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brought, and the Jury found foe the plaintiff undo' the direction
of Mr..limicc Park.

CROWN SIDE.
Mr. llama Gri'mow presided on the Crown side, and the
calendar is very heavy.
HIGH TREASON.
Thladore Moore, who was indicted fur high treason as s ediner
at the last Assizes hue, and whose judgment was Testified until the
opinion of the twelve Judges was taken on an objection urged by
Mr. Le Aaron() and Mr. C. Pitll.l.les, was now put to the bar .0
receive judgment of death. It appeared upon the trial that the
prisoner had been traced through an immense dis.riet of country
with an accomplice, occasionally stopping iii lonely villages. where
he took small houses, in which he set up his press and coined
several thousands of half.crowns sad shillings. When appre-
heudetf, in his cart were Wand a:100 blanks for shillings, and 3,400
blanks of the size of a hall-crown, together with the fly of a press,
some screws, the press block, and eight collar.. calculated to put
the edging or milling round the counterfeit coin. No dies welt
found at that t i ttt and the evidence of actual coining depended
upon the artear.firnied testimony of the accomplice. Crider throe
circumstances. the prisoner was indicted for having unlawfully
in his custody and possession certain edging tools, such u are used
in his Majesty's Mint, and such as were not ordinary implements
in any trade or business. It further appeared that collars were
used by several medalists at Birmingham, but none were ever em-
ployed such as would convey to the edge of a medal a milling
similar to that on the edge of half-crowns, shillings, and sixpences.
It also appeared that the edging-tool used in the Mint at the time
of the passing of the Statute was quite different from the collars
now used.
Mr. Cnawoon objected that the collars found in thegrossesslon
of the prisoner were not edging-tools within the 'molting of the
Statute; and upon this point, idler verdict of guilty. Mr. Justice
Burrough reserved the case 10, the consideration of the twelve
Judges.
Mr. Baron ()Arnow informed the prisoner that all the
Judges met on the 12th of January last, when they, after fully
deliberating upon his cue. were unanimously of opinion that
the verdict was correct, and that the indictment was fully MIS.
tained. His hardship said that as soon as this decision had
been come to, the prisoner was aware that he had been informed
of it. in order that he might be aware his fate was inevitable,
and that he might spend the few fleeting hours of his life in re-
pentance and religion.
The prisoner here interrupted his Lordship by protesting his
innocence.

Mr. Baron Cisiasow resumed—The prisoner must he aware,
from the dictates of his conscience, that such an assenion was not
true. Ili► employment in this dangerous manner for many years
was too well known for such an assertion to deceive in the loaner
where mercy was asked, and would have been extended if it could
with any regard to the justice of the country. The prisoner
must well know that several persons who had been connected wish
him had been executed for the offence with which he was charged,
and he ought to have taken warning by their fate. All hope of
escape, however, was now shut out, and the prisoner must there.
fore prepare to meet his fare. His Lordship then sentenced the
prisoner to Death, with the usual formality of being drawn to the
place of execution on a hurdle.
The prisoner is about forty years of age; he is married to the
wife of a man who was transported fora similar otferice about
four years ago. Since his conviction the dies have been found, and
are excellent imitations of the current coin. _

Bremsett, Richard Rhodes, and Adam Rhodes, three
respectable butelsets, residing at Wednesbury, sere indicted for fe-
loniously stealing, on the 25th of November last, seven sheep, the
Pf7gly of William
.IC. l'uttaars was for tbeproseestimi ; and, from his state-
ment, confirmed by the evidence, the following case was disclosed.
On the night of the 'lath of November, the flock of the prosecutor,
a fanner,residing 10 miles from Wednesbury, were perfectly safe in
his field. The next morning his shepherd missed seven sheep. A
butcher, named Ilayley, who lived next door to the prisoners at
‘Vedontbury, suspected that they did not come by their meat ho-
nestly, and knowing they,kad gone out on the night of the 25th of
November, be hid himself in his barn. About one o'clock in the
'Darning, the prisoners came into the yard on horseback, driving
seven sheep. They Oleo threw them over a wall loto • yard,
where they had a slaughtering house. The witness then procured
assistance, and both the prtsonets and the sheep were secured.
The prosecutor, on being sent for, identified the sheep to be his
property.—Goilty.—Doith.
CIVIL SIDE. MARCH li.

