Star.
London, England, 1826-03-16 00:00:00

LENT ASSIZES.

KINGSTON, Masan ts.
TAR LINO ON Wit PrtrtsICUTION et war. RINRINE, talk
y. WM. CRAWFORD, ESQ.
. ,
This was an indictment against the defendant, a Ma-
gistrate Of the county of Surrey, for assaulting William
Kenrick, also a Magistrate of the same county, and
one of the Welch Judges. The defendant pleaded
Not amity.
Before the caw was opened, Mr. Baron GILINAIII kindly pro.
posed some mode of comproinieng the prosecution by prints ar-
rangement, bet without success.
Mr. Bowan, stated the case for the prosecution. The Learned
Counsel, after giving a general outline of the eircushotaines of the
ens, called the following witnesses.
W. Kenrick, Esq.-1 am a Magistrate of this county.
On the 9th November I attended before Ynyr Burgess,
Esq. a Magistrate,and Chairman of the Reigate division,
for the purpose of heating certain informalons on the
Game Laws, lodged by Mr. Crawford against my ser-
srant,James Beale, for killing game without a qualifi-
cation. The Petty Sessions were held at Dorking. When
the first information "was called on, I requested that the
summons might be proved before Beale was called upon
to appear. Mr. Burgess said, " Why so ?—you did not
require this to be done on a former day." To which I
replied," that the occasion did not then require it; but
it does now." Mr. Crawford then said, " Why quibble,
why give this trouble?" I believe those were the words.
My answer then was, 4. Your-summonses were then in-
time, but they are now out of time, and that Is the ob-
jection.* Mr. Crawford then said, " Never mind,
I'll prove the summons ;" and added, a" pretty lawyer
like objection," and I believed he used the word petty.
fogger. The summons was then proved, and the ob-
jection was over-ruled by Mr. Burgess.—The examina-
tion of the witnesses then proceeded, and I think, the
next cause of irritation arose from my asking whether
Mr. Crawford, had any property in the parish or manor
of Broom ? Mr. Crawford objected to the question, but
Mr. Burgess allowed it to be put. The object of my
question was to prove the character of the information,
and I observed, that as I considered Mr. Crawford had
no property in the parish, I thought his interference
was most impertinent and olficious.—He had laid six
informations against Beale and another person. Mr.
Crawford desired me to make an apology for the use
of the word " impertinent." On a former day I had
used the same word, and had apologized for it; but I
.refused apologizing for it now, stating as my reason for
the refusal,that I had proved be had no property within
the parish or manor, and not twenty acres in the county,
as the witness then under examination had stated, and
as I believed. Mr. Crawford then stated to Mr. Burgess,
that he (Mr. C.) had not been treated like a Gentleman.
I think Mr. Burgess made no reply, but I am not sure.
I told Mr. Crawford that he was there as an informer,
and as an informer I. should treat him. He then ap-
pealed again to Mr. Burgess for protection. Mr. bur-
gess addressing himself to me, said, " Mr. Crawfml is
styled Esquire in the informations." To this I replied,
" That if Gentlemen descend from their stations, and
assume other characters, they Must be treated in the
characters they assume. If Mr. Crawford assumes ano-
ther character, 1 shall treat him in the character he as-
sumes." I instanced several persons who bad assumed
the characters of coachmen and the keepers of gaming-
houses. I believe I mentioned other characters, but I
do not immediately recollect. I said, " Mr. Crawford
has laid six informations—he is here as an informer,
and its -an informer I shall treat him." Mr. Crawford
then again applied to Mr. Burgess for protection, and
said, if he did not protect him he should take the
la* into his own hands, which he knew how to do;
and added words which I distinctly understood to
amount to a challenge. That was the impression the
words made on my mind. I made no reply at all—at least
Ido net recollect that I did. Mr. Crawford then asked
me if I meant to apply to him the characters I had be-
fore mentioned. I said I did tilt. He repeated his
question two or three times; I said," You put it on, not
L If you take what I say to yourseT, you put it on not
I." I don't recollect anything to irritate us for some'
little time after that. There might have been; if there
was I don't recollect it. Another witness was examined
by Mr. Crawford, and when I cross-examined him, he
proved that he saw Mr. C. shooting over his farm and
riding through his standing corn.—Mr. Crawford said
Ibis was not the fact. I told him he was contradicting
his own witness, and that I could not permit him to do
so, for he well knew that I bad seen him myself on my
own standing corn, and over Mr. Howard's also. He
the° said it was not so. I said I had seen him ouself
two or three different times, and that nine of my work-
men had informed me of the same thing.- He then said,
"Do you mean to cunt:edict me?" I said I did. I had
just got up flomany chair at. that time, and went to
another corner of the room. As I turned round he
threatened to turn me out of the room; to which I said,
" Hear, hear!" or something of that koni.—He then
caught up the poker in his hand, and I thought he was
gang to strike me with it. I said. " Take ca e; be on
ytar guard what you are about." I think he again
threatened to turn me out of the room; but I am not
sure of that. I then said I should not be bullied by him,
or any other .bully. I added some other expression
wh ch I don't recollect. I have been since told that I
said in addition, "or by the spawn of a gaming-
house." I don't believe that I made use of that
expression. The whole proceeding lasted from
eleven until half-past four. When the second in-
formation was called on, I did not wish to dispute
aoything which Mr. Crawford could prove. Oo
that information a conviction took place. As soon as
the business was over, I went ou: to call for my car-
riage; when I returned, I found Mr. Burgess proceed-
ing on an information for an assault against some third
person ; I offered to assist Mr. Burgess in the hearing,
as I was a Magistrate for the same hundred; I waited,
about ten minutes or a quarter of an hour, but the par-
ties did not appear ; I was not aware that Mr. Craw-
lord was in the room at this time, until he advanced'
towards me:ftom the window to the fire-place, where I
as standing. He then told me he wished to have some
conversation stub me in terms of conciliation; to this I
answered, that I wished to have no conversation with-
him of any kind whatever; he then said. that in conse-
quence of what had passed day, a friend of his must
wait upon me, and would I allow him to do so at my
house; I replied, .4 If I am to understand yott mean to
challenge me, I shall take no notice of it, but refer you
to the Court of King's Bench." He then struck me a
violent blow on the face, which knocked me completely
down, at'leati,so far as the wall would let me fall, and
said, .4 Take that, you coward!" and ran out of the
room. He was brought back and bound over to the
last Assizes, and I was bound over to prosecute.

