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ASSIZE INTELLIGENCE.

WESTERN ClRCUlT.—Bridgewater, Aug. 9.
(Before Chief Justice Wu.DE.)
Maurice Perry was indicted for the wilful murder of
John Bailey, a constable, whilst engaged in the execu-
tion of his duty, on the 28th of June, at Bathampton.
Mr. Phinn and Mr. Cole were counsel for the prose-
cution, and Mr. Saunders defended the prisoner.
Mr. PHINN, in detailing the facts of the case to the
jury, observed that it had been laid down by one of our
text writers that the ministers of justice, when in the ex-
ecution of their duty, were under the peculiar protection
of the law; and if a peace-officer came to suppress an
affray and was killed, it was murder, although the party
did not know who the constable was.
The following was the evidence adduced:—
Isaac Smith—l am a miller living at Bathampton.
On the evening of the 28th of :June I was at the George
Inn. There were many railway labourers in the tap-
room. Solomon Daynton, John Potter, Maurice Perry,
and Samuel Crawley were there. There was a quarrel
between Daynton and Potter, and a challenge to tight
was given, and they went out into the field and fought.
The prisoner seconded Potter, and Crawley seconded
Daynton. There were 60 or 70 persons present. After
the men had fought two or three rounds Thomas Smith
came and told them they must give over fighting for he
was a constable. Some man knocked Smith down.
John Bailey, the deceased, then came into the ring, and
told them they must stop fighting. Some one asked
him who he was, and he said he was a constable called
to assist. Bailey was pushed out of the ring. He came
back again into the ring. A crowd of men got round
Bailey. I saw the prisoner and Crawley close to him
in a fighting position. Some one said they would kill
every constable that came into the field. Perry had on
a fustian waistcoat and a yellow cap. Crawley was in
his shirt sleeves, and he wore a blue cloth cap. I went
to assist Smith, who had been knocked down, and
when I looked round I saw Bailey in the people's arms.
Cross-examined—lt was a moonlight night. Crawley
was acting very violently. Bailey did not appear to be
in liquor; he had been hay-making. There was a lad
there named Samuel Bence, who was very tipsy. Crawley
had on a blue smock frock when he came into the field;
he took it off during the fight.
Isaac Aplin—l am a labourer, living at Bath, and was
at the fight, and had been at the George before the fight.
I saw Bailey at the fight. He walked up to the prisoner
and said, " I am a constable, and if you don't give up
fighting I must take you." The prisoner directly
knocked him down with his fist. He got up, and another
man came up in a smock frock and knocked him down
again. He got up, and Perry struckhim again, but did
not knock him down. Ever so many more thea hit

