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London, England, 1818-06-26 00:00:00

SPIES AND INFORMERS-REVENUE CASE.

After some trials of little interest, Jokes White was rive*
in charge fur wilful and corropt perjury.
Mr. GRE EN E, as leading Counsel for the prosecution, gave
a full and perspicuous statement of this case; which, he
said, arose not of aludicial inquiry, carried on for seveutern
days, by adjournments, in the course of the last montt,
!same three of the Commissioners of his Majesty's Iteveil ITC ;
and in which the prisoner, White, was a pi incipsl tram ss,
to prove a fraud alleged by him to have been committed by
Nlii hid Casty, Esq merchant of this city, on the Revenue
of this counts!, by falsely and fraudulently, as he *neg. 11,
by stripping the cases or wood casks, off various hogstirii.ao
of tobacco ill his (Casey's) loft, at the Kiug's stores in the
CustoimHouse of the Port of Dublin, and patting the
cases to taken off of larger caska2 un abuse of size and
weight, to the great iiijiiiy of his Majesty's Revenue. The
proteins sllrge.lbi have be. is wade use °fon this °creation, and
the insole in a latch it affected the Revenue, Mr. Greece ex-
plained nearly as follow,:—'.'be hogsheads are inverialq
marked ta America with the gross weight on the Wail, bolt.
iuside mid out. On their lauding, however, the talpicces
are regularly weighed, in the yard, and in the patience of
the Ssirreyor, who makes ass cony on the spot of Ore weight
as it then appears, which weight is also 6ltra-rstarlieetou the
outside of she ease. This is called the landing wei4lst
They are then laid op in his Majesty's stores, awl elitis
given out to the merchant or purchaser at ibis Ismd
weight, or, should he reclaim it, all, or any p u t, may he re-
weighed, and the duty demanded on such weighs onit es they
may be found actually at the time of reareighisig to can.
lain. Mr. Casa) dealt very largely in this commudily, had he
halo seeordiegly, a loft solely appropriated its his use in the
king% stores Mr. Green here described the jealous vigil-
ance with which all access to such stores is ideate, guarded.,
and chewed that every piece ntion a hich bolts, lurks, bars, and
plates of iron could furnish were rigidly taken, lu prey. tit any
improper or immasouable visit le the stored artirler, Mid most
particularly by the merchant owner. Through the stole-
keeper uuly could such access be obtained; and that Gen-
tleman, whatever his character and deineauwir, must suet m-
oonily be inside, in some way, au accomplice. Here,
this impregnable fortress, except to brihcry, Mr. White,
the Prisoner at the bar, had boldly pursued itud assailed his
client, Mr. Casey, and, strange to tell, by bringing it Ali •
Dowling, the storekeeper, an accomplice with him in the
fraud, had succeeded in fixing the crime, he may Fay, ou
hush, before three Commissioners of his Majesty's Revemie.
He hail also drawn into his accusation swim's other per-
sons, as aiding and abetting Mr. Casey ; in particular, three
stool epuriers, named Edward Fleming, Julio Ni•hianiara, and
William Clare, all of whom would appear as witness..., 1..
rebut his unfounded charge. Ltke alt approvers, he eihnii-
teit he had been at various occasions eligased in (faddish sit
practices of this sort himself. Such admission on his !tart,
it was possible, might not weaken his evidence in • Com-
niissiourr's Court, although he felt assured it would must
seriously and justly injure it in the present Court of Con.
mission.
Before the Court of Commissioners, White positively swore,

that Mr. Casey, with the assistance of these men, he had
mimed his own, and that of several others, lusd repeatedly
cans d to he made immediately under his urn direction, such
charges of cases told tobacco, as he had been di berthing At
length one cult was found, on re-weighing, to be ib neient in
nn itas than the enormous difference from the lambi g
weight of nearly 6 cwt.; being craw& from 14 cwt to We
mine than Newt. in weight. Inquiry was then made, info,
mafioso was given, and M►. White, the prisoner id the bar, was
brought forth, in all his immaculate purity, to vindicate the
cause of justice and his loug-defraudril country, and cover
with infamy sad reproach the respectable and ebb-moll cha-
racter of a man, who, until this notable White bad eland to
sully it, had passed through life unspotted and unstained. Hs
knew the temper and high-mindedness of the editions of
Dublin toe well, to have the least apprehension on his
thouglds for a moment, that they would suffer such unme-
rited odium to lie, like a crusbing weight, ott such a maii,
alien they shall have heard with enlightened minds and im-
partial attention, the convincing and overwbehning evidence
of his innocence, which he should product on the trial. In
a word, he felt assu►ed they would, by their verdict this day,
thruw all the infamy of these black and shameful p.un,.l•
lugs on the shoulders Attest to bear them, of Mr. White, the
prianacr at the her.
Mr. Dowling, Mr. John Reilly, Mr. Casey, and the throt
storeportent, Fleming, SPNamara, and Clue, were
produced to support the charge against the Prisoner, slid •
number of witnesses were examined in him defence.

Judge .1011,1PON charged the Jury with his
sad impartiality, who retired for about 40 mitintrr,asd theu
returned with a verdict of—Guilty.

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DEATH.
Os the 4olb inst. in York-place, Edidburgb, the Lads of
Mathew Furtescue, E q. of a daughter.

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