George & Thomas Turner.

                             
                                     Common Pleas

                 John Martyn v George and Thomas Turner

This was an action for an assault and false imprisonment. The plaintiff is a hatter, and the 
defendants are gun-makers. In October last (October 1819), the parties took a shop in Ballinasloe,of which the plaintiff occupied one side , and the defendants the other, during a fair of that town.
On the evening of the 10th they were drinking together, and a scuffle ensued, after which one of the defendants, having missed some money accused the plaintiff of robbing him, and had him arrested.
This was at nine o'clock, and he remained in custody until one in the morning; the defendant expressed sorrow for what had occured, retracted the charge, and said he would not have wished 
what had occurred for £100. 
Verdict for the plaintiff, £15 damages.
Counsel for the plaintiff, Messrs Goold,Driscoll and Green- For the defendants, Messrs O'Connell and O'Loghlen.

Freemans Journal 2nd March 1820. 

NB: The original text contains errors and has been corrected. The punctuation has been left unchanged.

                                          Dave Stroud. ramrodantiques.co.uk