The jury again consulted together for some time, and '
when they turned round many of them were in tears.
The foreman then returned a verdict of Guilty.
The Clerk of Assize. then addressed the prisoner—
Maurice Perry, you will remember you were indicted for
the wilful murder of John Bailey. Upon your arraign-
ment you pleaded not guilty, and for your trial put
yourself upon your country, which country hath found
you guilty ;
.have you anything to say why the Court
should not give you judgment to die according to law ?
The prisoner remained silent.
The CHIEF JUSTICE, having put on the black cap,
proceeded to pass sentence upon the prisoner in the
following terms :—Maurice Perry, you have been
found guilty of having murdered the deceased man,
John Bailey. If the law were not strong enough to
vindicate the death of one of its officers in the peace-
able execution of his duty, we must cease to live under
the protection of the law. The circumstances under
which this man has received his death, either by your
hands or with your concurrence, are such as call pecu-
liarly upon the law to vindicate its justice and its pewer.
The mate is called upon to execute his duty in suppress-
ing a fight then going on in disturbance of the public
into
peace. He enters the field. He does no one act of
violence, nor utters one expression but what he is justi.
feed in doing. It is painful, indeed, to perceive that any
set of Englishmen could be met together for any purpose
who could join in beating and kicking a police-officer
acting quietly and
.soberly in the execution of his duty,
without one hand being raised to protect him, or one
voice uttering a single word for mercy. Many will feel
for your situation, standing at the bar of justice as you
now do; but it is not alone for the offender that pain
should be felt, it is for the unfoi tunate man whose life
you have been one of the instruments in taking away.
He was doing his duty, enforcing the law; you were
breaking the law, for you were acting with cruel vio-
lence, and inflicted death upon him. How Englishmen
could see him upon the ground, surrounded by you and
others, and repeating your violence, is degrading to the
character of the country. The jury have evidently
given a painful and anxious attention to your case.
In my opinion they could, consistently with their con-
sciences or their oaths, or in discharge of their duty,
pronounce no other verdict. You are not convicted
upon the evidence of one man; you are not con-
victed upon the evidence of several speaking to one act,
but several speak to your declarations and to your ac's
all combining to establish beyond all reasonable doubt
that you have been guilty of the crime for which you
were indicted. You were the second of one of these men.
What was your conduct when the peace-officers came
into the field? Did you, when you learnt that they were
peace-officers, take any steps towards suppressing the
.fight? Quite the contrary. Look at your acts, and see
if they do not tend to one common conclusion, that you
were determined to continue that fight by resisting the
officers to any extent. I say to any extent, for you pur-
sued your course even to the death of the unfortunate
man. Can it be supposed for one moment that any set
of lawless persons, whether railway labourers or others,
ever will be strong enough to murder the peace-officers
of the land with impunity? It should be known in
this country, and is known except by those disposed
to set the law at defiance, that every peace-officer re-
presents the whole force of the law and justice of the
country, and will ever be Protected. You may murder
the man upon the spot, but justice and the whole power
of the country is pledged to vindicate his death. You
have sent that man, as he himself cried, "in the midit of
his sins," before his Maker to answer for his deeds.
You are called for judgment; you have an opportunity
for repentance ; you have an opportunity to ask for
that mercy which you denied to him. The offence is
one for which I by law can pronounce but one sentence,
and there is, I apprehend, but one sentence that
any system of justice could require. You have mur-
dered an innocent man; you have deprived hie family
of. his protection and the comfort they derived from him.
If you so little regarded the life of another, can your life
be spared consistently with the public safety? I appre-
hend one conclusion only follows. In the remark I make
to you it is no part of my object to add to your affliction
or your sufferings—it is, that the justice of the law may
be seen, in the hope that the unhappy example you are
about to exhibit, may operate as an awful warning upon
others, and save many others who might but for that fall
into the same crime; it is, that it may be known that
peace-officers must be respected—that it may be known
that violent men shall not take the life of another without
their own lives becoming forfeited. It is for that purpose
alone that I do not content myself
ib y merely passing
upon you the awful sentence which it s my duty to pro
nounce. I deeply regret that I cannot discover in the
evidence anything that would justify me in holding out
to you a hope that the sentence will notcarried in
to
effect.
effect. I should do you injustice if I did not call upon
you seriously to anticipate the very short period when
you are to appear before your God—if I did not tell you
that your earthly course is run. All that remains is for
repentance, and asking for that mercy for which you
have so much need. I, therefore, have only now to pass
upon you the sentence for the crime of wilful murder.
His Lordship then pronounced the awful sentence of the
law.

The prisoner, who was a very powerful man, remained
unmoved durirg the trial, and, after sentence was pro-
nounced, said,—lle was innocent, he had never kicked
the man.
The court was densely crowded.

Bailey and kicked him. I heard one of the men say he
was dead, and -I helped to pick him up and carry him
into the house. Perry never spoke to Bailey that I
heard. When he struck him it was by the side of the
head.

