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stall, in Whitieirbrse-yard, .Drury-lane; but. latterly
living in an
.oincure—lb,dgirig in Thdie.street,
coln's4nn
_Fiela:. Ile-eould not identify Mr:
but admitted that he was cautioned not to part with"
the bill or 'goods until he should hear fiona, on.e or
-other of them, The.goods, however, were delivered
to Wimp the next. day- -
The bill being proved in the regular way,
Mr. GAitito‘V, for rile DA'enciant, said.his defence
arose out .of two different causes, the one was usury,
in the forthation of the bill, and the other was, that
an alteration had been made in the date of the bill
subsequent, to its- being
_negotiated. Mr.
the Defendant was a respe&able coach-maker; in
tong-Acre, but having suffered cOnsiderAbly
fire, he 'Was under some temporary pecuniary eni-••
barrassnients, 1:-herf unfortunately he met with mire',
of those cursed money-lending advertisement, which
brought him to the shop of Mr. John King, when
the bill in question, along with several otherS,
amounting to about. 1,0001:' was put into negotia—
tion, out of all of,which Mr; 'Wilson received no
more than.27sl. These were the same bills in which
a Major Eyre , was concerned, who having large
claims on Government, and wanting some ready
money, xwks introduced to Mr. King ; all the party
dined at his house, in. Norton-street ; the sparkling
Chamspaiane flew about at dinner, and after dinner
chicken-liazard, and.rational conversation, conclud-
ed the evening: After some further observations by
the Learned Counsel,

Mr. Sharp was called. , He was an eminent en-
graver, and being unacquainted with Mr.. King's
character, be introduced his friend, Mr. Wilson, to
him, when it was agreed, that Mr. King should
have at the rate of tl. per cent. commission, and 51.
per cent. per month, for discount. With rcspeti to
the alteration in the date of the bill, he said, that
Mr: King had delayed to negotiate it for about' a
month, in consequence of which they agreed .to
alter the date front the Nth• to the '24th, in order
to have the more time for payment. This- was done,
without the privity of the acceptor, Wilson ; but he
was afterwards made acquainted with it, and ac-
quiesced in it.
Upon his cross-examination, Mr. Sharp denied
that he had' ever been a Member of the London Cor-

rdsponding Society, but admitted, he was a Mem-
ber of the constitutional Society, along with Mr.
Horne Tooke,
,and • used frequently to meet- the
Duke of Richmond, and several other •personi' of
the Exst rank and respeatability. He was a follower
of Brothers, the Prophet, and ofJohanna Southgate,
whose do6trines he admired, •and-whom be believed
to be inspired, from,Heaven with the 'gift of prophe-
cy. The produce of these bills was not to -be appro-
priated. to building a tabernacle fur the oromulciatiOn
of these doctrines, bur to assist his friend Wilson.
He was of no se& or party, nor did he belonc, to
any,particular religious Socief-.:.
• Mr. John King was then curled, on the part of
the Plaintiff, to rebut, the evidence of Mr. Sharpl-
having been sworn upon the Old Testament, be
underwent a , long examination by Mr. Chatiow,
upon the subject of his belief in the obligation of
an oath, the Learned Gentleman alluding to a case
which occurred abOut 15 years ago, when Mr. King
was sworn upon the New Testament. Mr. King
now declined explaining to. what religious seat
be ,belonored ; he considered every oath, either
upon the Old or New Testament, equally obligatory
upon him ; and tacitly, admitted, that although he
believed in ,the cloatrinas of Christianity tilrinerly, he
was rather inclined to the'Jewish persuasion at pre-
sent. After some further observations—

Lord ELLENBOROUdIi thoeght the Witness seem-
ed.tO have a sufficient idea of the obligation of an
oath-, and directed the examination to proceed.
Mr. King then denied that any such transaction, as
changing the date of the Bill, ever took place in his
presence. He Could not speak as to what were the
terms on which the Bills were to be discounted;
goods wae part .of the consideratiOn, :but he could
not speak to the terms, they never having come to
a final arrangement upon that account.
On his cross-examination, by Mr. GARROW,- hav-
ing frequently appealed to his Lordship, whether
he should answer the questions put to htm; the
Learned Counsel hinted to him that he was making
,himself very ridiculous.
Mr. King replied,"that if the Learned -Gentle.--
man would change places with him for a' few mo-
ments, and let him stand before the Bar, While -the
Learned Gentleman got into the Witness-boX, he
should make, him
,appear twice as tidiculOtis., He.
then said, that Mr. Wilson came to him and pro-
posed introdUCing Mr. Sharp to him, who he said
was a follower of Johanna Southgate; and wished
much tv -scd a book written by the Witness
(King), some time ago, . which had gained him
great celebrity, and was very much admired.—
He- also bad some reliance, upon the do6trines of
Johanna S'outhgate and_wished the Learned
CounSel could be as,well informed upon the subject
As he was, but he knew nothing about the matter,
and could not cope with him in knowledge upon ,
such subjects. Mr. Sharp told him that these bills
would never be paid; for before they became die
either in the months of March, April, or May,
there would be a generaLconfusion throughout the
country, and there would be no necessity tor
,paying
them. Johanna Southgate held a book, in which
many persons 'were, sealed, and many others not
sealed. Instruments of destrUelinn 'were to be put
in the hands of the former, to destroy the latter, and
he, Sharp, was one among the chosen.
Mr. King then stated, . that he was concerned in
the hoUses No. —, Margaret-street, Cavendish-
square, and No. 9, Basing-lane, where he was prin-
cipal Manager for persons of the, highest, tespe6ta-
bility and chaTader.„ but Vehose.naMes lie deciined
to'mention. He admitted he had been discharged
under the Insolvent-Ad,- but begged leave, in con-
clusion, 'to observe, that \since his enlargement, he
had been gradually paying his creditois, as. if 4q
never had taken the benefit of such Am

Lord'ELLENßOttouGii—" That goes to produce
an aukwardaineation,. where yoti got the money to
pay those creditors ?
Mr. GARROW, in a most able andlengthened re 7,
ply, animadverted, _with much severity, Upon the
condu& and character of Mr. King;

Lord ELLBgAOI.IGIi summed up the evicignc
in-the most cool and div4ssimate manner, and.t4
Jury, afte a short' consultation, returned.a verdia
for the Defendant._