Star.
London, England, 1827-04-02 00:00:00

BARROW V. RAMEDIN AND D9attB3.

This was an action against the above defendants, for
an assault and trespass alleged to have been committed
by them on the morning of the 12th September.
Mr. Sergeant 'FADDY stated the case.
Mr. Barrow deposed, that on the morning in question,
heating a not e in front of I is d.,nr, he went to the pa--
lour window, and thence saw the two defendants stand-
ing on the top of tt.e flight of steps common to both his
house and No. 24. On seeing him they began abusing
him, and shook their fists at him, and Captain Deedes,
drawing his sword, came and sti uck it against the blind
of the window whence wi ness was looking.
In his cioss-examMation, he hesitated to swear posi-
tively that Capt. Mt:des intended to have struck him.
Mr. ADOLPHUS, after some observations upon the
number of actions and indictments brought forward by
Mr. Barrow, proceeded to contend that the evidence
was so vague as to en itle his clients to a verdict.
• The Jury, after a shout consultation, returned a ver-
dict fur the defendants.

fired after the beeves-alit! ip, nor did his pr. •
go of. 'rho. Magiorflifs Clone to see witness nn
the following day. Witness was confined by his
wound froth the 11th of November to the 19th Feb '
He was wounded in the hip: He produced 'some shot
and wadding, which had been extracted from the wowed;
and also a portion of bode, which had exfoliated.
Osage Haigh gave nearly the same account of the
transaction as the last witness: He said that none of his
party had either sticks or bludgeons; there was no
scofill or fight with the gamekeepers.
John Lee, Thomas Stringer, Joseph Haigh, and W.
Smith, gave evidence to the same effect.
Mr. Benjamin Lockwood, a surgeon at Diton, ex-
amined the prosecutor's wound, and represented it as of
a dangeroits nature.
The prisoner, in his defence, said, he bad not fired
the gun at all, and that it went off in consequence of
its being muck by one of the poacherst who had pre.
,viously fired a gun at him; that the poachers bid two
guns and sticks with them; and that Haigh knocked
down one of the watchers with a hedge stake.
Hallas, James Elam, and John Hardy.watchers,
stated in substance, that the poachers fired first; that
the prisoner never fired; and the gun went off in con-
'sequence of its being struck with a hedge stake in the
hands of one of the poachers; that the poachers had two
guns with them ;that they were armed with sticks, and
that they offered to fight the watchers.
Several other witnesses were examined en the part
of the prisoner,who all represented the poachers as hav-
ing fired at the keepers, and denied that the pr isoner had
fired his.gun ; and they also stated, that Peasebad said
it was Hallas that had fired at him.
Mr. Baron Hot.t.oca. in his charge to the Jury. ob-
served, that there had been gross perjury on one side
or the other; and aftir expounding the law ausi tees-
p tulating the evidence, he concluded by staring, that
if the Jury had any doubts on the subject, they would,
sn A case so highly penal, decide in favour of the pri-
soner ; but if they sere satisfied that he fired the gun
without provocation, it would be their duty to find a
verdict of guilty. .The Jury, after deliberating about
ten minutes in their by;, found a verdict of Li:witty—
and judgment of Death was recorded.