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COPPOCK V. HASLAM AND OTISERS.
This cause was on the special jury list. On the names oi
the jury being called, only three answered. Lord Denman
directed that all those who had not answered should be fined,
with the exception of Viscount Grimstone, whom he excused,
on the-ground that he had Parliamentary duties to discharge,
as a Member of the House of Commons. The common jury
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name, whO was directed to enter the jury box. His Lordship
'then ;sent' into the Court of Fxchequer to borrow eight jury-
men, Ai& loan, after some delay was granted, and a jury thus
complek; Some little doubt was expressed by counsel as to
the validity of a verdict, in a special jury case, given by a jury
thus peculiarly summoned and constituted; but the Lord Chief
Justice at once overruled it, and ordered the case to proceed.
The Counsel for the plaintiff were Mr. Cockburn, Mr.
Kinglake, and Mr. Bircham ; and for the several defendants,
six in number, Sir William Follett, Mr. Thesiger, Mr. Platt,
Mr. Wordsworth, Mr. B. Andrews, and Mr. Naylor.
The witnesses, on both sides, having been ordered out of
Court, Mr. BIRCHAM said the declaration charged that, on
the 22d of April, 1843, the defendants, George Haslam,
Richard Southey, John Smith, Abraham Smith, John Payne,
William Lowe, and Henry Browne, at a place called Barn well,
near to
a
o .tb Cambridge,eplaintiff,did, with
James f orc ec oo fp arms,Coppock
c t
oc "
which
the defendants had severally pleaded not guilty.
Mr. COCKBURN, in stating the case, said the plaintiff was
a gentleman of the name of Coppock, who complained
of a grcss and cowardly assault and ill usage,
beat,
bruise,
for which he now sought to recover compensation and
dpaamr:iagmesebntyatrhyeaigr
agent. The
e dilefeenwdaanatas gheentwlearnsainnswtrbuoc bea,d long
been most respectably known in this metropolis as a solicitor and
Southey, practised as a surgeon at ambridge ; Haslamtd
of various callings and situations in life. The defendant, Mr.
formerly a butler for m
Cambridge.whohad
many years in a gentleman's fa-
mily ; but had since retired from that occupation ; and
Payne:had, for twenty-five years, been under-gaoler, or gaoler,
he knew not which, but had been dismissed from that employ-
ment. The other defendants, John Smith, Abraham Smith,
bitasbcihtaorfacfrteegruetontlyallvis7trnsgo,nswerew a s
Lowe, and Browne, were living at a place very well known by
Barn-
well, a place not very far distant from Cambridge, and which
though doubtless, containing some highly respectable inhabi-
tants was equally, if not ,more, remarkable for the number
of its low ones. John Smith was known as a gipsy,
and was in the habit of attending fairs ;
Lowe
Ile
was an assistant to his father, who followed the occupation of
orud
alluded
wereto in ti,. e
a nightman ; Brown was one of those called a gentleman at
large, and lived in this far-famed Barnwell. 'fhe circumstances
of the assault for which reparation was sought at their hands
were briefly these :—Mr. Coppock, as he had -before stated,
was a Parliamentary agent. In the session of last year there
was a vacancy in the representation for Cambridge, and a dis-
tinguished member of the bar was proposed by a certain por-
tion of the constituency as their candidate, and was returned.
On the sth of April a petition questioning the propriety and
validity of this return of this Host, and Learned Gentleman—
he alluded to his friend Mr. Fitzroy Kelly—and seeking to
have it avoided, was presented to the House of Commons.
That petition was ordered by the House to be taken into consi-
deration on the 15th May. After the presentation of this petition
the plaintiff, Mr. Coppock, was appointed agent on the part of
the petitioners, to support the allegations in that petition, and
wrench the seat from the sitting Member, Mr' Kelly. The
jury, he presumed, were aware that the duties of an agent in
conducting these matters were of avery anxious and responsible
character, requiring great discrimination, Perseverance, and
judgment. Mr. Coppock, in this capacity, had to sift out
and prepare the necessary evidence, in order that when the case
had to be taken into consideration, counsel might be duly pre-
pared to go into the merits, and, if proper to be done, carry
out the object fer which the petition Ras presented. To
t
end, it became his duty to go down to Cambridge and get up
the evidence in the case. In discharge of that cluty.,dmi thtaekinhg
of April, in the last year, he proceeded to Car"
1 rocrelegding with
up his quarters at the Hoop Inn, and quiet y p
us per-
his affairs. When there, of course, he had vario
sons to see, in order to take down their evidence, that
it might be submitted to counsel for their opinion. Mr.
Coppock's presence was nee e ily very well known in Cam-
bridge, as were the objects for which he arrived there. On
reaching Cambridge he bad, with a most proper and courteous
spirit, put himself in communication with Mr. Hancock, the
Tory agent, in order that, while each conducted his own case
as he thought best for the interest of his party, yet that every
thing should be done with propriety and a total absence of dis-
courtesy on both sides. The news of Mr. Coppock's arrival
of course spread like wildfire. He believed he (NIT.. Cockburn)
did not say too much when he asserted that all his movements
were carefully watched—he was dodged everywhere. The
excitement of the recent election, which had scarcely begun to
die away, was increased, if possible, at soon as it was known
that his client had arrived. He remained there several days, and
no secret being made of the object of his visit—and why should
there be—every one was cognizant of his presence. During
his inquiries in Cambridge it came to Mr.
Coppock's ears, that
he might perhaps gain some information most useful to his
purpose from a Mr. Smithers, who kept a public house in the
su •
immediate vicinity of Barnwell. He would submit to them a
plan of this • place and the localities surrounding it, the better
that they might understand the case he had to !ay before them.
If any of them recollected Cambridge, they would know that
the road from Cambridge to Barnwell passed along Midsum-
mer Common, near to Jesus College, and so on to the Maid's
Causeway. The Rainbow, the name of the public-house kept
by Mr. Smithers, was at the corner of a street which was, in
fact, a sort of adjunct to this common. On Friday, the 21st of
April, at about the hour of one clock,o
a Ir.
Coppock started
from Gambridge by himself,
.d A
of course quite
openly, to go to the house of Mr. Smithers. Now,
the chief allegations in the petition presented to the House of
Commons against the return of Mr. Kelly were for bribery
and treating ; and amongst them was a charge that Smithers
himself had received a bribe, and that Southey was the person
who gave it to him. Mr. Coppock having reached the Rain-
bow at Barnwell saw Mr. Smithers, t
-0 whom he communi-
cated his business, and they retired to a private room to talk
it over. Shortly after they had entered this room Southey,
,
one of the defendants, entered the Rainbow, and saw Mrs.
Smithers and asked if Smithers was at home. She
denied that he was at home. Southey said he was
sure he was at home, and that he had gone into the
back room with another party. She again denied it. He
then wanted to go into the back room but she refused him,
and when he tried to do so, Mrs. Smithers resisted him. His
horse was at the door. He got upon it and went from the
house towards a street immediately in the neigh-
bourhood, called Albert-street, where he fell in with Haslam,
whether accidentally or not, he (Mr. Cockburn) would not
then give an opinion. He however should show them there,
by his witnesses, in close and earnest conversation. Southey,
whilst talking with Haslam, took out a piece of paper and
wrote upon it, and this circumstance, coupled with another
fact which would hereafter come out, they (the jury) would
find to be of great importance in the case. This done,
Southey on horseback, and Haslam on foot, went down to
No. 30, Maid's Causeway, which was the house kept by an-
other of the defendants, Payne. Southey, after staying a few
minutes, quitted tke house, leaving Haim there; but

