On Thursday week, the bench of Magistrates it Hythe were
em- ployed for a long time in hearing a ease of trespass and felony preferred against J. B. Haynes, Esq., of Winterton Hall, barrister, by A. Randall, waterman, under the following circumstances. Mr. Haynes having a pair of eagles which stood at his entrance.gates damaged and broken, and suspecting A. Randall, proceedcd.io his house at midnight, and without any notice or authorittf,Arced an entrance into his house, awl the room where he was in bed with his wiji ; and, seizing a pair of shoes, was about to take them away to compare them with certain footmarks near his gates, when be was prevented doing so by Randall taking them out of his hands and turning him out of doors. Mr. Guy, of Lyming- ton, appeared on behalf of the prosecution, and commented in strong terms upon the defendant's conduct. After a long and patient inves- tigation, the Bench said they considered the offence (the trespass) fully proved, and sentenced hint to pay a line of 41. to the Queen. The charge of stealing the shoes the Magistrates refused to go into.— _Hampshire Telegraph. [Suppose the situation of the parties had been reversed : would the waterman have been let off svith a fine as light to him, as four pounds to " B. Haynes, Esq., cf Winterton Hall, bar- rister?" Or would the Magistrates have it fused to go into the charge of stealing, had Squire !Jaynes been the prosecutor and Randall stood at the bar ? Beeauso the defendant was a gentleman, the Magistrates virtually decided that he might commit a gross outrage %sit]) impnuity- for the four-pound fine was it nominal punish neat. We wish that Randall may be assisted to sue the squire for damages in a court of justice.)
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