The National Register.
London, England, 1818-11-30 00:00:00

WEDNESDAY.

!qr. Scarlett moved for a rule to show came why n criminal
it 6,1.1160.011 %110111:t1 not be tilCtl against Thomas and Richard
A 1/3,111,, t•I COalillerClall Company),
on athilai it., which disclosed in substance, that the tiefen-
d"t, bt ,„ Mill well knot, ins the value of
wine, lia.i prevaiii d on and conspired wiih certain needy
p.-rsons to olitAkt wine on credit, and then pnrchase it of them
a little more tit it uaN pile( The affidavit of Wrench, a
b 411,11110 t, !tided. that living distressed for ready 'nonce,
iD defendants had come and offered Mot (id. for wines which
11 t I been charged to hint at 1301. On the 'l7th of Nlay, 11411,
he ii again pressed for cash, h., railed on thellj,
teat. had talkcal of honour mud ins iolaule s....itey in (heir
truis„.ll„,,„ tio-y.ailvianced b.m until halt the salute of a
dew dozens of wine, paying part of the price in ,!tors. In
.lulu the same person obtained groin Nilessis. dallied and CO.
respect:Ole merchants, rd dozen ut Nine. fur whicit Ile was
charged 551- Tin. Abbots gave him Ail. for the lot. The
• seal of Milked ti as on the corks, Tii that tile Abbot's knew
very lt (II Isom whom it came. 'flicy afterwaida asked him
if lit. any wine in the docks lie replied, no : hilt he
knew niters to get sonic, ait:l accordingly bought a pipe on
Credit for 1.11. eaclusive of the linty. Ile asked tittasi to go
to the dock to bete it ; they refused, sayisig, it way rout, ins
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to their confidential nny sit doing toisiness , but they vent
boy to bring a sample, and Mien it ramie they gave (he .
• pniscat 211. lii ready unailes. tar ilie pipe. In Sept. 15,17.
they sent deponent a letter to ask it' lie had any CAI), suds .
He had none, bet pi nenred three pipes on credit, and men-
tioned of whom: they said they ,reint red no StUr for they
knew the wine. 'fluepttta by the seller, Simpson, ;‘)
depocetit was 921.; the Animus guise bun 561. nem were a
Intjrnber of oilier iii•tancea of tlic same description ; and,
lit &tont nine months, eine to Ilie alumna of I,W:li. had..
Illiungit the deponent's hands, for winch lie had re-
Ctived aiorc that, Upon evety occasion hot the
first tuts, knew isteic 4e h.ud the nine, and that be had 11

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on credit. His 1.1 eiiii ;wing impaired, the: objected to dr•m
nit h hini by Inv own name ; Noon wit kb lie invented • ficti

Lions one. and in that they accepted his bills. These statement:
were confirmed by compari►on with the dock accounts.—ltele
to show cause granted. 1
Mr. Oaselee moved for habeas corpus. to toting up II gen•
demists confined in Winchester gaol tinder this following cit.-
enmstances :—Therc being a great tumult rouud his house,
on the uecnsion of a harvest house, and actual deliver that his
house would be attacked by a molt, he went out, and fired a
blunderbuss loaded with powder, in the air ;on his going out
to fire it a second time, the blunderbuss burst and sltatteted
Iris hand, but nu other person was hurt. In consequence of
his having, refused to quit the neighboarhood, a person had
held him to bail tinder Lord Ellcuborough's Act, for firing
with intent to kill ; and he was counuitted to prison.—The
Court granted a writ.

THE KING V. THE JUSTICES OP OXFORDSHIRE.—(CORONERS.)
Mr. Jervis showed cause why the Justices should nut al-
low Mr. Cecil, the coroner, hi• expenses on returning home
from an inquest. The question turned on the words of the
25th Geo. 2 e. ti. P. I. whie•h allow( ninepence a mile to co-
.rs, for travelling 6' from the usual place of abode to take
such isalui4itioa." The learned counsel contended, that under
these words, the expenses wet:. limited to the coroner on going
out. 'rite allowance on returning home had never broil al-
lowed in Oxfordshire. _ _ _

Mr. 'Taunton, for the coroner, argued that the object of the
legislature was to indemnify the officer; and it could not be
meant that lie should be paid out, and left ta find his way
home as lie contd. "To take the inquisition," only meant
that he should not be paid if he travelled for any other pur
pose.
Mr Justice Bayley said, that long since the Act passed, fif-
teen peace 3 mile was the whole charge for four horses. That
was before the duties were imposed.
Chief Justice Abbott observed, that chaises scarcely ex.
i 'tea in those time, and niiie-pence a mile was sufficient to go
and return, it' the coroner travelled on horseback. He
II lit the coma' netion put on the Act by the justices was
the right construction.
Rule discharged with costs.
THURSDAY.