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mand in a Court of4ttstice.,- he resorted to the ex-
pedient of attacking the, Prosecutor's-charaCiter, to
extort pfiyatent by intimidation."
Mr. 'FADDY wished 'no *more than that justice:
shoull be done to 'the Prosecutor. FrOm 'the year,
1794, to the present time, ;Mr.-Cazalet had been
sttbjectto the libels of the Defendant, a,specimen
of "which had been l'ead to the Court -14. a letter to
Mr. Weston. The offence offered to the ProSecutor
had been public -and all that was desired was, .that
the vindication might be as public: as the aspersion.
Mr. DAMPIER contended, for the Defendant, that
at least there existed gt probability that no settle-
went, with resped 'Co the policy, had .taken place;
for it—was the known custom when any payment
bad been made, to strike the name. of the Under-
writer from the policy, whereas lib canciation of:
it, wish respect to,the Prosecutor, appeared upon-the.
face of the intstitiment. At any rate, it Was evident,
that a claim did sexist, and in.the opinion of the
.Learned Counsel, the demand for the payment was
just, and the,refusal improper, especially when all
the co-subscribers had settled , the loss. The-con,
duCt of the Defendant was not to be justified, but
he hoped there were some circum,tances of mitiga-
tion,7`

Lord ELLiwaoitou4r,--7-"To be sure, it must
not be endured,- that thy` tnan sh3ll.be drien to the
payment of any demand, which- could not be en-
tOrCed,in a Court of -Law, •by the lash of a libeller.
I..ct the Defendant stand committed, and be brought
up on Saturday, the 13th instant." •

JUNE 5

The Court was occupTed the earlypart bf the day
in hearipg.arguinents upon special law cases, reserv-
ed for .that purpose ; the following of. which was
the only one of any- public iwportance-:.,

MR. PITT's

GOODSALL V. BOLDtRO AND °TITERS.

This was a question upon a policy Of insurance,
on the life .of the laic: Right Hon. William Pitt.
The case stated, that Mr Pitt being indebted to
the Plaintiff, the latterhad an insurable interest in
his life, and effeced the policy of , insurance in
question, with the Defendants, for the sum of 5001.
for, the space of seven years, at a premium of 15
guineas. Mr. Pitt having died.within that period,
and the Plaintifi's interest continuing, he brought
his action, upon the .policy, to recover the whole
amount ; - but previous to the adiOn being brought,
the original, debt was discharged by Mr. Pitt's exe-
cutors.

The Counsek on the part of the
,Plifintiff, argued,
that, notwithstanding the original debt had been
paid, the interest of the-Plaintiff still continued in
the policy, and he was entitled to hisa6tion
upon that- policy of insurance. . '
On other hand it was contended,
_that the
Plaintiff's interest in ;he. policy. of insurance ceased
upon payment of the'debt; hy the executors previous
to, bringing the action, and, therefore, ;it was un-
tenable.

Lord ELLE 11011QUGH observedo hat the case stated
did not contain some fads which were necessary to
be before the Cburt, viz. whether Mr. Pittdied in-
solvent or otherwise--out' of what fund the Execu-
tors paid the debt—the nature and amount of it, &c.
He•therefore wished the parties- wok:ld consent to
turn it into a special verdi(..t, that all the Pads might
be before them. The case. was accordingly post,
potted for that purpse.

THE EINS- V. ABRAHAM HEARN AXE' ANN CRANN.

Our-Aeaders may recoiled., that the Defendants
in this case were tried and found guilty at the last
Lent Assizes at Chelmsford ;- the man for as,aultlng
a,girl of the -name of Harberton, with intent to-ra-
vish hei, and the.. woman fix aiding and. assisting
him. A full report of the trial will be found in our
Paper of the 14th March last. These persons were
this day .brought tip to receive the judgment di the
Court. After the report of the Learned Judge who
tried the cause had been read,
The Counsel/liar-the prosecution said, that no ob-
servations he could make ut)on, the heinousness of
the, crime of which these persons stood convided,
could add any weight to the report of the Learned
Judge.

Mr. WIGLY, for the Defendant, Ann Prann, said,
that if the report was correct, of which he had no
doubt, he had nothing to say in mitigation of pu-
nishment, except that this unfortunate woman had
been already iwelve
.months -in prison, during the
whole 'of which time she had conducted herself with
g eat propriety.
• Mr. GURNEY, for Hearn, urged the incredibility
of the story itself, which was so extraordinary for
singularity. That the woman had been the object
of abuse, he could not deny but there was consi-,
derable doubt at the trial, whether Hearn was the
guilty person. The poor woman's testimony was
atmoSt incredible; he did not, however, mean'to
impeach. her veracity; but it was possible she might
have erred from the imperfect state of her mind at
that time.

, .
Lord ELLENBOROIJGH—" It is clear the Woman
was infirm in .mind, and that infirmity • was in-
creased by,having drank strong liquors ; and of that
this Defendant most basely an cruelly took advan-
tage,ll

-Mr. austice GROSE, in passing the judgment of
the Court,' observed, - that these Defendants bad
been convicted upon the clearest evidence. It was a
case of such force and violence,. as scarcely ever
happened to, any unfortunate and unprote&ed fe-
male. The aggravation was the, greater as to Atin
Crann, whose sex alone; shouldhave dielated other
conduet. As to , Hearn, it was his duty rather to
have protected than insulted an unfortunate woman,
then under his care; and he, .had a very narrow
escape of atoning for his offence by the fOrfeiture of
his ilk .% " When ,we consider," he added, " the
interesi of those persons who are obliged to travel in
waggons at bight, whether as a case for publiC ex-
Ample,. or of singular depravitY, we. are equally
bound to pass such a sentence as will.prevent a repe-
tition of such crimes."
,' •
The woman was then sentenced to three months
impfisonment, in addition to the twelve months she
had already undergone',, and the man to- twelve
months further 'imprisonment in. Chelmsford gaol;
, both to stand together in the pillory once in the
Market-place of Chelmsford, within that time, upon
a. tparket=day. •