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.theirdepositing the barns; &c. in the back-kitchen,
and assaulted both hirn and the.-Pe4ndant, •he,pw
her sprawling upon her back, in the middle of*.the:
floor, could tint tell the reason.
Lorc 4 LENBOROUGH told the Juty',"that as the
first assault stood_ uneontradiaed,. they must find a
.v‘:rdi& for the Plaintiff upon. that one; and with
respe& to the second, they would consider whether
the story of the servant-maid had been at all contra-
dieted by the evidence of the 'porter.
The Jury, after a short conSultiitiOn,
,brought in
a .verdiet ' for the Plaintiff upon both assaults---45a-
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COURT OF EXCHEQUER, JUNE

THE KING V. JAMES DUNN.

This was an information on behalf of our Sove-
reign Lord the King, against the Defendant and
others, for smuggling divers goods, such as lobacco,,
pepper, spirits', &c. from a ship called the Heave, off
,the coast of Kent, near Margate. This' ship was
• first seen about five MileS from the shore, on the'
29th September, 1806; and two or three days after,
about the- same spot ; she was also seen lying-to
on the sth of 06tober, nearer.the shore, and. when
'boarded was found quite unladen ; • there•waS' evi-
dence very ingeniously Made out, of the tobacCo
having been lately taken. "out of her, by the smell
thereof 'remaining strong under deck ; as also
of the pepper and and it seethed, from the
appearance of the ballast, that the lading had been
but very recently taken 'out. On approa:ching'the
vessel, pistols were presented at the Revenue Of-
ficers, with a menace, that the' brains of the first
Man attempting to board her shot:l'd:be blown out ;
but the first Witness, the'Mate GrthG-Sharls Reve-
nuettitter, 'which made:the Capture, &ltd he Would.
encounter the tire of the pistol, -and immediately
boarded the Heave: 'NO fire pissed, but some of
~
the'creW 'exultitWcried ont, " we haVejtist dished
you, for the goo& are alllandod,l' which tun-tied
out to be the .tattt. :The keen-scented Officers were
.not, however, 4iscoi-nfited. by 'Oil's. disappointl,;ent,
bin set ab)ut- a diligent search for the' scot on 1,461-'
whereon the goods were landed, `which they
quickly disCoverea; by perdeivingl4- mark of:the
'launch's keel on the sand, between the marks Of
'high, and low water, and which mark would be'ef-'
faced by the tide, if the goods had been lAndedmore
.than -a few hours. Capt. Mathews, of the Cntter,
.went in one, direailm, while others proceeded in a--
.different dire6tion on shore, to search for 'the goods,
:and he found a quantity of the tobacco and peilpet.
On ,tlie following day, the son 'of Durin tqld One of
the 'Officers, on hearing the success of the search,
that all the dry goods on board the Heave had been
found by the Revenue ;Officers, and said he bad iii I
his pocket fifty ponnds to: pay-to the Steward of the
cutter, if the goods could be obtained clear frorn'the
seizure. This declaration, not coming from Dunn
himself, did not materially affe& him, as he was
not seen personally by any the Officers.
The case, on behalf ofthe Crown, being thus fat
established, by this , kind of secondary evidence, the
Defendant found it expedient to consent to have the
cause settled by arbitration.
There .were above thirty other Informations tried,
without the slightest interest whatsoever, as hi every
one of them the. Defendants respet-tively submitted_
to a verdict for the Crown, for given sums-and se-
curities.

COURT OF COMMON PLEAS, Tviiz 17.
This day being the last day of Term, the Court
was principally occupied in hearing the arguments
of Counsel to their cause in answer to Rules beTore
granted ; but scarcely any thing occurred. in that
way to excite interest.

RARTIIOLOMEW V. CLIFTON.

1",7
Mr. Serjeant VAUGHAN applied-to the Court to
make an • order, empoWering 'the -Warden ~,of the
Fleet to ref-hove the Defendant (who was in a it46'
'of high mental derangement) front his prison to
'St. Luke's Hospital, or some other fit receptacl
'for persons in his. unhappy state, which- had ,arif:en
:froth the embarrassed state of his affairs. In con-
sequence of the pecuniary difficulties, the Defendant
was arrested in November, 1806,and from the ex-
-cessive anguish of his feelings cti the occasion, he-
came deranged. In that state lie, was 'sent to the
Fleet,.which so aggravated his malady' as to render
him completely, fUrious and ungovernable. The
Wiirden was therefore under the necessity of chaining
him to the floor of the strong room ; wand in conse,.
quence of this necessary but severe coercion, the life'
of the unfortunate man was in Aanger. The Learn-
ed Serjeant added, that there Was every reason to
believe the obje& of the Plaintiff's Attorney, id con,
tinning the Defendant 'in prison, was to torture the
compassion of the Defendant'S bail, or of his friends,
into a liquidation of the debt. He therefore entreat
ed the Court to relieve . the Warden of the Fleet'
Prison from performing the disagreeable office of the.
keeper of a mad-house; and as the Defendant was
now before the Court, in virtue of .an Habeas
corpus, lA3 'hoped their Lordships would , order
fiim to St: Luke's Hospital, where he would, be id,
equally safe_ custody, and be treated with the ten,
derness and medical aid necessary to his unhappy
situation. ,

, .
Sir JAMES MANSFIELD said,the Court had no .ais-._
cretion to order the removal of the Defendant that
certainly, it. was necessary for Parliament to Vest
some such power in the Warden of the Fleet, under
such circumstances, as in this' paint the law Was
certainly defeetive. His ,Lordship, however, obf.
served, that the Defendant did not seem, from hiS
present appearance; to be either in that high state
of derangement, or danger to his life, which had
been represented.
Mr. Serjeant VAUGHAN replied, that, although the
unhappy uian appeared tranquil for the present, he
was" under_ the strict care of keepers, to prevent him
from any ad, of violence in Court. Thee Learned
Seijeant, however,. was constrained to withdraw the
application, and war the mattcr to rest entirely
upon the mercy of the Plaintiff.

Thursday morning, for a considerable wager, -Capt.
of the Guards; rode the Hon; Mr. ALLEN'S
horse, from General FIN eirs•house, in Chatham Bar
racks, to Stroud Turnpike, over the stones, through'
Chatham and Rochester ; the distance* is more thatic
two miles. He had ten minutes to perform it in, but
did it in six.