The Statesman.
London, England, 1823-08-07 00:00:00

♦NOTRER ACTION AGAINST A MAGISTRATE VOL PALM

IMPRISONMENT.
MULUALL O. PALMER.
This was an action of fain imprisonment: It appeared
that the Defendant on the 401 of Deeetwher, lta22. summoned
the Plaintiff before him to give evidence on a prosecution
then depending between some persons for sporting and
killing game on a part of Lord Romance's estate, withrort
his permission. The Plaintiff, who is a farmer, and °CEO.
pies part of his Lordship's estate, was urtailling to.prese-
cute, and refused to give evidence, whereupon toe De!enal-
ant, Mr. Palmer, forth Kith made out a committal, directing
Plaintiff to be conveyed to the Owl of Clonmrl, forty miles
'from the toa n of lioserea, and there confined in the County
Baal for three months, or until he paid a sum of
ten pounds. The Plaintiff remained fourteen days
in Baal when a Habeas Corpus was lamed, and he anal three
others confined for a similar offence were removed to Dub-
lin and there discharged Icy the Judges of the Court of
King's Bench. Tale Chief Justice tobf the Jury teat De-
fendant's conduct was quite illegal, and that they were
bound to substantial damage* to compensate plaintiff,
who should not suffer by defendant's ignorance of the lass,
altho' be may out have-been actuated by nialicioas motives.
The Jury retained a verdict of 501. damages, subject to a
point of law raised by the defendant's counsel as to the proof
of the commencement of the within six months required by
the Statute for the protection of Magistrates ; whereupon
the cause of Michael Larkin v. Stanairoral Palmer, awl
James Devane against same. were withdrawn by plaintiff's
Attorney in order to, abide tie law argument on the points
of law saved in this case ; Luc we are assured these actions
will be brought down for trial the nest Spring Assizes.—
The business of the day concluded with this case.—(lValee-
lord Mirror )
eLONMEL AAISIZFR.—There were several appeals to de-
crees obtained by Tithe proctors to Clergymen, all of which
the Loan Clime J eaves reverse'', for want of suffisient
evidence to charge the parties defendants. On one °era-
sion his Lordship a lifressosi a proctor Irons N ennuis, who
appeared as a witness in several of tho•se cases brought for
recovery of any agreeni-nt—and his Lordship reprobated
this man's conduct in the strongest terms, and in condo-
firm observed,
I will unquestionably reverse this decree—for I have
no notion of haviug the farmers of this country dealt with
in this manner, and to have claims of tithes brought at the
earl of four years, without any note of an agreement in
writing, or any evidence, except that of this interested
tithe-proctor ;—a wore atrocious case I never met, and it
is scandalous in the last degree."

A Coroner's Inquest was taken yesterday at the General
Penitentiary, Milbank, on the body of Mary Chapman, the
36th convict on whom Inaprisiti.ors have bran taken since
January last. The Jury tieing sworn, repaired to view the
body. which was placid, and bore an unusually good ap-
pearance, compared a its the generality of persons who have
died of la.e within these walls. Mr. Benjamin Chapman,
the New tiovernor. deposed. that the deceased was tried at
Newington. on the 6th of December, 1819, found guilty of
felony. am. sentenced to 7 years transportation. which seri-
tense was commuted to 3 years' imptisonment in the Peni-
tentiary. She was received on the stb of May, 1520, in the
23rd year of her age, and in good health. Mr. John Pratt,
surgeon, deposed the deceased was removed to the infirmat v
on the 14 February, 1823, with a violent coati'. She did
will till the 29th of July, when she was seized with uncom-
mon
',omitting accompanied with pain in iter head. She
expired on the 4th of August. about 10 at night. Previ-
ous to her death, she was insensible for two days. Witness
believes an eiru,ion had taken place in her head, and occa-
sioned her death. lfe had no hope? of her recovery from the
29th of July. Site was attended detiy by Drs. Hoge', Lathant,
Southy, White, and myself.
Curoner—llad she laboured under the old complaint ?
No.-- - - - - - .

Juror--What oeca•ioned a black mark which appears on
her arm ?—Probably blisters.
Juror—You are (pit!. sure she has not bad an attack o:
diarrheca?—She h., not.

Coroner.—l n case of death, is ti►ere not always a settle•
went of bloo.i ?—Yes. _ _

Coroner—The blackness in this case am In no way
accelerate .leath?-oa, ou! It was from blistering.

The Comm.,. made a few obrervatiens on the occasion,
anti the Jury unanimously returned a verdict of Natural
Dealt.
An inquest was held on Wednesday the nit., by
Mr. Runyan, Coroner, at Ndttl. I;dritoti, near iaincOln, on
the body•of • Henry Jo'tnson, aged ten years, a ho was found
strangled on that morning. lie bad b. en employed to troll
some turnip seed ; a cord with several bells on it extended
the length of the plot. and another cord was tied to it eb int
•tbe middle, by which he could rine the hells at a short dis-
tance on a bank where a lint or a- shed had Iwo) made is
shelter him, and at the top of which he had his curd fixed.
Not going to his breaktast at the usual time, a servant went
fur him, a hen she found Nina lying'ilead against the bank,
with the cord round his neck; in tvkich situation he had
lain all the preceding night. Being in the halt! tof sleep-
ing at his tutee's house, his mother expected. as be did not
go home, that he was there, and therefore his absence
created no alarm. It aas believed that he had put the curd