The Sun.
London, England, 1813-03-27 00:00:00

JALIFFE V. ARCJIER.

My. CultwooD stated, that this was an action
for false imprisonment against the defendant,who
Lad pleaded in justification, that he was:-Adjutant
-of the Sussex Local-Militia, and that several men
of that regiment- were behaving in a riotous and
mutinous mawier, in a public-hotiSe called the
Anchor, at Chichester,- and h2cause the plaintiff
aided them in their mutinous conduet, he carried
him to the paid-house. • '
• Mr. Seijeant BEST then detailed the circum-
stances of the case, which were afterwards proved
iu evidence as .follows :---The plaintiff, and seve-
ral other tradesmen of the city of Chichester,_
were spending their evening 'at the AnchOr Inn,
at Chichester ; and, amongst others, were three
young men of the Local Militia, one of whom, of
the name of Williams,was playing the fiddle when
Adjutant Archer and Capt. Butcher; of the Local
came in. 'They seemed very well pleased at
the entertainment, arid deAred 'Williams to play
another tune, which he at first declined, saying,
his fiddle had broke a String. He, however, at
length complied, and the .Adjutant and Captain
went away apparently in very good Innuonr. Ili
about a quarter
,of an hour; hoWevey, they re-:
turned again, and as they found one or two of
their men oi(tside the house-door clamorous for
drinit, they entered the room, and Archer asked the
fiddler, Williams, if that washis quarters,who re-
plied it was not.' Upon which Ara'''. imme-
diately collared hini, and swore he should go to
the guard.:house. . Williams collared Archer in re—
turn, and in the scuffle _Archer's Coat was torn,
and he lost his bat. He then vociferated for the
guard, wbleh came, and he swore he would seize
all the 'damned scoundrels, and accordingly,
• amongst otheysf he seized the plaintiff, and hold-
ing a bayonet to his breast,'swore he would run .
through . the llody i,f he attempted to stir or
go away. The plaintiff told Lira he had done no-
thing, mid did not belong ,to tbe Local Militia,
and, therefore, hehad nothing to do with him :
but. the defendant persiSted, • and marched him
away-a prisoner to the guard-houtie, where he was
confined from about ,eleven o'cloek until twelve,
or half past, and then liberated. . - •
All tae witnesses proved, that Jaffe had not-at
all interfered in the scuffle, and dial he was a mere
by-stander, being accidentally present at the
house.

For the defendant, Mr. Serjeant CitiEPIIRD 'ad-
&mei! the Jury, anchugued on the necessity of
preservingdiseipline ; but all the witnesses for the
defendant, except one, proved that the plaintiff
had been totally unconcerned in the squabble, and
did not fit all interfere, until. he %vas seized by the
defendant Archer.---The Jury found a verdict tor
the plaintiff:—Da lunges, 101.
No other 'case of any interest occurred.

WEDNESDAY, MARCH 24.
CHOIG'N.

Edward Ellis and Saral4Ellis,hts wife, Were ar,
reigned upon the Coroner's Itiquest•fOr the wilful
murder of Mary. Hancock „t he
,Grand' J ury* having
thrown out the bill.for the murder:.
It ►ippeiire<l that the deceased was a parisli ap-
prentice to the prisoners, front the parish of Iping,
in .this county. On the 24th l\-ovcather she
was brought to the Parili-bouse in. a very' bad
Mate Of health, and several bruises On her head
`and body. In.a few cloys slit died, and the 'Sur-
geon thought her death alight Intve• been occasion-
ed by the bruises which she had received, but
there was no proof that she received them from
the prisoners. When the OVe•l'Seer , inquired of
the prisoners how the girl canie so bruised', they
said they did .not know she had fallen' with her
heat{ against the Wall.

The Jury found the prisoners Not Guilty.
Richard Saunderi was indieted for aiding and
assisting Colonel P. L. Mollenheek and Major G.
liolstuan, Dutch prisoners of war, :to escape from
their parole. The two prisoners of War were sta-
tioned at Reading, /nd he and tire prisonerSann-
ders had formerly lived at Battle, in this county,
from whence he had removed to. Reading. In
;January' last,, Major tiols.azian being in London,
by permission of Government, he met Saunders in
Eondon, whom he recognised ; he then offered
him 300/. to ahkhimself and 'Coonel Mollenbeck
to escape, the halt to be paid In Londmi, and the
other half upon their arrival on the Continent.
This Saunders agreed to do, and met them b ap-
polatment in a post-chaise, in whith he conveyed
'them to a little Jar; called the Fortune of War,
near Robertsbridge. The landlord of the hot's.,
however, suspecting they were prisoners-of war,
gave Notice to a neighbouring 41 ti and
they were apprehended in bed at his house.
Major flokman, who gave evidenee, was indig-
mint at a cross-examination by the Common sn-
jeant, and Muttered " I repe//6-(T P,.."Ci (tins nue
attire place.- T 6 which the Common Serivan t
replied, " No Gentleman would answer a mat, who
had broke his parole of honour."
The Jury found' tile prisoner Guilty, and the
Learned Judge sentenced him to he transported
for life.
, Simon Johnson was indicted for stabbing Johh
Dyer, with intent murder him, or do him some
grievous bodily harm..
BowEK stated, the•eircumstances of this ease,
which were as follow ill he prisoner was a cor-
poral in the TiStli regiment of Foot, end. was on
his route from Arundel to Chichester, when he
stopped at Boshain, at a small public houser kept
by the prosecutor. liecanie with a private of the
same regiment in a fish-cart. They called for it
ght,s of beer, and after some short conversation,
which the landlord did not much notice, he heard
Ithe prisoner call upon
,the private to say, whether
be did not give the fishinan a• shilling to ride four
i miles • Ihe Plivateat first gave no answei ; but at