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London, England, 1823-07-25 00:00:00

COUNTY ofSTAFFORD ELECTION..

Wednesday being appointed for the Election
of a Knight of the Shire, in the place of the late Much.lament-
ed Sir J. F. Bp o maim v, Bart. the Borough ,was scene of ex-
traordinary bustle. Every avenue leading to the town was
crowded at an early hOur by carriages, equestriani,- pedestrians,
.&c. flocking to the place of election.
At ten o'clock Sir Jouw WHOTTESIAY appeared in the
Town Hall with a great number of his friends, and many of
the Nobility and Gentry of the County.
After the King's writ had been read, the Member for Droit-
witch (Mr. Fomr), proposed Sir Jam; WROTTESLEY, of
Wrottesley, as a proper person to be elected as a Member for
the County of Staffbrd. The lion. Gentleman prefaced his
motion with a high culogium upon the public and private
virtues of their late Representative, and upon the independent
principles of the Honourable Baronet whom he bad the honour
of proposing.
The lion. GEORGE Axsox, Member for Great' Yarmouth,
seconded the nomination in a long speech, in which he feel.
inglv lamented the loss the borodgh had sustained by the death
of the late Sir J. F. Boughey ; he spoke highly of the public
principles and private virtues of that deceased Gentleman, and
trusted that Sir John Wrottesley would give them cause to
rejoice that their choice bad fallen upon hint as the advocate of
truly British principles, upon a man, who, he felt assured,
would undauntedly support their rights and liberties.—(Ap-
plunge.)
Sir joitsT WltovrEst.r.v being elected without opposition
in the usual form, came forward, and addressed the Electors
at very considerable length, declaring that he would honestly
discharge his duty in Parliamnt ; he would watch the inte-
rests of the trade of the county; he should anxiously study
the wants and wishes of his constituents, and they should
find hint in every. respect the independent man.—(Cheers.)—
lie thanked the Electors for their numerous attendance, and
being chaired through, the town, the Electors were invited to
drink and make merry, the customary sequel to an election.

•
. [Our first impulse, after reading the Cambridge trial to-day
presented to our readers, was to withhold its horrible details
from the public eye ; but on further consideration, we'relt it to
be a duty to sacrifice delicacy to justice,-. and to give a full and
accurate report of an investigation, 'which, clears the character
Of a man exercising such important functions as those of the
defendant.] •
CROWN SIDE.--THE Ef WO pl. TiIE RT.v.TROMAsJEPtIsON.
This was an indictment aguinst the defendant, a resident Fel-
low and Tutor of St. John's College, in this University,
charg,ing him—lst, with an assault on one James Welch, on.'
the 16th of May last, with intent to commit an unnatural
crime; tnl, with enticing and soliciting the said Jiffies 'Welch
to commit an unnatural crime; and ;1(1, With indecently ex-.
posing his person to 'certain subjects of oar Lord tlati King.
This case excited the most intense interest; and long before
the Learned Judge, Mr. Serge:Sot Dowastiattyr, had taken his
s3efart.,
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the right of the Common Sergeant. The witnesses on both
sides, except those to character, were ordered out of (3ourt.
The Common Sergeant was specially retailed on the occasion.
Mr. PRV3tE stated the case. He need hardly remind the
Jury, .that the duty of a Counsel was often one of a most un-
pleasant ;aute. It was always exceedingly disagreeable to
bringome ftobroweabr:di againstraacctehrarogfestinoo of an
respectabilityind iv i individual woohdo
phraodb hitherto
b
who had maintained an exalted station in society; but the duty
he had to discharge was peculiarly unpleasant to himself, be-
cause the defendant was a member of the University in which
they both resided, and because, in former times, he had fre-
quently met him at the table of their common friends. He
therefore had some degree of acquaintance with him. But in a
case of this, or indeed of any sort where a brief was put into`the
handsof a Counsel,it became his duty to state the case clearly and
fully, utterly disregarding all adventitious circumstances. He
trusted that he should so conduct himself :'and while on the one,
hand he, for the sake of public justice, brought forward the
charge without harshness, he hoped; on the other,he should leave
nothing undone which it was the duty of a Counsel to do. The
Jury had also a duty of some difficulty to perform, because the
case must have approached their minds through the medium of
general report ; and it was fit they .should diacaril from their
minds, as far as. human' nature would admit, every thing
they had heard out of doors on the subject, and come to
the consideration of the case with the utmost iMpartiality.—
The defendant was a resident fellow of St. John's College;
and it would be, proved by a boy, named 'Welch, who was
employed in the gravel-pits at Barnwell, about a mile from
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lie met the defendant, between eleven and twelve o'clock in
the day. The. Learned Gentleman then described from a plan,
the situation of the field, which lay on one side not of a regular
carriage-road, but of an occupation road, which led up to a
place called the cricket-ground. In the middle,of that road
there was a gate, not so wide as the road, but having a
hedge on each side of it, so as to fill up the whole space. • The
Learned Gentleman then rFoceeded to state that the defendant
called 'Welch who was in this field, and asked him the
nearest way to the Cherry-Hinton-toad. Welch directed him.
The defendant then gave him fid,.; and. asked him a variety
of questions—whether he led a pod life—how old he
and whether he kept out of metchief. Ile then came near
Welch, took him by the hand, and asked him " If he liked a
.man ?" Welch, being only 16 or 17 Years old, did ntit at the
moment Understand what 'defendant niciint, and susitiered
" that he liked men very well." The defendant then solicited
him, in terms which cannot be published,, and offered him
money if he would lie down in a ditch near which they were.---
Ile ultimately asked Welch whether he wiiuld meet Whit in the
evening.? , Welch it lira hesitated, but' it length consented,
anal the 'defendant old him to come to the field at nine o'clock,
when Irwould he. ark. He then said to the boy, " I must-
kiss you," which he did. not separated', the defendant bids
Welch good bye, and said, I hope you will not kisii and tell."
The first step Welch took was . to go back to . the gratel-pit,
and it would be shown that ,*hen he arrived there lie etineed
genie degree of . alarm. He then commiinkited what Ithd,
happened to several pertions whom he eiiiv and it was an.
ranged that they should proceed with him to, the field 'at tine
0 clock. Tlie boy was to seem alit alone, and the men were
to be concealed 'so as to ,hear and see all that passed. They all
started togethet.at a quarter before nine. It ihoulti,
hOweVev, be observed, tJiat in the course of the day Wplch saw
the defendant gOin_g through Barnwell, tthd pointed Inutout to
several persons. The parties, as be had Stated, set out for the
place .of appointment at a Inane, before nine o'clock. The
perty consisted of the boy %I eleh, Joseph Hart, O. Wiseritian,
..I. flutters, W. flutters, and Philip Lan haul. It was agießi
that Welch should walk into the field whilk the other persons
lay in a ditch. perdu. The ditch was deep enough for that
purpose, and between it and the field there was a, hedge, which
owea,ssiorig what not, hadt waswev goer,
ig on.
tohickenough to prevent them from wit.
,at the place, and the others
bout
secretedn
themselvesodok .Welchcon rrlingive
agreement. After waiting a few minutes they saw the defendant
Mine towards the field. Welch and defendant came near
'ncatdo
where the persons were concealed, and stopped at a gap. The
defendant then ve Welch some money, and kissed him
several times. When Welch resisted he strove to get him
into the (WO. The defendant said, amongst other things,
" You are a very hard young man. I am afraid you are. not
.the young man I took you for." He then gave Welch some
• more money, and said, We are not safe here, let us go through
*is gap into the next field." Ile got over the gap, and called
W who did not come by that passage, to elch, but went through
another, which was near his friends. The defendant became
alarmed; and said, " Conic, come, you are a long time." The
'defendant then proceeded to acts of Indecency not to be de-
scribed.. .The witnesses, whom he would this day call, saw all
this. They were but a few yards from the defendant, and •
were screened from his observation by the hedge and ditch.
At that moment, thinking that the matter should proceed no
farther, they came up suddenly and seised the defentlifnt. His
trowsers were then unbuttoned and. down. They took him
out of the ditch in this condition, and saide." We will take
,you to Cambridge before a Magistrate," and they bmught
him along the field. They defendant observed, " You are
acting in a very wrong way—,l only came there to ease myself."