person heard what he required, he told him he could not attend
to him then upon that subject, but that he must go and find
Lowe (another of the defendants), and tell him that he
(Southey) wanted him, that he must come there directly,
bringing others of their party with him, as there was a person
there he wished to be watched. Southey, having done this,
left Haslam, and went back to a street which, though not
im-
mediately fronting the Rainbow, still was so situated as to allow
him ample means cf observing the ingress and egress
of every one. By that time those persons of a lower class,
who had been summoned, had arrived, and Southey pointed
his finger beckoning to them, on which some of them re-
sponded to him To one of these he gave a piece of paper,
and they went down together towards the Rainbow, when
John Smith stopped, and Abraham Smith went into the Rain-
bow. He asked Mrs. Smithers if Mr. Coppock was there,
and she replied, " No, he was not." He rejoined, " Yes, he
is, and I have got a letter for him," his object being, of
course, to make quite sure of him. Mrs. Smithers saw
through this ruse, and would not take the letter. Accord-
ingly, seeing she was determined, Abraham Smith went
away, taking the letter with him. In the meantime Haslam
and Payne had made their way to the Rainbow, where a con-
siderable concourse of persons had assembled. Nearly all the
parties were about and in front of the Rainbow. The house
beginning to get filled rapidly, and by a certain class of per-
sons, Mrs. Smithers, naturally enough, became alarmed,went into
the roam where her husband and Mr. Coppock were engaged,
and begged that gentleman at once, to make the hest of his
way home. Smithers himself, (the landlord as he bad before
said), seeing the class of persons coming into his house and
congregating around, recommended Mr. Coppock to leave it
without delay—taking Twiss's field as the best way for him to
get on the common, and thence by the public road to Cam-
bridge. Accordingly Mr. Coppock left the house by the back
way, and proceeded by the route which had been pointed out to
him. But no sooner had he got half-way across Twiss'a field
than it became visible enough to him that he was to be mobbed
and probably most grossly ill-treated. All at once a loud yell
was raised, and he heard the words " There he goes, there he
goes." Lowe and another of the defendants had, when they
entered the Rainbow, called for some beer and were then drink-
ing it, when Smith rushed in and called out " Bill Lowe
you are wanted." They both rushed out in an
instant, and then again a loud shout uas set up. Hearing the
shout, Mr. Coppock turned round, and saw he was hotly pur-
sued. Now his client was a man whose powers were not to be
despised, and he had no doubt that, against one good, strong
man—fairly man to man—he would give a pretty:good account of
any one who might dare to assail him ; but what was all the
courage aad physical force of an individual when striving against
numbers? In his coat-pocket, however, Mr. Coppock had a
document, which, to the cause he was sent down, as the agent,
to obtain evidence upon, was of the utmost importance—it
was, in fact, the deposition of the very man whose evidence,
above all others, it was Mr. Coppock's duty at that time to get
possession of, and to keep secure. With such a document in
his pocket, Mr, Coppock very properly reflected on the words
of the poet, that " the better part of valour is discretion.", He,
therefore, made for the ditch which separated the field from the
common. He was pursuedby the mob; and Abraham Smith, more
active than the rest, just as Mr. Coppock cleared the ditch,
sprang after him, throwing him down in so doing, and then
jumped upon him. Five or six others, who had rapidly fol-
lowed, were soon upon Mr. Coppock also. They beat him
about, struck him violently, and one of the ruffians tried to
tear off the pockets of his coat, expecting, no doubt, to get
hold of that for which, chiefly, such ruffians had been em-
ployed—the documents he had alluded to. Mr. Coppock made
the best fight he could, and being a man, fortunately, of some
strength, he saved himself from much of the brutal violence
that a weaker man would inevitably have had to undergo. In
the meantime, those who were the prime movers in this brutal
and blackguard assault of many upon one, but who, with cha-
racteristic cowardice, had taken care to take no active

