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C3I:RT OF KING'S BENCII, WitssmiseTte, Nos. :6.

ELOPEMENT.
Mr. Towner moved for a writ of Habeas.cor-
pus to be issued, directed to Captain Shilton, of
the regiment, quartered at Manchester, in
the Barracks, to deliver up a young lady to her
friends. The Learned Counsel stated, that this
application was made on the part of the tither of
the unfortunate young lady, Mr. poorhouse. a re-
spectable tradesman. to Manchester; his daughter
was only fifteen years of age ; he, had paid 401. to a
dress-maker of that place to instruct her inahat bu-
siness; on Monday morning die left her father's
house, to go to that of her ia;!ructretiss, and in the
evening her disconsolate variant learned that she
had eloped with Captain Shelton, and that they
had gone towards Liverpool ; he pursued ; hut, on
his arrival there, he found they had set off for
Manchester, which proved to. he the ease; as, on his
retivn, he learned she nes at Captain Shelton's
apartments in the Barracks ; a person had seen
them together, and their conduct was that of fami-
liarity ; and lie had .beard Coptem Shelton say,
if Miss Moorhousea friends attempted to take her
train hen, he would lose his life before they should
accomplish their object.
Lord Bugs SOIIOUGH--" Take the writ."
JUDGMENTS.
THE ICING V. THOMAS HARVEY and JOHN HARVEY.
This was an information tried at the Assizes, be-
fore. Mr. Baron Thompson, and the Defendant
was found guilty of violently assaulting Pater
Shaughnessy, Esq. a Captain in His Majesty's 8 tat
regiment.
Mr. Justice BAILEY read the Learned Judge's
report of the trial.
The first witness was Captain Peter Shaugh-
nessy ; he stated that he received orders to march
from Gloucester, with a number of recruits, to juin
his regiment, in the Isle of Wight; he had a Lieu-
tenant and a Serjeant with him ; he marched into
Minchin Hampton about one o'clock in the day of
the 4th of Juiy, 1808; he applied to the proper
officer to billet his men ; he, his Lieutenant, and
four privates, were billetted at the house of the De-
fendants; his baggage was put into the house, but
the Defendants refused to get lima say thing ready
for dimmer ; he and LWutenant Sharp were obliged
to dine at an alehouse; he was employed all the
evening in walking up and down the town to pre-
vent his men from riot, as they were only recruits,
and seemed to have an inchriattrin to riot; at
.half
past ten o'clock he returned, with hi. Lieutenant
and servant. to the inn of the Dtfeudants ; the
gate was shut ; h. knocked several times, bat re-
eeiverl no answer; hr knocked violently, and the
Defendant, Thoinas Harvey, put his head out atilt
window, and lavished a vast deal of gross abuse
.aeon him ; ha sent LMuteioust Birch to look
round the town, if he emsld ftwl a lodittas fcc theta
and he dispatched his servant to the Serrault, to. -
forio him, that if lie shnu'd want hint datum th
night, he need not come to the Defendants' i sat
as he could not get admittance. As r. • a.
the Defendants perceived he was left outs
they opened one side of the gate; he eaten d it
and said, after all their ill-usage, the least t
might have done was to have received them with a
light. He was immediately struck by the two De-
fendants; lie-caught hold of one of them, amid gave
hint a squeeze, so much so, that he groaned. He
then received a blew which knocked him down, and
into a state of stupor. While he was in that state,
he received two wounds in his head, from one
of which he had not yet recovered. He was at
last released by Lieut. Birch, the Serjeant, and
some of the privates. The Serjeant was much en-
raged, and so were the men; they declared they
would have revenge for the insult offered to their
officer. It was as much as he could do to restrain
them. He was obliged at length to he supported
into the middle of them, and told them, if they of-
fered to disgrace their regiment, or their officer, by
an act of violence, he wonld tear the wound in his
head down to the heel. The Serjeant was an old
soldier, and immediately obeyed, and pacified the
privates. He was obliged to be supported to a sur-
geon. His testimony was corroborated by Lieut.
Birch.
There were several affidavits put in in mitigation
of sentence.
Lard Ei.tannonntirat—w Those affidavits are ir.
reiular—they are mirentitled. They set forth that
it is the Attorney-General against-the Defendants.
Let them be sent down. and re-sworn. and the Pri-
soners brought up again, on this day sennight."
THE ZING V. JOHN WAY, DIARY WAY and WILLIAM
scaotta.
Mr. ATTORNEY—GF.NERAL tpoved, that the De-
fendants might be brought into Court to receive
judgment ; they were found with!, on an informa-
tion, tried before Mr. Justice lAwrence; at the
last *seizes in- Dorsetshire, for assaulting two excise
officers, nemed.Gould and Philips, and preventing
them friti executing a warrant to search for smug.
gled goods, in the Defendant. Way's. house. to
Portland, the Ist of February, MS. It appeared,
that John Way hid since died ; the sentence of the
Court was, that Mary Way should be imprisoned
twelve months in Dorchester gaol, and the other
prisoner six months in the same gaol.
Nicholas Way. and Richard Way, were sentenced
for a similar offence, to be imprisoned three caleu-
dar niontils, in the same prison.
PERJURY.
William Brant was sentenced to two, years im-
prisonment in the county gaol of Durham. for wil-
fully and rorruptly perjuring himself, making
an affidavit before a commisssoner, that his brother,
John Brett. was an apprentice. and never had
served its any capacity as a mariner. to get his wad
brother released from impresinient, although lie
well knew that John Brett had (seen for a mutant-
of years serving on board different ships. as au ar-
InOttrer.
Zfisaheth St.mrfleld., who was convicted at the
last assize, at Lancaster, for persuading and in-
ducing IVllLatia Lawrence, an ciliated acidic

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is the Nth regiment. to deatxt. oss brought
up for judgment. This is ruttier a aiugular
Case; the Defendant is a onitttn upwards of la
years of age : she 'kept a seilors lotl4ing-liouse„ in
Liverpool; has five sons iu Ilis Majesty's WAVY.
Her method of seducing Lawrence, was holdiug
out to him that she had a soo lately ianpreseittli into
the service ; that she would give- (dim five pounds
if he would go as a substitute for her son, who
was then on hoard the tender, Lawrence was hun-
gry, and she gave both Tit:touts' and drink;
alter which she took him up stall., tellitiz hint
that he would be perfectly secure fruits !sits taken
up as a deserter; that, when he went on hoard, he
might change his name, and that she would secrete
lino until that time. There was a cupboard in the,
room, which site opened, and removed a pannel
from the upper part of it ; to which she *Axed a lad-
der. On his ascending it, he saw a small room, wit.
• lire, and two yotiiig lads in it, dressed in sailor's
apparel ; the told him they were intended for the
merchants service. She then left lure, took sieray
the ladder, and closed the flannel ; he rem:slued
there three days, until the tone at which he was
taken into custody by a constable.
Mr. Justice LE BLANC stated, that the Act of
Parliament poiuted out the punishment in this
cue, which was a fine of 401., or imprisonment,
not to exceed six mouths, and to be exhibited once
in the pillory. That as the Defendant had plead-
ed poserty in her oth.laNits, they thought the latter
part would be less severe; they therefore adjudged
her to be confined three months in the gaol of the
Castle of Lancaster. and stand once in the pillory
n the town of Liverpool, on a market-day, before
that time expired.