Hart, one of the witnesses, said, " That won't do, for we have
heard all you said. will take you to Cambridge, as the
Bishop was taken to the watch house. . The defendant then
begged very hard that they would permit hint to.biaton him-
sett up, which they refused. He said, " N'on treat me very
hardly." They told him theY would take .him before. Mr.
Purchas, a Magistrate for the town and county, who lives in
Cambridge. The defendant'S answer \ ou may, if you
helm, he
will
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about your erYb s They then said,
" We will take you to St. John's College, which
which the defendant
ivell and if you take me to
s
entreated them not to do, as it would ruin him for ever. There
was a gate over which it was necessary to pass to get out of the
field. One of the witnesses got over the gate, and wanted the
I mho he a ruined man. All my pluces will be
defendant to getover also. Defendant then laid his hands on the
i
was: proceeding to speak; when.
irate, and said, " Consider, hero are five young men against one ;
(meaning, doubtless, his impointments In Col-
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gate, and the defendant
defendant said " flush, soupe one will hear
requested the parties to go to haystack, thesancl in
corner of the
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Welch mentioned the circumstance which occurred in the
morning, not only to those who necOmpsiniell hint, but to
others who' did not itcrompo7 him ; and he would sliew that
duringile mt the
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betweenis(
lis meeting with the defendant
its er- tin e , he pointed out the
defendant as the person whom he wits to meet
in the even-
ing. On the eveningth e following day, Saturday, the
17,:i of May, two of the witnesses, Han and Wiseman
called at the chambers of the defehdaht• Ile hail, it should
be stated, given them his name on the night before, or

rather-a name like that which he really bore—the name of
Jefferson. They, hoiever, by mime means, diseovered who
the defendant really was, and on the Saturday they came to his
rooms with the watch he had given up, thinking that it might.
be a family. watch,. and that therefore the defendant might
want it ; the defetldant, when he saw diem, , ran about the
place in distraction, and bid them. quit the room. Hart ex-
claimed; " Will you hear. what I have to say ? no one knows
yOur name but us two." The defendant said, ‘4 'rake the
watch, I gave it freely, and want to have nothing more to do
with it." Hart wished to speak to the defendant outside of his
room, hut he said, " Hush ! hash !" and shut the. door., On
the Saturday morning, the defendant had gone before a Megis. '
trate, and made a charge eigainst certain persOns unknown, for '
taking his watch and money.. Now, when, on the evening of
that day, two of those very persons came to his chambers, what
Would he have done, if he really meant to prosecute theth to
conviction ? Would he not have had them apprehended
while they 'were in the College ? Was not that the natural '
course for him to have pUrsited ? The ; peace was at the
gate—the . wicket only was open L-there were persona in all
the Nome adjoining, ter it woe full term time, and nothin
Could have been etuder than the appiehensitin df thoie per-
sons. The alarmmight, have been giVen, and the individnals
whom he had described in the morning as. persona unknown
might have been identified. The detendent, 110W/et, took no
such step He knew not what effect that dritimetanea would
hive on the minds of the Jury, but certainly it was worthy of
their serious attention. What was his subsequent conduct ?
Why, even after.the name of one at least of the parties concern:
ed had been obtained, he abandoned the charge which he had
brought forward on the Saturday morning. Was that, he ask-
ed, the course which an innocent man—a man of conecioUs in-
tegrity, would take? What was the next step lie took ? He
lett Cambridge on the following day,
-Sunday, the Pith of
May. This happened iii the middle of term time, when he
ought to have been doing his duty, by giving lectures to the
students of the College every day. In the mean time other inqui.
ries had excited tin alanu, and he believed the police.officers Of
the town had ascertained the names of two or three others of the
party. The defendant returned to Cambridge on the Wednesday,
whether of his own accord or not, could not be known. On the
former charge, the Magistrate hearing that Hart was a party
implicated, sent for hint, by message, on the Sunday morning,
and he immediately attended. Was that the conduct of a man
who was guilty of a capital crime—that of extorting money ?
He came instantly, and a conference took place between him
and the Magistrate, which he was not at liberty to state, but
the result was, that he was allowed to go about his business.
On the Wednesday the defendant preferred a new charge: On
that occasion the defendant was himself examined, and he gave
an account which showed clearly that he was at the spot men.
dolled by Welch, on the evening of the 16th, and that he was
close to the same ground in the morning. The statement the
defendant gave was, that lie set out on a morning ramble, at
11 o'clock,.and that ie left the high road because the duet ao.
noyed him. Now he would show that there was so much rain
on that morning, that the men could not pursue their usual oc-
cupatien in the gravel-pits. He gave a long account of his
rambles through fields and groves,without any ostensible object:
He wanted, he said, to get to the walks at the back of St.
John's College, but perhaps the path he took was the most
contrary. The Learned Gentleman here read, front notes
taken at the examination of Mr. Jephson, the account which
that gentleman gave of his walk in the morning. Now,
for what purpose could the defendant have gone to the place
which he Omitted be had been in, both in the morning and
vetting ? The reason he stated for going that road in the morn-
ing was not only inadequate, but could not have been the case ;
for, as lie had already stated, it was very wet; and, fee what
purpose could individual. proceed so farout of his *ay in
the evening ? Yes, be rislted,,.avhat, purptiie could lead itim
•to that :field at nine in the evening ? One reason, and the
only one
.he gave, was-:.that lie went there for, the purpoie of
easing • himself. Now; Was that a yrobahle caitse ? There
Was rid necessity for his going up unti,that field for such a
purpose. There: was a gate, in the road, and on eitat side of
that gate was a hedge remarkably high and thick---indeed, all
along the lane there were high leedgett.:e.,rmet, ltd fict, if a per-
`ion wanted to withdraw for that purpose from the road„ he
could hardly rind a more quiet and retired place than that pet
beyond the corner of the gate, where it was impossible he
ould be ken by portents pausing along the road. What;
then, could induce him to go so tar into this field, where there
*as no accinimiodation, whatever—to go into the very middle
of, the field ? IVali it for any other purpose but that which tile
boy Welch stated ? That was the question which the Jury
must decide. The defendant stated, however, that he went to,
'this place for a natural purpose ; but certainly there was a very
great difficulty in giving a reason why lie should go the whole
of this distance, which was more than half a mile from the high
roed, for that nrpote. Aceording to his statement, he saw this
boy ill the field,' and yet he went over the hedge to a place
'where he saw be wars liable to be obtruded en. Time defendant
'iliac in thhi situation was laid bold of, and he was taken up to
ha,y4tack, near which there was x house., Now what would
be the conduct of an innocent man abducd of such an offence ?
Would he not have called for assistance from the houee ? And,
if the defendant bind raised hiss voice above the ordinary pitch,
be must have been heard, and assistance would have been
procured ? Was, then, his account consistent ? Wes it ere.
Bible ? COuld the jury for`, ti moment believe the statement ?
Let this circumstance he coupled with those hi tutu of. the
=men coining afterwards oi his rooths, with his suffering thein td
depart; and with his having abandoned his charge before the
magistrate, after he had learned the names of one or, two of the
parties—.let those circumstances be coupled together, and then
ea y, was such the conduct .of •an innocent-, man ? It was a 1
rule of evidence, that, when the deposition •er the examine-'
tion of an individual was brought forward, the whole of
it must be stated. The, person adducing it could not select
such parts as were favourable to his 'Views, and keep back
the rest : but it wan for the Jury to say how Much of that
statement or deposition, when laid beforc them, they
thought worthy of credit. It was for the ' Jury, to judge
whether they would believe the whole Iw, part of. any such
statement, or whether they would disbelieve it .altogethere
erWhen die charge was dieted:4BW on the Sunday, the Whole
of the witnesses were , e Five of them were treated.
with a dinner by the constable who apprehended Itert....-
On the Wednesday!' new charge was made, and that also was
abundonett or dismissed. It was very trite the principal halt.
victuals Whom, he should, call e . witnesses had received the
watch and money from the defendant. This was highly tine
proper ; for it was the, indispensable duty of every man, when
an offence Was committed against .the law* of his country, to
bring the charge before a*megistrater andon account ought
he to receive money to Conceatit. But while he admitted tem
lie improper, the question was would the jury be prevented, in
consequenceOf that transaction, from believing the concurrent
testimony. Of. five persons, whose • evidence would be car.
