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PETITIONS OF _____ ...al MONEY CANFOIt
MElt); ALSO, OF WILLIAM KENRICK, ESQ.
Oland by the liouse of Commons to be printed, 24th June, 1825.
PO the /tight Honourable and Honourable the Commons of Great
Britain and Ireland, in Parliament assembled.
The Humble Petition of !Martin 31oney Cantor, fbrmerly of
Char!wood, in the County of Surrey, farmer; but now of
Church-street, Stoke Newington, in the County of Middle-
• sex, butcher,
Showetit,
Mot in the month of May, in the year of our Lord 1824, your
tltri. lost several sheep from their feeding on Lliarlwood
That your petitioner immediately commenced ah Active marsh
and inquiry for many miles round the neighbourhood of his resi-
dence, and ultimately discovered that one or such sheep was in tha
aession of a person of the name of William Beale, residibg
Betchworth, in the said county of Surrey.
That your petitioner thereupon proceeded to the place of he said
William Beale's residence, Ind instantly recognised his said sheep,
although it was in a fold with others, and had been shorn of Its
'fleece; and he thereupon claimed it of the said William Beale as
his property, and required the production of the fleece. which the
said William Beale admitted he had himself taken oft; but the said
William Beak refused either to Rho* the fleece to your petitioner,
or to give up the possession of the said sheep.
That your petitioner therefore determined to extibit a charge of
felony against the said William Beale; but beings stranger in the
neighbourhood, he inquired for the residence of tht nearest magis.l
trate, and was directed to William Kenrick, Esq. of Betchworth
aferesaid.
That tour petitioner immediately proceeded to the house of the
said William Kenrick, and saw one George Adams, his butler,
who, ascertaining that your petitioner bed a charge of felony to
prefer, refused to Introduce him to the said William Kenrick until
lb, had communicated all the particulars of such charge, which
'your petitioner was therefore compelled to detail to the said George
Adams.

That upon you petitioner's introduction to the said Wallah)
Kenrick, he repeated the circumstances of his charge against the
said William Beale, and requested that the said William Kenrick
would grant him a search-warrant in order to enable hint to secure
the &ere of his said rheum espreseing hia apprehension. 141. she
said 11"illiam Beale would otherwlie destroy or conceal its in order
to prevent satisfactory proof of your petitioner's property.

. . . .
That the said William Kenrick thereupon began to write some-
thing on a slip of paper, and the said George Adams having offered
him the form of a search-warrant, the said William Kenrick ob.'
served, " the note I am writing to Beale will do as well ;" but
your petitioner, humbly represe..ting to him that he was appre-
ensive that a note would be of little use, as the said William
Beale had already refused to produce the fleece, and that he there.
fore was anxious to have a search-warrant, the said William Ken.
rick became much enraged, expressed his determination not to
proceed on the complaint, and ordered your petitioner to quit his
house.

That your petitioner finding that he had no chance of obtaining
a search warrant from the said William Kenrick, and being de-
sirous at all events to secure his property, he submissively re-
quested the said William Kenrick to finish the note witch he had
originally proposed to send to the said William Beale.
That the said William Kenrick accordingly wrote such note, and
delivered it to your petitioner unfolded ; and which note is in the
words following :
" These are to request you will deliver to the bearer the fleece of
a sheep, admitted to have been taken by you from IVestwood, iu
order that it may be produced as evidence before me on a charge
of felony, or bring it with you to my house, and 'how cause
why you should not do so.
" To Wiliam Beale. " W. KENRICK."
That after the said William Kenrick had written such note, he
inquired of the said George Adams the Christian name of Beale,
the person accused, who answered " William, ours is named
James" tas your petitioner understood), and your petitioner has
since discovered that the word " ours" referred to a brother of the
said William Beale, who is in the service of the said William
Kenrick u his bailiff:

That the said William Kenrick desired your petitioner to deliver
the said note to the sa d 14iiliam Beale in the presence of a con-
stable, but immediately after observed, " you may deliver it your-
' self, a constable is unnecessary."
Tnat your petitioner accordingly carried the said note to the said
William Beale, who refused to receive it, whereupon your peti-
tioner, in the presence of several persons, read the same to him 4
but the said William Beale treated it with indifference, and stated
that he would not give up the sheep, or produce the fleece.
That your petitioner discovering that the said note was so utterly
ineffectual, and being apprehensive of making another application
to the said William Kenrick for a seerch warrant, be went before
Imp Burgess, Esq. a Justice of the Peace, residing at Reigate, in
the said county of Surrey, who declined to interfere in a charge
which had been before another Magistrate, and recommended
your petitioner to call again upon the said William Kenrick upon
the subject.
That your petitioner, in consequence of such advice, returned
to the said William Kcnrick, on whose grounds, near his house,
your petitioner found the scented person, the said William Beale.
That your petitioner MU interrogated by the said George Adams
as to the object of his visit ; and having informed him of the said
William Beale's disregard of the said note, and of your petitioner's
desire, in consequence, to prefer his eheme• slate's trim; the said
George Adams informed your peti ioner that the said Vi illiam
Kenrick would have nothing further to do in the business, and that
he refused to see your petitioner again.
That your petitioner expressed his regret that, after the trouble
be had taken, and the expense he had incurred, he should be de-
,rived of redress, provided as he was with clear evidence to prove
the unlawful taking of his property by the said William Beale ;
whereupon the said George Adams observed to your petitioaer.
that the said William Beale had ►tated that your petitioner had
agreed to refer the question of property in the said sheep to a Mr.
Cutler, which your petitioner instantly denied, and thereupon
the said George Adams requested your petioner to call the said
William Beale, who did not repeat such statement, but pressed
Your petitioner to refer the matter to Mr. Joseph Nash, who is the
land agent of the said William Kenrick, and resides in his neigh-
bourhood.

