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was heard, the Magistrates disnii§sed it as too frivol-
ous to be supported; The Defendant, however, net
satisfied 'with this deisiori`Of the Magistrates against
him, went to the next Assizes, .and presented) bill
of indlament.against the Plaintiff, which was found
tide bill ; the Plaintiff was consequently compelled
to appear at the next Assizes to takeliS trial, but
the Defendant did not-think proper to:pursue fur-
ther hischarge, add he was aequitted ,as a matter of
course.

Mr. GARROW called 'Witnesses, who 'proved
these faas;.and that the Plaintiff was put to the
expehte of 'l5Ol. in his defence to ,the indictment.---
It also appeared that the Defendant had no claim
whatever to the wood in question, but that the dis-
puted right was between the Plaiutiff and a Mr.
Powys.
Mr. Serjeant. SHEPPE/IP, for the Defendant, in-
sisted, that there was a probable cause for the in.-
dietment, which repelled any presuMption of
malice, as the timber was carried away befote.day,-
light. He also called witnesses to prove this fad,
but their testimony did not bear out thestatement. •
The Loitn Cuter BAttort said, be thought ,the
conduet of the Defendant had been most culpable;
be had refused to be satisfied with the deCision" of a
Bench of Justices,-be bad wilfully 'refused all ex-
. planation, .and had thought proper to resort to mea-
sures which might have ended in the ruin of the
Plaintiff. His Lordship added, that; in his opinion,
the Plaintiffbad made out a case which entitled him
to the most ample compensation. -
The Jury found a verdict for the'Plaintiff---Da-
mages 4001.
CROWN SIDE.

Russent lif‘Cartltywa* indicted for a rape on
Mary Limit. The eVicLince given by the Prosecu-
trix in this case was—that she was sent to Dartford
Bridewell,.under a charge of fortune-telling, and
the Prisoner was also cOmmitted to the.same custo-
dy for some trivial offence ; being fellow prihuners,
he took the opportunity of night and darkness to
ravish her...-This story was, however, contradiCted
by. Witnesses, who proved that they were in an ad,
joining room, and could hear all that passed between;
the Prisoners, and that if she had been ravished slug
had borne it very quietly, fur she made' no. outcry
during the night. •
The Jury immediately acquitted the Prisoner.
William Henry Kennedy was • capitally indiaed
for stealing ii. 14s. in money, and a. promissory
',tote, value 11. privately, in.the,dwelling-hou.e of
dohn Jones.

Mr. JoneS stated, that he kept a public-house at
Gillingham, in this County ; the Prisoner came to
lodge at the house on the ,25th ot, January last ; oti
the night of the 26th, while the Prisoner was sitting
with Mrs. Jones in the bar, he delivered her the
Money, which she placed on a bench, and shortly
after left the bar to go into the coffee-room. The.
Prisoner took this opportunity to leave the bar ; and
when she returned she found the money was gone.
The Prisoner not coming ,horne that night, and no
other person having been there, he was suspected to
be the person who had taken it. On the next day
Mr. Jones said be met him in the street, and im-
mediately apprehended him.
The Prisoner said, that there were other persons
about, the house, and they might have taken the
money ; but Mr. Jones, being called again,, denied
this, and said all
,the family were gone to bed.--
V e ;ci i
Susan Rennet VMS indiaed tin- stealing 51.165. pri-
.
Tately, in the dwelling-hotiseof Lucy Rena
The Prisoner, lived servant with the Prosecutrix,
who, being confined to her bed; gave her key to
the Prisoner to get something from the closet,
where she kept her money. 'When she recovered,
and went herself to the ,closet, she found her
money-box had been .taken away. The Prisoner
was apprehended, and the box which bad contained
the money was traced to her possession.. Arerd4.—'
,Guilty. • ,

MAMiTOSE, FRIDAY,' MARCH 18.

CIVIL SIDE.

71113 KING V; COPLESTONE AND ANOTHER:
This was an information tiled by his Majesty's
ATTeartsi,GetialtAL-against Thomas .eplestone
and Wm. patnnion, the one an Officer of guise,
and the latter a tanner, at .Aylmsford, in this cquaty,
for a. conspiracy to defraud the revenue,. by,untler•
weighing the tanned hides.. ,
Mr. Serjeant Sit eaut Win" having stated.. thoc case,
Betty, a Surveypr-general in the E4cise,
depoed, that he and, 'another were- scut by. the
Board of Excise to AylesloO, in the month of
August last, for the purpose of Bette ,iii some
frands of which the Beard had received notice.
When they arrived they Went, to the house of the
Officer, Coplestone, and looked at his survey.. book.
They fonitd that on Baturday, the day before,
had weighed hides at the I.letendatit's, Gatnuion's,
and the entry in, his _Wok was 14 hides in number,
I sib. in weight. They told hint they sh6iihrgo to
Gamindn's.and re-weigh the hides, and that he must
accompany them, consented readily, and they
went to the tan-yard of Gm-Linton. • He waS'at -fiat
unwilling to aSS.kSt them, but on telling bun that he
must abide-the conSetinences it he did'net, he at
last' Called .4 man, and told him to fetch out the
hides which were on the preceding day weighed.
The man said there were iWeiny, bUt •Coplesterie
slid there were only )4, upon which the man said
" True, there were only 14.1 Betty, the witness,
then went up to the house door, and asked Gam-
nion how many were weighed ? but before he cupid
answer, Coplestone interposed and Yen
know there were only I 4—your fool of a-Matt. said
there were 20." , Gammon upon this , replied,
"/Nial—there were' only 4.'." They 'pro-
ceeded to weigh the 14 hides, which eiiterkl 1
in the Officer's book a's only weighin t sibs; hilt
they found them to Weigh.7l3lhs.
Coplestone, who stood by, was ititich 'confused •
at this, and said there trust have been Some
take, and thathe must haire we!gited sn,4:lr hides
yesterday. They then looked at the si>t other
hides remaining in the tan-house, but 'the WfWelA
found much larger and h La-Vier. This std e4ictit
was confirmed by Playll, the other stiri-ey
neral, who accompanied Mr. Betty.
Ralph Pima, ,latse a Supervisor of the-gkise,
from which employ ice had been 'dismissed
lug compounded a penal action, swore, that hi' a