Norfolk Annals, Vol. 1: A Chronological Record of Remarkable Events in the Nineteeth CenturyMackie, Charles
History
Norfolk Annals, Vol. 1: A Chronological Record of Remarkable Events in the Nineteeth Century
Mackie, Charles
Norfolk (England) -- History
—At the Norfolk Assizes, held at Norwich, the case of the King _v._
Larke, Mileham, and others was tried. This was a prosecution for rioting
in a Dissenting meeting-house at Aylsham, and for an assault upon a
preacher, named Joseph King, on Sunday evening, March 13th, 1808. The
defendants behaved in a very disorderly manner in the chapel, and carried
off the minister by force to the Dog Inn. The case was settled by the
defendants apologising to the prosecutor in open court, and by paying the
costs of the prosecution.
—At the same Assizes, Lord Chief Justice Mansfield had before him the
action, Leathes, clerk, _v._ Baker. It was brought by the Rector of
Reedham, under a statute of Edward VI., to recover treble the value of
the tithes of corn grown on the defendant’s farm there, in 1808, and
involved in dispute a sum of between £300 and £400. The two main points
which the plaintiff endeavoured to substantiate were, first, that the
tenant had not set out the tithes according to law; and, secondly, if set
out, it was done fraudulently and unfairly. It was proved that in one
field defendant cut the whole crop, tithed and carried a part on one day,
and the remainder on the following day. The Judge ruled that this mode
of tithing was contrary to law, and said he was sorry to be obliged to
direct the special jury to find for the plaintiff. The jury, after
requesting his lordship to inform them what was the lowest sum they could
award, so as not to subject the defendant to costs, assessed the amount
at £8. A similar action was brought by the same plaintiff at the Lent
Assizes at Thetford, on March 19th, 1810, against a farmer, named
Maddison, when the jury found for the defendant. At the Norfolk Assizes,
held at Norwich, on August 13th, 1810, before the Lord Chief Justice,
Baker brought an action against Mr. Leathes, to recover damages for
inconvenience and loss sustained by him in 1808, by reason of the
defendant allowing his tithes to remain and rot on the plaintiff’s land.
A verdict was given for Baker, damages, £150. At the same Assizes, Mr.
Leathes brought an action against a farmer, named Long, for not setting
out his tithes according to law. Verdict for the plaintiff, damages,
£12.
31.—The Grand Jury for the County held a meeting, at which renewed
efforts were commenced to procure the removal of the Lent Assizes from
Thetford to Norwich. It was decided to petition Parliament with that
object. At Norwich Quarter Sessions, on October 3rd, the Grand Jury made
a presentment, asking the city magistrates to co-operate with the county
justices. On October 11th, the Norwich Corporation resolved to aid the
county in the application to Parliament, and in February, 1810, a
petition in favour of the removal was presented in the House of Commons
by Mr. Patteson.
AUGUST.
6.—A wedding “of an unusual kind was celebrated at Swaffham. The bride
and bridegroom, young persons, were both quite blind.”
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