From this statement it would appear that this Mr Shee distrained illegally, that the tenant sought the protection of the law, and that he obtained damages to the amount of L12. This may appear an inconsiderable sum; but when it is considered that an officer entitled a "replevinger," resides in almost every town, that the stock or implements were not removed from the premises, and that Ring, if he exerted himself, could not be deprived of their use for a _second day_--we must admit it was a fair remuneration for his trouble. Well--but this Mr Shee, with the knowledge of his former misconduct, and its punishment before him, again seizes: and this time he commits a _felony_, as well as an illegal act; for he carries off the tenant's manure, and appropriates it to his own use, without going through any legal form whatever. The tenant obtained justice before; but now (with a still stronger case) he refuses to bring his action, which, in the quarter-sessions court, would have cost him 2s. 6d. He is quite aware of his rights, for he defended them successfully before; yet for some reason or another, _studiously concealed_, he now remains inactive.[40] * * * * * Is every person so silly as to believe that this Mr Shee, who was more than once successfully prosecuted for assaults and illegal acts, would not again be brought to justice for such a serious breach of the law as that of forcibly carrying off another man's property. The criminal prosecution would only have cost one shilling; and can we believe he would a _third_ time subject himself to an action for illegal distress, with the rent-days specified in the lease well known to him? But all the assertions of this paid maligner sink into insignificance compared with what follows. We know not which to be most amazed at--the recklessness, or the stupid ignorance of the man. "It would be too tedious to give a detailed account of every lawsuit that now followed; but from that time, _the summer of 1842, up to the summer assizes of 1843_, the landlord proceeded in the courts for a warrant of ejectment against Ring _nine times_. On the first eight cases he was defeated; but he succeeded on the ninth. He had thirteen other lawsuits of various kinds with the same defendant, during which he sold his furniture five times and his horse twice. In all, _he had twenty auctions of sale previous to midsummer of this year_. Part of the furniture was in several of these instances only bought back by the agent, Mr James Coyne, handing money privately to Ring to pay for it. This is the agent formerly spoken of, who at last gave up his situation out of sheer disgust at the odious work he was called on to perform.