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bed been stolen from Inn; bnt Ilr. Wood woo not

present to prove the signature.
At this moment a iterson ,t the foot of the wit-
nets box whispered to her; and out the circum-
stance heiug mentioned to the .Court by Mr.
Broderick, the Counsel for the Priorher, Mr. Baran
Graham reprimanded the italividual, and censured
the attempt of any person to communicate pri-
vately with it witurri while under examination.
Mrs. Leaf, iii her further examitaiti ~,,, stated,
that she was quite certain she received the 30/. note
from Mr. Wood, about three weeks before it was
stolen at Breutford. Her husband was a coal-
merchant. and cited no the 181 h of June; and
three weeks before his death W I came and set-
'led with him. Site koew the Prisoner well, and
lamented to say that he was the brother of her late
husband ; he was iii the habit of coming to her
apartinents. The 301. she received from Mr. Wood
was iu discharge of a debt. Oro her return home
to her lodgings. the morninie alter the sth July,
'lie discovered that a poise or glass hall been broken
in her apartment. and the window-betch turned
aside; her drawers were broken open, and her
pocket-book and its contents carried utf. She int-
stiedistrly came to town, and recommended the
Prisoner to assist her, if he wished to prove his in-
nocence, as she could suspect nobody else. No
other person knew she had this money., or had ac-
cess to her apartments.
Crass-eiasaiiied—She took out a warrant against
the Prisoner ; he was discharged 011 the first war-
rant. but soon after arrested again. He arid, on a
former occasion, he had been in her apartment, and
said something about the notes, which she did out
exactly hear.
James Moore, a schoolmaster in Surrey, had two
hoysof the Prisoner's at his school. He pint, loin
four notes of 51. sad three of 11. each which ai!itt as
gave to his wife.
Cross-exantined.—The bin was due at Midsum-
ter. and it was paid within a fortnight.
Thomas Cocker, a carrier. knew the Si. note; lie
took it from Jonathan Wortley on the 14+11 July.
Jonathan Wortley proved he received the 51. note
from Mrs. Moore.
Mr. ltagg, the Batik clerk, was again called.—
He said he gave in change for the 501. 1001 301.
notes 12 wiles of W. and gl) of IL He then enu-
merated the numbers of the notes from the book
in which they a ere entered in the Bank, but us it
appeared that the entry had not been made by the
witness but by another clerk who wall not present,
the case for the prosecution could not be sustained.
Mr. Baron GRAHAM lamented that in so serious
li case, it was impossible to proceed further owing
to a defection in the production of evidence. Flail
the parties emi+loyed an attorney, the evidence
which from what had occurred might hive been
forthcoming was wanting. The Bank clerk who
had made the entry of the notes given in exchange
at the Bunk had not been produced—Mr,. Moore
was not present. 'The Jury had, in fact, been
hitherto going upon a very slender thread of evi-
dence, and when they had conic to the material
points, the witnesses who could explain facts were
absent. In this case, therefore, the Jury, iir
thought, must yield to the imperative forms of
justice, and cement to a verdict of acquittal as. the
case stood.
Verdict—Not Guilty.
A number of other vials took place in the course
of the day, but they were devoid of interest.