The Sun.
London, England, 1839-12-09 00:00:00

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Hague, also pleaded guilty to the same counts, and on
the ,acne terms. TIM, was assented to by OA Counsel
for the prosecution.
%V lii:uri Bidnev, fof•elu,ul to Turner, &imbed that he
saw the defendantsut:y at Turner's house. He
understood Major Ri,hardson to be the brother of the
twm dthndatits. He heard the two defendants (the
llichar,l,,n-,) swear that they would follow him to
death's door, and never leave him till they had 3,0001•
cut of him. They were speaking of the. Mdjor at the
time ; Hawdon was not then present. They were laugh'
ing at the article is the paper.
Several of the articles complained of,
a very scurrilous character, charging the prosecutors
with fraud, forgery, swindling, &c., then put in
and read.were which were of

Lord DENMAN—There is no stamp-office in tbis
case.

Mr. HUMPHREYS—No, my Lord, it is an unstamPed
papor.

Captain Augustus John He)sell—The late Colonel
Hepsell was toy father. Major' Richardson, one of the
pro,ecuton., married my sister. An article reflecting
unon my sister appeared in the Paul Pry of the 10th
June, 1838, and I waited upon James Archdeacon
Itchardson shortly afterwards. He said if I came from
Major Richardson he would have no communication
with me. I said I came on my own account,
and he
then denied that he had written the article in question.
He said so far as his influence went, nothing should
appear in the paper contrary to the wish of :ny family.
He asked why had not Major Richardson gone to Hague,
and that it was his intention to anatomise and cresh by
brother, and drive him from society into obscurity.
Herman Hendricks---I know the defendants, 3arnes
Archdeacon Richardson and Havvdon. I brard Ha°.
don state in Richardson's presence that it was. his inten-
tion to crush Major Richardson, and that he would
never leave him till he had done it.
.Lord DENMAN then summed up to tht Jury. The
indictment charged the defendants witt:i a conspiracy to
injere and ruin the prosecutors,
racy to extort money frau, th.„ prosecutors, and With
publishingseries of libels
a
truth of the cha ges w":s not in question on the present
occasion, and he tbr,ught there was little doubt that they
would find the 'i,rticles libellous. They would also taked
into considerationsoot also with a conspi:
the evidence of co..spiracy, find
their vP:rdiet accordingly.
Tne Jury found the defendants guilty of the libels,
and of the conspiracy to publish them.
The indictment, which contained upwards of 600
folios, was stated to be 231 feet long!
IN

SOLI-EN T I) EBTO COURT
(THIS DAT.)
MUTILATING BOOKS. Kw
JUDGMENT.
time
John Webb, whose ease
ago, appeared for i::,d.gment. He was opposed °nthe part of Messrs. 'y'V. right, the bankers.
The in.sotv, ut ;veered in The Sun I°llle
'. had been a butcher in an extensive
business 11 Newport Market. The charge againstntit
was coat he had withheld and mutilated his act-o
books, so as to conceal the true state of his au"irs.
There were leaves extracted from the book, and W 1.%
altered from pounds to shillings. It was alleged that
he had concealed a large sum of money.
knew Mr. Commissioner BOWEN said the Court 'We
of tips man's affairs from his books. It was a serias
case. The injury was extensive, and the judginen;
would be serious.
He was ordered to be remanded for two years for
fraudulently withholding and destroying his books.

APPREHENSION OF -ANOTRE
SET OF GAMBLERS.-(THIS DAY.)

r This morning, amongst. the night charges brought to
Marlborough-street Police were seven individuals of
very fashionable appearance, who had been apprehended
last night at a gambling house, No. 66, St. James 8-
street. The names entered on the police sheet are
Thomas Jackson, William Willmott, Henry Palmer,
John Jones, John Rogers, Thomas Smith, and George
z:4tewart, which are supposed to be mainly fictitious
is whispered that three of them are of high station 10
society. Their apprehension was effected after much
difficulty by Saperintendant Baker and a strong party.°'(
the C division of police, at the instance and complaint
of the parochial authorities of St. James, Westminster,
who are determined to use every exertion in their
power to purge the parish of these nuisances. Th°
doors of the house were so strongly secured that theY
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ottw tohecrohuopuiseers; eosneea port with the bank over, the,
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severe njury, as theme was a themtrace mofubstioohdavfoer ssuolteaine
dis-
tance, Tim fables, scrapers, and other gambling Im'
PleffientP, were taken possession of.
Owing to Mr. Adolphus, who was retained as Coun-
sel for Jackson and Willmott, not being able to attend
until this afternoon, the hearing of the case was post-
poned.