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London, England, 1826-01-17 00:00:00

2IIIDDLESEI SESSIONS, MoxnAT,JAx. IG.

Robert Alexander Inalater was indicted for a misdemeanor, in
having altered a certificce of service and a discharge of Hugh
O'Donnel., formerly a private in the Coldstream tivards.
The prisoner, on being put to the ba►, rtquested the Court to
defer his trial to the next day, isa Mr. 11 umphrie., his attorney,
bad not (u the prisoner bad directed him) retained counsel tur his
defence._

:qr. MAR YATT inquired how long it was since the planter had
given Mr. um phi ies instruct iot.s.-11 eireplittl a fortnight.
Ain Apoi.ratne then said, that from Ir. Ilu utplu ice general at-
tention to businesse, there was no doubt hut that he had given up.
all cnoneition with the cause, for wine good reason.
BIT. MAIVATT desired the cause to proceed.
Ale. ADOLPHUS stated the case to the j.try. He said that it
would eet be necessary for hint to addrest the jury at touch length,
lut.olioulstslre would ha to glue Alteusuesh-ineseito *tight ew•—•-•
iterstand " the •

ip nehriart.bilb airs endue Pack) ,sts rusttafete. wild Ilia ilaraia all beolieadd,rla woola Law apse shomonelsifigioasesigiss retsicite ,
wculd tic. them to uni.erstand the ease. By the testastions of the Rimy
.The London Grand Jury came into Court and presented several fourteen year.' service was necessary to entitle a soldier to a
lalle, and having i:lorined the Court that they hul brought their pension for life; but If a soldier had servo! more then seven
lidos= to a close, they were discharged by the Lord Chief Baron. years he was entitled to an enrolment to reeve in the Vete-
lfevirc the IA ecos Dew and a London Jars. t ran Battalion, in miler to complete the term required to este-
. sort.:l Mills, aged 17, alai *Wham Hari-P. aged 18, weire in- Wish n claim to a pension, which was a just reward for the
dketad for stealing from the person of George Taylor a Balk hared- soldier's service; and lie was paid With pleasant by every man
berbiet value two &billings. in the country: Hugh O'Donnel had netted seven years In the'
. The proemnstm, a clerk to Mean. Bonham, stated, that be was Coldstream regiment of Guilds, and as he was himself iporant of
go.* no Hot bowl on the evening in question, when his handker. the mode of pugunng an enrohnent, he applied to die prisoner, who
col *As taken from his pocket. promised for a remuneration, which was to depend on the success
A (abatable proved seeing the Iwo prisoners going up Holborn. of his exertions. O'Honnel gave the prisoner a crttificate of his
114.. mid he watched them. He tow one of them take the handker. service of seven years, and also his discharge, the prisoner ercsed
cy.,..f from Mr. Taylor ALA hand icor" to the other, in whose hat it the word seven in each of these documents, and substituted eleven
woe reload. in its place, and with this alteration foeuardert them to the Boned
.111M.Iprisoaers veceived MOM modilent characters from many nit- of Commimionere of Chelsea Hospital, itecorupatlied by a petition
nooses. 0.. e of the priennsts, it app trod, Was a tailor by trade, from Ihreh °Tunnel, praying either an enrolment, or a tine!) pen.
ard the ether a loesserith.. bah working at them reapeeurs bu. limn. if therm documents shall be proved to have been sent by
sinew. up to time of the robbery. post, it is a guilty uttui.ing of a forger) instrument, with intent to
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Ala Jury returned O virtue. of Guilty, and the Recorder emote- defraud; but a traasmitte.l by an Innocent person, then the original
416001, called diem up for judgment( when sender is an accessary !!chore the fact; thou points have been
_ameearoseautor said that be hart made inquiry as to the rharacter cleanly establi-!neat in tier case of the Klotz,. Watson, as sled in
okilltitaati, and towed that up to the entiatunate uat.siction tom Sir Francis Harriett'. asse. This petition not having been attended
oef ~.e the Court at Waw Mail u...exeep.iii:.able. ta, the prisoner wrote several letters in the came of O'llounel to
I eTagligeOrtnolt said teat the kind fo-ling of the prosecutor did the Corumissiimets of Chelsea Hospital, teeparstiog atteotion to the
lons great cel r, but ,Pit public duty required that the law should Kampf hie former applications, and (louring the reply to those
1 raga ka mane. Intel the state of Holborn. in consequence of de. con.inunicitimo to be addressed to Hugh O'Donnol. Newtown
pagiskyae, of tam owes, ft romitred no common vigilance to cop. Aleuotaieuard, Ireland. The ease, said the Ise:trued Counsel, is
t press the e Isl, a• et that mid only be done by inflicting the severest rather new, yet I hope I bare made a clear statement of the fact.;
posinconsmi Wither allewed. The prisoners appeared to be thieves if I fail in the proof, you, Gentlemen of the Jury sod 1 shall
:um cos ice, and not nom ^remaisy, erNich smarmed aide erenelt. minim.
Thu amnesia ha was tilled upon tel 11r0eleuriee was, that they Hugh O'Donnel, examined by Mr. LAW—I served in the An-
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. l...add be transported tor the term of 'brie natural lives. trim militia from the year llithl to the
„rear 1113, need served seven
1 • iLlintile strongviinve:erveareigen.tesijigmerropeonisiurevoffortommieeratimsfrom yeah in the Coldstream regiment of Guards. I ass dischaiged ii
the indica/. '
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stealing one pair of shoot, selll2o. and received a certificate of good conduct (or the tune I
:wed in that regiment about the 11Ith or 12th November, 11121
I was desirous of entering the Veteran Battalion, red et plied to
,of the presseetsie, that the Fel- the prisoner for that purpose. I gave him my certifleate and di..5-
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wig shaulgil:t Okla county Tyrt-e. NIA the Kievan !livid et Newmtn Motet-
hlodligbudi.. ii, s' he woad • steward. [The witness here identified tho weed .11whetge
et, es bring Ogeg:lfeldo 41111010., that be shown hire in Court to lee the same he gam the pelmertel nese
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