BHUTILEBOTTAM V. BOWLET.

This was an action foe issauh and battery.
AIL Jan els stated the ease to the Jury. Both plaintiff and de.
fendant were lirstiers at llaidley in this county. It so happened
that on some occasiortvggvious to the assault in question, some
cattle of the defendant's had strayed into an oa, field of the plaintiff's
where they did considerable (Menage. The plaintiff had the
amount of the injury estimated, thnsigh it was ,
mended, and this had roused the dalieslaut's mall
of December lam, both panics imet at a Court Leet
manor, where the defendant began abusing the
.4114;11 been weawatomed..o do, The . 'told him I
pay him fur the damage hise had done,
on which the defiedeut strildi It Tilgent 'bias.,
*hid' knocked him down, and t en the defendant
kicking him in a moat cowardly manner while ,
ground.
John Middleton proved the assault in the manner
Cross-examined by .51r. CAMBRELL—I was not a little fresh.
There was plenty of ale at our dinner, and there were two ten alai-
IMg bowls of punch on the tableat once after dinner. I cannot tell
how often thoge bowls were replenished, but they were frequently
refilled. The plaintiff called defendant a rascal before the assault
was committed.

John Stubbs. a servant of the plaintiff, who had gone to light
his master home from the public-house where the assault was cum_
milted, was neat called to prove the assault, and the cross.purposed
answers he gate to Mr. Russel's questions set the Court in a roar
of laughter.
What are you ?—A witness.
IWhat are you, 1 say ? Ile hit him twice.
are yno by business? is my question—lle kicked him.
Do you hear my question ; what are you by business ?—A clod-
!topper.
Are you a servant?—Yes.
To whom ?—To my master.
After the laughter in Court had subsided, the witness stated he
was servant to tne phsintiff, and saw the assault in question corn-
minted. Two other witnesses were called, who swore to it, but ad-
mitted that there was a jolly party at the Court Leet, and plenty
of punch.
Mr. esxrn ELL then addressed the Jury fur the defendant, and
enn:ended that the smallest damages would be quite sufficient.
The assault in question was merely the result or a dtunken squab-
ble, and the parties would have acted much more wisely if they
had shaken hands, and never come into Court.

Mr. Justice l'ists 'unlined up, and the Jury found for the
pllaintiff—daniages 101.
This was the only cage to-clay of any interest on this side.
CROWN SIDE.

Wor. o.llTeill, an Irishman, was Indicted under Lord Ellen.
bor*.ugh's Act for that lie,.on the 27th of December last, at the pa.
risk of Sondem, wilfully and maliciously cut and maimed one
James Money across the face, with intent to kill and murder him,
or with intent to do him some grievous bodily harm.
Mr. P 1111.1.11.5 stated the facts of the ease without comment or
obsarration, and then called the following witnesses :
John Maitland.-1 ant a potter ; I know the prisoner and the
prosecutor ; the psis met. lives opposite to the prosecutor at Buts-
km. On the Leh of December, at night, I recollect gnint home
with the son of the prosecutor. When we got in we shut the door.
it was then about ten o'clock at night ; shortly after we heard a vio-
lent knocking at the door, sounding as it made w1:11 some heavy in.
women!, and io a few minutes one of the panels of the door was
driven tn. I went and opened the door. The pri-oner entered with
an axe in his band, and struck me twice over the arm. The pro-
secutor, seeing this advanced, asked the prisoner whether he meant
to commit reorder. The prisoner made no reply whatever, hot im-
mediately stack the prosecutor twice across the lace with t!.e axe
he had in his hand, above one of his eyes and below it. He wounded
him severely.. . .

I.'roes.exaniined by Mr. Ctrawoon.—l gave the prisoner no
bloom, nor did the prosecutor ; there was no dispute or scuttle, nor
was tbs prisoner beaten by the proteoutor or his wife.
31orrey, the prosecutor, then detailed his story in nearly
the same terms as the last *antis. He added the! the prisoner
said, if they attempted to cross the threshbold of the door to go out
he would blow their brains out.
The constable was then called, and proved that after having
taken the prisoner into custody, he escaped and went to Liverpool,
whither lie was traced and again apprehended. The prisoner was
rather in liquor when he lira( took him, and he hal a wound in his
head, which he said he received in a ecuMe wilt the prosecutor's
party.
Joseph Murray. the son of the prosecutor, was called to confirm
the account of dor transaction given by his father, and the witness
Maitland.

The pri,tnner alleged that 'Mx witne•a had given him the prove-
ea• keg which induced him to coMmit the offence with which he waa
now charged ; but the witneas denied having quarrelltd with the
priaouer.. . _ _

The prisoner in his defence said that he had been repeatedly
provoked by the prosecutors, who had called him an Irish b—r,
and bad taunted him in the most aggravating manner with being a
Roman Catholic. (In the night in question when he went to the
prosecutor's house he was most cruelly beaten, and wikil the axe in
hi own de ence only.
dlr. Ct: wool) then called a witness of the name of Bath, echo
told a long story, in which he stated that the prisoner had been
beaten by the prosecutor's party; on a close examination, however,
by the I:ourt he prevaricated most grossly.
The Jury, after raeommending the prisoner to mercy, found him
11 r. Karon GAR now, upon the recommendation of the Jury, said
in his opinion, at Ft molt, this wasa case in which the law ought
to take its ("one, but lie aroulJ take a day to cutiaider whether be
should ieuve the prisoner For execution or no:.

NORTH Ett N CIRCUITTLANFAST ER, 51mIcit 9.
CIVITSIDE.
Before the lion. !Ur. Ittron Nutt cacti and a Common Jury.i
VESEY V 411.11)1MATPIE AND ANOTPIEN•
This was an actton for an assault com•ni.t.ed by the ticfmxitinni,
John Taylor Wilson and Leonard Redmayne. nava.. in their
capacities as Magistrates of the borough and torn oftLemettater, on
the pltitt:tiff, by the committal of her person to the prison of the
House of Correction at Pram, on a charge of bastardy. The case