Cross-examined—There had been some drinking at
the George. I had known the prisoner before for about
a month. I went over there to try and get some work
I merely looked on at the fight. The persons in the
crowd were hitting each other indiscriminately.
Samuel Bence—l am twelve years old. I remember
the fight. I work on the railway. I saw Bailey tap
Potter on the shoulder and say, " I am a constable, and
I must stop it." The fighting was then going on. Perry
and Crawley were then seconding the men who were
fighting. I saw Crawley hit Bailey on the side of the
head. The blow knocked him down. Perry then kicked
him in the stomach. Bailey said, " Lord have mercy
upon me in the midst of my sins." I was then five
yards from Bailey. George Bindons picked Bailey up,
and he and some others carried him in-doors.
Cross-examined—l had had half a pint of small beer.
I was not tipsy. Some one has told me that I nearly
tumbled into the canal as I was going home that night ;
but that was not correct. I got up the next morning at
half-past five o'clock. I was not ill. I have not told any
one that I expect to get a lot of money for coming here.
Charles Hunt went home with me that night. No acci-
dent happened to me as I was going home.
Mr. Batten—l was inspector of the works on the Wilts
and Somerset Railway at Bathampton. I know the pri-
soner. He had been at work on the railway. I saw
Potter and Daynton go out to fight. They fought under
the shadow of a tree. Smith came and interfered, and
directly afterwards Bailey came into the field, and said
to some one, " I'm a constable, and must take you into
custody." The prisoner said, " Mention no names, go
at it I saw the prisoner strike at some one with his
left hand, and at the same time Crawley struck in the
same direction with his right hand. I could not see the
man who said he was the constable. I heard some one
fall. I then left the field. I heard a voice say, "He
was a constable." Ido not swear whether the man who
fell had been in the field before or not.
Cross-examined—The fight was a fair one. I saw
Samuel bench before the fight; he appeared, as I fancied,
as if he had been drinking.
Charles Denney—l am a labourer at Bathwick. I
was coming towards the George Inn between nine and
ten o'clock. I went into the field. I saw a parcel of
people, and Daynton and Potter fighting. I was with
Thomas Smith at this time. I saw Smith knocked down
when he went towards the fight, but I do not know who
did it; the person stood by Perry. Samuel Crawley
kicked him after he was down. I got Smith up. Bailey
then came into the field up to Perry, and said he was a
tithing-man, and must stop it. The man standing by
Perry then knocked Bailey down, saying, " If you are a
tithing-man, I'll let: you know." Samuel Crawley then
kicked Bailey, and I took him up and helped him into
the house; he was in his shirt sleeves at this time. I
know Bailey to be a constable.
George Bence—l saw Smith come into the field. He
was knocked down. I saw Bailey come. I advised him
not to go into the mob. He said he must do his duty.
The prisoner asked Bailey for his authority. Bailey
said he had no warrant. He was then knocked down by
some one.

Thomas Smith—l was a constable, and went into the
field. I told them not to fight. I was knocked down,
and kicked when I was down. I saw Bailey come into
the field just as I was knocked down.
Mary Bindon—My father went into the
fieldwith
Bailey. I remained outside. I saw Crawley hit Bailey
three times out of the crowd.
The surgeon stated that there was an injury to the
brain, which might have been caused by a blow. There
was another injury to a vein near the collar• bone, which
caused a rupture of the vein. The blood had flowed from
that rupture, which must have caused instant death.
Mr. SAUNDERS addressed the jury on behalf of the
prisoner.
Chief Justice WILDE then summed up the case to the
jury. It was for them to ascertain whether there had
been one common purpose to prevent the deceased from
putting an end to that fight. If they should ascertain
that there were persons engaged in that unlawful pur-
pose, then the second question would be whether the
prisoner was one of those who were so engaged? Did
he himself give the blow, or did he aid and assist others
in the common object? If he did either he was guilty
of murder. Their solemn and awful duty was to look
cautiously around this evidence, attending to what the
prisoner had said, and what he had done. They must
exercise their judgment upon the whole case, and recol-
lect that they were the constitutional tribunal to pro-
nounce their verdict according to their own view of the
evidence.

OXFORD ClRCUlT.—Gloucester, Aug. 9.
CROWN COURT.—(Before Mr. Justice ERLE.)
Mr. Justice Erie entered the Crown Court, which
was densely crowded, at nine o'clock this morning, when
John Skinner, aged 30, was arraigned on an indict-
ment, charging him with the wilful murder of Sarah
Skinner, his wife, at Clifton, on the Ist of June.
Mr. Skinner conducted the prosecution, and Ur. Had-
dleston defended the prisoner.