part in it themselves, had gone round, and, following the
course the field took, soon got round. This was net

the work of more than a minute or two. Southey, Haslam,
and Payne, were the parties who thus ran round. Payne,
however, could not keep his hands off Mr. Coppock. Assailed
as that gentleman was by so many, he not only took part in
mobbing him and shoving him along, but ho actually struck
him two or three blows. Southey was also there on horse-

back ; and having, at all events, the, external appearance of a
gentleman, Mr. Coppock made an appeal to him to use his in-
fluence to sate him from insult and outrage. He appealed to
Southey, stating the manner in which he had been used, and
would"tloubtless be used again, unless he got some one to take
his part and stand by him. What was this person's reply ?
" Oh, you are a d—d Whig; I wish they had given you ten
times as much, and I hope they will do so." Haslam used lan-
guage a the same effect. However, the scuffle went on—they
mobbing and lugging him on, and using the vilest language to
encourage others to join in their violence. At last, after making
the best sort of running fight that he could they reached Bruns-
wick-place, where Mr. Coppock knocked at a door which was
most properly instantly opened to him, and where protection
was accorded and the police sent for. These were the simple
facts of the case. New, he (Mr. Cockburn) begged to inform
the jury, that he was not instructed to exaggerate this ease—
fl was not instructed to say that his client had sustained any
serious injury, or injury that might in its results be of any per-
manent inconvenience to him. Nothing of the kind. This,
however, the facts of the case required him to say that Mr.
Coppock had got on the occasion alluded to, what was called at
school "a ver) sound licking." But it was not that which
Mr. Coppock now cared about, although, of course, neither he
nor any other person liked a beating at the time of receiving
it, especially when it was as unprovoked as it was
cowardly, It was the insult to himself, to society,
to the law, and to the decencies of life which
Mr. Coppock desired to resent, and for which he wished
to make then parties pay. He would put it to the jury if
any one of them was a solicitor or agent, and found himself
called upon to act for a party, and did so without molestation
or offes:ce to any person breathing—if, as he said, in so doing,
one of them found himself hustled, his hat thrust over his

