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London, England, 1808-11-18 00:00:00

THE KING V. THOMAS P*TY.

For an assault upon an Officer of the Excise.—
Ordered to •be brought up on the 25th
.instant, for
the judgment of the Court.

THE SING V. JOHN PHILLIPS AND NICHOLAS ,PHIL-

LIPS (FATHER AND SONY, SMUGGLERS.
For a desperate assault on 'Officers of the Re-
venue, near Penrhyn, in Cornwall;, in which one of
the Defendants had a pistol ball lodged in his
breast, which ball is not yet extracted, part of both
his ears cut off, &c.; he having sworn that he would
murder the Officers, &c.

The ATTORNEY-GENERAL spoke strongly in ag-
gravation of punishment in this case ; as did also
Mr. JEKYLL.—Mr. CASBURN in mitigation.—To be
brought up on the 25th instant.

•
THE KING V. ISAAC HOLDEN.
For obstru&ing a Revenue Officer in the execu-
tion of his duty—a slight case.—Ordercd a calendar
months imprisonment in the King's Bench Prison.

THE• KING V. Is.I(LEOD, A MALTSTER.
For obstruCting an Excise Officer in the execution
of his otlici:e in the county of Durhatfi. Had, five
years ago, received sentence for a similar offence;
but the present being a slight case—Ordered that he
.do enter into a recognizance of 2001. to appear when-
called upon, and in the mean time to be of good
behaviour.

Mr. justice GROSE—•-•" There is a great tleal
of misbehaviour in your case—the Court reprobates
it."

THE KING
,V. WM. SKINNER.
For assaulting an Excise Officer in the execution
of his duty—a slight case. Ordered a calendar
month's imprisonment in the King's Bench Prison.

THE KING V. ROBERT NEWMAN.
For an assault, without excuse by provocation,
on N. N. Land, Esql, whose niece the Defendant
had married, at Dartmouth.

Mr. GARROW was beard iu aggravation, and Mr.
BURROUGHS in mitigation, of punishment. Order-
ed to be imprisoned in the King's Bench. prison for
three calendar months; to give surety for his good
behaviour for two years, himself in 501. and.two
sureties in 251. each ; and be further imprisoned
until such surety be given.

COURT OF COMMON PLEAS, Nov. z 6.
NISI PRIGS SITTINGS IN TERM. <

WILLIAMSON AND MILLS V. CLEMENTS.
This was a special-aation inn.the case, brought by-
the Plaintiffs, who are wine and brandy merchants,
against the Defendant, a publican, under the follow-
ing circumstances, as stated by Serjeant SHEPHERD:
Upon a settlement of an accdunt on dealings be-
tween them, the Defendant had, in part payment
of his- balance, passed to them his btll of exchange,
drawn and payable to his own order on one John
Batt, and accepted by him. Before this bill became
due, the premises of the Plaintiffs had been broken
open and plundered of various articles, and among
other papers, of the bill in questibn. Notice was,
immediately given of the loss of the bill, both to
the,drawer and acceptor; and after- some time the
Defendant agreed to pay the amount of the bill,
39!. 15s. 2d. upon the Plaintiffs executing a bond of
indemnity, securing him and Batt, the acceptlr,
against all consequences attending the stolen note.
This bond was accordingly prepared, together with
a receipt for the money at the foot of it ;, but upon
the execution of it by the Plaintiffs, the money not
being paid by the Defendant, the receipt. was torn
off, and the bond !eft in his hand, where it had
been ever since, and for this money the action -was
•
brought. .

Sohn Batt, the acceptor •of the note, a prisoner
for debt in the King's Bench, and nt,w brought up
by Habeas Corpus, being sworn, said, he had ac-
cepted the note drawn by the Defendant. Upon
being asked whether he had the bond of indemnity
executed by the Plaintiff's ? he said he had not
been served with a duces tecum, and did not know
whether he was bound to produce it.

Sir JAMES MANSFIELD told him he was ;.and that,
as au honest roan, would do so whether com-
pelled or not.
He then owned he had it; after some hesitation,
an,t having his memory refreshed by the produc-
tion of some letters, he said he had been written to
on the subject by the Defend:lw. Lite bond of is -
tb ninny had been sent tohim about two) ears e,
had not seen the Delt-Want sine tfki:t

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