' • miinad by Ur: liirillnat T#Duir-1
R§
* I am a iliw~l*llsoaaty,
of his ty's jellitgi- for Werth% Wks.
,attend ore Mr. Burgess as Cowed nor
I man, nor in my judicial capacity. was
in proceedings before Justices none were all
present but the parties, and I inkid Mr. Burgess
to attend before him to assist Beale as my servant. 1
believe Mr. Crawford asked me if I wool dbe his Counsel.
I said I had left the Bar, and I could not ; I was at-
tending principally to assist Beale as my servant; I was
not attending udiciously, nor did I consider myself as
I his Counsel. was attending merely to protect my own
sery ant, and give him every assistance in my power. Beale
was my gamekeeper ; but I don't think he was out more
than four limes during the season. I don't recollect
claiming to be heard as a Bliiish Advocate; I might claim
to be heal das an Advocate, but not as a British Advs.
cate; nor did I make use of the words Welch Advocate.
I can't speak with po-itive certainty as to the time when
Mr. Crawford used the words " petty-fogging, or lawyer-
like objection ;" but to the best of my recollection it
was after the case was gone ioto upon the merits. On a
former occasion, I had made use of the word, " imperti-
nent," and explained my meaning to be that which was
said irrelevant ; but on this occasion I admit I told Mr.
Crawford that I used the word in its broadest andmost
extensive sense. Mr. Crawford claimed Mr. Burgess's
protection two or three times. The last time I said to
Mr. Crawford "that the spawn of a gambling-house
is to be treated as the spawn of a gambling-house, and
is not to be treated as a Gentleman. I will not apply
to the Magistrate for protection ; I will apply elsewhere."
—ln using the word " spawn of a gambling house," I
added the words, " the bravo or the bully of a gam-
bling-house," and that the bully of a gambling•house is
to be treated as the bully of a gambling-house. I said
to Mr. Crawford, 44 you are here, nut as a Gentleman,
but as an informer, and as such I will treat you. .if the
cap fits you put it on." In instancing the different
characters which some Gentlemen assumed, I did not
allude personally to Mr. Crawford ; but when I called
him the bully or bravo of a gambling-house, I did on
those expressions personally, because 1 had been in-
formed, and believed, and now do believe, that ha: had
been in that situation!
Mr. Baron ORAHAK interposed, and, with some expres•ion of
astonishment, asked the witness if be really meant to allude per-
sonally to Mr. Crawford (a respectable Magistrate in the
when he applied the terms " bully or bravo of a gambling-house
Mr. Kenrick repeated that he certainly did, and meant now to
say that be had boas the bully or bravo of a gambling-house. He
had beard so, and believed the information he had received.
Mr. Crawford started with some indignation, and showed, by
his manner, that the statement was incorrect. _