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excited in extraordinary degree of Syncretic and the Court was filled
to overdo* at ao early hour. The Court tat et nine o'cloek, and it
Wilt the fleet cause taken.
31r. 111,01.0113/33—titlittemen of the Jury, this is en action
brought by the pleintite, Margaret Veen, spinet the defendants,
31aeistrates of the borough of Lancaster. The defendants pleaded
—Not Guilty.
The A vroeury Gentnei. (Mr. Seeded) then rose, and
stated the case to the Jury The plaintiff, he said, was an un-
tUrtunate female, who .had been, by one of the moat arbitrary acts
ever heard of, committed se pr can for a period of no lees titan
eleven week,. by two of the Magistates of Lancaster, and the
action had been brought to recover a ilimpeneation in damages,
and to tcworr her to those privileges am had a right, with all other
of his Majesty'. snbjecte to primed, and which he bad no doubt
the yeedict of the Jury. diis day, would restore to her. The abuse
he had to complain of, had been inflicted by persona holding an
hapordud situation, who might have been supposed to have had
more humanity in their nature, especially as it herhheam directed
against a defenceless female, whole greatest crime had been that
cf having the misfurtune to give, birth to one or more illegiti.
mate children. The plaintiff was, before her commitment to
prisea, an inhabitant of this place; anti, but for the misfortune
he had mentioned, her character had been without a stain
This female the Magi.trates, clothed in a little brief authority,
upon the ninth of a airgle person, had committed to hard labour,
!Of twelve months, under a supposition that site world become
chargeable to the parish. The unfortunate plaintiff had continued
• primmer until the Crum of King'S Bench was applied to for her
liberation, That the imprisonment of the plaintiff was an over.
stretch of power it wanted little argument to convince a British
,jury, and from the nature of the evidence which he should lay be-
Mee them, he had little doubt but that they would come to the con.
elusion, that a moat unwarrantable power had been exercised. If
errors like these were to be visited with such heavy punishment,
what was to become of the many unfortunate victims of seduction ?
IV hat was to follow if such absolute, such unwarrantable% acts
were to be allowed in an enlightened country like ours, and in an
age like the present 1 The plaintiff iii this action had at-
tracted the attention of a gentleman. By him she had happened
to have two children, and she still enjoyed his protection. Ilia
name he wonid leave his Learned Friend (Mr. Sergeant Cross)
to make such comments upon as might answer his purpose, al.
though nothing in his comments, he thought, could effect the
character of the person alluded to. There was no doubt but
by the law as it stood. Magistrates had a power of commitment
atter conviction—a power which certain Acts of Parliament
clothed them with: yet, even under these Acts, he should be
sorry to fled that men, acing in the judicial capacity of Magi'.
trues, should order a helpless female to prison under circumstances
so peculiarly delicate. In this case, however, no offence had been
committed; it was. in fact, only a supposea crime, and he hoped,
for the hollow .of the county of Lancaster, that this would be the
last ease. of the kind on record. The Learned Gentlentaii theo
cited the Act of the first of James, and the Act a Sle Geo. Il I.
cap. el, which repealed it in part, and upon which she war coin.
added to prison This latter Act gave the Magistrates power to
discharge out of cusiody, after a period of six weeks, where it was
sliewn that the person so committed had acted with propriety sub-
sequent to her commitment ; but then this Act did not authorize
the Magistrates to commit on mere suspicion. The great lewd
Kenyon doubted such prerogative in any cue, even under the Va-
grant Act. In this instance the warrant was illegal, and the gaoler
would have been perfectly justified in not receiving her into his CU/to
toily, no former conviction having taken place. In the plaintiff's
case, All application had been made to the Magistrates for her libe-
ration, but they remained unmoved and inexorable ; nor would the
abate a single jot of her sentence, until the Court of King's Bench
had been moved to set the commitment aside ; and when they found
that they could not help themselves, they ordered her to be die.
charged out of custody ; and it was for this assault she now sought,
at the hands of the Jury, a compensation in clement. The pinta.
liens she had endured so long, called for exemplary damages. The
Learned Gentleman, after madly, the leading tenures of the case,
At will appear M the evidence of the wend witnesses, requested the
Jury to exercise the power they possessed, for the sake of public•
justice.
John Tugvrood examined by Mr. Poetocit—He saw the plain.•
tif sign tbe notice • known the rentlutits ; served tbeui boat on
the I Ith of September; it was %friday, the 10th, the day atter it
was signed.
By the J DOI -4)11 each of Ike defendants-- John Taylor 14i1.1
son and hemmed Redensyne, the Magistrates.
Henry examined.—lle is the clerk to the plaintiff's Wi-
cker ; he produced the writ of Caine' ; it was signed on the lath
(farther, I lin
Jobs Hayhurst examined, by filr. BRoxc I/AM—He is an offi-
cer in the Preston Howie of Curreetion—caws so in 1825. He pro-
duced the warrant of commitment by which the plaintiff was taken
to the House of Correction ; she was brought there on the 22d of
April last.
By''

