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London, England, 1811-09-29 00:00:00

'The Court then sentenced them to Si: AT liths Intprisonmett
on the first indictment; and to Seve n rears Transpuriatioa utt tue
sLcand.

LITTLE GOES,
David Davis Was brought up for the further sentence of the
Court, hiving beete&mvived and sentenced to six months im-
prisonment under the Vagrant Act by the Magistrates of Bow-
street, for keeping a Little•go, or private Lottery.
Mr. Guit NET on the part of the prosecution, urged the ne-
cessity of some exemplary punishment for this offe4e, not
merely to deter others from continuing the practice, but to in-
duce those convicted to give up the principals, as this practice
was now carried ou to so great an extent as to be highly alarm-
ing and injurious to the Public.
The facts being proved,
C. Mr. Ae;oeeuus, for the prisoner, addressed the Court In rni-
lotion of punishment; but
The Court conceiving that some singular example should be
made, in order to suppress this offence altogether, sentenced
the prisoner to six months imprisonment, and within the first
month of that period, to be publicly whipped for the. space of
yard,,, near Yeoman's-row,
.on the brompton-road, the
place wh ere the offence had been committed.
Thunyas Phillips was also brought up for the further sentence
of the Court for a similar offence, committed in the same neigh-
bourhood. The prisoeer attempted to prove an alibi, but his
witnesses contradicted each other's testimony in such a manner,
that the Court conceiving some of then' pereurt di and consider-
ing this a great aggravation of his offence, although they had in-
tended to, pass upon hint a more lenient sentence than the
fornier, he was also sentenced to six months imprisonment.
and to be publicly whipped.
Jeetee Salmon, William Brown., aiid Thomas Dowker were
also hi ought up for similar oflences, and sentenced to six MOntlis
imprisonment each.
BUYING GUINEAS.
./4.e:1,i,t, a stage coachman, was indicted under the late
Act of Parliament (Lord Stanhope's Act) for "purchasing the
legal coinof the realm for more than its true and lawful current
value."
• The prosecutor was a tow-street patrole,and was emPlOyed by
the officers of the Mint to di...cover persons in the practiced
buying and selling guineas fur more than the current value.;
Being furnished with sonic marked guineas and instructed by
them, he repaired to the White Horse-cellar, Piccadilly, at al
time when the stage coaches were collected there, he fell into
Conversation with the prisoner and displayed five guineas among
some siiirer; the prisoner offered tq give him change for two'
which he wanted for his wife, but this the witness refused, un-.
less he would purchase four. After some time the prisonei
consented, and offered him 225, a piece for them; this the
witness declined, he then offered him 2Cs. 60.. which he agreed
to, and the prisoner having borrowed the money from some
neighbouring friends, after some hesitation, paid him four 11.
notes, a dollar, and four shillinAs for the four guineas, and the,
purchase being thus completed, he immediately apprehended
hint, Made hint disgorge the four guineas, and brought him'
before. the Magistrates at Bew-street, who cammitted him for
trial.
Itf r. ANIYRF.WS, ai Counsel for the prisoner, made a very Ale•
and ingenieus trefence ; contending, in the first instance, that Litt
client had been entrapped into the commission of this crime, and
deprecated the mode thus resorted to, in order to bring offend-
ers of this kind to justice. He also contended, that this was not
a baying and selling veithfri the meaning of the Act, the prisoner
bring compelled to relinquish his purchase almost at the mo-
ment he made it; andefurther, as. this charge was a criminal
(it:nce, it was incumbent on those on the part of the prosecu-
tion to produce the best possible evidence;—they should allow
what was the trite and lawful current value of a guinea, by pro-
cliwing- the lil!ng's Proclamation to that effect.
Several most respectable *itnesses wiere then then called on
behalf of the priSonet, who give him a moat excellent cha-
-racter.

The Lenrned Cnititim .1 N, in summing up the evidente to the
Jury, controVerted the arguments of the Learned Counsel for
the priioner, observing that the Jury bad only to try the fact,
whether the prisoner had trat'sgressed an Act of ParliaMent„
but that this bbing, the first offense tried under this Act, and"
from the means wed to induce the prisoner to commit the'
offence, he not being accused of any moral turpitude, and from
the exemplary character given him by the witnesses, the Court
were induced to pass a very lenient sentence on Min; should the
Jury find him Guilty.
The Jury returned a verdict of Guilty, but strongly rec-)m-*
mended the prisoner to mercy—'and having been already four-
teen days in confinement, the Court ordered him to be dis-
charged, upon entering into recognizance not to repeat the
offence, and to appear forjulgment hereafter, should the Court'
think proper to call upon him fur that pur2ote.