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London, England, 1814-06-08 00:00:00

COCItT OF tZCHEQUi,'tt, MovnAY, June g.

The Court ‘T as occupied t,te whok of this day
en the trials of thre.e causes of considerable im-
portance to the public.

FRAUDS BY CnLLECTORS

,THE ATTORNEY-GENERAL Zr 0!:0120E HEAP:

THE SAME V. WILLIAM SL

These were causes on informations filed at the
instance of the Board of Taxes, charging the
fondant,, as Collectors of the Property Tax for the
township of Stansfield, in the division of Motley
West,- in the-county of York, with having cul-
trt-te.4-rntel-conve4el their own itst uiiitt4ettsfriO4"
Tie different persons as Property Tax''untountie.i;.
together to Cd. 4s. which were not charged in iho
ftssessment ; and for -,., • -
tic'''. sought to recover ,CS of 100/ each,
- lie ueienuAnts'res‘steu the
prosecution, on the ground that, Atli-0.41 they
had collected the money, they had paid it over, to
the Receiver-General. To !tipport this, they
claimed credit for a dishonoured bill to the amount
of 221. -10 s. remitted to the Receiver-General on
account of the first half ,'ear's tax. But in alit
attempt they wholly failed, it beitig clearly esta-
blished by evidence that the bill had been reject-
ed by the Receiver-General 'and 'returned, and
shut the Collectors had pidd him no more than the
exact aliment of the rate corresponding with the
Commissioners' duplitates transmitted to the Ex,
eheiiner.—The Jury, without hesitation, found it
verdict for
_the Cvown in the full
,Penalties, viz.
one penalty of 1001. on the information against
Heap, and on 4001. on, that agehist Sutcliffe.
LANDLORWSREFUS,4I, TO ALLOW PROPERTY TAX;
THE ATTORNEY-GENERAL "V. HINKS THE YOUNG :A.
This was an information against the defendant;
to recover the penalty of 50/. in consequence of
his having,as agent or rent-gatherer to his lathe'r,
blacksmith, at Brotnley Bow, refused to allow his
tenant the Landlord's Property Tax. The evi,
deuce of Wood, the tenant._ of two small houses in
Stepney, proved,• that on the 19th of October„
1812, he paid the Collector 2/.los. for Landlord's
Property'fax, and that on the-23d of that month
he offered the Collector's receipt, with the residee
of the rent in Bank-notes, to the defendant, aml
which he refused to accept, insisting on the full!
rent, and, objecting to allow any past of the Pro;.,
perty Tax; that the likei offer was made on Ott
following day, when the refusal was again re-
prated; and that the 'father (Rinks the Elder), in-
sisting on the full rent, scot in a distress far and
levied it, with two guineas expences, on a Alr:
Stokeson, the succeeding occupier of the houses.
The defendant's Counsel endeavoured) with some
ingenuity, to impeach the record by tec:,nical
objections, which were over-ruled by the Lean
CHJEF BARON anti the defendant haviug also,
.without effect, attempted 'to' shake - the testimony
•!of the witnesses for the rrosecittion; the Jury
round a vvdict•for the Crown--Penalty 50t.
• is Lordship commended the conduct of the
Officers of the Crown in bringing such proseew:
tions before the public, in order that they might
not fail by the example -to protect the individnal
against frautl,, and to secure the payment. of taxe:t
-by those on whom the L islatnre meant thew to‘
i fall. -

King's. Birth-Day, lifoSol, Prize of 20001. waS
sold •.and .registered by EYTON at his Lucky Of,
fices, 2, Cornhill, and 18,-Coventry-street; Arlwe
Tickets are Shares are on .s.4le- for the T‘ro Ten
Thousand Pound Prizes, and Fifteen Other CNA,.
tals,wht4i will be drawn'ucxt'kriday: