The Sun.
London, England, 1806-07-29 00:00:00

S,ILISBURY, JULY 28,

George 16ke, Esq„ was indi6ieel on the lack
charged with •hayieg•wilfully and maliciously.
-fired at William•Shellard, a blacksmith, on the ma-
nor of Cris Wick, est-1.-in Gloucestershire. The
trial began soon after twelve •o'clOck- on Tuesday,
aAd lasted till half past one on.Wedriesday. morning.
It appeared thacCaptaie Wyse (a gentleman of re-
speffibility and 'high connection)
.had, in company
with his friend Mr. Langford, made rather free "in
shooting near thephewaint preserve -of Mr. Cris-
wick ; .thet. he' had been rather roughly- ordered by
that gentleman's game-keeper to desist from so do-
ing; and on paying another shooting visit- to the
spot, Shellaid, the blacksmith, and several .working
men, were accidentally within .call of'the keeper ;
and, after much abusive language on both sides,. a
scuffle ensued-, in which captain Wyke was. very
roughly handled, and had his double-barrelled gun
takenfroM him. • When Shellard threatened to take
the gun, Captain Wyke declared he would shout
him if he attempted it ; and several of the meno-
sitively swbre_ that he levelled the gun at Shellard,
Who mtit'have been killed had it not been beaten
aside. Mr. Langford, however, proved, that, had
the gun been purposely fired, it could not have been
with intent to injure any one, as it was held between:
Shellard'S legs at the time, and pointed to the ground,
in
,which the shot entered. Mr. Baron TROMPSQN
sat out the N,yliole of this long trial, and summed np
the evidence with a most admirable spirit.Of patient
investigation. Captain Wyke conducted his own
defence with great Coolness.--.-The Jury reqtlily pro-
nounced-a verdi& 'of Acquittal. -
Nine Causes only were tried, the most important
of which was an aetiOn,of damageS;brotight:by Mr.
Goddard,. silversrnith of this city, against Messrs.
WilltinaSll:lfrOWll,Mdial)A, and Fagg, Proprietors
of the Salisbury coach froM the Brack-Horse Inn;
to the Bell SaVagolnn, Ludgate-hill, London, to re-
e-o;er a compensatiOn in damages for the inkiry the
sustained' by the •OVerttithihg. of the
Coach on the-Llth of April last, near BiackWater,
w)wreby tiff: Plaintiff's 6110u1-der v is dislbeated.—
ThiS.aaienewas-tried on Tuesday, before Mr. Jtis-
tice cif .'0:IBRF. and a special Jury ; Btiattonon,
Mr. acaNroita,and,Air.,PALL Were Counsel for the
'Plaintiff; .1\ Ir.nonerNc-,jun. of this city, Solicitor;
Mr. SeKjeaut LEN'S, Mr. JEMILL, alld Mr., DX.if.l"lll,
counsel for•the Defemlants Air. lll,upife-tek-is, of
f3arnard's-Inn, Solicitor. Mr. 'stated,
th it the accident by which his Client had suffered
was qecasioped :I;rjr the culpable neglieenCe
or in-
capacity of the coachnfan, serVailiof theDet'endants,
who -had taltea the wrong .side of ihe• road, .had
• , . •
driven the coach off the mad, on that wrong side,
ak4ll44thilSgot into -a sittration Where the coach 'of
necessity 'overturned, s ecu, 'by :that care and pen
deuce oUght to have guided hiM, he 1-night
hake hid an excellent level, road, twenty-three feet
Whete
,no accident could possibly have hap-
pened, The consequence was, his Client's •shoulder:'
Was dislocated he had endured the most excrnci-
iatieg:pajn_in the efforts of several eminent surgeons
to redaee the dislocatiOn to whiCh-he had submitted
all hopes of success, and con-
-sequently'he had lest the use of his aim foreVer.---:,
Li-leprt*d these fatal ,by several witnesses.—The be-
lence was,, that it Was so dark'. at
,tlie .time. of the ae-
-eident (two o'clock in the nicrnitig), and :the wea-
ther, so bad, with a fall O.f. sleet and snow, that it
was impossible for the coachman to see the road,
and it Was therjoie one of those inevitable accidents
Ter Which the'proprietort.;of the coach were not re-
sponSible. This defence Was chiefly supported by
-the'evidenCe of the coachman and guard; but Ahat
evidence vas Weakened by its. having been. proved
-that'the guard, at the time of. the accident, told the
•eoachman that " he alone \WAs to blaine.”---The
Learned Judge, in, summing up the evidence, told
the Jury, tlutt-they•Were not to give'viudi&ive •da-

