The Sun.
London, England, 1806-06-14 00:00:00

Geatleman the ArrolltlEy-GEN.ERAj.. has stated
that he has chosen to delesid these deti,*hevare his
servants, and it h the-duty of every, man of that 'tie-
scriptiOn to- defend sen'aats when they are
brought into difficulties which they 'could not avoid:
Mr.Tride has great anxiety that' the -whole of ths
case should be 'explained to his Lordship and. Gen-
tlemen of the Jury, and I can Only hay, that it strikes
my mind that even ninon the evidence on the. part of
the .information, it is utterly impossible to convict
the Defendant.

The evidence, being gone through, 'and-replied toy
by the ATTORNEY-GENERAL, the LORD CHIEF BA-
RON, in summing up; observed, c'This is one ofthose'
lamentable: cases where we find fends and quarrels
I about game ; it Is.always a lamentable thing, and
one sees it too frequently', in cases on 'the Game
Laws. This is -a case xvhere men's intentions what
, ,
they
intended to do, and.7what they 'are-about, is
only to be colleted from' circumstances ; and the
true question in the case 4-this,'Whether, from the
circumstances lind before yop. in evidence, these ser-
Yants meant to kill game; and whether they had
the guns and dogs with them for the purpose of
shooting partridges, or for the'purpese of breaking
in the dogs ? If you are of opinion that the latter
was the intention, you will find a verdiiit for the
Defendant. If you should be Of opinion that the
former was the intention, you_ will find for the
Crown. Gentlemen; it seems to me, that the case
on the part of ( the ATTORNEY"-GENERAL is not a
very probable one ;, it is not probable that these
people should take Mr. PrO's guns and dogs for the
purpose of amusing themselves with shooting game;
if they did so, it is inconsistent that Mr. Price should
defend them. These men were spoiling his sport; ,
and were caught in it. I should have said, if I had
been in Mr. Price's place, " You had no business
with my guns and dogs ;.and if you have got into
a.-serape, you must get out of it 'as well as you can."
Thati,would be much more probable than that he
should put himself to the expence of ,uprds of
tool. to defend them. The .Circumstances of this
case are all equivocal.; the Defendant.might have been
out for the'. purpose of killing ;game, or it might
have been for another purpose. Jr. John has told
you that be is an AttOrney in Cornwall; that in NOV. ,
last he saw the Defendant and 'two other persons
with guns and' dogs in Conegy Bottom, in that
County ; - that he did not then know them ; that
'they were beating about as dogs usually. do; that he
flushed a covey of -partridges a few minutes before
he saw them ; that there were hares.on the..spot ;
that he went up to the Defendant and said, My
name is George John, here is my certificate, I de-
mand to see yours.' 'The Defendant said, " I have
none." The witness then said, " I demand your
name and place of abode or residelace.". The ;an-
swer was, " You know me very well."—And,
Gentlemen, I!,wish you to attend to this : he says,
you know me very well; and then he repeated
again, I demand your name and place of abode ; and
added, Then you refuse your name and place of
abode ? I do, said the Defendant ; And then they
parted. Mr. Humphrey Williams says he was with
Mr. John; that while he was with him he sprung
some birds ; 'that soon after he saw three men with
guns and dogs beating about,, as he and Mr. John,
were ; that it is a place'where game is found, and
'that it is a likely:place-for game ; that he saw Mr.
John take out a paper and sheW it to one of the
men. Upon his trossexatnination, he says, that
Conegy Bottom is partly in the possession of Mr.
Price, and that woodcocks may he found 'there occa-
sionally ; and then he streughens it a little by saying
they were likely, to be found. there ; he says that
they were not likely to be found in abundance in
November ; he knows that there has teen a dis-
pute between Mr. Price and Mr. John. And stow,
Gentlemen you will observe, that Mr. Williams did
not know the Defendant at all, nor the other men;
but he tells you that Mr. John, ininiediatelysaid,
that they were Mr. Price's servants ; but upon be-
ing questioned again about it, he says he cannot po-
sitively say that Mr. John said so till after he re-
turned from speaking to -them ; so that, by Mr.
Williams's account, he -knew them perfealy well.
You will compare the evidence which has' been
given by Mr. M'Cullum On the part of the Defend-
ant with 'that of Mr. Williams, as to its being a place
likely to find partridges. Mr. Arcanum says that
he lives at Guernsey ; that he knows Conegy Bot-
tom ; that he has shot there for two •or three sea-
sons ; that woodcocks are likely to come there ;
that it is a good,placefor them ;' that they are there ,
in great numbers in thebeginning
,qf November, and
that he has found them in October ; and lie says •
that he has seldom found any other game there."— ,
After recapitulating the whole of the evidence, and
commenting on every part, the Learned Judge con-
cluded by saying, i‘ You will consider on which
side the probability lies as to the real intentions of
the Defendant, recolle&ing What I-stated to you on
the„ outset,• namely, that the circus stauces will'
agree with either object ;.but that the witnesses fbr
the Defendant must be absolutely perjured if -the'
story they have told you be not the true one."„ •
The Jury fbund a Verdi& for the Defendant.

There was another Information against another
of Mr. Price's servant‘, which the A;ItORN-BY-GL-
NERAL then gave up.

PICKPOCKETS. --Three 'personA; named Snafics,
Hituard, and •While, were examined. yesterday at
Bow-street, upon a charge of having robbed some
Gentlemen on Thursday night in Berkeleyrsquare,,
on their way to the Marchioness of Lansdowne's
Masquerdde. _Several articles were found upon them.
Capr. Townsend, of the Guards, who lost a gold
*itch on .the occasion, attended, and said, that the
Prisoner White was like; the person who, robbed
him... The whole of them were committed for fur-
ther examination on Friday next.
The large battery on the beach near East-Bourne
its now in a state of great forwardness ; upwards of
8W) men, mostly soldiery,. have been lately employ-
ed in placing shingle in a regular slope around it,
pearly to the top of the 'wall. It is to be mounted
with i t large guns, and when finished will be
deeMed impregnable.
Several of the lesser fortresses, called Martello-
TOwers, have been ordered along the_ Sussex Coast,
ih addition to those already constrUEted. General
,Tl,viss was on Saturday at Sealoid, in which neigh
bourhood he marked out ground for two or three
of them.