The Sun.
London, England, 1804-11-16 00:00:00

THE KING V. DRURY.

Mr. Gmtitowe• in the absence of the ATTORNEY-
, CEL.NIR AL, MOveti for the Judgment of the Court
upon TlKmas Drury.
Mr. justice LAtv R ?:c e 'read the Rernrt -of the
Case, frotn which it appecired that it had been
before him at the last Assizes. It was a. Criminal
' Informatirn filed against thrDefentiant for assault.
ins Henry Meath, and 0115m:ding, him in the exe:
cation of his ditty. .Henry Meathltatl met the Dr.
tendant on the day
,the assault was'coMmitted, with
quai,tity'nf tobaccO, which he,deiermined to seize
ds siont!gled goode.. "I'Le Defendant swore that he
t,hott!ri r,ot have it, .aild struck,- witness's ltor,t, and
afterwarAitruck himself. A struggle ensurd, in
the cow se of which' the Defendant, who .tt.,:rs the
ihepvn; escApvki it h the tobaccti, aftet
having severely'brnised the Witness.
• Thomas Holiffit sow., the scuffle between the De_
n
facidant at, the Witness relative.to the tobacco.' the
battrusage, which the Witness had reeeived,-and the
escape of the MI-end:int with the goods.
Ihe Pry 'fount) the liefetid4rit Guilty, but re.
rornmended hint to mercy*, on account of his good
charaCti-r. •
It apveared that nn Witness had been oiled In
the charatter of the Defendant, but that the Jury
hod taken prop thrtn,eltrei•to recommend him.
IVIr, GANRow intimated, that the.Jories of. Sus.

arX. %Vete CX I, ilidy good. iiunicuted cn (11-0 neca.
*aions, and gener4lly recommended the Dcien)apta to

mercy.
• Mr. Justice Gitoss, after p inting out the mi.
*pity, as well at fully of resisting.the Laws, and
preventing their ext.( noon, procounced•the Judg.
'tient of the Court, which was, that the, Wen.
(taut should be in-vise:tied six months and then dis-
charged.,
Hin Morgan, who had been tried and convicted
for having ausattlted some of the Revenue
in the emutiun of their duty,- was brought up fur
judgment.
Mr.GARROW. addressed the Court against the
Defendant; and Mr. Eitt-KINE it) his defence,
After an exlint ration to better conthtft from Mr.
Justice. CROsE, I,e was sentenced to pay a fine of
live pounds) and to he imprisoned till the fine should
be paid.
John Buttress was brought up for Judgment. it
appeared that he had assaulted a Gunner of The
Sloop Savage,.; while the latter, was in the execution
ut his duty. The assault was of a very serious na-
ture; as the Defendanelhad not only.assaulted the
Conner hitusell, but lUid encouraged a mutt which
ItaEt ;,lrnost killed hitn.
Mr. Justice Gaost informed the Defendant that,
if the Gunner 'had been „killed, ho would have
been guilty of murder ; and that it wa, fortunate
for him that he was not about' to .receive :ten-
of death instead of a punistyllpilrt fur a misde.

intanour.
The Court then adjudged the Defends iir to be
,
unpnronen twelve months.
Isaac j.iritib, tried for an isslault upon Luke
Cooper, a Revenue Officer, for oboteting him in
tile execution of` his duty, and coundguilty, was
brought up for judgment.
it appeared .the Prosecutor.. hod gone to the
bou.e of Jarvis, and insisted upon searching it,
lint had been vrevented by the Defendant,`_ who had
collared loco, utt given him a,blov, or ._rather a
1.t1; if back.
Several Affidavits were given in" favour of the

rum oy toe nose. Inc uttmet.Jok,r aplu nc Wtn all
insignificant puppy, upon whi‘ h the P,..fendant struCk
two blows. The Defendant as ordered to pay a
tine of 301. to be imprisoned one_month, and at
t:•,. end of that time to be bOund over for his good
hehav,onr for two years, himelf in tool. and two
'Sureties in 501. each.
Robert Ledley, had been found -guilty of a
shOcking.aSsault on William Hilton, at' Wat wick, by
cutting his head in a dreadful manner with a bar of
iron, so 'that the Prosecutor has been blind of one
eye ever since, and otherwise wounded, so as to be
on'ahle to fo}low his fOrmer occuPation. The assault.
was 'conimit ted from a spiiit of revenge on account
of a di%covery made by 'the Prosecutor of a fraud
ptaaiSed by the Defenclant on the Revenue in the
"use of malt. 'The Prosecutor had applied to the
Grand Jury fur 'a bill against the Defendant, but'
they being mostly maltsters had only laughed at
him.

Lord ELLENTIPROUGH said, that in this shocking
thnsiinaion;one 'of the most disgusting partS,was
the condul of the Grand Jury, It ‘vas a question
whilier the Dele4ant ought not to have been tried
fur his life. . _

, .
lie was remanded, and ordered to be brought.op
again On Monday the 26th.
Mr,' DAMP r R for' a M.}II43MUS to the
Corlioration of Trtiro •to oblige them to elea a
Mayor and four Aldermen, which they, had r)eglra.
cd to do at' thr ilover time, though thecOntitution
a the Borough rtquired granted.

FRANCI4 Z. DU 8013.

The Plaintiff' and Defendant had been in the habit
of accommodating one another by Bilk of Exchange.
The Defendant. had become Bankrupt, and the
Plaintiff proved the transadions between the under
the Cuttimission,‘ and received a dividernt, of the
balaoce in his favour. Sun Bills drawn by the
Defendant on the Plaintiff'. had been made over to
Mr. Wilberforce Bird, and consequently had, not
become due at the time of the bankruptcy. These,
to the amount of 20001. had not been found metier
,the Commission, and Caine against the Plaintiff; whu ,
was obliged to pay them, and arrested the Defendant
for the amount. The latter applied to the Cow
to be, discharged upon, common bail. "lie Court,
after hearing Mr. EttsKINE and Mr. GAittlow for
the P 1
,and Mr.• Gut us for the Defendant,
granted the prayer of the awlication.