THE PRODIGAL'S RETURN.
At the Ottery Sessions an extraordinary oase of sißsault was dealt with, the complainant being the Rev. W. B. Gurney, the curate of Whimile, and the defendant Mr A. H. Smith, a young man of independent means. The defendaut has recently • married and returned to England. On Sunday, the 11th July, the complainant was the preacher at tho village ohuroh, and in expounding the text, " The wages of sin is d<>ath," he reforred to the return of the prodigal son, and made other references which the defendant regarded as personal to himself. Smith went to tho curate's lodgings, and left a message that ho should horsewhip him. On the following Thursday they met in the road, when Smith charged the curate with insulting him in his sermon. The curate denied that he intended any personal referocca, but the defendant was not satisfied, and, seizing the curate, laid a dog whip across his ihoulders, and subsequently put the ourate's head under his arm. The defendant now apologised, withdrew the accusations he had made against the onrate, and agreed to pay the costs and £25 to the Exeter Hoßpilal. On these terms the Bench consented to the withdrawal of tho summons.
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Globe, Volume XXII, Issue 2061, 1 October 1880, Page 3
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202THE PRODIGAL'S RETURN. Globe, Volume XXII, Issue 2061, 1 October 1880, Page 3
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