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London, England, 1803-11-29 00:00:00

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COURT OF KLINIGib BENCH, Nov.B.
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THE KIN Q KALI. AND FIVE O,THEas•

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The Court proceeded to pronounce judgment on
the Defendant.:
Mr. Justice GROSI who pronounced it, observed,
that the Defendant, had been convieted on. the
clearest evidence of an offence which was very
.• dangerous to thepeace of society,,and liable to pro.
duce very had consequences in a populous town...—.
From, the circumstances disclosed at the trial, it ap..
peared that the Defendant Rail, was at the head of
a lawless mob, for the purpose of fixing a stone for
Bull.haiting,. a spurt which in a great town might
produce incitements to idleness and intemper.
aoce, and lead to serious breaches of the Peace.
That the lowest classes of men might be led to en.
gage themselves in scenes of this sort, was not:ex.
traordinary, but that a man of the profession of:the
Defendant, Rall, (which was that of an Attorney)
knowing•the consequences of such scenes, asVell:
as the importance of peace anti good order,. itwas
:not easy to account fur his conduct, it was, not
,easy: to account for the presence of such a man.on
such an occasion, -much less that ,he should have,
been the ringleader of such a lawless assembly.,
The Chief Magistrate , had most properly inter.
fured in this case, when the Defendant, Rail, in-
,stead of setting a good example to others,: by a
prompt obedience to thelaw, used expressions which
rather tended to encourage the riot, manifestly
pursuing a breach of the peace, And he even coon.
tenanted and, encouraged them by promising to in-
demnify them. From the knowledge and experience
of the Defendant, it might. have occurred to him
that by this conduti he might have led others to the
commission of an ad of felony, which would have
made them liable to a oapital and ignominous punish.
ment, and also that he, their adviser, might have
;been subjed to the same sentence. When the
'Court considered the occasion on which, and the
;place where this offence was, committed, the Court
!were led to doubt' whether he ought to be allowed
'to continue any longer a Member of a Court of
Justice. As this, however, would deprive him of
the means of cooing his bread by the profession to
,which he had • been educated, and as this was his
first offence, and it was to he hoped it would be
his last, that might oper.ite as a severer punishment
than it was the intention of the Court to infliCt.
'.--The Court having takeri into consideration all
the circumstances of the case, did order and adjudge
that the Defendant Rall, should pay to the King a
fine of sod, and be committed to the custody of
The Marshal of the Maralialsea of that Court, and
there imprisoned for one Calendar month, and ,at
the expiration of that period, that he should give
security for his good behaviour fur one year, him.
self in 2001. and two sufficient Sureties in tool.
etch; and that he be further imprisoned until such
fine be paid, and such security be given.
As to the other three Defendants the Court con.
sidering them as mere instruments in the hands of
the Defendant Rail, and that they had been misled
by him, allowed them to go at large upon their own
recognizance to keep the peace, and to appear in
Court when called upon to abide the judgment o.
he Court.

William Guard, convitted of a foul and corrupt
Perjury in an affidavit which he made in answer to
another which had been m)de against him, charging
him with endeavouring by bribery to corrupt the
Voters of a Borough in the West of England, some
time before the last general eleCtion, received the
judgment of the Court.

Mr. justice GROSE having expatiated upon the
enormity of ►his crime, ►vhich was an offence against
the. Laws of God and Mna in every State, and with.
out the severe reprehension of which, civil society
could not, snbaist,. observed, that for that reason
an exemplary punishment ought to be inflicted on
the Defendant. The sentence of the Court was,
that he be committed to the gaol of Bodmin, .in the
County of Cornwall, and there imprisUned for the
spare of two years, and then discharged,

sircßirFs, COURT, LONDON, Nov. 24.

CRINI. CON.

DAVIS iv. SMITH.
Mr. GURNEY stated to the Jury, .that. they were
called upon to assess the Damages in an action
brought by the Plaintiff against the Defendant, for
Criminal Conversation- with his wife. The Plain-
tiff was a Clerk or Book-keeper at the Gloucester
Coffeehouse, Piccadilly, and , the Defendant the
Proprietor of one of the short stages near Town.
The Learned Counsel expatiated on the dreadful in.
jury,a man sustained in being robbed of the affec-
tion, and society of a woman. with whom he via,
happily married, and observed, it was impossible
fora Jury to, give any adequate satisladion in da-
mages for the violation of his domestic happiness
and comfort.

The circumstances ;of the case..were these; it had
*t,first been .supposed that. the Plaintiff's Wife and
theiDefendant became acquainted with, each other,
in ,consequence; of. her frequently coming 'to town
in his coach ; but, although it: now appeared their
intimacy had subsisted, prior to such opportunities.
Of. intercourse, .yet .so secretly had they carried
on, their correspondence that no suspicion was
entertained of their criminality.. •In the month of
February last, the Plaintiff was. aillided with a
fit of sickness,. ,which.confined him so long, that he
lost- the, situation he had before enjoyed. On
his recovery, he .went, on a visif to a :relation,
and when he leturned,r retired to a Watering,,
place for the ,benefit ,of ,his. health, and took his
wife with him., In,the,monthof May
.he received
an anonymous letter, informing him his wife had
been unfaithful to his bed during his illness. Not be.;
lieving the imputation..on her chastity, and..wishing,
to discover who had slandered her, he wrote to a COn,
fidrntial friend to make inquiry into the truth of ,the
report. The result of the inquiry was such as to in.
duet Win to coma to; town with ,his wife, in wibue ,
virtue- he still-reposed,so much oonfidencesf:that,liej
resisted the impression,oievidenceofihergnikv which
would .have convinced any one mat so.Partially,aitp.l