The Sun.
London, England, 1804-01-17 00:00:00

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him down,--That die Witness lifted up Geyler, took
hit home," 'and' his .wife dressed his wl'pund---1 hat
he went up the shore again, and met.lterdthan,. wh,
atiked him to take a glass. They accordingly went
into a public house, when.:the Panne' told him host
he.,had. been used by Geyler_ -.striking him on the
head, which raised a large lump on it—That he
had gone to Mr..Waddell to complain, who advised
him to go home ; but he had gone to the watch.
house, got a stick, and ,having met,Geyler near
Coming's, had knocked him down..
Mr. Alexander Wadded, Customs, Leith, said,
that on the November, the Pamfiel called at
his house aborit eleven o'clock, much agitated, and
said he had been badly used by Geyler— That he
had been struck on' the head by Geyler with a stick,
and wished the Witness to interfere:----That he asked
the Pannel the cause of the quarrel, when he told
him he had prevented Geyler from using ilia woman
of the name of Calder wood, and said he had gone
to Coming's, where Geyler had ktvcked him down.
The witness advised, the Pannel to say no more,
but let the Law take its course. The Pannel then
went away ; but in a short •time.the Witness heard
a noise in the street, and went to the window, where
he saw the Pannel and another man ; when.heasked
Herdman if that was.the man who bad struck him ;
Herdman said it was : on which the Witness 'again
• advised him to go home, and he would let Captain
Nash know the matter in the morning. ,Next rn;irn-
ing he saw the Panne', who told him he had :given
Geyler as good a stroke as he had got. The Panne!
has been four years in the' service. of the Custom ;
and he considered him as a sober man, and a ste;:dy
officer ; He had lost his leg 'at Teneriffe, along
with .L9rd Nelson.

Mr. Charles Andersor!,
.Surgeon in Leith, said,
lie wns called to see Geyler on the till November,
and 1.m.-1 him in,rnsible. He .had a. wound on
the back part of his head, hut it was not a large one.
le died on the evening of the 14.t1i, 'when his head.
was opened—There was a greet effosion of blood
under the bone, wh►ch he thinks .was the- occasion
of his dea•h, but which had proceeded from the ex.
ternal u nand.,

.Mr. Kale, surgeon in Leith, concurred with the
preceding Witness;. but was of-opinion„that if the
deceased 113,1 not been much intoxicatedi the wound
could not have occasioned his-death. .

The Pannel's declaration was then reado which
closed the evidence on the part of the Crown.
Three Witnesses were examined'to the cluratier
of the Pannel, who described him as a humane, de.
cent, sober man, and not at all quarrelsome. Two
certificates were also read, one from Captain Hut.
chinson of the Royal Navy, arid-another from the
Physicians at • Haslar Hospital, both of which were
greatly in favour of the Prisoner. •
The LOAD ADVOCATE IOF theCroivn, and Mr.
F. JEFFREY for the Pannel, each addreset.l the Jury
in very appropriate speeches. -Lord CrtAro, who
presided at the Trial, suMmed: up.the whole in a
candid and humane charge to the -Jury. Aboui a
quarter after one, the Jury-inclosed in the robing_
room, and in a short time returned a verditl,, all in
One voice finding the Pannt-l•• Not. Grillt.);: • The
Panne! was then assoilzied simpiiiirer, and dismissed
from the bar.

A Ricii WHE EL—Third Day's Drawing will be
to-morrow morning at nine o'clock. Tickets and
Sharesare selling by
_I-torctissy and- Co. No. z 6,
Cornhill, warranted undrawn, and will continue on
sale during the whole of the Drawing.
STATE LOTTER Y.—Thc following Nornllers
were drawn Prizes above 201. on Saturday
No. 11,735, a Priie of 10,0301.
No• 235, it Prize of reooP., •
No. 11,919,a Prize of 5001.
Nos. 7,438, 10,714, 19727, Prices orzcol.
`-Nos. 379, 80.11, 10,12 j, Prizs. of 'col.
NOS. 358, 2,38 a, 3040, 33'3'4 4459, 5179, 60zi, 7625, 9725,
988 s, 11470, 11,776, 17,2,49, ~,'7,463, 20,659, 2.1,195,
21,848, 22,054, 24,398, 24,427, nizvs of 501.