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to fight for IL sett morning in an adjoining field. Pugh
end Dw went there intending to be spectators, not prin.
drib; but the old grudge was revived, and Pugh was
goaded to a combat with the deceased, who refused to
give its and was backed by his brother, to continue at
tie rimer a as hard as a brick," until he received a
bank down blow, which ruptured a vessel in the head,
and killed him in a few hours. The prisoners received
ma excellent character.
Kr. Baron Cletratow remarked, that this was a case
devoid of any thing like aggravation. The deceased
unfortunately provoked his fate by his own violence.
Luckily for the prisoners, this was a trial of strength
between the parties, owing to momentary excitement.
Were it one of those cases in which one set of ruffians
who have money hire another, and perhaps a less va-
gabond set of the two, who have none, to beat each
other for a purse, the law should undoubtedly take its
full course against them. As it was, the case was by
law manslaughter; but consideration would be had for
in mitigated character.
The Jury *opined the prisoners.
Mims &apex, a youth of i t years of age, was convicted• of
tattering two bad scremeigns, at the house of a victualler in the pa.
fhb of Bibury, and sentenced to twelve months imprisonment and
kull labour, and then to give his own surety in the suns of tot. for
ids pod behaviour for two years.
Fierier Meredith, a gipsy-leoking woman, was in-
dicted for feloniously stealing, in the parish of Westbury-
on-Severn, on the 17th of June last, Eliza Smith, an
infant five years old, the daughter of a farmer, from
the house of Susannah Hayle, at Little Dean's Hill, in
this county.
It appeared from the evidence, that the nurse, Su-
sannah Hayle, upon missing the child, bad gone in pus%
snit on the road which she supposed the woman had
taken • and Rosannah Montjoy, and Richard White,
proved that they met the prisoner on the road across
the forest of Dean, with this child, late on the day it was
Missed' She appeared to have treated it well, it was
snoring voluntarily with her, and she had provided a
bottle of water for its drink as they travelled along.
When asked by these people, who knew her, where she
bad found the child, she told two or three stories, of its
having been given to her to nurse by different people
in the neighbourhood of the forest coal mines, and at
times insisting it was her own. The prisoner was well
known to these witnesses; she was a half-witted wan-
derer, who had been turned out by her parents when
young, and obtained a livelihood GOD knew how, up
and down the country, by any sort of common labour.
bhe appeared quite fond of the child, and its clothes
were common, and unlikely to have induced any idea of
profiting by their sale.
Mr. Baron GA R !lOW, under these circumstances, asked
the Jury whether they thought this to be a case within
the contemplation of the law, which, he agreed with the
Learned Counsel bad been very tardily enacted in this
country. Here was a wandering half-witted creature
• rambling along the public road, where she was well-
known, with this child, that suddenly attracted her
attention ; she took it away probably from a sort of
doating fondness for children, which is constantly found
with poor creatures of this imbecile mind, who even
ex. end their affection to the canine race, when the human
species are not within their teach. A real conviction
under this law, he would at once visit with the severest
puttiihment, but he could not think this would be
deemed a case of that natute.
The Jury were sulk* of opiblon with the Court, and the woman
was actuitsrd.

George Price and Susan Partridge were indicted; the
former for burglariously breaking and entering an un-
inhabited house, and stealing therefrom a quantity of
wearing apparel and some money, the property of,
James and Charles Warner, and the latter as a receiver
of part of this stolen property. She was a person who
bad been married to. a man of some property, who al-
ittercd.her a handsome separate maintenance. The male
primer, though quite a youth, cohabited with her; i
and they had both been indicted, and had had a very
narrow escape from a conviction, upon similar offences,
at the last assizes.
The case being dearly proved h evidence, Mr. Baron Goaaow
ea* that he should recommend the capita: sentence of death which
was recorded, to be commuted in the case of the male prisoner, for
transportation for life, and he sentenced the woman to seven years'
transportation.

BRUMWRI. V. RA'

PULLING.

Mr. CHILTON briefly opened the pleadings, and
stated, the declaration was, that defendant, being vio-
lently and ill-mindedly disposed towards the plaintiff,
he committed upon him a most violent assault, by pul-
ling his nose.—( Much laughter.)
Mr. LtaiLow stated the case, and said, though it was
one of laughter to those in Court, it was none to the
poor plaintiff, being done in the most painful manner,
without a shadow of provocation.
Several witnesses were examined; who proved the assault.
Mr. PHILLIPS, in mitigation of damages, admitted
the use which a nose was described so pathetically by
his Learned Friend to a man's face; he acknowledged
it was at once an article of both use and ornament ; of
use.in this instance, becauseit was partly made a handle
for correction, and he considered .that the conduct of
the plaintiff, on the.showing of his own witnesses, to be
such as to warrant the use that-was made of his nose;,
he complained that the assault originated ins pot-house,
was brought here to occupy the more valuable time of
the Jury, instead of being sent to the S.ssions.
Mr. Loistow—No, no. .
.Mr. Phillips—Yes, yes. As the whole of the case,
was simply this; one called the other a rascal, and he
got a tweak on the nose for it; he thought he ought to
get damages and he felt convinced the Jury were of
the same opinion, retollicting, as they must, what their
own feelings would be upon such conduct—the case
was similar to one tried by a Learned Judge, who made
an observation upon it, which for their benefit he would
relate, upon a similar pot•house quarrel: the Learned
Judge, when he heard the Counsel for the defendant
say, .4t admit the assault, and I hope you will give a
verdict for the plaintiff, but hope that verdict will be
Ice a farthing ;" said, " Yes, he has a right to the far-
thing certainly, that he may immediately go into the
next oil shop and buy some soap to heal the injury
which his nose had sustained." (Laughter). Such should
be the conduct of this Jury t give him the farthing,
and with this advice, that the next time he would be
disposed to insult any person, he would first provide
himself with the farthing's worth of soap, and soap his
nose well with it—(Much Laughter).
Mea Awl cow*" a few Insmoste, and returned their verdict.
Damages, Ose
Mr. Lomow bored Ids Lordship would certify for costs.
Mr. Justice Sesaveast..-Catataly sou •

been • 11,4 Liiiipubtic-house, when
aS)esmetld and Dee challenged Pugh to
iced, although mach insnlted
and taunted by the former. The parties, however, ion-,
tinged their bickering outside, and some of them were