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London, England, 1808-06-29 00:00:00

LAW REPORT.

COURT OF KING•s BENCH, furit 41.

CRIMINAL. INFORMATION.

The ATTORNEY GENERAL moved fOr a rule to
. spew cause why a ctiminal information, should not
be filed against John Bull,'Esq.- fur using scurrilous
and provoking language to Colonel Burgess, with a
view to excite a duel. It appeared from the affida-
-11/it of Mr. Burges4, who is the:Colonel of the Pen-
denniss Volunteers, that he called a meeting of the
corps some timessince, and proposed a loyal and du-
tiful Address.to his, Majesty upon the state of public
affairs) to which Mr. Bull, .and a Gentleman -of
the name of 'Blake, Captains in the said corps, dis-
sented, and absented themselves from the Parade
the two following muster days. - This the Colonel
found fault with, and informed them, thit if they
did not attend the next meeting of the Corps, when
an inspeQion was to take place, he should solicit the
Lord Lieutenant to supersede them in their Com-
missions. - The Gentlemen did not attend, and their
Stations were rifled up by other Officers. On the
muster succeeding the new appointments, Mr. Bull
attended the Parade, and, at. the head of the corps,.
he told Colonel Burgess that he was a coward and a
scoundrel,-and that he would post him as such through-
out the corps. " Colonel Burgess," said the Learned
Counsel, ".aged with a firmness and propriety be-
fitting his station, and took no notice of the Gentle-
man'S threats, feeling that be would have degraded
himself by any other appeal than to the laWs of his
Country.
The Court granted a rule to skew cause.
The ATTORNEY-GENERAL then made the same
motion against Captain Blake,' who, in addition to
What is stated above, informed Colonel Burgess that
he supposed he was restrained by his religious, Orin-
ciples_from giving Capt. Bulls meeting; but should
be refuse 'to meet hint, he should certainly forget
the respe& due to his station, and cane hith at the
head of his corps.—The- Court granted a rule nisi
:ilo in this motion. •

JUNE 21.

SITTINGS AT NISI ?RIDS, BILFaRt LORD T:LLENBOROUGH.

ASSAULT.

DONALDSON V. ROGERS AND DON'LR. %i•
This was an 'aatioti for damages.
Mr. TOPPING stated the case. •
John ',Thompson, feather Merchant, deposed, he
went; by. the Plaimitrs to dine at the
house of. the Defendant, Rogers, the Swan Inn,
New-street, Covent-Garden. The Defendant Doyle
attended at dinner as waiter : after dinner they call-
ed for the bill, which amounted to 14S. 6d. The,
Plaintiff gave Doyle a 21. note, and he brought but
sc. 6d. change. Witness told him that was not the

proper change out of a el. note, Doyle said it was
not a 9,1. note, but a 41. note, and commenced abui-

lug the witness and the Plaintiff. ;They rang the
hell, and called for the Defendant, Rogers, who did
not come up. They then went down
.to the bar to
him, and told him what the w the dispute'
as•that they
had had with his gaiter, and asked him to re lift' it.
He made no answer, but desired Defendant,
Doyle, to turn them both out, as they were swin-
dlers, Doyle laid hold of the Plaintiff, and dragged
him out,'and when he .got tb the door, Rogers trip•
ped the Plaintiff up, ,d he fell. He told the mob
that they were both swindlers, for they had called
for a dinner, ate it, and would not pay for -it, which
incensed the mob, and they abused them very much,.
tore the Plaiwiff's shirt, and they were obliged to
take refuge in -the house of Messrs. Junes and
Western, Bedfordbury, who kindly -admitted them.
CrOs-examined by at" PA fix. • ,
Q. What time was it when you and the Plaintiff
went to Rogers to dine A. Between four and five
o'clock.

Q. What time did you leave. it ?—A. About six
o'clock.

Q. You any, upon your oath, it was not later than
six o'clock ?—A. I do.

Q. .Did you see the note before the Plaintiff gave
it to Doyle ?—A. I did.
Q. Were you not intoxicated at that time
A. I Was not—l was perleffly sensible.
Q. "What' had you to drink nt your dinnee
A. 'Two bottles of port Wine and a pot.of porter.
Q. Upon your oath, did not:Rogers say, come in
the morning when you are sober, and it there.is any
mistake I will settle it He did not.
Q. Was it not you and the Plaintiff. that dragged
Doyle out of the House was not ; Doyle-
laid hold of the Plaintiff, and Rogers assisted him in
pushing us out:

- Q. Did not you 'or the Plaintiff break a pane of
glass going down liedfordbury ?—A. The Plaintiff,
striving to. get- away from the mob, broke a pane of
glass in a shop window, and paid for it.
Q.- Were you not taken on -a warrant, brought
befbre a Magistrate, and obliged to find bail for
this assault ?—A. I was; for when the Defend-
ants received a letter '4, >m the 114intitrs Attorney,
they took out a warrant against me, but never pro-
secuted it.

• Gill deposed, that he lived %vitli -Jones-and
Wes-tern, in Bedfordbury ; between eight and nine
o'CloCk in the evening saw the last Witness -and the
Plaintiff with a mob around them ; they seemed
much intoxicated; the Plaintiff broke a pane of
glass Went out, and asked -him to' pay for it the
last Witness and the Plaintiff came itito the shop
with him, and paid Mr. Jones for the pane of glass,
and they begged to be let out of the back doer to
avoid the mob; the witness accordingly let them
Out the back way.
Mr. TOPPING said this was his case.
Mr. PARK addressed the Court and Jury very
shortly', and commenced the examination of his
witnesses.

James Whiteman deposed, that he lived next
door to the Defendant, Rogers ; that about eight
o'clock. in the evening he was slanding at his own
door, heard some loud words in at. Rogers's ; went
in, -saw Rogers, the Plaintiff, and Thompson,
standing between the bar and the cool ee-routn.—
The two latter were very violent and much intoxi-
cated. Rogers said every thing he could to pacify
them, told them to come in the morning, su hen
they were sober, and if there Wai any mistake, 'he
would rectify it.—Doyle' the waiter came in, when
the Plaintiff and Thompson seized him, one of