The recorder. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1802-1803, 1802-12-15
COURa. OF KINGS BENCH
.IREL6ND.

.IREL IND.
In the cafe wherein Mr.. Jain Hs7,ey was
plaintiff and Charles Henry SIR, eiq. was
defendant.
On an action for aaault and falfe
imprisonment.
The trial was had before the right hon.
Arthur lord vifcount Kilwarnen, lord
chief jultice of the Kings Bench.
ANanday, May 10, 1902,
Mr.. CURRAN fatcd the cafe for
the plaintiff, in iubitance nearly to the
following effect.
He began by telling the Jury, it was
the mott extraordinary action he had
ever met with. 1t mutt have proceed
ed from the mott unexampIea impu
dence in che plaintiff, if he has brought
it wantonly; or the mott unparalleled
mlicrcancy in the defendant, if it thall
appear Imported by proof And The
event mutt itarp the mott condign and
lndelible diigrace on the guilty dtfen-
dant, unleis an unworthy verdict ihould
f7uih the lcandal upon another quarter.
On the record, the action he said appear
ed fhorr and limple; it was an action of
treipais, " ct ARMS, for an aii2ulr, bate
ry and falie imprisonment. But the fats
thar led TO it, thae explain its nature, ana
It's enormity, and of couric thar iflould
neaiure the damages, were neither ihort
nor iinPle; the novelty of chem might
iurprlie, the arrocity mutt flock their
feelings, if they had feelings 20 be
ihocked; but he faid, he did nor mean
to address himielf to any of their proud
feelings Of liberty. The feaion for that
was pait. There was indeed he iaid, a
time when, in addreGing a Jury upon
very inferior violations Of human RIGHTS. /
ne had felt his bofom glow, and lwell
with the noble and eleyatine con{ciouf-
neis OF being freeman, ipeaking to
tree men and in a free country where.
1t ne was not sDle TO communicate the
generous fame TO their boioms, he was
not at iealt 70 cold as not to carcb if
from Them, Bur that iynlparhy, he
was nor nowio fooliih as to afaEf Ell
ther to taiPlre, or participate. He would
not in!ulr them by the bitter mockerv
OF iuch an attc6tarion; buried as thew
we're, he did not with to conjure I'D the
ihades Of departed freedom to Aurter
round their tomb, TO haunt or 20 re-
Proach them. Where freedom is no
more, it is q milchievous proclamation
to uie her language; becaule it tends TO
deceive the man who is no longer free,
upon tie mott important of ali points.
that is, the nature Of the firuation ~
which he is reduced; and to make him
confound the licenuoulne(s of words
with the real poifeiion of freedom. He
meant not therefore, he Eaid, 70 call for
an naughty verdict, thar might hum
bic rho infolence of opprenion, or aGert
the fancied rights of Independence. Far
from it; he only affixed for fuch yer.
dlct, as mghr make lome reparatior for
the mott extreme and unnerited fufer-
In, ant might alto TEND to fome proba-
bic mitigation OF the public, and gene
raj deltiny. For this pupolc he laid
he mutt carry back their attention TO
the melancholy period of 1903. II
was at that FAD cribs, that the deEndabr
from an obicure individual, ftarted into
notice and conlequence. 1t is in rhe
hot bed Of public calamity, that fuch
pouenrous and inauipicious products
are accelerated without being matured.
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