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London, England, 1820-08-04 00:00:00

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LAW INTELLIGENCE.

SPECIAL COMMISSION.-AYR, JULY
The Court was opened here to-day, for the pur-
pose of arraigning the prisoners against whom true
Bills charging High Treason, were formerly found.
by the Grand Jury. The Judges present were the
LORD JUSTICE CLERK and LORD CHIEF BARON. The
list of the Grand Jury was called over, and the fel%
lowing prisoners were placed at the bar:
From the parish of Mauchline, John Dichie and
Hugh Wallbce ; from the parish of Stewarton, "Ju-
-1 drew Wyllie and Thomas Mackay. These prisoners
respectively pleaded Not Ciuilty, and demanded to be
tried by Gon and their country.
Mr. J. P. GRANT and Mr. SANDKORD were, at the
request of the prisoners, assigned as their'Counsel, in
place of the Gentlemen formerly suggested. It -wis
intimated from the Bench that the trials in this place
will commence on Wednesday, the 9th of August.
Mr. Serjeant litiu.ocic set out from Dumbarton,
on his return to England. . .
The Court sits for.trials on Tuesday at Paidenand
on Friday at Stirling.

YORK ASSIZES.
viz KING V. 'IIROWN.
Mr.-Dicasas opened the case, and said, that this
was an indictment against the defendant, William
Brown, for a .misdemeanour, by insulting the Ma-
gistracy in the execution of their office, in saying
that « They worked more for money than for jus-
tice." • The Magistrates- to whom this insult was
offered, were three persons of the greatest respecta-
bility, who give up their comforts, and dedicate their
time and their abilities to administer the justice of
their country. Unless that 'valuable class of the com-
munity, managing Magistrates, were protected, it
would be in vain for his Lordship, or any other per-
soh, to attend within that or any other Cont,p for it
was by their means that offenders were brought to
justice. It was a small, a 1.-17 small return, for
their services that they claimed the protection of the
country in the due execution -of their office. They
have no reward, fee, or remuneration, whatever, for
what.they du ; either in possession or prospect, ex-
cept what the King gave them, and he indeed gave
them nothing; and what trifling fees are charged,
are inadequate to pay the Clerks for their labour.
, Those most respectable Magistrates who were in-
sulted by *the defendant, are the Rev. Mr. Dent, Mr.
Cayley, and Mr. Barstow, who meet once a week at
Thirsk, wheie a great deal of business is done. (Mr.
Dickens then detailed the circumstances of the insult;
which were proved by the-witnesses as below.) If
Brown had, in his passion, called them unpleasant
-names, it would not have been of such a magnitude.;
but, in-the face of so large an assembly, to make use
of the aspersion the defendant did, no one could have
cast a more foul stain upon the Gentlemen? charac-
ter. The Chairman of such Meetings' of Magirm
trates had a power of committing such offenders to
prison ; and how many had been committed from
that very Court ? 'But the insult in question was not
conceived to be to the Court, but to the character
and integrity of Mr. Dent, Mr. Cayley, and Mr.
Barstow ; consequently, they did not commit him to
prison, though they might have done it. No! they
would not be both the accusers and the Judges of
the offence. but would bring it before a Jury of
their country, and that Jury should decide, how they
had been attacked as to their character and their cre-
dit. A true .Bill was found against the defendant at
Northallerton Sessioni, sad he removed it to. the
King's Bench, by which means it came before the
Jury here. Mr. Dickens concluded by again speak-
ing tithe foulness of the insult, and called
-William Pickersgill, who stated, that he was a
deputy constable, that he by virtue of a summons
took the defendant, Mr. Brown, before Mr. Dent,
Mr. Barstow, and Mr. Cayley, some time in May last,
and that he heard the defendant say 4, You nark:note
for money than for justice." On one of the-clerks de-
manding some money from him, he (the defendant)
also said, that they perhaps wanted it to pay for a
dinner, or perhaps to pay for a bottle of- wine
after dinner. •
Tu a question from Mr. 6110170Ha1l (Counsel for-
the defendant), witness said diatbir•Bmws•Vastaik-
ing to Mr. Dent wk.%) be used the former WIRSNAGeke
Whitelle•A 'de* to Mi. Walker,. 4ToOliai;.
tor, Think, was clerk to the Magistrates on the 911th
May, whelk. the def.:admit will 'south up *