The Sun.
London, England, 1829-01-30 00:00:00

JUDGMENT.-,-RF.X U. HENRY HALPIN:

The defendant in this case; who had been Con,
victed,. at the Msizes at Gloucester; of a libel on
'Voting Griffith. the proprietor of the Chelten-
ham Chronicle, was again brought up for judgment.
The case had stood over in order to allow Mr. Cur-
wood an opportunity of conversing with the de-
fendant, for the purpose of inducing him to adopt a
different mode of shaping his affidavits from that to
which be had before had recourse.

Mr. CUItWOOD now again contended that the
affidavit of the defendant, asserting the truth of the
circumstances stated in the libel, should be received

mitigation.

Mr. Justice BAILEY then pronounced the judgment
of the Conn On the defendant, When a party was
brought up for judgment for a libel, if he InAisted
that at the time when he published the libel he had
good reason to believe and really did sincerely be-
lieve that the charges were true, that was a species
of mitigation; but the account which the defendant
gave in his affidavit did not at all apply to the
species of mitigation which he had mentioned.
Though it were true that the prosecutor had mis-
conducted himself to him (the defendant), that af-
forded no reason whatever for his imputing to the
prosecutor the crime of which lie had accused him
in that libel. What he might have stated in miti-
gation was this—he might have stated, if he could,
that at the time when he wrote the libel he sincerely
believed the main fact to be true. But instead of
that, what he said was, that he had heard some of
the particulars which he stated in the libel from a
man who was NOW dead, which was not a mitiga-
tion but an aggravation' of the offence. The sen-
tence of the Court was, that the defendant should be'
imprisoned in the gaol of North Leech, in the
county of Gloucester, for one year; and that after
the expiration of that period ho should find security
for his good behaviour for three years--himself to
be bound in 2001. and two securities in 1001. each,
and that he be further imprisoned until he should
find such security; and that in the mean time he be
committed to the custody of the Marshal of the
Marshalsea of this Court.

COURT OF COMMON PLEAS, J. 29.
GEORUE V. JACKSON.
This was an action brought by Mr. Edward
Wright George, an attorney, against the defendant,
who resides in Yorkshire, to recover a sum of
money for the maintenance of the defendant's son,
and also for money paid for medicines and medical
attendance on his account.
H. S. George was a surgeon, and brother to
the plaintiff. Ile recollected young Jackson's illness
last year. He laboured under typhus fever, and was
seriously ill for five or six weeks; during all that
period he required constant medical attention.
Mr. Serjeant CRoss—Come, now, we have not
yet heard who this young Mr. Jackson is. Tell us
who and what he is ? He is a great hopper.--
(Laughter.)
The LORD CHIEF JUSTICE.---A great what ?
Mr. Serjeant CROSS--Not a hop-merchant, my Lord;
but a great hopper and runner.
Witness--Yes.
Mr. Serjeant CRoss--And your brother, I be-
lieve, is on the turf ? Yes, a little.
The LORD CHIEF JUSTICE.--And the young
man hops on the turf ? (Laughter.)
Mr. Serjeant CRoss—Young Jackson was matched,
was he nut, against another Yorkshire runner, of
the name of Greig, for 3001. aside ? He was.
Mr. Serjeant CROSS--Your brother was training
him, I believe, at the time he fell ill ? He was.
Mr. Serjeant CROSS—Now, Sir, was it not de-
termined that it was to be " a done thing ? (A
laugh.) I understood so : in fact, it was deter-
mined that it should be a decided " cross." (In-
creased laughter.)
Mr. Serjeant CROSS—That is, it was deeided
beforehand that the match was to be lost ? Yes.
Mr. Serjeant CRoss—And Jackson was to be the
loser ? Yes. ( Laughter.)
Mr. Serjeant CROSS—Now, Sir, upon your oath,
did not the plaintiff apply to you to put a blister
upon Jackson's knee, to afford him an excuse for
losing the race ? (Great laughter.) He did.
The LORD CHIEF JosTicc--That was to enable
him to lose the race without losing his honour.
(Laughter.) I was asked: to put applications of
some description to his knees to produce inflamma-
tion; but I declined to do so, and told them that it
would be discovered.
Mr. Serjeant CRoss—And were you not also
asked to administer emetics for the same purpose ?
I was spoken to about giving him a pill. (Roars
of laughter.)
Mr. Serjeant CROSS—To act as an emetic ? Yes,
I believe so.
Mr. Serjeant CRoss—And to be forthcoming on
the course? (Renewed laughter.) I suppose so.
The LORD CHIEF JUSTICE—Not to accelerate his
motion, then ?—(Laughter.) Mr. Serjeant CRoss
—I fear not, my Lord. But I refused to do any
thing of the kind.
The LORD CHIFF JUSTICE—YOU did very right,
Sir.
Mr. Serjeant CROSS --Your brother would have
made a handsome sum by betting against Jackson,
would he not ? If the thing had gone off right as
it was arranged, he expected, 1 believe, to clear
SOU or 9001.
Mr. Serjeant CROSS—That is, if Jackson con-
trived to lose according to arrangement ? Yes.
Mr. Serjeant CRoss--I believe the man who
backs a runner, like a man who keeps racers, always
pays for the training. So I understand.
Mr. Serjeant CRoss—Now just tell us the course
observed towards this man while training. He was
fed en toasted bread and sherry, and took many
other things.
Mr. Serjeant CROSS—And this course was adopted
to get him into a condition to lose ? such was the
object.
Mr. Serjeant CRoss--You gave the young man
a great quantity of salts, did you not ? No, I gave
him none; but I understand he was given a great
quantity : young Jackson told me se.
Mr. Serjeant CRoss—Now, have you any doubt
that this kind of training it was which brought on the
typhus fever P I think the training, coupled with
anxiety of mind, did bring on typhus fever. •
The LORD CHIEF JUSTICE here put it to his bro-
ther Wilde, if he thought, he could go on with this
case ? Mr. Serjeant WILDE said, he would submit
to be nonsuited.
Mr. Seijeant CROSS stated, that the plaintiff
charged for this young man's board at the rate of
6001. a-year, besides the other expenses.
The LORD CHIEF JUSTICE expressed a hope, that
after this exposure no gentleman of character or ho-
nour would ever lay a wager on matches of this
description, as they might be perfectly certain of
being cheated.--Plaintiff nonsuited.

ARAB WoNtEN.—The Arab women on the
banks of the Nile add to delicacy of form and natural cle •
gene's, a striking simplicity of dress. The poorest wear
nothing but a long blue ehemisn, with a veil of the same
colour—one collier of which veil they hold in their months,
when they meet any men, especially Europeans. A large
mask of tack taffeta covers the faces of the richer females,
leaving nothing to he seen but the eyes and the forehead.—
Ear-rings, several necklaces of shells or paste, intermingled
with ;mulcts of silver or of polished copper, bracelets va-
rious and multiplied : the shin, the hands, and a part of
the arms, tatoocd with blue, the eye-lashes tinged with
black ; such are the particulars which Complete the dress
of an Arab female, and which, notwithstanding their appa-
rent fintasticllness, produce an original and graceful
ensemble.