After a ions examinadon, the cue for the prosecution closed.
Mr. Serjeant TADDY addrersed the Jury for the de-
fendants and observed that some persons were subjected
te what he called " eclipses of the mind," and others
to derelictions of 'intellect. Such must have been
the situation of Mr. Kenrick when he preferred this pro-I
:nation. For what purposes he brought forward this,
proceeding, or what advantages he expected to derive
-from its success, was beyond comprehension. Mr.
Keswick was presently proceeding as a Judge, to
hold the Great Session for North Wales, and he (Mr.
Serjeant T.) hoped that in the course of the journey he
would forget what bad taken place in this Court, for
,if be did nets be would not be in a fit state of mind to
administer justice in that part of his Majesty's dominions. ,
Mr.'Kenrick's situation before the Magistrates on the
occasion in question, was tertainly very ambiguous.
He disclaimed acting as Counsel or as Judge, and he
denied that he appeared there as a gentleman. Pro-
baSly few who had heard this case would think that he
appeared is the latter character. According to his
own sb:►wing. his interference in the business was offi-
cious and improper, inasmuch as he disclaimed all cha.
meters in which he had a right to interfere. The
Learned Counsel then went through the facts of the
cases, and contended, that tke conduct of Kendrick
throughout the transaction was offensive, provoking,
and highly insulting ; whilst that of Mr. Crawford
was the reverse. o.►e of our poets or versifiers, at the
close-of theA met ican war, had composed this couplet :
" Burgoyne, Clinton, Cornwallis, and Howe,
Bow, wow, woiv."--( Much laughter).
This couplet was justly applicable to the present indict-
mint, which first to last was all " Bow, wow, wow."
(Coasiderahk laughter.) Mr. Kenrick had conducted
himself in a manner towards the defendant that no man
of any feeling could bear with common patience.l
The terms "spawn of a gambling-house," the " bravo
and bully of a gambling-house," were the terms which li
Mr. Kenrick had repeatedly applied to a gentleman
descended Irons an ancient and noble family in Scot-
land, and who had bad the honour of serving his Ma•
jesty in India. The conduct of Mr. Crawford, on the
other hand, was gentlemanly and forbear ing through-
out. Mr. Kenrick affected to say, that he did not mean
to apply these expressions personally to Mr. Crawford.
This reminded him of the young girl, who, sitting by
the side of her grandmother, and the cat, said, " I wish
one of us was dead ; 1' don't mean yon, puss, nor of
course myselt."—There could be no doubt, therefore,
what Mr. K nrick's meaning was. The Learned Ser-
jeant put it forcibly to the Jury, whether Mr. Ken! ick's
sole object was not to provoke Jr. Cra wford,o a breach
of the peace, in order that be might take advantage of
that indignation which he had roused. If the Jury
should be of this opinion, he submitted that the de-
fendant would be excused of all responsibility for the
act of violence which Mr. Kenrick had invited. The
prosecutor did not complain of any personal iitiury.
Mr. Boron GRAlikli charged the Jury, that in point of law they
tight to Merl a ierdietegainst the defendant ; although he confessed
that the provocation w►ich the defendant had received, amounted
almost to a paladins for the violence hue which he had been led.
The Jury, after considerable hesitation, found defendant Guilty.
Mr. Berea G 1411131 then addressed the defendant, and expressed
his regret that he should have occasion to treat a Gentleman of his
known character and respectability as a Magistrate, like a criminal.
He must say, however, that the provocation be had received greatly
excused the breach of the public peace,Of which he had been found
guilty. Taking all the Mremusancirs of the ease into consideration,
the Court adjudged " 1104 be should pay to the Xing a lure of XS
and be then