face, his clothes torn, and his person assaulted, by a set of the
lowest fellows in one of the lowest places in England—would
he not seek redress from the laws of his country ? There
would be an end to the security of society, to the transaction
of all business whatssevers •if an individual acting as Mr. Cop-
pock was acting, could not do so without being brutally as-
saulted by a party of ruffians. For every transaction like that
the party aggrieved had a right to expect from British law and
British justice the completest reparation. He should show
them (the jury) who were the actual parties engaged
in this cowardly assault, or who were the disgraceful
instruments to urge them on to it. He would show
further that on the day following this disgraceful transaction
Southey had boasted of it. He (Mr. Cockburn) admitted it
would be of little advantage to get a verdict and damages
against some of the defendants, for they were of that class of
men who, having nothing to lose, cared little what they did,
and he supposed their first effort would be after the trial was
over to get to the Insolvent Court as fast as they could to
pray for relief from penalties which would doubtlessly be
awarded against them. They must however fasten upon one or
two of those who had influenced them, and this he had little d,abt
of being able clearly to do. Those were the persons who ought
to be made to pay for thus inciting people to outrage and vio-
lence upon an unoffending man. He was satisfied there
could be but one feeling amongst Englishmen that
outrage and violence must be checked upon what-
ever occasion, or under whatever pretence occurring;
and that an individual in the quiet and honest pur-
suance of his avocations should not be set upon by a parcel of
ruffians, either to be made a laughing-stock of for the public,
or the victim of private malice or political revenge. What
solicitor, what agent, would undertake any business, if he was
to be subjected in the quiet performance of it to attacks such
as this? No one in that Court, he was sure, would admit there
was, or could be, any justification for such conduct. Haslam,
he understood, was, in his defence, to have the advantage of
that distinguished man the Solicitor-General ; others of the
defendants were to be assisted by the talents of equally distin-
guished Counsel; but he (Mr. Cockburn) did not believe that
any one of them would endeavour for a single instance to justify
the outrage which had been committed, and for which redress
was now sought. They might endeavour to show that there
was not sufficient evidence to link them closely and fully with
the transaction; they might endeavour to show that they were
not legally liable to the consequences of the outrage ; but that
they would attempt any justification of it, not ono of them, he
was sure, would dream of for a moment. He repeated he
sought not damages for bodily injuries sustained—he approached
not the jury with any exaggerated statements—but he did ask
for damages for a gross and unprovoked insult and assault, and
to such an amount as would satisfy the justice of the case and
vindicate the supremacy of the law. Whatever those damages
might be, they would never find their way into the pockets of
the plaintiff, but to some other source,—for personal gain was
the last object of his thoughts in bringing this matter before a
jury. His client brought it wholly from a sense of
duty, and not from personal gain, or with any
feeling whatever of personal vindictiveness. It might be said,
on the other side—why do you bring it to London at all ?—why
do you not leave it to the ordinary tribunals of the district
wherein the outrage occurred ? Ile could easily answer that
to the satisfaction of those he had the honour to address. The
fact was, that in all those Parliamentary matters—in all ques-
tions of elections, petitions, and the like, there was a degree
of local prejudice—and it occurred as much on one side as on
the other—which rendered it desirable, in order to get at the
full merits and do substantial justice, that they should be in-
vestigaLsd at a distance from the place where they occurred,
and amongst people who were unbiassed one way or the other.
In that Court personal feelings could not enter into the dis-
cussion of the matter, or for one moment be thought by any
partisan whatever to interfere with the impartial administration
of the laws. The simple question for them (the jury) to de-
cide was this : had there not been a most unprovoked, and vio-
lent assault upon the plaintiff, and, if so, ought not the de-
fendants, if proved guilty of it, to be subjected to exemplary
damages for the part they had taken in it, or the encourage-
ment
ed Withby thesevr. K
April, about two o'clock,
few
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baker at Cambridge. On the 21st oft
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confident of the issue.
Robert
1 went to the Rainbow. I saw Mr. Coppock there, and I be-
lieve he went into the back room. Soon after Mr. Coppock
came, Mr. Southey arrived on horseback. He dismounted,
came into the house, and spoke to Mrs. Smithers. He wanted
to know who was in the back room. She said, a gentleman
taking ale. He said, is Smithers at home ? and she said, No,
he is not at home. lie said, I know he is at home • and he
tried to push his way towards the doer. She went before hire,
saving, You shall not go in there, Sir ; the gentleman is en-
gaged. He then left the house, re-mounted his horse, and
went towards a street known as Albert-street. Before he got
to this street, I saw Mr. Haslam join him. I did not see
where he came from. I saw them both together for some time at
the corner of Albert-street. I should say they were there for full
ten minutes. Mr. Southey was writing something on a piece
of paper. Southey and Mr. Haslam then left Albert-street,
and went past the Rainbow, towards Cambridge, to a private
house, of a person of the name of Payne. Haslam went into
Payne. Southey came back from Payne's, after Haslam bad
gone in, and went again into the Rainbow. He inquired of
Mrs. Smithers again who was in the room, and again she refused
to tell. Then he left the Rainbow. A person of the name of
Abraham Smith then came into the Rainbow. This was two
or three minutes after Southey left. He asked if Mr. Cop-
pock was there, speaking the name in a curious sort of way,
and she said there was no such person there. He said he bad

