The Sun.
London, England, 1811-08-10 00:00:00

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ESSEX ASSIZES.

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CHELMSFORD, AUG. R.

The ensuing Assizes for this county. nee likely to
fford'no great interest. The Gaol Calendar con-
larns no 'crimes of any atrocity. The itidges.ar-
fiyed laic night, and, contrary to the usual custom,
they went to church, immediately, and at nine
ko c this morning they proceeded to bnsineis.

CIVIL SIDE.

BiFOWTHB LORD CHIEF BARON.

HiswyrsON V. rfirt.trs.
This was an, cation by the keeper of the CaMeet?.
in .4tomfoid Jiarracks, against the' defenilant, 'Who
was a, I,jetitAirliit arid 'Aiding-1113,1er Of -a Aragdrin
regiment, for beating and assaulting Anne .Mills,
ThelerViint of the plaintiff, hy wlrictv she.was so
ninth bled; that the plaintiff lost the benefit of
her service. ,•• • • -;
' M liYA'fr, Who lertiot the prosecution, en
tat&ed. on the condo& of the defendant, who had
disgraced not only ttie character of a soldier and an
officer, but had &graded hirriSelf•as a man, by tan=
mercifully. beating a female:,• .The cause of: the,de,
lendant's condueit was, that the
,plaintitrs
_servant,
Anne Mills, had been sent to demand payment of
b,,en owing from the (I,l,nd:int—to
the.plaintiff upon •which' occasion the defendant.
not only thrust her out of his room,. but gave her
ii-veral blows, .the..,onsequen; e of was that
sit,• was greatly bruised, and a severe xescess hid
formed in, her side, which continued up to too- pre•
sent time. A master; he ob.,rVed, had .a right to
be'recompensed for the loss of Ins servant.; acid
he should'shew. in eviuence, that for a long
tune
t he servant in this case was unable to do to -r master's
business, and. that he was uaged to tire ()fifers in

her room:
Anne Mills, the serva.lt, was call-d, Sh,•,stated,
that she lived with the. plainttif at the Canteen,
Romfoid Barracks. On the' tot of April she went
to defendant's thorns', Ao demand payment of a bill
•of 31.:.5.• which was nut only refused, but the de-
tendant thrust her out of the apartment with , the
'greatest violence ; her neck was consequence
very much hurt, her side was bruised, and she was
ouliged to hive..medical assistariee. She hadhad A
'blister on her side for Several -weeks ; 'doring all
which time she h d net been able•to go on with her-
ordinary Ficeopat ions. - • • • "!'
A Medical, Gentleman, at Rumford, stated,' that
the was called in to her oil the 14th of Aptil, and
he, thett'fritiod 'the livia marks of several severe'
truis..s, and which induced hint to take ;ten ounces
pl,Lblond-from he'r,. and .she Ii is frequently coughed
tiO bloodl-toin that, period, which was evidently the
effed 'nl,ol6* brulses, she had received ; but• how •
those .brttises had been inflicted he did not presume
to know; . • . •• • • •
On crOss,exatninatiOn of Anne Mills, it appeared
that.'she• wait a servarit of eery exteiolue use, 'and
that
„She perfOrtned•inU,t of the cot-tie:me duties ,uf
-hetMaster ; but nothing api,esred toaffeil her tes-.
141)64, as to the injury she
,lad sustained.
• 'Mr. Serjeant BebT, for the defeednit, addressed'
the. Jury: a
asio the nature-of lbction, and observ-
•Act. thot the only damages they onght to take. into
-.their•consideratiOn- vas,the loss the master had sus-
:tained,by losing the
.sen'ice of Anne 'Milk; for all
the personal i9juty she-wn,11:1 be entitledto recover
in.another"adion.. Two serjeants of ,'title: regintent
were called to-prove !hat they,saw,.zoknoe Milts as
usual in her business,,ond oue :ot...,.f,hein said he,, by.
the, deleilda.t's direkito,,,/pai a 11-6-614, on Which
occasion. the planitlif shout; tittli-by'the. hand 'aiihe
represemative'; Of the• Lieutenant, ond ,said all. things
• were nov„itettlefl,, lot mother-in-la of the tle.7.
fendint was aiso called, ani she hi.ite..l cliat Anne
Mills ,s as very abusive, and that the defendant only

put .her gen ly.out of the room. •
The CNIKF BARON stated to lite' Jury that the
Medical Gentlenurt had ploved 41..1ue Mills to have
been lievetely bruised,--and there w4sLou iruputi• lo
on her ere,in as.to the causes of these. bruises. The
,hitiff by law was entitled to rut-over tor, the inss
ol her Service, and they would wmpenuely
asp. ss
the amount cat the thunages.--The Jury found ior
the planatitf---Damages tul.