The Sun.
London, England, 1830-04-01 00:00:00

BURY ST. EDMUND'S, Ma ca 30.

BROWNE V. T. AND J. TISEE (CLERKS) AND RIEMAN.
Mr. ANDREWS (with whom was Mr. Kelly) stated the
case for the plaintiff, who was a most reepeetable man, and
overseer of the poor of the parish of Clere. The two de-
fendants of the name of Fiske were sloqymen. father and
son, the elder being rector of the parish of Shimpling.
The defendant Reeman was a pauper, and, as the sequel
would show, under the influence and guidsnce of the
Fishes. The case he had to lay before them, he would
venture to say, was one of the most violent and uniasti-
Eible he had ever known, whether it were with reference

to the situation in life of the defendants, or to the facts of
the outrage itself. In 1828 one Jokn Smith had been
sworn to be the father of an illegitimate child, born Wain
parish of Clare, and an order of Magistrates had been
made on him for the payment of a weekly sum for the
child's support. The stun be did not pay, and arrears be-
came due to the amount of some pounds, and a warrant
for his apprehension for these arrears was procured from
a Justice. Keeping out of the way, the oonstahle could
not apprehend him on this warrant till July, 1829. Oa
the 23d of that month the constable of Clare took the
warrant to the house of the derendant Fiske, having heard
that Smith was to be found there, and stated to Mr.
Fiske the errand he went on ; and while he was
there Smith escaped and could not be taken. On the
30th of July, the plaintiff hail heard that there was to
be a grand cricket-match at Shimpling, in a geld belong-
ing to Fiske, and that Smith was one of the players ;
thinking this a good opportunity of arresting Smith,
the constable took the warrant and proceeded, with the
plaintiff as his assistant, to the cricket-ground. There,
but for the most improper interference of the Rev, de.,
fendants, Smith would have been peaceably taken by the
constables ; but—thinking, prohakly, that the game.
might be stare I if Smith ditl not stay—the defendants
would not allow this. Smith bad no sooner been taken
into custody, than Mr. Fiske, the elder, said, " What do
you mean by taking him? you've no business with him;
you're rascals!" Not content with this, Mr. Fiske
called out to the crowd, consisting of 200 people, many of
whom were his own parishioners, desiring them not to
let Smith be taken. The crowd accordingly surrounded
the constable, rand he was thrown down. He then gava
his staff of office to the plaintiff, and called upon him, to
aid him, Mr. Fiske continuing to call out to the crowd—.
" Take him away from the rascals!" Mr. Fiske,
the son, had at this time a cricket ball in his head, which
he held up, and in a threatening manner called out to the
plaintiff, " you, I should like to throw this at your
head !" He did not, however, suit the action to the word.
and the ball was not thrown. The eider Mr. Fiske:had
also in his hand a hunting-whip, which he gave. Witless
man, with directions not to gaffer Smith to be taken away
by the constable. Armed with this whip, Reeman forth-
with proceeded to the spot where the plaintiff, thrn assist-
ing the constable, stood and struck him a most viol, nt
blow on the side of his head. The blend towed profusely,
and lie was attended by a surgeon for three weeks. This
was the assault for which the action was brought, and
what was to be the line of defence he could nit understand.

The cave thus opened was prayed ley numerous wit-
nesses. It appeared, on cross-exatnioati9n of them, that
the constable sent to apprehend Smith in the first inst.nce,
on the 23d of duly, had agreed to take from Mr. Fiske the
sum of 31. 10s. .for the palish, as a satisfaetion of the
money due from Smith ; but that it had not been sent at
the time stipulated. Some money was talked of while the
parties were on the cricket-ground, bat none was pro-
duced, and the mention of money seemed to make the
parties warmer than before; as the poet (Moore) has said—
Smith said
for no thesolailiesrwbeasdeeniionney beenl .1 the weather,
gd than " The heat and the silver rise together :"
" lie would pay none ; he would rot in gaol first." the,
accordingly, did go to gaol, where he remained until be
satisfied the parish all that was due.
Mr. Serjcaut SToars, for the defendants, contended that
they had been influenced by no desire except to see that in-
justice should not be done to Smith, after the agreement
on the part of the parish to take a certain cam in satisfac-
tion of the amount due to them. With respect to the
younger Mr. Fiske, no case whatever bad been proved.
Mr. 13aron V.socnew told the Jury that if the Messrs.
Fiske were present when Reeman struck the blow and
instigated him to strike it, they were as much liable for
the consequences as if their's had been the hand by which
the blow was struck.

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The Jury returned a verdict, wiih SOL damage:, against
Reeman and the elder Mr. Fiske; and a verdict of Not
Guilty as regarded the younger Fiske.
Francis Botwright was indicted for a highway rob-
bery, in having stopped one John Suffolk on the King's
highway, and stolen from his persona basket containing
various articles. Guilty.—Sentence of death recorded.
James Clark• was indicted fur stealing seven bullocks,
the property of Mary Harrison.
From the statement of Mr. Axnatcws, it appeared that
the proaecutrix, residing at Palgrave, had a great number
of bullocks, and that on the Sth of January seven of them
were missing, the premises hAvinir been broken into.—
From traces on the road, they were followed to Norwich,
where the prisoner, on the afternoon of the same day, was
proved to have sold them fur the sum of 60 guineas, giving
them the name of Clarke. He was afterwards found on
the Norwich mail, having taken his place from that city to
London in the name of Thornhill; anal in his pocket was
found 591.
He made no defence, and after the evidence had been
summed up, was found Guilty. Sentence of death recorded.

The cold winds have been unfavourable to the
lambing ewes; many have died in tke neighbourhood of
Lincoln.

All the clerks of the roads and officers in the
English mail department, in the General Post-office, Dub-
lin, are to be discontinued.—Dublin Morning lirgister.

Several Supernumerary Barrack-masters in
Ireland are to be reduced.—Dublin Morning Register.
SUICIDE OF THE FEMALES AT RATCLIFFE.
—Yesterday evening an inquest was holden before Mr.
UrwlN, at the Duke of Wedington public house, Brook-
street, Ratcliffe, on the remains of ELizaarrti FRANCIS,
alias ROBERTS, and SUSAN PETERS, who committed sui-
cide on last Sunday. After the Jury had viewed the
bodies, which front the heat of the weather and the effects
of the poison, were in an advanced state of decompoeition,
the CORONER recapitulated the evidence, and the Jury,
after a short deliberation, returned a verdict, in the ease of
FRANCIS alias RICHARDS, of felu de se, and in that of
Prreas, that she had swallowed the poises without really
knowing that it was so.
We have heard that a Board of General
Officers has been engaged, for some time past, in the in-
vestigation of a charge made by the widow of an officer
(u
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hast) beener to am n o
s agent en t
in
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against a friend of her husband (an officer in the same
corps), for having retained to his own use two sums of
money with which he was entrusted by the husband of the
c)o
a o,
to pay
factory to the character of the accused, the charge having
inbiiiiilna.inanTthe 20
result years
of the inquiry
been negatived by the clearest evidence. The expenses of
this investigation, it is said, amount to 1,2001. We are
at a loss to understand by what right such a tribunal could
be instituted to inquire into a disputed account between
private individuals, and still more by what official inge-
nuity the public are to be burdened with the costs of such
an investigation. Are they to be included under the head
of Extraordinaries in the estimates of the office of Ord-
nance? It would indeed appear that there is a power be-
yond the law, if such a tribunal can be established to in-
vestigate and decide on cases which the lapse of time
alone would exclude from every other Court in the king-
dom. We hope we have been misinformed, hot the naattct
requires explanation.—Times.