Guildford, Tuesday, Aug. ...
The Times, 1824-08-25T00:00:00

Br frre Mr. Baron GnArAtm. ThMs was an nkictitment against the defendant fbr an assault upon arnuel ldnstead and Richard Bedwell, officers in th-e Excise. 'Kr. BoI.IASD opened the pleadings. My. Sergeant ONeLOW staIted the case to thc jury, the particulars which -ill be seen froin the following cvidence. Richard Bedwell, exarnined by iMr. MARtRYAT.-I am an Excise- ficcr. 1 bad in my pmsessiou, on one occasion, a warrant to arrest ,e de'ndant Samuel Ruttcr. A peition was preferred by the de. r.Aannt for a mitigation of thc penalty. fc paid to East, the othcr msgn named in thr warrant, the sum of 61. in mv presence, in av. 18231. Ile fixed on the July following to pay the remainder. c appointed with Alr. East Rnd mne to mce Itim at the Bell, in uonrdsditch. ;'r. East was there at the appointed time. I was rIle later, as I was unable on account of other business to attend irctuaiv. This appointment not having been kept, I went to cckhamn fair in thc county of Surrey, to look for hint, on the 21st August. That was the first day of the fair. I fotnd him there tending his booth, which wascalled the " Freemasons' Tavern." I d bint he was not a man of his word, as he ba(d not kept his misc. Ile said he was very sorry, and the teason he had not me was, becautse he hadn't got tite money. I asked him whether had te smoney. lie said no; but if I would come down the fol. wring evening between seven ani eight, be would pay it, and would much obliged to mc. I accor(lingly went down in comnpany with nuel ?.instead, an Excise-officer, and told Mr. Ratter I was r.c in consequenceof his appointment. lie toid mc to walk into e danine-room (a laugh)-or into the ball.room, and he would r me. I did so, and then he sait, " Those whio take money ge. rally stand treat." I told him the money wa,s no benefit to me, ss comnedown on busittess, but I would have a bottle of porter, whichl TIpaid Is. 3d. IMlr. Rutter, and Air. Linstead, ar,drnysclf k it. I then asketl him for the money, as I had some busincss town, and wanted to get back. Ile asked me whether I had got ee.ipt. K told him I had, and he said " Lay it down, and I shall YOU-" ALccordingly, I deew a copy on a blank picee of paper- ron a stamp. Mr. !instead lad the stamp in his pocket, and Mr. trer askedl me to let himI take it, and show it to a 1rienil of his, ich be did, and then retumed it tn ne, telling me to write it on the mo. I did so; and then asked him for the money. Hl said wottl come directly, 'WhVhat a hurry you are in !" I thien ited for a considerable tirne, and askcl hIim repeatedly for the e'k,, teling him I had businmess in town, and a few msinates could i, o differnc,c to him in paying the money. I-Ic then asked me rr.kl got the bodv warrant? 1 told him " Non I did notcome there .st hin." I had come there according to his own appointmern. then said be vtould not pay ine, and made use of the worst pos- cnames,wbiihheappiIedtolne. 1icsaid, we weretwoinform.- corne thercto extort money from him. said, " Air. Rutter, I surr.ised at vou. this is not the tteatment I expected ; you ap. red that I scould neet you here." He then repeated that we informers, in a loud voice, and then pointed us eut. There at least two or three hundred aersons in the booth at the titne. eother people in the room said to us, " You know yeu are." s was about nine o'cock at n "iht. Rotter then continued to call us rrners,and said to themob, "Gi e it to them; kill them!" and used bad nameF. There was a constable in the place with a stafF, and stead anplied to hint for protection, and the constableshoved him "f thc doandg-room intothedrinking-room.' I don'tknow who the was. I hanever eenhim hefore,nurdo I know that he wasa con. le, onlv that he had aRstaff I then wentafter,instead, and Rutter atied crying out go the mob, " They are bloody informers, give them." I had a blac~-ethorn stick in my liand, whicl wvas el by tite people about uis. I Iad, " W'e are nro itiformers, but come on revenue business.l' Rntter still kept setting, the aW us. I was knocked down, and my heft foot was very much Rotter had seen the warrant tnd read it in Smithfield. -asnel lAnstead was then called, alid corroborated Al the main depdse to by the former vittiess, and stated that lie bad been muhburt in the affray. arles rrenland examined.-I am an Excise pernlit writer. I n a booth Rt 'fcklam fair, called the Freemasons' Tavern, In Kt last. 1 sav Lirteiad there in company with another officer. i Ro tter BV, "You have hotd 51., and now you conr to rr- inother." the people abused the officrs. 'hliam Erat esamindi by lMr. Sergeant ONSLOW-I anu an tn the Excise. On tile 26th of Mlay I received 51. from the dntT Rutser. I sihowed him thle warratit, anml fie appointed to the oher Si. at the sign of the Bell, ffounidsditch. I went aCcording to appointments btit the defendant did not attend. -as on the 5th of June. On the 4th of February, 1824, 1 ar- h Wiiis, eimmaned by Mr. MAIT r .