The Portland gazette. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1818-1824, 1822-03-05
DEFERRED ARTICLES.
From late English Papers.
ROW STREET.

IphrdirI VS.. SterGrt.-This was proceeding
"a Larine, by which the plaintiff sought separa-
ton tor violence done to his religious scruples and
bodily health, by the act of the defendant, in
asmuch as he, the plaintiff, being Jew, the de-
PENDANT, on Wednesday, the twelfth of this pres
ent December, al eleven o'clock In the forenoon,
Ia the parish ofSt. Paul, Coyent Garden, did,
With malice afUrethought, knock him down with
ap5g's head, contrary 70 the statute, and against
the peace forr Sovereign Lord the King, &c.
Both plaintiff and defendant pleaded each for
himself; counsel being retained on either side.
Ephraim first depos:d, that he is BY pro-
fcssan an orange merchant, carrying on his bus
mess in Covent Garden Market that the de-
fcndant, Richard Stewart, is adealer ia pork and
poultry in the said market and that he, the said
Richard Stewart, on the dav and hour above sta
ted did thrust " pigs face" against his cheek
with such violence as 10 throw him backwards
into chest Of oranges, whereby he sustained
great damage both in mind BODY, and mcrchan-
die. Plaintiff stated, moreover, that he Lad pre-
viously, and on sundry occasions, forewarned the
said Richard, il was contrary to the tenets of his
religion 10 come in contact with pork and vet
nevertheless the said Richard did frequently, and
from time TO time, obtrude pork upon his atten-
ton, BY holding il up soft in the market and call
ing TO him" Ephraim, will you have mouth
great malice and wickedness IN the said Richard,
and he therefore besought the magistrate to IN
terpose the protection Of the law in his behalf
The Magistrate observed that he was astOnish-
81 person Of Mr.. Stewards appearance and re-
spectablity should be guilty Of such conduct and
having explained 10 him that the law afforded
equal protection 10 the professors Of every rcli-
sion, called upon him for his defence.
May il please your worship" said Mr.. Rich
ard Stewart, who is an elderly, well-fed man, Of
a Jolly and pleasant countenance-" May il please
your worship, keeps a stand ia Coyent-garden
Market, and have done 50 any time these ten
years, and Mr.. Ephraim's stand is next 10 mine
Now, your Worship, on Wednesday morning la
a hamper o pork up out O. Her;fordshire and 50
opened the hamper, and at the top on it Law
nice head and takes it and holds it up, and,
SAYS |, Here's bootlful head, says l. Did
ever any body see such a handsome un And
sure enough your Worship, il was the most boo
tiful az ever was, and woold done any bodv's
heart good TO see tit was cut so clean off the
quarter drawing hts finger closely across bis
own neck,) and was short i the snout and as
white as a sheet il was, your Worship quite
remarkably handsome. And 50 said. saws ],
Look here ! Did ever any body see SIGH pic
ture holding il up Just in this manner. With
that, ih = says Mr.. Epraim, SAYS he now my
dreams out dreampt last night that / saw
two pigs heads together, and there they are
meaning my head and the pigs head, your Wor-
ship. Well, took notice o. that, but goes
gently behind him, and slides the pigs head
BY the side OF his head, Claps me own o the 9TH
side--all arrow with the pigs j. the middle,
your Worship and says | to the folks, saws !,
Now who'll say which is the honestest face Of
the three 7 With that, your Worship, all the
folks fell laughing, and | goes myself quickly
back again 10 my stall. But poor Ephraim feu
10 such a passon Lord il were moral to see
what pucker be were in he danced, and he
capered, and he rubbed lis WHISPERS though
verify believe the pigs head never touched him
and he jumped and fdgeted about all as one
a. if lac was mad, TIL at last he tumbled into the
orange-chest, your Worship, of his own accord,
rs it were and that's the long and the short Of
Il, your Worship, as my neighbors here can
specify"
His Worship having listened attentively to
these conflicting statements, decided that the
defendant had acted indecently, insulting the
religious feelings Of the plaintiff; though, at the
same time, the affair was hardly worth carrying
20 the Sessions, and therefore would recommend
the plaintiff 10 be satisfied with an apology.
The defendant expressed the greatest VIII
hngness to apologize" For" says he, 1" have
asked another Jew what could make Mr.. T.
rhrsm in such passion, and he told me, your
Worship, that if YOU get rale Jew and rub him
with bit o pork, its the greatest crime ever
was"
Plaintiff and defendant then retired, and the
matter was compromised.
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