That your petitioner, despairing of further assistance from the
'said William Kenrick in the investigation of his charge a-sinst the
said William Beale. and apprehending from the refusal of llr.
Burgess, that no other 3lagistrate would interfere, and that he was
in danger not only of losing his property, but of incurring the im-
putation of preferring a groundless accusation, he was induced to
abandon his charge of felony, and to consent to accompany the said
William Beak to the house of toe said Joseph Nash.
That the said William Beak having produced to the said
Joseph Nash and a Mr. James Pale the fleece of the said sheep,
and your petitionh having shown them the fleece of another sheep
of your petitioner's, with a corresponding mark, they instantly de.
tided that the fleece in the possession ot the said William Beale
was the property of your petitioner, and they ordered the said Wil-
liam Beale to give up the same, together with the said sheep,
which he accordir.gly did, and the said Joseph Nash and James
Ede gave to your petitioner two notes or certificates of their judg-
ment on the subject.
That your petitioner, having thus obtained his property, and
being in the neighbourhood ot the said William Kenrick 's rest.
dence, he considered it right to wait upon him, in order to inform
him of the result of the investigation, and your petitioner took with
him the fleece which had been so restored, and the two notes or cer-
tificates betbre mentioned.
That your petitioner, upon his arrival at the said William Ken- I
rick's house, was shown into a room in which the said William'
Kenrick and the said George Adams were.
That the said William Kenrick desired the said George Adams'
to shut the door, and immediately desired your petitioner, in a pe-
' remptory manner, to deliver up the note which the said William
Kenrick had written to the said William Beale, and whilst your
petitioner was in the act of producing it, he again, in a very loud
tone, commanded him to produce it directly.
That your petitioner, not attaching much importance to the said
rnee, had no intention of withholding it from the said William,
Kenrick, but being surprised at the shutting of the door, and at the
agitated manner of the said William Kenrick, he requested to be
permitted to take a copy of such note; whereupon the said Wilt
liam Kenrick became more violent, and, addressing himself to the
said George Adams, said, " I appoint you a special constable ;
search that man for the note."
That your petitioner resisted the attempt of the said George
Adams to search him, as he was clothed with no proper authority
fee that purpose; and the said William Kenrick therefore directed
that one John Batchelor, the constable of tho parish, should be
sent for; and your petitioner was confined in the said room until'
the arrival of the said constable, for the space of nearly an hour ;1
that when the said John Batchelor entered the room, the said
Liam Kenrick, pointing to your petitioner, said, " There, con-
' stable, is your prisoner ;" and as the said John Batchelor heel- I
tared, apparently waiting for the particulars of the charge, the said
William Kenrick, addressing him in a tone of great anger, said,
" Constable, do your duty ; seize him and search him for a note."
That your petitioner having ascertained that the said John Bat-
chelor was really a constable, he submitted without the slightest
resistance ; and the said John Batchelor having collared your pe-
titioner, searched him, and took from him the said note, and also.
by die direction of the said ‘Villiam Kenrick, took possession of
the said fleece; and the said William Kenrick then ordered your
petitioner to quit his house, which your petitioner left immediately,
under the apprehension of further violence.
That for this imprisonment your petitioner brought his action
against the said %I illiam Kenrick, and the cause stood for trial at
the last Assizes for the county of Surrey.
That your petitioner might reasonably have expected consider-
able
damages for the injury he had seemed ; but being actuated
by no vindictive motive, and being solely anxious for some ac-
knowledgment, on the part of the said William Kenrick, of Ihe
impropriety of his conduct, at the request of the Counsel of the 'I
said IVilliam Kenrick, your petitioner consented to accept a ver.
diet for five pounds, upon the express understanding and condition
that your petitioner was to be at no expense in the matter or the
cause. _ _ _

That the costs of the said action have been taxed and paid, but
your petitioner has sustained a considerable WWI it: tracing and ob-
taining possession of his property, for which he has net received
the smallest satisfaction or indemnity.
That your petitioner disclaims all personal hostility to the said
William lienrick which, he submits, has been sufficiently indi.
cued in his desire, by the compromise of the said action, to.
I prevent a detail of the foregoing facts, where the intErests of your
petitioner were alone concerned. but inasmuch as your petitioner
feels that there was a denial of justice on the part of the said Wil.
sham Kenrick, In the case of the said William Beale, by which a
charge of felony was suppressed and defeated, your petitioner is led


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