&tonal
when to-prison; a doctor attended her there. She was
kept in a room where convicts had been placed, where two convicts
had been put.
Thomas Thompsos, examined by the ATTORNEY-GENERAL—
He was prevent when the prisoner was brought before Mr. Red-
mayne slid Mr. Wilson ; that is the warrant, it is in the hand.
writing of the two defendants; he attended Colonel Bradshaw at
the examination : lie tried to prevent the prisoner from being sent
to prison ; lie offered a bond of indemnity against any charge the
parish might be put to ou account of the pluitairs two children;
both the Magistrates were present when he made the offer.
By the JUDOZ—She watt committed on the 21d of April ; ten
&chick was fixed upon for her being brought up ; witness saw Mr.
Itmlatayne that morning; said, that it was a pity :hat she hail
been interfered with, said little more ; Colonel Bradshaw we, with
him, saw them together ; the warrant wax not signed in his pre.
setae, it was signed by both the defendants; the Town Cletk
of erwards fold him, that two err the Magistrates had ordered her
to be colett,itted for twelve months in the Bowie of Correction, at
Preston ; lie had nut known the plaintiff before ; she lived on the
Quay ; 1 said—Gentlemen, if after the expiry of six weeks, she
should obtain a certificate of her good character from the gaoler,
will you liberate her f Mr. Nelson said, that it would be time
enough to talk of that alter the time had expired. I afterwards
Sent I note to Mr. Redmayne, he was then the Mayor ; he said,
in reply, that lie would call a Meeting of the Illagiscates ; a
notice. 'dated the 20th of February, 11126, was put in ; it was a
notice, to produce the bill of indictment against the above-named
plaintiff; that is what he seat to Mr. Redmayne. The certificate
spoke to the geed character of the plaintiff atter the nix weeks had
expired, and that she had conducted herself in a regular manner ;
lie rewired a note from the clerk to the Magiatrates, which ran
thus :—.• Dear Str—l am chicon:id by the Magistrates to inform
you, that they have issued an order fur the discharge of Margaret
Vesaey from the House of Correction. I am, dear Sir your's, A.c.
(Signed) John Higgins." Thin had been an application to the
Court of King's Bench before.
Cross-examined by Mr. Serjeast Caoss—Colonel Bradshaw had
emrloyed him : the attoerey for the plaintiff is the witness's agent;
don't know if he is employed ay the Colonel ; he is a gentleman,
and lives at Lancaster; he was fAlonel of the Local Militia, and
a Magistrate lot the county of Lancaster; he is about 56 or 60
jean
or old. Witness acted aseletk t a meat nuniber of year,' ; cant say
it the house the plaintiff lived iu was a house of good fame ; can't say
that it was.

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(The Arroltutr.Gsnttat. said the Jury might hare pre-
(erred a bill of indictment., If it hel been thought proper.)
Had not heard that it was a good one; could not say much about
it; there was a hill preferred against Mrs. Vesey for a leering a
disorderly house, but which bill had been cot; flogarth, the
officer. had a warrant against her the night before; he went to
Mrs. Veney's bowie in cnoxequeuce. of hearing hat a warrant kid
been issued to apprehend here Colonel Br:aloha*, was present:
don't recollect If the eastioSeratt inked for; could not say if he
' damned the Magistrates. sod that is was harsh ousget *ld net
hear them nay that he 'mold fit them for it ; a gentleman offered
to pledge for her it;spearaufe; there was a great disturb.
once about the house; said to the afffeer that he thought it would
be best tor hint to retire, in order to keep the peace, and she should
appear on the nest morning; she did appear, not the next ninrns
ing ; her protector appeared, and ailed that she was too unwell to
attend then, in consequence of the BI Lange that she had received
from the °there; raid that she limpid be there very shortly ; the
covetable was ordered by 3lr. Higgins to go and fetch tier; lie
went to her residence; lie came a short time afterwards, area the
information wan read over to her; Bye, the overseer, was present
when t•e informal ion was read.
By gergeont Co oes—Pye was sworn in her presence; that she
had a botarit etold, and also two tabors.
100 Lem nett; r objected to the qstation.
Examination resumed—Can't tee/elite( it' she erne asked if •she
had a chill is 182 If ; he thinks thaethe question was not asked .
it was not asked her; it wee shoed to her she had two others
besides the one ; she did nay the it was correct, but that she would
take care that neither of them nitould become chargeable to the
parish ; I said that, after toe capinuMn of the six week., I
hoped that they would order her to bet sent home (root the House
of Correction : I did request that defy, the Magistrates, would
be leniatt to their prisoner t 1 did•eiht question their authority,
did Hat doubt their right to control; ; there were three Magis-
trates present ; the Ilagistrame devised that the Colonel and the
witness would withurew ; his client appeared as her protector
before the Magistrates; Mr. Higgins said that the 31agistrstes
had ordered her conmiltutent for torlefe months. Ills client sabl
it was en unprecedented proceeding the lllagietrates said to the
C ninnel, see by the calendar berg you have committed two
women for a like offence.
Ity the ATTOIINEV4irgrEnaL—Ife was in Court by the •uttos
Tit?, of Messrs. Nilson and titan *.
The ATTOZNET-GENtRAL—Tbe strand Jure threw out the
bill against the defendant for keeping a diesireerly house. Colonel
Braashaw is a gentleman of tivtu ie. Be would have intivisnilied
the parish rummer the two children becoming chargeable to the
township. Heard no reflection pomade* the mduct of the "'him
when he went down. The warrant ug apprehend her was Mooed in
as hour after the bill was thrown talht. The Magistrates Issued
their warrant. Heard no oomplaintedeinafter. It was not mud
!Jere" 41,10 Al*Pie411“011 when the istildreis were. The Almia-
testes knew that the plaintif was wader the ptotection of f`uWiel
Bradshaw. 1 he Colonel was penal whew the plaiutiff was take