rebortited in. severe! Amaterial paints,_ by witnesses ,who
had not received any share, of due. money P The . evidence'
of one who confessed himself an accomplice in a felony
was taken, •if it were. corroborated by. other witnesses. In
this case, the parties , felt they had acted imprudently,
and Hart ,and 'Wiseman Offered to give back the watch
voluntarily. and unctindidonally. When the defendant suffer-
ed them to go away with the watch, could it be viewed in
any other light, but as arisirlg. from a wish of the defendant to
keep those people bound to hun in some degree, by the reten-
tion of the property ? „ The act of ,taking the money, though
improper, did not destroy the testimony of those people. They,.
pursued a straight forward course, except in that one instance.
l'hey would be examined before the jury separately, and they
Would be cross-examined by one of, the most acute and learned
gentlemen at the bar, who had been selected from another cir-
cuit, on account of his great ability, to defend the accused
party. It was impossible, if the story of the witnesses were
false, duct it could stand the teat of eroes.examination. They
might differ in some trifling points ; some, whose memories
were more tenacious than the memories of others, might
recollect a, greater variety of circumstances, because it was nn.
possible ibr five men, to agree to a nicety in .a detail of facts;.
anti, indeed, if they exactly agreed in every word, the infer,
ence would be that the whole was a forgery. But if they eorro.
borated each other on all the great points—if they only differed
on minor, points, and if their evidence was corroborated as to
certain circumstances by the evidence of others, then, he con.
tended, it ought to have its full weight. He would now leave
the ease In the hands of the Jury, pettedly convinced that they
would return such a verdict as would :way the justice of
the case.

The first witness called was James' Welch, who derosed=l
shall be 20 years of age on the 18th of next October; I live at
Barnwell. I know the defendant .leplison. On the • lath of
May last I saw hlin in a field of Mr litoittlbeles. .1 *lo go-
trig across that field. I was at work in the nett kniiind tolll r.
BrOatibeles gravel-digging. It was avec morning, and I Could
not work. I turned out of his way to shun him,. b.-cause L'

Cros.s..extonined by the Coststow SEntikixv—l never Saw
Mr..lephsert before twiny life. The tirot-wirdit I ever hoard
howl him was, " Good morrow, 'young mat;." I then took,
him to the gap. All the, way ,along that hedge you could be
seen from the cricket-ground. I saw two persons in the cricket-
grotind; they were working-there.. On Sunday when taken
before the Magistrate T was not examined. It was just after
my dinner time. 1 was kept there on hour, Hart only was
examined at that tune. I was taken up again on the. Thurs.:
day. I wiui brought before the Magistrate. 11fr..lephson wa.s
present, and matte a charge against us for a robbery. 1 was
called on. foamy defence, and I told the Whole truth as far us
1 could recollect. Some words 1 have recollected since. I
swear thati mentioned before the Magistrate that the defend-
ant " I hope you will not kiss anti tell." I knew what
he meant in the niorning,,;wiren he took
.me by the MO, and
made use of such' eirpresSions: refutaxl„his money,. except
the sixpence which I got fer showing hhn the way. T did not
hell the . Magistrate that. the. defendant offered.rntfinoney. iii
the morning. 11*Itness afterward} attic!, I cannot &wear vilti .
titer or not 1 mentioned that circumstance. to the' Magistrate.
I did ,nol tell the Magistrate that I' Saw in Barn-
well. Is eiceped my rnernory. Inert the men Came upOn tut
at the ditch, lili,lephson was not in the position of a than who
Wits easing him-self. He Was upright; hut when the men came-
-1 near, he pretended as quick as he Wald that he wits teasing him.:
self. The pound neto given:to me in tlifirst instance I
bey
with the party. The division of the Money given by. the
defendant took place at Ilart's house; it was 12s. Bd. o-meee,
In leaving the niece' two Of the parties, William Butters and
Longhorn, hod' hold of me. • I Vent by the side of the men.
islo money was demanded. The defendant said, " I freely.
give you up my watch and,MoneY." •I heard nothing said of
girls, neither do I know that many girls walk that road did
not mention to the Alagititate that Mr. Jephson " admit
that it is a diottraCe Ao the I thought of that since. I
beard one of the men mentiiirlit, but I don't recollect which
,1 cannot say how often 1 and the others have talked thio bunt.,
ness over. I have seen the platte tv}tee. 'On Sunday we re-
ceived !'soul Sholloiv'a pound:tt-pitee for' the watch. I have
lived in Barnwell four Ire** i4llSei. in the 'Sane yard 'whit
Hart. Butters, and. the °there.
Re-examined.---Whefil Wes trtrught before the Magistrate
on the Thursday,. I was tt prisonei',ebittged with it capital of-
fence. I was on my, defence, and I stitted what I conceived Cu
be necessary for.it 'The patty did not take me into custody.—
I knew when I removed trim one field to the other that the
men were there,- I saw them,. but did ,not speak to them It
was Shallow, the. constable, who,, Ott the Sunday, gave us a
pound apiece on 'account of the watch. He .iii it was to
settle it.

.loseph hart examined.--I ant a cabinet. nttker in
I went with \Pelt:h t 4 ti field, on the' 16th of layat ,Sl av; ltt' eir
\v.
an ,ltttuett'l~`clr'h were
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described
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taken place between VVelelt and the defendant, as it had
been related by Welch, varying only in the form bf certain
expressions. IVitness statFd, that the defendant embraced
Nireleh several times in' the '&hi. lie pulled Welch into the
ditch, and embraced him there.sevend-times. He heard tbo
defendant aity to Welch, 44 N'ou are a very hard young tnan.'4
"%Viten the defendant 'and lifelch were at the gap, the defend-
ant offered Welch lila. additional. When the defendaq was
lard hold of,• he said to wiittesti, " re “ "1" mr--ngs
nesx
irir'7lniv."Lehidri,vrAY:w;alrat:taitbnakeel:ncntl;,.4;t:ei:h. Tortvu :y1 itrJitr ittinevlokou:ltgetiwt:ittilly'efett;artilralne:riliti
John's College. Ile said he woithl take defendant to Sc. johjes _
Goner 4. Defendant said, *4 Don't, for God's flake! If you do,
I slialithe a ruined mail and lose evety thing I have in Celle Ac."
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than described titegi i t of the Money and watch. I his
,oc„Cirrtd ltu the priiihy„ Go the Saturday forenoon witness
.Ittifi sa 6
ne lleArsetien with George NVitteman ; and la .eonse.
sittence he and 'Ariitemaii went in the evening to St.. John's
College. lie asked the lamplighter which were Mr. Jephsen's

.
ennui:mots. He pointed to a staireate, and-Wiseman end' he
went up. Ile saw Jephson painted on a door. He knocked,
but-received no answer. lie and Wiseman then walked in St.
sohn'a Walks, until' St. Mary's chimes struck nine o'cloelte
they then went to the front gate of the college, the wicket of
..which only was open. Ile spoke to tleorge king, the porter;
abd in coneequenc.o of what lie raid, we went into All-Seine*
Church. We returned to the College at a get er ter before if/nit:lock,
astd.:M Ge Ring agent. I sawetnd spoke to a man of the table of
' Everitt. lese a t to the defendant's roonn_and, having knocked, the
defendant said, ""Come in." • The defendant when he yew ue,
...xeid, " Are you the two men who had me in hold list night ?",
'he trembled very much. 1 answered " We are," and I added,
;putting m*ar hand on his shoulder, "No one knows yonr mime
but us two. Here is your watch--it is of. no use to um." De-e
!Cadent was much agitated, and said, " Co, eta, tram* my
A.0",10 or ' I will call, somebody." Witnese maul, " YOU .are
welcome 'to' call, .1 will, help you." He. intmetiretely 'aid,
"'Hush netteh t not so hind." This wee on the.landingeplace.
14ritstese &Rowed him into his room, and xaid,. " fray, bar, hear.
wee." Derftoditnt exclaimed; trembling mueli in, hie sneech•-•-
'" Ctl) otit,-ga out of my room." C. tirreetnan,- Who *as on the.
