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for a rule to shew cause, why an attachment should
wit issue against Lieut. ItAtray, of His Majesty's
Navy, for rescuing the Defendant from the custody of
the civil officer. The Learned Serjeaat stated. as
the grounds of his motion, that the Defendant be-
ing indebted to the Plaintiff in the sum of 601. a
writ was issued out against him. The Sheriff's
Officer went in a boat along-side theship in which the
Defendant was, and which lay at Gosport. He ask-
ed theguard,whetherthe Defendant were on board?
And being answered in the affirmative, requested
to see him. He accordiagly was called, and
came into the boat. The Officer then shewed
him the writ, as is usual, and told him he was
his Prisoner. The guard, who was at the side
of the vessel, overheard the conversation, and
desired the Defendart to come on deck, which he
immediately did. The Officer followed, and de-
manded his Prisoner from Lieutenant liatray, who
had the command of the ship; but, he desired him
to go about his busine,s ; and, on the Officer penis:-
ing in his demand, he gave him a kick, and again
desired him tir depart, threatening, if he did not, to
fling bins oiteriboard. The Officer then, very pru-
dently, retired.
'lle Court granted a rule to shew cause.
IiC,4IIOLID V. HILL.

Serjeant Siteensen moved for a rule to show
cause why the verdia obtained in this case should
not be set aside, and a new trial granted, on the
ground, that the verdia was against evidence. It
was an aCtion of trover, to recover the possession of
goods Irons the Defendant. There had been two
trials, and the Plaintiff had a vet dia in (tad), con-
trary to the direetion of the Learne,i Judge who
tri•d them; on which account, thelLearned Serjeant
submitted, Mit the present verdia should be set
aside, and another trial granted.
Sir JA VEs MAN+FI LLD, after commenting, in the
strongest terms, oa the miscon.ina of Mr. Warren,
the Plaintiff's Attorney, and also on a degree of
rashness, manifested by Mr. Hill, the Defendant,
said, he thought it better not to grant a new trial,
as the sum was small, and there had already been
great expence incurred. His Lordship, at the same
time, expressed it as his opinion, that the verdiat
were contrary to evidence and justice. Rule re•
fused.

DUBLIN, NloxpAr, Ocr. 28.

COMMI,SIGN INTELLIGENCE.

Pei's.", K,rl.• and Cadre-rine Kirl, t of capitally
india-d for having feloniously uttered a forged
note of the Bank of Ireland, to the amount of 11.
There were many counts in the indielment, f r
offence:. The Jury acquitted the husband,
and found the woman givity, but recommended her
to mercy, on the score of ignorance; a plea which
the Bench considered entirely insufficient, and a
precedent dangerous to establish.
Jahn .Sheirp was found guilty of petty larceny, for
having Stolen 20lbs. of paper from the Custom-
house, value Is.
Robert Kelly, indiCted capitally for uttering a
forged note of the Bank of lroland, was &c-
-iliated nn the capital indiklment, but found gripe
on the clearest evidence, of another, charging him
with hiving in his possession, witlt intent fratidu-
li ntly to utter, five forged notes, one of the Bank
of Sir I'. Lighton, and the remainder of the Bank
of Ireland.

&mud Vfran, a soldier, indiaed for uttering a
forgery on the Bank of Ireland, was arquitted through
a &feet of evidence in identifying him.

zursna sr, OCT.
/lfcla►.d KIOIIIII stood capitally intlifted for utter-
ing and putting away a forged one guinea note, on
the 25th of Sept. last, purporting to be a guinea
note of the Governor and Company of the Bank of
Ireland, with intent to defraud Hosannah Chemley,
widow. There was also another Count in the in-
diCtinent, charging with intent to defraud the Go-
vernor and Company of the Bank of Ireland, &c.
Hosannah Chamley's testim-sny went to prove,
that the Prisoner at the bar dieted and lodged with
her for eight months ; that he bad at different
times paid her money in silver, and at other times
in Bank notes, among which wake half note of five
guineas, and also the one guinea note laid in the
indietment, which, almost immediately after receiv-
ing, she sent by her servant maid to the grocer she
dealt with, who informed her the note wds a forgery ;
she also said, that she had seen Prisoner sign the
name of G. Symes," to twelve different Bank
Kees, which he rebuked her for interfering in, or
prying into ; with a long detail of other circum-
stances.
Upon her cross-examination, she admitted that
she had bein married to four different husbands,
some of whom were still alive ; one was in the army,
another in the navy ; that she believed Chamley was
VIII alive, but did not know where he was ; that
she had got her livelihood by plain work, at times;
that she lodged in art apartment in Back-lane, where
she had but one room ; that the Prisoner dieted anal
lodged with her ; that he had beaten her, but that was
not her reason for prosecuting him ; that she had
been in Bridewell, had been tried in that Court, and
had been confined in Newgate, which was many a
good woman's case; acknowledged she was a street-
walker.
Eliza %%Talker was called to corroborate the testi-
mony of the last witness, with whom she lived for
ten weeks as a servant maid ; she deposed, that she
slept upon a pallet in the same room with her mis-
tress, but denied ever having seen the Prisoner sleep
there ; that he dieted there, bat lodged elsewhere ;
she had been lately ill, and was just come out of
the House of Industry.
The note was proved to be a forgery by a Clerk
of the Bank.
Mr. Boylan, a tiinher-merchant, was called, who
swore he beliveJ I losannah Chainley a woman not
di . serving of credit on her oath.
Judge 1)a v recapitulated the evidence, and charg-
ed the Jury, in a learned and most impressive
ser ; who, without leaving the box, returned a ver-
did of--Net Gesky.
Wm. Must, a corporal in the Wexford Militia, was
indieted, under Lord Ellenborough's ACI-, for wil-
fully, wantonly, maliciously, and feloniously ihoot-
ing at, with intent to kill, &c. Thomas Fogorty, at
Lissen-ball, county of Dublin, on the 23d of July
last ; he alan stood indided for an assault upon said
Fogorty. The nry..after retiring for some time,
Came into Coo: a bag- 1414 i sift o'clock, with a vet