The National Register.
London, England, 1815-03-05 00:00:00

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LAW INTELLIGENCE.

COURT OF KIN6', BENCH, SATURDAY.

cAnTru r. sari—row..
This was an action by which the Plaintiff, who was Mate of a whaler
called the Albion, sought to recover horn the Defendant, Captain and
part owner of the ship, one twenty-eighth share of the profits of the
voyage, amounting :o 5l;31. io w;icli by Ow articles between hint nod
the owners lie was entitled ; arta al.o a cotnpensstion in dawagcs fro I.
the Captain for having eattsvel him to be put on shore and left at Ki•yi,
suer, in the island of C Ickes. From the statement of the Plaintiffs wit •
tresses it appeared tioit tier Plaintilf illid a hunts' crew had been out
&him: and had "win to all iteCi !ens they had toe' wi h, wit
and weary. Oct tl‘, it .!1';)tonli towio4k the ship the Capta'm ordered
the crew to come on h,:d•d rit the statlp.ald >ide of the vessel. The
Plaintiff, however. thicilinig it more cooVClliOnt to get on board on the
larboard side, went on board there. as getcing nn board some alterca-
tion took place between the Captain and the Plaitnilt, and the latter
'as ordered down to his cabin. and IdinnAtCly 1,111 on shore and left at
Key.imer. to find his way to England as well as he could.
On the part of the Defendant it was contended, that the conduct of
the Plaintiff Lad been highly mutinous c and that it had become neces.
,•ary to remove Lim out of the ship. There was no wish, liuweve,, an
the part of the Captain to leave hint there deserted ; on the contrary, he
had offered to get him a situation on hoard another ship—to furnish him
with money—or even to take him tig.ilin on hoard the Albion if he would
wake an apology ; but all these offers were rej.-cted.
The Jury, after a summing lip front the Learned Jude, found a ver-
dict fur the Plaintiff fir 6631. the amount of his share of the profits of
the voyage and an additional 1001. ter the ex;;etices of his voyage
some from Celebes.

The new .trial granted in :he case of Gen. Dyott r. Dunn,
for rrim. con will the plaintiff's wife, took place in the Court
of King's Bench, on Wednesday. when the Jury fund a ver-
ict for the plaintiff, dainaes 20001.—The first Jury gave
.50001.

In the Consistory Court, Doctor's Commons, on Wednes-
, .day; John Whale, Esq. Captain in the Ist Life• Guards,
prayed a divorce from. Ann his wife, on the ground of a cri-
minal connection with three persons of the names of Holmes.
Powell, and Pearce, the two former soldiers, a private and ser-
jeant belonging to the same regiment, the latter a shoe• maker
residing at Newbury, and with whom afterwards she went to
Alton, in Hampshire, where they continued to carry on an
adulterous intercourse. The divorce was granted, and sen-
cence pronounced accordingly.

SPECIAL COMMISSION.

CHARGE OF MURDER.

At ten o'clock an Wednesday morning, Mr. Justice Heath and
Mr. Baron Richard:, took their scats Nitro the bench hi Justice
Hall, Old Bailey. tor the purpose of trying by Special Commission
W. Sawyer, who stands indicted for the wilful murder of Harriet
Gerken, at Lisbon, in the kingdom of Portugal, the said Harriet
(iaskett, and be the said Wm. Sawyer Ming natural born subjects
of this realm. The prisoner, who is a genteel looking young wan,
Lot a little di4igured alma the neck in consequence of the violent
attempt %%Inch he made on his own life at the time when the eatas-
tirphe took place. was put to the bar.
The Attorney•Geoeral then rose, which produced an awful and
melancholy silence throngliont the whole Com t and auditory, and
adklre•sing himself to the Judges, stated, that it had been signified
to him by the counsel for the prisoner, that a most material witness
on the part of the prisoner was op his way to this country trout
Portugal, without whose testimony, he, the prisoner, could not
safely go to trial. He (the Attorney General) had no wish on the
part of the prosecution to Ares: the ease then, and considering the
Inaptitude of the charge, he felt it a justice doe to the prisoner to
let him have the benefit of any evidence that could be produced on
Lis behalf, provided that no Unnecessary delay took place to hinder
the due administration of the law.
Searlett, for the prisoner, then acquainted the Court that the
required was ou his way to this country certainly, and the

MARCH 5.

prisoner expected much benefit from his testimony; and thanking
the Attorney General, left it with the Court.
i Mr. Justit e Heath then desired to know when the defendant
tsould he prepared, and, after some (-nomination; the prisoner's
counsel Fisnitied. that on the Sth of April they would be ready
'llw trial was then postponed to that day, and the Court till then
in:journed.
The galleries and avenues to the Court were all filled by eicht
o'clock in the morning, with females and personages of distinction,
who crowded thither to hear this most extraordinary case.