Sta." e'illt;tUOUt* 44
Hart, come out of his room,'." WWI witnesx
„.4,14. When witness lefetherooni, die defendent shut the deor
as iruielfetehe Could. On Sandey morning witness.Wesappre-
hetetettlay Shallow the 'constable, end taken before Alderman
A brat. •• The defendant was not preitente Witness was detained
et Alt. Abbot's house from eleven .till prix on Sunday,: and
was then diechaeged. NVittess and the others had et very good
dinner at ehe house of, Mr. Shallow. They also received a
pound tit pieceefor the watch. The tienßutteree Wiaeman,
Welcheenta :whitest Wheat the dinners, The Butters ,were not
ut that enete.in.eutstody.. They also teCeived I/. ,ettcli. , ' .• •
Croee-examined by the COMMON SEIWEANT:-.-I.asked for
Mreeleplown's rooms, because the defendant told me, on Fri.
day rod=; that-that wag hie name.' . I did-tioe mention, ehat bee
eltre, :•Pr . i * thrgite it. , He alas) told me hia•Collegeiandiseid,
' ''s wl:leere in 11 conapiracy-agifnet • him.", When .I).Cainetup to
the defeffante he oteet in a stooping tettimile,ne-onelweelkbelf,l
carilletilineel P.': The defendant bid me le aek•the boy NV Itetiftri
he hail brit any thing wrong:" '': I fbrget tueriell don clean tet the
Magistrate. I did riot ask the boy that tittaitioli: I 'said -dre.:,
thineibeef girtte 'neither did 'hoer any one'eleedce so. He
einbratid Weide 'teveral timee. , • Ho was erninneing him,
ned convereing perhaps .dtiring the course of five minute'---
I saida" Milk I would. take him through, the streets like the
Illahtlee% , I •:tiaw• the defendant give %Veldt'. lie 'Gil. at the
gape betides what he gave hits in the field.. 1 mentioned that
to •thee nagietrite. :When ;.the defendant 'steeed his :raise,
the nett df the party might have heard it, if their ears were '
operte-TheY ,were near enough. I afterwarde ;asked the
othergeelrether they knew the . defendant's name? -' They an.
saver d, "'No ;"-otncl I • refueed to. tell thine; the defendant
had filbnded- so hard ,for mercy, I kept it.frotti eheni in mercy
to Pith, "1' did riot know that Shallow the Om:table was•after
the ote Saturday. I was at work all day ete•se. §ilinon's,
nexe tes thy•ustiel place of residence. I Was arresteit•bn the Sun-
. clay:` .11cithre I was examined, 1 was told that I Weida have to
answer a•eharee which Mr. Jeplison had made..: The constable
told ilei that Mr. Jephson had made a „cleiege egainet mee
When I frac made my appearance before Altleithan Abbott,
• Mr; Jephian's depositions were read over to tae.. Mr., Carrie
,gateaelie *sole.' (The .witness here corrected himself with .ree
:mete
t 6 the depositions having_ been read. over to hint. He said,
' :hat htelling ad whatsoever ha read over to him at Mr.
A bleit`e.l The Common Serjcant asked wh'ether, when the
memos WA brought before .Mr. Abbott, '. he' was not told by
Mr. Carrigan that Mr. Jephson,intil Made a complaint .with
reepeetlbbirn on the preceding evening i.
Mr. Nit 31t objected to this gtleation, the propiiety of which
was :supported by Mr. DENAIA?.4. , .. -
Mr. Sereeatit Bieeetat au rr.ruled that, the gueilidn ought to
•be put. ,
The qaeetion was then proposed to the witnees, who said—
Mr. Carrigan did not. mention to me, nor in my presence, that
Mi. Jephson had made n complaint against me. I was taken
up again on the Thursday.On the Friday I was examined,
.and I then heard the charge from Mr. Jepheon hiniself. Two
were examined on Thursday night, and lon Friday. The de-
:fend:lnt nnderwent a cross-ettmination by Mr. Peptic, who was
present. I was liberated on the Friday. Mr. Bays, the attorney
In this vroseentitin, Was present. Ile acted as my attorney,—
When I was liberated, rand the rest of the party put blue 6-
bands in our hats, and paraded the town. A paper Was drawn
up by Mr. Bayseandl endeavoured, by exhibiting it, to proeure
money. to pay the expense which we were at. I /looted After I had
. gene to three houses, I' mean the expellee of 'counsel and at-
torney, and other charges connected with the business. The
R. 12s:fid. Wee !inept of dotime.. There was a legit gentlemanpresent to assist the Magistrate with his edviee. • I stated lii•
fore the Alagietratti that I told Mr..leplison I would take him
through the streets like the. Bishop. They discharged nie
afterwards. I have not lived long in Barnwell; I have been
married four veers next October. My wife is supported in eat
honest'way t -I work for her.
Do yott ever accommodate any of your friends with your
wife ii—Witness (witli great warm), N 0,,; Sir no mare than
yokt do with you: wile.., . .
. .
ite,esamined.—"it the examination before the Magistrates
an Thursday, Counsellor Starke' appeared for Mr. Jephson.
Mr. Pemberton and Mr. Atchison were" also present on the
part of the defendatit on Friday.' I Wei inerelyenld to gate
what I had to say. .We -were' examined site-irately, and kept
apart eft& being examined. It was after this second discharge
that we wore the ribands: • We did so to shdiv our innocence.
About two hours after we were discharged on Teiday, we pre-
•terrtcl the charge against the defendant. • I am myself able to
carry on a prosecution. I am a journeyman cabinet-maker,
. , wad earn lflp.. a week, I.have a wife and child.
- • George Whientan lives in Barnwell, and is a:labouring man.
• :The witness relined his having gone with Hart, the two But-
ters, Langhatn, and Welch; to the field Where the-defendant
:lsh tho eppointmetinwith Welch, and narrated the drench-
. emcees Which occurred,.'•and -the expressions Abet were used,
' mostly as they were described by the last witness.
' Cresseexasnined by • the COfribiON' SELMA:gr.—I-d not
swear to any deposition, neither • did I see the deposition of ,
Joseph Hart. I had part of the dinner a Shallow's, part of the
ni,iney, and part of the watch. I
.did 'not. go about with blue
'at:tied& We were very comfortable at Shallow's. . I did not say
to the parties.—" You hayedone this well, and there is %trades-
min in Cambridge whom we will nectike next." -I die not re.
. ,eullect such a eonvereetion. I do not remember the name of
• •,ftr•l7' tradesman ioletet used. • Ican swear that I did not beer
,soy man's name mentioned as being guilty of that. I did not
hew any tradesman mentioned as a person to be accused. -I
;• , eittbarthett eo :such thing occurred.
, . .
utters44rtn..tr de used that' ha e was tabettrin'g man, and
r Int on the dith Of nay, along with 'Welch andeehe others to
the Uhl which had been pointed out by Welch; urbii. Willie"
want tnrnitgh a disgusting statement of the circumstances which'
had been detailed by the preceding witnem.l.' '. : •
. ...Croseiexamined Lay the ComeroruSEnorAtiv.—l took hold
. sefeehe boy when he ,crossed over the ditch', ',Sheller-0 no one
• fit: e wok hold of him, r •swea: I did not Nev :W. Jalth3"
• ecoetiore his name at all. I. du not recollect' thaf'St. Juhn's
'.; Ceillege, we* pleptioned. r.hild.lny allay! of niciney,ll. 12s.
.441, :if y 414. abqut with blue ribathii, but notiO.get tflOaaYe MI
meopt ,Witietrian and Zetighaiti went out. ',hex° never been
' ie:•teat laeltie or.dodging•young men and women about Ole gelds.
I tov.:r said that I had beettin the habit nr doing ti. f never
-tiiimi to a Pelson of the natne of gree. Carter about these
, ' lit.tTfa Ilium VlTrri. Carter, but 1 noep toid him that I got
Ln"„ol.4` LO dOif,ing"PePPle libOtki . . ' - ' ' • ' ' ' •
Aillr,Cit 1411”4,40 gap ovida,c4 41 the . s4i,TO effect the 443 t
witc ass. ~,,,,:„.
