Star.
London, England, 1824-01-15 00:00:00

LONDUY SESaIONS.

Thomas, Selby, the driver of one of Messrs. Whit-
bread's drays, was indicted for a wanton assault upon
John Clements, a fishmonger' at Slough, and on his.
son Henry. a.childnot three years old.
The 13th of November, the piosecutor was in a light
cart, and his child was sleeping at the bottom of it.
Upon turning out of one of the .streets into Fish-street-
bill, perceiving a sufficient space between• two drays, he
I drove into the line, and was proceeding towards Lon-
Is/on-bridge, when the defendant, the driver of the se-
cond dray, wishing to regain his position closeuiu the
rear of his companion, availed hmiselt of an opening
bet wee n the prosecutor's vehicle and the footway, drove
:in his horses, and locked the fore part of his dray in the
wheel of the cart. The prosecutor entreated him to
stop, and he did so for an instant ; but before the wheel
'Could be disentangled, the defendant again moved for-
ward, saying ll—n you, I have got you now ;if you
-don't get your cart out of 'the way, I'll tear it to pieces."
'This threat he nearly accomplished; the wheel of the
coniplainant7s cart was shattered to atoms,' the horse
thrown down in the road, both the shafts broken, and
the sleeping-infant chucked out; fortunately, however,
he was caught by his father. Such was the evidence
liven by the prosecutor and his wife, who were walking
on the foot pavement by the 'side of the art when the
affair happened ; and their story was fully corroborated.
by Mr. Barnes, a tradesman in Botolph-lane.
Mr. Flint, the haberdasher, on Fish-street-hill, who
had Witnessed the whole.of the affair from his drawing-.
room. window, described the defendant's conduct to be
most wanton, and unfeeling; he whipped his horses,
though the dray was entangled With- the cart, and ap-
peared to be laughing and...leering,* the expostulations
'of thckystanders. Mr. Barnes and himself, he said,
had - --ith thr contplainaht to the bre- house the

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gating him, not being l;lo,4oake him comprehend
:pteeisely the nature o, his question, on putting it to him,
the third time, added indignantly., " Sir, I speak plain
angligh, though I do not use such Kne words as you do?
and. talk ahout infants being propelled-from a care, d,
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sucstufras we have just heat d, .
Mr. Flint:—Sir, T am not to be borne down sT .NlipiloitaiOlt
jnpolence and licentiousness of Counsel.
Mr. Alpt.pacus.—Nor I by the insolence of a is* wistoondnete 1
intself in the witness-11ns more like an.advocatetban a witness.-n
ve me your answer, Sir. 4
Mr. Pant was silent.
*Mr' iiackvraws.-r(after a short pause)-Well, Sir? - i
Mr. Flynt.—l am really so very dull, Sir, that I canpqs iinkdv-
ktand.your very intelligible languate. • .
blr. Aimt.viiu.s.—You are, indeed, much duller Omit Tat ebb*
yo urse I f. I will ask you again, Sir— . . i ... , or-
e fotr. FTint..-01;0- very. well, Sir, as often as, yost skipp.—The
Miss Mon after wpsiletired to stand down.
:The Jury, without leaving the box, brought Ip.a ver-
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Idjct vf--quilty. ,
Thell.EConnimententpd the prirner to three months'..l
impilionment lath, House ;if c-Orection.

COUNTY COURT, LANCASTER, JAN. 3. '1

GREENWOOD' V. OLIVER. -

, This was an actin!, to,recover the arrionnw of two
several wagers, made between the parties, as follow : The
defendant betted the plaintiff five guineas to one guinea
upon the race of 25 guineas' stakes to be run for at
Xnutsford, on the 31st 'of July last, taking General Mina
against the field, ".play or pay,"•and the plaintiff' betted,
ithe defendant 251. to 51 on a race for a 50 guineas' slakes
to be run on the same clay, taking General. Mina against
„Squib, 44 play or pay." The wagers were made on the
19th of July last, and reduced into writing by the, dew
fendant, who, as well as the plaintiff, signed the memo-
randum. General Mina did not start in the first race,
nor, as was observed, by onk of the advocates, did Squib
go ojin the last, con-sequently- the defendant lost both
;the Wagers. The defendant relied upon a declaration
That be would. be off the wagers, which declaration was
proved to have been made to. the holder of the memo-
randum about an hour and a half previous to the races
being run; and•when it was known that General. Mina
Would-not start for the 25 guineas' stakes, but the
'Learned Assessor, John Addison, jun. Esquire, con-
!sidered the defence insufficient; he said the defendant
must not be allowed to lie by for the space of eight or
itpn days, and Then, upon finding that the odds were
laytst hiM, rescind the agreement, which, at the time
iqf the making it, was. as fair as suck transactions in
,general are, and, in answer: trr a question the Jury,
,whether a party could not declare. off a wager at any
,moment •befote, the race upon which it depended was
,r4AP, the Learned Assessor ohsarved, that upon a play
!Qr:pay, bet he apprehended not. L certainly might be
4cine,any. reasonable time beim e the race, it the chances
,rleraiaineci the. same a, when tlw. wage, scar made, but
fter.tbere was an alteration in the chances, be. ttintight
;it was too late, and, in. this case, the defendant knew,,
when he declared citF, that•the horse which he bad bet
upon would not run.—Verilict iQf the plaintiff.

had gone with the complainant to the brewhouse the.
'next day, but were unable to obtain even the expenses_ i
of the repairs of the cart.,
Itin-ApoLnws .a. 414 Mr..c11.4.N.43 PIULLIPB for the,
dafanding,cross-eFtiminsidichit witaasses, and established
die *4 that no ukturthatilriansgstained either by. the
Ather or the child. In the course of the cross-exami-
nation of Mr. Flint, Mc. -Asdnlptbus, who was interto-