The Sun.
London, England, 1806-05-09 00:00:00

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COURT OF KING's BENCH; M.tv 7.

GEORGE TOWER, ESQ.
Mr. GARROW applied for a criminal information
against this Gentleman. The Learned Counsel said,
that however fit the interference of the Court might
have been in other cases, , the present, if possible,
still more peremptorily demanded it. The person
at whose instigation the application was made, was
a Magistrate,"who had been.grossly insnited, becatise
he had aeted uprightly in the execution of his Office.
In the year 1804, the t orpsin which Mr. Tower is
a. Captain was quartered at Ipswich, and'a Surgeon
of that town exhibited a complaint against two Of-
. -ficers inthe Regiment for an assault. The affair
came-under the inspe&io❑ of the Magistrates at the
Quarter Sessions, and sureties were given by the
Officers to keep the peace ; one of which sureties'
the Defendant became. -As soon• as the Regiment
removed their quarters, Mr. Secum, the Prosecutor,
was pestered every day by the most abusive letters,
grossly refle&ing on his chara&er as a Magistrate..
No notice, however, was taken of them, until one
arrived which induced the Prosecutor to apply to
their Lordships, in order to rescue his eharaaer
from the imputations Under which it had fallen.--7.
The post-marks upon these letters. described the
route of the Regiment :.many of these letters the-
Prosecutor was induced to suppress frbm motives of
delicacy. The produ&ion upon which the applica—
tion was made was dated from the Hulks, and be-
gins thus
‘‘ My dear Sir,

it The agitated state of my mind ever since the
• " unhappy fate of your friend Patch, has been the
" sole cause of my not condoling with you sooner
" on this melancholy event."
It then proceeded to remind the Prosecutor of the
strong cautions given" him against his keeping toth-
pany with such a set of men. -It next advised him -
to look 13:44 upon his, past life, and; by, a few hours
of solitary refle&ion, to render himself happy for 'the
remaining period of his existence. It then applied
to the charaaer of Mr. Secum the adage of Noscitur
socils, and again exhorted him to quit the society.
of wicked men. The letter then attributed to the
pen of the Prosecutor the new Piece .of The roily
Thieves ;. and told him, that if, instead of introdu-
cing Mrs. Sharp and other fair, females to dance Up-
on the stage, he .had represented himself dancing
upon nothing, the
.effea would have been far more
enchanting : but he was unwilling to turn Mr. Se-
cum's mind to. the melancholy end of,poor Ormond,
who had been hanged for forgery at York. It then
advised him, in case 'of his arrival in that part of the
world, to lose- no time in making - his residence
known, otherwise Mr. Tower would remain in ig-
-norance until the arrival of the hue and, cry. This,
however, if continued, might • be unnecesSary,, as it
-would be only requisite for the. Magistrate to shew
his face unshaven, and he would immediately be fe-
cognized by the guard of the Hulk, and would be
apprehended. It then went on to' recommend to
the perusal Of. the Prosecutor the " Whole Duty. of
Man," and the 3d volume of the " Newgate Calen-
dar," for his mental improvement. The whole was
sworn to be in the hand4riting of the Defendant.
'I he Learned Counsel concluded by remarking, that
no provocation whatever had been given; and by
hoping that the Court mould, in no case refuse to
protea the Officers of Justice, and much less in the
present instance, where so many circumstances of
aggravation had had been united.

Lord ELLENBOROUGH~•" lii what Regiment is
Mr. Tower ?"

Mr. GARROW—rt In the York North Riding
Militia.",

Lord ELLENBOROUGH--" You may take a Rule
to show cause."

THE KING V. RICH. JULIAN AND ALLIS ARCHER,

ESQRS.

These persons, the former of whom is a Major in
the Army, were brought up for judgment: They
had been found guilty, before, Mr. Justice ROOKS,,
at Exeter, of an assault upon Win. Smith, an up-
holsterer. It appeared from the report of the trial
made by the Learned Judge, that Sir Manasseh Lo-
pez and Wm. Langley; Esq. were appointed Stew-
ards of the Race Course at Pickley Down, under
wheal the Defendants assisted. During the Race a
plate of the value of 5o guineas was started for" by
two horses named Ironsides and Quilidriver. During
the time the animals were running, the Prosecutor
placed himself i❑ the middle of the course, and, re-
fused to retire. Upon Mr.. Julian's expostulating,
he still maintained his position. To avoid accidents
the Major was obliged to thrust him from the
ground, when Smith abused him in the grossest
manner. SUbsequently to this period the Prosecu-
tor again appeared upon the course, when Mr. Ju-
lian acquainted the company with the abuse he had
received, and it was unanimously agreed that Smith
should be horse-whipped from the grounds. In
consequence of this resolution several Gentlemen,
among whom the Defendants were most active,
commenced the attack, and continued it so success-
fully, that the enemy was driven from the field.
Affidavits were then produced by the Defendants
frOui George Stopland, Esq. Mr. John Ware, the
rider of Ironsides, Thoma 4 Clinton Shields, and
Charles Tink, to prove the obstinacy and provoking
conduct of the. Prosecutor.

Mr. Serjeant
_LENS—" We did not, my Lords,
desire that the Defendants should be brought up for
judgment,.if an apology were made."
Lord ELLENBOROUCH said, it would be most for
the interests of the Defendants to accept the pro-
posal which had been made, merely from motives
of tenderness to the Defendants. This was agreed
to.

TIIB KING V. SPENCER AND GOSLING,
These persons were likewise brought up to re-
ceive the sentence of- the Court,'for.agSaulting
,thur Hammond, a Serjeaht of Light Dragoons, and
rescuing a deserter. The cause was tried before
Lord ELLENBOROUGH at the Sittings after the last
Hilary .Terryi.- Thu Court ordered that they should
be committed to the custody bf the Marshal of .the
Marshalsea for six months.

rd A Y 8.

John and Joseph Othen,• two Welehmen, were
krought up for jp4merit, being convicted a 'riot
and assault on soine'lim, e Offite..s, with intent- to