The Sun.
London, England, 1833-05-28 00:00:00

TRIAL FOR LIBEL.

John Lloyd, a r.-sprciahle•looking man, was in-
dicted for unlawfully publishing a malicious and de-
famatory libel, of and concerning Thomas Wilmot,
an aiiplioneer and appraiser in an extensive way of
business.

Mr. CHAMBERS stated the case to the jury, in the
course of which he said that his client had adopted
the present prosecution by indictment, instead of
moving it into the Court of King's Bench, in order
that it might not he supposed he instituted the in-
quiry for the purpose of lucre or gain, but merely
witn the view of clearing his character from the
stigma which the defendant had attempted to attach
to it by the libel in question. The Learned Counsel
then proceeded to read the libel, which reflected in
very strong terms on the character of the defendant
in a transaction with the prosecutor, and was con-
tained in a printed bill, many of which had been
stuck up in various parts of, the metropolis, but
more particularly in the city. The bill, it appeared,
had no printer'.- name attached to it, but the omis-
sion wa. rectified by the voluntary attendance of a
Mr. Bushnell, who, in his evidence, said that he
was the printer of the libel, and produced a manu-
script which he alleged had been given to him by the
defendant for the purpose of pat fishing. Upon com-
paring the printed bill and the manuscript, however,
there appeared to be a good deal of difference in the
style, and some of the terms.
Mr. JEMMETT, on the part of the defendant,' ar-
gued the point at issue with Brent ingenuity, con-
tending that the publ'cation of the libel had not
been sufficiently proved to satisfy the minds of the
Jury that the defendant was the author of it. The
Learned Counsel, in the course of his reply, said
that the prosecution of the defendant by indictment
cumpletely disarmed him, and even had he been the
:author of the libel, prohibited him from proving a
justification, and trying the merits of the case in
another Court.

The CHAIRMAN shortly addressed the Jury on
the narute of the evidence adduced to support the
p oseeution; and after a short deliberation, the Jury
acquitted the defendant.

POLICE INTELLIGENCE.

MANSION HOUSE.

An old soldier, named Pat Mahony, was charged
by a city officer under the following cir conistkoces:—
The officer stated that on Sunday the defendant
annoyed the persona who visited the Roman C
tholic chapel in Moorfields by asking charity while
in a state of intoxication. Witness having hail
notice from a previous transaction at the same place
appr-healed the defendant, arid transferred him to
he Comoter, where he was deposited till he reco-
vered. On the preceding Sunday Mahony had
gone to beg in Mornfields, arid as the people were
going to chapel in the morning he shammed a fi.,
which succeeded womb-Tinny, for while he was
grinding his teeth the compassionate passers-by
cried out, " Oh, poor fellow, for God's sake take
care of him !" arid showered pence into his hat.
The moment lie thought it convenient to recover,
the first thing he did was to take hold of his hat,
arid in about an hour he was cornple ely fuddled.
On last Sunday he went to Moorfields for the pur-
pose of playing off a convulsion or two, but he com-
menced the business too drunk, and every body •aw
that it was a mere humbug, and when he found that
he flung himself about with no effect he began to
blow up.—( A laugh.)
The LORD MAYOR—What have you to say to this,
Maliony? Defendant—Why, my Lord, the fit was
a real fi., but when a man recovers he's as well as
ever he was, and so was I. Now, my Lord, if a
man gets a wallop across the head in the street and
is tumbled over head and heels, isn't his hat the
first thing he looks for when he gets up?—(A
laugh,)—That was exactly the case with me.
The LORD MAYOR—But you got blind drunk
after that. Defendant—Nor at all, my Lord. 1
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know I was a little bothered or I wouldn't ask for
a farthing., but I wasn't at all in liquor, f,,r I was
able to walk and even to stand; besides I have a
pension (Laugh,

The LORD MAYOR—And where are you going
now ? Defendant— Why ihe I'm just going off to
Iceland if you'll only let me.

The LORD MAYOR—Well—attention—to the
right about—.-quick march.— (Great laughter—
amidst which the old soldier darted out of the jos-
tict-room, and d,wn t he .tewt in double quick time.)