The National Register.
London, England, 1823-03-03 00:00:00

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LAW INTELLIGENCE.

COURT OF KING'S BENCIT.
nin.so‘Y. veo. 21.
INDICTMENT FOR PERJURY.

9111 E KING st. tlluMAtl 111(iNOLD, ESn•
Mr. Scarlett staled, that this was an indictment for perjury
against the ileferallii, tabu wns the oriAimil founder of an insti-
tution called the rarwich Union I memoirs! Siwiety. In this lie
acted fur several years fl.l Secretary. Ile sifterwards, hat in;;
been removed from his situation is the Norwich Ass°, Lain'',
became the founder and projector of it clew society, called the
National Union, citified cm iit Dridge-street. Bluclariars, in
opposition to the Norwich Union.
'fhis indiclotetat fur perjury arose nal cf a bill feted by his
Co-Trustees and Directors of the National Union, unda r the
deed or associution, by which it was n:rectl defendant should
invest 10,000$. capital un the part of hint, the said Thomas
Ilignold, to be invested in Government Securities. Tho se% e-
val Directors and Trustees lending their moues and responsibi-
lity, this hilt wit tiled in Chancery, calling un the said 'Toone*
lli4ostd.l to make good these conditions; In %%-hick defendant
put ill his answee, tictirmt that be had ever stipulated to till-
vanec sunk sow of 10,0001, 141 that if ally such clause bud
b.vn introduced into the deed, it was that the said defendant
had been deceived and huposed on by the introduction of such
clause. 'lice bill further averred that the deft nilnut baying
It ten repeateilly•calleil upon. to invest the said 10,0001. or to
give Ste prosecutors an iimleinnity for such their ,
egamtedly promised to bite or to Orb soot' indemnity to
them his Cu-Dire, tors And 'f rustees. Tito defendant, in Lis
answer, denied these applications to lam, and also that he had
ever made suds pr •s. Upon these avermerits of ilefen-
thatahe several assignments of perjury were laid ill this in-
dictment. _ _ _

Mr. Scarlet( proceedett.—lf the Jury thought the defendant
11.411olootered under any reistwke or misconception, it was far
irons tile wish of tire prosecutes that they should find Ilion guil-
ty ; on the other liantl, they could not do otherwise, if upon Iris
alieviiia4 that these averments were utterly false, and that de-
fendant was wilfully and corruptly perjured, they would say so
by their verdict.
The hill and answer lacing produced by the proper officer
were read ; some variations were remarked by the goolieitor-
Ceueral, for the defetadant. The case that went into Ilto evi•
deuce of Mr. John Mulder, ■ulicitur to the associstion, a ma
terini witness, being ailment in France ; that ho wan Suet! is
London two days before the indictment was last called on for
trial, but had returned, and was now Living at a place coiled
Saint Saturant.
The evidence of Mr. Wilkia:or.. clerk to Hunter, was sub-
'to...stilted to prove that defendant wes present when the several
clauses of the deed were separately discussed, that th.tetelatit
proposed several alterations and interlincationa, which were
introduced preparatory to the execution : and that'll Witness's
opinion defendant could not he otherwise (lain cognizant of the
clause resretiog the 10,0001. to be invested by him to form
the funds or the society.
The Sulieitur General addressed the Jury for tire defendant.
The Jury nuUnt feel the pendia sensation whielo he experienced
from the apprehension that the interests of his client in SU int-
. liortunt a cane sarould antler from any inadequaoy uu lois hart;
►ut he load no choice left ; and, as he his torief,
he should to tie: utmost of his faculties, ahfeud the curiae
which he was retained to advocate.

The learned Sulieitor-Ceneral, in answer to to allusion to
the Norwich Union Society, made by Mr. &Arica in opening
the ease, said, it was very true that the tiefentlitid had been the
originator of that Institation. and might boast that lie bad pro-
jected an Estatilishment, which, on account of its usefulnt sa, its
rvtent, and prosperity, had, at the present day, nu equal—en
establishment, wills which no other, either in Oils Lim:dont or
in the world, could vie—lie contended that Mr. Ilignuld might
honestly believe that the agreement was not to advanee but to
guarantee, and in this ease lea statement would be honestly
made. lie read a minnte of the Direciora, iu which the term
guarantee" was SITU. d to the transaction, and which- he in-
traded to prove. With respect to the denial of applications
bring made, the Jury would hind, if grey compared the bill
the answer, that the question put was Cenied iu terms properly,
and that the difficult) arose Amu confounding a techtleal point
Iva!' the substantial moils of the answer. There was nothing
in the world more distressing than to be compelled to answer a
bill in Chancery ; hardly anything should conga! him to du it;
for there was a great number of technical niceties on which
man might be innocently entrapped into seeming perjury by
mere reliance on his legal adviser. On lb.: whole, be put it to
the Juryo% hetber it was rot most imptateilde that Mr. Menotti—
a geutlenitui advanced in years, and a fair and honourable chin-
eac.. r—would commit a great crinao when he !:new the means
of curtain detection were in the Mauls of his enemies ?

