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and hir ran the other times. He was positive
that the Prisoner diet not Cali), the mail on the
I III; for it was on a Santini:l, :nil he hail goile
from home. l'he Prismorr came up to Lon.lon nn
the 14th ; Le ul Owen tiolkong of the journey for
three 1111 l before, but could toot nrt Out, as writ-
tom 111111 :114 mull y enough to give him. 'When
lie set ont he 1a..11 3/. mild %utile shillings of loos own
moue,saved ; 5/. hr got f hit mother, iu %Vol--
crow niook tones ; moil Ins brother gave him it ;
a toccuitil brother gave him another pound.
Crass-exantimed by 41Ir. GURNEY.
The paper now handed hum was, lie thought, hie
rois's

10;.., the Prisoner n very good
eba-
rartrr ; i.e kot..%‘•
Thom so Levi lotto, blot ttl3o to blur It good
charai•ter, tram an ueqmointAiire nl fourteen years.
The pialwr kinglet! by Jr. Gurney to the Pri-
*mire• father na: now rra.l. it .111 3 note written
by the l'n.ouri in an..,.er to an inquiry from the
Pimt-offser rtmweiiiig this note, and motet! that he
gol the. IN. mite ill excliatig.l fur lucid notes at the
Woreitt.-r mit.

Thomio. I ito;lies W 3 ca‘li;er at the Worcester
Book. 11 p-:A01111 Noplie., to exchange local 'toter
for Btrik of rioter, it war the invariable
commit of the lionNe to mark the latter with the dry
of the mouth and rear they issued them.
Crass-exit:missed. —A note might certainly pass
from them iiiiircirked ; through the inadvertency of
a young chili lie knew such an instance.
ftc-examined.—lle knew the Prisoner's face, brit
lie could nut recollect whether lie exchanged any
il notes for him in April last. He might or
tMglit not bare dour ro.
3lr. Baron GRAHAM Atimrned on the evidence to
the Jury, who returned a verdict of Guilty.

MIDDLESEX ti ASSIONS.

FRIDAY, SEPTEMiga 11.

Williams Brutes, a servant, and a very decent-
looking young snail, was arraigned fur an assault on
Matthew Brady, the 31st July last, near the Old
Hats public-house, Ealing.
The evidence of the Prosecutor, which was given
with disgusting particularity and teness, but
of which we forbear the recital, went to charge the
Prisoner with an attempt to commit an unnatural
offence.
Mr. ANDSCWS, on behalf of the Prisoner, en-
deavoured to v41'611311 an objection to the indict-
ment in point of law, ma the ground that the facts
411hclo,vil in evidence did not amount to an assault,
but it was aver-tilled, the Court being clearly of a
contrary opinion.
But the Jury, after hearing Mr. Andrews's ad-
dress for the Defendant (ealhog their attention to
the circuinstauces, that the Prosecutor's testimony
was unsupported by other evidence. and that on his
own deposition he had been deprived of a correct
judgment by excessive drinking at the time of the
alleged assault), and the Judge's charge, after a
few minutes deliberation found the Prisoner Aol
Guilty.
During the cross-examination of the Prosecutor
in the above came, by Mr. Audrey., the following
dialogue occurred :
Q. Was your master an officer or a soldier ?
A. Ue was au officer and w soldier.
Q. Have you any other name but Brady ?
A. Yell ; Matthew.

Q. flow tild you come home from India ?—A. In
a ship.—(4 laugh.)
Jahn IViMaoist was arraigned for procuring
money 041 lake pretences front Richard Barker,
dealer in pericalicAl publieati tttt s, Bsguuigge
road, oil Saturday, the 47th June last.

The Prisoner called on the Prosecutor on the
day. stated in the indictment, and told him he had
got a book-walk (u number of subscribers in a par-
ticular neighbourhood) to two winks lie (Barker)
was then puhlislitmt, in weekly numbers, the BMA.,
and Book if Martyrs. For this the Prosecutor en-
gaged to pay him 3/. 7s. ultimately ; and, as the
lad stated he was iii great distress, went round with
him to several huu..es iii Dean-street. Holborn,
Portpool-lane, Duke-strret, &c. the following
Thursday. at each of which a number of one, or
both works, was received, and the price punctually
;paid. Mr. Barker then advanced him 11. 15a. of
the sum contracted fur. But till going to the same
homes few days alterwards, discovered that not
one of the ow•ursa of them hail subscribed, but that
hml taken lodgings " for a single mall"
at each ill them, told all the proprietors he was
taking in the works himself, requested they might
he received if I glut round before he occupied
the lodgings, left the price of the several number.,
and went al t himself with Mr. Barker the first
lane, to prevent detection.
Several wituesset who had taken in the numbers,
confirmed the Prosecutor's testimony, so far as
couirrribeil

Williams, in hits defence said, that if 111 r.
Hacker hid t(•n:e tumid the second time no Thum-
te), tutored of the M lay liclutr, as he hid, he
would hare cutout! the prices of the next numbers
•nd all correct.
There were no witnesses to the Prisoner's chit-
racier.

The CHAIRMAN stated to the Jar'', that the
Prisoner's aleirlicr, even if tette, did mot at all alter
the nature of the case, or make any thing in his
favour ; and took occasion to laniesit that such in-
genuity as appeared in the luct of the Prisoner,
and of which the Court oh.erved numerous ex-
amples in the delinquents brought before then',
was not applied to some of the lawful and honest
employments of life, where it would unquestionably
secure a decent, sine. and . tvetetit support, fdr
superior even in iictiut ut emolument to the mi-
serable mill precarious gains of depredation and
dishonesty. .

The jure, almost without any consideration,
found the Prisoner—Guth/.
There were many other cases of misdemeanor.
assault. &v. but none of public: interest.

Fdrrqrd Wynne Ism twin coal oitted to Loom-
ter Co.tir for twee niuntlib, 1•./ logyilig cumbturd
with thvrts toilers to 'wipe tlitar wages, they brio%
rroploy, d as coltoo-Tiotiets.—f Lim-pool Adver-
tiser.)