The Sun.
London, England, 1822-08-15 00:00:00

POLICE INTELLIGENCE.

Makatok-HOUSE.—A NEsT OF SWlNDLEll3.—Yester-
lay a young man, named Brown. Court, was put to the Bar,
charged with being concerned-in a swindling tOncern. A com-
plaint had been made at Union Hall against the priaroner, by a
publican, who stated, that Mr. Brown. Court, who, the night
before, had thought proper to call himself Mr. Pluffey, had,
been drinking in the publican's hbuse With another p. rson, and
ran up a score of Gs. 9d., which the two Gentlemen avoided
paying by
,taking to their heels.
,The prisoner was caught,
when he .gave a reference to nix lodging in Angel-court, Throg-
morton-street, but upon inquiry in that neighbourhood, it was-
found that he had,
.swindled.several tradesmen, in conjunction
with other persons, who held an office under the firm of " Fitz-
william and Co.', —T he prisoner was remanded.
Man V1,E410 14. E OFT'TCY:.—Yesterday the Rev. Thos. Smith,
of Garden-house, Kenitsh-town, appeared before the sitting Ma-
gistrate, EDMUND GRIFFITII, ,Esq. to prefer a complaint
against a .middle-aged genteel woman, named Flowers, - for
abuse and insulting expressions made towards him. The corn-
plainariLstated, that about 9 o'clock on Tuesday evening, as
he Was passing along Oxford:street, the wonian called'. after
him •saying, ."'There goisi the 'Bishop !" and made use of other
base and infamous language; he however proceeded without
noticing her, for about 20 yards, but finding she continued her
abuse, he became fearful of some personal violence, and gave
her in 'ehara.e to the watchinan. The worthy magistrate severe-
ly censured her on the impropriety of 'her conduct for abusing
any person who happened to be a clergyman ; and asked her if
she was a married woman ? and on her replying in the o:rnaa-
tiVe,-heinstantly ordered her to find bail. The parties had not
left. the -.office long before , the. Reverend' Gentleman returned,
And, addressing the ',Magistrate, said, that in consequence of her
husband begging very hard' for hia -forgiveness of his wife's
misconduct, he had consented to an 'apology) 'The female was
then-brought before the Magistrate again, who informed her
that the Gentleman had most humanely consented to what she
very unjustly deServed: The woman then courtesied, begged
his pardon, and retired with her friends.
AIARLB 0 ROU GH,ST E l'esterdayJoh Nit ford, other-
wise 'Captain ,Ftraciy, a: person of gentlemanly appeartuice, was
brought ~up for a final examination on a elige of forgery.—
Mr. Rogerson's evidence was read over, which proved that on
the lac of May last the prisoner called on him, and tinder pre-
tence of proctring for him a situation in a merchant's office,
obtained a Bank :post bill - unindorsed for SOL, and without.
being authorised by the prosecutor he signed hia name on the
hack•tif it and passed it at Mr. Dockery'.; in Tottenham Court-
road, for 301. worth Of articles pledged at the shop.--Thoinas
Itebenham, ahopman to 'lllr. Dockery, identified the prisoner
being the person who tendered 'the Bank post hill.—Mr. Frank.
Twiss, a clerk in the Bank pest bill office, stated that on the
lst of May he received a ticket' (produced) froth 'the prisoner.
It was taken out by a Mrs.- Rogerson, payable to Mr. Roger
son, No. 1, King's-mews, John-street, Bedford-rnw..
Bank post bill nrodueed wee the One he made out for the ticket
that lie receiyaa—The prisoner Was fully committed to New-
gate to take his trial •
DAVI' OIT-0 A I/OEN. —l7 017 Till,' tit DE FRAY; 1: Yestpr-
day, being the day appointed fni the second examination. Of
Mary Anne Simpson,- the little -girl whose' case - of robbing
her master was given in our Paper of Tuesday last, the father
and Mother; attended be Several persons of respeCtahre appear-
ance, were in waiting by •fwel'Ve o'clock. -The prosecutor,
however, did not appear,. and the Magistrate having ordered the:
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girl and her friends to be brought forward, he animadverted
upon her offenee in strong terinS ; and afi:er a Suitable and -se
-
Yt.re admonition to her parents and` herself, she was diseharged.

