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return found a verdict for the plaintiff—Damages,
Four Thousand Tows&
ICINGSLItY V. JIM.
This was an action brought by the plaintiff, agen-
tleman farmer, against the defendant, a sporting far-
mer, to recover diMages for a trespass. The defen-
dant was, it appeared, what is termed " a good shot,"
and whenever he went out with his gun did no small
mischief afnong the game. The plaintiff, for certain
reasons, had repeatedly warned him not to trespass
upon his grounds, but he still persisted, and on the
15th of November last. he was found with four dogs
and a gun beating up for game, in a field belonging
to Mr. Kingsley. Verdict for the plaintiff—damages
One Shilling.

SOWERZY V. YIELD.
The plaintiff, a gentleman of considerable property
in the county, brought this action under the Game
Statute, to recover two penalties of £5 each from the
defendant, a farmer, for having two hares in his pos-
session without lawful excuse. The case was clearly
roved, and a verdict returned, for the plaintiff for
len Pounds.

PENNEFATHER V. JANES.
This was an action to recover damages for an as-
sault and battery. The plaintiff was a man of con-
siderable property, and the defendant a gentleman's
gamekeeper. The parties had for some time been in
the habit of meeting at Hertford on market-days,
'and were constantly bickering with each other. On
the day mentioned in the declaration, the two met,
as usual, at the Green Dragon public-house, and, as
usual, a dispute arose. The defendant, who was
much the larger man of the two, having for several
minutes behaved in the most taunting way to the
plaintiff, at length said, with a sneer, " Come, I'll gi'
thee a glass to make it up." The plaintiff agreed to
accept it, and a glass of gin was brought in ; but on
its being handed to him, he threw it on the ground.
The defendant upon this took hold of the front past
of Mr. Pennefather's hat, drew it down upon his nose,
and in the vulgar phrase, "planed him: This was
the assault.
Mr. Justice Aissorr having heard the witnesses,
told the Jury the assault was clearly made out, and
if they gave a shilling damages, he thought it would
be as much as the justice of the case demanded. By
such a verdict each party would have to pay his own
costs,• and they would perhaps take care for the fu-
ture not to disturb the peace of their neighbours.
Verdict for the plaintiff, damages One Shilling.
YORK, JULY is.—CROWN COURT.
The Calendar consists of only 35 prisoners in the
Castle, and four prisoners in the. City Jail. Of these
22 have been already tried. A considerable number
were convicted of theft, and were condemned to va-
rious periods of imprisonment, according to the va-
riety of their criminality. Three were convicted of
manslaughter ; seven were convicted of burglaries.—
Sentence is net yet passed on them nor on another
convict for horse-stealing. Three were acquitted.—
' Perhaps the case of the last prisoner tried this day
was the most extraordinary.
William Smith, aged S 9, a tall, well-dressed, re-
spectable-looking man, was charged with stealing
two sheep at Claxton. The evidence for the prose-
cution was of the usual kind, and abundantly strong.
The prisoner's son, an interesting boy, read his evi-
dence in favour of his father. On cross-examination,
he shewed the utmost simplicity and innocence, and
consequently rather aggravated the offence of his un-
happy parent. Many most respectable witnesses gave
the highest character to the prisoner for 20 years, all
but the last, in which they seemed to be quite unable
to speak of his charaeter.--Guilty. The prisoner's
mother, a most exemplary woman, had been so agi•
rated by the situation of her son, that she expired on
Friday last, owing to her exeessive apprehension from
the immediate approach of the Judges. The Grand
Jury, of which Lord Lawn-Las is the Foreman, is
not yet discharged.

iideost Chistoes.--Yesterday Edward Gay, a
master chimney sweeper, residing in Park-place, St.
Mary-la-Bonne, was brought in the custody of Lim-
brick, the officer, charged by a poor woman, of the
name of Mary Fraulcy, with cruelly and unmercifully
beating her son, William Faulty, a boy 11 years of
age,, with a horse whip, he being apprenticed to the
prisoner.—The boy, after being informed of the
nature of an oath, stated, that on Monday last his
master sent him, along with another boy, to sweep
several chimnies, but finding one of them to be in a
very dangerous state, he refused to go up that, and
on his return home the other boy told his master,
who stripped off witness's jacket, and beat him with
a horse-whip while naked, until his body was cut in
several places, and covered with blood. As soon as
he had an opportunity, he went home to his mother,
who took him to a surgeon' to be examined.—The
surgeon attended in behalf of the poor little sufferer,
and stated that having examined him, he had ascer-
tained that his body was all over lacerated with a
horse-whip.—The Magistrate ordered that the inden-
tures should be cancelled, and the boy delivered up
to his mother. The prisoner was severely repriman-
ded for his brutal and -unmerciful behaviour to his
apprentice, and was then discharged.
Thursday James W. Smith, Esq. of Clement's-Inn,
was charged with intending to fight a duel with Tho-
mas Henry Cole, Esq. of the same Inn, when he was
bound over in sureties to keep the peace. Mr. Cole
entered into similar recognizances the preceding day.
UNIoN HALL.—Harry Sutton, (the Black) the pu-
gilist, was, yesterday, charged at this Office, with as-
saulting Joseph Price, a watchman, at Dock Head.—
It appeared from the evidence of Price, that the pri-
soner was in liquor on Wednesday night, and as he
was passing by the house of a Mrs. Leatherhead, he
struck the window shutter aad broke her windows.
Price spoke to him, and be threatened to put him in
the kennel. Price called some of his brother watch-
men to assist him to secure Sutton, but they failed is
the attempt, and Sutton escaped.—Sutton in his de-
fence said, he was sorry that he had assaulted the
watchman ; had he been sober he should not have
done so ; he wished to make all reparation in his
power, and when he was informed that he had broken
Mrs. Leatherhead's windows, he went next day and
paid her for them, and he was willing to satisfy the
, watchman for the injury he had sustained—The Ma-
gistrate said, that he was glad to see that he had a
proper sense of his conduct, and allowed him and the
watchman to withdraw for the purpose of making
pacific arrangements, which being done, the warrant
was aschargea.