The Statesman.
London, England, 1820-12-13 00:00:00

LONDON, WEbNESDAY: Dgd EMBER 13, 1820:

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the plaintiff's hooiie. The defendant Pr.i it'! a good
deal, and at length said lie hail a written authority for
the proceeding% which, however, lie (le..!itic.i to pru-
duce. Dieing asked what acts of liuniev were imputed
to the plaintiff to justify inch conduct, he said that be
had been tiring a pistol in the garden behind his
hoove. Which alarmed his neighbours ; that lie had
hern laughing at the Jews' Chapel ; and that he had
been shooting at a chimney-pot. These supposed arta
of luttaei were explained in this was day or two
before die td of Jame, the plaintiff and a votitg. friend
of his had.been trying a pistol in the garden of his
house, by Bring at a mark, the toter intending to buy
the pistol ; a considerable time before the td of June,
the plaintiff, who had been a constant attendant at tl:r
Jetts' Chapel in Bethnal-green. happened to to pre-
sent one Snriday when some books fell from an emi-
nence upon the heads of the congreg (lion, which pr,.
(laced a laugh ; and at an equally din-ant period, the
plaintiff's stuck complained of want of work, the plain-
tiff, tostrof fan, shot several bullets from a erase-how,
at a eiritnney-pot, saying, that hr would find him
work by breaking the pot. Mr Williams finding that
lie could get no satisfartor.v explanalon from de-
fend:tut. returned .to the plaintiff and desired hint to
keep Itimself quiet, cool and collected, until he should
.re justice done hint. He was going away, when he
heard that four doctors were coming to the house to
iteptire into the plaintiff's aye; upon whirl, Ise staid
to receive thirtor Powell. Mr. Dunstan, IR.. Salmon,
and Jfe. ll'arbarton, the keeper of a lunatic asylum at
flackhey. The moment these gentlemen arrived, Mr.
Williams, with considerable vehemence, demanded
their names, their business, what broiled them there.
tt reatened actions of trespass. and desired tin m to he
Lone shout their bonnie s, mitering only one question
to he put to the plaintiff. These gentlemeu were ac-
cordingly compelled to retire st it, out effecting thet)-
, fret of their visit. A rott•illeiat.le bugle "f evidence
wisedsiticeiLto «hew that the pl..intiff, for several
mots& prior to the Ltd of Jum., aril don is to the pre-
?eat moment, as as of perfe. tl, ...one mind aml sunlid j
malerstatoling. On the 211 of .tone be had ritten
several letters on business, lu the most yet fret and
ceAlsetcol manner. On Sunday r‘mting, the 4th of
Joni, the keepers demanded %Owe .U.N.rr of the plain-
tiff, who declined the requi st by satiny th .t they
i'were.nkistsited guests, and they inutto•d;;ltcly Ir ft the
}loose Vritlnint assigning :any reason for their (b7ar-
tate: Under these drill:mit:owes the present actionP
Pty Ittou!rht. It was suggested as a motive fur the
defendant's conduct, that he bed It n; himself to err-
taio alleged sinister views, which the plaintiff's uncle
IsAlowards his nephew's property ; but there was nu
(ifFapriMf upon this part of the vale. The wit-
nesses railed in support of the plaintiff's case were,
Mr. T. N. Williams, Or. Pett, a physician, Mr. Wilde-
boar, a surgeon, Mr. R. Wolsey, Mr. Edward Boucher,
!dr. Burgess, Mr. IL Russell, and itlrs. Harris.
Mr. DENMAN addiesseil the jury col 1,e11,1f of the
defendant in an able and eloquent speech, and called
the follJwing witnesses:—
Joseph Dennis, half uncle to the plaintiff, staled,
that he was employed by the latter to collect his rents.
The plaintiff was ill in May, 11019. He was-strapped
down to the bed. He asked witness how he was, and
lie answered very well. That was all that passed. Iti
October of that year the plointiff and his mother went
to Margate, and stopped about three weeks. His mo-
ther died on the 13th November, in the same year.
In 'March of this year witness went to plaintiff's house
on business. Charlotte Orton, the servant, was pre-
sent. The yid was throning some cinders on the
tire, whit it the plaintiff put some powder into a fowl-
ing-piece, and tired it at her. There might have been
shot in it, bat lie did not knots- that there was. It
frightemtll him and the girl. Ile had occasion to go to
the plaintiff every week, of a Monday, to cam his
money. One morning in May this year, the plaititiffi
Caine down stains with a loaded gnu in his hand, i
and Ise asked witness where hr would have it. 1
Witness got out of the way of the muzzle; and 1
symild alien the street door,
then the plaintiff said he
and see if there were any sparrows. Ile begged
hint not to shoot at the sparrows. lie then said,
lie would shunt at the trees, and see how the laa‘es
would fall. Witness beg.e.l him not to (lo so, be-
cause it wonhl rause ass alarm in the neighbour-
hood ; but he said he would, because " they say I
nut ma.!, and I'll make them think so." He (!id
nut fire. Ile hail no coat or waistcoat on. Wit-
Dens '1,41 what lie had to say to him, and then
went away. This was either. on a Wednesday or
l'oeular, about the beginning of 31.ty, or it might
he about the middle. The impressiou of witness's
own whs.!, from what be saw, was, that the plain-
tiff was a deranged man. lrittiess applied to Mr.
Salmon, knowing that that r,entt•loan had attended
the pliisstiff in his forts...T. ill (msg. (le applied to
Mr. Salmon 3b• nt the Ist of June. Recollects that
in the month of May. about the beginning, the plain-
tiff fi..eul twelve shuts from a eross-ho.e across the
gre.n, at a chimney-pot. It was a paddock, or green•
field, facing his door. Smile hit the rhistosey, others
went over the house towards the foot path. They
were leaden ballets, about the size of a marble.
He said he did this to make witnes, a job, he bring
in the bricklaying line. Sale Mr. Salmon at Mr.
Talbot's. and told hint the circumstances as they
locenrred. lie asked him n hat wat the best nay to
take care of him, to see that he did no violence to
himself or any Imnlv else. air. Salmon said Ise would
not do alit tlsi tor until the fire-arum, were renvived from
the plaintiff's presence, so that he could not get at
thew. Iti consequence of that witness told Mr. Tal-
brit, and it was agreed tat send some mess to get the
fire-aems and pot them away when the plaintiff was
out. Some men were accorilugly sent on the Friday
riming, 241 Jane. the sante day he bad so spoken to
Mr. Talbot. Witness told She latter whets the plain-
tiff went cut. Witness told the defendant that he Is-
lived the p aintiff to be insane.

PRICE SIIILII PENelt,

Crosnes.antioett—Witness was a bricklayer no
trade, and enlected rents both fur the plaintiff and
the deteirtlaut. Tim rents of the latter were handed
over to the plalntiit. 'those rents were collected up
to this affair. Ile now collected rents for the defend-
aut, but had :revived notice from the'plaintiff that he
should not collect any longer for him after this affair.
Did nut recollect to his knowledge, saving to Mrs.
Harris, or any hotly else, that he had nothing to do
with this !tininess. hut that it was all the defendant's
affair. Might hare said so to Mr. Wolsey, because
that Gentleman conducted himself in such a manner
that he was afraid for his live; and therefore he could
net recollect what he might hate said: did not recollect
saying any thing of that kind to llr. Hempel' or Mr.
/loather; in fact, did not say so in the presence of
either of those Gentlenten. Might have said so tes
Mr. Wolie). He knew that the plaintiff had been in
partnership with Mr. Williatns. Witness was the
only next of kin to the plaintiff. " We were all the
seine family by three rsethers."—(A laugh).
Dr. Pon ell, Secretary to fhe nisniniesiou far vlsititir
Lunatic As) lnms, under the act fur regulatiag mead-
houses, said lie Anew the defendant's receptacle at
Bethnal Creel ; had linown bine there as lyness 21)
years. Should not knew the plaintiff if he Sill' h'm
now, but went to his bottle on the 4th of June, at :he
request of the defendan:. Went with le. Wart:urn:ea.
Mr. Dunstan, and. Mr. Selneon. '1 he two latter gen-
tlemen were in partnership. Mr. Saluvm i 4 dead with-
in a few months. 'they went into a parlour where
the plaintiff teas sitting at a desk with law papers be-
fore him: there were Iwo other gentlemen. Mr. Wil-
liams and Mr. Wolsey, with biro, and the keeper.
Witness went for the purpose of inquiring into CI.:
state of the plaintiff's mind, and began sit to do, bn:
was' diately interrupted and frightened by M.
William., though his nerves were pretty strong. bat
haul not been in the habit of experiencing surly a re-
cerion as 11r. We i limns gave him, who canoe down ray-
on hint it ith all the legal aatillery of trespass. a, in-
ilictinentt. and pro re-tonnes, asked: isiu: who he was?
took down hit name, and prohibited the plaintiff front
giving any answer to any inquiries, the plaintilf ape
prating to stand in considerable awe of he. 0 illiams.
In coneetinenee of this. a itemss dogfight it his immedi-
ate illity to withdraw. hurting no wish to interfere, and
having no intere.t upon the subject, and was indre.i.
eery glad to get away. lie had not the least uppur-
:unity of forming any jutigment as to the state of the
p'aintill's mind. S.. platiel 4nti quiet are lunatics et
times, that it would req the usually bon s to wake out a
case of insanity. Should suspect a man very muci
who had beatt_otice insane, if there were any e irrupt.
stance:. of irregularity in bits c. n net within a tilde..
month afterwards. It is swore.diairnit to say that et
titan is sane than insane :thee times ont of ten. AO.
Salmon was a person of singular skill and judgment
in cases of insanity, and a 1... a man of itttritri'Y sell
honour; had stone conversation with him before Le
went to the plaintiff's boas,'.
