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London, England, 1823-12-08 00:00:00

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OLD BAIL- eifggSIOSS, DEC. 6.

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jiWit Turner'• ,a 128 18 years of age, was indicted for
Manslaughter; and. Edward Jones and John Smith, for
aiding and assisting therein.
The prisoners were arraigued on the indictment, and
then on the Coroner's inquisition, and pleaded " Not
Gui:ll* each Ilene.
'Mr. List 'kited the case, to the Jury. The deceased,
• he said, Milli a Istiy about Turner's age, nanied Thomas
Carroll. A dispute hating occurred between them, they
40444 to determine it by it boxing match, for Which
puti4.l they curt on the tiCittil of• October, in a field at
Llia4tun, and having depOsitied.l. each u the stakes,
Ono' sr:ripped and c6morenced -fighting, the prisoners
loges acid Smith acting as seconds. After the- fight had
lasted for some time, the deceased, who was the.taller
- boy of titetw#, received a blow under the ear-.that
brought him to the ground, from which he was carried
off senseless. He lingered for about a month, and died.
on the 25th of November. For his (Mr. Law's) own,part,
were he to give.an opinion upon it, he would say, what-
ever others might think upon the subject, that such a
case as the present was the most trifling case of•man-
slaughter (if he might so express himself) that could
occur, particularly where the eght took place with boys.
The RECORDER dissented from this opinion.
Witnesses Were called who proved the facts.
The prisoners called several most respectable wit-
nesses to character.
Before they liad all given their evidence, the Jury in-
formed the Court that their Minds were made up.
The RECOROIIIt said, that this was a case in which he
felt it his duty to sum up the evidence; the Jury would
then come to whatever conclusion they thought proper.
The rest of the witnesses then bore testimony to the
excellent character of the prisoners.
The ftlidoanEn in his charge told the Jury that if
they' helleVed the facts, the crime of manslaughter was
clearly established against the prisoners. He severely
reprobated the conduct of those who encouraged these
fights 4no' said that the public prints were daily full
of encouragement to commit breaches of the peace by
giving details of pitched battles'which were a disgrace
io this country,. and frequently ended in the death of
one Of die parties, who might otherwise have lived Lo-
be a valuable Member of society.
The-jury, after about ten minutes deliberation, were
pronouncing a verdict of Not Guilty, which words the
Fottiman had uttered, when
Tlie Its:tidal:it* interrupted him, saying," Gentlemen,
do 7.04. slisbelievethefactsrlfon ire on your oaths, indi
it is my duty en tell you, that if you believe the facts,
you areimund bj Bite to find did prisoners guilty."'
(St rile Jury said-..“ We consider that:
they wire instsfsalilo,,
Ittediaiiiiitvey teem lox justifiable they were engaged in an
ilicgriFtcsiesitenan Mom Era to last
Torentrar..odey ;Po retire, my Lord ? •
Recoatiza.—Certainly, Gentlemen, retire by all meeaL
Tlfe:Stirt Wen codeulted• for a few minutes longer in their bdit.
Racoanaz.—Let an officer attend the Jury.
arenot going to retire, my Lord; our Wadi aro
Made up.
Clerk of the Arraigns.—Are the prisoners (naming them
rally) guilty or not guilt?? •
Foroshiletot guilty; and we wish to state Our 111111•111
vertittt. •

The ittconripa.—lt is not necessary to assign any
reasons.; yoo haft a right, by' the constitution' of the
country, to find whatever verdict you in your colloid
elites shall think fit, and it is my duty to receive it.
Looshi, then admonished the prim:men to take
ewroileison front the fatal consequences which had
lensed ivons their conduct on the present occasion; and
flfdid being concerned in similar transactions again.
lift en the prisoneri had withdrawn rrOM rife bar, the
Aireiriart again informed the Court that he wished. Crs
make aiew observations respecting the verdict.
"Int teOniiin replied, that he could not hear them;
(ofhe Ili infringing the constitorlon of the toot-
try, were he to ask for, or receive, any reasons from 'a
Jury in justification of their verdict.

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.114 Vieth 6/fwd. nese Russian ships of the lino, of 110
all.dza gre, had been laid at Nikolajew, and* *Mal
erfWgurie hid- jos* been lanoched. • .
A Pterkit frigate arrived at Tenerife on the gth'ulti
froriitialt, with a tteii Governor. The BensieSitieditit
and all the other priges. were stopped-1i her; .4.-'7
A Eh* libeness if the Greek Bishop in his soben, erhd
was nearly sattificed by an issassin at ifrts Altar; it for.
Paris
mentioned, has appeared iii:altilli Oat-then% in
Paris with this tide—" 144-Canis. Archhibhup
,or Meru.
sale*, limn *at Bethlehem, asesesissateri at Paris; the
lO"th.q.Noyetitbir, laßil.
•L. -t iiimi.. T il •
A ig ..... ue ay night, a strong wind pre.
eand frofia the west, and'swept across the island, from
die Frith Sea Sea •tV the German Ocean. The gale eon*
trued, with some abatement, through the greater pars
of the day on Wednesday, and in 'the course of that
• sight it increased to a hurricane. We have accounts'
froth Liverpool, Rochdale, Halifax, Huddersfield, and
Wadfdri, it' well- as films the Craven district, all of
which concur in representing th• storm to have been
dreadful, particularly from thiee to four o'clock in the
/hording, when it raged with its utmost fury. OE the
' Laidishire roast, there'were many vessels on shore, and
it is feared that the, details, when they arrive, will be
. very distressing. At Liverpool, many chimnies were
blovn down, and several houses partially unroofed ; bat
;he rust aqiictiTe occurrence happened iv St. Vintent.
• street, Where two tares, the daugl4ets of the ItO. C;
WINSTANLIST, while asleep •in an upper room, Were
• busied in ruins by the falling of a chimney upon the
root; which burst thtougls nne their apartment, and
killed oni of them, a lobs' tpdy about twenty years
a age, on the Snot i the dleto who was die younger
sister, was happily extricated without suiferieg lizoth
injyry. At °tendert, near Halifax, a factory, free stories,
high, iellich 414,130Aing Halifax,
Both; for the
iiip,trre
purpose ef worm by spins, was esiditi,it Pi a so*.
At Hudderslishk Ha a the Wesley.* ChaOd 1414
reread cthfidetalt •
hew NIA,' i4lipi t,,,t4 buitams, .a/Nritegrty. com-
pleted Int' O. 1044 conoregatikin at that phree, under'
the MialttrYi4 tier Rev. Jqualt 04 tretT, bad one of the
principal tOf lath. tirtygt le brthe • violence of the
stlfiWgi**alitpetf.the g*efflovlfeltiittoye&
I elitism isp", ge Op negthbour. 4910 tf. Holm hill;
neor-Unkrwiagoernes topiain nanglas was leVelling his
_,.... - '44ve. -hid ?harmed the -tarsal.
--"abi 'at his hartst!, to

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