,i. /
~ . . ~..:,, ,
,-..ktiiii. Toal.gbim also thipzuil to tlia'glinSfict4: ': Ile staled,
.beeidoe tat . .teiels, in etne.afternoon • pellif. Ithla
,of May,"
• W*oo4ooll Al;feladant i,7 nereti; etibee,Wl6:eteseetnin tierOgli,
1
ni 4141,M7,.:11.; la; thfistaf, .f4r3, I.4alig, OW Opts Oit&parsona.,
Wticti said, ‘4',l'd swear that's Mt. Jephanq' ' 'tirltmeas re-.
ceived stone
, of the neon_ ,ee,.
. en,44-egArointitifY AV: Cfftfi.un..—T odefendant•said, " I
lAiec, tiotidrix left but my Vetch, end ilgive that fredY-" I
esee the noses green. 1 did no lee She silver.
.. . . at ow co u it.T.,—T first 'ear ,the defendant corning down by
•• .'.4!"hklilc,i< whir .wa;:h. i
I oftlrtvards-www hint in. the ditch. I
.. rase }tan t kbutten Ilia breeches n the,ilace.iehere we took hits
---ia .ti;,i 'ilitA',ll, -I saw ptitling panteul:..r . in !hic.drese. Ile
ee,ff! h !;hire roar *tat Or, oe:tees: UrAtY' nothing 'Articular about
... 4,l'r vtit of hilt elotbtil lathattitne. I .5.43V.W01C1A and defelldArtt
Ci,:rl,•o; do W 71 the'Ailiak :, .thoy ware close together.
le'leebetli Betters lives at Marti vrell. I:tenet-eget end Welch
, fere dining ather Imola Oh tha.Fritley,befere7.iart, Welch,
*ea. nee ul.lers were telteri un. - Welch 10. W it gentleman go by,
arl4-hainiroatliittay TM; ""Illen :s the gunk
:Hall,anti he could
;spear to hilt, whet: he was 40 meet," She.did,not know the
geetiernen. .
, .
.
, Gieenneaaniinial be the Cometote-Siettiigeelernel :caning
sky, that te the genttemsn.—(Mr. dephaon wive pointed out to
velenee,e):-. The gentleman, r:thiult, war* A bleekeroat. lie
lan! a hat, riot a ten tirkti4 head. , I, wars not sent for before the
, to azi,;tritth Whi.:llllle,partieti were. taken Up.
if imee I;oidiog wait at,Barnwel!.on' the Ifich of last May.—
'
Lila; ;;,gave;;,gaveWelch end the two Betters,: . Welch told bine and ale
two riettereehat he extieeted to Meeteorne,persona in the even.
t
*Ulf.' Welell showed witnese hie trowseis 4
.they were
, . torn he-
istA. ' He. fihOy434 al&tli a eiepenee, anti said a gentlemen had
givall it tu_hitn. We were unwilling to belleve.Whet he told us.
•• ' Proee-extentrred•iley,elir. Cnorgit,/ did net believe, him at
first, I did noleyn, with hits the fieid. ' ... • .
fre' examined•---I bgiievea-iiihi afterwards. I aid not at first
th,inic lan was telling truth. , ' - '
Robert Sehoon ex/mined. -4 Den a cabinetemaker. Hart
vinike with me. I saw Welch no. site Idth of Meet. I had some
lieiveceettitm veith him. Ile expected to ;11%,‘ e person in the

.evening. Ile did pot ,anew me his trowsert. seid he kaa
got 6d. Ile did.not ask me to go with him.
Mary Sahnon lived at Barnwell.—She recollected seeing
Welch on the 16th of May last, He spoke of seeing a feentle;
man that night, Hart and several other perstins were-there.
Cross-examined by Mr. Coormu.-1 did net go befcce the
Magistrate on this or any other occasion. ..
Win. iiveri,t,nne of the servants ofot, John'e College saw
Hart at .the gate: of the College on die night• of the 17th of
Mar. Ile saw him speaking to the gate-keeper.
.trose-examined by the Cols MON SEII.JEANT.I do not
km* that the defendant called'on'Mr. Carrighart during the
Saturday.- He was tretpaentle in the courts, I have been
abdut 19 years connected -whit the college, and never knew a
man of more chaste, virtuous, and correct character and conver-
sation. I know the del'eralant left rainbridge for Londorrun
the Sunday. but I don't know at what time.. I did no;.: see
him after nine o'clock in the morning. I waited upon. him ;
but did not put up any clothes for him on that day.
James Orange, a labooret., watt Working in the gravel:pits at
Barnwell, in 'May last. He 'did not work on the 16th, it was
so rainy.
bicherd Hart anti Thomaa Buieidge deposed to therepairing
of certain fences on the premises v'hcre the offence was said to
have been committed, inibeectuently to the pith of 31tty last.
Anna Markham lives at•Barnwell, and: knows Jas. Welch,
`,whose aunt she is. , She reeneeibere Fridey, the 16th of May,e
' on which day Welch told her something about meeting a gen. -
tleman. I saw Mr trnwsers. • They. • were, not torn in the
morning, but they were: torn when ,be.caMe home. She had
no conversation with hirq as to what took plece in the morning.•
Abbott; Ese.—l'etil a Magistrate of. this wen.—
The defendant made a complaint to tne of certain petsons
unknown on the 17th of May, which .sees. withdrawn-0U the
Sunday following. rtothie., charge was tirade on, the. Thure.
slay following against flan, Weiemini; end::Botters, That
elste was disiniesed. the Friday. evening....,-2).'ehtiviee WWI
ensile -on the- same evening against „Ilephson, .31r,
Pryme attended; for the prosecution, Mr, "Storks Witt pre-
gent for the defenlant. Mr. Hunt-was my seseisor.-...-Hart was
thkortly witness examined in support ofahe charge. He was
not cross-examined. • Recognizance' -werii.entered into by the
defendant on the evidence-el that fle gave security him-
'self in 600/. and two sureties in 3091. each. The witness pro-
duced the depositions mane -14, Mr. Jepbsen en the Saturday
and on Thitreclay.l NeitherWieeertan, Hart ,"tier tapi'df the
-other parties were eWorn, when accused by'Mn.Jeplisen'. Hart
was sworn When he came- fotward to make his charge on the
Friday.: Thedtpositions• were their milt %They • were -both
precisely the same except that on Saturday the accusation was
against persona unknown; but on the 'Thursday the tunnel of.
the ,parnes accased were mentioned. • The deponent stated, that
in retorting frail) the Cherry.flinton•-road, he entered a field
for an occasion of nittla.e. 'A bay was in the field, who annoy-
ed him very touch, byegaing •about hint.. The boy whistled
in a curious manner.
.11e asked 'hint what he whistled for?
He answered " I always whistle'. When I' am • alone." .Depo-
nent then wished to "o into another field, and asked the boy
whether there was a gap ? • ..The boy said, in a surly tone, "It'
you look, you may find Deponentehen went through a
gap into the corner of another field, and took down hie small-
clothes. At that moment several men rushed on him. One•
of them said, " Qlt I we've-found you 'it lest—you are very
punctual." Ile asked Whether they were going to murder him ?
They said, " No ; we'll take pia to Purchates, like the Bishop.
There would be plenty• of girls to- look at him." Deponent
now perceived that they wiehed to charge him with an unite-
Ural crime. He told them his name and College, and that
he would go with them. -to Mr. Alderman Purchas. .Two.
of the men had hold of, the boy. One .of the men ;aid—
" If you give us money enough, we'll let you go."' • At this time
the deponenew strowsers were down;: 'hut he was now per-
milted to pull them up, 'and,- anxious to free himself from the
persons who surrounded. him, he put his hand in his pocket
and gave them three one pound Cambridge bank notes and 9s.
6d. One of them said, " That is not enough." Another
observed, " Perhaps the gentleman has a watch." On tellich
deponent took his wetch from his waistcoat pocket and gave it
to him. They then let him go, and when lie 'enteeed. College.
before he proceeded to-his own chambers, lie went to those of
his friend Mr. •Carrighan, -and related all the circumstances.
The next day he.mene a depoSition before Mr. Abbot. •
Appended to the deposition wax an account-of the croie-exa.
mination etf Mr. .lephson by Mr. Pryme, at the time of his
making the second charge. Ile then admitted that, 'on the
morning of the l'6th• of Alay, ho went along -by the field de-
scribed by Welch: Ile could not Say the men demanded mo-
ney, but he did not. give Up his moo, or his
~watch until he
understood, from the language that was used, that. there Vas.
an intention to charge hint with an unnatural offence. On Si-
Willey he learned item Abe name of one of the men was Hart.
