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he told the Defendant that he would take a
moose for him, and set him unit' the stapouerj: line,
on condition that he took out a license lir a ,tittter.
That the Defendant did take out d license ofs:COrd-
ingly, and that, Ilegite *rink a shop its liiinway-.I
st reet ; lstst insttatifof pisi,tiiig the Defetidatot iSs pos-
session ofit, ha rta.!jiaviierk, of the name of Shep-
herd, into it ; theatitne time, he mat the Defend-
ant's natue over the door, without lois knowledge. Ile
knew nothing of the asbptrait Loring served, until
Hague told hint ; he wee much frightened, but
.Hague told hint he would clear him of it ; and after
the Defendatit was found guilty. Ilagne told him
that he would take care nothing shoot d happen Into.
That he persuaded 1* to go to the country, until
the business was settled. *Dolt in October loot, the
the Defendant (Nine to town, supposing the 1,44-
netts we. ,ettteci occurditlK to the promise of (Nom;
NMI that he might appear at large again. That ou
the ,k_ph of October, he war takeu iota cuatudy.
--That II Igoe owed him upwards of 501. for
-vow's. That the Defeutiant had ti sick wife, whose
toile ile;wodatice for a issainteinritcy was WI the
labour oil the Defendant.
The proper officer stated, that there was another
affidavit, loth porting to be that of Thomas Hague,
of ltruton-toreet. Purtman-square, boa of the De-
fendant ; and it was °idly sworn to by Thomas
Hague.
Lord Ft.aysoottoPost-5' It may be read."
It set foriii that last year a large hand-bill hid
been posted tip in the street., for the purpose of
deratuniT the. Dettonentillsgue, cud hie family ;
oral that he (Ilvtie) hail every reason to believe, it
was written by a person in the confidence of his
Royal Highness the Duke of Sussex, and that the
matiuscript had we. shewn, to his Royal Highness
before it WWI published, and that he was told by
Captain 111vxwell, that his Royal Digloness had
informed him, that the.4lwpoisent lief written
letters to him, to extort money'. That the deponent
was the author of the hand-bill, which the Defeat'.
ant's name was to, as the printer; and that lie.
the del sssss root, had it printed and pnlrlidied, to
bring the author of the libelling himself
and family,. to punishment ; and that he did hot
be ieee that the Defendant cithZi dispersed or pub-
lished them ; and that lie wai the mere servant of
the depoiteht.
Lord Et.t.EXßo;toeinit—`‘ Did the Defendant
know the'entitents of this afL.lavit„ before he put it
io ? or did he ever rend it ?"
The DEYEIS No, my Lord, it was put.
into me hand, in Court, by Mr. liague'sclerk." •
Lord Eir,sxsottoccip—" la he now in Court r.
The o. risco\ Yes, my Lord. I see him."
Loud El trasoanunp—,. Let him be 'nought
forward and sworn ;" which was immediately coin-
plied with.
Lord r: I.Lcsaoactunti—" State your name, and
where you received that affidavit, and fur what pur-
pose."
',John Pemberton Stephens is my name ; t ass
clerk to Mr. Hague ; he delivered that affidavit niss
me, last night, desiring me to give it to the Do.
fendant, to present to this ffonourahle Court." •
Mr. ATTOatiltlr-GENEKAL--" This is a libel
of the grossest kind."
Lord Ettssianaonclt-5, You will not press
for immediate judgment on this Defendant."
Mr. ATTOSNEY..GBIICILIT. —" I am glad the
suggestion has come float the Court. You will
dispose of him as your Lordships please." .
Lord EI.I.ENDOROUGR —" Let the Defendant'
ind seenrity for hip appearance to receive the judg-
mut of the Court when culled on, himself irt
Slid two sureties in 201. each ; and in case he can-
not comply, let him be brought up on a future Atte,
and the Court will take his case lute consideration."
WITCHCRAFT.

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'tHE Kt•4C. e. Al.l.Ct aantesit, FRAPICBO4IIII6, MARY
1400 K. YARY lORD, CHARY AHtK, aossets
S rat,ol4Tol4, and TWO trititas.
•This cause was tried betute Mr. Justice Graft, at
linittineiltin, at the essites before the last. It ■p-
peared, th.rt two of t%e Defendants, Alice Browne
and Frances Amie, had been accustomed to tits,
and, through ignorance and fanaticisivi, they con-
ceived that Anne Lard, the wife of Wright [surd,
had bewitched them. On tise night of the pith of May,
it being the Ssibbath-day. they went, accompanied
b. the other Defendants, to the house of Ism d, at
eight, and dragged his wife out of her bed, saving,
•• They mii,t bare some of her blond." Th, y
besought her from the house, and ran pins and
needles iota. her arms and breasts, until they were
in a gore of blood. The Defendant, Harper, on
the Plosecutrix crying out from the pare she
was in, said, •• that is the old note. mean-
ing that the girls, when in fits, made the same
Ou the I.llowing night, three of the
female Defendants, and Stotiglium, again attacked
the Presecutrix, and used her in the same manner
OA the night liwfcrt., saying, that they had not got
blend sough from her. It was also proved On
the trial, that Broon, the tither of one of the De•
fe,ulants, aniJ, that his daughter never had a lit
after she drew blood from the Presecutrix. They
were all found guilty.
Mr. Justice Gaol% passed judgment. and ex-
presed his astonishment that persons living so
star this great metropolis, and in thin enlightened
ewe; could he so icaorant. That in the last reign
there had been a law mooed, which made it cri-
minal fur persons to profess witchcraft or sorcery.
It ors dt.graceful to the nation, that those persons
elm had the adeasiteges which the country afforded,
should wish to remain in ignorance.
The Casual. adjudged theist to be imprisoned
one month each in the castle of Huntingdon, and
that Stoughton, after the expiration of- the first
month. should he imprisoned one nimith more, he
besting (seen found guilty on the second indictment ;
at the exptration of their imprisonment, to fiud bail
fur thew good behaviour for two years.

On Tnes,lay last. after a series of uncommonly
wrAther, •t Alearrteeu, the wind soddenly

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