In wino quence of the Sulieitor-Gencrul haring, in Lis ad•
dress to the Jury, stated facts of winch he did not ofier proof,
• Mr. Scarlett insisted upon his right to reply, which was op-
posed by the Solicitor-General; but his Lordship droided that
rrki. had that ri;bt.

31r, Searlett having replied,
111i* Lordship recapitulated the evitenee..very minutely, sod
said, if the Jury were of toi • thut the defendant did know.
iu,ly and wilfully tannistit perjury, their verdict moutt be guilty
--oot it' they should be of opinion that the averments in the de-
fottloit's answer %%ere untrue, but thin he, tit the h ue he swore
to thew, did nut think them untrue, their verdict must be for
the defendant.

The Jury immediately found a verdict of—Guilty.
1.113E1.:4.—T11E KING o. lIIINItoW.

This was an indictment against thu defendant for publishing
obscene and filthy pas ages, in a work tolled the lianshkee
Mayas Ulf .
• . .

kr. Gurney was Counsel for the prosecution, and Mr. Phil-
lips for the ilMenitant.
The publicariou was proved by a witness named Regnold.
Mr. Phillips contended, on thu part of the ilefenditnt, that
the prosecution would may give more publicity to the work.
The Jury found tire defendant Cuilt, of publishing uhaceno
language iii the book produced before them.

TUEADAY, Ells. 2:i.
Till: KING V. lIIDAVN AND AN,ITIIER.

This was an indictment e.sinst the Rev. W illiam Robert
Brown, late Rector of Little Clackton, in Essex, and Mr.
George.llutchinsou Whitehead, Solicitor, of Little Cork street,
Burlington-wardens, fur haring iu ISI9, entered into s con-
spiracy to rhea and defraud Sic Colin Campbell of (10,101.
It appeared, from a great man of evidence, that Mr. Brown
applied to Whitehead to raLe money fur hint by the rile of a
freehold estste, which hu pretended to possess in the manor of
Creel Holland, in Essex. The necessary inquiries were suede
by Whitebesd, and upon the assurance of the latter, that •
&ma fide conveyance could be made of the property, Mr. Wet-
of Lincoln's Inn, as the Solicitor of Sir Colin Campbell,
I ,cauie a purchaser fur six thousand pounds. The deed of

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conselunce was czecused in November, !hit). A part of the
money was nppli,xl to the re:lt:minion of annuities to
Brown was liable, and with the rest of the money, anionoting
to 7O 1L the rev. tier( AIM absconded. It was then disco-
vered lud the estate conveyed in the deed never futon:et] to
Drown, but was the properly of bin 141 r. Cole, a
gentlenun of kre,e bourns, in Ow county of Essex•
The Solicitor-C(11ml, ns COllll4ll for lir. Whitchead. con-
tended Ilmt Whit, head nun not n eriminul pnrticipator in it.
A grail number of witnesses gate the titletitiunt, AV kitc-
hen'', nt eseellent chanicter.
The Chief Justice summed up the evidence, Rod the
Jury, tit half post nine o'clock, without any hesitation, found
4he defeldants Guilty.
PUMA", run. 2s.
nEttLsa..cit r. ywrrrxr.

Thia rues an action by the etch known Mr. De Derenger, to
recover crimper:436on for his sett ices in r..rpect of a 110U46 in
Corothillor which the defendant bought a 11'11110 and sold it
wain. 'hie allegvil Mat he had conAderahlar skill ie
planning and improving houses, and that lire defendant, who
bought tient to suit hnd m.rreed to givo bins a third of
tiny profit on the Loose in Till:MIMI, thy interest in whirl he
had purelosed for 2501. tad aril.' ut 5;01. It, did nut. bourcver.
appear tint Mr. Dv Bur. ryes hnd reu.tered any enieivnt ser-
vice on aetount of the Moire,- and the memorandum mid letters
relied on mooed rather to relnte to some schema or partnership
in a hihiliCSO to be earriod on opou the pruntiiies, tow to any
purelinse of the hulls° for safe. . .
The Jury found a verdiut for the derenriaalr

OLD IMILRY SiSSIOSS.

Hoeueirr or T 411; rxrran COACH.