He did not state that to the Alegietrate. . lie, went to leendon ,
on Sunday, and ori; his • return- inquired whet steps had been
taken, as he had authorised his Ken& to act generally for hint.
Mr. Abbott, ecoss-esatti luta bY 014st:0)am° LIU E
W lines% hai been Magistrate for 13, years. Never knew a
man who bore a higher character than the def.,:ndent. M
son called at my hatise, burdid not,sce me. I, in consequence.
waited onlhim. Mr. Jepliaon, Mr. Cureighati, and Dr. Haviland
were not, at one titue,.itt thy louse, 'on the Saturday; but I
saw them all, and conversed with them on the subject. • hart
came before me °tribe following day, and made a statement .1
don't know of my own knowledge when Mr: Jephson left Cam-
bridge. 1 did not see Mr. '..leplison after the name' f Han was
known, front the Saturday until. the following Thursday.
This charge was withdrawn. -.The 81, to. which alluitioa has
been made, as having been distributed werteraised
by three gentlemen in my dining-1-OM. Dr. Havilend, I be-
lieve, handed them over. 1 cannot Say whether Mr. Jephson
Ai or did not know :thy thing about thent. Mr. Jephson and
Mr. Atcheson. came to me on the Thursday. I advised them
not to proceed, until Mr. Prytne cattle. He was, however,
busy elsewhere, and the btiainen.vrept on before he came.-
By Mr. PR Y M'E.—The depositions of Mr. Jephson were
taken before you (Aar. Pryme) came, and they were afterwarl4
teed ever to you. • .
.Janies Savage had surveyed the grounit,and made a plate of
it. In the road leading.to the cricket.ground, there is a gate,
which does not fill the road. Tiler() is a hedge at each side of
it. The hedge is about eight feet high. -,The toed Le about 20
feet broad. l'he gate not mete than nine feet. If a person
wanted to quit the road for a purpose of nature, the hedge
would be a place private enough. •
-Ctotes-examited btethe COMMON Strio eat/v.—lt was im-
possible for any' person to:see to the right ,and left from the
gate. You cotild see up the ditch and road from the-gate, but
unless you opened the gate or looked over it, you could MR sea
a person in lite position Ise spoke Of. ' ,
,By the CotenT.—lt is not it public road. A person coming
from the cricket-grennil could see an individual by this hedge
—but an individual on the Main' road could nut.•

This was:the case far the prosecution. '
The Cox 4(Ole SERGEANT, who appeared much exhausted
from having' 'cress-examined nil die witnesses for the prosecu-
tion exeepting two, the defendinee other Counsel being engag‘d
in the other Court,. itaid,'•-it now became his duty to offer to the
Court and Jury such argetuer.ts and observations as were ne-
emery to the cause of the defendant—a man holding a consi-
derable Mari of refined eduation—a tvan of
duet profession whic.ii should proclaim him untimervingtif any
criminal charge wboteven and lout of all it charge so disgust.
ing and -disgraceful, in its nature--:a nian also, who, • as they
had heard from twa Witnesees who 'knew him, was ever con-
sidered before. the present -moment . as a person of excel-
lent morals, etnelecif Most unexceptionahle character. They
were called on to believe thatthie,getitleman had not only for-
gotten the eltaMeter be bad 10,16/16 and eo:unifernity borne, not
only that - he: had ceminleted:ittmettlf ,to :the mercy of the
low stranger wlioin he, accidentallyenet in a temete piece, not
only that he had eubiiiittect:to pure!easethe-sdenCe of -the wit-
.messes with respeezw thttintatliMitrlktAbrou,KbtAgaill'it hi"'
but that ha hu4, thought proper- to brtng his infamy before a
Magistrate. tn the first place; 'arld'hifote a Jury of:lns•cotintry
in thonext, merely Wet hte might by:hin owo;reisb teetcdeprive
itbnself of the benefie of that secrecy evitich he was said to have
purchased. ,4,t least tic :Tighe v. shire to bbeervee that when
a charge bf this kind was made; it taught •teebe founded on the
evidence •of witnesses riot -noly.:rinttleiTOtie and strong, but
reputable, conabgent,-wieli thernselves,, and uncontmdicted by
others ; . and receiving all the ccinfirtnation which the na-
ture of the 'vette demanded:- His Learned Friend, who in
his eloquent and, etisboratte address had occupied two hours
in laying before tli4 eotirt every, thing that could operate
awootnientrtthpeadee.feoleiniteternibbititnlg• told their' that the buinan mind
effectually- the tide of prejudice
which such a (::cie, this was ealtilated to produce ; and he
called on them to dismiss from their memories every thing that
was not proved tie oath before the 'Court.. This WAS a very,
wholesome admonition ; and he would add, that it was more
difficult to guard 'against prejudice : in this entre than
in any other vriuttever, otter din ehirge had been made
in all cornpeniee-e.in all Newspapers--after it bad been made
the common topic of barbarous, relentless, heartleassdeatrue.
five calumny. This case was now brought before them' and
with the prejudice; which had been thus generated, the defend.
ant bad to contend. in deciding on such u case, the most well-
meaning men ought to'guard against their feelings ; for the
greater tlieir integrity, anti the more pure their minds, the deeper
would be their hatred anti detestation of this crime t and good
men were but too ready-to rush to the conviction of the truth of
etch a charge, bac:singe, when it. was made, limn imity and nature
stint their eye% against it, and refused to enter into the loatle.
some investigation. ritany of the observations of his Learned
Friend, and much of the evidence, did cot bear on the case,
and coufd.have no other effect than to exhaust the mired and
distract the attention. They had been now ilearly 1(1 boors on this
case, and he would ielk whether witness after witnese had not
ceJled into the box, of whom he did not think it necessary

to ask a single question,- because; the eet idence did .not affect-'
the charge. Of what consequence was the evidence of Richard-
Hart and Burritige' aboet the -Mending of fences and the
state of the ground? Such evidence was useless to the pro-
secutor, but would afford ethe defendant's Counsel consider-
able latitude for observation, because it showed the bad-
ness of the case, and the necessity there was for intro-
ducing matter which wield divert the attention from the
real. faete. He did net deny .that witnesses had been tolled
before them, who stated 1 case that deserved to be inquired
into--a case this ought to be got .rid of by strong reason.
ing, by strong obeervation,. and by a minute investigation_
of 111 its parts. 'Those witnesses stated what they alleged"
they had heard and seen ; and if one-tenth of their statement
were true, then the defendant hail not about him one quality
that belonged to man, unless,, indeed' the desperate courage
with which he had risked hie fume and reputation.could be ac-
counted one. Then, indeed, most he be, in the most extensive
sense of the terms, " a person of a lewd, abandoned, wicked,
and evil. life," to use the phraseology of the record. His
Learned .Friend had told them that they ought to dismiss from
their .hinds every • thing they had heard out of doors on this
subject: but he had not told, them that every-day maxim of the
courts, that a case of doubt was a wile of acquittal—that jurors,
if they did not see their way distinctly through all the links.
which farmed the chain of gnilt, were bound to acquit. He,
however, did • not call upon the Jury to act upon that maxim. ,
He called upon them,
.if; they had,. in the end, a doubt upon'
their minds-, not to acquit, but to convict. If he did. not
clearly show, them that the defendant was innocent of this fpnl
crime, let them find, him guilty. He, as Counsel for Mr. 'kph.-
son, with Mr. Jephson by hia Bide, celled on them to do so. They.
Stood there not for, an Old Bailey ecquittale-they stood for repel-
' tation. Any but a full and .perfect acquittal would be a nue-
fortune to,the defendant. The publicity which this day's pro.
.ceedings would receive, would lee a dreadful aggraVation ot.tbe,
evils of his sitreition, aitice lie ramo into Come this dap,. iwthe
preemie of hie 3/tikerunil of his country, denying the
alto ether. Ile wee not elea.gged befeee the ;court as 'he was
on that lementeble night i'. me—he Caine herd-freely, voluntee.
rilyeecourting. the lidlesttitetuiry,, and sibmitting..hitneelf to
the enlighted justice pia British tribunal. He would State what
hifedefence was. It vas exactly that which. ehe;defendant had
' declared the transeetion to be on, the night when it occurred-
namely, that the whide was a foul "tend wicked conspiracy,
-eupported by titer Moat abandoned perjury, and diseloeing.
the most improbable story that was ever told although prop,
pod up by some eircumetancee which were ;knitted, to' have .
