The British Press; or, Morning Literary Advertiser.
London, England, 1820-05-30 00:00:00

COURT or EXCISE.

. Mr. lames Tlinanal.• resperieuse molt salesaisst and wire.
iionseamo,sppeaud so complain of Ihe dela we rr.
of malt, and to pray Stir the return a she divvy sloth had
been paid ow the same. OW the ground that it had hams d..
stroyed by ire.
Thii brute considered se a case el cowsidrieblie ;mufti
in the melt trade, as well to to wilw.ll Anise( in exessable
commoditiee liable to casualties, % t alga misalsri of Cum-
inimintseis sat on Ibe Ueuch to WertirWWWW She qweattort.
It appeared from .be alaieweal of a annalier rf sliormoes.
that 840 "tarter, wl mall wile twat heal Stratford. to 50...
to the warehowses of Mr. Thomas. at Head Thararn, ohs. ii
were cut irely destroyed by bee us thy nits of &brims". • I
which immerse onion:Ws of grain were destroyed,
and, emosigmt the rest, 520 quarters ..f the malt which hod
beea swot from Stratford, on which it wai proses' ihag
ditty of 'Ma. per quarter bad beta paid, and of abieb tine
complainant wow prayed the rrterw.
A nuilt-salesman, olio had surveyed the rosaries whim Si
bed bent burnt, stated, that the .alt is Inemiaa had
barn• to a cinder, sad was unlit foe any shim Lot
fur which purpose it might be worth right or leo aliollous
per quarter. Pies would turn tip these moms at it. A sail
put of it bad been dispo•ed of fur smart. '
Mr. Mayo, the Solicitor of the Factor, eontensled, that it
wag a principle uniformly decided and acted up..o by 1t...
Excise, that whenever the original article •as "-discord in
wake, for instance font.fifilis four.lifths of the dot,
aianald be returned, and mot the full amount of ,beauty
which had been piled upnu it. In the present tantalite it
was proved. 'hat the article had nut loeu utterly itratruyeil ;
hut nits only deteriorated In value, and romorqoeully a rat-
able doily unght to be returned. To warrant the rrltoo
the whole duly, the article, he said, oust be utterly destroyed.
so as to be of no value whatever.

A Commissioner said, it WAs nttrrly impossible I. dr.
'troy each articles entirely; there must Le some maiden ,
which would always be of some valve as manure, or kir
other purposes.
Another Commissioner said, that he was of opisiipn, that
the ■►tick, which had paid duly, was se far drairoyed a. I.
be utterly useless as malt, and that wan all that was reqw.sict
by the principle of the Act to embodies the whale of tl.c
duties lu be returned.
A third Commissioner said. 'bat he had sat in that Court
for thirty year., and that during that iime the practice
b■d hers entirely according to he principle advanced by Mr.
Mayo.
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A fourth Commissioner said, that ha had sat is Mot
Court fur 24 years, and he had always satierolood that lbw
whole of the duly was returned is Notch caws. He iessinaced
cases where the whole of the article had hags deteriewasod, arid
not destroyed, so as to be aufit to be sued fur the purpose
for which it had been first elssigaed.
After some further discussioa tha Court adjudged, that
the shots of Me duly which bad boas paid on . the aritcm
p--ired to bare been destroyed shoal& he essuesed. Tie
amoral of the duty was stated at 1•281.