William 'l'houtas (a r;:irieittble---Ix:leh;;Vian dressed
in black) and John Baker were indicted for stealing a
parcel, containing VOO promissory notes of 11. each, 40•
hl. nuts, and 3:8 ii. motes, the property of Messrs.
Sparks. and Co. bankers, at Exeter.
The evidence for the prosecution has already appeared
in the Police Hewn*. 'fine prisoners, when called no
for their defence, both declated their innocence. Ba-
ker, the guard, putt in a written defence. in which he
alluded to the fact, that be was the lint to give informa-
tion to the London hankers of tile robbery; and adverted
to the anxiety which he had from the first evinced for
the detection of the Offenders. •He adiritted that he
was culpable in takinp the parcel From bus coat in which
it wastrwn, and putting is to the seat of the corichaii—
His defence also reveserned that he (Baker) had had so
many upporumi n ie. to escape. and yet lull not attempt.
est it. Ile had made a second journey to Exeter before
he was apprehended on &his charge.
A *rent variety of witnesses for Baker were elated 40,
character and us fact. h was pruned. that Biker ex-
pressed great anxiety when it was known that the psrcel
was lost. That same night he went to tiatikey's, and
acquainted them visite robbery ; the next' mdrning hr
went again, and was not apprehended until long aline-
optently. The witnesses to characwr spoke extremely
favourably of him. The maser of the coach .had tra-
velled twice from Exeter to rice the prisonei a character.
'the prisoner Thiusuas called no witnesses either to
character of. '

Toe Jury ac9ritletl Baker. trtuffnimil Thomas guilty.
l'unsuAY, bk.U...t3.—At the ~hunt/ of the Court 15
females, and upwarilibuf 60 wales were arraigned at the
43ar.

Eras/awn lissuitztiuern—SainnelDittellin, a
man 010.111001. W.sll pill ill the Ivor, oil an indtcuueat
charging him with hating frluuimisly conlverieit to his
own its_ the slim of 1(151. the properly of 11is ettiployers,,:
Messrs. Perkins and Heath. enaraters, of Fleetsstreei,
Oil the 31st of January last. The prisoner -hail been
brimaht to ibis country by the
.fa may of rite prosecutors,
who had entertained such an idea of his integrity that he'
was employed 33 their confidential messenger, in winch
situatiuti he sibotiont possession of the money in spies.
cal, haring bent scut with a check to the banlitia,
house of MessS. COX aril Bitlthllttill fur the optotitti.--.
Ots his return he pretended to hate lost the money, and
war very impudent, in coopmteoce of winch he was
oischarged, and sultsreptehtly pointed to Litelpool,
whew he at length confessed the crime, and premiend a.
cousierible pan of toe propel ty. The case was clearly:
prosoii, and the Jury, Found the prisoner Guilty.
Uinta& Claike was Milieu:it 1M stealing a (.rite quan-
tity of properly. lieloogiii,l to ills employer, Mr.
/11111, 011 Fillil4treCI•11111. •
The prisoner and his brother had been for a lone time
io the set vice, coofidebtially, of Mr. Flint. who having
suffered Intriein and 4reere :033e3 trill beitia able ID •
the istiatalera, was at 'coatis inthiceti to swore,
the ptisoner. Ile Went to his loilxiites, Nu. bj, Cot.
tahwroail, in coitmaity with a frieitil, and Tusimestity
lire (dicer, and found there silk shawls, Lice, 'arson,
silk handkerchiefli, *lrish linen, mid money to the
onioutit of 'Dail. The goods were all ideunfied by Mr.
Flint as his property.
Several witnesses spoke highly otthe prisoner's presi-
, one character. -4eut the Jury fintod him Guilty, and she
Court sentenced him to transportation for 14 years.
WaDiEnssir, Fait. u6.—Jastiss Mackie, an elderly
mans was indicted liir stealing a pair of diamond ems-
drop,. the property of W. 1-130011.
Mr. Haytlint is a jeweller in Compton-steel, Soho,
and some time ago he met the prisoner, whom tic hail
formerly known. in better etre tttt istauces,. in a state of
extreme distress hi the street. lle took I home, anal
employed bites to keep his oveoutits for wine time. and
at lenath took him regularly into bis service as his coo.
hdential clerk. In 4nausr last, a lady mimed Rowe,
ordered a pair of air-ring drops, the price of winch,
when finished. was 871. These were sent home by Inc
prisoner, but Mrs. Rowe, in a fete days expressed a
desire to hate another pair maile,as those were toultrae.
'lbis Mr. Haydoti agreed to do, and sent the prisoner to
leach the others from Mrs. R. bin when he returns lie
said, Mrs. Rowe knew a lady who 'winkl take them
from her, and M r. N. was to make a similar pair. as
agreed upon, by Christmas. When Christmas arrival
Mr. Haydn.. discovered that the prisons' had received
the large drops from Mrs. Rowe, and hail pledged them
at the shop of Mr. Wove, 3 pawnbroker 111 Charlotte.