. . .
A Meeting. was held. at Exeter on. the Ist inst. when it was
resolved, to open a subscription to support the. Stag Hunt so the
Counties of Somerset and Dtvon. 'The . company was :very
ntimeretts on this occasion ;' Sir 1.1-. talibridge, Messrs. Lut-
trell, Halliday, .Estlaile; :Chart tL .Tr'erelyan;.—Perring,
Luxton, •Caa,, Sweet, Euottl, W., Bernard, ,1441r.5,
Bere, ana many other Gentlemen of g.raeroii*ctaibirity were
present,

ASSIZE INTELLIGENCE.

MAIDSTONE, AUGUST 12.
SPECIAL JURY.-UNDERHILL AGAINST SHORE.

This was an action brought by Mr. Underhill for an assault
committed on him in the Assembly-roomS at Ramsgate, where
at considerable number of the fashionable residents and visitors
were met together, for the purpose of tlecting a Master of the
Ceremonies. •
Mr. Sergeant TADDY, who led the case of the plaintiff,
stated that, in consequence of the death of Mr. Clough,.
preparations were made on the 6th of October last, for the
election of a new • Master. Mr. Hayes and Mr. Bailey
were the Candidates. It was arranged that those Ladies and
• Gentlemen, inhabitants and visitors of the parishes of St. Law-
: rence and St. Peter, who .'were then subscribers, -or should sub-
scribe before six o'clock on the evening of the ensuing Satur-
day, should-be eligible to vote fur the new Master of the Ceremo-
nies. Lord and Lady Turner were then at Ramsgate, and they
'took it warm interest in behalf of Mr. Hayes. Electors were
qualified on both sides: and by the efforts of Lord and Lady
Turner, a list was given in on the Bth of Oct. the day of election,
Of 76 persona for whom Lord Turner hid paid the subscriptions,
as statmeh supporters of Mr. Ilayes. This number undoubt-
edly included many persons, who, though respectable in their.
respective situations, could not properly come under the de-
scription of the ladies and gentlemen of the neighbourhood of
Ran-agate who were in the habit of frequenting the assembly
rooms. Upoii the day of election S. Sherwood, Esq.,. was called
en the chair, who took that ostensible situation upon' an under-
standing; than aftet the. scrutineers ,(31r. Peter Moore for Mr.
Hayes, and Mr. Shore, the defendant, for Mr. Bayley) had de-
livered their opinions upon the eligibility of the persons coming
forward to vote, 'his decision should be without appeal. In the
list of the seventy-six persons which was given in by gr. Peter
Moore, as voters for Mr. Hayes, the plaintiff was included.
Upon his appearing to vote for Mr. Hayes, • dissatisfaction Was
expressed by the friends of Mr. -Bayley. -. The vote was arguedl
by the scrutineers,. but was finally received by the Chairman.'
Some persons on this, asked whether Mr. Underhill meant
to attend the assemblies, whO replied that he should 'do as he
pleased upon that subject—he should suit his convenience is
that respect. being of somewhat diminutive size, an inottiry
took place among the supporters of Mr. Bayley, "-whete the
little schoolmaster was ?" Mr. _Underhill immediately jumped
into a chair , calling out that. _there he was, as tall as any of
them, 'and lie could speak as loud. This, it seems, gave some
offence to the polite assemblage, which was further increased by
his going out, and introducing as a voter Mr. Cricket, a. master
as well as a, jobbing carpenter and builder, who entered the
room in a corduroy waistcoat and trowsers. Crickett, upon being
remonstrated with, retired; but the full weight of the indigna-
tion of theffefendanteand others in the interest of Mr. Bayley,
fell upon the. unfortunate plaintiff, who; in the sight of his wife
and daughters; was knocked down, and pushed out of the room.
It was for this outrage that the action was brought.
S. Sherwood, Esq., examined.—l resided at Ranisgatelast
October. On the Bth of that month I took the chair on the.
election.for a Master of the Ceremonies. The plaintiff's vote
was offered, allitich I accepted. I afterwards saw the defendant
seize the plaintiff by the collar or shoulders, and forcibly urge
him towards the door, upon which great confusion: toOk place.
Cross-examined.o--The persons who attended the Assembly-
roomi were highly respectable ; don't know that Mr. Wells (a
person in the list) is a dealer in sausages; had never seen Mr. ,1
!Aycock, a journeyman bricklayer, there; don't know Mr..,
Lacev, the green-grocer ;' don't know Mr. Crickett has. been
fiddling at alehouses; Mr.: Moore, upon the evening of the 6th, •
brought a list of 7I;.; 111 r, Mrs. and Miss Underhill were-three of
the 76 ; 31r. Hayes is a relation of Lady Turner. Major Col-
' grave observed; -" Where'is thiS little Schoolmaster, 1 iiibuld
like to see him ?" and the plaintiff being a little man, juriipcd
up into a chair, soyiug " Here heie." Don't reniernherhis
saying, " gocal IC, man as 'any 'of you ;" he 'brought in
Mr; Criekett before -he was turned out; Cricket'ciente' in his:
workiug drese:e,theugh 11!):/aple7i4- the dross- of: a iliecheitic,;
• he is a master builder and a freeholder;; occasionally he,
• does jobbing-work ; votes were made on both 'sides' without
reference to its being likely the parties would ever come to. the
assembly ; upon Mr. Crickett being presented as a voter, there
was a murmur. Of 'indignation urnong the company"; Crickett
was reasoned with ; he cOnfes4e4:l9Le._.bad no business thire, and
retired; he.withdrew, without offering .his vote;_ did not hear
the. Ladies appealing to. the defendant to protect them :rein 'the,
institetif Mr: tatheitirsintro4ul:4lg. such 'persons.
tidy• Ttirriee'tVas Present at the 'O/ectiem ; ‘63 employed in .
collecting votes for Mr. Hayes ; sent the plaintiff in.her carriage'
forCriCkett -so* the defendant beat 3ln Underhill • to.,vards
the iattee pert of the election- she sea' - Mr. Shore rush past her
in a great passion; the moment he got to the plaintiff-he-took:
him by the collar and shook and pushed hini the whole length •
of the table ; .he shook hires violently and heat him ; I thought
he would be killed ; there was blood running. from his eye : saw'
him afterwarde, when he appeared much agitated and hnrt.
Peter Moore, Esq.,. M.P.-Was at Ramsgate at the tune of
the election, and at the previous Meetinga with respect to it I.
was the scrutineer fin Mr. Hayes;, Slr. Shore N6.s sO'titip.eer
for Mr. Bayley; great exettions Were made on both sides to
get votes; 1 recommended the 'friends of jr. Hayes to go
round the towna. and to bring up \all the .yOung people who
were capable of dancing and: fit to .be in the room to vote ;
Mr. Underhill is a Very 'respectable Mari; don't know' a more
respectable man in all RaMsgate—has been iri die habit of
visiting him ; don't know a mere useful member of society.
Mr. Underhill's' vote was objected to by' Mr. Shore ; it
was decided to be a good vote : previous to his Voting he
was objected to in very improper 'terms ; after his vote
had been received, and those of 40 other persons, Mir.
Shore darted towards the plaintiff, . and said, " I will
show you how to turn him out if you will assist me:" I saw
hint seize the plaintiff, one of whose daughters was standing
near the chairz and I believe she fainted ; there was nothing in
the conduct of the plaintiff, to give occasion to this treatment ;
I saw him after Wards, and his forehead and face were bruised
and bloody.; I spoke to the defendant as to what could have in-
duced him to treat the little Schoolinaster so violently : he said,
the plaintiff had stared at him--the defendant is a stout strong
man.

