Star.
London, England, 1808-11-22 00:00:00

corß•r OF KING'S BENCH, NOV. 19.

The ATTORNI7i GENEItA I. moved for leave to file
a criminal information against Mr. Sampson, a Ma-
gistrate of the, County of Devon, for having, as it
was alledged, from improper motives, refused* to
grant a licence to a person of the name of Downing,
to continue keeping a public-house at Cplleton, which
had been a public-house for upwards of sixty years—
ar:d against the conduct of its occupier there was no
w.mplaint whatever.
The Court, after hearing the detail of the arcum-
stances, granted a rule to chew cause.

u: KIN‘; KF:ELINC.

The Defendant, a Clergyman of Leicester'shire,
was brolzht up to receiv,i the .Judgment of the Court,
for a Libi.l upon it Magistrate of the name of Norman.
The Defendant had been summoned before Mr.
Norman far a small debt for W:I,.CS, by a person who
hid been his servant in husbandry. Mr. N. adjudged
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the debt to be due, and issued a summons against
him; after he refused to pay, and had behaved rudely
to the _Magistrates because he did not immediately
offer him a chair upon the hearing of the case. Mr.
N. however, declining sending in a distress for the
mrmey, and it not being paid, the Defendant was
again summoned before the Magistrate, to shew cause
why a warrant of distress should not issue against
him. _Upon this occasion, he sent a letter, Lull at*
abusive terms, to Mr. Norman, and read it publicly
to several of his own parishioners. He had com-
ported himself 5,) unlike a Clergyman, that upon the
Magistrate saying he took advantage of being in his
house to insult him ; lie told Mr. Norman that he
wished he could exchange his black coat for a blue'
one ; and even upon the floor of the Court, when it
was suggested that an apology should be made, he
refused to comply.
Several affidavits were produced as to his charac-
ter, and he was stated to be a good man, a good
Christian, and a good churchman.
He was committed to the custody of the Marshal,
to be brought up on Thursday next.
Not% i \(< V. HORNSBY.

A rule having been obtained to spew cause why a
criminal information should not be filed against' the
Defendant, a Clergyman and a Magistrate, son of
Dr. Hornsby of Oxford, for misconduct, in convict-
ing one Ringsore in 73 penalties, for selling cern by
a bushel less than the Winchester measure. -

Sir J. Pocock had seized upon the corn of one
Ward, his tenant, for rent. For the accommodation
of the tenant it was sold on the farm,. and thrashed
out by Ringsore, the agent for Sir J. P. It was sold
in small quantities, by a bushel, fotutd on the farm,
which belonged.to Ward, who. rwards witnessed
the sale of the greater part of it, and took an ac-
count cf the ccrn, fixed the price, and made several
of the sales himself—Ringsore measuring it out.—
Ward afterwards preferred information against Ring-
sore for selling by this very bushel, and penalties
'ere levied to the amount of 2401. On behalf of the
Magistrate it was now shewn, that he acted very un-
willingly in adjudging the convictions ; that he . re-
fused for some time to proceed to hear the informa-
tions, till at last he was compelled by the threat of
applying to the Court, and that at last he adjudged
the Defendant guilty, upon the opinion of an eminent
barrister, Draper.
The Court, observing that the Magistrate acted'
without corruption, refused the rule against him
and finding that the convictions were bad upon the
lace of them, suspended their judgment till the con-
sent of Ward could be obtained.
THE KIND V. LIEUTENANT-COLONEL DRAPER.

'Mr. GA R ROW prayed the judgment of the Coprt on
the Defendint, for a libel on the late Colonel Fullar-
ton, of Fullarton, to which judgment had been suf-
fered to go-by default. The libel (as contained in a
publication, entitled An Address to the British Pub-
lic, on the Case of General Picton) having been
read by the proper officer, the Counsel for the prose.

cution, as the Dora:dant pleaded guilty to the libel,
put in affidavits merely to one or two points proving
the former actinn, &c. brought by Colonel Fußarton
against the Defendant, but which bad abated by
death.
On the part of_ Lieutenant-Colonel Draper, affida-
vits were read from himself, from Mr. Drew, his
agent, and from the Earl of Carhampton. As these
affidavits (the latter in particular) required answers,
Mr. GAnnow moved the Court for time to reply,
pledging hiratsel, on the part of the prosecution, to
give full and complete refutation to the matter set
forth in the Defendant's affidavits. Mr. GARROW'S
application ,A as resisted by Mr. Manny AT on the part
of Lieutenant-Colonel Draper. The Court, how-
ever, agreed to Mr. GARROW'S request, and time was
accordingly given.—The case will, probably, stand
over till next term.