Cross .examined by Mr. THESIGER—I do not take an active
part in politics. Ido not know what you mean by a passive
part. At times I may take an active part. I did not do so at
the last election. I was not on a Committee, and I did not
fetch up a single voter. I came up with the witnesses at the
time of the petition. I have not the charge of the wit-
nesses in this case. I eatre u t with them. We
are staying at No. 5, Little Smith-street. I cannot
say if we were all there. There were eight or nine
there this morning at breakfast. When I was shepherd to the
witnesses on the election petition, I was employed by Mr.
Gunning, but Mr. Coppock paid me. I received Si. from him
altogether for myself and my expenses, that was all I received
from him. I did not receive a farthing from Mr. Gunning.
Mr. Coppock called in Smith-street this morning ; that is the
only time that I have seen Mr. Coppock. He said nothing
to me about the evidence I was to give. He asked me and I
said you will know when I come into Court. I had not told
him what evidence I should give. He had papers with him ;
I did not tell him because he never asked me. He did not go
through the routine of the brief. If I had told him the Court
might have considered there was something wrong in it; that
was the reason. I had been told that if an attorney came to
you and examined you that would"make your case null and
void. I did not consider I had any reason to tell him. Mr.
Coppock's clerk took my evidence in Cambridge. He asked
me in a jocular sort of way, and it was because I thought he
was not serious that I did not answer him.
By Mr. PLATT-Mr. Kelly's party bad colours, but Ido
net think the poor Whigs bad any. There were blue and
white favours ; those are the Whig colours. I did not wear
any colours at the last election. We were taken to Little
Smith -street by the coachman ; we did not pay our carriage
up. I have heard that Mr. Southey is a surgeon, but do not
know ; I never saw his diploma. I was in town with the
witnesses on the petition for eight days. I had no more than
Si. from the commencement of the election to the present time
from Mr. Coppock or from any one else.
Re-examined by Mr. Kuval.Axx—l received no more
money from Mr. Coppock than the 81. '
Mary Ann Smithers—l am landlady of the Rainbow. I re-
member the last election for Cambridge. I remember a gen-
tleman coming to my house a month after the election. I un-
derstood it was Mr. Coppock. I saw him this morning. He
came about one o'clock. After he bad been there a short time
Mr. Southey came in. He asked who was in the little room. I
said I did not know. There were two gentlemen taking ale.
He went out and returned, and again asked who was there. I
told him some one taking ale, and he could not go there. He
went out again. After Mr. Southey had gone out, Abraham
Smith brought a note directed to Mr. Coppock. I said I did
not know any gentleman of that name. After that W. Lowe
and H. Browne came in and had some ale. They had not time
to drink it before they left. I went once into the room where
Mr. Coppock and my husband were, and told them that the
house was beset. I know 11,,bert Newberry, he was in the
house at the time.
Cross-examined by Mr. THESIGFR—Mr. Coppock was not
at the Rainbow more than two hours.

