The Sun.
London, England, 1801-10-02 00:00:00

SUSSEX .ASSIZZ'S.

LtwEs, Avo. X.
Si;ZORE LeE.D KEN YON AND SPECIAL JURY.

SCARCE (V. s:Ain!.

FOREST LANYS

THIS was an Aftion forleilling a greyhound, the
property of the Plaintiff. - The Defendant pleaded
first, that he ',was ndt guilty ; and; secondly, that
he was keeper of a certain antient park called
Hurstmonseaux Park, and that,-,he killed the Plain-
tiff's dog for hunting down thedee,r.
,Mr. GARROW said, that this aCtion was one
which would not fail deeply- to-interest all who
were ;dilated by the least sentiment of gbod nature
and affedion towards the twat creation, and parti-
cularly that most faithful of all animals,. the dog.
He knew nothing that was more calculated to
wound the feelings, and excite the regret of any
man, than to have a valuable and trusty dog de.
stroyed. The Defendant might be a Gamekeeper,
and justified . in- killing the dogs he -found hunting
deer, but in the present instance it- would be!proved,.
from the expressions of the Defendant, after he had
committed. this at of malice,' that it was not on -
!account' of the animal having hunted the deer he
shot him. It :would be necessary to attend to the
:species of the dog in question. It was a ,white
;greyhound', and every one knew that dogs-. of that
breed never put !up the game of themselves, but
only hunted it down when they were set on. The
'defence wask that this dog was hunting, , and-:it
would be for the Defendant• to make out that
fad,- for the Lace of England did not tautho.
rize *every saucy Gamekeeper . to kill all the
,dogs: that went through the --Park, of which he
had the: custody, especially such a Park as this,
through which there was a common path for all
who pleased to pass ; although the Defendant had _
had the assurance to say this- dog,was hunting, he,
at the same time, --perfectly well knew it: was not
deer, but game of a different kind it was Pursuing.
It was necessary to observe, that the Plaintiff's was
a male dog ; and that the son of the Defendant
had a little greyhdand of the other sex. This ani-
mal had Won the affedions of the white greyhound,
and she was 'the objefl for he resorted to the
Park. It would be for the Jury to infer how the
two greyhounds were employed, when they consi-
dered the' expressions. used by the Defendant to a
person. whom -he informed cif the circumstaire.--
expressions which any man who had a drop of Eng_
lish blood about him, would have been ashamed to
have used ; he observed, he had tickled one of them',
and that he had had a very good chance of killing
both, but that he took good aim. He should
prove theSe- farts_ on- the part of the Plaintiff, and it
would then be or the Defendant to make out. his
jUstificatibn..".He repeated, that the dog certainly
was one which' would have killed game, but it had
no tate for doing so unless;set on.
Joseph Parks said, that on Saturday the. ad of
April, he Was. in the neighbourhood of this Park,
he saw a little lurCher bitch belonging to the De-
fendant's son, . an shortly after a strange white
gieYhound, which- he since Learni'had belonged to
the Plaintiff; come up to her. In a few mintues he
heard the report of a
,gun, and perceived the white
greyhound :wounded. • Immediately after this he
saw SMith standing with- his gun; and asked him
,Whether he had seen any dogs in the Park; -to whiCh
!he replied he had. 'The Witness asked 'him- whether
he haknot shot Fat them; and. he answered, that he
had: helped one of them to something that had
*tickled him; - The. Witness then desired to know
which dog he' had shot, 'and he said it was the white
greyhound ; and added, that they-were both a dead •
nark, and he had a very pretty- opportunity, of
shooting them together. On his cross-examination
he said, he did not knoW, the Defendant was Mr.
Nailor's Park-keeper : this affair was after the De-
fendaot had taken the gun, and "not from him (the.
Witness). The Defendant did not tell him he had
seer, two lurchers chasing the deer.
Mr. Serjeant SFIEPHiRD Said, his learned Friend-
seemed to have made it the foundation of this ac-
don, that the Defendant had boasted of having wan-
tonly killed the Plaintiff's Dog, which was by--no
means the fad. The case was this, the\ Defendant
was Park-keeper to Mr. Nailor, the proprietor of
Hurstmonseaux -Par=k, who, in the course of the last
year and a half, had had five of his deer worried
by the dogs of his neighbourhood, and if he was not
allowed to kill them, his-property could never be
secure. His learned Friend had stated, that grey-
hounds would not hunt unless they were set on ;
perhaps this might be true with regard to staunch
dogs, but it was well known that all dogs of what-
-ever breed they were had a. taste for mutton ; and it
was fair to.presume they had no objedion to veni-
son if they could get it. He agreed that it was
proper for Park-keepers to shoot at dogs merely be.
cause they carne within a park; pay, further, he did
not think they were justified in doing so, even if
they were chasing the deer, provided a person was
with them who could call them off; but in this case
the Defendant's dog had been chasing the deer with-
out any one to restrain it.; and 'if it had not been -
seen by the Park-keeper, would certainly have hunt-
ed some of them down and killed them. He feared •
he should have some .difficulty in proviug this, as
the Defendant had alone observed them, !and. could
not give testimony in his own behalf. It was a Or- •
cumstance rather suspicious, that the only Witness
the Plaintiff had called,
,was a man who, for poaching=
• in -the Park lately, had his gun and a net' taken.
from him. If it had been denied that this place
was an antient Park, he Should have proved isbe•-•
yond all question ; but as that Was admitteo, he.
shoold prove. a general notice on the part of
Nailor, -hat as several of his deer had been worried,
he would Order his Game-keeper to shoot all the
dogs found in his Park. L happened there was an
old man near, the spot who heard the report'ot the
gun ; and, upon- inquiring the cause, .was informed
by the Defendant, he had shot a dog as he ,was
hunting the Deer. 'lt-was admitted that one of 'the
dogs was a tardier, and it could not be denied 'that
dogs of'that kind would hunt by the scent as well

as the slght4 If-hcrov&l the fats he had stated,
he thought the Defendant was intitled to a verditc_t.
Witpess. offered 'oh the part \of the
Defendant, said, he saw the dogs, but did riot ob-
serve 'them wandering at all, or hunting she deer ;
-he heard the report of the guns.and saw the smoke ;
hut no such conversation as had been mentioned
took'place between him and the Defendant. •

