The British Press; or, Morning Literary Advertiser.
London, England, 1822-01-16 00:00:00

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tefentlani's answer wottla hive two 41 I gestiml P
order;".and now, by this happy tbscovety ut
the construction of this Act. he denied 'that be ems
liable to the Plaintiff. so that though he kind/ Me
ceistd *OW. for the pamphlet, he was to pay urn.
thing to any body. Mr. Scarleit denied thmt the
Defendant. having received the work in question
with the legal direct on it, could now be allowed to
put forward that defect in bar of payment. He
(Mr. Sandell) was Await that the distinction be-
tween moll* prohibits's% and *alum in se lama no*
isid to exist nu longer, 'otherwise there never was
rase to which it could be more properly applies
than the present.
Mr. GbatsitV. for the Defendant, riled the ease
of B4chard V. Evans, rieport,!,l in isth 7 nontm,
p. DI% which wet tried in the Consmon Plea:,
fad whieh he Contniered an authority precisely in
point for him.
The Count thought the action could not be
maintained. The clause of the Act was directory.
and 11111.4 he complied with. The,'rh.tioction or
mulsin p?eitihitarm and lesions in /e wais long ex-
ploded, and could not apply UP the Present case',
it bring for public purposes that effect was given.
to the defenceset up.— Rule absolute for a nonsuit.
AitRANGEAVENT OF ItUtitNEXI. 11"
The LOSS Cite, Juhrece said. to-morrow the
Court would be occupied by new trials; after which,
on the following day, the Court would proceed
on the Special paper, and take the Ciusea paper
afterwards.

OLD'itAILEY, TUISDAt, JANVART 15.

Williams Pete* stood iudicied for idealise • li►ery great
eott, • chaise coat, and a Chaise bat, the pulpit, of E. W ske.
liebit Esq.
E. Webb, servant to the Prosecutor, stated, that he wevi
going with his master's chaise towards Tottenham, aid as t
the Prisower, who asked him to all.* him to ride. fie se.
'muted, and the Prisoner gut up into the chaise. O■ *riving
at the Reit at Tooteishatie, waves, left the Primmer in charge
of the chaise white he went is, and **hie Cetera foiled he
.had decamped with the property...se comities. lie met hint
the following rewrote' in Chuichisiiiret, Shoreditch, and
poshing bias int• • pawebroker's shop, the Primmer the..
told kilIN that If he wobld rdegive bias be would wits back
the properly. On the way to the watch-hoes', he gave op
the keys of • stable be lind in Nelmio.street, Shoreditch,
where the swedes stolen were found.
The Prisoner in his d. Grier, said lie wee letoticated
the time, sad be avoid sot atcantot for his conduct th taking
sway the property.
Several highly respectsble persona gave the Prisoner a moat
excellent character.

Mr. Aussie summed dr, and the Jury returned a verdict
of Guilty.
Wallas Gaseslgue sad Thmoas Greve stood indicted for
stealing forty tense pigeons, the property of James CoMoil,
from bus dove-rot at Stamford-hill.
The clerk of the Prosecutor *rot to the houreof a pigeon-
fancier in Holywell-street, Shoreditch, and there ales the two
Prisoners, who at that tune had two pair of the pigeons' with
diem, and la order to get the rest, Bailey, the fanciei oiksler-
took to purchase them.
Gastoigoe, in his defence said, he bad bought the ',item",
of a neighbour. Green mud he was employed by the olio r
Prisoner' for *host he worked, to take the pigeons to
Bailey's dor kim.
Greees witnesses being called for, several persons ap.
peered and gave bits an excellent character (rum his earliest
infancy, bat while the Common Serjeantb wbo bird the coin,
was spusutiog up, it wee discovered that he was Sot the person
of whom they bad intended to speak Verdieb.—nntliy.
The Prisoners were immediatiately aenteeted to be pisti-
liely whipped between Sqtrnford Hill sod TOfteelsOus Germ*,
sod Osoceirre to be imprisoned for two years, and Green
for one year; beak I. he kept lo batd labour.