EUIER, blAsca 11.

The first prisoner brought before his Lordship was'
Robert Raindell (on a charge of horse•stealing), who
presented to the Court the rare occurrence of 4 person
refusing to answer the indictment by standing mute, in
which case the accused, if a Jury should find that he
stood dumb from malice or perverseness, wils subject to
the ume punishment as if be had been tried of the
offence imputed to him and found guilty,
A Jury hiving been sworn to inquire into the real
state of the prisoner, Mr. Cols, the Governor of the
Castle, stated, that within five minutes of the time he
bad been called on to plead to the indictment, be bad
been talking with his fellow prim:sem and he (Mr. C.)l
therefore had no doubt but that the prisoner refused to
' speak from obstinacy alone.

custom day prisoner , place ivy.
weights upon his breast, and to allow him but a smalk
portion of bread and water till he was cared of hit
'
malice or obstinacy, or if he still remained mute, the
weights were increased, and his allowance of bread and
water was decreased, till an end was pot to his ex;stence.
The law, however, as it now stood, imposed no heavier
penalty than would folldw on the conviction of the
offence for which the prisoner was indicted, and the Jury
having heard what the Governor of the gaol had said,
would decide whether this man was dumb by the visita-
tion of Goe, or by his own perverseness.
The Jury returned a verdict chat Raindell wis wilfully muter.-
Judgment was deferred.
Samuel Weed was convicted of the murder of his
wife, by striking her on the head with a co tl•hammer,
in a fii of jealousy, and sentenced to be executed this
day. The prisoner received a good character for mild&
ness and humanity.

Sevecteen mills are totally stopped at Ashton, on ac-
count of the spinners having turned out.
r. id A 7, a deputation front the manufacturers of Nor-
wich waited upon the Governor and Deputy G vernor
of the Bank of England, with a request for the advance
of 80,0001. upon the security of goods, which was rea-
dily acceded to.
There are at present 541 debtors in Lancaster Castle,
of whom 130 intend taking the benefit of the Insolvent
Act at the nut Coast.

' One of the lions in Mr. Wotnbwelrs collection died
last week at Wisbgeh.

Mr. &moue?, the new Member for the University
of Oxford, yesterday excited a good deal of entertain-
ment at the University and other club houses, in con-
sequence of . his first public act since his election being,
on Monday night, in giving no-ice of his intention to
move for a Bill for the better regulation f‘f alehouses.
At the Limerick Assizes, James Deardon, a soldier of
the 84th Regiment, was found guilty of an assault on.a
little girl, eight years old, and sentenced to be executed.
At the Ennis Assizes, a respectable farmer, named
111Vannery, was capitally convicted of breaking open
the house of Patrick Donnollan, and forcibly taking
away his daughter. The gill was recovered by the
Police, after an absence of ten Says. Cornelius Reddan
was also convicted of the murder of Bridget Lynch, an
infirm old woman, whose house he forcibly entered,
with others, and placed the deceased upon a turf fire,
because she would not give up her keys. The poor
creature died in a few days, of the injuries she received.
Saturday morning, at the entrance of Yarmouth
Harboirr, the Hull steam-packet had hoisted a signal
for a boat from the shore, which being observed, six
men put off from the Pier, and on going over the bar,
the boat upset, and tkree of them were drowned.
Government, with a laudable consideration of the
present distresses, have postponed sine die the extensive
improvements contemplated at the Artillery Barracks,
near Canterbury., lately purchased of Messrs. Baldeck
and Delasaux. None but works of the most urgent
necessity will be executed.
Four sailors belonging to the ship Lavina, lying in;
the Royal Harbour, It amsgate, were on Saturday last,
fully committed to prison by the Magistrate, for refus
ing to obey the just commands of their Coptaia.
An affray took placsnear D iver on Sunday after-
noon, between some soldiers of the 89th Regiment, who
were intoxicated, and some countrymen. Insulting lan-
guage on both sides gave rise to a general pugilistic
combat, which terminated with some contusions on the
part of the soldiers, received by their falling or being
knocked down.

