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did. time was no question but he had a tight to
defend himself against this demand, by *tasking att.
vaw4ge of time, portieularly as there was uo
inteical evidence of the debt being due, of
any affidavit made Mr. Folcroft declared, hr
would expose hint to the regiment ; and Keating
answered that he had advice upon it, and he might
take his remedv. Fetcroft then made some repte-
sentation. of the business to Col mel Kane, and
the off:tos of the rcniment, who declared they
would not associate with Keating, nor should hi
lemain arming them, until this charge was Jon,
away. the Defendant, W•hle, in the first in-
stance, was the mediator, and endeavoured to be
the peace.n.at!r between them, and have the mat-
ter amicably adjusted. He at first refined to carry
the challenge, and proposed to wait on Foxcr. f:
for the tan pn-e of accommodating matters ; but Mr.
K • train afterwards conceiving Forcroft had been
making some false representation► to the reg•ment,
and fired with indignation at such disgraceful as-
persions being thrown out against him, in an instant
of irritation and resentment the challenge WAS writ-
ten, and in an incautious moment Mr. Wilde carried
it to the Prosecutor.
Lord Et I. its eosonoit.—" Although the Coun-
sel for the Defendant profess to chew CJII‘t• in be-
half of Mr. Wilde ; yet the a-gument has ttnch-cl to
ex,:itlpate Mr. Keating. This is a sort of rase, in
which the accessary is more criminal than the pin-
cipal. This was a mere duelling agency, and the
Court cannot treat it with too much severity. It
would not be doing our duty, if we did not grant the
information. At the same time, we can II rc, means
apprrve of Mr. Folcroft's conduCt. Mr. Wilde at-
trilsotes his to the irritation of the moment ; but
we can only con.ider it a cold-blooded aet.
must meet that severe animadversion that it
mrtit'."

Rule macr absolute against both the Defendants.
u • KING V. uJ asot4 mtti 411114PSON.

The Dtlendants, who wore colledors of taxes,
had been •convined of various frauds upon die Re-
venue Laws, treed hetore M-..'ostice CH Al 4 Mlle. At
the late A:•xces ter Yin k, were this day brought up
to receive 3t Jgment.
The Sot:cutott:Gterea 1., )r the prosecution,
stated. rh.t Mr. Setjeant Hcvvrooo. on the part of
the Defendants, would .104 fir A conditional ride
in arrest nt Judgment, which, 1ir..., the discus,i. n,
wool I occupy a considerable of the time of
the Court. And could not then Ste gone into. He
had no objedion to their b ing fij aged, upon their
own recogorance, ti. altpo.a wiset. called upon ;
and, as it WAS not Absolutely necess tty for them to
attend upon the he.tring of tt,e question. next term.
he would further oispti.se with thee attendance at
. that t;me.

Tae Defendants having accordingly entered into
• recognisance of 1001. each, f .. their future attend-
ance, were discharg..l
In the mattes •ft. JOHN KINIP.• B4:th•pt.
!dr. FLOwDIN appii.d tot's. C iart for a Writ of
.llfaadroeas, to .. .':reeled to certain Commissioners
of Bankrupts, narn-cl . .2 authorised in this Commis-
sion. to shew CRIIW why to / -hould not sign the
Bans-.:i.:'s Certificate, in order to enabi' Lint to ob-
tain his atac!•arge. The Learned Counsel entered
into an elaborate rate:He:it of the Bankrupt's case,
from which it appeared, that he WAS nine successive
days wider examination; fout-fiql.s to tr.!. c.teditors
in number and value, had signed the Certificate, and
one of the Commissioners; but the rest conceiving
that the Bantrupt had not complied with the pro-
visions of die Aa of Parliament, declined signing it.
ll' Ail thee stated. that application had heel' made to
the Chancellor, who refeired it back, in the firs: in-
stante, to the Commiasioners, to review their pia-
ceedings ; but, finding he could not give any further
rTlief, he advised an aporcation to the Curt of
King's Bench ; and, upon the dire.:l authority or the
chancellor, he therefore made the present applica-
tion.
Mr Justice LA WR ENCL observed, that perhaps
Mr. king thought he had been examined too
strietly. .
piLoyd F.l.Letrisoaovon—" I have no doubt but
that the Chancellor might have told you you might
try the experiment in the Court of King's Bench;
brit, from my knowledge of that Noble Personage. I
can scarcely think be sauftioned this application
w;th his dire authority. The Court. atter a patient
hearing of the fans contained in the affidavit, are of
opinion, that the rule cannot be granted. No obser-
vations that have since fallen from the Learned
Counsel, can have any tiled in the cause."
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Till ILIPC V WATTS.
Mr. PIeST applied for the Master's report in this
case, and the latter answered, that the Defendant
had only paid a part of the money required, and
was still in contempt.
Mr. Laws, for the Defendant, observed, that
inability was the sole cause of his client's defalca-
tion ; he was a man tat advanced in years, and in
great poverty ; he was most anxious to fulfil the or-
der of the Court, but was wholly unable. He had
now been trio years and a half in prison, and he
trusted this would have some weight their
L'ordships.
Lord r.I.I.PKVOIttIVGH observed, that the Court
could n..t interfere ; but, perhaps, if application were
made to the fligh Personage who prosecuted the
irdittmet.t, smethirg might be done.
Mr. Ersetne, on the part of the Prosecutor, the
.Duke of P tetn.ond, declared he would communi-
cate with his Grace upon the subjed, and du what
hb cou:d in furtherance of the application.
Mr .ILISI.Ce LAWILENCE—" It is a very bad bu-
&bleu for a man to receive the money of the public,
and convert it to his own purposes."
The business was, accordingly, ordered to stand
ewer mull a future day.

COURT OF COMMON MEMO, NT. t 7.
The Marquis of Lar.sdown and the Earl of der.
►ey appeared at the bar of the Court this day, and,
with the usual formalities. respeaively suffered re-
coveries of different parcels of their estates.
10111575 cooto.
Serjeant Pel7 moved fur a rule to show cause
why the attachment issued Against the Sheriff of
London should not be sct aside. The Learned Ser-
jrar.t said he was a.vcare he was not in a condition to
make the mition, but he hoped the Coats ssould n..t
iuntenanco such sharp ptaffice as had been made
use of by the Plaintiff's attorney. A mit bad been