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friend of his, and I could safely dol.. •
I gave hint the box, and
he went out, and the prisoner did se Soon after, and did nut re-
turn. I waited a long time, and could find him nowhere ; I
caused him to be apprehended ; I asked him where the bux was,
and told him if he would get it again, or pay for It, I would not
hurt him.
Mr. euenrwrixotr—Does your Lordship think that after this
plumbs I can go into the confession ? •
Mr. C. 'incl.' es—l contend that it clearly cannot.
The R genet) t a—l think it is not admissible.
Examination resumed—l never saw the box again, or the man
' in black.
Close-examined, by Mr. C. Pnit.xtes—l live in Windmill.
street, at • place where they sell wine. I lived in King-street,
Leicester.square. I never lived in Prince'sstreet. The landlady
in King-street had no daughter. I know no person named Miss
Thorpe. I was never turned nut of my lodgings for seducing a
young lady, nor ever charged with such a thing. The box was
never in the prisoner's possession but fur a few miuutes.
Re-examined by Mr. Es as x o X—l should never have given
the box into the hands of the man in black, except for the re-
commendation and representations of the prisoner.
Taunton, the Officer of Bow.street, said he was shewn by the
prosecutor the house pointed out by the prisoner as the Nobleman's
residence; it was Molloy's Hotel. I searched the prisoner, and
found On him an address—" James Wilson, servant to Mr. Thorp.
son, Malloy's Hotel." I inquired at Molloy's Hata, and no Mr.
Thompson had been there.
The prisoner in his defence said, that he had no participation in
the stealing of the box, and that the prosecutor had not only
seduced Miss Thorpe, but had taken him to Mrs. Thorpe to make
him tell her in English that he had seduced her daughter, and she
could not punish him for it.
The RECORDZR summed up to the Jury in a charge of con-
siderable length, and enlarged much on the law as applicable to
this case.
The Jury, alter a short deliberation, found the prisoner Gai/ty.
The Ittcoeneu observed, that this was an extremely mgrs.
rated case. That the prisoner assisted in stealing the box there
could be nn doubt, and lie robbed this person, knowing that from
the; troubled state of his country he was obliged to fly from it, and
therefore must be in a state very far front affluent- And not con-
tent with stripping the prosecutor of his property, he tried now to
injure his character by the defence he had set up. However, the
prosecutor had dealt most humanely with him, for, instead of in-
dicting him furs capital offence, he had only charged him with •
simple larceny. lie then sentenced him to be transported for seven
years.

MIDDLESEISESSIONS,

FRIDAY. OCT. 29.

SEAFORD V. CORBETT.
This WWI an appeal against a conviction of Mr. Minshull, on an
information of Mr. Cobbett, jun. against the toll-keeper of Queen's-
elm gate, for taking did. instead of 3d. for a market cart, on the
14th October, 1823. The information was laid on the 13th Sep-
wither, 1824, and Mr. blinshull convicted the toll-keeper in 31.
penalty.
31r. ADOLPHUS, Mr. BOLLARD, and Mr. Law, supported the
appeal, on the ground that the 31agistrate convicted on a section or
the old Act 53d Geo. 111., and not on the new Act 4th Geo. IV.,
which they contended was wrong.
Sir. Cobbett, jun. submitted that the conviction should stand,
because the Act of Parliament had, in both casts, exempted
market-carts.
The CHAIRMAN had no doubt that Mr. Cobbett would be
right if the old Act had not been repealed ; but that being the
Case, and the conviction being framed on the old, while the
penalty was granted on the new, the conviction must be quashed.
Appeal allowed.
The only point on which this case hinged, was the words in
one act being donated and take, and in the other only take.