Thursd ty night, a remark ible robbery was com-
mitted at I,,verpoor. The Court of Requests, it may be
necessary to inform.solne of our readers, is situate over
the Bridewell, and it is the practice of the officers to
deposit the money which they receive in an iron safe.—
Friday morning, on opening the safe (which, singular,
as it may appear, was locked), it was found that all the
money, amounting to nearly 701. had been stolen out of
it. All the doors of the Court were examined, but no
marks of violence were discovered on any of them.—
The outer door was fastened,_as usual, by a snap-lock.
/It is supposed that the robber must have secreted himself
in the Court on Thursday during the hours of business.
A maniac of the name of Bryan Duffy,- living in
Dub:in, in a paroxysm of insanity on Friday last, with-
-out the slightest provocation, assailed his wife, and
struck her several times on the head with a poker. He
then took up a case-knife, with which he cut his son (a
fine boy not more than five years of age) on the head.
The unfortun tte mother and child are now lying in a
very dangerous state, in the Meath Hospital. Dar is
confined in a mad hou,e.

Grose relates, that it was formerly one of the many
audacious practices of the London thieves to cut holes
in the backs of coaches for the purpose of stealing the
large wigs, which were then worn, from the heads of
the passengers.
Ha is GO NZ TO PoT."—A tailor of S.lrmacand,
livin4 near the gate that lc! to the burying-place, had
by has shopboard an earthen p)t, hanging on a nail,
into which he threw a little stone, when any corpse was
carried by ; and at the end of every moon he counted
the contents of his pot, in order to ascertain the number
of the deceased. At length the tailor died himself, and
some time after, one that was unacquainted with his
death, observing his shop to be deserted, inquired what
was become of him. One of the neighbours answered,
" The tailor is gone to the pot as well as the rest."—
Brady's Varieties of Literature.
In Breadsall Church is a curiosity that deserves to be
noticed. This is a large desk placed in the chancel, to
which are attached by dishes, the following scarce and
useful books, all in tolerable preservation :--" Antiqui-
tates A postoliae," (published 1684).—" Lives of the Pri-
mitive -Fathers," by W. Cave, (1689).—" Ecclesinstici,"
by Cave, (1685)." Burnett's Hisory of the Reforms-
tion."—" Bishop Jewell's Works," (1609).—" Collection
of Cases written to recevei-Dissenters to the Commu-
nion of the Church of England," (1695). These were
unquestionably intended by the pious donor to serve as
books of reference and instruction to any of the pa-
rishioners disposed to consult them. It may be remark-
ed that when Bibles were less common than they are at
present, each parish was bound to provide a copy, which
should- be a by a chain to some suitable place
in the churcritiodestich the public, at certain hours,
were permitted to have access. Breadsall Church may
;boast of asiether curiosity—the tomb of Dr. Brum),
,Darwin. Nor is the sacred edifice itself devoid of in-
terest, it being a piece of architectural beauty not often
met with in so small a village.

POLICE INTULIovicE.
BO W-STREBT.

