The National Register.
London, England, 1823-02-03 00:00:00

LAW.

The. Solicitor G..•neral moved for a new trial in this prosecu-
tion. It was an ondietilient for perjury, arising oat of evident,e
lOuen by the defendant in a cause tried in the Oran of Lucile*
idler. 'I he far:towel e these :—a vessel arrived from the roast
•of Holland, at a place called Cloughter Wick, near Sevirlio-
rough. A great quantity of smuggled goods were lauded near
the salt pain, mid *erred persons were seta by the oilicera in
the act of removing smuggled spirits. Upon the trial tor au in•
:monition filed by the Attorney General, the defendant Swale
111 It the pi useeutor Lew was alle Of the tutu who carried ell the
• tubs. 'I lie prosecutor Law proved at the trial uf Ibe defendant
1%4 perjury aorailn, iind the Jury found Mead guilty.
'1 he Softener General now moved ter u new trial, on the
ground that it was .1 verdict against es Menet.
51r. Sores, an counsel for the prosecution, said he wan in-
anucteti It move fur the jodgment eI the Court, nod accordingly
-soured iaatesa:er, that Mt delendant be committed.
The Lout Cnief Justice said, it alga unusual to move fur a
new trial, unless the defendant cons acted was !nought up fur
jmignieut. The 4110 re COllVVlfielli way would be to read the
triode report whim the man was brought up.
The deteutlott, who was its Coon, was then placed on the
or, and the Lord Chief Seance read the report.
The Solicitor General•thess stated, that the• Jury in the Court
of I.:t cheqaer acquitted Law. Ville latter was a mouggkr.—
Ile resided tummies from the salt lIADS. ell tile Sunday night on
which the sinuggliiq; took phicedie went to the a of pans, midte-
monied at the lionse of one Gibson. The defendant swore Law
lest that House and weal lie the spot where the goods were
landed, accompanied by his Doucey and two
11PI Ll\V'll ben was, loitered wdbm a quarite of a wile of the
vulva, Oil proles.. !of seeing their mauler !UMW. The Solicitor
•Geueral adverted to all the suspicious circumstances of tile
Case, amid contended there was ground to conclude that the
evidence given by several wituesses, proving that Law was
present *lieu the tabs were removed, was true. One of die
witnessea named Scutt, haul given evidence, winch was mune-
tradioted ; and if that was so, the case for the prOliecutivu lost
.the principal support. The witnesses for the prosecution were
•persons interesied in the event they were nearly all indicted
fur perjury.—Dobson, another of the witnesses, stated that Law
offered law 101. to swear falsely that Rohert Mead, the bomber
of the defendant, bad beets gusity of felony. flu object was
tu.prevent Iluisert Mead appearing at the trial against hiw.
'the Lord Chief Justice ulowised, atter the qnestiusi bad
beat argued, We think, bit.. Solicitor General, you have
11.111V/U enough to entitle you ma rule to chew cause."
l'arr defendant, on the applicant* of his conflict, was ad-
mitted to bail. •
The Court required the ileilmikat to bind Isitaseir is 6001.
sutl two sureties in 2301. curls. •

Mr. Jones required notice of bail, which the Court ah.o
allowed, and the bxil wan ordered to be takes' 10-1611.011/* morn-
ing. The aereadent was then reiel.ntled is the custody el the
Marshal ui the tting'e bench.
CRAWSHED V. EAVES.

Mr.Marryatt moved iti ye, aside the verdict given in Ibis
ease for the II; 11141 obtain a new trial. It was an action
in Ironer brought agaiust the &readmit, a 00011111011 carrier, for
stopping a quantity of iroiria transits, which he was ounveying
in his barge opon the Paddington Canal to the works tot .
llorublower and Co. in Stalfurdshire. When the goods got
doom it was found that bliwohlower bad absoooded fur the pur-
pose of avoiding an eateut against him, old the defendant
learning that cirounistance, look hack part of the iron which he
Lid landed on Hornbloweee wharf, and detained it, nut only
On account of his lira fur freight, but in obedience to as order
sv.sich afterwards came to bum flow the assignees of Ham-
likwer and Co. who claimed the bun as the bankrupt's pro-
perty. The question was, *briber there had been such a deli-
very of the goods by Eaves, as to vest them in Horithlower
era.. Co. mud make the plaintiffs creditors under the commission?
Mr. Marty all, lu support of his swami. einitentled, that deli ery
cf part of the gtuods was a delivery of the whole, and that Eaves
had no right, in law to take balk the goods on account of his
1:.•n for height.
Tl4Conif was of opinion there was tot such a delivery, in
thu oust as weak% vest the goods in Hornrluwet arid Co. and
give the alsofigneta a right
.to the proterry. They also held,
that the partial delivery did not take the Iron itol3l Eaves, who
wat en..ittril to his froighl. Catil the whole way delivered, nu
put could he taken limo the hands of the ruttier. -Under all
fUr. Marryait'e application for a new trial was
re i.used.