,happened. .Ilechargtil the witnesses against the. *defendant-
.
with conspiracy, parenry;.and subornation oflierjury-evidi the.
arrangement of evidence, that they might defend themselves'
in the best manner,. by accusing one who was prepared to pro-
secute them. Such Conspiracies were not new in the history
! of the world. Almost rem the beginning of mankind such
conspiracies were amongst the 1110.1 t common things that occur-
'
• red,. only varying according to the society in which their
be operation was to applied. 'The-sons of Belief were about
the oldest faMily in the-world, though certainly not the most
respectable. That, race was to be found in all countries—
sometimes accusing persons before the inquisition—sometimes
exerting their arta to get rid of- persons whose Valente or whose
virtues excited their hatred. Sometimes they were seen, in the
shape of spies and informers, betraying the victims they had
first seditced, and in every instance they would find there were
some circumstances apparently true and apparently strong,
which was the foundation on which they built that which was
evidently .false. Without some ' mixture of truth, falsehood
could never enter a Court of Justice. Is a man to be accused -
of attempting the virtue of a mauled woman, his garment
mast be left in the chamber of the person attempted,—
the woman must be proved to have been in the -garden
where she was alleged to have committed adultery—if
Queen Ann Boleyn is to be accused of incontinence with her
brother, some levity of conduct must be tuldueedin Support- of
the charge ; ancl.he hid known an instance, where the mime-
t rited insults -offered 'to a wife by the husband himself, Were
• supposed to have been sufficient to drive her to a course of
abandoned profligacy, and then be himself brought forward
chargee,foundeden that probability, which nothing hut his own
shameful actions had - caused and created. Its should like
to know eomethiug ofehe.previoue character of those witnesses.
They all appeared to be 14 a low situation ; and they all lived,
it seemed, mehe snore yard at Barnwell. _ They, had the whole
of Saturday, the 17th may, to .consult en what they should
do. to avert the.danger which they appreliended,• andthey felt
that they had but one course to take—that of frighten.
hug ahe defendant out of the country. Certainly Mr. Jeph-
son cohld. not -have remained an hour after their plan was
perfected, if censcious innocence had not borne him out: it
was not in the human heart to conceive that any man could
come forward to meet such a chargeunleite he had the apprOba.
thin of his own conscienee. Ile could easily conceive that
many a man, against whom_ such a crime wee alleged Unjustly,.
would die broken-hearted, wanting the firmness, and •-eotntige.
necessary to meet it. They knew that there were.persons whq
haunted the streets of London, and day after clay extorted money
wider oda:horrible threat. Too often, he feared, did they pill,.
sue. their victims. even to 'the. grave. ,In• this. eaeo,! fohniUttel,Y,
they had evidence, which he thought'. wai•oonclintiVe, to show-
that the charge ciittltl not be: true. His Learhed friend had, stated, that two persons who were • exainined, bad brought the
defendant:s watch toltis-elitiMbera On the Saturday. 'lie clued
'to say; that those perSorikin describing the 'perturbation of the
defendant; Itaej not exaggernted it. eliuhlielteved Abet the .best
Actorthet ever existed. could not adequately -express the nine.
lion of amen ihtisave beforabint two wretches wholit d accuse
ed him eiiangfeilly. t e-rnott heart-sickening. crime. ,When
his ,Learn'ed .I?netad ;Mid them Vita. check-41414004 :refusal-of
the watch was proof of his guilt, he .knew not what the jury
felt, but he cettanilY felt the Utmost amazement., •.It wan true,
those persona had found the defendant witithis breeches-At-Mt
his kneee, a.situation . from which every- man.wenild like to be
relieved Op .to -that poiot, , and to 'that poine wip. did the
truth estend;eand. it .wan thily admitted): it was true they
had got. pbeseseioiie of his watch, which, it' they brought
forward their- cherete in a Court of 'Justice, would , be proof
•and cenfirialation of its verity. - The defendant knew all this ;
and lie would asks-if he were conscious of guilt, raust• they
not believe him triad, if he did uot, when opportunity allowed
hint, get back the watch—get back that proof of criminality, at
any expiince .whifsbever.?: It was impossible, if he were a
guilty man, that he could have heard the prOposiiion of-those
persons with any other feeling but that of satisfaction. The
pss..sKion.,af the Watch. would at once remove the proof of his
guilt, and he would then be out of their hands.- But if this
were a. true fact, what would they think of the' still stronger fact
which was,in evidence .before them ?
.0n the very n.;lht the
crime was itaith to have been committed, when. he was to that
situation which looked like guilt, when hie watch had been,
taken ficim him; 'what did lie do ? On that very eight-be-
fore •he went to-his own rooms,. he• consulted a friend ou the'
subject. _His Learned Friend said,' " /tio !. no !" Ile
would say, " Yes ! yes !" He had thought limper to read
the deposition of Mr. Jephson, and it was stated in that tie-
position, that he called on Xr. Cerrighan before he werit to :his
own rooms... Mr. Carrighan was his friend, he admitted ;, but
whetted friexdshititpeo4
todrdo, with aought
tocasheaovef thheieendoescureipdtyniteeltihre.
Csrrighnn, he i eo
must say, that it was unparalleled In the history of the criminal
jurisdiction of this country, to give a deposition fn eeidenceSand
afterwards to sea, that any feet contained in it was not roved,
wihout calling witnesses to disprove it. I.lhat which he had
stated was a fact that (guided Mr."Jephson to a. verdiet. If Mt.
Carriglum thought him guilty, he would, have driven Win front
his chambers; but on the Saturday, they found him acting-with.
Dr. Havilanth, and bringing the eliargeesainet those patterns be-
fore Mr. Abhott—the one a itafagistrate, the other two reSpect-
abliaellows ot- college co which the defendant belenged: Why
also was not..Shallovl the constable called ?, Wli)hwalt not-Mr.,
aunt, the•bliffbiteprif this town, who'acted as- assessor to the
megistetiee, examined a It was.aaid,.becattie lie left CainbriaAti
on the Soli-day, that be abandoned dee first charge.. But
did be not ,zeturn „on the Weelliestleyeatid institute a freati
charge ? At that occasion he underwent it '-crosieexiitnina--
tion
_(ii eircumetances :which, as the xiefelitiant wax the person
who made the acCusittion4 was most extraordinary), and, it then
appeared that he had -given directions to 'Dr.l.laviland and
btr. Carrighan to ;Let for .grim generally. But Yet though he
wig 60 miles olt; and could not know what those gentle-
men might do, .lie was made, responsible for.their proceedings.
friends." t' h 'hen c
The defendent, as a rational Man, r am too mueb ogle.
tatid
hiattgwe as ,
business on, and I wilt therefore leave it
to mytofri can
defendant
made
it uP..and Withdrew the
said.
deniedt at
thet e
statement.
wee not present. 'Did he
.get the watch ? 62., it apPeared,
were given to those leersons on account of the watch-a pro-
ceeding of which be. did not approve—but Mr. Jephson
had nothing to do .with it:. lie went to I.fondori and 're-
turned on Wednesday, with Mr. Atcheson, the friend of his
youth and of his family, to renew the charge which he could
not, pursue on Saturday, and yet that was made matter of
infeeence and implication against hint.
Hie Learned Friend
said, the defendant had agreed to the dismiettal of the chargewhen he knew the named of all the parties..lie denied
. this and ' they locked to the- evidence, they would find
that there wait not one word
that bore Out this assertion..
Then much stress was laid on the dinner given to these men,
as if he had presided over it, or had any tiling to do with it.
—At that time lie was on his way to town, and wherever blame
attached, he was clear of it. The Learned Gentleman then
proceeded err animadvert on the remarks which had been mede.
, on the piece which the defendant had selected to retire to ; and
observed, that üban.u,rnan felt that sort of call, be could not
take time to select a place, but must eeke that which seemed
on the niotnentsto i,a the nicest convenient and proper... Hie.
