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TO TI!! IDITOR Or TOE BRITISH PRESS.

Ste-It gave me very great satisfaction to lind
that the trausoctions of the numaging mess in tbe
London Militia ore likely to be strictly in vistigern ;
mid I hope that some nufrprisdeslt Mrosher of Par-
liament will, very early iu the ensuing Session,
move fur accounts of the receipt and expenditure
of the Middlesex sod Westminster Militia, ass re-
count of the dervirliour, sod of the so • • that have
been received from Balloted individuals for pro.
tiding them Substitutes..
aro, Sir, your humble t,
Golden-ignore. • I NVISTIOATOIL

LAP INTELLItaNCIL

COUNT OF KINO4 BENCH, WitTKINSTIM, Dsc. 7.

Sittings at IViti Triva htf.rr Lord E u.s sus°
and a NI.. ca.! Jury.

PERJ L. kV.

Tl+r. KIIO V. 11)111 EINO.

The Defendeut was iod.ctrd for wilful end cor-
rupt perjury, by makm.; oath before it Master in
Chancery, that Clunk, Harrison had committed a
contempt of the High Court of Chancery, by issuing
• writ of Jeri fifties against the Defendant, after
being served with the injunction that be should out
proceed further at common law.
Mr. Arroaner-Gen neat., on the part of the
Presecution, stated, that the charge against the
Defendant was, that lie having a dislike to Harri-
son, swore that lie (Harrison) ',stied • fieri facies,
after the Lord Chancellor hail ordered that he
should not. Harrison Had obtained • verdict
against the Defendant for 1,5001., and lie was de-
w:wined that I farrisuit should not reap the beuetit
of it; he tiled a hill w the Court of Chancery
an injoection, which Harrison n elected to ansser,
and the injunction was granted ass thing of course,
and wi. served on Illartiscie. The Defendant swears
that the writ wits issued after the notice of injunc-
tion was versed. and prayed the Lord Chaucellor to
commit Harrison its this silvered toutempt of Coart.
It was the Defendant's determination that Harri-
son should be inspitsoutd at all events, for it was
inconvenient for him that Harrison should be at li-
hefty with this a nit in h.s pocket ; but the fact was,
that the writ was hinted on the 4th of April, and
the iejimetion wits not granted until the tith ; in
which case nu contempt of Court had taken place.
The D. I. intent had uo Millis of getting Harrison
into gaol but by sweariog (positively) that he did
commit • contempt of Court by limning the writ on
the 11fli of April ; and notice of the injunction was
- served on the 6th. The Defendant might have in-
formed Winn If when the writ was issued. by look-
ing at it, buck ; hut it was not his interest to know
the troth. He would prove these facts, aud the
Jury could tort have a doubt but the Defendaot was
guilty of wilful mid cot rupt perjury.
%lr. John Sharldick, of the Ste C lei Office, pro-
duced tlw bill and warn r which were til,d in the
Curt of Chancery, and also the older for au its-
juartion made osi the 6th of April, which was
vowed MI the 10 It of the same ins:with.'
Mr. John Coventry deposed, that lie served the
notice of injwiction on Mr. Shaddick on the 9th of
April, at his seat in she Six Clerks Office.
On his ernes-examination by Mr. Common SFR-
JEANT, lie said, he had iuforinetem that the Exe-
(wino was in the Defendant's house. The De-
fendant sent a buy to the Officer who executed it,
to Igloos •heii the writ was issued out; the buy
brought the Witteoi. • memorandum that it was
cowed on the I I,h of April, which he toternisni-
rated to the D.- fenclont- He received a twice from
I la: risen on the 14th, that he trended to muse t .e
Court ter a dissolution of the injunction.
Mr. Healing proved that tie Defendant made
the affidavit before a Master in Chancery.
Mr. Chemist blarrians dtmeed, that he imeied the
writ els At 4th of April, and that he sent it the
same thy to the Sheriff's (Are, but tke warrset
was rout issued on it until the lith.
Oa hi, cross-examiii•iom by rlr. MUT, he said
he wee tl a prosecutor oh the iudietment. He came
to Court from Lombard-court, iu the Rules of the
Court of King's flench. The Execution was levied
.j on the 11th. while the injunction existed, and he.
lure lie gave not to dissolve it. The reason why
it was not executed berore was, that there could nut
be fon:l,la Sheriff'- officer to execote it oa the 11 h,
the Sheriff wan obliged to force au officer to do it.
George Smith-on deposed, that Harman gave
him the writ to take to the Sherirs Office on the
4th of AI ri. At the illy, they told him they
would rather he wool i get Wow° calcite: he went
to several, lint they refused, and said they would
tioceier lose • great de it of money than undertake it ;
he applied in Learn and Bloom:not. Sberirs Akers.
and they refused h m.
On his cruse-exaniination by Mr. Armee:um. he
slid, the talk was not left at the Sheriff's Office on
the 4th. of April; on the 11th he bron vitt the writ
to the Sheriff's Office seam. The • Defirndent
conl I not hare known it wig to the Sheriff's 01E:e,
, from the 4th to the 11th, cause it was not there ;
but he could have Luna., tied ft was issued on the
4th, Hemp was the Sheriff's Officer who executed
it ; the Def •ndaiit kite w him ; there were very few
the mil's Officers that he did not know.
The case, on the part of the prosecution, here
closed.
M,. Citation SeRJRAMT, on the part of the De.
&admit, said, that although some very heavy
r Ichair's had been made against the Defendant by
hi. L- anted Friend, Mr. Attorney-General, which