The Sun.
London, England, 1809-11-17 00:00:00

THE KING 1/..ELIZABETH STONEFIEI,I4.

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The ATTORNiii GRNEKAL moved the judgment
of the Court-on th,.• defendant,. who had been tried
on an indiament for enticing a •oldter in his I\l3-
je.ity's -service to desert.. Another count was. fOr vs,
deavoui dig to entice.to desert, of which algae
was convited. It
_:appeared from. the iitlithyds,
that ou the 4th of .February last,, the defend:int in-
viied this soldier into her house, a puhlic-hOnse used
for lodgings to sailors, at Liverpool. She asked if
be would go to sea,- offered him a bounty of 51, but
he refused :to, go-; saying he could not go, for that
he was a soldier; he consented, however, to hide
;,inistelf from his serjeant in a cock-loci so.ne
,suers, why cr.niceahli .themselves. Iron) a press,
gang; and ‘viiere he was afterwards tonne.. It.ap-
pored that the defendant. wanted this soldier to go
to sea, as a substitty,. or her own son; that shehad
four sons, all Of theta at sea -in the King's service;
that the' fifth field been late:y impressed, .and she
Wanted his help to carry on her business at thin pub-
lic-holse in Liverp!,6l; that she is extremely indi-
gent, living partly .by the halt-pay of two of her
bOriSo W i3O had assigned' it to her ; but she had lost
a part of that, on account of the .ship in winch one
of her sous was,, having been wre.c.ked.on the Coast
of France, where he is no?, a prisoner. .

Mr. Anti made an abiesp-eech for the defendant,
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in tint nation of pu ;ishment. spoke ,:f tier sex--
het-44e till—nt hii exit ne ihdigettue—ot her affec-
tion for the only remaining of 'her five somotorn
froth IIcT bosom in het old age, and t-.cotutnended
her to that mercy which the Court could strew tier,
consistently he rules of justice. -

' . Ile.. A IOia,EY GLNLUAL for the prosecution
observed, that tin advocate could do more than his
Learned Friend had done for his client in this case ;
1)1;1 It was one in which his public dthy called upon
him not to relax into a dangerous compassion, for
this was a practic, which was very injurious to the
service; there were no less than fourteen deserters
'from one rtlginient, who had gone'to sea by (lib; me-
thod, by which they got two bounties for one ser-
vice, and it was inipoqsible to find them.
.The Court obserted, that no discretion was Jt ft
to the Judges in this case, it depended. on the..pro-
vision ut All Aet of Parliament, founded upon ano-
ther statute, oath of which needed much amend-
ment. They must either fine. the defendant !toi.pr
imprison her for any period not more than skis„ and
not less than three inonthi. this-defendant

in that stun, .would, in effed, be to imprison her
for a long period indeed, because she would have to
remain until the tine be paid, and therefore the sen-
tence of the Court upon her was, that she be im-
prisoned in the common jail at Liverpool for 'three
c'alenclar Months, and that she do stand in and upon
the pillory for one hour, between the hours of
twelve at noon and two in.the afternoon, according
to the form of the-statute in that case made and pro-
vided that this be in the market-place of Liverpool,
where the offence was committed.
THE KIN V. HOLLBROOK.

The. ATTOUNEY GENERAL prayed the judgment
of the Court Ole John Holtbrook, for assaulting a
Revenue-Officer at Deal, in the execution of his
duty, and rescuing smuggled goods, out of a vessel
after seizure.
The Court asked if there was any jail at Deal ?

Mr, GAIIROW said there was not; it was a thing
much wanted in that neighbourhood. There. was
a well-regulated one at Maidstone.
The Defendant was. sentenced to be confined in
the "House of Coffee:lion' at Maidstone, for twelve
calendar rnonttif.
THE ICING V. JOHN LEWS.

The ATTO:.:,IEY•GENERAL said there was a cir-
cut,tistance io the clae of his Defendant which in-
duced him to t oseot.to iet iva, go at large upon
own recognizance, to appear alien cali,d upon ; he'
'Oncl•-:rste: _ling that :-„e would be punished severely
it should misbehave horeatter."--;Balarged accord-
ingly.