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was sertm year in the certificate, and not eleven, when I gave It to
the prisoner.
The certificate and ellseharass were here handed to the Jury and'
on:lnspection there appeared cm evident erasure, that part of the
paper on which the iEnter of years was inserted being much
thinner thin aay other
‘Vitnrui's examirutt resumed by Mr. never wrote
'any letters to the Commissioners of Chelsea Hospital. The sig.
nature of the letters now shown nit is not mine. The prisoner
did uot say he was an agent.
Mr. 'White proved the letters to the Commissioner of Chelsea
Hospital to be tlephand-writing of the prisoner.
The Clerk of the Coon then read O'Dunncl's certificate and
discharge,' the letters written by the prir..incr, and 'the other docu-
ments connected with the transaction.

Mr. ADOLPHUS having requested Mr. Prendergast to point nut
to the I bunt the certificate, and the copy of it in tne indictment, a
conversation arose between Mr. Maryatt and Counsel as to the
eimilerity of the signature in the original and in the copy in tie
indictment. During this conversation 11r. Itellantyne came on
the bench, and seeing lltv. Prendergast in communication with Mr.
Maryut, requested that.gentleman to express Mr. liallaptyne's
disapprobetion of any Counsel holding a conversation with any
member of the bench editing to a ease before the Court.
Mr. IllaaxarT said that, at the reload of the Learned MA-
gistrate. he thought it his duty to impress upon the minds of
Counsel in that Court, that every member of the bench was emitted
to equal respect and that-he would deprecate such conduct as that
'Undid to by Lennie, ilegietrate.
Mr. PuestnlintlAST rose with much warmth, and said that he
tea quite regardless of what that gentleman thought of his eon.
duct. He entertained the highest respect for the bench, hut he was
persuaded the observations of Mr. Bullantyne arose out of feelings
of personal hostility towiwds himself, and therefore he would submit
to no couture from any quarter.
Mr. MANYATT said he Wit lorry any personal reflections
should be made in that Court ; he deplored such unpleasant ot-
currencts, and wealth rather never see the Court again titan that
any one timeline of the Court should not be as much mpected aid
attended to as another.
Col. Thornton said that was an open Court, and that no °beer:li-
tho), should ba addressed to tile. Maryut which should not also
be mart u himself and the Jury.
Mr. Pa ENUZUGAST pld tbat he was lot Counsel in the case,
and only at the request. of liv. Adolphus interfered at ad in the
matter, and that, AP whatever he had occasion to say was not for the
Bondi on Jury, ha rebid not, he said, submit to aDir,veteare
whatever. • .
Mr. John Parson was then examined by 31r. Law—l am chief
clerk in the Necretary's office, Chelsea Hospital; the prisoner's
letters came by poet. In order to enable a soldier to a tenthly for
service he must have completed two periods each of seven years,
and any term of service longer than seven years entides a soldier
to an enrolment for service in the Veteran Battalion ; a certificate
of enrolment from Chelsea Hospital entitles a man to pass into the
Veteran Battalion.

This closed the case for the prosecution.
The prisoner, having been called on for hiadefence, handed M a
written defence, which he requested the Clerk of the Court might
be permitted to read. The Clerk, with the consent of the Court,
then read the prisoner'a defence. In this it was stated, that the
prisoner had served 15 years In the Artillery.; that from his conk.
quc:it experience of military stif.tirs, lie had been ft:Nuttily ap.
plied to by soldiers to transact their business thitiPlugto O'Don.
eel had applied to him, and that the word " eleven" "was in the
certificate end discharge when the prisoner got them front O'Don.
Del; that the priwrer was Subset:awed on O'Donnel's trial, bat
arrived one her no late for • the trial, having performed by land
and water &journey of five-hundred miles in four days. It was
further stated, that the prisoner could have no inducement to corn.
mit the fraud with which he was charged, as O'Dennel had ad-
mitted that he had promised the prisoner no specific remuneration.
Besides that, it would be madness in him to attempt such a thing
when, front his knowledge of business, he must be sure that the
fraud would be easily detected at Chelsea Hospital, by compering
the certificate oh O'Donnel's service with the entry of it in the
books.

