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THE KING V. MIMIC DOIIIIIOIID.

The Defendant in this case is a brewer at Pen-
ryn, pod partner of the Defendant in the last case.
The information was filed in like manner by the
Attorney-General, and contained only one count,
charging him with having given William Trathan
the sum of 161. on the evening of Friday, the 19th
of June, 1818, as a bribe to induce him to vote fur
Henry Swaim, Esq. at the then ensuing election
fur Penryis.
Thomas Tratlian keeps a shop
in Pig•strert, Penryn. On the evening of Friday,
the 19th of June, 1 was in that street; 1 saw a
person standing at Trathan's door; I went up to
him, and foetid it was William Helland ; this was
between ten and eleven o'clock; I looked over the
lower pert of the half-door; the door is in two
;barb; I sal Mr. Swaim, Mr. Trathan, Mr. Good-
e►e, and Mr. Dunsford, in one corner of the shop ;
they were conversing together; I could riot well
understand what they said ; there was no light in
the shop; there was a candle nu a pillar and claw
table, in a little room inside the shop. Mrs. Tra-
than was in that little room, inside the shop; the
dour of the little room is iinntediately opposite to
the shop door, which communicates with the street.
1 saw Mr. Dinisford go from the shop into the
inner room where Mrs. Trathan was; he took out a
roll of• Winker,' notes, and 1 saw him count as many
as seven-. 11.1iilst lie was iii the act of counting, lie
turned his back, which prevented me from seeing
him count on : when lie had finish( d counting lie
threw the notes on the table ; they were taken up
by Mrs. Trathan. Mr. Dunsford returned into
the slop and said to :11r. Trationi, " 1 have given
your wife ltil. ;" and asked if that would do, and
if lie('Trathan) were satisfied. 'netball replied,
"Yes, it will do very well"—Mr. Dunsford esker'
if he (Trathan) would stand their frieud. 'Trathan
answered, " Yes—to.ntorrow it shall he settled."
Dunsford then tapped Trathan on the shoulder.
William Helland saw the transaction stated by
the list witness, in Trathan'• house, on the evening
of Friday, the 19th of June. His account corre-
sponded in every particular with that of Cock. He
was iii the Hall on the morning of Saturday, the
last day of the poll. Whilst there he saw Mr.
Dunsford bring Trathan into the Hall, and put
him up to the hustings to ht polled. On his re-
turn with Trathan lie appeared much elated.—
Witness clapped Mr. Duinfard on the shoulder
with his open hand, and said to biro, " I saw you
give that 111t111 161. last night." Mr. Din.stord
immediately changed countenance and left the
Hall without uttering a single word in reply.
John Passmore-1 saw Mr. Swoon, Mr. Duna.
find. and Mr. Goodeve go into Trathan's house, be-
tween ten and eleven o'clock in the evening of Fri-
day the 19th June, 1818. 1 bad previously beets
in the company of William Helfand. 1 aim Cock
and Helland on the step of Trathan's dour, looking
nig into the shop.••• 1 waitsd some time tor them,
at the gate of Kemp's Meadow, oil the opposite
side of the street. I afterwards went into the pas-
sage of Trathan's house, but 1 did riot see any thing
that passed iii the little room behind the shop.
was 113 the Hall on the Saturday morning, and
heard Wm. Helland publicly charge Mr. Duiniford
with having bribed Trathan wills i6l. the evening
before.

Richard Sowell wasalso in the Hall on the Satur-
day woe g, and heard William Hellenic, charge
Mr. D. with his having bribed Tratlisu on the pre-
ceding evening, with nil. Mr. D. made no reply,
and immediately left the Hall.
Here the emir closed for the prosecution.
Mr. ADAM commented at considerable length
and with great ability on the evidence.
William Traction, an elderly titan, was called on
the part of the Defendant. He denied in the most
positive manner, that any such transactions as that
stated by Helland and Cock had taken place. lie
never received any sum of money front the Defen-
dant in order to induce him to vote for Mr. Swann.
Teethe', the wife of the last witness, uhar
denied all knowledge uf any such transaction as that
pissed by the witnesses fur tlw prosecutiou. She
did not pee Mr. Dunsfuid at all ou the night of the
Iyth of Juue, isis.
James Willoughby, called on the port of the peg-
secutruu.—l thank ter with Mrs. Trathen, the last

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seitness,-and her husband an the tOth ofJuoe, 1818,
and was at their house at a tote hour. Mr. Trillion
was walking up and down the room soon after ele-
ven o'clock, and witness heard Mrr. Trathan then
say in presence of her husband. that ►he had re.
crived money that evening for her husband's vale
fur Mr. Swaim, which was to be given the next day.
Mr. short-hand writer. was employed to
take notes of the proceedings before the Committee
appoinirci to try the Petition against the retern for
Penryti, in 11418. Ile read, from his notes, the
evid.oce which Troths's give in Feleruary. 1819,
before the wild Committee, from wheel' it appeared
that 11114 evidence was at variance, in numerous
instances. ..ills that lie had given on the present trial.
Mr. GASELEE replied, and commented iii very
severe terms on the digracefui evidence of Trathan
and hi* wife.

A fter an able address from the Judge the Jury re-
turued a •rrdiet of guilty.
The Defewlints will be brought up for judg.
ment next Term.

At the Middlesex Sessions, for Easter, 1819, hills
of indictment were presented against John Gill,
Henry Carter William Timmins, Thomas Cock,
rod William HeHand, the witnesses on the above
trials, for perjury, in the evidence they had given
before tile Committee of the House of Commons,
appointed in February, 1819, to try the merits
of the Proms Petition. These bills were found
upon the evidence of Mr. Swann, Mr. Goodeve, and
Mr. Winn. No evidence, however, was brought
against them on their trial, which took place in the
Court of King's Bench, in the Sittings after last
Michaelmas 'Fenn, and they were consequently
acquitted.