The Sun.
London, England, 1813-08-19 00:00:00

CROWN SIDE.

James Knight was indicted for bigamy, in 'mar-
rying a second Wife, his former wife being still
living. It was proved that in May, 1801, he mar.-
ried his' first wife, who was now living, and that
in the August ot,the 'sante year he married his se-
cond wife. Qn cross examination by Mi.. Cult-
WOOD, it came Out, tha't his first Wife being preg-
n int, he was committed to priion as father of the
child, and that the parish compelled Mini to mar-
ry her. As soon as he came Itota church he left
her, and never cohabited' With her afterwards,
but that he hail constantly lived with , l►is second
wife, by whom he had a family, whiel lie main.-
wined. . , • •

Lord ELLUNI3OROUGII reprolLited the conduct
of the parish, Ams being in part I lie cause of the
crime committed by . the defendant ,at the
same time, he told the prisoner his ottenee teas
not extenuated towards the Woman he bad deluded
by a supposed marriage ; and the wrong done to
her offspring was very serious, inasmuch as it de-
drived them of the rights of legit himacy.. But in
apportioning his punishment, lie should Or. forget
the wrong done to the prisoner himself, 'by the,
constrained marriage forced upon hint by the pa.-
rkh. lie therefore only.sentenced him to one
year's imprisonment, •
Time business in both .Courts being finished, the
Assizes ended at seven o'el'ock.

suFroLK ASSIZES-

ROBINSON, CLERK, V. JERriltN, BINY,;?iNPyGOOCII.
This was an. action to recover damages for the
injury sustained by the plaintiff's character front
the following libel

4",l'he Rev. J. Robinson and Mr,' James Rohinion, inha.
blunts of this town, not being persons that the Proprietors
or usual A 11111.11.0 Subsei Piers think fit to asiociatc with, are
excluded from tl►is,ruo►n," •

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nese words were conta;ncd in _the- resolution
hang up in a public room at South‘vold, called
the Casino, as also in a circular book containing
the [urses of the Subscribers.

Mr. Serjeant FRERE, in a speech orconsidera.
We length, recapitulated a long' cdrre3pondence
between the defendant Jerioyn and Dr. Marsh,
respecting the character of the plaintiff,- in which
the defendant characterised ther plaintiff as obnox-
ious to almost every individual in Suuthwold and a
species of outcast from their society: 't

- After several' Witnesses .had been .'examined to
fix. the Libel on the defendants, the thief Baron..
advised .the plaintiff's Counsel to accept a rinn-
suit, only evidence of the defendants having
put up. the libel being the taking it dniiim.
Mr. Serjeant Fit Eris said, " we have_more evi-
.
deuce, lily 'Lord.," upon which the Chief Baron
observed,: " rya on, let Mr. Robinson, expose
himSelf•FlS much at In pleases.'!
In summing up the evidence, the. *Chief Baron
observed, that the plaintiff' hail the in i4itunc to
be obnoxious to utmost every individual in South-
wold, anti that every society.haW H. `right to ex-
clude whom they, please, but this should be done-
in such a way as the law MEOWS ;-o.llis', he thought
had not been observed in the instance' before him.
The Jury had, therefore, to consider. the injury
the plaintiff bad sustained. . •
The Jury gave 'a• verdict against' Jerinyn and
GoOch (nothing appearing to impliCate May),
50/.

The CHIEF li.taort said, " That is 491. too
much. I should have &en a very ditterent ver-
dict, but that is nothing.'`

TIM KING V. SIR G. WOUBWRIA..

This was an indictment for an assault on the
Rev. W.,Clerke, whilst shooting upon lands in
the occupation of Mr. Cockerel', 'yinh ' Within a
manor belonging to the defendant, and for chg.
'engin.; him to fight.
Clarke (the prosecutor) swore, that as be
Was shooting on Ir. Cockerell's lands, Sir George

rotie UP to hitn in a great.hurrY, anti, after using
tnueh opprobrioucs- langnage, Challenged him to
fight ; he then .got off his. horse, anti tin Mr.
Clerke's replying that his prolesSion was not tight-.
brushes! Ilia) with his elbow,
On the part of the defendant, evidence was pro-
duced; tendiak to prove that he .did not challenge
the prosecutor, but only declared that he would
fight him if he were not privileged by his profes-
sion ; .and with respect to the assault, it was also
proved that the prosecutor ran against the de-.
fendant's hand, and iiiimediatelY, with apparent
satisfaction; exclaimed, '' Ar assault—assault
noW I have the law of you.--.:-./Voi Guilty.

ELLINGTON V. 2tENTON.

• An action vas brought ag;thist:the defendant, frir
rescuing his sow, who, with dertain of his pigs;
had committed a trespass on the. defendant's close.
.Vantages,. One Guinea. •

LINCOLN ASSIZES

WEST V. NORTON AND OTHERS.

