The Sun.
London, England, 1808-08-13 00:00:00

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IVIAIDST()NE, KVNT;

TIVJMDAY, AUG. 11.
• 'CIVIL sfim.—SPECIE. JURY.
, THE KING V. NATHAN.

This was an indictment agJiiw the Defendant,
who was a Jew crimp,. fo-: seducing eleven seamen,
part of the crew of' the Victory, to desert Picini his
MiljeSty'§ 6ervic.e, 'order to get them on board an,

Lieutenant Anderson stated, that he had received
intimation that the seamen in question were on board ,
a Gravesend, boat at, the Nore _he therefore. %yent
in pursuit of them, and saw the Sir Francis,Borclett,
esend boat, hoVering the,lndkunen it the
Nore. He hailed her,' and-doliged'.lier hrina-to.
He went on hoard, and as soon a, he got, upon deck,
the Defe'ndant, Nat Met hitn, and presented
him with a proteCtion for ten amen` for the Dorset'
Last Indianian. He refused to look at it, but fnl
mediatety Went below. He there found the seamen,.
who ail iruniediately.prodUced their liberty tickets;
which were not expired. He took them on board
the Prince of Orange Man of War, With Mr. Na. 7
than in their coMpany. • As soon as the Captain
:rived.on board, Mr. Nathan was handed over to the
Master at Arms, and put in iron, and continued in
custody -for several days. •
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Two. of the seamen, ;of the dames of Hart and
„Topes, .Were examined as to the_ mode in which they
were carriedaway. Theystated,` that they had
betty for 14 days, bUt they' had been' abSent only
five ; that all their 'money heilig gone, they htfd
thoughts of returning to their ship ; they went to
Billibgsgate for that - purpose, and there they. met
Mr. Nathan, and several 'of their Shipmates.. Mr.
Nathan gave them plenty of grog ' and tohacco,
Until they were quite drunk.. He then put them
► into a hackney coach, which conveyed them to the
water side. They then took boat; :and pulled-
along'-ide a Gravesepanan ; they got .aboard, and.
Mr. Nathan went .with them ; he took -them all
down below,: and gave "them more gin -and „ beer,.
and they caroused, all - night. Towards day-break
they found themselves inthe Downs, and then Hart
wished to-go on bond his own ship. Nathan told
them they had much better go, on board- an,
detdia-
man, and he bad prolided a good birth tor-them,;
they, however, refused.-, At le.t.));(1i they were hailed
,by the man of war's boat, and -then Nathan came..
.down below; in a great fright, aid sat.l,they were all'
.dime. The Lieutenant ca,niton, hoard, and t .ask
,Mr. Nathan .away with them ; as their libefty was:
not expired they were not contitwd hut.; they
heard Mr. Nathan was put tine tiitues, •
For the Petendant, it was coPtended by 'h
-is
;Counsel, that the seamen had imposed upon:Na-
than, and that .they had represeuted thenise,lves to,
him. as foreign seamen to ptove this,he called a
Mrs. Dempsey and her daughter, who kept a sailoi's
lodging-house at Wapping.:' She stated, that'they.
employed Nathan to•get them a ship, .and gave an
absent Laud to repay lum his adi'ditt.;es. Hart being
shewn the bond, denied he had eller sit
any riper: On being adted,• whether one of his
shipmates, named Eerara, could.. write;;" he said,
" Yes,. he knew he ,could write in Freirch, bin he
was not sure he cohld write in Eni/ish?" - He'wa§
asked, could he si is lris name ? With great' sim-:
plicity he-a.nswerec, " He Would not swear that,
tqng whereby he. had never -seen him" write 'big
name, but he had.seen him, write in Freneh, or tb-,
reign lingo, and so cbuldSwearto that."•-Lientenaht
Anderson teas also called again; who prove 4 -t hat 'be
found the men et idently,recovering kora a Stiteof
great intoxication.
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The Jury found-the, Defendant 'Guilty.