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London, England, 1821-09-05 00:00:00

HARNETT V. BANKS AND ANOTHER.

This was au action brought by the Plaintiff, Mr.
John Harriett, a very respectable householder ire the
parish of St. Mary. Newington, against John Banks,
an officer of the nolik e office, Queen-square, and
JOllll GA; an officer of the public office, Union
Hall, for an assault and false imprisonment, on the
11th of November last. The declaration also charg-
ed the Defendants with a trespass, in forcibly en-
tering the Plaintiff's dwelling-house, and taking
away several gold and silver watches, various arti-
cle. of plate, and oilier property, to an amount ex-
ceeding 9.00 i. The Defendants merely pleaded
the general issue, and from the statement of the
Common SCRJBANT, the following appeared to be
the law of the case:—

Same short time previous to November last a
burglary had been committed in a Gentleman's
house, in Jerinymstreet, St. Jame..'s, when Bank
ur England notos, to the noniattot of .515/. were
stolen. The Defendants hosing heard that the
Plaintiff had shortly afterwards been seen in the
'ante hotel at Calais with an individual into whole
posi.ession one c.f I he stoles, notes woos traced, thought
pumper to consider loom as au accomplice iu the bur-
glAry, unit, accordingly having procured • warrant,
they apprehended the Plaintiff, and a Mr. Crouch,
• It tend of his (who hippessed to he in his company
at Calai►), iu the public street, and took them to
the Queen-square police office. Having done
this, the Defendants repaired to the Plaintiff's
house, the door t't which wits opened by Mrs. Har-
riett, to whom they rxprrs•rd their intention of
searching the house. She demanded their search.
w•rtuut, upon which one of them produced a con-
stable's staff, rod the other a p4tr of pistols, ob.
rerviug that the latter was the only warrant they
made use of. ()pots seeing the pistols, and know_
tag herself to be petfictly unprotet ted, Mrs. H.
offered uo further restst•nce, rood they commenced
their search, winch they made • must minute one.
and having ielteu the different articles mentioned
iu the declaration, they returned to the office at
Queen-square, where the Plaintiff had, during
all this interval, [teen detained, A friend of the
Plaintiff 'a, • Mr. Godwin. who witnessed his ap-
prehension, had arrived ■t his house shortly aftf

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leered in the streets of Rotherbithe, and compelled the Defendants, and had been an ob‘erver of their oa Female Diseases, Nerve..* tad Ilyporhondrisc Cos-
h le arose, ioe weadd be retitled to their verdict. With retard
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in lite produced before the Gentlemen whose house had plaints; also, Gement Rem irks os these D'
which the Iniman body is mess frequently allictrd ; rePosele''''
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