maps., as a leSion to other coachmen=-such *as not
the nature of\thea6tion;; was:an action fr 3 coil=
pesnsation for the injury sustained ; and they. -*ere,
to give such reasomible compensation as they judged
proper, loohing to all the parties and-all the -circUril;
stances of the. case.' • The. Jury, after a'gborticonsul-:
tation, gave a verdict, for- .the ThiiiiiiftL;Vaniagc-4
:7501.—The trial !isted fiv6;l-iobrs.
I-IL:net-5 v. GRA action to re'covef
a: sum of .ntbiley, the. amount of the sustainedloss
On a lot of sheep purclvised by the Plaintiff Of the
befendant at Wilton- fair. ,The Shiep, it -‘s;a'S stag
cd, were warranted sound, but proved not to be so ;
the Plaintiff, therefore, sold again as unsound;
and brought his lation for the diGi-e-fiCe' in the.
price, 541. for which the Jury. gave hiMa verdi&.
The-other causes were Nc'holly unimportant,
The Judges went froin be.tice to Dorebes-ter,
where the busines of the Dorsetshire. Assiies Com-
menced on PridaPy.

There was a. great deal of business at Nisi Priu4
27 causes being entered for trial,:bnt only one was
tried.by.aSpecial Jury, viz. that OfnAßVEY:agaiiiii

NORMAN V. ROSKINSE.

This was.an. aCtion to recover 31:. 14s. -paid by the
Plaintitrfor tile Defendant for taxes. . The Jury gave
the. Plaintiff Ills demand. -

RUAIBZER V. ROPER.

This was an aiuion tbr an assault. The Plaintiff
is an Innkeeper at Charmontb; Defendant a farmer.
A:Liispie'arolie'only about the payment of one .51111;
ling,' for thecarriage'of. some sacks, 7which "terrni
nated by:Defendant knocking Plaintiff down;---VeP
di& for Plainta.---Damages -Five- Shillings.

JAC K.SON' P. JOINS.

',The partici are bath medical men ; the Plaintiff
resldina at- Illandford, ',the Def6ndatit in Londoh..
The beitr:ln a bad state of health wished
to let his shop and -buSinessc'wihich Defendant was to
tale at the s-uni 61-4061: and Signed an ii,/reerrient-ta
that eff.e6l, Deferidiint afterwards changed hiSMind,
and:refused to. fulM hi-s'cOntraa, to-compel ihe.pjr-•:-
forrnauce- of which V.; aaion NT'ZiB
dik.q: for. Plaintiff for 4001. with an,additional
-101. 7s. (id. far rent and taeS•Paerued diielincethe
flume befenclant Was to htwe'talit:th'is.s:ien
premises: •
On .the twelve ShafteOpury ejeantertt Cattgese,.
brought by • Colonel Wood, he obtained .vercli6ts„
upon cigl.t of theM ; and. the Defendints had-
ditas upon thee-oiber fon.r.- •The vertlieri for-the Ca- •
lonel were against 'flattener, -Cattrpbell,';
sims, Bennett,•`canswell, Mitchell, and
T)etindants who had terdiets ivere,'lmbeirariaroots;
Brickell,-DoWding-and Fa..-iner, 'and .tatfies.
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