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a at home it 'fear .'dock in the iveniiig ; she did
not see him again anti! New Year's Day. whew be
was brobght to her by a perms. Who had formerly
lodged with bee; the Primmer was indebted to her
tor lodging ; he was taken into custody the same day.
fiarrowby, the °Meer, stated; that he took this
Prisoner into custody on the first ofJsmiary, at the:.
house of the last witness, and as he was taking I •
to the Polier•eillet, he liked hint did he not know
when Ire took the pen in his hotirl'to do what hr did;
what the consequences stro'uld. he? He said, lie
hoped to have been able to pay them.
Mr. John Bailey was called to ',cove the for.
gery, that the itcceptance to the bill of exchange
loss not his hand writing.
Mr. Justice Hbutotd asked, whether there sag
not some other witness who was acquainted with
Mr. Bailey's hand-writing, that could prove the
acceptance was not hit signature Bring an-
swered in the negative,
The Learned Judge observed to The Juiy. that
the law had wisely provided.. that a person who ass
the supposed acceptor of a bill should nut he
allowed to give evidence. as he had ma 'wriest in
it ; fur if the bill was hill bona fide acceptance, he
would be liable to pay it : iml there being in.
other evidence to prove that the acceptance wit!,
not the hand-welting a Mr. Bailey. it was ttlie
duty to acquit the Prisoner.
The Jury accorditigly returned a verdict of Nte
The Prisoner. on hearing the verdict of the
Jury, fainted, end was obliged to be carried fii.tit
the bar.

EXTENSIVE ROBBERIES.

Jaeph Perry was capitally indicted for steel .
95 yards of woollen sluff in the ilwelling-house of
Messrs. Shoolbred aud Fergusson.
Mr. James Shoo'bred stated, that he and M•.
Fergusons were in partnership at liotti.dropero, 1;1
Tottenlinfn-court-road. On the 27111 of Otceor-
her a Viullloll was taken into custody in
oitop. she having stolen a piece of stuff, thuir
properly. nod site was taken to Marlborough-
street Police Office. 03 the following moor g
she was to have been exatniiied; the Prisoner
in the Office. apparently intoxicated—.o much so
as to cause the Magistrate to notice hint, and ask
him what business he had there ? He ansavred.
he was there On account of a note he had r•ceiveil
from a niece of his, who was in trouble. The Ma-
gistrate asked him where he lived ; and he sand.
No. 20, Oxford-market. The witness' and IVeals
the officer then went to the Prisoner's' lodgings.
searched them, and found 54 yards of drubbed
figured stuff, 26 yards brown twilled stuff. and
15 yards of green stuff, the property of the wit-
ness and his partner, besides six boards which the
stuffs had been made up on, and 199 duplicate',
two of which related to their property.
John Weals, an officer, produced the stuffs, and
Mr. Shootbred identified them as his and his part.
uer'-

.4 properly.
The Prisoner, in his defence, said, be did not know to
whom the property belonged; a man of the name of Juhu_
sae, a licensed hawker, left them at his lodgings three
weeks before to take care of them until he called for them.
Johnsen was in the constant habit of leaving goods with
kim and calling fur thea ; the stuff in questio« might be
the property of the Prosecutors for what be knew.
Mr. Justice PARK summed up the evidence. Mite
Jury, without hesitation, returned a verdict of Guilty—.
Dea 1 .
He was again indleted for stealing seven pieces of such
from the shop of Henry Crutchley, linen-draper, Totten-
ham-court road. The facts were similar to those dischwil
in the last case, except that Mr. Crutchtcy could only
identify 22 yards of stuff, of the value of rts.
The Jury, under the direction of the Learned Judge,
found the Prisoner guilty of stealing only to the salmi: of
395. in the dwelling-house, which does away with the capi-
tal part of the offence.
Mary Julian, a witness, who was called, did out appear,
sod the Learned Judge ordered her recoguiciuces to be es-
teemed.

There were three other indictments t rainst the Prisoner
fur similar offences.
The Learned Judge observed, it was not neceaaary to try
them, but ordered that the goods should be restored to the
Prosecutors, and their expenses paid.
HIGHWAY ROBBERIES.
Mickael Sullivan was capitally indicted and convicted of
assaulting Ratliff Luemore on the King's highway, putting
him in fear, and taking from his person a metal watch chain
and key, of the value of 64. on the night of the 28th of
December, in Lemons•row, Whitechapel.
Hoary Judd was capitally indicted for assaulting John
Hancock, on the morning of the 24th of December, in the
Kim's highway, putting him in fear, and taking from hi■
*crone • metal watch, in White-Hart-yard, Drury-lane.
The evidence in support of the indictment was cositradie-
tory, and the Jury brought in • verdict of Not Guilty.
On Friday lug, pursuant to advertisement., a
meeting of the principal owners and occupiers of
laud in that part of the county, was held at the Sa-
racen's Fiend Inn, Chelmsford, to take into con-
sideration the expediency of addressing the Legis.
'attire upon the subject of the present distressed
state of wgriculture. At this meeting Tiloblest
GAILDISIgg BRAZIeTOW. &lg. was unanimously
called to the Char. when that Gentleman, iii ex-
planation of the Resolutions which he intended to
offer to the meeting for its adoption, took ■r cx..
tenlimi mod comprehensive view of the subject in all
its hearings, and, with mach force end ability,.
clearly demonstrated that the existing leer} were in-.
adequate to give that protection to the capital in-
vested by the land.owner and the land.occupier,
which the best interest of the country demanded.
The Resolutions, on the motion of Sir Jonst
TTRICI.L, Bart, seconded by JOSEPH SAVILL.
Esq. were then read from the Chair, and were re.
ceived with much approbation from all present.

Pitched coca markets, toll free, are now est,tivltcl'-
ing in several of the principal towns in the West of
Englaud, which are numerously attended.
Old Mosher Windsor, of King's.place notoriety.
died last morning.
Carrion lo Skaiters.—Os Sunday afternoon, as Mr.
Joseph Gassier, Griffith, nephew of Mr. Gunnery, soli-
citor, wan waving himself ern a pit, which, hiving a
apriuc, left the water scarcely !cozen over in the middle,
he fell in. Every assistance was immediatcy rendered ;
and Mr. Knowles, nephew of Mr. Knocks, John street.
plunged through the broken ice, and brought the unfor-
tunate boy to the land; hot too late, the intense roll
having taken away the vital spark. It is • remarkable
sad melancholy fact, that the Cognate for,the
towashipajiad nut ksa thin eight inquests to attend peter.
te►day; angl tbatogitAin t►ree days ion less than seventeen
indliajnati, have, met a premature death, by incautiously
mowing. upon the ice, which, it *until appear. is, at
t►e preser4veason, in a very insecuie state. To the obv,c
melancholy list, with regret we have to add the amine of our
respected young townsman, Mr. %V. licarsley.—,-.Lirerpool
Mercury)