r away to prison. She sulked for leave to get her clothes. There was
a great crowd before the Torus Hall She was taken away is a gig.
Can't say if force had been used to take her away. Ras lived
in the town many years. Can't say that he ever heard that her con-
duct was called in question before.
By the Ju Doc —llas seen the woman ("nee or twice before;
nevi , heard any reproach against her than that she had lied three
children. Cannot say who desired Pye to do it.
Sergeant Cnoss—lt was not stated that the children were not
by Colonel Bradshaw.
By the Jeont—None of the children were stated to be his.
Robert Jackson examined by Mr. Po LLOC it— He Is clerk to Mr.
Thompson, the attorney. Ile served a copy of the rule on both
the defendants on the littli July.
(Here the rule obtained by the plaintiff's attorney, in the Court
of King's Bench, calling on the defendant to stem cause why the
plaintiff should lint be discharged from the House of Correction,
at Preston, was read)
The rate of Court tOr an Habeas Corpus for the bringing op the
plaintiff to be discharged front custody, on account of an error in
the commitment, was rend.
The warrant of her commitment was then read, by the deire of
the Attorney-General ; it was utatm the hands and seals of the
defendants. It set forth, that according to the Act of Parliament,
the Keeper of the House of Correction for Preston, should receive
into his custody the body of Margaret Vesey, charged on the oath
of henry Pye with having a bastard child, and two others, charge.
able, or that might become chargeable, to the best of his belief, •
the township of Lancaster ; and that the keeper of the prison do
keep her to work and hard labour, for a period not exceeding twelve
calendar months.
The rule of King's Bench, directing the Magistrates to dis-
charge the plaintiff' out of custody was then read.
Mr. Poit.r.oce.—lt was moved in Court, and disposed of at the
Judges' Chambers.
Mr. Thompson rmalled....-It was a rule nisi.
Mr. Sergeant Caoss.—Colonel Bradshaw employed him.
This was the cue for the plaintiff
The defeadanta called no witnesses.
Mr. Sergeant Cnoss commenced his address to the Jury by
commenting on the speech of his Learned Friend the Attorney.
General, by ridiculing the call for exemplary damages. This
action was not brought by the plaintiff' from her own desire to
vindicate her character, for she had none; no, she was only the
nominal party ; who the real plaintiff' was it did not want much
sagacity to discover, and the most interested one too; why, was it
any other than her avowed protector, the gallant Colonel Brad-
shaw? this Justice of the Peace who had been found at the very
respectable house situate on St. George's Quay, he who had
himself too committed two women to prison under similar cir-
cumstances. Oh ! what would the public think of this offices of
the militia, of this tender-hearted gentleman of sixty years of
age—what was the case ? why, the magistrates had done their
duty, and but for an error in judgment, the power to imprison had
never been questioned. The Jury had heard the case fur the plsin•
tiff, and a precious one it was ! in what an amiable light had his
Learned Friend's client been placed—let the Jury look to the
house where the plaintiff resided—take a peep at the Colonel behind
the scenes—and then add the bill of indictment with it, and what a
picture they had then before them. Then came the question of da-
mages. Now what was the plaintiff entitled to salt at their hands;
nominal ones only, if any ; if they gave what his Learned Friend
asked for, into whose pocket would they go? into her prometor's,
the Magistrate. The Learned Gentleman, after commenting on
the nature of the evidence, concluded his reply, which our limits
lrevent our going into at length, by calling on the Jury to give the
east damages they could.
His Lounenrits, in his charge to the Jury, said, that it was clear
the plaintiff moo recover a verdict ; but what damages they would
muse for the injury complained of was their particular province;
that the warrant fur her commitment to the [louse of Correction,
when no previous conviction had taken place, was clearly illegal;
in point of law there could be no doubt the imprisonment she had
muttered had been eleven weeks, and it was for this iinprisonment
the action had been.broneht. It would be absurd, however, to attri-
bule to these two respectable gentlemen, and Magistrates too, any
malice against the plaintiff; they had in exercise of the power given
them by the Act of James I. which had been in part repealed by
that of the Ist Ueo. 11. committed a cleric error, nothing more ;
that they possessed the right to commit, was not doubted. There
could be no personal ill-will or malice in their sending the plain
tiff to gaol ; and if they believed it to be, as he thought it was, a
mere error to judgment, then it would be hard to visit such error
by awarding heavy damages ; and in his opinion, it would have
been far better if the plaintiff had not brought the action at all ;
there had been a most melancholy disclosure of Meta that did nei-
ther the plaintiff's cause nor that of Colonel Bradehaw any cre.lit.
His Isardship, after recapitulating the evidence, said, that the
Jury would take into their consideration all the circumstances of
the case, and give such damages as the nature of tile case war-
ranted.

