8.*--"At a late sitting of the magistrates at Litcham to hear appeals
against assessed taxes, Mr. Lynes, one of the appellants, accused the
Surveyor of Taxes of partial conduct. He alleged that Mr. F. Beck, of
Mileham, owned greyhounds for which he was not charged duty. Mr. Beck
jumped up and got hold of Mr. Lynes' nose, which he held for some time.
Mr. Lynes retaliated by striking Mr. Beck several blows on the head and
face, and a battle ensued. The police interfered, and Capt. Fitzroy
ordered the parties into custody. It was stated that there had
previously been a quarrel between Mr. King, the magistrates' clerk, Mr.
Beck, and Mr. Lynes, and Mr. King had challenged the latter to fight a
duel. Mr. King acknowledged that he had sent a challenge. For the fight
in the magistrates' room Mr. Beck and Mr. Lynes were bound over to keep
the peace for twelve months. Mr. King was also bound over in sureties to
keep the peace towards Mr. Lynes for twelve months." At the Norfolk
Assizes, on April 3rd, 1843, the action Lynes _v._ Beck, for assault, was
tried before Lord Chief Justice Tindal, and judgment was given for the
plaintiff, damages one shilling. The Judge remarked that the assault was
of a very degrading and contumacious character.
11.--Died at his house on Scoles' Green, Norwich, Mr. Robert Ladbrooke,
artist, in his 73rd year.
13.--Died at Tunbridge Wells, aged 55, Sir John Jacob Buxton, Bart., of
Shadwell Park, Norfolk, and of Tockenham House, Wilts. He served the
office of High Sheriff of Norfolk in 1841-2.
19.--At the Norfolk Quarter Sessions, Johnson Hemnell was sentenced to
fifteen years' transportation for stealing promissory notes, gold, and
silver, to the amount of 150 pounds, the property of Mr. Harrison Wells,
of Dilham. On the night after his conviction the convict accompanied two
of the prison warders to Seething, where he showed them a garden bank in
which 108 pounds of the stolen money was found concealed.