It appeared that the prisoner occupied, with his wife
and two children, a room on the third story of the house,
No. 4, Limekiln-lane, Bristol, and it would seem, from
the general tenor of the evidence, was in the habit of
ill-using his wife. On the evening preceding the day
named in the indictment, her brother Irving called to
see them, and the deceased complained of being ill,
which she said had been caused by falling off a ladder,
giving at the same time a significant lock at her husband.
On the evening of the Ist of June, which was Tuesday,
the day of the death of the unfortunate woman, Irving
again called on them about half past seven o'clock,
when his sister complained of bruises. She did not
say how they had been caused, but her husband said
he had beaten her. The husband was then poorly, and
was lying on the bed. Irving observed that the hearth
brush was broken, and asked how it occurred ? The
prisoner said he had broken it on Sally (meaning
his wife). Irving said it was a shame a family
should quarrel in such a way. A few more obser-
vations of a similar nature passed, and the prisoner then
ordered Irving out of the house, and got up from the
bed to put him out by force. His sister clung to him,
ando would
dbemgguerdder hihmenno
Theyt
to
go, as if he did the prisoner
all three struggled together,
and fell on the floor. The prisoner eventually got up,
w
ran to the cupboard, took out a knife, and forced
Irving out of the room down three or four stairs. He
then returned to the room, and in a minute afterwards
heard a crash. He went down stairs and saw his sister
lying on the pavement, outside the house, covered with
blood, and supported by a woman. He went for a
policeman, and the body was carried into tho house.
She breathed twice, and then expired. The body, in a
bending position, was observed by a witness falling from
the upper window. As it came down, it turned wat is
called a surnmerset, the heels striking the lower window,
and the body falling on the head. A man in the pri-
soner's room was afterwards observed to put his arm
out, and close the window from which the deceased,
who was rather a powerful woman, had fallen. The
policeman went up stairs to the prisoner, who asked
where his wife was. The officer told him she was
lying dead down stairs, on which he lifted up his hands
and gave a smile. These were the facts of the case, as
proved at great length by the witnesses called for the
prosecution.
Mr. HUDDLSSTON, on the part of the prisoner, called
an intelligent boy named Daniel Clanney, who deposed
that he slept on the landing, near the prisoner's room,
on the evening in question, and was awoke by hearing
Irving and Skinner scuffling and fighting. He got out
of bed, and got on a chair, when he saw the unfortunate
deceased catch hold of the top of the window and throw
herself out backwards, as the prisoner was re-entering
the room. The prisoner betrayed no emotion, but closed
the window, and went to bed, where he remained until
the officer came up to him.
The lad was cross-examined at great length as to the
facts he had deposed, but his testimony was not at all
shaken.

Mr. SKINNER having replied,
His LORDSHIP carefully Summed up, and
The jury, after some deliberation, returned a verdict
of Not Guilty, which was received with considerable
surprise in court.
The trial occupied nearly six hours.

NORTHERN CIRCUIT.—Lancaster, August 9.
The commission was opened hero on Saturday by Mr.
Justice Wightman, who attended the parish church yes-
terday. The Chief Baron did not arrive till seven
o'clock last evening. The business commenced ateleven
o'clock this morning. There are eleven causes in the
list, of which six were disposed of in an hour. The
calendar contains the names of sixteen prisoners, five of
whom are charged with—one manslaughter, three others
with separate manslaughters; two with wounding with
intent, one to murder, and he other to do grievous
bodily
harm • two with felonious assaults on infants;
two with stealing; and two with conspiracy to defraud.
The Chief Baron presides in the Crown Court, and Mr
Justice
Wightman at Nisi Prius.

Edward Parker John nisileY,
(Before the CHIEF BARON.)
Josh. Drape, Thomas
Johnson, and Thomas Yates, five young apparently
working men, were indicted for the manslaughter of
Edward Seward, at Lancaster, on the 4th of July last.
It appeared that the 4th of July was the Sunday
before the races here, and that the custom is on that
day to sell liquors in booths erected on the race ground,
and Parker on that day meeting with the deceased, had
some words, and then fought after the pugilistic manner,
in rounds, and
the battl lasted near an hour. At the
last round, Parker put his arm round the neck of the
e
deceas.ll, who was then on his knees, and struck him
several blows on the neck, and be became soon after in-
sensible, and was carried into a booth, and a surgeon
sent for. Becoming worse, he wiis taken home. The
other prisoners acted as seconds—Custley and Johnson
for Parker, and the other two for the deceased.
Mr. W. G. Moss' surgeon,
said he was called in about
one o'clock on the morning of the sth, and found
Seward in a comatose state—quite insensible. Ho had
several severe contusions on the head and neck, He ,
bled him, and
about seven o'clock the same morning. He attributed
applied mustard plasters, but he died
his death to an effusion of the brain, produced by ex-
ternal violence; but, on examination, ho admitted he
could not 55Y positively that it was so produced, It

The jury, having evidently considered the case most
anxiously for some time, said they found the prisoner
" Guilty of being a party concerned, but we have no evi-
dence of his having given the fatal blow."
The CHIEF JUSTICE said, " Guilty of being concerned
in what, gentlemen ?"
One of the jurors—In the murder, my Lord.
The CUIEF JUSTICE—If ,he was there with others,
having a common object to prevent the peace. officer from
putting an end to the fight, that amounts to the crime of
murder,

A double returs,

THE SUN, LONDON, WEDNESDAY EVENING, AUGUST 11, 1847.

might, possibly, have been produced by his own exer-
tions in the fight; and thereupon,
Mr. JAMES, for the prosecution, admitting that ho
could carry the case no farther,
_ _

His LORDSHIP asked Mr. Moss if he could not, by a
post mortem examination, have known certainly the cause
of death, and he answered that he could, but he was not
permitted to make one. It transpired that in this dis-
trict the coroner did not order such examinations, be-
cause the justices in sessions will not allow the expenses
of them. Under this uncertainty as to the cause of death,
his Lordship directed the jury to Acquit the prisoner.
Isaac Brochbank, aged 35, a labourer, was indicted for
the manslaughter of Betty Bradshaw, at Forton, a
village about six miles from this place, on the 11 th of
June last.

