The Sun.
London, England, 1806-07-02 00:00:00

GAMING , INFORM, TIO

BEFORE N. BOND, ESQ. AND SIR W. PARSONS:

• Yesterday a legal point of considerable importancd
was investigated and decided, at Bow=street, before
the above Magistrates. Mr. Robert Holloway had
sum moned
_Messrs. fOn a than, Henry, and- gi NZ:A
()Weld, to prove they, had no: other means "of sub-
sistence except Gaming ; and they neg-leaing the
summons, warrant's -Were issued ; in consequence of
which Henry and Jonathan appeared it Bow-street;
yesterday sennight, when an objeCtion Was taken to
Holloway's evidence, on the ground that, having,
been convicted of a conspiracy, his testimony could:.
not be legally accredited.
This knotty point was agreed to"be solved by the..
opinion of Mr. GAR now, which was yestefday deli,
vered Lo the following cued s '
ff., Under all the,circurnstanc..es stated, I am of
opinionf that, Holloway is not a competent' witness
upon which I should enlarge, but mil prevented by a..
pressure of business. •

cc Wr. GiiiißdW."
In reply to this Mr.. Holloway said, he was pre,.
pared to prodUce a Rule 'at-Court which had been
granted upon his affidavit subsequent to the t.ransac-
' tion alluded to; aid observed that his evidence had
been taken iitter he was striic4: off.,the Roll, though,
it had been argued against by Shepherd, the'Attor.,
ney, and Viers, 'hc` certainly bore him no good
will-=particularly in one case, wherein he appeared.
for Sir G, Prescott against the Celebrated Whaley.
• Here Mr. GURNEY, who was Cot.inscl for the Old,-
fields, urged that "this was irrelevant to the subjea;
and that Mr. -Holloway only made long speeches
.that they might be reported in the Newspapers-!"
To which Mr. Holloway, with peculiar animation
and sarcasm, retorted--=‘ I glory in- it --,-I
and maintain, -. that the exposure of profligacy,
through the medival of Newsp.pers, has produced
_more real advantage to society than the. most ex-
pensive applications to move the Court of King's
Bench—even when assisted by eloquent Counse!-!"
(a loud lauglo—Mr. Holloway then endeavoured to
prove, that; as his-evidence had been admitted upon
affidavit, he yeas a cOmpetent witness; to which
Mr: GilltN%Y;'l.iditissing the Magictrates, refried:
I should-.have conceived,' Gentlemen, that the
whole of this discussion ended with the opinion
Mr. Gnattow ; but as 2,1 r. Holloway has resist &-
that, I must attempt to shew the distiueion.
Holloway says, that his evidence -IV has
been taken SUbSequent to his cOnvicnbn f6r a Con-
spiracy. This Ido not deny ; but I also maintain,
that it tould not have beenlyceived, and cannot
be taken, on the grounds Upon v‘,hich iam proceed •
ing. In. the case referred to, the conviction for the
conspiracy was' not •proved Here I have prodoceds
to you ttk record;' hair identifiesi the Mail ; anti it;
after this; 4,and the cktisive opit fin of. Mr. Justice
BULLER, i,t should be thought his evidcilce is ad-
nkissible, I. can only assert, that 1 'ne:vor Witnes'sed'
sUch a case--I never knew such a case—l never
read of such a case-r?•:nor doI believe that such a case
ists."

Mr. Botn -and SiKW.PARSONq,,: after some deli.,
beration, were clearly decided, .that;'the oath of I iol;.
lowa,/ was not legally a?.rnissible, as he had 'been
convi&ed of a conspiraty; and the information hav-
ing been taken upon oath, that the proceedings were
null and void; which of course :liberated the Old-
fields from the necessity of lirAffig. that they had
other means of subsistence beidbs gaming.
Mr. HoLLOwAit thengave noOce, that he should
prpteed against the Oldfields under the Hazard Ad
(12th Geo. II.); and drew a ludicrous but .interesting
and animated,: distinaion bctween the undaunted
highwayrnan and the subtle gambler.

In the evening Pascoe Grenfell, Esq. M.P. charged
his-late Coachinan;, Mark Dight, with several frau-
dulent offences, and ih• particular with having receiv-
ed from hitn• the .price of a ton of hay, whereas he
had only bought of the Salesman a load. Mr. Bur_
roves, a Farmer at Apperton, near Harrow, who
was .the,Salesman, underwent a long examination ;,
and Mr. • Richards, the Clerk of the Haymarket,
produced the regular book, from which it appeared
that, on the 24. th of May (the day in question),
though Mr. Burrower had sold t g loads of hay, there
was no replar entry of the load sold to Mr. Grea-
ten. To afford the SaleSnian an Opportunity of pro-
ducing his private book,
,the further investigation
was deferred till Tuesday. Mr. Grenfen declared
.11koself pet uated merely by motives for the public
go)d, and expressed his determination to proceed in
the most strenuous manner.

Yesterday, at Marlborough-street, Pe.&'cca File
.was charged with obtaining 51. 17s. and a quantity
of wearing apparel,. from Ann' -Wake by false
pretences. -q-ahe Prosecutrix was Servant-to Mr,
Myers, ;fir-stre'A, Piccadilly, and the Defendant re.,
sided in 'a still ',its-the same street, Mrs. Myers
:from home, about a\ fortnight since, the servant had
the management of the house, and,. being t:n ignorant
country girl, the Defendant soon foi.anti au opportu-
nity of 'conversing with her, and prevailing on'hur
to have her fortune told: By various artifices she of
length obtained from the credulous girl bl. I 7s. in
money, and the whole of her ap,parel exiiepi what
'
she had on. The impostor then adyiied her to strip
the child of her mistress, left in her care, 'pawn its
clothes, forsake her friends, and go upon -the town.
On the returnof Mrs, Myers she became acquaint(mi
with what had.happenedi arid the Defendant (le-
camped; but was taken yesterday by the inforinritiotv
of Mr. Myers.--The Defendant • was rtiinaude.4.l for.
another e.tatnitiation.

CLAM EXCHANGE, JJLY 2.—During the repairs
at the principal, Market, the new one is open to-day;
at which there are put few .supplies .of gran: in gene •
ral, and' hardly any buyers; ordinary Wheat
tinues this week almost unsaleable ; Flour nearly
keeps its price, and the currency of this with other
articles is at about Monday's prices: