The Statesman.
London, England, 1821-07-03 00:00:00

BROWN O. WOOD.

This was an action of assault and battery.
Mr. nottxtvt and Mr. ennui were for the phintiT,
and Mr. IVALFORD for the defendant.

The case was this :—The plaintiff was a respectable
tradesman, by business a ladies' shoe maker; and the
defendant a public tn. at Deptford, and formerly a
police officer, of the Nation-garden establishment.—
The plaintiff having been robbed of a quantity uf:
shoes, caused handbills to be printed, offering a
reward fur the a prehension of the depredators ; and
about six o'clock in the evening, in the month of
February last, being in company •ith two friend.,
was posting some of the bills in St. (tiles's, when tins
defendant, on horseback, rude up, and without any
previous intimation began to abuse the party calling
them pickpockets and thieves. Upon one of the party
remonstrating upon his conduct, he knocked him down
with the het tad of hi. whip. He then fell upon tho
plaintiff, who had lost one of his hands ►n the service
of his country, knocked him down, and beat him most
inhronanly. The third person of the party was alsa
knocked down, and then the defendant rode off. Thema*
collected pursued and stopped ►im, when the plai't•ill.
cause up and demanded his nese and address. The
defendant again struck him a blow across the eyes
with his whip, which confined him afterwards f.•r
three weeks, saying, " That is my address," and again
rode off. He was pursued, and traced to the hone
of a publican, who knew his address, which the 1 tt•ee
imntetliatefy gave the plaintiff on demand. The tie- •
Pendant, however, snatched it out of his hand, but it
was ultimately recovered. The defendant said he
1 was himself a Magistrate, and had a right to do what
he pleased, adding, that the plaintiff might bring his
I action, hut if he did, he, the defendant, won't' carry
it to the House of Lords, and spend 1,000/. in defen4-
ing what lie did. Next day the defendant behaved
in the like extraordinary manner to the plaintiff's two
friend•, saying that he would do the same thing an
hundred times user, and thrust his 6u into one of Au
witness's face.

The case went to the Jury antler the Learned
Judge's directions, and they found a verdict for the.
plaintiff—Darrialres 501.

POLICE.
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Bow-s rnEFT.—EXTEXISIVS
and Willoughby, the two men remanded on a former
day, on a charge of burglary in the House of Mr.
Walker, of Kensington-gore, were brought up for fur-
ther examination, when a fresh charge of burglary
was made against Smith by Mr. Jacobs, of Thistle-.
grove, Chelsea.
Snails, it will be recollected, was apprehended in
the act of offering a quantity of plate, itt. for sal: to
Mr. Lambert, the silversmith in Coventry-street, on .
the morning
.of the lath of last month. The plat.,
and other property found upon hium, we described at
the time, and the account we gave brought forward
Mr. Jacobs, whose house, it now appears, was broken
open the --cry night before, and the whole of the pro-
perty so found, together with many other articles, car-
ried away.
There was one curious, though minute feet. which
strongly cormoborates the charge against the prixnver:
When time tracer took hint into custody at the tilv•r.
smith's, he found, in his waistcoat-pocket, a hrass
drama er lock of singular contraction, and this luck has
since been proved to have been forted 'off a drawer in
the sideboard at Mr. Jacob's house, from whicb part
of the plate is as taken.
The prisoner Smith, declined saying any th;ng is
his defence, and was fully committed to Xewgate fur
trial on both charges.
Willoughby was discharged, there being en evi-
dence against bim. lie was apprehended in cense•
quesce of his bavirg been seen in company with Smith
the day preceding the robbery.

A fire broke out in Lrescent-rew, EderarogrosA, on •
Sunday. occasioned by the too frequent neglect of pa-
rents in leering children alone. In this instance, two
children, one four and the other three years 6111. were •
left in a lower back room. with a horse fall of Ouches
e standing by the ire, which was di ire + down. The in-
side of the house was destroyed, of the children
dreadful!, horst.

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