POLICE.
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FRAUD UPON JACE KETCH.
Yesterday James Boiling, who formerly officiated at the
bi?lseldtheaßaDihlieis:ireaiegshivEt lbaircii.nad..tieuseencedr'niibuisedefa:e.otholoherisoineswetwiliseedlerßooprofivosehdistooliwilfg:hi;
evideme against John Harman, n person accused of having
forged his name and defrauded bias of $ sum of money
Jack, though labouring under great bodily a/Letitia, was
quite free from mental ',tinnily.
A check upon the house of Everett end Co. for 101. per.
porting to be signed by Jack. was produced by a clerk of
the house, who could not say that the releeller num the per•
son who had received the sum. The *rotting is out Jock's,
for Jack is not able to write.
Mr. Blackburn, one of the guardians of the poor of al
parish of fiboreditela, said that he was open the Cosonsitire
appointed to examine those who applied for parochial relief.
In the month of March Butting was heuught before him in
a slate of great wretchedness by the Prisoner, sod token into
the house. After the lapse of a few weeks, the treeless wire
informed that Bolting bad some properly, sod that the Pei.
sorer woe turuiag it to his own scapula. Urea !squire,
it was found that Harman had disposed of Bolting is the
above.snentimied manner with the view of having the %tapir.
ticipated possession of about 3001. and some furniture.
which Were the profits of she unfortunate males hiburiourt
and awful profession ; and after the further search, it was
aseertsised that 101. was paid on Saturday tu Harman upon
• forged draft. There were other sums which 11.111Psoi was
accused of having received under similar eireentstanors. It
appeared also that Harman had taker &Haug eerier his
protections and hail writteu to a gentleman at Brighton, who
held 3001 kive mousey of Buffing, to have the principal paid,
upon'which the cuenplainnut ass fur three years lacewing
the interest. Betting required great mire is his Induct motile
condition, which was rendered worse by the cooduct of Flu.
matt, who plied him with gin, no doubt to grower his one
views. The ronmurenee was, the poor man matte a will iia
favour of Harman, who repaid his kiudoese by throwing hies
wpm, the parish ;an act by which lie defrauded. the pariah
in addition to the other offences he had committed. Tim
knosrletlge of those circumstances arose frost the itivestiga..
lion made to protect the parish Nails.
Mulling slated to lire Lord Mayor, who !oohed er ty oar..
rawly into the ease, that dime was 3001. due to Mils by a
Gentleman at Brighton. He did not touch a bid...cony of
the principal, but hid received ieterest fur about mire
years. He never authorised any body to reteive any of
the principal, nor did he sign any order upuu the Web,
ing.buese where he received the taterest, for the payment
of the principal, i.e soy part of it. (lace his illness hi
had empowered Harman to receive Use ietertit for him,
but nothing more. and to sign a receipt for it iii his name.
The Ism time Harms* weut to receive the interest. he
told witness upon his retort', that he could nut get it.
Harman, however. gave him while he was in the wort:4(m,
a few shillings to boy lea. WilllrSt, it, consideration of the
trouble which his dimes had occasioned, sigswil a will which
would leave in the possession of Harass the whole samont
of his property. He had. however, name learniestibe map.
duct of the men, made a revocation of the will, and now •ithi-
ed to be left under the Otte of the parish, the Ovisessms of
which would, he knew, tine hist plenty to est. He required
a large quantity of victuals, for sinee he km been takeu lute
the house, his appetite bad become great. He hail to add,
that he merely wished to haws his rods sad claims put us.
tier she tare of the trustees, sad would eat hang dm. matt
that wronged him.
Harman said in its defence, that Bettis( had wathoeiaed
him to take the moat, he was charged with having obtained
dishonestly, in part of paymeet of greatorevicra he bad done
the efilicted man is his adversity; that Boeing bed been
under his pcutection sire, July, dung which time be (r. i-
wort) had gone to considerable expense is paying Opti-
cians, be. lie.; and that the authority to sign the name of
the Complainant was obvious from his own statemeet. Pot
this was trot all ; he (Harman) was In she MIN of rerittog
all (luttiag's letters, ea well as of receiving negosy far him ;
and Bolting bad anthonsed how to ne. OAK and apply
it to Lis own use, beside she Inc gift by war:.. i . •
Butting declared before God that he ars,* andlerierd
Harman to receive a baltisimny, except she mini „t„ sail tee
always itiil that with orders to lirtug it to him. He,'lrete.
ever, should have had tau objection to give it, to' him, if be.
was in nerd of it.
The Lord Mayor said, Orel the case 0110.001 of 10011^10UP
fraud, to say the least of it. mid it 0101Itied lb*. release for
further eamtainatiun. .
Sat rir
Yesterday nava Hawks was exassioest %AAP,
Sande, Esq. the 'imam Magistrate, sod ill foe.
trial, charged with pickle, pocket*. Oil Ilamaship inighias, •
about half-past nine o'clock, the repressor. ThagiAilsietm„,
of tang acre, iroactailisher, was passing 1 k j
mere, the Prisoner ))famed
quickly by hiss.o ant
kinixt
.Gilpert minted his handkerchief; lie inopecut t dirt`
. . bed ellshms it, mid frittosnel how into Illemidikntn•y •
41111esseksi lime Nr. Gilbert vsmitrahebst Otos
mierridyg abeam" /hind Cosy std AI% 4.001 .
. itten put sarsethidg os the tailing sf as Ins kr-

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