Other witnesses confirmed these witnesses as to the blood on
the face.of the plaintiff.
111 r. GURNEY ascribed the usage which the plaintiff had re-
ceived to his improper conduct in having been extremely insolent
to the company, and also by introducing Crickett. He admitted
that a verdict must be found against the defendant for the
assault; but the *vocation offered by the plaintiff entitled
him only to the smallest damages. its to the blood on the face
of the plaintiff, he'should call a witness to contradict that part
of the staternint, and who would prove that no more violence
was used than was sufficient to remove him from the company
he had so grossly insulted.
Several highly respectable witnesses were called, who nega-.
tived the blood and bruises, and confirmed the view taken of
the case by'the Learned Counsel for the defendant. _ _

.SIF. Sergeant TARDY replied in a very ingenious and.humo-
roul speech, and put it to the Jury if bp had not hilly made
out the case he had undertaken to prove.
The LORD CHIEF BARON summed up the evidence, and
the Jury
.found a verdict for the plaintiff.—Damages Is.

Arouwr 13.
GAY V. WHOLMES AND WIFE.

This was an action for defamatory words, impeaching the
plaintiff's chastity, and imputing to her an improper inter-
course with the male defendant. The words were alleged to
have been spoken by the female defendant. Special damage
was laid in the loss of the plaintiff's situation as a consequence
of the slander.

. llr. AJAR WYATT (with whom was Mr. BOLLAND)
re-
presented the plaintiff to be a Miss Gay, who had been em-
ploved for many years as an ironer, by a Mr. Hall, who car-
ried. on the business of a laundress at Lewisham through
the agency of his wife. The plaintiff had lodged for about
. a month with .the defendants. For some groundless cause
Mrs. Wholrnes thought proper to entertain a jealousy of
Hiss,Gay, to whom bhe imputed, improper familiarities
between her and herhosband, and:had gone the length of call-
iug the pla4niftby the offensive ;name of —, .and had even
declared in express terms to several people that she and her
husband had had criminal conversation. The Learned Coun-
sel admitted, that-for such slander no action would lie in the
common law courts, unless temporal damage could be proved.
In the Ecclesiastical Court, to call a chaste virgin by the
hateful name to which he alluded, the sentence was no more
than standing in a xis-bite
,sheet before the altar with a taper in
her hand. - lien however, loss of service could be proved as
a conseqUenee of the defamation ; for Miss Gay had, for a
period-of 15-years, been in a lucrative situation, where she earn-
ed 14s. a week and her board, which adv,aittages she lost in
consequence ofthe gross vituperation of the defendant's wife.—

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For so serious an injury she•now aolight a liberal coMpensation
in damages._

Two females, nariNd Gable and -Clarkte,.provei distinctly the
slanderous wordss-aileged in the declaration,, and Mr. Ilan, the
male laundress, proved that he had dismissild-tLe-plainiliffrom
,his employment, in consequence of the sland.er uttered- by Mrs.
ViTholines, which was widely circulated .thrqugli Itiewtsham.„
DePtford, Greenwich, and the neighbouring oistnets. Tli
plaintiff had applied to an advertising-half-pace solicitor, named
itloubray, by whom
_the action was-brought.
Mr. GURNEY (with whom was Tvlr. P.LAT-T addressed the
Jury in mitigation of damages, and urged suc,. -topics as the
circumstances of the case presented.
The Jury, .under the directions of the bp P.I) CLUE! 13Artax,
founsi nth verdict for the plaintiff—Damages, costs (.)s.

WESTERN CIRCUIT.—WELLS AUGUST 12.
•
n'ud v. multi'.
This ' was an indictment agaiqst the defendant, Michael.
Hunt, dfor an assault committed by him on the plaintiff; Re-
beatSeXiey,, who, it appeared by Mr. Scrjeant PELL'S address
to the `Jury', was a person in the office of Messrs. Truman and
Co; of "Bath, who are coach-proprietors, and in whose office
the-plaintiff-was ,enipleyol to look after and Bee to the way-
bills, and that the book-keepers and coachmen committed no
fraud against them. The defendant was the driver Of one of
the stage-coaches that stops at their office, from London to
Bristol. The coach is called the Regulater. On the even-
ing of the 28th of September last, the defendant came with
the coach; and gave his way-bill to the book-keeper; (IVlr.
Parker) and then went into the house. When the defendant
returned, he said to the book-keeper, " hour many are to go
on ?" 'lie said, " One short, 2s. 6. to Kensee.' He (the
defendant) then said—" Who ordered that to be put on the
way-bill ?" I told him, Robert Sexlev ; when he came
round tu, the desk, and shoved him from it, took hold cf his
hat by the brim—but before he pulled it quite over his eyes,
lie knocked him in the face, so as to fetch water in both eyes.
Mr. C. F. Wm,Lialos cross-examined Mr. Parker, who,
stated that the.defendant had made use of opprobrious language,
which it 'would not be proper to repeat, and which was rot
pressed by Mr. Williams on the part of the defendant, but he
wished to address the Jury .oh the -nature of this trumpery ac-
tion, which bad been removed by certiorari from the Sessions
to the AsSize Court, and which could, said Serjes.nt Pell; only
have been done to give the Learned Counsel, Mr. Williams, an
opportunity of speaking.
The JUDGE said it was no doubt an assault. The defend-
ant was found Guilt.