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recommended him to mercy in consequence of his nut
having had the benefit of parental care.
TOE KING v. JOUEINS AND THE WING V. HARRIS.
In both these cases the record was withdrawn for
Want of evidence.
Cill'AP WINE (.'OMPANY.
THE KING v. eIIAREES JAMES WRENCH.
This was an indictment against the rh fendant,
fir
wilful and corrupt perjury. Toe prosecutors were
Messrs. Thimiss and ilicit.trtl Aidacts, the comimuent
Members of the Co 11111 l ereial Hall Wine Company, in
Skinner•street, Fleet-tuarket.
The prosecunoo was conducted by the Solicitor• G-
eneral and NI r. Curwood and the defence by Mr. Scar-
let and Mr. Cailipbell.
It will he recollected, tha; in MichaelmasTertn, 18 18,
a criininal iufortnauun WUS moved against the prosueu.
tors, (or alleged improper and illegal conduct, in the
course of their trade as wine merchants, in having
purchased wines for ready money of timly trailers, who
took up the wines upon credit, and sold theist again in
the prosecutor- at half their prier. On that ()census')
llie defetidatit, \V reiielt, who had become abankrupt,
was the person on whose affidavit the motion *WS Fitt-
, grotintletl 11e deposed to a variety of curtain-
N.JUICVS, triulliv4 to stew, that lie was an iitst 11111 l riot
111
the It mils of the prosecutors for the purpose of eat rying
on their 'tattle, to the prejittlict of the fair sense trailer,
and the injury of the depouent's crolitors.—From mi.
,Ivo:daltk delay, 1101 imputable to lite prosecutors, cause
was not silelVll moil E 'stye Fero last, against the mo-
no,' for a Criiidlial intorniation, when the Court, after
hearing the mailer fully discussed, discharged the rule,
but without costs. Since then NI CSirS. [111,16011S Me.
ferred an ittilictecein of perjury against the defendant,
Inuttiled epou the affidavit above ntentioncil.—The
charge was lowit lei. UllOll the MIIMV :la' 11.e•SatZei
the defendant's affidavit ;—" That on the 2.5111 of June
devotion called at the counting;-house of Ilse said Tho.
Mid and Richard Abhotts, to receive a check of fiat (for
wines sold by him); and on leaving the entattting-hrinse
the said Thomas A Oro is walked after hint, and told
him, that if he was in want of money, he had plenty at
command to buy purchases, and deponent 'night depend
upon his keevit.g secret and confidential any transaction
between them ;" and. .• that on another occasiou, in
conversation, the said Ttionias and Itieliard Abbott:
inquired if he had any port wine in his cellar? to which
dais deponent replied that lie hair nut; they, then told
him, tl he !hotel(' have any, or get any, he was to bring
it to them." Both these statements were alleged by the
indielnient to he false.
To support the prosecution, :Messrs. Abbott; were se-
verally called, and they pot•ititely swore, that no such
cons et sations as those stated by the defendant in his
affidavit, haul ever taken place between them and the
defendant. Another witness examined was their prin-
cipal clerk, named Gorway. On the cross-exammation
of these witnesses, it appealed that "•I'lle Commercial
Hall (7outpany" consisted only, of Messrs. Ahhotts,
brothers ; 'hat r. Thomas. th t elder brother, was the
secretary, and Mr. Richard, the younger, the salesttiatt ;
that they were in the habit of selling tune old port at
30s. per dozen, wis!ch they annotineed to their custo-
mers in Flitted circulars; that toe anion-A of oivii
transactions ccith the defendant, in the amine of nine
was 9881.95. 8,1.; that on the occasion referred
10 in the indictment, they gate the defendant only 641.
for two butts and three hogsheads of Sherry, and that
oil several occasions they butt,tht of him a few dozens
of port wine at a time. It was stated that the prices
given to the defendant for his wine were the current
prices of the market for ready motley, and that he was
the person who applied to them, and not they to hunt
in these transactions.
Mr. Scarlet', in an able address to the Jury, con-
tended that this prosecution was merely all attempt on
the part of the prosecutors to holster lip their character,
and front their own sliewitig, he hoped the Jury would
treat it with the contempt winch he entertained for
their proreedings.
The Chief Justice summed up the cast: with minute-
ness mid impartiality, and the Jury immediately found
the defeudant—Not Guilty.
When the verdict was pronounced, a burst of satis-
faction escaped Irom the auditory, which called forth
the animadversion of the Chief Justice, as being highly
Injur:ous to the administration of justice.

FROM TUESDAY NIGHT'S GAZETTE.
BANKRUPTCY ENLARGED.
ENLARGED.
.1. Nightingale, llowden, Yorkxhire, confectioner, from Feb.
29, to March 18.