The Sun.
London, England, 1804-07-05 00:00:00

LAW REPORT.

COURT OE KING% BENCH, JUIstE 29.

SAMUEL PARKS V. Ti-10MAS NEWBY.

This cause was under very singular circumstances.
Both the Plaintiff and attendant are Rucksters in
the neighbourhood of Birmingham, and the material
fans in eviderec, were these : The Plaintiff Was
walking in a lane in his own neighbourhood, w: hen
be heard two men rushing up 'to him. Having- !Tett
lately robbed, he was fearful, and Passed over a
gate to avoid them.- He presently overheard his
ursuers Say, 11 I)—n him,'there be is.'" They in.:
stantly leaped over the hedge, seized him by the
;inn, and dragged him to Mv. Rock's pUbliC:house,
'at the rig- of the Crown; in Great Chades.streei,'
Dirmingham. There they charged, the Plaintiff
with an attemptaiso rob them, and insisted' upon.
his being stripped naked, 'that they 'might draw
forth the property he had.conceaied., Mrs. Whit-
aker, a friend of tt)e Plaintiff, happened to be pre-
jent. It was in vain that these men desired her to
retire,- while they exposed their captive. to this
critical examination, The woman said he was a
friend of her's, and a very bonest man,' and she
would see justice. done him, They found, nothing
upou him which ctiuld excite suspicion, and he was'
'in die sequel set at liberty. Thc.Plaintilr so mat.
treated was of the age of 7i. lie felt it necessary,
in older to redeem his charler, to bring an
.anion

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fi4 false impriFonMent against each of these persori
in the 1-luntli..ed Ccurt, One of the men was the
nephem' of the -present Defendant. In -order to
ro•coe his relation from this embarrassinent, the

Defendant at first entreated the Plaintiff to makeup
the Affair ; but finding the latter was determined,'
he threafened that the two'men, who had hefote
ctiargeti him with the robbery, should next swear
to his having been guilty.of an unnatural srime.
This was sufficient to:intimidate' a much younger
and tunic courageous 'man titan the Plaintiff. His
resolution, however, rose with, the difficulty and
danger of his situation ,; and althOugh a man had
been tried, convi,qed, and executed at the preceding
Assizes' on the same charge, he took the daring
resolution to resisr this nefarious attempt on his—
charaeter and life. On 'the 19th July last the De..
finclanf' again endeaVoured to pert nade the Plainie
to.stispetai the anions, and on (*ludo% hint unmoved;
either by solicitation-or menace, the, Plaintiff WAS
Liken up art the toul charge, and on the tst of
Angitst was entidikied from his dutlvon'.
bef re Mt. Rix, one. of 'the- Magistrates tor the.
County of Warwick. *hen he arrived,- he met•
one of the men by whorls he was before molested,-
and against whom he had commenced an
The name of this man was Sidler, and it was con.
trived that he'aild his wife should make this horrid'
accusation. The man had given his evidence, and
the matter 'was to be confirmed brthe wife, when
it occurred to Mr. Paris, 'a Reverend: Gentlenian
wee-tit, tha, the whole Was an atrociotra.cOnspiracy.'
He, therefore, butnanely
_interposed,. aid entreared.
that the. accuser might he detained until his aecom_
puce should he produced. ..The Magistrate com,
plied; the woman Wits sent for, and Contradicted
the
rtesilmory of her. husband in tvery particular;
although he had deposed that she was in company
with him, anti was witness it) the whole transaction.
It is nerdiesi to. say, the Plaintiff was discharged.
The Defendant had sustained so principal a 'part in
this last scene, that ,he was under the serious
apprehensions for his own safety; mid he had already
become acquainted with the firm character of the
Plaintiff. It he were brought before a' Jury, and
his flagitious conduft,lmere exposed in its true eo.
louts, not only the honest indignation, bin site dis.
passionate jti lgitynt of twelve uobiassed men, in an
aetion far dAmiges, would sweep awarthe wlialeof
his propel- y, 'and consign him for life. to a gaol.
In thissituatinn lie signed• a bond to the 'Plaintiff.
for goool, payable in six inontlis; tri obtain pay.
ment of which this adion was brought. •

IVIr. ER. SI: 1N F. stated the particulars to the Court
and Jury.. He said,.the charge for WhiebAhis bdnd
was intended as a remuneration was such as would
leave his Olt-rites name ".to stink for ever in the
nostrils Oiniankind and. he Oded, so great was
the affliCtion of Sadler, that the pings of conscience
had occasioneth.iosanity. He, ih called Mr. Fal.'
lows and his :stater, who deposed to the Signature to
the bond to which they were witnesses. .['hey also
deitailed the coot ersation Which pascd at thz time,
iodieming that the Pefendant was pctfeCtly e•talios
Pievii, and acquainted „with 'the contents of ; the
Messrs. Gum and .the Dzfentlant,
contended, that the testimony ofFallriw;Was on.
true, from its ineriaistency, and theY.brought ,tor.
ward many witnekses to deitroy the credibility of
the evidence fcir the .Plaintiff, from the charatter of

thn deponent.
Lord ELLrtino?wr;ll drew the attention of the
Jury to all the rnaurid &jts of ihe cause ; dilated
on the erodeflce to which Killowi s:vas entitled,: and
coucluded with sayillg, that deterrninatitin of
the Jury would 1w wholly goy erned by' their opinion,
if the hood Was or wai not frauduleutly obtaiocd.—
for Jhe De:fendan I.

TILE KING :1".'“).1-114 FRI DRK /CI: AND DAVIT}

APP 1.2.

'II: •'J) a Prussian. blue manuf;:c-
tory, itiWillow.coort,•Goswell.street. Thisrint
ment ivAi for 'a'ttuihailec, whit:lt-our readers will on.
‘‘, lien ne explain the proces'S inn-their ma.
nufii6tory. They first r‘ duce hornt :indhools, to
which putrid flesh is attichiid, into an iron put.
These :materials are exvbed to in alive heft, and
tilic more volatile' part escape into the atmosphesei•
which condensing in this'cultkr region, enters the
funnels of•the• chinmies, the windo,ws and doors of
Ilia neighbouring houses.• The more fixed parts de.
scrod through a tube in the hwcr part of .the pot
into a metallic vessel, where it is •mixed with 3
'motion of alum'. The union -of these, occasions the
disengageMent of a sulphuremis gas,, very destrac.
live of health, however beneficial to the Defendants
cduse.

Messrs. EK-,K I NR, GAR ROW, G n ns,. and KNAPP.
for the Pinsecntion, stared the seriyus injury 80.