The Statesman.
London, England, 1809-12-07 00:00:00

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Mr.lierjemst 8ur.u..." I cave's* that Out I
said.wmet have bees misapprehended. What."'
steel was, that the Metpagere hive cot actSd
fairly in this business. For twy owe pert, I wish,
for %betake. of the Idweagen sad fur the sake of
the Public, that the Measlier' -bad met [heels".
tion tn.day, so that the, whole of their condspt
might bate hewn decided spot' by • Jery.,,
11.4 re thvbenfreted* Serjeant wu interrupted by
the Orlin, cif the Jury, whose names being called
over, the /Porehiset delivered the •
' VERDICT
for the lI;A.INTIFF, DAMAGES...FIVE
POUN DS. •
J. hlsisraar,o then requested the Foreman to
sctp".tipt him with the ground on which their ver-
dict htd been giveas with reference to what he had
referred in his di vgo, aluptleiT they found for the
Plsin‘iif epee tile illegality of the Arrait, or upon
the ground AM Mr. Cligord hid not been guilty
of it riot. • •

The Foreman replied, that on the illegality of
the meat, they were unanimous. With respect
to Or qeeetion.uf Ur. ciloront. having been con.
.-etned in a-riot, there was a diterence of opinion.
Thetquesdes bad net) however, been decisively
disgusted, as the Jury was unanimous in their ver.
diet ow the first principle.
Sir Jewel MANSFIELD-1 am sorry that that
qnestion was not decided, for it leaves the thing
whielell sashed to be decided as equivocal as ever.
1 ins ittsteidlvery sorry that the Jury slid not agree
oe the distinct grounds of the verdict, for this
site-king mistake of the public will still go forth,
and ;White outrage maj be continued by a furious
deserves no better name—they may think
tkeesselves authorised. to take justice into their
.*n hands, and gratify their revenge by vidlenec
NMI oetragrons conduct, even, perhaps,. to the
rotifer their country. What may be the cense.
cianneoof etch a spirit, tt is impossible to foresee,
bet &right I am, that it leads to every kind of
hbrfoe-s-possibly to thessibversion of Government,
certainly to great evils, perhaps the worst that
can be catered by a nation.
Joafia.-or —Werciand the verdict nn the ground
tilat the 'Plalutilf wits illegally apprehended.
Sir hues MANsitete —That's ersivocal, and
decides nothrn{...for he might be ti rioter, and yet
illegalliapprebeeded by being taketsafter the thing
lilts lever.
Justrw•x.—lt was generally thought ration
liiimeh to censer*. wearinft 0. P. into ass act of
riot, ;Ad by some, that It would be inconsistent
trablic righta.
fair.JAnc* Ntisnseinco then addressed the air.
-.Abe Greutietnee of the Jury di not state un what
particular ground they have given their veniict
utast they state is by no means decisive. All of
thesis were of opinion, it seems, that the arrest
-weeillttgal ; but they do not state the grounds on
vied) they considered it to be so. Some of them
thought it:lllegal, because of the apprehension af.
wr the thing was, in their opinion, over ; while
others were of opinion, that it was rather harsh
to construe the wearing 0. P. in the bat into an
Sit of riot. Some of them thought that such a
sonstrection %%0011 be inconsistent with the rights
of Englishmen ; hut nothing decisive has been de.
fl‘fed on this important subject.
The Court then broke pp.

INTKI.I.IGENCE.

-41611--
COURT OF KINMI- BENCH. bac. 0.

&Wags at Nili Prins before Lord ELLi_voo.
Rot;Gm, and a Special Jury. •

ORARLESUARRISON V. JORN KINC.

The Plaintiff in this Cause is a respectable At. 1.
tensity, in. (;raven.on feet, Strand ; and the U .fen.
dant lea person well known to the Public, in con.
serener of his extensive pecuniary transactions.
It was an action to recover &images for various
iiiiitanco of malice towards the P:aintiff, exhibited
lb, the shape of different criminal prosecutions,
Mellows aspersions, and false imprisonment.—
Fear charges against the Defendant were sorcifiixl
rise record : gat, that he had maliciously and
without any reasunable or probable cause alive.
.hgesdaLtheflaintilifoend charged kiln before the Ma.
igioerates of Bow-araut,witit having uttered a forgo!
ocesptance to a bill of exchango, fur the sum tie
Atli, reguarda* us be the _acceptant* of Messrs.
Moaner end Co..Copthall.eoert, no such person
(Go was alleged) bang in existence. S.condly,
that on the 11th day of December, 1808, lie pub.
nand a LIMO on the character .f the Plaintiff in
-the 9ass4l newspaper, called The Br:lish. Guar-
Amu,* *hid he, King, was proved lu be the
reprisfort in a statement of facts, purporting to I
.be a report of the proceedings before the Magi*.
_moot von the said chaise of forgery. Thirdly,
.thug he had invliaiously gassed to he sued out an
usewaion against the Plaintiff for the sum of
SW whilst at the time he was not indebted
to him 6 single farthing, but on the contrary, the
Det•ndant owed kip, the Plaintiff, Mt. en balance
of at:Ousts, as .vas proved by the award of
an Koiwarable liaeriuter. Fudrthly aid lastly,
-that the Defendant, on the 9th day of January,
in the prescilt year, went before the Grand
Jury of the County of Middkves, and prefer.
red an indictment against the Plaintiff for ob.
• raining money under false pretences, by means
of said bills of exchange, he (the D..fendant)
bad before chargid him with having uttered,
knowing it to be false and forged, which
• Indictment, the Grand Jury (after mini.
Ong King and his Clerk) returned Hitt found.
The evideore, on the part of the Plaintiff, (ally
sustained the case stated by the A tatrney.Gesera
who was remarkably aninsated'ond eloquent.
Mr. CLIFFORD, on behalf cif the Defeadooti
pole an appeal to the Jury, who, after -an its.
pressite charge from the Bench, at great length,
owl with much f...elittg, retired fur half au boar,
a gel found verdict fur the Plaiutiff.—Damars,
ONI TAIOUSAND Fin' HpfetED IPuttetottl