The National Register.
London, England, 1819-12-13 00:00:00

WRIGHT T. GLIIMENT.

This action was broiiiitt by Mr. IYnglit, the well-
known agent or Corbett, against the defendant a
piiblisher, in the strand, to rectner a compensation iu
damages for an injory alleged to hate been sum:tined by
the puldical ion in falae and malicious librls in Cu' beds
%Vet•ltiv Political Register The first libel was sold by
the defend utt oi, the Bth of Nlareit last, at his shop in
the :;:r.111.1. it referred to a letter signed %V. Cobben,
which had app. aied in " the Times," and • led
that the said letter had been co ttttttttttt cried by a vile
wretch. It also threatened to hold bias up to the horror
of mankind.
Tlw shove, in the opinion of Mr. Hansard, who had
known Wright and Cuhirett, applied to the plaintiff.—
The seem, l libel contained a charge of forging a letter,
supposed to have been written.by Cobbott, of being a
Spy, and causing the death of iv man. Mr. Hansard
d that the letter was tit the hand writing of
NVm Ciabbett. It was written on the, loth of May,
1808, front Bo& y.
John Paul, WIIU Was employea in NI I to investigate
the accounts between %Vright anti Cohlott. knew the
letter to be the hand writing of Cohlict t. _ .

A Mr. itektou also &posed that it was Coltbett's
hand writing. The letter sit question was produced
at the Hustings, Covent Garden; also at a Meeting
held at the Clown and Anchor, anti stated to be a
forgery. _ . .

Mr. Scarlet!, for the plaintiff, drserilred this to he a
foul attempt to htcprive a respectable person of this gotta
name. No justification was attempted. and he called
upon the jury to give all the damages laid w the decla-
falloll, name!), buirol.
Mr. Adolphus, tor the defendant, called witnesses to
prove that Mr. Clement gate orders to his servants not
to sell Coldutt's Registers.

1 tie Jury, muter JII circumstances, found a verdict
for the lii,rintili—Dimages

OLD BAILEY:

FRIDAY, Me. Ilarbonr was put to the
bar, charged with stealing siik handkerchiefs, ithhon,
lace and si.k i.itieltings totgreit amount, the priiperty
of :%le,srs. Timid and Cu. ; and Charlotte Smith for
.receiving the same, k:iutring them to be stolen.

J. Nlowriison tote first watiess stated, that he was a
partnzr in the firm of T..d.! and Co., an.l that the prisoner
load b:ett in their empl,,v as 4)00111..1h

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was then•i called. This was the
most material et iiii..ss in this case I)tiritig his exami-
nation i.e fretio,ntly set the Court in laughter. lie
stated that lie had lodged in the sante house xi.lt the
female prisoner, and hatjti ticeasi 111 l to come home
one day, he w.:111 1.0 her soartineut tor tile key of 'O-
dour, when no one answered hint ; lie went up stairs ill
look thiol.F,l a briikvit wimin,y mu) n.r mum, and saw.,
the other pii.oiler, whom she slid was her
take seterai haiitlkLichiek I his bosom and grit
them to tier. lit: Oleo %%cot out and ratite hack in a
short st nit shy showed them to hint all a prebtlit
the hid it t:,;%.•ri hoot her cousin. just come from the
etklltlll ;Iwo r•11,•!•aid she hail lopped. This w Is 11:1
day, ail,' 'he nt xt Srioday hr, we pitsoner. Cattle atoll!t
and hrongiii ttso 4:4lLeii Ul silk s.iltkrnlyt. which ire g tie
to Smith ; witot-tt tutu taut' Orr etst the loalk, toll it tilt
the scissors the first thing ; w tombs w S thrill
en the Shills Illif wlule, whru sbe r. 11411 li to *WWII
again h. Shutt h:111 5% list she had but as 1 1/ICM:lit, (1,
ads ,m:a her to take eat-rid* the. clfirera, for their wale
like bloo,tlu,ttuds. She replittl, "Oh, let Tally alone
tor that.- .1 ilese proceedings wear on Ica Litt wc.ks,
the 11i1SPIICI 1111.:.4111g the stolen goods while g.,111,4 uu
his mastris urratios. Ott the 2:Ali NUttliihrlf Split
plied to low to take tip a Want in het fluor. to !Shit lilt
proper) uti4er, tt hien lie refused, saying be might Le