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that he engaged the Prisoner's wire to tale care of
it, slid to let it for him. On one occasion the Pri.
, voles' told 'bias he believed he had agreed to let it
to the . Archbishop of Tuam. The Archbishop
never went into the house. Whiners was aware in
.the firstwiastanee that the Prisoner was in the
iiiug'a Bench, On seeing the piano-forte, and re.
smirking on it, he was told by the Prisoner that it
wits en article of furniture that he had when he
icrpr house, and that he had lately redeemed it by
lisylug 151. He offered to sell it to witness, but
wiiiiess declined to purchase it.
Tne. Habeas, by which the Prisoner was corn.
'muss! to the King's Bench, was produced, to
prove the date of the commitment, in 1819.
Th,s closed the case for the prosecution.
I.Lite, for the Prisoner, took au objection
to. the nuticionent, titlarly, that the transaction did
tit.' amount to a felony, because there had been Ito
. Hine specified for the return of the instrument.
The legal possession was in the Prisoner, and,
therefore, liecontettiled, that it was merely a debt;
unit to salmon of his opinion he cited several cases
sshicli hail been decided by the Judges, and which
he considered us bearing on the present case.
The Rscoittosft 'tide the question here was, wile.
tiler the Priwoner, at the litne when he obtained the

property, did so with an intention to defraud, and
halt he, did so, his subsequent conduct sufficiently
ovelci
The objection was therefore overruled.
„The Poisoner, in his defence. said. it was his in-
retitionAttistillase to have paid for the instrument ;
mug bulb had his wife were now willing to bind
themselves in ally way for the payment. both
Trail property now coining to them.
A person teamed Bull deposed, that Ile paid to
the wife of the Prisoner a third-pert of 1751. while
• her hutbritd was in the King's Bench; anti that
there was, still money cornier to them.
e'l flr CONNOR SERJEANT summed up the evi-
',.•detiei, and
Jury immediately returned a verdict of
'Ca/fry.
COtnioN SELIBANT—" Prisoner, those
who speculate on law fur the purpose of beariur,
then) out ill the commission of fraud, should be
unite cane that they are right in their law. You
tory depend upon it that you will be scot out of
the rimittry fur seven years."
humus Ingram and Arnold Hunt were indicted
for stealing a trunk coot • g a variety of articles
,of wearing apparel, and two 10/. Batik of Eng-
land notes, the property of Thomas Baker, its the
etwciling house of the Dowager Ludy Templetown,
Portland-place.
Mr. ADOLPHUS opened the case, and called the
followiug witnesses:—
Thumus Baker, butler to Lady Templetown,
'ssi.l, that on the 9th July his property was in a
trunk in her Ladyship's hou‘e. It would slot have
required two persons to remove it. 'I here were
three coats, two waistcoats, the two 10/. notes, and
n considerable quantity of other property. He had
seen the trunk about half an hour before he missed
it. Ile received the notes from filessr,. (Jammers-
ley's clerk, front whom he obtained the ounibers,
ant then gave notice to the Batik of the robbery.
Marmailuke Pybus, cashier to Messrs. Hammers-
lev, proved the payment of the notes charged in the
'indictment, to the Prosecutor.
Thomas Baker again called, said, he afterwards
applied to the Police Office, in consequence of a
Mutate which he received from the Bank.
Mr. Dyer, of the Bank of England, proved the
Mote* to have been paid in. one by,Messrs.
and Co. and the other by Messrs. Pole raid Co.
• George Ball, servant to Mr. Crossley, cheese-
tnongi of Holborn bridge, deposed, that he took
.0111 e or the notes of the Prisoner Hunt, who gave
'his address " Flaunt, Pyr-street, Westminster," is ,
payment for a Chesliiie cheese.
-- Petard recollected the Prisoner coming 5.
the slop, and prying the note. NVitne.s afterwards
earfud it to the banking-house of Messrs. Williams
stool Co. He had known the Prisoner for luaus
3 ear..
11 in. Spicer, of Bedfordbury, received the other
rate from a Mrs. Thompson, who said she was sent
by Mr. Itograin. the Prisoner, for change. Mrs.
Thompson was Ingram's housekeeper ; 'lngram is
• publican in Bedlinelbury.
Ann Thompson could trot say whether the note
produced was the same which she gave to the last
witness. She had been many times fur change foi
her 'nester. She did not know of any person names/
Thompson but herself using the house. Ihunt had
occasionally assisted witness when she had• nobody
else with her in the bar, but she could slot consider
Lino as a servant. She never carried ant 101. note
to vet change for any person but Ingrain. When
" the Gentleman" gave Ingram the 101. note, wit-
ness was Sent to get change. She did not know
the Gentlemati, • but she shoultl if she saw him
Ligon. The person in question had never been to
the house mace, to her knowledge. She could not
tray how long he stopped. There were three or four
(+titer persons in company when the note was ten.
deretl. She could soot say what the company had,
nor what was the amount of their reckoning. She
remembered seeing the neuters, Cooper and
Handley, at the house. It was after the witness had
been before the Magistrate. She hail carried more
than one or two 10/. muesli) Spicer to get change
at different times.
Cross-examined to Mr. ANDREWS.-11er mister
hail taken " a wonderful deal of pants" to find out
the matt who paid him the note.
By the HECORDER.—She swears positively that
she saw a person give her master the note, and that
sinte note she took to Spicer. She could not
swear to the note, not having marked it, and 'wr-
ong taken an Many. She believes she gave the same
account before the Magistrate that she gave now.
Cooper, the officer, stated that be called on In-
gram and said he came concerning the 10/. note lie
paid to Mr. Spicer, and asked hien if he could tell
from whom he received it. Prisoner said he slid not
know, unless he could see the stole ; and he pro•
mooed to go to the Batik for that purpose. Witness
and his brother officer waited a week, and then not
baying heard front Ingrain, called on him again,
when he said he could give them no tidings about
it. and that on going to the Bank he was laughed
at, and told he had come on u fool's errand. The
same account was given by the Prisoner to witness
as to °theta who had been to see the note. Wit/teas
then offered to uccompany hint to the Bank, but he
hesitated, and after some attempts to excuse him-

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