The Sun.
London, England, 1810-03-22 00:00:00

CIVIL SIDE:

r . DUI4IARESCIUE sp. SHIPDE,RN. '
Mr. Serjeant SIi:PIjERD stated, that the plaintiff
in this case.was a kyoung Officer of,the
.Royal 7Staff
Corps, and-tkedcfendaut was the Mayer of Hytlre.
The action" was brought to recover a compensa-
tion in damages for-an assault committed by the
defendant on the person'of. the plaintiff. He had,
it was "true,, not to complain of any great pergonal
ojury,. hitt he expeeted a cothpensation . for the
wounded feelings of .this. young gentleman. lie
trusted ti.e Jury would by their verdict encourage
.this appeal to
_the Civil Law, rather thin haVing
reeoulse to that fatal alternative, which frequently
ended in the most- distressing consequences to the
friends and connections of those ,concerned. They
.Would recoil& ct how delicate was'ihe honour -of a
soldier, and that a blow wag- the most grievous
which Could be infliErecl on a man.bf that pro-.
fessiont as 'giving a -stain to his eharaCter far more
grievous thark-any wound. , He would 'now state the
circumstances of the\'case.--=,The
,he: had-
already informed then), was a yr.?ung-man not quite
seventeen years oflag., who had but lately bet;-re
joined the Staff. Corps, then quartered Hyt Ile ;
arid on the 20th day of July last, walking doV...e 0 the
,
street,
.in company with another ufuter, he passed
the house of defendant :Mr. Shipdern.
ed that -al-the parlour. window of the defendant
there v.)as 'a box t)f ragniOnette; and as the plaintiff
passed he'ylucked a single stem 'of -it; -tor •th'e pur-
pose, cif snockliOg. No soone, had he done :it ,but.
the defendant rushed Gut of -hfi
,house; and for this
, sole offence violently seized hint by the collar, arid
finally. drove 'him against the wall. ' It' fortunately
happened that Colonel NiCo'lai; the officer _ corn-
Inandinci the' corps- was within. view at the. time,
Aired although the young .gerrtleman was not in his
regrrnentais, he knew Mai. fps attention was called
. to; the spot:by the exclamation of hts lady, who
Was'accomranying hit* He immediately hasten-
ed.to the spot, and observaed to Mr. Shipdern, that
he eonclueted. himself very hastily upon l.vh)Oh
- Mr, S. replied, that the plaintiff bad c:.nductedhrrio:
self as -a boy, .aild roust be chastised as a boy. The
);.citing gentieMan felt, as might be supposed a
yoUtig _soldier would feel at such an insult/but at
the same time.fie had Ilia. good conduct to: submit
'to the judgment of his Colonel, who. promised him
-he _would. take care,that he-had lionourable.redreSs.
. .lrider the advice and guidance of that'-Honourable
Officer, he had brought -the present atlion, and he
-trti-troU the .Jury would, give tbitn such damages as
would tria,ric their di.approbation.ol, the condud of
he defendant. • -

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Colone, I%.;.icolai was called; uho stared the trans-
anion iii the same manner as the Learned Counsel
had don,e, in 'whieb he added, 'that
,he ii)fornied
Mr;'Shipdern, if any Officer- of the Corps were
was always ready to give
ev 'e'ry redreis w hich tit? as Comwanding.
.enabled"
him to - To Mr Ship-
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dem replied, lie was not-going to con4s`C'epci to
Colonel .Replai he thought, iiir:Oself. as. good a
man as
_theColonel, Cl'OS.S.examination, he
said Mi. S Saidir was the second; timeduring ,that
day that Co plaintiff had plucked sotne of the.mig-
tiontatv, hut he did not see that
.he had plucked a
large qui
. .
Mr. BEST, for .the
,defeudani, admittedl.
theta vi•rditt must be giveH
,ngaipr!,t Iris ciii,Trt but.
lie cootended, that the thoughtless and vexatious
thid of the (olaintiff brought upon hitnself the
chiyriseinent he had received. .
The LORD CHIEF BARON, in summing up, "told
the idry, that - Mr. S. hart a&ed, with less gravity
than facSme a man. in his office ; ,but at the-same
time there-Was'no evjdence to shew, diat he knew
the otaintiflbore his Majesty's commission.
The Jury fout.d for-the plaintfif:—Dantages is.
GREGORY ORMEROD,AND OTHERS.

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This. was- an. action of trest,a's for seizing the
plaintiti's gor.ds, td which the defendants, 'being
Sheriffs' Officers,' pleaded_in justification hat (hey._
seized them
.by virtue. of a writ of execution. It
howevpr KTeating that the writ expired oh the Sa-
turday, and they. kept ppssesiori until the Monday,
the plaintiff had, a verdict, and ts. damages.-

DILLY V. OLIMEROD AND 01.11 ELS.

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This, was another aOiion on thd sam transaction,
in which the plaintiCalledged the goods
.of
Gre-
gory, tlie,last Piaintiff,,hadbeen sold to hint- pefore
the writ of execution was It appealed in
idence, -that Gregory having a verdict against
him, at the suit of one flennel, a's he stated, sold
the goods'in -queNtiou to the plaintiff, to-avoid the
judgm-nt but it aPPeiired,.on,the-ocross-ex•imina-:
Lion, that Shepherd,, who introduced him to the
'parchaser,-„, was his .fellow-wiion;.ir in the-King's
Bench, andthat tte broker was -also a resident
vvithiiohe Rut s, and that, they remained on the
premises with Gregory's servant-in. the. -house 'that
C;egory. was .continu.ally_ himself there, qucl the
pltitutitrßilby was never there at Cincl,l-- these
efrcutiistanees, Mc. G.lrtow for tiredelendant, con-
tei.ded;,thatiAlie whole-waga fraudulent sale,: wi h.
a view to d'ovt Hdunel of• the fruits of his verdict.
Jury concurred' in the same opinion, aid
f Ind a verdict fur the -defendants.

_Ctiere was tiorhing.material on the CrTown
4ide.

A buo.v, stationed al.vletwo miles to the North-
-East of Bambord'i'lei Castle, was last winteafried
411,1ay in. a violent storm, acid fpund;_together 'with a
large piece of metal, which- served as an anchor,
• the sand oar Nova sebtia;

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