Mr. Tis ESIG ER—ls the man Smithers whom you have called
your husband really your husband? Witness—l have gone by
the name of Smithers some time. I have lived with him 15 years.
Mr. THESIG ER—Do you not know that he has a wife and
children living. Witness—He has children, but the mother of
them is dead. I have lived with him fifteen years, and he has
always behaved well to me as a husband. Ido not know if he
has a wife living ; I never saw her. I did not read the direc-
tion of the letter Smith brought. I did not know the gentle-
man's name was Coppock until about five in the afternoon.
He had been gone a long time when I he rd his name for the
first time. I have been stopping with the other witnesses. I
only saw Mr. Coppock this morning.
By Mr. PLATT—There was a gentleman with Mr. Coppock
this morning. I do not recollect seeing him yesterday. I
sometimes take in lodges s. They stay until they want to go.
Re-examined by Mr. COCKBURN—My husband keeps a
public-house, and has a license—we pay for it dearly.
John Viner examined by Mr. COCK BURN—I am a student.
On the 21st of April I was passing the Newmarket-road. I
saw Mr. Coppock running across a field at the back of the
Rainbow. 'I here is a ditch which separates it from Mid-
summer-common. Smith come out of the Rainbow and
went towards the fence. I afterwards saw three or four
persons in the close. I saw Payne and Newberry
in front of the Rainbow. There were numbers of per-
sons standing there. I heard Smith, the gipsy, say to Payne,
Is this Twist's field ? Payne said, Yes it is • go it, my boys, I
will keep you harmless. They then clambered over into the
field, and ran after Mr. Coppock. I don't know if they over-
took him. I went down to Brunswick-walk. It is about one
hundred and fifty yards from the common. Smith's brother
ran in that direction. I saw Tuck and Payne. I went to a
house in Brunswick-walk, and I saw Mr. Coppock turning
round by a brick wall. His pursuers overtook him, and one
of them struck him on the hat. They called him obscene
names. Smith struck him on the hat. I saw two ; ersons on
horseback, but did not see who they were. They all seemed
very infuriated against Mr. Coppock. I opened the gate, and
let Mr. Coppock into one of the houses in Brunswick-walk.l
Cross-examined by Mr. THESIG ER—I am not a member of
the University. I live at home with my parents, and can study
there. My father has houses in Barnwell. I knew Mr. Payne
before ; he is an old man. I know a person named Jarman.
I did not see him there. I will swear that it was not Jarman
who struck Mr. Coppock on the hat. He did not " bonnet"
him, he crowned him ; he hatted him.
Re-examined—l have nothing to do with the management of
my father's property. .
Alfred E. Tuck—l saw Lowe, the two Smltbs,;Mr. Payne,
and Mr. Coppock, in front of the Rainbow, on the day in ques-
tion. Mr. Coppock was against the door of the Rainbow. He
went into the house. I saw him run across the close, and
Abraham Smith chasing him. I ran round to meet them ;
when I got to the corner. I saw the two Smiths, Payne, Mr.
Coppock, and Mr. Southey. Abraham Smith knocked Mr.
Coppock's hat flat on his head. Haslam, Smith, Paine,
Southey, and Lowe, were present. Lowe pushed him about.
Mr. Southey was on horseback. Mr. Coppock said to him,
‘, I appeal to you as a gentleman—isthis manly conduct towards
me ?" Mr. Southey said, "I am very glad of it, for now I know
who you are. I have seen you sneaking about several times,
but never knew you." Payne called him a sneaking rascal, and
said, "You have offered 1001. for anyone to tell, have you not?"
Abraham Smith had hold of the skirt of his coat. Browne
was on the common. Mr. Coppock snatched away from Smith,
and ran into a house which was close by.
Cross-examined by Mr. Tusszoltß—l was bred a jonrneyman
tailor, but have given it up. lam now under instructions at
the National School to be a schoolmaster. Mr. Coppock ran
across Twiss's-close, and Abraham Smith followed him. I saw
Mr. Coppock jump over the ditch. I think that Browne ran
round. I saw him there. I saw Mr. Coppock this morning.
I told him what I saw first, 'and then he read it over after-
wards. He read what had been taken down before. Mr. Cop-
pock and Mr. Cooper's clerk were there.
Cross-examined by Mr. PLATT—I had given my evidence
some time ago at Cambridge to Mr. Cooper's clerk. I know
a person named Binder. I first saw Mr. Southey when they
knocked Mr. Coppock's hat over his eyes.
John Pulmar—l am a surveyor. I made the plan produced.
(The witness then explained the relative situations, with plan
of the Rainbow, the close, and the place where the assault had
been committed. )
Cross-examined by Mr. PLATT—I have a vote for Cam-
bridge. I have voted on both sides. At the last election I
voted for Mr. Foster. Ido not know Mr. Coppock. I have
not yet been paid my expenses, or made any bargain about
them.
John Haines—l remember 21st April, I was turning a
fence belonging to Jesus College close upon the common. I
saw Mr. Coppock on the common. John Lowe, John Smith,
and Abraham Smith, were about him. The men were kicking
at Mr. Coppock, and hitting him, and knocking his bat over
his face. He kept running about to get away from them. He
tried to get into Mr. Naylor's house, but he was not admitted,
and then he got into the next house, belonging to Mrs. Tweed.
William Lowe said, Hit the —, and kill him. The con-
duct of the men was very violent. They kept kicking and
knocking him about.
Rebecca Tweed—l live in Brunswick-walk, Cambridge. On
Friday, April 20, I was called down stairs, and found Payne
and Smith, and several others, outside my house. Mr. Cop-
pock was in the passage. He asked to be let in. He was let
in, and the others were kept out. Payne said, Goand give her
100/." Saw two gentlemen on horseback on the common. One
was Mr. Southey. I sent for the police. Mr. Coppock sent
for a fly and went away.
By one of the Jury—l saw no marks of violence on Mr.
Coppock's person.
Cross-examined by Mr. WORDSWORTH—Payne is an old
man but not infirm. I saw him, a little while ago, here,
walking about.
Susan King—l am servant to the last witness. I was stand-
ing at the door, on the 21st of April, at about three o'clock.
I saw Mr. Coppock come round the wall by Brunswick-walk.
There were several other persons, among them Payne and Smith.
They were walking fast, and I saw Smith strike Mr. Coppock.
I saw Mr. Payne strike him, and heard him call him a villain.
Payne caught hold of Mr. Coppock's hand, and tried to pull
him out, and when he found he could not do so, he pushed
him forward, an said, "Go in, and give her 1001. to forswear
herself." When lse came into the house Mr. Coppock was
exhausted. His coat was torn, and his bat beat and bent
about. I went and fetched the police.
Cross-examined by Mr. WORDSWORTH—I did not
see any-
thing that took place beyond the wall. I saw Mr •
Southey
. come round the wall.

