The Sun.
London, England, 1804-07-27 00:00:00

CROWN SIDE.

James Bart:ford, Supervisor of Excise at Roches-
ter, was arraigned on the Coroner's I,,quest tor kill.
ing and slaying John Eaton, on the 9th of May, at
Doddington, in 'hit County.
The fads, as proved by several witnesses, were,
that the Prisoner, and another Excise Officer, of the
name of George Clark, were out on their business,
in surveying the traders in that neighbourhood, on
the:day mentioned in the lodietinetitt when a party
.of Smugglers, timing whom was the deceaSed, with
three led horses, laden with spirits anti tobacco,
passed through the village. The Officers imrne.
(Bluely went in pursuit, ail cattle up with them in
the village.. The Smugglers made ofF, and the Offi.
.cers were seen to follow. Jo the space, of ten mi.
notes a part of the Smugglers were seen again to
pass through the village, pursued by the Prisoner,
Bamford, at full speed. The Prisoner took a small
piStol from his pocket and fired. The.deceased fell
from his burst, and shortly after died. Barnford
secured one or two of the horses; he then assisted in
carrying the deceased into a butcher's shop, and ex.
pressed great sorrow for the accident. • None of the
Witnesses having seen hat passed during the interval
which elapsed .from first meeting. to the subse.
quent return to the village, nor now of. them hear.
ing the Conversation at the firot meeting, the Jury
expressrd an inclitiati n to acquit the Prisoner,-on
the .evidence lot the ProAectitiOri ; but on behalf of
the Prisoner, it was rectnested 'that 'Ctark'iniglit be
examined. , lie iietr:g r,tiiiigly .called, stated,
that when they fit it met the 'm"ugglers'they told them
who they were, an.! deinaoded rhat 'they should. sill.-
teenier their cargoes.- the himpzglets swrite:Their
Would not give atent up, rude tell. One,-'1011)
seemed to be a leader, hatta pitchfork ; and the rest
bludgeons and hedge.stakes. The Witness anti Barri.
ford followed at a sh rt di,tance i the smugglers
halted.. The Officers, Hitt king theinselliesioO- weak
to seize all, ofFeied a compromise, that they would
leave thetn their h rsecit they would surrender the
swirls. The Siouggient sai,l they would be
It they should have any,. and cried out " deasli 'or
glory." 'One of them levelled a pitclifnk at Bali.
turd, and they again rude off*. One party rode one
way, pursued by the Prisoner, and another-by the
Witness. When lie returned,. he found the,deceased
lying b, Bamford, who expressed the greatest sot.
low for the fatal accident. The Jury without hesi.
acquitted the Prisoner.
The-Assizes on the Crown Side finioned-o. twin
o"c4ck. There- were only two capital COnvids,
neither:of w hom re lett,fn cxecut ion."

N E AS E LI L Y 24.

On Saturday forenoon, the g;flßegiment marched
to Cullercuots Sands), for the purpose of bathing ;
the tea ran high, though nearly low, water, ao that
they had to walk is 7con,ideroble way befote the
water was sufficiently deep. A corporal of the
grenadier company, of :the name of Rudy, un.
luckily got into one of the quicksands with which
the place abounds, when a heavy, swell took him
off his feet, and not being able to swim, was by the
back.gOing • tide taken out 'to sea.. The Drum.
major, who WA, on the shore, saw his danger bet.
ter than those who were iw the water, and being
an excellent swimmer, hurried off his, clothes, and
made to his assistance ; but he wAs so much ex.
Wasted by..the time he reached him, as not to be
able to lend him any assistance, mid Itenitbt also have
perished, had he . not .been assisted by three. of the
best swimmers its the Regiment, who bore him to 140.

At Lincoln Assites a, causer was tried, Bell
Ne!diorite, Bart.,-This was an adionagainst, the
lair Sheriff' of tlias.:'County, for injury sustained
through the criminal. negligence of one 01:bia,bhi.
i;trx, in permitting a man named Stotherd, whotwhe
had arrested at the sir of the plailitifri,w .to
own dwelling.house, contrary, ttv tho specialdirec-
don of a.l statute, and ultimately suffering.him to
escape, The escape being admitted to have .resulted
from a want. of due care, the measure_ of damages
was the only question at issue. To rrbut.a demand
id damages to the amount of the sum for which the
writ wits issued, it was urged that at the time Sto-
therd efedid bis escape tiorTthe custody of the
bailiff, he was in point of tact in inn Ayent circurn.
stances ; and: that consequttntl) the Ptaintiff could
only recover upon the commission of bankrtiotcy
issued a few days afterwards, in common with and
in like proportion as the other creditors; and to
which he had even now recourse. in•insentnments
do the case, Mr. Justice Gauss observed,:ti at a,
Stotherd really appeared to have been ittmtiVratt at
the time of hitt, escape, in giving damages to the
Plaintiff .the •Jory should consider what toss he had
sustained by the negligence, nrilke Sheriff's
Officer.---Verdid for Plaintiff sot.;- cosisAos.