Mr. MARI-AT T summed np, and the Jury, after a short con-
sultation, found the prisoner Guilty.
Mr. AIARYATT, in passing sentence on the prisoner. said that
be had been guilty of a very serious offence : he had been found
guilty by an intelligent Jury, on the clearest evidence: he mild
that the prisnneen offence wee one of great unfaithfulness to his
Majesty, and one of great unfaithfulness to a confiding felt'''.
soldier. The sentence of the Court was, that.the prisoner should
be imprisoned one yeat in the House of Correction, and kept to
bard labour.

The Court having then disposed of a few unimportant CMS, ad-
journed (at three o'clock) its outings to Thursday next.

SURREY SESSIONS. MONDAY, JAN. IC.

The early part of the day was spent in the decision of trivial
cases of felony. After these matters had been disposed of, the fol.
lowing trials of traverses occurred.
Edward Keppel and Ames Caseizly were loalcUrirfx an ax*Sulk
committed on John 31`Ceud, on the fhb of last October.
It appeared front si statement of the prosecutor that he is ths
landlord of a public-house, in Bermondsey. in a parlour of which,
appropriated to his private use, he was enjoying the company of $
friend over a bottle of wine, on the evening of the day !specified in
the indictment. The prisoners Caseedy and Keppel (the latter is ms
excise officer), were also indulging themselves in another room.
Richard Thorogood, a brother officer of Keppel, subsequently en,
tared the house and joined the party in time parlour. To his come
pany neither the landlord nor his Friend had the slightest objection,
and the triumvirate finished the bottle of wine in perfect harmooy.
Thorogood then called fora second to return the landlord's kindness,
and also invited Keppel and Cassidy to partake. On the remonstrance
of the landlord's friend (a llr. Bowyer) seconded by the landlord's
requoit, Cassidy left the room, and the remaining personages coo-
trivcd to dispose of the second bottle. Keppel then proposed to
treat the party, but the landlord's friend refused to acquiesce, and
indignantly depicted. Mr. Al`C.7ad accompanied hint ; hut the
third bottle was produced, and Cassidy, at the instance of reppel,
resumed his seat. The " one bottle more," however, excited the
prisoners to some exhibitions width the landlord, Mr. lil•Caud,
who was within hearing, deemed rather extravagant. A wrestling
match, which caused the destruction of some glasses, and made the
remainder quite musical, induced the landlord's return. Cassidy
insisted on a trial of skill with the host himself, which, in self-
defence, he was obliged to accept. IQ this contest Cassidy was
thrown, when Keppel seized the landlord, who, between their joint
exertions, received eartous contusions by buffets and kicks. On
the approach of the watch they extinguished the candles, and Calk.
side proposed to Keppel to kill the landlord. lie was, bowers'',
ultimately rescued.
31r. Thorogood, the excise officer, proved the facts respecting,
the intrusion and the violence. Ile stated, that in an attempt to
interfere in favour of the landlord, he was himself seized by that
waist, and tossed up like a shuttlecock.
• Mrs. 111.Caud, time lar.dbuly, was examined in corroboration, sar
cross.examinetl by the Counsel fur the defendants, without any
disparagement to the landlord's statement.
The defence alleged that the proceeding out of which the present
indictment resulted originated in pastime, and that the landlord had
promoted the sport by the introduction of the wine, to partake of
which he actually pulled Cosily nom the outside into the parlour..
The Jury gave credit to the'hrat version of the case, and when
the Chairman was proceeding to address them, instantly returned a
verdict of Gaily/ agoiest both the detendants.
The COllll.l sentenced each party to a tine of sr. t to enter into
securities, themselves in .$Ol. and two sureties in 2W., to keep the
peace for a year. and to be confined until payment.
Ellen Belleura, a jolly-lookf (the e-
pesrance was in strong contrast
indicted for an assault on Willi

Wm. Banker', the prosecutor,
net, that he wax 72 )ears of age, .
neighbourhood of Nlc.. Belworth.
lady, who keeps a public-house wt
in the street, and exprew.A a wish
plied in terms of regret that hi-
romplianc;:, but jas tar as :Sid.
accommodate her desire, he was
-,%rtlingly adjourned to her I
`..-es of gin each. She then