= Plaintiff—Damages, One Farthing.
6t then applied to Ns Isorlship, and said he
would not hare the costs to pay, considering
had given. When his lordship observed,
lants ought to be satisfied. •••
taIIRYA V. -11KI11. JUN.
debt, to receive the penclty of five pounds,
the defendant having killed a partridge,
Mated the ease to the Jury. and called
itress lives at Colne, in this county ; re-
members seeing Bullock and Smith on the 10th of May ; they
had a gun; Bullock carried it first ; they were ranging the fields;
there were a brace of partridges got up, they flew past Bullock,
who gave Smith the gun ; he fired, and one bird fell ; the other
flew away; Bullock came over the hedge, picked up the bird, but
said, he could get off by pitying.
Mr. Williams cross-examined—He is a friend of the defend-
ant's. Not a put companion. Don't know that Beaver was a
liar. Smith said that that he coold get off by paying,
The ATTORNET-GENENAL said that he should be able to
prove that his client was duly qualified. A deed of gift to the
defendant was then put in, the execution of which was proved
by a person of the name of Walley, and the possession of the land,
by the delivery of a piece of grass, which was on the 12th of June,
11123.
Ilu Aponnsitir said that as the defendant has proved his quell.
fication, their diet muct be for the defendant.
Verdict accorintgly.

POLICE.

II :WSTREET.

Ou Saturday night, when Mr. Minshall was about to leave the
bench, he was informed that some persona were waiting to prefer a
charge of felony against two men, who had been taken into custody
at Kensington. by Hull, a constable there, so early as four o'clock
in the afternoon, but that neither he nor his prisoners had as yet
appeared.
Mr. Mt witsturi. said he thought it very strange, and if the de.
lay should prove to have been the fault of the constable, his conduct
could not be too severely reprehended.
3lr. Richmond, the clerk, said it was the constant practice of
that cont table to bring prisoners at or after the hour for closing the
office business; and that Mr. Halls had more than once threatened
to tine him 40s. for neglect of duty.
Mr. MtwsttttLt. said, he would wait some time longer, and in
about twenty minutes (it was then nine o'clock), two young men
were brought into the office by the gaolers, linked together with
large chain handcuffs, and put to the bar; and when Mr. Minshull
asked for Hull, it was answered that he was so beastly drunk as to
I be unable to stand, and the gaolers thought it best to leave hum in
I the wait:ng.rnnm Mr. Miushull, however, desired to see him,
and Hull in a few minutes made his appearance, and went stag.
gering up to the bench, where he stood, holding by the railing, a
perfect picture of stupid intoxication.
Why you are drunk, sir, beastly drunk," said Mr. Rich.
mood, " and ought to be fined severely for coming before the Ma-
gistrate in such a state."
(Hi !'dear no," stammered out this trusty officer, " you are
mistaken. I am not drunk, hut suffering under a severe tit of
cramp, which attacked me as I came along, and had like to have
been tbd death of me." This declaration was accompanied by di-
vers writhings and contortions of countenance, and a pressure of the
.liagato the atainach, while hi. bead wagtail:newt dmpwinac ow his
shoulders, and his eyes half closed. The effect was perfectly ludi.
emus.

