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London, England, 1815-06-19 00:00:00

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SONSISTORY COURT, t COMMONS, has 15.
BRAWLING ANIVQUARREI LINO IN CHURCH.
CANNING V. SAWKINS.
This was a proceeding at the instance of Mr. Wil-
liam Canning', Chnrchwarden of Rickli'ng, Essex,
against Mr. James San king. a parishioner of the sine
place, for goarriling, chiding, and briwling in the
church, the penalty of which is, under the Stature of
the sth and 6th rf Edward VI. suspension to a by.
man ab ingrersu eclesit, and to a minister, from the
exercise of his office for such' time as to the ordinary
shall ,eeni meet. The offence in this case was charged
to have taken place on the 12th of April, 1815, at a
meeting held in the church at !tickling, respecting
the Overseer's accounts, and on other parish business;
upon which occasion Mr. Sawkins, addressing Mr.
C inning in a threatening manner, said, " You are
an old scoundrel ; awl the next time ynu come to
ehurch. I will lock y'on out ; you are not fit to enter
a church t I will thrash you with my stick ; I will
fieht sou for a guinea," or to that cff:ct.
Mr. S.i wk ins gave an affirmative issue to the offence
so charged, and Sir %V. &mr accordingly suspended
him ab isrgresrle etcleria for the space of three weeks,
and cia, Jetnned him in costs.
JUNE 16.-FPRD, FALSELY CALLED HALL v. lIALL.
This was a suit of titillity of marriage, brought by
Ann Ford, falsely called Hall, against Wm. Hall,
her husband, by reason of minority& The parties
were mat ied by licence on the 19th of Apt il, 1812,
in the parish of St. M chat], Bristol, the woman being
then only 19. Her father, J. Ford, late of \Valco:,
Bath, Lied on the 42d of March following, intestate,
and apponited on guardian to his children, and no
guardian had been appointed by the Court of Chan.
eery. Tvese, and the other necessary facts, namely,
the want of consent and identity of the party, being
cicarly established by t'.e evidence produced, Sir
Scorr pronounced the marriage to be null
and void.

COURT OF RING'S BENCH, JUNE 16.
HADDINGTON V. BALLS.
The plaintiff. in this case, brnugiit his action to re-
cover £lB. 18s. f,r medicine furnished to, and attend-
ance upon. di, defendant's wife during her illness. It
appeared that Mrs. Balls had been long labouring
under a consumption, and had, in consequenie of her
ill state of health, been sent to Camden Town, where
the plaintiff, a surgeon, resided, who was called in to
attend her. Mrs. Balls getting worse, however,
chant'e of aiL was again recommended, and she grit-
ted Camden Town to go to Clapham, but stoppingp
by the way at her father's house, she became worse
and could proce, d no further, and her father again
sent 1.1 ti.e plaintiff, who at:ended and furnished her
with medicines ;ill she died ; and fur this attendance,
and the medicines thus furnished, the present action
was brought.
The deft nce set up was, that the defendant was not
liable, lie not having employed the plaintiff ; but that
his wife's father having sent tor him, the present action
ought to have been brought against him. The Jury,
however, decided differently, and found a verdict for
the plaintiff lor the full amount of his demand.
TAGUS V. KAY E.
This was an action of slander.—The Plaintiff, a
journey man baker, complained of an injury he had
sustained by the Defendant (whose servant he had for-
merly been), having used defamatory expressions re.
liming on his character, and imputing to him that he
was dishnnesr, and thereby preventing his being em-
ployed. it appearing,however, that all the Defendant
had said, was, that the Plaintiff was a dangerous man
to have in a house, and that he had not at all accused
him of being dishoneit, the Court held these words
were not actionable; and the I'l tintiff was non-suited.
WESTMINSTER SESSIONS, JUNE 17.
Coax BILL Kt •TERS. —Thomas Hobbs and Adolphus
.41).) stood indicted for riotous conduct in
breaking the windows of the House of Commons, du-
ring the recent debates on the Corn Bill, pleaded
guilty, on which Mr. ALLEY State 4, that aivernment
It id agreed to call on the Court for its leniency, in
consequence of the prisoners having evinced all pos-
sible contritinn for their offence ; and the prisoners,
on entering into personal recognizance for their good
belt ivicur in st 50 each, were discharged.
BON TR LET BSOG A liS..-11/11Ilmn Brindle, Patriel
lkyd, Richard Cullen, and Thomas
Mike, the five•sailor Beggars, who were found guilty
of so serious a riot in B Jul-street, on the 17th of may
last, and afterwards of an assault on the parish offi-
cers, were severally.sentenced to six months imprison-
meat for the assaults in the House of Correction.

Thursday night. about ten o'..loct, as At gentleman
was rass.ng through Bridle-lane, leading to the Shep-
herd and Sliepheidtss fields, Islington, a man soli-
cited ircli-t while the gentleman was giving him a.
shilling, the tellow threw a handful of mud at his
eyes. and call. d to an accomplice, who immediately
Made his appearance. The gentleman was then
knocked into a ditch, and robbed of se7 in bank-
notes, and some silver; they tint) kicked and tram-
pled upon him, and afterwards made their escape.
BOXlS6.—Monday last a battle was foaght at
Campsfield, near Woodstock, in the county of Oxford,
betwitn James Cos, a pavier, of Oxford, and
Green, from London, tor a subscription purse of'
ins. James, of Ensitant, was second to Cox, and
Paddington .Junes to Green. After 27 well-contested
-rounds, C. x was declared the victor. Another battle
afterwards took place between Yeases, a shoe.
maker, and a miller. This last battle was most se-
verely contested ; Keates vas the winner. An ins-
snense crowd of people were [Resent.

Fr.day, about eleven o'clock in the forenoon, a
large bullock, which had separated flow a drove is
Newgate-street, being closely puzbued, wok shelter
in the shop of Messrs. BALDWIN anti Co. booksellers,
in the same street z to,e parlour door being open he
walked in, where there were three or four Ladies
sitting at the time. wbo became very much alarmed
at the intrusion of the unwelcome visitor, particularly
as the room was -so small that they could nut stir
from where ,hey sa►. and the huge animal stood with
his head between them; they were at length rescaed
from dreii tit:pleasant situation by a drover who fol-
lowed bita int and taking bold of his borne, enabled
4,1410 to 'withdraw. The furniture of the apartment
was obliged to bestowed to admit tint AO tun round,
Ws* be ilelibetaoly walked amt.
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