The Sun.
London, England, 1814-07-28 00:00:00

CURIOUS TRIAL.

At these Sessions,. a curious trial came before
the. Court : The Icl;go;versus SHACKLETON. it
was an indiclilient,bfought,ltgninsc the defendant,
M% 30g(Th Shaaideton, of this town, broker, by
Mr. ';l)omas lArainewriOit, also of this place, for
au 1-:-,sr;-sank.

IVlr.MAtinz, the plaintiffs Cotinsel, opened the
case. lie said7—\lr.Wainewrigut is an attorney
at Leeds a twat-Heti inan, but'unfortunate-
lv, like 'greater Col,:; than themselves, he and his
wife cannot aiT,;-ee to live together. From causes
unkutr.vit to ,im, the defendant,, Shackleton,
thought fit, on all occasions, to assail his client,
Mr. Waineil right, with the opprobrious epithet
of "" Cufkoo"—an expression, the- Meaning of
which it were needless for hint to explain : it was
•an epithet reflecting not lesson Mrs.yainewright
than on her husband—most undeservedly reflect-
ing upon her, ';'ho, he understoOd, was placed in
t very respectable situation in life; she was the
sister of, art eminent banker and Member of Par-
liament (Mr. Thomson of Hull),—a man of high
rank in the country.' But even this had not sa-
tisfied, the defendant : in the public street, on a
Sunday, he had chosen, without .the least "pro-,
vocation, to beat Mr. iVainewright most un-
mercifully. lt,appeared in evidence, from Mr.
:Wainewyright, that on Sunday,- the 30th of
nuary last, about three o;clock iu the after-
,noon, he, (Mr. Virainewright) ,was passing the
end of Duke -street, near Maish-lane, when
the tlefendant,Bhackleton; who happened to 'be
near, exclaimed " Cuckoo, Cuckoo !"—INIr Maine-
wright 'replied—" 1 tbouglit;Sbackleton, you had
had enough of that i" immediately Shackleton
struck him " on 'the bridge of his. nose, ,with the'
.most malignant malice—And thit blood flowed most '
copiously." Mr. W. bore this gross assault with '
e,xtreine• patience, and very pi-ndently. retreated.
This, evidence was fully corroborated by two re-
spectable witnesses, who happened to be passing.
Their surprize at hearing " Cuckoo—Cuckoo,,"
on the 3Qth of January, made there look back,
and they saw the . Mr. Collett and Mr.
Jaques Were alsb examined, who 'swore that
Shackleton had boasted to them of his victory ;
and had said "he would lead Wainewright a life
like a dog ; that he would never let him rest :"
• " that if he were cast this time he would do for.
him."

Mr. FITZGERALD, Counsel for the defendant,
asked Mr. kl,Painewright several questions, regard-
ing previous Jaw transactions, between plaintiff
and defendant—whether he (Mr. W.) had not
chit-get! his client, Shaeliletem, twice : which M.
po3itively denied. No witnesses were called
Oil defendant's behalf.

The Jnry immediately found the defendant
Guilty.; and the Learned Recorder proceeded to
pass sentence upon him ;—observing, whatever
differences inight"have existed between the parties,
it was proper for the defendant to know, that
he must not take the law into his own hands ;
that if he had received any. injury, there
were proper. tribunals in this happy Conntry,
to appeal to,' where the Meanest might re-
ceive full reparation. The defendant's counsel
had very wisely declined calling any evidence
in extenuatioin: Of the gross offence commit-
ted by his client ; for had he called such evi-
dence, -it would, in all probability, have only
placed the'offence in a worse point of view. The
sentence of the Court was—that the defendant
..should pay a fine of Is. to the King-that he be
imprisoned seven days•in the House of Co'rrtction
at Wakefield—and that lie do enter into reco'gniz-,,
antes, hithself in 30Luml_ a surery in 201_ to keep
the peace for 12 months, against the plaintiff, and
all his Majesty's :-Utisiects—and further, that he
be imprisoned till such line be paid, and such re,
cognizances entered iuto.—(Leeds bitelligeacerj

BRIGHTON, JULY 2.s.—Capt,ain LATit.vm, of
the.3d regiment, nict with a most -serious acci-
dent on Friday last, in leaping his horse over the
railing of the race-course, for a wager of, fifty'
guineas, by which the stump of the arm he gal-
lantly lost in the field was fractured, and his head
so terribly lacerated,..that he now lies with but
with little hopes Of recovery.
On Saturday. night the King and Queen puhlic7
house, on Marlborough Parade, was broken ripen,
and A considQuable'cpurntity of linen carried off; by
a corporal of the 3d- regiment. He was-taken
with the booty, and this day committed to-Hors-
ham gaol. Robberies are now, tinfortnnately,
almost as frequent here as in the metropolis, con-
sidering the diffeience of the Fopiilation.
Sunday a child, about twelve years old, fell
from the deck of a vessel moored off Cox'e's
Quay, Thames-streer, in the agonised view of its
parents, ,who were paying a visit on board. A
barge which lay close to the ves.sel, and under
‘vhich the holy was supposed to • have been
drawn, rendered every effort to- §:Ave it ineffectual.