The Statesman.
London, England, 1819-08-14 00:00:00

I= V. Mt, TUELWALL VDWARDI.

Ws was an information aping the Defendant for
es smolt open Custom house •Incers in a public-
bons* In Son lerland. The Defendant presented him-
self in this wilt:me-boa, and said ha had no Counsel
or Attorney. Ile is a very atom a. himic man ; h.
was plainly dressed, and held his right hand along,
we sopp,e from rtrumati.m. in a sell bandker-
rhiet. For the promeation appeared as Gressel
wins. Sole t (Attorne) (Imeral fur Dothum,
having socreeded S.r Samuel Kumilly is that .rice),
Ha -e, Waitron, and Littledsle.
114 t. LITTLSDALS 'rout the plemlingsr

Nicholas Brown, a boatmen belonging to the Cos
tiww-Unwoot, sae at the Cessna-linnet Coffesi-heese no
the 34 of Myrrh, 1817, 'theist 'even in the 'westing.
110, the landlord, and his son, and Francis Fisher,
wit plasing at cents and drinking ale. Smith met
by lb. fir. InAleg en, and Mrs. Coulson, the issid•
lads, was hesy through the remit. The Doteedant
came in tngeiher with a Thomas Potts, set down near
1111. fite, and get something to drink. Defendant
"s no hove got my ship condemned at Inst."—
Smith made so reply. Defendant repealed his es-
pitission. Smith " Me!" 6' Tes, yen, d—n
snot .yes," replied lii. D•fendant, who took bald of
Smith by the shoulders. end kept shoring hies about.
—Witness strips sad prepared to light. bet was re-
strained by Smith. whn never struck at this D•feed.
ant at all. The D•fentlent said. '6 Toe want too pay
of some of your bstl debts ; yes have soiled a ship
over the mate., snit hare drank tot., and only got
31." Dvfotwitinl then struck at Smith's heed with a
poker. bet Smith saying docked, stn., k on his .Me.
S erne fellhOf sculling 'nob place with Fisher and wit-
nes.. mho struck the Defiedsot no the be. k of the
heed with a coal-rake.

The Defendant now completely surprised all by
acateness, addie.s, end perfect composure. in
(It ss.esamitting the oilmen. The greatest pert of his
esaminstlnn wilted to minute circumstances coneect.
with the &May. in order to ascertain the credibi.
lit, of the tweeters,. Re a.ked. whoiber the Woo
*oh tue pokey had been horis..etally or perpendics.
lady directed? witness could not tell. "And hoe
can tee fell whether the hien that struck the side had
been directed towards the head ?" The Defendant
proceeded nest to pet qeestions respecting the misfile
of the Itn•ins.

The Arroattat-Gantaat. said, they had nothing
to do with thei..—`l Bat loop iutrodocati it, and I
I%
1s A to chow how it Wei done."

Mt. jullit! B tortAT slid, it wilt •ot evidence with
rp•ppet fo Nig renSlCiioll.

Def endant.—Bur, my Lard. Alt witness had oaten
and drank on board, contrary to his oath ; and I
raw t• prove Mm perjured.
list Lordship admitted the propriety of doing to,
and snowed threenhent this trial tat amen anon-
farm and ind•lgence to lb. Defendant, who, nn his
part. showed the profoinden respect and deference
to his Lordship.
By the crnm.ozamination of this witness it sp.
Pret•ti that .Inwards of 10 pitons of sannigied api.
fit. had heels (wind on Ward the Retina when she
arrive I front Flashing ; and that the Defendant, pen
owner and ennionssider, was then absent—witness
supposed mulling; Defendant aid. piloting a West
Indianan into the Downs. The Defendant returned
• second time lo the bonsai alone, and 'fared witness
drink.

Fo.her, Mr. and Mrs Cnolsms, and Ralph Todd,
ease similar eridenco, and ono similarly cross-eta.

The Defendant said, that the 'Many of these men
had plundered his of his property, and now they
mar have him made a public speetscle in that Court.
The thing might well have been disposed of at the
Q server Sessions. Fur 16 weeks had he been kept
in *tot in the greatest oniony. Bail for 2001. was
.eusired„ and when he offered that, the Solicitor of
Earls• required 4001., Westin there se.s a second
information against him fo► the saw thing. Mr.
Wolfe, the Governor, was erremely kind to him,
end was entitled to his gratitude; bat sects enormous
hail gave au importsoce to his confinement, and ►e
was kept very close for fear he should make his
escape. lie was enable to pay either Counsel •r
Attorney, while they saw a host of Counsel es-
played against him at the public owner.. He had
witnesses, however, to call before them; and even
these he could not have had, enlen the trial had coot
on so early.

Thomas Potts, a coat-Etter, a very respectable
looking wan, most daliberstrly swore, iket the
angular language end the violence *ere all on the
other aide, and that the Defoodatat and he acted only
is s•lf.detenee.

Mary Wilkins proved that Ho Defondant's head
had been cot, sad his clothes very Woody.
The Defendant exhibited Ms bloody shirt in Court,
and also the poker and coal-rake, snick he and Potts
hedtsken away from the knew. _

The ATTORNIT•GLIIIRAL animadverted at consi-
derable length on the incredibility of the defence, and
after regretting the hardships to which his non con-
dart had espowsl the Defendant, remarked that
oilers who had done only their duty were not to be
afterwards assaulted with impunity. We lived at a
period when it was peculiarly net•essery that the au-
thority of law should be sopported by the adminissra.
lion of justice. If the earesstinn of the law could be
resisted with impunity, nr ressarded with outrage, we
must return to she lawless state of nature, which per.
haps alight be the wishes and hopes of many, but he
hoped theist? were not of the number. Tins qeostion
for them was, whether the Defendant was really
guilty of the assault
Mr. Justice BATLEY remarked, that the sl•pnt
made in their discretion was st powerful at any
Counsel resold have made, and the evidence for the
have sifted
rt.as is:ifrioedcoas,amisshciph aishesarsyseCipflaillrletroCraide
',ideate with the stalest impartiality, sod directed