Alt. Muesli nr.t. merely smiled and desired him to sit down,
probably reserving any comment upon such conduct until the
offender should be better able to understand it.
The clnarge was then gone into as to the prisoners, whose names
were Rube, is and MI sky. A lady named Jennings. It appeared,
living at Phillinime-place, Kensington, went out on Friday after-
noon, leaving her watch in a parlour on the ground floor. She
ordered some earthenware at a shop at Knightsbridge, where the
prisoner Roberts lived servant, and he was sent home with it. He
was left in the hail while the female *errant went up stairs, and in
about six hours afterwards the watch was missed. The female
servant swore positively that no person but Roberts came into the
house during the whole of the time that her n;istress was absent.
Against Kersley there was not a tittle of evidence, it being merely
a:ated that he lied called at the house by desire of Roberts in the
course of the day, to ask leave lir 3lra. Jenninge's man servant to
go nut for a short time. The watch was seen safe after he called.
51r. Illissitu tr. instantly called Kersley from the bar, and
asked Hull on what grounds he took that young man into custody ;
hull replied, as well as we could understand him, that lie had
heard somebody say that Kersley knew something about it.
Mixsti ur.t. said be had no right whatever to deprive hint
of his liberty for a single moment. The illagisttate then discharged
him, and said be was sorry he had been detained at all.
Roberta was 'emended till next week, to give time for inquiry
about the watch.

LAMRSTII.STRUET.
RF.CEIVING STOLItar (1001311.—0 n Saturday IVilliorn Coke,
the peoprictor of a hardware a hop in Itoeemary.lane, together with
two men named Mills and .Shaw, were brought up for fitml exa.
ntmation. thargeti, the two former r ith receiving a quantity of
combs knowing them to hue been ll' Lnosigneil by Mann.
eptewarts.ot York, to Air. tioo.ibdiste, of ll'elleicwie-aquare, and
which had beat abstracted from the yard of Sir. Deacon, of the
NV Lite Horse P,inies, Cripplegate, and the latter with being the
person who stole the same.
l'tte citeemetoaces which led to the discovery of the accused are
somewhat elogtisr.
Mr. ALier and a Solicitor attended the examination on the
peel of maprigaz Coles. and 1)1r. &ARYLS ou that of Altlia.
The evidence u follows
we. pasta, aulaiintd—l am an officer of Oa isiabllshment.
On tistli imam I, accompanied by Mr. Deices, ~to the

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was never paid or de. By the JUDGE—And discharged on the Bth July. Warrant pro- The Jury found for the I
malice. ()n the Bth duced and shown to witness. The Learned Sergeant t
Leet on Lord Crewe's (:roses-examined by Mr. Sat'SCUP CROSS—Was only the strewn hoped the detendants wou
3e plaintiff eche Jeett .in tbe Reuse ot.st:Lbaq. pew e person who received her ; the damages the Jury had
he had mu bfkcir Ike GOVerglat V.* 1 130.64tettiiii • . *mita the defendants
. .
, tine ,„ als.r • %IMMO .., utterer I
!.bloss.on afteoeseple, scene to see her from teen - than Lancaster; henget., that This was en sedan in de
efendant commenced 'weveral came from the aeigh rhood of Lancaster • they called under the Game Laws. eh
ale he was upon the abbot threw times. Colonel Bradshaw came; he did take her not tieing duly qualified.
away. Mr. Serjeant C 'toss %till
anner above mated. Re-examined by .51r. BIIOUGUAL—She was in good health William iteaver_wit,
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