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shire. Being, questioned, if he remained in the same
he. recanted„and said that. he did not know
what lie'was about, and it-was all fitlse what he had
formerly bta-ed,. and -that Woodward W 35 perfeCtly
innocent. TestimonialS from persons ofrespe4ability
,in the country being offered in behalf of-Woodward,
for stria honesty and industry., he was discharged.—
Young was detained to' be conveyed to Lincoln gaol
as aproper case to come before a Jury.

IVESTMINSTER SESSIONS, APRIL
3.

BEFORE WM. MAINWARING, ESQ. CHAIRMAN, AND
A NUMEROUS BF-NCH OF JUSTICES OF THE PEACE,
FOR THE CITY AND LIBERTIES OF WESTMINSTER.

Richard Judge was indiaed for a Misdemeanour,
under the 30th of George 11. for obtaining money
under false pretences.
•
The Defendant was a porter, attending the Glou-
cester eotfee-house, in Piccadilly, and in the month
of November last .carried a basket of game from
the Coach-office, to Mr. Chambers, a banker, in
New Bond-street, and was paid three shillings and
sixpence as the carriage.) having produced the usual
ticket for that purpose. Upon inquiry, however,
.it turned out that the ticket produced by the De-
fendant was a fabricated one, the aetual.carriage
only amounting to two shillings and 'ten-pence,.
upon which he was indioted.
Mr. ALLEY, fOr the Defendant, contended, at
great length, and with his usual ability, that his
:Client. was "not indi&able under the AtSt. of Parlia-
ment of the 30th Geo. 11. but should have been in-
diEted under the Statute of Frauds (3gth of Geo.
III.). And, as no false pretence'whatever had been
made use of, only a sum Of money demanded, and
paid, in the very first instance, he could norbe in-
di&ed for obtaining money under false pretences ;
and however guilty he might be of having commit-
ted a fraud, yet he was entitled to an acquittal.upon
this indiament.

Mr. KNAPP, on the other hand; insisted the De-
fendant ‘vas punishable under this AEI, or at least
under the Ad of Henry t4e_Vllltliffor using false
tokens. , . •

The Learned CHAIRMAN, however, was of a dif-
ferent opinion, and considered it a mixed question
of law and-fact ; and the . latter should - go to - the
Jury, who now expressed a wish to hear further evi-
dence.

The'Clerk of the, Coach-office was then called ;
but his testimony did
,not go sufficiently to satisfy
the charge in the Indidment and Mr. ALLEY again
addressed the Jury, and endeavoured to impress upon
their minds the impossibility of their conviCting the
Defendant upon the present Indidment.

• The Learned Chairman, in addressing the Jury,
said, he was afraid they did note quite understand
the question. There was no doubt but that the De-
fendant was guilty of- demanding a sum of money
more than he 'was entitled to ; but the question was,
whether he had obtained it by any artifice or false
representation ? He was punishable for the present
offence under another A& of- Parliament, upon
which he should have been indicted. It seemed-to
him, therefbre, that in point of law and right, the
Jury could not say he was guilty-of obtaining the
money under false pretences. -
Thu Jury, after near half an hour's consultation,
brought in a Verdia of Kot Guilty.
The Learned CHAIRMAN then told the Defendant,
that although the Jury had done no mor© than their
duty in acquitting him, yet that. did-not go to clear
his character ; the real, question bad not been tried,
and he did not go out of Court like an innocent man,
but one that had been merely screened under a point
of law. -

Abraham Hunter, who styled himself 'a
house and
land surveyor, was conviaed of stealing a hand-saw,
value 3s. and seat: aced to On eillionth'i Imprison-
meht. •
Several other convi&ions took place of a very tri-
vial nature, and the Sessions terminated.

LAXCASTER 4SSIZES.

TOWNSON V. RAYNSFORDI

The Plaintiff' kept a Public'. hodse at Preston,
and , sought for Damages from the Defendant, a
Tallow-chandler there, for the loss of the Servides
of his Daughter, whom he had seduced. ,An in-
effeaual attempt was made, on -the cross exami-
nation of the latter, to prove she had been guilty
of some little levities. ft however appeared th-at the
mother had not aded in , the most prudent manner ;
and the Jtiry brought in a Verdid of Twenty Pounds
Damages.

RAYNFORD V. TOWNSON.

- This was a kind of set offto the above ; the De.
fendant in that cause becoming the Plaintiff in this,
and Mr. Townson becoming the Defendant, ".Who.„
it was alledged, had committed an assault on the
Plaintiff, by thrgwing a stone.at :him which, how-
ever, it appeared, never.touched him; and the. Jury
gave him One Farthing darnages.

SHIP NEIVS.

HULL, APRIL I.
Arrived—the Industry, from i-13ervvick ; and Prudence,
from London.

BIRTH.
Yesterday morning, Lady Andover, wife'of Captain Dig.
by, of a Daughter.