The Sun.
London, England, 1807-05-14 00:00:00

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COURT Of KING'S 33ENCil,, GuiLouAti, MAY I.

This \tat an an -ion of-assault and battery. rt 'ap-
peared; on the part Of the Plaintiff, that lie, with
his cottVanion, a Mr. George Dodd, bad been,din-
fit at the Steck Exchange. Coffee-house, Where
they only drank a bottle of and, in their-
etrn hurtle, they stopped fora mon-lent at tile De-
fendant's door, in sWeeting.li-alley, when fiiS-
Vantifian 'Cafne 061, and grossly abused them ; the
master Aboli after johied hiM; and !an altercation-
tdok'piace herwetn the parties; when; in the ge
quel, the Defendant spit in the Plaintiff's face; and '
the latter itimiediately returned the compliment; the
Defendant then struck -him in the mouth; and cut .
his lip:
Mr. GAR R Owy for. the. Defendant; Observed t hat
this; like many other }idiom of .assault; was ,Of. a.
very trivial and ridiculous, nature,. .and Could not
call for any serious damages. Lord. Ellebtxwough
himself had said, in a thriller case, that when one
„man spit in another's face:, and he returned the
'compliment, it could not be a, case for much
maces. Besides, in this case, there was 'much abtise
on the part of the Plaintiff; and his client b6iN,i,
tailor, it was a very unpleasant refledion; and rather
irritating, foss him to be called " a tailoring scoun-
drel:"

tre Jury found a verdi& of One Shilling damages
for the Plaintiff.

SHADGATE V. CLIPSONT.

This was an action of assault and false imprison-
ment.

The 'Plaintiff, it appeared, was a clerk in the.
house of Messrs, Payne, Smith, and Payne, and the
Defendant was 'a Sheriff's Officer: • The Plaintiff
being indebted to a person of the name of Allen, in
the sum of 101. had accepted a bill in payment,'
which became due -on the 22d Of Odober last, but
being not quite prepared to answer it then, he did
not pay until the 24th; when be paid the full amount
to a Mr.. Nelson, Allen's Attorney; besides four
guineas costs, in which was a charge of los. 6d.
caption fee, although: he had never.beed..zrrested.
This charge,he objected to; and the next mernino-,
while he was, transaaing business at MesstS Stbil
and qn's, the Defendant came there and:arrested
him, at the suit of Mr. Allen; for the • same sum of
la which he had before .paid.
The matter being fully explained to the Defend-
ant, he still persisted in.detaining the Plaintiff, un-
til he should pay a further sum of thirteen- shillifigs -
and fourpence, and in order to avoid being• Carried
to a spunging-house, he submitted at the tune- to the
charge and paid it.
• Mr. GARROW was proceeding to state the case of
the 'Defendant ; when' • •
Lord ELLENBOROUGII observed, that as the She-
riff's Offieer'S orders for making' the arrest had not
been cduntermanded, he was So far justified in ar-
resting the Plaintiiil r but after.the matter had been
explained; had he persisted in carrying him to prison,
it might have beet.] a question of very serious da-
Mages:; in the present case he thought the Plaintiff
entitled only to such sum as he had over-paid.
The Jury' accordingly found a verdi& of 13s. 4d.
damages.
STUART 0. EDGAR.

This.waSan action for an assault. The Plaintiff
was steward on board anlndiaman, and tlie.Defen-
dant.wa3 first mate on board the same ship. It ap-
peared'that upon the night of the day stated in the
declaration, on the voytage home; there was a,storin •
coniing'cn, aid the Defendant called to the Plaintiff
for the dead lights, which the latter could not imme-
diately find, when the Defendant fell upon, him,
knocked him down, leaped upon and' injured
him•in such a way, that a rupture was the conse- ,
Jtiry found a verdita of 501.

Twenty.-one Capital Prizes, from 10,0001. to 5001.
are Yet in the Wheel, besides the Prizes of.ioot.
and 501. with the full proportion of 201. Prizes, and
'no advance in the price of Tickets and Shares. The
next day,,dfrdrawing will be Saturday, when- the
first,draWn Ticket will receive.lo,oool. The Lot 7
tery will.finish next week.
Fourth' Day of. D:-awing, No. 9940, the Fiist,
• drawn Ticket, entitled to Twenty TboOsand Pounds,
was_ sold by RICHARNSON, Gooptuck, and C0.,0n
theist of last month; it is very remartable that this
Ticket was wrote for from Southampton, acid pro-
cured froin the Bank by Richardson, Goodluck, and
Co. who continue selling Tickets and: -Shares, war-
ranted •undrawn, at 'their Offices, • corner of Bank-
buildings, Cornhill, and facing the Gate of the
King's Mews, Charing-cross.- • •

BIRTHS.
On the 2d instant, in Stratton-street, Piccadilly, Lady
Howick, of .a SOn.
Lately, the Lady of Tames Pipon, Esq. one of His Ali.
jesty's Commissioners General, of a Son.
On the 9-th inst. at Hill Lodge,. near Southampton, the
Lady of Captaii, Walker, (dais Majesty's Xavy, of a Daugh-
ter. '