The Trial of Lieutenant Charles Bourne, Upon the Prosecution of Sir James Wallace, Knt. For an Assault: Also the Law Pleadings, the Arguments of ... Upon Passing Judgment
William Isaac Blanchard
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Excerpt from The Trial of Lieutenant Charles Bourne, Upon the Prosecution of Sir James Wallace, Knt. For an Assault: Also the Law Pleadings, the Arguments of Counsel, and the Speech of Mr. Justice Willes Upon Passing JudgmentRim, a l lilh, and caufe to be printed a'nd'publifhed, in which (aid libel, of and concerning the (aid Sir, James Wallace, and of and cocermng his be haviour as commander of the (aid {hip of war, called the Warrior, are contained divers falfe feandalous, wicked, and malicious matters, ac cording to the tenor following, that is to fay. For the Morning Herald, Mr. Editor, In an. Fwer to a Letter in the Herald of this day, figned James Wallace, 1, (meaning himfelf, the faid Charles Bourne,) am to obferve the para graph therein alluded to, was not inferred either y me; or by my knowledge, and whatever Sir James Wallace, (meaning the (aid Sir James Wallace) may think, it requires very little dill eernment to difcover his motives for obtruding a private quarrel on the norice of the public.' The afl'ertion of Sir James Wallace, (meaning the faid Sir James Wallace) thati never once came to the point, either in Jamaica, Bath, or London, I lhall leave for the unprejudiced mind to deter mine on,' by dating a few facts, but 1 mni'c firfi: obferve, that it is With infinite re ret Ifind myfelf obliged to trouble the public wit a detail (0 un interelting, which yet I h0pe they will allow it become abfolutely necefi'ary for the vindication of my honour. On my arrival in England I was informed that Sir James Wallace, (meanin the faid sirflgameswallace) was at Bath; my feet ings, as an 0 cer and a man, induced me to halter; thither, either to receive ample apology for the infults I had fufl'ered, or. To give him, (meaning the (aid Sir James Wallace) that chafiifemcnt he' (0 jufily merited at ay hand; When at Bath, 2 not.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.