Star.
London, England, 1829-06-18 00:00:00

PRINCII V. LAY AND Wirt.

This was an action of assault. Ttie plaintiff, at the
time wl en the alleged assault was committed, was a
prisoner within the rules of the Fleet Rison, and
about to take the benefit of the Insolvent Act on the
tollowing day. He went on the everting in q.: stion,
in company with his attorney, his attoiney's clerk, and
a creditor, to a public house in Fleet-lane, of which
the defendants arc the proprietors, for the purpose of
settling some accounts. Whilst there, they drank some
half dozen glasses of brandy and wa'er. When the
plaintiff asked to pay the reckoning, he found seven
glasses were charged for, although, as lie thought, only
five had been drank. He therefore rettasei to pay lot
more than the latter number. The orb. r two. how-
ever, having been called for during the plaintiff's ab-
sence one or two occasion!, the landlord insisted on
being paid for the seven, and seized the plai tiff's hat
as a pledge. An altercation ensued, an officer was
called in. and the plaintiff afteAwards recoveted pns.
session of his hat, which he found on a cask. He was
then about walking away with it, when, according to
the testimony of his witnesses, Mrs. Lay caught hold of
him, dragged the hat from his head, and gave him a
slap in theface. For this assault he brought his action.

For the defence two witnes-er were calied,who swore
that the plaintiff's hat was knocked off in the bustfe,but
so tar from Mrs. Lay slapping his face. she remained
behind her bar all the time. One of the vitnesfes, an
extremely singular man in his look and wanner, while
under cross examination by Mr. Sergeat.t kept
Orly new and again wii.king at the Learned Sereea:4,
to the great imusement of the Court. Ile said he ad
been a Lien-tenant cf %tines until about three years
ago, when " hittcommis.ion parted from him," but he
declined to tell how. kle then b.-camc a mercantile
desk until about five months ago, since when he h ,d
!seen " vegetating on his own prt•perty." The remain-
der if his cross examination was in the same peculiar
style, the effect of whit h was very much he.ghtened
by ve excessively ludicrous exprem, n sshich t e threw
into his countenance every time the Learned tiviveant
put a question In him, so much so, that ev4 n his L.,rd-
ship was unable to refrain from laughter v.lithr he c 0..-
tinned in the box.
The Jury found a verdict for the praintiff—D.t-
mese', 40s.

OLD BAILEY, Juwe 17.

Before Mr. Baron ticaucs.

Edwin Martin Van Mitchell (surgetin, aged 50) was
charged on the c'roner's inquisition with the ritai.
slaughter of Mr. William Archer.
Several eminent medical gentlemen were on the
bench, among whom was Sir Astley Curvier.
Mr. ADOLPHUS stated the case o the part of t"e pro.
secutiort; and, after citing the opinion of Black.tone en
the law realting to physicians and surgeons, called the
following evitferice :
Emerson Archer depoied that he was a silk mann.
farturer, and the deceased was his brother. On tt,e
10. h of May last his brother said he w..s better taro he
had been for several months pre.i.msly, the ugh he had
complained of internal pains akw days before. Tee
deceased went out, and on his retutn, three lit.ura after,
he complained of great p tin, and dent to. he down on
'the sofa. In the course of the afternoon witness p 'r-
' suaded him to go to bed, as he was extremely UreWell.
He gradually go; worse, and ahout five o'clnck witness
went for Dr.lloyd. Witness% brother diet on the 16 ft.
Brine his deith he set med t moons of what would
happen, and said that he had received such an injury
that he could not live.

Cross-examined by Mr. BRoDltscic.—Mr. Lloyd had
attended the deceased about two mouths beloie, hut be
had not been ailing; his spirits had be.n bad, in conse-
quence of the death uf his wi!e ; he complained that Isis
inside was not in order; had I card that his bmthe 's
wife had died of an internal dir:rder ; Mr. Vats
Butchell was not at the Inquest, and the •rriict was
returned in his absence; the prisoner was taken info
custody on the same evening ;' he had asked to see the
body of the deceased, but the request was not panted,
and no yet son on the part of Mr. Van Butchell saw• the
body. The prisoner came at an unreasonable time to
see the body.
By theJuoraz—Hiabrother did not walk home when
he left Mr. Van Butchelt's.

Eusebius Harper Lloyd.—Was a surgeon, and had
attended the deceased on the Sunday in question. He
round the deceased in great pain. The latter told him
he had been seriously injoted in the bowels, and said t e
was sure be should die. Witness's opinion, on exam-
ining the deceased, and from the report of the opera-
tion, was that he could not recover. The d. ceased died
six days after the Sunday in question. Examined the
body on the evening of bis death. Witness then de-
scribed the state of the body, and said the general ap-
pearance of the covering of the viscera was that of
recent inflammation. On endeavouring to examine the
upper part of the rectum, he found that much it.flarn-
motion had gone on, and he mild not therefore make
the examination he desired. He found, hirwever. that
injury had taken place, and that the appearances he
saw had been occasioned by violence. He consideted

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