The Sun.
London, England, 1801-08-05 00:00:00

)ONES -FIELDER.

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'This was Anion for'an Assatile; the Plaintiff
was a Blinder, and had been employed by the De_
fendarit to draw some after•which the Defen-
dant-had engaged-somebody•else to tarry them into
effeni This irritated the Plaintiff, and" he went• to
the-Defendant, abused Ellin; 'mid called him a thief
and a villain,
.upon which the Defendant pulled him
by the nose, and gave hiM a kick or two.
The Plaintiff had a verdict with xs. damage's ;
and Mr. G.A.aitovir • advised- if he -:was deter-
rnined.to call people such nagiei,.tO-SoAplits nose in
future, as it would frequently be hi danerbf being
pulled:

BOWES v. NgSVMANi

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Mr. GARROW, in opening this case, referred to
the circumstance of the Attornies and 'Witnesses not
attending the Assizes in proper time. Ile lamented;
that although the Court had been adjourned an hour,
to give time to the Witnesses, yet that those who
were- to support the present case were,' with tho •
exception of one, absent.
It. WaS an action brought by •Andrew Robinson
Bowes,.against a Mr: Newman, a Tinman, in the
Borough, for forcibly- 'entering his -house- The
fads, as stated by Counsel, were briefly; that Mr:
,Bowes had one evening' rescued an unfortunate wo.
-man from a man .who pretended to :be a Constable;
and in such humane aftion had been assisted by the
Defendant artd another person whom he afterwards
invited home and .treated with Brandy and Water.
The Defendant became inebriated, and after retir-
ing, returned again, made a noise at the door, in-
sisted he had been robbed of his watet and money;
and raised a mob; by alledging Mr. Bowes's house
was a crimping house. _ - •
It afterwards turned °tit his watch and money
were in his coat pocket.
The Witness who attended could carry the his-
tory of the transaCtion no further than the invita-
tion of the Defendant to the Plaintiff's house. The
tatter %as tlierefore—Nansu;ted.

A 'qui-taiti Aftipn was tried at the suit of Mr.
Burnet, Principal Coal Meter for Surrey, against
Mr. Buckland; 4 Coal Merchant, for selling coals
short.or measure. The conduct of the befendant
was fully proved; and the, Plaintitthad a Verdict for
tool: the amount of the penalty.

. Dennis Curling, a young nian-of verge retp;Aabld.4..x
appearance,, was. put_ to the Bar,
,ehmgeci,.-.with:-.
having bniglatiously brUke into and- entered the
dwelling.:hOde of John • Davis, a P4litirtiker in.
St. George's Fields, and stole gz watches, value
361. and numerous other articles, his property.—
Mrs., Davis, wife to the Pros.ccutOr, stated, tbik.t
aboUt-two'o'cldck' in- the morning the rolihefy was.
corrtniitted,. she was alarmed by hot' son; who slept '
in the .shpi,), c4llihg,out ‘*l\effothefi X alh murdered I" .
On hearing hiri.ry.otit, she ran down
..ltaifs, anti
(pug hith cat ih terrible- hii'4llK

being all over blood. He informed her, that three
men had broke into the shop, and had robbed it, and
wounded. hint in the, manner she found him : by
this time the Watchman came bp, the alarm being
given, and Ivith them the Prisoner as the Bar.. The
moment hc.-ssson-saw him, he declared that he was
one of-the men that had Wounded hiM, and robbed.
the house. The robbers had entered bynneans of
cutting-out a pane of glass in -the 'shop door, and
ibreing the lock ; they left behind them a dark Ian-
:1-,r-r”, an iron crow, and sonic other implements used
for the !.purpose of house-bretlking. ' The Prisoner,
:!t- the-time he was.taxed by her son with being one
of the, robbers, -denied it, 'and said he saw them
run the c9utrary way to which the Watchman
run, and pursued, .but. dirnot come up with theta.
She slated he.r son robe dofcand nearly dbmb, but
said' that he could Spe;:k sufEcietitly for his master:
to understand him, 'and that he would,' by pertnis,
sion of.the Court, interpret fin' la zi. -
On h..:r cress_examination by the Prisoner's Coun-
sel, she d:nied that she had ever agreed to take
money. in .order to drrp the prosecution, or that she
said she I,eli.eved that the Prisoner was Innocent.
said, that a *Gentleman, who sat under his
Lordship, -had told her, that he would ,give her
any.stun to make' up the business, and said he was a
Nableman; she' ,Said that she knew- better than to
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compound felony. 'A woman, of the name -of Ellis,
present at the titre, had said to-her, that if the.pri,
' soner.knew.so whieh -Way the robbers run, he
must know something of the property ;she there--
- fore had him taken into custody, Part of the pro-
perty had since been brought badeby .scale of her
neighbours, who had fOund it.
John Davis, the son, was then called, and- George
Giles, his master, who is a Shoemaker, 'sworn to.
interpret.
:Lord ICrtiroN desired him to ask him.if he knew
the nature of anOath? But all the reply-- that:he
could get from the lad was, hceould swear to.
the Prisoner as being one of the_men who had robbed
the-bouse, and , wounded him: 'His -"Lordship,
course., rejected
.his.,ev idence„ This poor lad-ap..
peared to have been dreadfully wounded about- the-
head-, which was tied up, as also his arm. The
shirt which he:wore on that evening was produced
in Court; it appeared 'as 'if it bad been dipp::d in
blood.