A weli-knoWn 41 Resurretionist," who gave his name, on MI
occasion, mom Wllikakt, was charged with having consrnitted it
misdemeanour, in carrying aft the corpse of some person volasela Jura
from a church-yard In Berkshinr, and two man, awned
Mpp and Thaw Cheds, were charged With having the dead Bepily
in their possession. - -
Wilson, a patrol stated that on Tuesday eight, he saw amt ill
Piccadilly, near the end of Berkeley-street, and tie priennenl"Vrtvd
removing a large hamper from It to a hackney.coaeh ; but being
i unable to get k into the coach, it was removed back to the ear
He suspected that it was'stolen property; he seized it, and Hp's.
the prisoners; he instantly discovered, from the stench that affecte•
his olfactory nerves, that it was not the sort of thing he had ex,
petted to end. Williams said, " I bays got ' a subject,' which I
am going to take to Sir Miley Cooper's, and if you don't intetfelli;
I will settle with you in the morning." Witsess said, beAssabi
do his duty, and brought the prisoners with the cart and MM, ant
the " subject" to this Ogee.
The prisoner Williams was charged at this Office twelve montia'
ago with a similar offence, and then he gave his naine 4.Wllliarii.
Watkins." Being asked whit he had to say; he mined, "Sir''
Richard Birnie, I am employed by **minden of the factiltyto go
into the country to procure' a sableete to be treed far the asitancts
went of anatomical science 4"

r.
Sir littoiann Mama: That is fair and candid ; but ynu are g
wholesale resurrectionist.

The prisoner Napp said that be WM a Berkshire carrier; he was
coming by the end of a lane, near Slough, on Teeeday morning,ant
saw the prisoner Williams sitting on a hamper i • he a:treed to care,
it for him to Beentford ; on arriving at BrentforWilliams hired
Childs 's hone and cart, tabling the hamper to London, for which'
he gave 6s. Neither he (Napp) or Childs knew what was contained
in the hamper.
Williams, alias Watkins, was ordered soled senwity, klusielf hi .
£lOO and two bail in £5O each, to answer she charge, and to give
twenty-four hours' notice of bad. The otherprisenere were ordered
to be locked up for a time.
The corpse was that of an elderly man, joke bald.lsesded and
toothless; it was tied up in a seek before k was placed In the
hamper. It was taken, by the oniers of We lissistrate, to St.
Martin's bone-house.

A man named Smith, charged with obtaining two pigs from a
countryman named !Venn, a farmer in Berkshire, by giving him
four counterfeit sovereigns, was yesterday finally ex
Mr. caIITIMIDALE, the Solicitor to the Mint, tir
prisoner was fully committed for the uttering.
A powerful fellow, named Jones, was charged 'With mad* a
" row in Drury-lane Theatre, on Monday night.
It appeared from the statement of sliond, jun. and a Cheek.iater
of the Theatre, that whenever Miss Foote appeared on the stage, the
prisoner uttered the most abominable language. and such was his
outrageous violence, that he knocked six of the Police oCicers about
as if they were children; and in coming down the gallery stain,
the prisoner and five ethers all rolled over each other. The pri-
soner's head was severely cut, and several of the officers were CO4.
siderably bort. He was ordered to find bail.
James Robert was charged with committing a robbery in the
house of a Lady, named Jennings, at Kensington The priscner
was a porter in the employ of a dealer In earthenware, at Knights-
bridge at whose shop Mn. Jennings had made a purchase, the
prisoner was employed to carry the goods home. While the servant
girl went up stairs to Mrs. Jennings, the prisoner slicked into a
room and stole a watch, which he pawned next day at the shop of
Mr. Duplex, at Knightsbridge.—He was fully committed.
John Mister, Charles Hadoe. and JAR Homo*, were taken be.
fore Mr. CREIGISTON, a Magistrate at Brentford. in the custody of
Emmerson, one of the horse patrol of this Office, charged with
stealing a quantity of lead, and were committed to Cierkenwell.
Their depredations are suspected to have been extensive, as scarcely
a Gentleman's house in that neighbourhood has escaped being plun-
dered of lead.

•
—1 bees been lif..,Amias dAlisma said* Oa" rior to gko 12th
ity, and one year Air* late Xisiet teign. tit* purilstOsent.,ak the
1. I did net peielirwilse stood before the Coen. in the primula's.
as a Gentle, dtoadenst was much more sesame than the humanity of
I aware, that dinjasr unposed on the accused subsequent to thAt peri:.d.
flowed to be before the time his Lordship had named, it was the
largest leave custom to lay the prisoner on a flni r and place heavy