns •

BEEUI. V POOLE. •
This action was brought by Islessrs.Meux and Co.,
brewers, against the delendant, a gentleman of fortune,
to recover the table of a fine dray hosse, which was
killed by the negligence of the defendant's servant.
It appeared that the plaintiff's dray was standing in
May, last year, at a public-house, in South Lambeth-
road. It was stated to be standing with the side to the
curb; but there was some difference in the evidence on
that point, inasmuch as it was also given in evidence,
that the tail of the dray was backed towards the foot.
path. 'l'he cart belonging to the defendant was stand-
ing higher up the road at the Wheat-sheaf. The horses
had their winkers off, and being left alone, they ran off
with rapidity towards the dray. As the can passed the
fore-horse of the dray, the shaft ran into the animal and
killed it. The horse was stated to be worth seventy or
eighty pounds. The question was, whether the plaintiff's
servants had not been negligent in leaving the dray in an
mimproper situation ? the Jury, under all the circu-
stances, found a verdict for the plaintiff, damages 791.
The Chief Justice, after the trial. observed, that it was
a most dangerous practice to leave horses with the wink-
, era off. It was prowl by experience that horses in that
situation wen generally disposed to run off. Many ac-
cidents had been occasioned by that act of negligence.—
'l'he Leained Judge once heard a person, who was in
the habit of travelling, in post-chaises, say, " If you
see the hones alone with the makers off, get out of the
chaise; your life is in danger, u they will certainly run
away."
Several undefebded causes were tried, and the Court
rose at four o'clock.




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