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London, England, 1827-11-24 00:00:00

affair had made some stir in the village, and three per•
sons (Mr. Palmer, and two individuals named Aldridge
and Kenna), we, e standing with others conversing on
the subject. Emery had been in custody all day, and
had had nothing to eat, and as five o'clock approached,
Palmer went up to the constable with horn he was,
and said if he would let the man go, he (Palmer) would
pay the fine, if the man himself did not pay it in the
morning. The constable refused; when Aldridge said
to him, "Have you a warrant for keeping this man?"
The constable said lie had not; " then," said Aldridge.
" I do not know if you have a right to keep him; if
I were him I would not stay :" and told • Emery so.
Emery, however, thought himself obliged to remain,
and set out with the constable to go to the tread-
mill. On his way, he seemed to have repented of
his determination, and said to the constable, " If you
have no tight to take me, I won't go ;" so he took
his cart and horses and went homewards; Vise con-
stable merely taking the number of the cart. The
next day., at twelve o'clock, Emery went to the Ma.
gi.trates, taking the money for the fine. Mr. Arundel
said, he must pay 10s. for the fine, and also 101. for
the expences, for issuing warrants to take him into
custody, for having left the charge of the constable.
This sum Emery p •id. The Justice then asked him
if he did not see Palmer hold up his fist to him yester.
day ? Emery replied, he bad seen not:itch thing. The
Justice thin asked, who was standing about the Bell.
yard, and Emery told him ; he was then directed
by the Justice to put his niaik upon a paper which he
had written, which Emery did, but no oath was ad-
ministered. Emery then thauftht the whole mattei
was at an end, and left the place. On the 10th Sept.
Mr. Aldridge, Mr. Palmer, and Mr. Kenna, were sum-
moned before the Justice, to answer a charge of riot and
rescue of Thomas Emery. They wtended the summons,
Ind at the house of the Magicrate they found Chubb,
the constable. After they had been asked some ques-
, Lions, the Justice said he would bind them all over to
keep the peace for a tiot and rescue. Ile would bind
them over in their own recognitmces to appear at the
Sessions. They replied, they were not guilty of the
offence, and were proceeding to explain, when the Jus-
tice said they had better reserve -their defence for the
Sessions. They were accordingly bound over. He then
turned to Palmer and said, this is the first time I e,er
committed a person for insultir g myself, but I will now
commit you to Exeter Gaol. P Imer asked why.? the .
Justice sad, for insulting him. Palmer ther, asked how?
and the Justice said, by shak ng Ili, fist at him
Palmer then requested to know who were the witnesses?
when the Justice said, I am Myself a witness, and so is
Thomas Emery, whose affidavit I have here. Palmer
then said he hoped he would aimit him to bail; but
Mr. Arundel replied that he would a t do so, but
would certainly commit him to gaol, and 'Palmer was
accordingly led away for this purpose. Now, Palmer
was a man of respectability and property, yet he was
in this manner led away to prison.
Mr. Justice BAYLEY observed,• that the Attorney
General hiving mentioned the names of the pairs, the
case would of course go out to t! e world.
The ATTORNEY GENERAL stated,that there were some
parts of the affidavits which appe fired incapable of con-
tradiction. He then proceeded. T! e Magistrate, it
appeared, soon after dismissing Mr. Palmer, repented
of what he had done, and sent a messenger to call him
back, and informed him that he would not send him to
gaol, but would take bail for his appearance, and his own
recogn:zances to keep the peace towards him and all his
Nlajesty's subjects for the space of one year. 'I his was
accordingly done, and Palmer was set at large. The
Exeter Sessions were held on the 16th of October, and
those men were to appear to answer to the indictments
that had beets prefer red against them. They had, is
appeared, two witnesses name] Hurd and Si ell, who
la ere, of course, to accompany them to Exeter. On
the night of the 15. h of October, Mr. Arundel became
acquainted with the circumstance, and was informed
who those witnesses were. He then sent two summonses
to them to appear before him the next day ; v. hen the
summonses were served, they sent word that they were
going as witnesses to Exeter. But the constable inlay med
them, that they must attend the Justice, and accordingly
they were obliged so to do, although Litton was 35
miles horn Exeter. The Magistrate took a paper, ex-
amined them minutely as to all the points they knew,
and as to what testimony they intended to give, and
then told them that Emery had sworn he saw Palmer
ho:d up his fist to him (Mr. Attrodel), and that he would
indict any person for perjury who contradicted this state-
ment of Emery. A bill was preferred against the three in-
dividuals, Palmer, Aldridge, and Kenna, hut was thrown
out by the Grand Jury. The affidavits further stated,
that some time before these transactions' Mr. Arundel
had openly declared his aversion to the family of Al-
dridge, and had written a letter to such.effect, and that
he had declared his deermination to have Palmer's
license taken awry, and to drive hini cut et the village
of L fton.

L'rd TiwrenDEN—Take a rule to shew cause, Mr.
Attorney General.

CRIMINAL INFORMATION.

Mr. BROUGHAM moved for a rule to show cause
,why a criminal informa-ion should not be filed against
John Crabbe, E q. and the Rev. Thomas Brooksby.
two Magistrates of the county of Essex, for conduct
set forth in the affiJavit of William Mayhew, wine
merchant of the City of London, who bad been
chosen assignee in July la- t, to the estate of John Ald-
borough, late an innkeeper of Chelmsf ,rd, in li,strx.—
The Learned Gentleman stated that the affidavits of
William Mayhew set forth, that he being the assignee
of the estate of John Aldborough, and a cred;tor to the
extent of 7001. had also paid 5004 to have a mortgage
transferred t•t him by John Archer, who, though he had
not made a legal assignment, had handed over to him
tide deeds, which constituted an equitable right. In
his character of assignee to the es ate, be applied to
the Magistrates of Essex to have the bankrupt's inn
at Chelmsford licensed, as he wished it to be brought
to sale, lying a valuable property, and estimated
as worth from 6,0001. to 7,0001. In this application he
was opposed by Mr. Archer, who had formerly been
keeper of the gaol, was now a conveyancer, and also
desk to the Magistrates, before whorls this opposition
was urged. The case was brought before the two Ma-
gistrates, Messrs. Crabbe and Brooksby, who generally
managed the magisterial affairs, the others being merely
Magistrates pro forma, and the licensing was conse-
quently in their bane's. Mr. Mayhew w- -
his application by two other Magistrates,
lan and Col. Bramsby, who urged his
ground that he would be the better m;
property, being under the controul of the
err ; such not being the case with Mr. Bacot
clerk to Archer, the clerk to the Magistr
wh-rn .'re sought to obtain a preference. Mt
said, if the Magistrates bad any doubt as ;
law, they had better take the advice of Cc
which Mr. Brooksby, the Clergyman and
said, " I want no law nor advice either.;
made up. My father used to say, that
crates had to do with law the better"--certainl

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