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The Watchman *as then called. He- said, that
he wits alarmed by young 15at is calling out murder;
ortfthi#lht raw across the road, and saw three men
I-tinning. He pursued them for near forty yaids,
but lost sight of them ; and at the moment he lost
sight, he met the prisoner, and asked him, if he had
seen three men running ?,,The. Prisoner answere,l
that he had not; and followell the witness to the door
of-the Prosecutor's house, where the son was stand.:,
ing, who immediately exclaimed, '' That is one !
shoot him ! shoot him !" The Prisoner offered, if
the watchman would lend him his gin), to go in pur-
snit of the robbers.

Lord KENToN was of opinion there was not suf_
ficient evidence to
._bring. home the charge to the

Prisoner:

His Counsel requested that his Lotchhip.would al-
low witnesses to he, called in,support of his cl—trac-
tPr, as they could prove that he- is a young man of
the 1110 t respedable connedions and upo.ght cha.
--rafter. • . _

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His LordFhipiaid"there was no necessity ; as the
large was not brought'honie to him, the. Jury must
find the Prisoner not

The jury immediately 'acquitted the Prisoner.
The Gentleman alluded to by Mrs. Davis then
requested that his Lordship, would indulge him,. by
permitting•him to say a few word.), as he wished his
.ehar4der should go. fair into the world, and-the
ivonian had accused him of having aced in.a very
dishondurable anal unlawful manner. Ile was pro-
, ceeding, when his Lordship observed that the wo-
' man-had given her evidence in a very correa man-
ner, int' if any attempts had been made to turn the
strearnof justice, the parties concerned in the prose-
cution wpuld not ad conformable to the strict prin-
ciples of justice, unless they sifted the matter to the
bottom—" For (said his Lordship) however high a
.'man's situation may be, he shall not trample on the
'Laws with impunity."
The Gentleman, with much warmth, was stat-
ing, that he .had a right to sp2ak in vindication of
himself, after having been so foully traduced ; when
his Lordship remarked, that no aspersions had been
thrown on his charader, and desired that he would
sit down, and not .interrupt the business of the
Court, otherwise._he must be obliged' to "exert his
authority. •
A number, of Prisoners were tried for various
offences, - and among them Charles Watson I.as
fOund . guilty of r Coming -.shillings, and
White-for uttering base money.
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The following' fa& is extraeted from an AsiatiC
Paper ;—A native Schoolmaster, accompanied by
twenty-one bOys,bil scholars, was passing a branch
of the Palla River, not far from Wallajahbad ; at
the time of these unfortunates having reached the

bank of the river, its bed was nearly dry, and
rhey.conSequently" expeCted to pass it without the
stUallest danger : the late heavy rains,, however'
had accutrinlated into a•larve and .extensive body of
water, above the pass, -which suddenly breaking
through its embankment, rushed impetuously down,
and overWhelined the,linsuspeng travellers with
immedi-ate• destralion. ' :Two boys, with their.
alone' reached- the opposite bank:. of. the
river, bdt one of them so much exhausted, .tha.t
*he' died in a' few "minutes after he, had.. touched,
the shore. • The poor School Master stood upon the.
-bank.and gazed upon his dying pupils, in all, the
agovties of despair—.." And.Nvlro,! ' maid he, 'c shall
tell-this dreadful tale to the fathers and: to the x_others
of Illese children-1 nev-ercant'=l—AfLer this pa-
, thetic .exclainati:in, lie stood tome few mumLnL,
exhibiting.,a speechless figur=e of Oppressive gr el
'then plunzsd into_ the flood, and- instantly perished.
The sur:iviiig boy soon recovered, and carried the
. . affliAing tale to the house of the schoolmaster ; when
leis wife, wi:h that despeta:ion, which sometimes
marks, the otherwise mild -charader. of the Asiatic,
het:,.;.:11- into deep, well, and was drowned be:.
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fore any absistance could be given. '