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thought that they conlJ be authorised to yirc any
dativitm to the Plaintiff, for th, 001) he su3-
tainod was she society of the must alesudoned of
Lord Chief Justice MASSUELD summed up the
ryideace, and the Jury retired for half an hour,
and returned a verthet for Plaintiff; Janiages
4401. -- •

NOME 'V. SNITS* AND PNILLIPII.
This was aa action against the Defendants for
the amount of goods sized undertarieeccution es
the goods of Major Samuel Davison, ut the; Suit
eat Snimie and le Arden.
•Seriealit Cov:Eci.t. stated the case, and said, that
the l'imietitt had managed a straw but warehouse.
and .teeta,; desirous to set up a watiufuctert of the
same kite', took a house from Niajor Davison in
Nonlintootrland-street. Major D..vison being
at the t:,ne iu distressed circumstances, and ex-
pectii.„ to become an Minute of the Flert Prison,
mold his funiiture out of his house in Alsop-streat
' to the: elaintitf, tor woich she paid him 1001. in
4:1444. awl _lave him a ..ore for eat hundred and
weld pounds wire. A.. awesome proved the pur-
estius.• of he furniture; but it appeared that the
• 0 .ate Ptaitsta had been seduced by Davi-
,J: vier) ugh the machinations of a woman of the
• ne of June nom., woo was his heusekeeper,
there appearing no evidence that see could
P been parraimill of soy property, the Learned
ordercd* weasuit.
isc-egessiman
OLD i%efiLEY-.JuLT 13.

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Sessioas commenced this day before Sir
fttt 6: BL* NC ond Sir Ate* Cuotame, the
AUTOI6 &C.
to Vrelierry, whose trial was put off last
sc4a.ors. on etymon of the absence of a material
«:s. 'At to the bar, when the indictment
wa end. eitsrgiug him with being concttrned. with
otitim pet-fhtel. in coulmlttmg a rape on Margaret
'est, a eighteen years of age.
. Peesemitriti stated, that oil the dey • laid in
the itilictineat., about eleven o'cloiAt ia the morn-
alas et, er past the Qiteen's Head- public-
home, in eat. I.Mcnices-inn-tields ; she
saw a mite, a tow Dame was Raymond, standing at
the door; rue skid hiss the price of a one-tweet
chaise for the day, etatiag, at the same time, her
,Miter wouist nut want it till the following day,
hot she acknowicdeed that it was a Wee preterit,
mit wag to decide a wager of one shilimg with
tumbler girl, coneeniog tire puce of a 'Mahe; upon
which Haywood asked. Leer in to think some ale,
stud he would take her to his toaster. who was Its
the stable; Witeraw worordinely • wins into the
public-rouse ; there.eas there acether man of die
same of Courtney ; they ettenipted le-take 00.1. r
li:iertsies with her, ekes, she smietiiii on going out;
ober' she got to the dbor. they hilth **Al sa by the
. sleialders, mad
_pushed her towed' tie atable, and
forced her in, Ravissohd te.1111,1; blir his Magee wet
0 'tares, on which she west up sot the loft. and
pierceittil only is..y and ors* ; on returning down
she saw tune men coining up. one of *Mow was
the pnio.,ei ; Raymond iu particular took sores
~.th her. while co the stairs, %hien
induced her to go up, when she was shut in
the loft, and a &cease succeeded too groae• to white.
After osier nue hour had deemed. she came down
stairs, very much exhausted and frightene.t, when
two police offietes eaatr tie aid ashiel nee, who were
the men that "tad all used her ? Due said she d:d
not kook ; the Presouse was at the semi standing
close to her, a ith a *pomp/ t• oasts her nice.
Thomas Steel, Lila Wain*. on -whose account the
trial was 01£ last Seabees: said he WadihnPleled
in cleaning the carnage*, and knew the Priem:it
upwards of two years. Courtney her a year, and
Itaysomsd ooly by sight ; he came into the public-
home and saw the Prosecuerie, the l' issuer,
Summed, and Courtney. It was about twelve
o'docit as the day mentimied in the indict-
ment; he drank his best and went away, the
Primmer telling Mtn he would want his carnage as
hew** plug out.. Ou going to the stables, he
goad the d.or open. and went to reek at cleaning
his harnesses. tart a( the stable heliinged to Mr.
Mulls and the other to Mr. Wilms' ; he heard some
nose up stairs, as if three men were speaking. but
meld not 'give any account of their ceoversation.
Sarah Bailey, a servant to Mrs. Rives, who lodges
at Mrs. Mina's. is Duke-street, Lincoln's-inn-
Goldis, sass William' Raymond and Courtney lay
bold of the Prisoner. and force tier into the stable.
Raysmend took the key from the outside, and
locked the door oo the inside. She heard burn tell
the Promentriz that he would put a saddle en her
back before be world let her out, at the same time
using very horrid =premien*: she also heard the
Prooecutnt cry 'int, as doh, had something sniffed
in bar mouth. WitUtill told her mistress of the
cireasostagee, who seat bee to Bow-street for as-
sistaoce. Wilson returned in about half an hour,
with two oficers--ibe saw the Prisoner standing at
the stable door.
Arm Gibbing, &servant, living in the same house
with last witness, corroborated the former evidence.
Mrs. Mills, the mistress of the last witness, also
corroborated the testimony of her servant. She west
up into the bed-room. which looked towards the
stable loft, and perceived two men walking back-
wards and forwent,. a Minot their coats, and one of
them was buttoning his waistcoat ; she else head!
the shrieks of a female.
Mr. John Fisher, a surgeon, attended the Pro-
surstrix and perceived marks of violence, attended
with a fever.
Omer, one of the Bow-street officer*. attended
by a brother oftscer, came to the stable ; on
passing through the Mews, be perceived Heymorid
and Courtney washing a carnage ; they went into
the stable ; the girl was standing near the bottom of
the staircase, and the Prisoner neer her; tweaked
Prosecistrix who were •he men that had used her ill?
She said she did not know. He went into the loft,
whoa the Prisoner asked him wFat business he had

there > and went up with him. When Witness
came down, the two men. Raymond and Courtney,
had thrown down their mop, and gone away ; Wit-
ness took Prosecatnit to Mrs. Mills. is Dyke-street.
her facie was washed. which was ail over dirt, as if
horse-dung had been thrown on it. she also drank
a glass or water; after which Preseesitrin and Wit-
ness went back to the stable where the Prisoner
was; Proseentris pointed lows out as one of the.
wee. sad be was taken into custwiy. Proreeuttil