Star.
London, England, 1817-04-07 00:00:00

LEICESTER AS3IZE3.

The following is an accurate account of the fate of
the LudJites :

John Ciari.s Thomas Jothue Mitchell,
Towle. ✓oh,' donor. William 11 ithere, James Warm, and
John Crowther, were cJpit.illy convicted, and seven of
them left for execution $ John Clarke and James
Watson liav;ng been reprieved.
John Blackburs and George Skittnan,two of the Lud•
dices, were admitted evidence for the Crown.

Joha Sinter, also a Luddite, WAS ordered to be
transported for life.
Samuel Caldwell, a Luddite, being ill, his trial was
postponed.
These, with Toad e, who was hanged last year, and
one who has kit the kingdom. rue supposed to be all
who were concerned in the Loughborough jvb.
At the same Assites fifteen other persnns were ca-
pitally convicted, and received sentence of death, but
were ail repneved except three, one for arson, another.
for as atrocious highway robbery, and the third fOi.
burglary.
HEREFORD ASSIZES.
SMITH, BY 1113 PHILLIPS, VQ.

This was an action of trespass; tried before a Spe-
cial .lut y, and instituted by the Plaintiff against.the
Deiendant, who resides at iberglasuey, and is a
MAgibtrate of the County of Carmarthen, .to.recnier
compensation in damages, for an excessive flagging
administered. by the Defendant upon the Plaintiti,
who Weli then in his service.
A', r. Winters' detailed the circumstances to the
Jury in a very impressive arid affecting speech. It
appeared that the lad had been accessary with ano-
ther boy in filtering a small quantity of wort, which
he said was to make blacking ; and for this the a_.-
fenciaat, in a moment of passion,indieted the punish-
ment complained of with a hand-whip. The action
was delayed for some time in consequence of threats
which had been held out by the Defendant,. that it
Any steps were taken, he would cause the boy's fa-
tLer to be apprehended as a deserter; but influence
having been exerted to procure the father's discharge,
(which has lately been obtained), the action was
.proceeded in. _ _

Mr. Tatarrox made an able and ingenious speech
for the D.tendant ; and, atter an impartial review
of the evidence by Sir ALLAN PARE, the Jury found
a verdict for the Plaintiff, with £3OO damages.

LANCASTER ASSIZES.
ACADEMIC AV Nlslol

TUX ZINO, AT Till PROSECUTION OP H. 1190TH, 9,,
1111 El 9. ►JR. &MOURN, CLERK.

This was an action brought by a Gentleman of
the name of Booth, against thedefendant, who is a
Clergyman, and master of a graMmar eehool, in the
neighbourhood of W.irrington, for an assault upon
the sou of the farmer, namely, by inflicting severe
and unmerited eastigation.•
Mr. WlLLlasis st.ited -.the date to the Jury, and
produced evict:nee. to the following effect :—The
:boy Braith, it app.ared, together with his brother,
bath tinder the age of twelve years, were in the ha-
bit of attending the schwa of the defendant daily, for
a considerable time, which attendance, as well as it
regarded them and the school generally; was en-
forced in the strictest manner. One of the Booths,
However, having, at the instance of his father, trans.
dressed this rule,'he was threatened with the usual
punishment of flogging, and, according to custom,
his name was put upon a list kept for that purpose.
The lily upon that,occasion pleaded the duty he:owed
his father, and the chastisement was deferred.
The evidence then went to prove, that on the day
previous to that stated in the indictment, the son .of
the plaintiff was taken ill, and Advised by a physician
to take physic and remain at home. An excuse wai
in consequence sent to the school, that his absence on
that day was unavoidable ;lain the -defendant refs-
sad to receive the apology, and, upon the boy going
to school" on thelollewinig diy, he leas informed that
he w.:s put upon the flogging list. In pursuance of
this; the lad• upon the usual day received a severe
chastisement, the nature and effect -of which was
proved by a Medical (gentleman, named Kenrick.—
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This individual stated, that he ivas called in to exa-
mine the boy, and he found his back and loins quite
scarified, and the blood from the wounds flowing co-
piously. He considered the Rigging to have been
dreadiully severe, and he ordered spermaceti oint-
ment to* be applied.
This witness, being cross-examined by Mr. Scan-
Lam acknowledged that he was quite inexperienced
in flogging casts ; he bad never attended soldiers
who had been Bogged, nor had.he ever been flogged
himself! The back of the boy, he admitted, might
have been healed in about a foitnight, without the
application of his (Dr. Kenrick's):cataplasm, or sper-
maceti ointment. •
The brother of Booth, mother lad, and the boy
himself, deposed to the dteidlully revere flogging
which had been inflicted) but they each admitted,
apses their cross-examination,. that the last mentioned
buy had been phicedogon the flogging list, more
particularly in conies' ce of his dulness in gram-
mar, and his nollAttelatOlt to his Catechism. .1* hey
elan admitted, that a Isay placed *pm the flogging
'bilfose:the.clap heed tor its intim:ton. by
Itmd• condocis SIM ki and that not.only on the
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