Mr. PLArr then proceeded to address the jury for the de-
fendant Southey, and contended that it was a suspicious feature
in the case that Smithets had not been called as a witness. It
was perfectly inconceivable that Mr. Coppock should be with-
out a bruise had he been assaulted in the manner
described. There had been no surgeon examined, not even

the torn coat had been produced, and the whole Prosecution
was merely an attempt to put down Mr. Southey, a political
adversary. Mr. Southey had never laid hand upon the plaintiff,
and tould the jury gather from the evidence that he bad
attempted to encourage the other persons to commit this
assault. On the contrary, it appeared that he was ignorant
even of the person of Mr. Coppock. The witness Haines,
who had had the best opportunity of witnessing the transaction,
said nothing of the appeal which the witness Tuck bad stated
had been made by Mr. Coppock to Mr. Southey. Then was
it likely that Mr Southey, who never raised a hand towards
Mr. Coppock, would have rode before him to prevent his
escape? Was it not much more likely that the witness was
mistaken ? If Mr. Southey had made use of the expression
attributed to him by Brown, there was an end of the cause, but it
was only changing the pronoun we into they, and the expression
would be a perfectly innocent one. How was it that the
policeman had not been called to whom Mr. Southey
had spoken? Was it because his recollection did
not tally with that of Brown? How was it that. the
damaged hat had not been produced? The testimony of one
witness was inconsistent with that of another. There was no-
thing to show that Mr. Southey was a party to the assault,
and he submitted that he was entitled to their verdict.
Mr. ANDREWS addressed the jury for the defendant Hu-
lam, and expressed his regret at the absence of his leader the
Solicitor-General. There was nothing to show that Mr.
Haslam entertained any towards Air. Coppock, or that
he had ever seen 'sip prior to the day in question. The ques-
tion which the jury had to decide was, did Mr. Haslam take
part in the assault, or did he hire these persons to do it.
There was nothing to show that such was the case, and Mr.
Haslam was therefore entitled to their verdict.