The Cuter Justice said it was an 'info:lnnate cir-
cumstance in the case that Mr. Salmon was .:Caul.
'EI as Dolby. bete of the defendant's serv. Drs. se
a keeper, for fourteen years, had been in the habit of
attending insane persons at their own bean-es. In May,
1,19, a:tended the plaintiff at his brother's hobse. :11.d
had him under his care for souse time. Ile lead o‘,':-
taken the plaintiff in Iti•dittpogate-street with a sword-
stick in his hand ; told him that Mr. Talbot wished Is
speak to him on 'particular business; the plaintiff
went to his °dice, and returned with nitnest to Mrs.
DPI:11111'S 1/1111!“.. The mother was in the room at the
time, and wok the sworil-stick from heists, an 1 'alt
away the tire•arins which weie then in the root,. l•lie
plaintiff fell down upon his Liters and began to pray.
Ile was afterwards under wi:ness's care, and was very
violent indeed. I.e acteuipted to jump met of the win-
dow, having gut tome from his bed. Ile raved
a great &al and was considerably agitat:il in Ida
mind ; and was, in !hurt, raving mail. Lt • was
religious madness. Asked frequently for tint,- Bible
to pray, as he hail done wrong. (tit the mkx„„i, of
June, of this year, in the evening-, tai Suess went to the
plaintiffs boos:', by the orders of the defendant and
the plaintiff's uncle. The p!a;miff was nos then ar
home, and evilness to•uk ..w..y a gun ald a luistni ; the
Gunter was loaded It it.s ',OM der and shut. The Vain-
tiff came home at ten at nizlit ; lie haul tome gun-
powder in h:s pock. t ; it teas about a pound, in a
ilm.k : la- laid it down on the •a'de, and a i:ceus tuck
it away and bole 11 it up. '1 !e' door was locked
against him iliat Mglit, and next morning he appeared
to bs a rod deal ..gitated. Mr. Salmon came that
i dav, and staid about tea minutes. Mr. Salmon desired
it itness and the ot..ee man to stop. Remembered Mr.
Williams cumin; in the afernoon, and he aneared to
le in a g. eat passion, and waited to ki o v their Lush.
IltbP. I hey would not 'ell him farther th..n that they
had orders to 'ley. Mr. ll'illiatels came again :n the
or ming with another Lent eman. Mr. Wo'rey ettll
there at Cat time when Nr. Williams first came. Left
the plaintiff's house on Sunday evening with the n her
:e.eper. From what witness saw his opinion was that
tl.e plaintiff. mind-wsi in 4 1 ghty, agilat el ,rate.
04ns-examined—Mr. Salmon sea the partner of
Ms. ltunltan, alio was sou-lb-law to Mr. Mut harion,
the principal of the def nda it. Plaintiff was very
flighty. Ititl not •ay to Air. tb illianes that he did no
dare gite any opinion upon he snb,ect, fur it was as
mach a 4 his place ass worth. He dill say it was no
business of bit to give any opini .n. Dili not say, in
ans car u a eines :on f:oru Mr. Williams, that lie!seinst
confcs• he el d its t a e any arts of insanity in the piain-
lists Conduct. Did nut say to Mr. Boucher that hr
was in a sad 'crape for what he had dose, or that he
was in a shocking plight, and was afraid he should
be insprisoned• next, nor any thing like it.
Juliet Footb the other keeper, spoke to the same ef-
fect as the last witness. with relsect to being at tee
plaiwifrs house last Jane. is witness's judgment the
plaintiff was sot of sound naiad. He was very much

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