- am an Excise of- t0r A Pb ; t w;hdlea,edh|uiWmlkaow*l>|4 a p?fi sled lA ler fit the feri'afdnh .?h, told himg =dLbthe .wo g tds wqteS pay lri. ;. I'! ..Afr. AE ,ltc N p Sart1erespetngthe Jpayctot sm oe-Iwn peace. t was B 3Augufficrd awndcouzld notallo ittt; &'isnid1the door. I dar'iy turti at y l beexi the pec i,anatset -d tbem fteiro ain the ball-roi m. The iey paid rVilling eho for iarnission nelysuty w as to keep the door clear. n rd, Rt itst itoastationaed in- sid to receire the nrojiey, about a yard and a half'from me. I heard high words betwcen the two profecutors w ailAlte. Deltahetrb fhr. Rdtter's patnther, respecting the payment of some money. I went up o them, and told them thott was a veryi Riproper place to break the peace. I was a peaceaoffbler, and could notallow it. They sAid they were officers, and requiredl ty atai2tance. I satid, "1If yo-v be o?.i cerso I am surprised at your breaking the peace;" and I askedl the fortieira uthority. They saidtheywere reveiue oficers. The wit- nesswent ri tomtaterthat the defendanthad, fromftet Gtost t esaved withthe autmost propriety,sand had never dasedut asny offeosive tie towards, still lees had he treated the officers with violence either b- gesture or otherwise. Two other persons, named Joseph Powell and John WValter Grif- Hthsog depose e to thi same effect. The former deseibed himself as cook on board the Royal Soverein Ramengate qtea,n-p2ckct, and~ the latter as a special consgtable of the Thames police., Both thiese per- sons denied that the defendant had behaveo with any impropriety towardsi the Excise-officers, or that he had used any offenoive lan- guage; btt in tome of the collateral particulars of the transaction they varied materially iror tle stvaterent of the first witnews. For instance, the latterradmitted that he saw Savory push tie officer out of the booth. He alsto admitted on his cross-exatiinaon, that for the last fodr yearse, Ie had never done any duty as an officer of the Tlhames Police, andt that in fact he had resigned i situations al- though he considlered himself still as a special conmable. ris pre. sent employment was that of a surveyor and road-keeper. Alr. Baron (RAn Aa, in summing up the case for the jury, ob- served, that they aid avery painful duty to discharge on the pre. sent occasion, inaimu' h as hlieir verdict, whichever way it was given, musat condemn the wcri,csses on tht one side or the other, in persons who had come forward to comfit the most wilful and rorrtus per. jut. c lis Lordship whiclst leave the case to their discrimination ain good sense, in order to flntd their way to ajust conclusion on its merits. The Jary, aftes neliberating for some time, retired to cnsider on their verdict, and after heing out for a considerable tinis, returned a verdiet at the .Judge's lodgings of Guilty. TIt5 Xelate V. SIRt JOHN P1st LLV%OIt5E %AtD LIIUT, ANDREW DREWV. This was an indtictment against the defendants for an outrageous assault upon Mr. Richard Jamnes, autior of the "1 Naval Ilistorp of Greezt BRritais." The peculiar circumstances of this case, which have already been fully before the public, excitetd considerable in- terest, and its discussion was expected to afford some anmusemnent; but as the hiour of trlial approached, a negotiation teak place betweern the coinsel on bAth gides, which endte in an Jurngement, that thew defendants shiould d sucbmit to a verdict of guilty, and p d all tile costs of the prosecution, wiliclt , it is supposed, will ec d one l lenl,dred A Jurtiy was now sworn, andI Mr. ADOLFIpTS, who was counsel for tie prosecution, iiforimd the Court of the arrangemnt ig anbove men tioned ; and that Mfr. llolland, who was counsel for tile dlefend.. ants, was inistructedI to consent on behalf of his clients to a vecdict of Guily. Air. BOrpLANd rose and informed the learned Judge, that he was so instructed, and accordingly a verdict of Guilty was recorded. JatOxes Sezlell, Aficbig Hlor e, and Alfred Tom end, were in- rigcted on the Coroner's inquisition with felonioasly slaying and killing John Oxley. It appeared in evidence, that the deceased and, the prisoner wete at a public-houne at Mlitclham, on Sunday, the 41thof July, and tloatOxley being in liqttor, and of a quarrelsome temper, inisted on flghting wise the t prisoner Sewell, which the latter reused, and even when nocked down by Oxley refwusedi to thigt him.u e tf hien left the public-house, antd was followed by the deceased, who still in- sisted son qurselling,althsoUgh the prisonter oftred him a pot ofporter to he friends, but the otherstill pursued him, and at length histemper Asc raised, and a pugiliste c baittle took ,lse, which the witnesses Proved was a lW&r atarld-up fight. After fighting for 10 min&ttes, Oxley received a blow on the throat, which proved the cause of nis death. It appeared thiat Sewell showed the greatest forbearance, and was the first to get medical assistance for the deceased. The other two,prisoners were the seconds. Under tlihes eircustances, tne jury, by the direction of the Court, acqtuiied flowe hanr Townsend, tLe seconds, and found Sewel gtilty of Smaitaughter, who was m sen- tenced to one moecth' imprisonment. Alfred Leach, Jamex Barniett, Rizhizrd E'rnith, John Dillo, ThotnasSnith, and James Miles. were indicted for stealing from a bleaching-ground at Beddington, 30 pieces of printed muslin, value 601., the properuty, of SamiuelMakepeace. Otnbelhalf of jilloli a case of clear alibi w*as established-; and the Jurybroght n avericto Nognity fr him, Barnett, andLeachl; andGai4..fo Aliesan th tw Siths, but recommended tile ile andSmit wee setencd totraspyortatio for seven years and he oy Sithto ne yar' har laourinth Houseo. Cr GU;ILDFORD). TuESDAY. Ab'G. 2-. T 1nE x1NG V. 11&UTTER.