The National Register.
London, England, 1821-03-26 00:00:00

EANK OP ENGLAND l'E OfIECUTIONS!

• 411.

There were eight cases in the Calendar of this descrip-
lion. Sot of the prisoners pleaded guilty to the minor
oticoce of knowingly having In their possc.,ion forged
Bauk of Etiglaild notes, and severally received scittence
of transportation forjl4 years.
Henry Fi,nielt and IF, !ward Hall were then capitally
indicted hu um nog, on the 43,1 of October last, at Ot-
ford, in this coolity, a hinted 11. batik of England note,
knowing the sane to be forged dot! counter:cited.
After a few minutes deliberation, they found the pri-
soner French guilty, and Hall out guilty.
J. Britten. and Jos. Ittenardsoa were indicted ,fir as-
saulting J. Bliiil horn, on the King's highway, in the
parch of Boxley, on the 15tit of Jaiittary, putting him
in fear, and taking iron: his ptISOII a lIIClal seal. a steel
key and part of a Et,•el Chain.
Tao prosecutor, wito appeared extremely debilitated
from thtt injuries he had received, stating that on the
tectilow, titell!totted 111 the intlitlinent he was at work in
his 14111111e1.S uotl, which he was induced to leave in
consequence u outs 114.111 WlOlOlll, and having armed
utunclf with a pistol, sitorooiched the prisoners, whom
lie found tearing, away a leaden pipe from tile mill. He
filed at them, upon which one ran away, cryinx out,
twirler the old fellow." 'j other then rushed upoo
I •
m I in, knocked hint dowel, heat and kicked him nom
utimereiftilly While 00 lltp ground, and then snatched
at his watch citaiti, which broke in half, leaviog a
metal seal and key w the hatE:s of the prisoner. The
proseemor swore most positively to Britten, it nom he
cell tip had hula known, and bad hide doubt as 10 tile
Irian of Illehartloott. Upon recovering himself a little
1, WOW 11) a poldto-house at hand, where he told his
story, and ae.ottipanied by the landlord, was returilitig
home, when they met Britten and another man* 10)111
lie instantly described to the landlord as She ratan who
had attacked hills. retake to 010111 as they passed,
and was recognised by them buth, 'flip landlord corns-
coraird this part of limo Case,
prisoners were 110;11 aiprehentled the sante night,
anti their hoots twin 13St.it oda they We're colly•lfed
with the traces 1.-rturd tut the spot described by the pro-
secutor, and discovered to correspond eaactly,,,,Tite oral
and key Here found hJ another wit:tett close to the same
spot.
VVittiessea wore called for the pi:moors.
The ps„o2 wool to the jar} under the loomed judge's
directions, and they found both the prisoners Witty.—
Deaths.
ALtaial Wit -The Lord Chief Baron eointoenced
hosiness m this stows this moaning. On this side the
hirstoesa is rather Nat in amount than usual, OM num-
ber sf causes for trial Wow.; no more than is,
Of which
nine see special juries, but site ungor part of these are
eae.ooe and outitoins proseenti,,,,s.
CIVIL si
THit RING I. I'. MAUI, salt,
T11;11 tvil au itidictineits against the &sadism fiat a

nuisance, in obstructing a public foot-path in the parish
of St. Lawrence. leading from Ramsgate by the cliffs out
the sea shore to Pegwell Bay.
Mr. Holland wit h whom was Mr. Chitty) led the case
or the prosecution. He stated it to be a case of very
considerable importance to the public, and more espe-
cially to the visitors of Ramsgate, as a watering place,
whose pleasure and comfort would be materially cur.
tailed if the prosecution failed. It also involved a very
important question of law, which, if the learned judge
now presiding would not take upon himself to decide,
might be the subject of mature deliberation in another
place. For a period of time beyond the memory of
man, there hart been a public foot-path leading from
Ramsgate to Pegwell, by the edge of the cliff, which
had been used by the inhabitants of the former place
without interruption by the owners of the land over
which it went. About 35 years since a gentleman,
named Rowe, built a marine villa on the seashore, and
mclused a lawn and shrubbery, leaving a space between
the outward fence and the sea shore of clout :30 yards.
That villa was subsequently occupied by Earl DJ rnley,
and afterwards came into the possession of the defendant.
During the period above-mentioned, the cliffs had re.
peatedly caved in to a very great extent, in consequence
of the violence of the sea, and the rain anal frost during
the winter months. As these inroads were progressively
made, the foot-path was destroyed, but the peisoits who
had been in the habit of using it made a fresh path far.
ther in land upon the adjoining soil. and even went 0, er
growing corn, in the exercise of the right of footway,—
No emnplaini was ever made by the owners of the sod,
in consequence of this encroachment. It must he ad.
mined. however, that the farmers were in the habit of
ploughing the land to the edge of the ciiff, or as as near
to it as safely to toe cattle and ploughs would permit.
I n progress of time the cliff was washed away to the very
edge of the defendant's fence, and in the result there was
no ground left for the foot-path, The question now in
effect was, whether the inhabitants and the public had
or had not a right to carry the path which they had here.
tofore enjoyed through the defendant's enclosure, which
was now impracticable by means of the fence, wind'
he had ever since continued from the time he came into
possession, and which was the gist of the present in.
diet ment.
No less than ten very old men proved that the path
had existed in the manlier above mentioned for upward*
of sixty years
The Lord Chief Baron, in his charge to the jury, left
to them the question of fan, whether the allegation in
the indictment that tins was a public font way had beers
made out. As to the question of law, that would de-
pend upon their verdict as to the question of fact.
The Jury deliberated a few minutes, and found a
verdict of Not Guilty, thereby negativing the claim of
ootpath,