The Sun.
London, England, 1806-05-28 00:00:00

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On Thursday the 17th of O&ober, 1865, came
on the ,Trial of HENT:' ItiviNG, Esq. Paymaster .of
His Majesty's --65th RegiMent of Foot, _accused of
the murder of Mr. JoHt4 YOUNG, Lieutenant of the
same Regiment, in a Duel which took place:, at
Dohud, on the Frontiers of Guzzerat, on the 27th
of March:

The first WitnesS called was Captain Storey. He
stated, that on the 26th of March he was applied to
by the late Lieutenant Young to attend him to the
ground that evening, in' an ir with Mr. Irving.
Captain Wilson, who,is since deceased, attended the
latter Gentleman. It was agreed bet Ween the Se-
conds,
previous to' the Duel,. that if they -Could .not
effe& an accommodation between the , parties after
they had fired two .shots each, they should -refuse
to a& any longer in . the business, and leave the
grotind. That after two shots had been tired, they
attempted to accommodate matters ; but Mr. Young
said he was not satisfied. That they then informed
the parties that they would have* no more concern
in the business, and left the ground. That the Wit-
ness as he was going off saw the parties speaking to.
each other; but heard nothing that paSSed.
Julian Skrine, Esq. of the Hon., Company's Civil
Service, was then called. He recolle&ed some huts'
`of Mr. Irving's without the line of the Camp near
bohud, which were pulled down. by Mr. Young-,
be believed without 'any proper authority. That he
was employed by Mr. Irving to carry -a message to
Mr. Young on the '2ltit March -last. That on entering
Mr. Young's tent, he told him that he . had come -on
iiitheran nnpleasantbusiness; Mr. Young replied; that
Be knew perfe&ly what the business was; and that
lee came from Mr. Irving. That the Witness tried
'to convince Mr. Young of the impropriety of his
'conduit, and particularly of the epithet • c• scoundrel,'
which he had used the preceding evening: Mr.
Young did not deny that his conduet.bad been Mi.-
iiroper, or that he made use of that expression,
which he owned to be unjustifiable and unprovoked,
but said he never would apologize. The Witness
re-quested him to consent to make an apology, how-
ever. slight, and that it would, be received.• Mr.
Young said that he-would rather be cut to pieces.
. The Witness then told him, that if he would.only
'say that the words complained of had. been used by
.lern in a passion; he should be content. Mr. Young
'saidthat he had been a soldier twenty-two years,
`mid 'never would make an *apology., During the
tonVersation, something fell from Mr: Young, as if
In had taken offence at certain expressions used by
• Mr. Irving the preceding evening. Of this the Wit-
ness informed Mr, Irving on his return, and again
'called the same day, by Mr. Irving's desire, to inform
Mr. Young, that if he had used the words in ques-
. tiOn they were not' intended : that he was not sen-
sible that he had used them ;' but if he had; that he
Was ready to apologise for them. Mr. Young said it.
Vas 'of no consequence; that he for his part, would
make no apology.'ln going to the ground, Mr. Irving
said to the Witness that Mr. Young had very little to
fear from.hirri ; and bade him' remember, that what-
ever liFppened, he had done all in his power to'pre-
'yent a meeting : that Mr. Young's obstinacy was
su6h, that should he fall' it must be regarded -as a
murder. The Seconds agreed that the parties should
step six paces from eaclibther ; that Mr. Tattersal,
Mr .Young't Second, 'should then give the words
halt; front,
.fiW. On the word front being given,
Mr. Irving made a half Wheel, presenting his right
'side to Mr. Young, but with the muzzle of his pistol'
upwards; Mr. Tattersal repeated the word to front
once or 'twice _ that during this interval; which
might dctupy fifteen or twenty secohds, Mr. Young
had brought. his pistol to the level, and, seemed to
the ‘Vitness to be taking a deliberate aim. Mr:
Irving observing this; said, " I hope you _don't in-
tend to let him take an aim at me." The word
,Erie was almost immediately given. Both tivrties
fired. Mr. Young fell.
_. Mr. Irving immediately
went up, and offered him his hand, which he re-
fused. Mr.. Irving,'at the desire of his Second, then
left the trouhd. Mr. YoUng said, " I hope that
dathned fellow won't return."

Mr. Thanas, Assistant Surgeon on this Esta-
blishment, was the next Witness. He said he was
called to attend Mr. YOung on the 27th of March :
be found him sitting on the ground, supported by
tin Tattersal. The wound was on his right thigh,
a little above the knee : he thought the 'W`ound not
dangerous at first; the bleeding. had .stopped before
the Witness had arrived on the ground. To prevent
any accident from its return, he applied the tourni-
quet. Till the eighth day the wound was doing
well ;-• but when the Witness called on the 7th of
April he found that Lie t. YOung had lost an
amazing quantity of blood; his bed and the flour
of his tent were covered witli it. He said, that
during the night, finding himself uneasy, he had
removed the tourniquet. The artery was taken up
immediately. The hemorrhage was from the fe-
moral artery. .In three quarters of •an hour' he
died. Had not the tourniquet been removed, there
was great probability of his recovery.
Lieutenant-Colonel Maddison, of His Majesty's
65th Regiment, said that JNIr. Irving's tent was
without the lines ; . that it was placed there by
the Witness's permission : that the Witness had
ordered Mr. Young .to pull down several huts,
and the Witness's own bay-stack, which he
thought encumbered, the lines : that Mr. Irving's
huts were not among those pulled down, and
remained •for some • time after, and the Witness
gave no orders for their removal. Mr., Ming,
one morning that the,Witness passed, asked if his
tents were in the way, and that if so, he should re-
move them. The Witness said it'was unnecessary,
as he did not think they encumbered or-endangered
the lines. • '

Mr. Irving having declined addressing the Jury,
the RECORDER said there seemed to be -one cir-
cumstance in the case which would reconcile a
Verdi& acquitting the Prisoner from the capital part
of the offence, with the known. and acknowledged
Lav of the Land upon the stibjea. It appeared from
the evidence of Mr. Thomas, that Mr. Young was
in a fair way of recovery, when his own want of
care, or chara&eristic violence-of temper, in re-
mdying the tourniquet which had been placed upon
the wound to prevent the effusion of blood, occa-
bioned such an hemorrhage, that he expired from
this cause, which -was. imps table to himself alone,
and not from any probable or natural consequence
of a wound, which Mr. Thomas swore he neTer
reckoned either mortal, or very dangerons.7—Ver-
did Not Guilty. •