The Sun.
London, England, 1816-11-15 00:00:00

RRX•n. SIR WILOVM iDtt.l%, I.NT.

Mr. SetjeAnt iiKsT, tit attee• of the de•
fentlintprayed the judLyhytittif the Court
against this who u.,ki loom! guilty
at 13s; Stissp: Assizes, bernre Mr. 4) u..isp
guitßouoil, of ass.aillting peotg nuin MI 111 Cd
Under, at-Briaititini, on tin!. `274h of August last.—
Leartwil.tiericalit stared, that the motive of
his Erspoctable in.desiting hiinsvlf to ap:;.
peat, belose.the Cosirt .to rrixite At: Fitt it!'e, WA, to
hove oppao,iiiity of couti•atitetiug, the pariiut
statement .1 lit: circumstances of the ease, whicty
jsattleen published by the ptosecutut its the tiessi;.,

Niawrs.
From the Learned judges report it appeared,
that the trnnsaction had arisen in consvgitcnee of
a dispute between the prosecutor, a young Mali
;about 20. years of age, and the. defendant, us to
`.iirecedeney in the use of a bathing machine at
Brighton. on
.Sittiday ilinriiing the 27th of Auust..
It seemed the defendant had been promised bt
Wallis, the hather.i the next turn of bathing with
a machine, wbich was then approaching the shore.
A struggle took, place bet wren the parties who
should first get possession of the machine, wheat
the then occupant descended. The prosecutor' -
took his station on otte of the wheelsount the de-
fentlant placed himself on the platfornt of the ,
machine, for the pin pose of maintaining their re=
spectiveclaims toaccQinntodation. . Thu defendant
Conceiving that he had a prior right, remonstrated
with the prosecutor in civil terms upon his at-
tempting to force himself into the vehicle, but the
latter being obstinate in the assertion of his Sup=
posed right, the 'defendant wished him oil the
wheel. In the mean time the previous possessor;:
came oat, and then a tesii contention took place
tel the rivet bathirts. The thiendant po. •
!hely offered to accommodate the dispute, by say.
ing that they should bathe together. This pro.•.
pinta!, however, nut, being accepted by the prose
esttor, the defendant succeeded in getting rid. of
1.1121 rival moltitur moans impost:it. The Learaed
Judge ruled at the trial, that us. the defendant had.
had only.au .nssigomeot of the bathing
without act nal 1104SesSi011 at the time the st rug.,zie
took place, he was guilty of an asSault under the
cirenfirstances gi‘ en in evinenee.
'1 be defendant How pin hi the affidavits of him-
self and several respectable witnesses, she wing,
that he had acted as ealtnly as he could do, in the
atalut chance of his'snpposed right to prior accostra-,
mottation, having' teat poSitivelyfromised by the,
hashes thf. use, of the machine in question.
Mr. Serjeant addreised the .Court in tni.'
tigation of putrsament, and •
Mr; MAIIIIYAT and Mt. BOWE!' were heard in.
aggravation.
Lord EI4I.IitqIp,ROIMIT, in a•tone and manner of
the strongest reprobation, said, that the Prosecit;
tor had very great hick indeed to' get a verdict :air
elf against the thdentlatit ; tor had his Lordship,
tried the case, and been, aware of all the circuma-
stances which were new presented to the Coati.,
he should haVe %attuned up for an acquittal, His
Lordship concluded by sayings " Let the defend-
ant be:fined it Sitillittg."
'Die defendant forthwith paid the penalq, aaacl
was'dicharged.