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London, England, 1817-01-23 00:00:00

insinuations, mom= it-mosLailvisable to shrink
from the contest. It'veas *A* Consolation to the
nnwdestionably, to god so maarhOnontable •
men involved with himself id this indiscriminate
Inmny ; for such waiehe opinion enteriariNed*OV iTos
Bride's army by this defendknt, whn bbasted having,
devoted himself to its service, that in one earl of the
libel,refeyring. to the charge aptinst Capl: nicker, he
II t I observed, that if it was an offence, one half' of
the British army at Waterloo might have biten riund
guilty of it. His client WAS actuated by no merce-
nary motives, his fortune, his character, and lfis rank,
placed. him above such a suspicion ; but .he . had ' a
right to call for such damages as would appear to
the world indicative of the July's conviction of the
falsehood and baseness of the calumny. •There was
a delicacy in a soldier's feelings, a delicacy in a sol-
dier's honour, which, it was the duty of the Jury not
to overlook. Reputation was his fortune, charac,ter
his only security. With two or three esceptioni,..in
which wealth had been acquired as well aufami, how
few officers, after a long period of faithful service,
were Ale to say, that they had gained any thing be-
yond empty glory! Few of them even contemplated
any other reward, or had any wish so near their
hearts, as that the character acquired in defending
their country's rights and safe:y by their personal
skill and valour, should descend in all its purity to
their posterity.
Mr. Scoir, the defendant, lamented his own flefi-
ciencies in following a Gentleman of the Learned
Counsel's forensic abilities. Ile began by saying,
that had it suited the convenience of the Learned
Counsel to have delayed this inquest, he might have
had the advantage of the evidence of the Duke of
Wellington and Sir Lowry' Cole.
The UNDER SHeath informed the defendant. that
he had admitted the eublicatioa in question tu be a
false and malicious libel. by suffering judgment to
go by default. No evidence wile now admissible,
the object of which was to justify that libel.
Mr. SCOTT thought the plaintiff had very lit-
tle of the merit ascribed to him by-his. Cqnnsel as
being actuated, by no mercenary feelings, wheo.he
had laid his damages at afl,ooo. He should prove,
if it was permitted to him, that Colonel Warren
could have suffered very little or no damage from
this publication, because be had no character ,to
maintain. The defendant here entered into some
strictures on the conduct and reputation of the plain-
, tiff, when Mr. Scarlett submitted that this was to-
tally irregular, and was, in fact, adding one libel to
another.

The UNDER &HERM said he had abstained from
before checking the defendant, which perhaps'it• was
hie duty to bare done, merely from that indulgence
which was generally sbewn to persons wild pleaded
their own cause.

Mr. Scot.r observed, that he could prove that the
conduct of Colonel Warren had incurred the' ani-
madversion of the King himself, and was proceeding
to state the substance of it.

Mr. Sea:aLarr said, that if the document in ques-
tion could not be read in evidence, still less could the
dtiendant's interpretation of it be received.
One of the Jurymen submitted to the defendant,
whether he was acting judiciously with a view to his
own case, in thus attacking the character of the
plaintiff, when the plaintiff had no opportunity of
answering him.
Mr. SCOTT then declined to proceed fisher, arbe
was not allowed, in mitigation of damages, to stew
that the plainiiff had sustained = injury that could
entitle him to corhpensation.
' 'The ...Tory, after a few minutes' consideration, found~
a verdict for the plaintiff in damages, atsoo:
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01.D.Ba1taltY MISSIONS. •
.Iresterday.Joares Frames was indicted fcr robbing
James Judd, on the King's highway, of 1,00 shillings,
the_ property of his Majesty. .
Mr. GURNSY opened the awe for die-proseentioe.
James Judd was a twopenny pest letter-carrier..
Between five and siz o'clock on the evening of the
sth ol.November, be was in Bell-lane, Whitechapel,
having received money for the postage of letters to
the amount of £lO and upwards, consisting of eight
Al notes, and the rest in silver. He was stopped by
three men, one of when:, the shortest of them, laid
hold of his right arm, and held it while the prisoner
Eat the bar robbed him of the'property in question :
the third man WAS looking on. As soon as they got
the money they all ran as ay. Witness immediately
went to the Police-Office, and described the men,
but Dever saw the prisoner again until the 28th of
November at Lambeth-street Police-Office. The*
were several in custody at the Office, but *meek
readily pointed out thcprisoser from among themorts
being one of the three who robbed him. - 6
Samuel. Millet. mai' a .Police-Olfiter. bektiginic ti
Lambeth-street, Whitechapel. In consequence of as
advertisement detailing the prisoner, witness wont,
in search of him, and found Freeman walking to the,
street is Whitechapel, bemoan three and four o'clock
in the aftereoon, and took him to the Office. Judd
was brought to the Office, and as soon as he saw
Freeman turned upon his heel and walked awey.
' The defence of the prisoner, given at the Office,
in Lambeth-street, was then read; it was as follows:
I have aothincto ley. I was at home the whole
of the day on which I was charged with the rqb-
bery. I did not go out from three until eight o'clock
in the evening."
The prisoner repeated the defence he bad malt at
the Office, %ad called
Hannah CUT, who deposed, that she knew the pri-
soner. On the day in question she pilled on Mr.
Evitt, wherq the prisoner lodged, in Dog-row, White;
chapel, at three o'clock, and remained there until
eight o'clock. The prisoner was at home all this time,
and witness left him there when the went away.
C.roswczainised.—She was emarried woman, and
her husband was in the gun-line. She lived in Tewks-
bury.court, Whitechapel. As soon as the prisoner
was apprehended she went to see him; but he did
not then know for what lie had been taken up. On
the day in question, Freeman was employed in put.
tang nails in hi shoes, drinking tea, and talking.—
She did not know what business the Prisoner wa. in.
She very seldom drank tea with Mr. Evict, but hop•
pened to be there on the day Specified. Mr. Evitt
was reading when witness went in. •
.
• :,Diona Evitt lived at Nq. 8, Dog-row, and, hod
knows the prisoner for about eight asootbs. "id
-lodged with her, and was accustomed at times te be
.employed in making ropes. ,Shareecilksted,,thaten
the 4111 of Noveinher Freemen came , house, hes.--

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