Lord KENVPN saidi•the Plaintiff hada right to
maintain this action—at the same time he .did not
think it was Lease which called for inflamed Da-
mages. k was a very vexatious thing.for a.Pentie-,
man to have his deer killed. Whether a Mall
.at the present day, a right to kill .the dog of
another chasing his deer, he, would, not -say, but
certainly, by the Forest, Laws, Gatne-keepers
were justified jn shooting .itft dogs found within
a park, unless ,they, were expeLhtated, - that is,
had _ the, balls of their feet cut ciut, to prevent
them from running. Happily the Forest Laws
were no longer in use, yet the laws enacted, since
the Revolution, were equally adapted' to -the pro_
teCtion of uprivate property' in game, as those'Whch
flourished under the' Plantagenets; 'and'
.certainly.
they were inore•congenial to the. liberty of the' sub_
jeti., He believed no one' would regret the disuse
.of the Forest Laws: It a.Gaine-Iceeper, presuming
upon his right, thought propel :to Jef fly atakilled,
the dog of another„ he Avas:anwerabe for the -von_
sequences. The Jury were bound ro.gi've a verdict
for the limiting "the damages to :
the. riar-
spnahle value of, the dog. • •
The jury accordingly returned. a vetdid for-the
Plaintiff. 'Damages two Guineas.

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WHEN P?ofessional Men of Education. and
ResPOnsibility deviate from, the general System by
the selection •of a peculiar branch, the sanctioh oflt)ng
con-
tinued success is the best criterion of superiocity.
Eight years, have 1 devoted my practice to the 'exclusive
treatment. of Three liii.ordeti, and the successful result of
my plan gives 'me additional ardor .to oppose,' as• far as I. am
able, the ravages..of those Complaints which are the most
important in the Catalogue of Human Infirmities.. •
After initiation into every Branch, as ari Army,Surgeon,
I ti..rmed a wish at an early •period of Predice to rescue in_
diyiduals from. ,ignurance of unedlicated. men, or the
equally dangerous precipitancy of general Pradirioners. •
The Threc DisorderS, to the Cure of which I have •de
voted my attention, comprise every species. of VENE-
REAL INFECTION, whether of a 'recent or long du-
ration : idly, All, kinds. of debility, whether arising from
the habits of school-boys, Or the indulgences of mature
age : And, lastly, that derangement of tne system in wo-
men Whiciiis caIIed*BARRENN E SS, or STERILITY:
Nutnerous Diseases are the result of ignorance, or haste
in the treatment of a simple Gonorrll(ra ; and it hot
un-
freq+scntly happens that the seeds of-Life are poiSoned hy:
the indiscretion of-, an unguarded hdur...-By a superior4he.:
thod, such Complaints are easily cured.; and, even where
.others have failed, I trust. that I may presume:to oiler a
radical se-establishinent. '

-Few, however,• are the cases of complicated distress in
this: disorder, compared with the calamitous situations -of
--Men, wiv.), from an indulrence in a solitary vice, or the
prevalent gaieties of a faShittnable -life, .acquird that state
of-Debility, Ivltich is the uti'avoidable consequence of such
pernicious .
Where the unhappy sufferer broods over his misery, • but
carefully cone eats hiss Misfortune, it- may be. sotne- conso.
tattoo for him to know, that although it' be an object of
doubt or-uncertainty with other Tradititaiers, the removal
of these Deficiencies -by fhb ,kradual: progess• of. Renova-
tion, is the acquirement, of a Experience. I f the rites
of. Bacchus- or Venus. have bego to .retipee Manly,vigour,
much -anmety will be brevent.icl -by 'au arty .Counterat,
Lion of this lauguid State.; will .in .these _cases, • no-great
t
difficulty Will occur.

But where this Deficiency has- for j,ear.S•iiSted,.. a propel
ir..verance is .ind;spensablY
.tqreyiy-t the uni-
ling Sparks of Lite, and to re-ammate the ;s7olist:z :1.
MA IL It 1E D \ 0"111 , who .11 'a-ve long
in•their expettations of •a Family,• may be assiircti, ;'l:it in
rnpst.nit4nces, soul+ delecls • are curnble..,by Medical Lill.
The -seeresy whichis 'so 'essential to my undertaku4r,
and the qUalitications which 1 have presumed • to,; stnte,.. forin
the basis cx my pretensions, arid. in c?iiititlence vvitii suJi
this intiination is giVen, that Mr. 8. may' 11".eciiistilted
persotialry, or by .Letters:-(incloSing .a Note), at his
house,- No. 29, Arundel street; Strand, near Temple
fpr. There is an aticiition.ii Entrance, in Water-street,
adjoining, and the Name is On both-the doors.
• M. li Member-of the. Royal-College of Surgeons. •