Mr. Woanswoarsi addressed the jury on behalf of the other
five defendants, and contended that the assault was committed
in a moment of excitement. It had been supposed that Mr.
Coppock had come down to get up evidence to prove "bribery,
and it was natural to suppose that there might be some per-
sons who would deem it right to interpose some obstacles b.-
tween Mr. Coppock and his object. The assault had been
committed under a moment of excitement, and Mr. Cop•
pock had sustained no material injury. These five
defendants were all poor men, why should they
have been brought up to London? Why had they not at once
been taken before a magistrate ? Why, because it was neces-
Fary to join them with Mr. Southey and Mr. Haslam, who
were rich men and able to pay, in order to endeavour to get
verdict against them. With respect to the defendants Browne
and John Smith, be contended that there" was no evidence e

whatever against them. There was considerable discrefinii
in the evidence as regarded Payne. Now, he submitted to
the jury, that with regard to those four defendants, their var.
diet must be in Air favour. He could not but admit that
there was a case against Abraham Smith, but he submitted
that a very small amount of damages would satisfy the justice
of the case. The object was not to do Mr. Coppoek any
grievous bodily harm, but to frighten him out of the town,
and so prevent him from getting up evidence to prove bribery.
Lord DENMAN, in summing up, told the jury that there
could be no doubt but that Mr. Coppock bad been followed,
annoyed, and assaulted, by the two Smiths, Lowe, Payne, and
Browne, in a manner which no decent person could tolerate,
while he was engaged in a lawful occupation ; and therefore
there could be no doubt but that a verdict must go against
them. With regard to Haslam, if it were proved that IN per-
son was near the ',lace where a violent assault was committed..
violent, not perhaps on account of the injury inflicted. but on
account of the angry passions which it excited, and the terror
which it was calculated to create—and that person afterwards
expressed his approval of what had been done, it would be evi-
dence to go to a jury to show that he was cognizant of it.
With regard to the case of Southey, a professional man, if-titer '
considered the case proved against him, then Mr. Southey's offenee.
was of a very aggraved description. If such conduct could be •
tolerated on the part of persons like Mr. Southey—if au*
persons were to be permitted to excite the angry passiencee
persons of low and vulgar habits, against those who reigittlite,
engaged in a duty which might be distasteful to them, viike
would be safe ? Would counsel who had offended such a pal-
son be safe ? Would witnesses be safe ? Would itidgetVW.
safe? Would jurymen be safe? If they considered thecae's)
proved against the defendant Southey, it was a very aggravated
ease, which called for a considerabte amount of damages.
The jury found a verdict for the plaintiff against all the_dts,
fendants--Damages 250/.

COURT OF EXCHEQUER, Feb. 14.
(Special Jury Cases before Mr. Baron GURNEY.)
BECKWITH, GILMAN, AND OTHERS V. DIMMER AND GILLAN.
The action in this case was brought to recover from the
defendants-the 'amount of costs incurred in proceedings car-
ried on to obtain a Bill from Parliament for the improve-
ment of the town of Norwich, and which had been lost, in
consequence, as averred by the plaintiffs, who are solicitor&
in Norwich, of the negligence of the defendants; who acted
as their Parliamentary agents. The 13111 in question con-
tained compulsory clauses in reference to the purchase, when
expedient, of property within the borough; and in respect
to provisions of that kind, a Standing Order of the House of
Lords, made in the year 18.38, required that strict and
special notice should be served on parties whose interests
might be affected by them. In this instance this order
had not been complied with, and when the Bill had ibeett
submitted to the scrutiny of the Earl of Shaftesbury, as stand..
ing Chairman of the Committees of the House,, he had fts--
turned it to the defendants, with a marginal note expressive
of a "wish to know what entitled the parties to compulsory
terms." Notwithstanding the intimation conveyed in these
words, the defendants did not take measures to comply with
the order of the House. The consequence was, that the Bill
was thrown out, and this action was brought to recover the
amount of costs incurred in the vain endeavour to carry it.
Mr. MESMER (with Mr. Martin and --Mr. Addison) ap-
peared for the defence, and drew from the evidence for the
plaintiff inferences that there had not,•been negligence on
the part of the defendants, and that Mr.' Beckwith hadjoined
with them in their various proceedings, and shared their re-•
sponsibility. It was also proved that there had been an
action for their costs in this case brought, and successfully,
in the Court of Common Pleas, where the question of
gence had been vainly urged against them, even on a motion
for a new trial.
The jury, without a moment's delay, gave in their verdict
for the defendants.
FEBRUARE 15.
(Before Lord ABINOER and a Special Jury.)

IHISTLETHWATTE V. THE GREAT WESTERN RAILWAY CO*,

PANT.

This action, which it was understood was brought by the
plaintiff against the Great Western Railway Company for
breach of contract, in not building a bridge over the railway
that passed through the plaintiff's land, at Westbourne, ovt
being called on was referred to arbritration.