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John Joao was convicted of strangle a set of hareere,
the property of Job. Osborn hod seoteneed to he trans-
ported for seven years. There was another indirtmeot
i; ageism bins for stealing a set of briniest, the property of
him Bray, but the Court did sot think it necessary to pre-
med upon it.
• Daniel Modern was confided of steatitic an nrohrells„
the property of Isaac tery. 'rbe Prisoner went to lite
hoine4T the Prosecutor, ander the prelate" of soliciting
charity, and while the servant was gone In to the Pro-wester
with a letter which be presented, conteising a statement of
his lictittoss case of distress, be took the umbrella oat of
the passage and west off with it.
The COMMON SlRJeallt immediately sentenced the
Primmer to be publicly whipped, sad coallised six calendar
months is the House of Correction, and kept on the gaol
allowance.
EM BEV/IEIIINT.
Inn. Helder was psi to the bar WO so ledietneeni. cher,-
log him with embezzling, on the 29:h July last, a 101. note,
the property of his employers, Memo. Tribe and Cole, of
South Molten-street, witie.ruerchahts.
Mr. Tribe stated, that they employed several desire, each
of whom had a book in which he entered, or ought to enter
each noaroisg, all orders takes and soak 'waived by him no
the preeedieg day. Oa the dory io googlies the Primmer
entered bl. to the credit of a Mr. Nicholas. Norman.
Mr. Nicholas Norman, • publican, stated, that be rid
the Prisoner, on the 29th of Jnly, lit on aecount of the
Prosecutors. He could Dot ?welsher& is wlOtt oohs the erne
• was mid. • ,
Messrs. Alltaltltaire sad AIIALIMION, on !torpid for the
Prisoner, sow took as abjection to thre iedicimest us the
posed of its being there charged the, he b9d received a 101.
note, of which feet there was no whatever. The
Prisoner was therefore Acquitted, '
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He was spill indicted fir seabesellef f. 11111kh he had
received from another perems, too came of his isreMyet it. .
sod acquitted on account of a eietilar feet of "'deuce. _
He was then tried on a third letfietiamit, charging hist otib
stealing • 101. note which he . had received from a Mr. ell 4"
mer, nod again acquitted through a Mistier failure. -- "
Mr. Tribe said be hail moiety *char charges agMos(illte
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Primmer under 'Moiler eircesestenoes.4
Mr. ARAM' who tried the Prisoner, said, be opold-hrow
of no other charge than that pelmet* befit!" the Cour', sod
he ads bound to tell the Joey they mast acquit The Primmer,
melees he could be fixed by evidesee with the guilty poser,.
sien of the precise thing which he was charged with having
stoles.
. Jai* Demerara& was iedieted.foa studies three yam!, of
hemmer', lbe property of his employer, Mr. Vt'ethersil, of
Providenee-rew.
The Prisoner bad tempted!, earterio'ed a hoy erithmobons)
he was aequainted, so pledge article* of a Motile, demielly,„
how for bins ; end wee detected in tioallegitellat of the sagq-
ciosa of the pawnbroker' to whom abe karrogrerre in so..
to,. was offered, having been exiles% and the boy on beSeg
queitioned at once statist that he lad been employed to $
pledge it by the Pritioner. ..
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The Prosecutor ideotilled the property, aid deeded basing
ever given the Primitive, who wsa bi• clerk, Maher all to ' i,
pledge soy thing for hies whatever. He farther stated, that
the piece front whit* the bemaymeretrhs tpeeetiost mac cut,
was thereby so far spaded so. to he *Ube enportetioa, hoc
which be bed intended it. .
The Prisoner, with singular izipadetee aid harillardi
effrontery said, his miter had employed him to pledge ha
goods. He
_hail siesemparyed smother person tr. pledge his
gold welch hind* mod 1111 fOOltelettba mon-y immediately
art off for Brightest, terrine him withons soy mosey.
He called no witetteera to his character, and oat, without
hesitation, found &welly.
He was also convicted nu another Indictment of a similar
mature.
Mr. daot.entia said dim were at least forty cotes of Ne
sans.kind against the Promote.
Charles arse?, another servant in the employ of the Pr*.
seentor in the last case, stood indicted for steeling a roam-
tity of cloib, under stmEin tircuiustances. Since hie cam.

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