The Sun.
London, England, 1813-08-13 00:00:00

111 (JR D ER.

DITINMANI, AUG. 10.--The poor woman who was
found Murdered in a link here last week, was in
Stich a state (bat no marit's nor truces of her visage
could seen. The Coroner's Inquest at On the
-body, and the Jury gave theit. verdict, ‘r
murder against some nersan or persons unitiniii."
An Officer of them
28th regiment,. fro'the berry-
head Barracks, and several women ittknule4l the
Inquest, and recognized her cloathing. 'They
found her to be.. a :I)lary Good, %Vile ----
Good, a private, just Sent oft to join the second'
battalion serving under, Lord Wellington. It
seems the poor untortuntte s on in had heenguilty
at some little misdemeanour, and was turned out.
of -the garrison, when the poor creature fen into
the hands of a tuflian who had lately been can-
ticle-if in gaol, and on whoM strong suvtcion has'
'Great exertions have been 'used tot bis
apprehension, and -morning fain informed
he is cOnfincd-on board a cutter, the Lieutenant
suspecting him, 43 be.preiiaticaced in the accounts
Of hinisetf,,and put him in ilons ; stnne of the fei-
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THE V. 11()VilitiToN vNo;rl/ER.
rills was all Ititorntltion agilinst the dcfevidants,
Messrs. Boviogron tind.Elria.gton, for a nuisai,xe,
in not repairing c^rt i n preinises held by theniad7
joining the Mnybinillied Privtit; cdtisequenee
wltich they fell do,,:n, and thiew dO'wn a plat ut
the Mar,:balsea Pr;sne. wall; by which. two pertons
Were killed and several othent badly hurt.
Mr, 8t1j4.-aat sdurnErtil, fdr the inoseentibn,
opened the case.: and the tinetion Was, Whether
the wall fell down &Opt its own rnincd stare, or
was thrown dbwit by the preSsurc of adjiAning
belonging. lb the defendant ? The evi-
((erica! On tt.:e ir:rt of the pt'osecntion went to Shew,
that the btidding of the'defendantS was in -a ruin-
ous ..tate, and 'theii. attributed tke accideuf to tilt!
tie Of the. rlof being rotten, by which the roof
spread out; and presing against- the Marshalsea
walk, the Wall was thrown in. The building of
the defendants, it .uppeared; was built about I(3
or 18 years ago, as store-houses• for the Messrs.
Cal verts, aiu was sapported, or. uprights reared
against the Marshalsea wall. ,(.)11 the other gide
it wo conteinied,' that the accident arose from
tin Insufficient manner of building the prison
wall, that it, IV a of insufficient. thieichess for its
height, and. that its fall was occasioned by a
heavy eheYaux-de-frize which was let- into the
stlw-vice of the wall.
The exannnation of dilferent surveyors and
witnesses to these facts ocenpied nearly the whole
day, and the, Jury withdrew for a 'considerable
time to coh,Her of-their verdict, when at last they
found the-defoulants-nt

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H UTC:IINSON PUT.ri AND ANOTTIV.R.
actidu whir..ll 'was tried the third
Hale. it tvaS to recover penalties on the statute
usury against the defendants, vlio were batik-
' cr. at Dorkinr, for liSt4i'y, 111 (liSCOUllting VaCinslS
bilk Of CN:C:iiillge for Mr. Peter Bothinn, fohterly
t Magistrate, and well knoWn.iii this comny..—
!,e account of tile trwisactions, its he detailed it,
wa.:, that in the years 180; 10, :mil 11, he dealt
with the* I)orking flank; and they accommodated
him with diseoants ; that in 1810, he had a con-
. teria‘tion with'Mr.DetNiney, who told him they
c,-dd !tilt discount nth.. usual-terms of 5 per.
'cent. and that he mast take bills which bad some
,tinic to run ; accordingly; when he discounted pa-
,iler:with them, be took as cash other bills 'which
'were not due, and which sometimes be had him-
pr.df preciously discmmted,with them. With re-
spect to the particular transaction, it was one
'which took place on the 30th of, 'April, when he
discountedAvith t:ient a post dated'clicque, payable
on the Itlth of Ala y, hi return for which they gave
him a hill which they had' before discounted for
him, draitn by himself, and accepted by one Jbhn
Ault, witbon: allowing hint the discount, so tliat
lie hail, paid for discounting this note, and, again
received it as cash on .discounting the cheque,
so that he had actually paid ;IL per cent. twice over,
making it 101. per cent.
Lord Et;LEIikOROUGIi, in summing up this
case, told the Jury. that it was essential to prove a
corrupt contract fun an intorest,.and look-
ing thyough his notes, the witness had, not said a
single word as,applic,able to this transattion, aml
had stated a ftirin couversation, in which the
hanker hod stated chit he could not-do business
at St. per eent.;' hut, in hii opinion, it was ne-
ce.',ary•to slievti that that was the principle tizion
whieli the actual di count was taken, ,and there
was:not a single word in the evldeiice to establish
that: fay r. Under this direction, the jury found
thc'detendants---Not
On the Crown side the eases'werc wholly insiv
Oificaut, and finished titan early .hour.