It appeared from the evidence of the deceased's hus-
band, that they would both be 71 years old at Michael-
mas next ; that the prisoner and they had been on bad
terms (the old man said for eight and thirty years);
that a short time before they had quarrelled, and that
on the day named the prisoner was in the lane, near the
cottage of the deceased, when in consequence of some-
thing the prisoner L:aid, the deceased came out to him,
and high words ensued. He, to provoke her to strike
him, held up his arm and said what he would do if she
should strike him. She however did strike him, and
he then struck the old woman with all his might on
the breast, and knocked her down. The old man
came up and struck the prisoner with his stick, and the
prisoner knocked him down, and then went away, and
the old man helped his wife into the house. On the
morrow a surgeon was called in, and ho found her thigh
broken near the hip. lie had attended her recently be-
fore for diseased stomach, and though ho now said he
confidently believed that the injury she had received
had accelerated her death, he could not say positively
what was the cause of death. He had asked the Coroner
to order a post-mortem examination, but he refused, say-
ing it was not necessary for the inquisition, or he could
Probably have stated satisfactorily what was the cause of
death
The CIIIEF BARON said he did not know on what
principle the warrant for a post-mortem examination was
refused. The Coroner was entirely wrong in law, and
in fact to refuse it, when the medical man wished for it,
in order to ascertain the cause of death. His Lordship
then said, that under these circumstances the charge of
manslaughter could not be sustained ; and
Mr. M'AusnEY, who appeared for the prisoner, having
intimated that he could not defend him against v.common
assault,

His LORDSIIIP told the jury they might find the
prisoner guilty of an assault if they thought fit, and
they did so.
His LORDSIIIP then, having made some severe re-
marks on his unmanly conduct in striking the de-
ceased, an old woman of 71 years of age, with all the
strength and vigour of a man of 35, sentenced the pri-
soner to be imprizoued, and kept to hard labour, twelve
calendar months.

POLICE INTELLIGENCE.
GUILDHALL.

A country gentleman, who at first gave the name 01
William Jones and then of Thomas Somes, was re

examined before Aldermen Sidney and Humphery,
charged with indecently assaulting three lads while they
were standing in the Guildhall, and looking on at the
polling on the preceding day.
Mr. Buchan, who attended for the prisoner, being
asked who his client really was, replied he declined giv-
ing his address, hut he was a gentleman of fortune, who
had come up to London to purchase some Bank Stock.
I-fe understood he had hitherto borne an irreproachable
character, and it was incredible that he should have con-
ducted himself in the way described.
Evidence having been given,
The prisoner said he was innocent. lie might have
touched them, but there was a conspiracy to charge him.
The Magistrates consulted and concurred in commit-

ting the prisoner for trial at the Central Criminal Court.
He was admitted to bail himself in 2001., and one surety
in 200/., Mr. Starling of the Stock Exchange, becoming
his bail.

George Pitt and Lawrence Salmon were charged with
knocking at a door in the night time without lawful ex-
cuse, and with being riotous and resisting a policeman
in the execution of his duty.
Mr. Mellor, the barrister, defended the prisoners.
Mr. Sergeant, of 48, Jewin-street, solicitor, stated
that he had bee❑ annoyed for some time by Salmon,
who formerly lodged in the same house. Last night,
shortly before twelve, he heard a knocking at the door.
As all the lodgers were in he at first thought there might

be a fire, and listened. He overheard his landlady calling

from the window," Who is there?" which was answered
by a meaningless or derisive ejaculation of bah ! or
ah! He went down and asked if he should go down and
open the door, as he heard the parties continued the an-
noyance, laughing and knocking. She asked him to
come to the window of her room, and he found it was
the prisoners, and that the policeman was there.
Cross-examined by Mr. Mellor—Had been employed
by the prisoner Salmon to adjust an action. Did not
know they came to him about that action. Salmon had
called frequently before to annoy him.
Butler, the police-officer, said he endeavoured for soma
time to coax them away. At last one of them pushed
him off the pavement, and the other caught hold of him
by the elbow. On the way to the station- house they
endeavoured to escape.
Mr. Mellor wished to address the Magistrates on the
evidence.
Mr. Alderman liumPunaY said they had heard quite
enoubgh about it.
Mr. Mellor said he stood upon his right to be heard.
Mr. Alderman HUMPHERY said he could not show
they had a right to disturb the people in the house and
neighbourhood at twelve o'clock at night. We shall fine
each of them 10s. under the Police Act.
Mr. Mellor said that was very irregular. They were
trangressing their duty as magistrates in deciding with-
out hearing the defence.
Mr. Alderman HUMPHERY said he did not care for
his observations. The prisoners could have no right to
knock at the door at midnight, and annoy the residents.
Mr. Mellor replied he was sorry he had not an oppor-
tunity of expressing elsewhere, and in stronger terms,
his opinion of such conduct.
Mr. Alderman HUMPHERY said he might express his
opinion where he liked, and how he liked.
Mr. Mellor bowed and.retired.
CLERKENWELL.

Charles Lchofleid,head waiter at the Belvidere Ta-
vern, Penton-street, Pentonville, was placed at the bar,
charged by Mary Anne Mullings with having violently
assaulted her.
The complainant deposed that on Thursday night last,
at eleven o'clock, she left White Conduit "louse, when
it was raining very fast. She went into the Belvidere
Tavern for shelter, and was shaking the wet off her
clothes, when it went on some of the glasses on the bar
counter. The defendant came behind her, and seizing
her, threw her violently into the road and kicked her,
by which she was severely bruised.
Mr. TYRWIIITT asked if she had any witnesses?

Complainant—There were the women who were with
me, but they have been bribed not to appear, no doubt,
as they have removed from their lodgings since the
assault.

tion, but which, in its general appearance, as the magis-
trate held it up, appeared uninjured.
Mr. BRODERIP—Do you mean to swear this hat is cut
to pieces? Complainant (hesitatingly)—lt is not exactly
cut to pieces, but it is much broken.
Mr. BRODERIP—Did you wear it to this Court? Com-
plainant—l did.
Mr. BRODERIP—CouId you have done so had it been
cut and broken all to pieces as you have sworn? Com-
plainant—No.
Complainant added that the blow did not injure his
head, but it would have done so if he had not had his
hat on.

George Tookley, assistant money•taker at the pier,
was called to confirm complainant's statement, but his
account of the transaction was much at variance with
it. In the course of his evidence he stated that the
gentleman was told the boat would be there in a
minute or two, but although pressed by the magistrate
to state how:long after thatit was before the boat actually
arrived, no very positive answer could be obtained from
him. He, however, would not swear that Mr. Almond
and the ladies had not waited for the boat full three
quarters of an hour. His account of the violence of the
assault was much stronger than that of the complainant
himself. He described it as a dreadful blow which
knocked the complainant down senseless in the box for
the moment, and added that it stunned him. He also
took credit to himself for having wrenched the stick out
of the gentleman's hand. Although cautioned that
what he said there might subject him to a prosecution
in another Court, he persevered in his statement.
Mr. BRODERIP—You have stated that complainant
said something about defendant's being like a butcher.
Is that the sort of language uttered by the money-
takers at the Cadogan-pier to the public ? Witness—
Oh, no, sir ; he was in a passion.
Mr. BRODERIP—WiII you swear such language has
not been frequently addressed to the public before ?
Witness—l am sure I cannot say.
Mr. BRODERIP stopped the case by observing, that a
prima facie case of assault had been made out ; andi 1
he were to go on with the inquiry, and come to the
conclusion, that defendant was guilty of the charge, the
highest penalty he had the power to inflict, 51., would
be no punishment to a person in his condition of society.
Others of a corresponding grade, to whom 51. would be
but of trifling consideration, might say, " I shall amuse
myself, by assaulting any person whom I please, or
with whom I may have any difference," and having paid
that penalty, may repeat the offence at pleasure. The
worthy Magistrate wished to be distinctly understood
that he came to no conclusion as to the merits of this
case, as there might, for aught he knew, be very strong
evidence produced in answer to it on the other side.
He must, however, say the evidence which had been
adduced was extremely suspicious. He felt it to be his
duty to send it to the sessions, and defendant must put
in bail, himself in 401., and two sureties in 201., to ap-
pear there.