•
This %vas a case in which there was a great
deal of the ludicrous. It was an action for an.
assault committed by the defepdant upon the
plaintiff. West, the plaintiff, is a painter, in
Lincoln, and Norton is a draper in the same city,
who has made himself conspicuous for his fond-
ness for the sports of the field, being q member
of the Burton huut. Of this, " draper bold,"
West, at the instigation of some wicked wags or
a wicked fancy, Lad taken a likeness, when-just
going to take a leap on the back of his hunter
over a five,bor gatei anti this picture, which had
a good deal of the caricature in it, though vouch-
ed to be alikeness, was hung tip for-the inspec-
.tion of the public, and afterwards engraved, and
copies distribined about'. This so enraged the
"subject of the painter's wit, that watched an
opportunity when West passed'his shit') door to
lay hold of hint, and having found such oppor-
tunity, lie, assisted by hiS partner, in trade, a Mr.
Straw, and his groom, named Finder, after beat-
ing and kicking the plaintiff, dragged hint into
his (Norton's) yard, wht.re they patiiPed water
upon him and horse-whipped taitzt' without mercy.
—Witnesses 'were called upon the part of the
plaintiff, who substantiated these faets, and
also proved that West was by. no means a match
in bodily and muscular strength' for
.the- de-
fendant, far less for the Whole party by whom he
was assailed.—On being cross-examined by Ser-
jeant VAudtiAN, Finder said tilat Mr. Norton took
no' notice of the caricatures until the plates Caine
down and were publicly exposed for sale in the
windows of die print'fshops ; this was about April
horse hair—and with this information, observed
the Learned Sedeant, who could wonder at Mr.
Norton's being :trim about it--7the horse fair
would naturally prodacti a lun.Se7hittgli ; and it
was not every body that could stanch that.
Au additional ground of ridicule was added to'
the citemnstances we have stated. The plaintiff,
from ionic whint on the put of his parents., or on
account of partaking, as report has ventured to
affirm, of the epicene gentler,. was brought up as
a girl, and habited as Such, bid, has now 'is wife
and fatuity. This circumstance defendatit'S coun-
sel (Mr. Sedennt VAuottAN) did.'not lose sight of,
bitt the j.ittlge; to the grout tlisappolatnient of the
cations, would not allow the obserVatiOna
,and in-
' vesttgattons upou this 'whit -to betartied beyond
the botinds of decency .The following is a speci-
men of Mr. Set jeant VAUGHAN'S method of inter-
rogating the witnesses So you.saW Miss
West conveyed to the cold bath ?" "
Youhave seen ladies in brentlemen's clothes at
the theatre':,, I suppose :---noW don't you think
this-Mr. 'Wes: resembled those:?" ''Yes, with a
few exceptions.',' Did tint, .you know Mr. West
when he was apprenticed to a millitser ?” "'No,
I don't recollect that.''

Mr. t_!rjeant Vavouksi then commenced. his
address on the part of the defendants by express-
ing his sorrow that at such a late period (it was
then past eight o'clock on Wednesday evening),
and When he felt sensibly that he was weak and
almost exhausted, a cause of such u nature bad
been brought on :'he believed that his learned
friend (Mr. Clarke,) called it thus late, under
the supposition that he ShOuldliefore then be run
to ti dead wind; but he had still energy enough,
and inclination, he thought, toy excite the risible
muscles of the Conrt—'-110t eXClitdillir even hiS se-
rious and learned triend: He was sorry to hive
to treat a lady as be should be obliged; but 'he
Wonld be as tudrciftil and forbearing as he could
ou the delicate female. Ire Should not attempt to
deny that his clients had ',committed an assault=--
but he world contend that they.had not .assaulted
Edgar West (as was stated in the declaration,)
though they had Miss Elizabelli'WeSt, Heshottld
produce the 'register to SubStantiate this, and was
prepared with the ocouchcr also to satisfy 'his
Lordship and the Jury..,
;-
[llene Baron Tu m oPsoti interfered, saying that
if thiS-evidence were produced, it would nbt avail
the Serjeant's case, as it would naturally invoke
eiplittitttiorts not proper for the Coart-tothear.).
Mr, Sedeant VAUGHAN said he. should cer-
tainly bow in obedience to his Lordship's sugges-
tiOn---but be could assure the Jitry, that whether
this neutral Creature Went into the pumping-
trough a man or not; it certainly came out a wo-
man. liethen dismissed 'this train of. observa-
tions on the plaintiff with addressing a Spanish
proverb. to him—" -People should not, throw
stones whose houses 'arc built of glass." , With
respect to the nature' of the caricature, it could
not but be galling to the feelings of any man
really fond of the diVCISiOII to whiehMr. NoitOn
Was so Bam:died—here be was seen, the honnijs
apparently 4to 5 miles off, clinging to the mane
of his horse, - with his back set ;tilt! turuiug
his horse away from -a gate With a bar broken
tloWn. lie could-not see any sport 'in being thu,.
made a laughing Stock of ; if the Jury gave the
plaintiff Is. damages, it snits aegis much a 11" C bad a
right to expect;or justice required.
After a brief slimming Op by the Judge, the
Jury' brought in a verdict for the plaintiti, &I-
mages 405..

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Ten human skeletons have been 41i COVercii at
pantey Llyn, near 4andehie, at a depth lit thirty
'feet from the surfeee cif wliinestone rack.
skulls are of a very great size and thickness:, and
all the bones are at a larger calibre than those of
the preseut race of men. • •