Learned Friend had observed that the read near this ph. ~ was
only an occupation road, but it was quite notorious Suet all
roads in the neighbourhood e of great towns were made use of

—the people would go into them in spite of opposition. The
Learned Gentleman then
.proceeded to contend that the de-
fendant.could .not heyegone Into this field for a bad purpose,
because the criaket-ground Wei higher than the held, and over-
looked it. He Would -trey; ,cothe to the evidence for the prose-
cution, and examine hoer far ,it was consistent and entitled to
belief. The first witness•weet the boy. His Learned Friend, in
opening the ease, lectrud to anticipate a great many contradie.
tidies. He (Mr. D.) felt no sitc.h.anticipations. lie knew those
parties could not have Met-each other KO often without melting
_their evidence verypeifeet. The Learned Gent. proceeded to •
comment on the evideute. of Welch, and pointed out thegross
improbability of the defendant's conducting himself in the man-
ner which. had been despribed to a perfect stranger. A men
that could act in this ,rnanner.; who could so conduct himself in
the gap of a hedge, within view of a cricket ground, would_ be
more fit for bedlam :than for • n grave judicial proceeding.
Could they believe that hitch violence was used towards"this.boy
as would have been necessary to tear his trowsers ? Assuredly
they could not: e And ,then the defendant, it was said, kissed
him. Where was his English blood when such an insult was
offered ? WhYetlide he_ hot lay the .offender low ? Bet did
he tell his aurae:if this .repeoutre? Lank to the evidence.;
tici, he did note.- 4a-stated that he did tell her ; bus that
was contradicted by his aunt's testimony: and if he swore. tklsely
instance, why net in another ? Mrs. Hart was one of the
persons en Whom .he said ha•teld his story, but she was not cult.'
-ed.. The.boy stated. that.. he painted nut " the gentleman" to
:Elizabeth 'Butters' end others. 'But !einem» .said, that he
salted 'out, when some person wee going ley, " That is Mr.
Jephson.". This was num *evidential ; because; as Leinglitim
had. received nolle.o( the Money; his evdence tended greatly to
etrengthen.theeeaeee. • But this statement could not be true, be-
'cause the newieof Jelthecin had not then been mentioned to any
of the Partye , The, statement was clearly fake, •and. .theiee,
who spoke .to the observation of the boy, when the gentle-.
man passed; directlyeentradieted leengliarn. Besitiete if Such a
Men were ooitued,oot going:thtough,Barnwelle truer. there a
dbubt that .a ,:crowd watild7purvue him If- there wet a
pond near the niece, would' he not have been docked in- it?
They ..kneweveleeth Alit ladies, felt on those subjects Ile
ream' glad they did' se Pale, it was fit they ilioaltte for .natnre
litnplented that feeling: in them.' They Cove :teethe to the
evening when the transaction took Awe. Here, the wite
nessea, tlifferatieein sonic points, but agreed in most as they
must necessarilydo: 'tee(ee( stated' that the defendant-ern..
braced the boy several times; but the'hofsitated eio such thing.
hife also• spoke too, the sum of 18d. -being offered to Welch,
but Wilde' sold -'nothifig-about it. eWettlieteOW.. swore, that
when he would not come to terms, the defendant said," Therese'
money enough for ------ .i" :but he had forgo•ten this be-
. fore: the Magistrate. If he could . forget such a circuen-.
stance, it went to vitiate his memory in every other respect.
Iltit if the defendant were,. such a monster as to indulge in.
those horrible propensities, could he—could any man,
use such odious language as was ascribed to him ?
Could such expressions efiille front the lips of clergymen
or gentlemen under any circumstance ? The Attorney •in
this cause wail Mr. George Henry Bays, whose name he
heard connected with a-bill of indictment almost immediately
after he entered the Court. His Learned Friend asked," what'
had his conduct to do with this case ?" It certainly Inuit° do
with it, when he found Mr. Bays sending these men round
With a paper drawn up by himself, for the putp.ose of obtairiing..
money to pay their expencee, the largest of vele& was, he sup-
posed, the attorney's bill. They went to three houses, but
stopped at the fourth, because-the door was shut in their face.
•The crime of extorting money, by threatening to charge a man
with an unnatural offence, was by Act of Parliament a highway
robbery, whether the charge were false or true; and, for hie
part, if any distinction were-to be made, he thought the crime.
was more heinous when the
.charge was true; for those who
took money to. conceal it, became, as it were, the panders to
that detestehlo Offence, and defeated the justice of the country.
With this crime did these Wretches accuse the defendant;
and; Traving done- so, could any one believe themwhetethey
spoke of feeling compassion for Mr. Jephson—compasSion
for him whom they had threatened to drag through the streets
like the Bishop. If he were really peaty, they ought that
moment to have taken him before Mr. Purchas. This tkey
had not done; they had basely sold their kagimolly accord-
ing even to their • own story. They said the mone_y was
freely given. Hart deposed, that when he was desired
to put his hand ineo jr. deplisonss .pocket, and to take
his money, he said " • No, you'll indict use for robbery :"
Was there ever such a barefaced scoundrel? 'Wnsallere ever
one who better undetstood what he was about? "
.If Juke the
Money," thought he, " titat will not be a free gift ;." an:l'6in he
threatens to drag the defendant tp Cambridge like the Bishop;
which threat he knew would answer every purpose. Mr. Jephson
now perceived what the partiesmeaut to do,and like any other man, '
lee
called .on
ss;
tgluivyTtlie goldn i
wai anxious to extricate himself froM them. It wainet secrecy
Olathe wanted to buy. No, for lie immediately disclosed the whole
business.
utodercidatttlate case
ndisewonlul4dtibwavheenwtehreny
a different appearance t but he refused to have any eommunii.a.
thin With then). • Was not this airroof,of innocent*, One part
of the evidence must strike their attention -Porterftilly.• It- was
sworhahat the defendant went tin-thigh the gap, and was fallow.
ed by the boy, at the very time when lie was leaving him, saying
"Of yen are a very hard yo aura
took you for. How stood lite evidence't you are net the person 1
? Hart and Wleeneinspoke
strongly, the Butters omitted some important points, end Lan-
ham destroyed the cause altogether. The evidence which was ex-
tracted 'from hhn by the Learned Judge overact the whole of the
testimony:that bad been given. The boy said that the defend.
eta carne along the hedge to the gap, with hii person exposed.; '
but Langharn positively swears that he saw the defendant pus
along the fence, and that he observed nothing particular in
his
believed his evidence,
dieSs. If 'this man were called for the detente, and they •
they must conclude' that the whole
statement was a glees* falsehood: According to his testimony,
there .were no embreces'—th'ere were no trow seri down 34
the defendant Walked by the hedge. But where and' when did
he unbutton 41i the place where those wretches rushed upon
him, and long after the other witnesses had described that
circumstance to. have oceurred ? This put an end to lire
case for the prosecution, and triumphantly set up that
of Mr. Jepheon. What was the reason, when Hart went
before the Magistrate' on tl:e Sunday 'morning, that he alone
was "ekinfined, and neither the boy nor Wiseman ? This
circumstance proved the truth of lips former observation that,
when a case of thie kind came before a Magistrate, he would
rather forego the: dote, of his office; whiehe under ordinary
eircurnetenees, he conscieetiouely performed, them in you-
gate a question 'which must lead to such horrible,-diagustiag,
and revolting statements. Why, he asked, after*Hart had
tttatcel what he admitted he had stated, was he• not sent to take
his trial ?. When he declared that he threatened to drag the dc.
fondant through the streets like the Bishop, coifed it tie doubted
that he wanted to extort money ? The Magistrate, he contend.
ed, might to have minutiae(' him, and not have allowed -him
to pardtle the streets with blue ribande in his hat, insulting,
decent society. ,The Magistrate had, it appeased; the as-
sentence of a Learned Burneter, And beeves astonished that,
after two days examination, any trierscould' have doubted that
-•this peetton, en his own showing, WV guilty of robbery. The
Learned (ientleman proceeded, as allusion had been matte to
the
.Bishop, to draw a very powerful comparison harem the Con:
duct of th eptetate who recently flied froth this country and that of
the defaidant, who nohly stoitel forward in defence-of his moral
character. lie.then adverted to the great respectability of the indi-
viduals who had come from every part of the kingdom to speak to
the Moral:worth and purity of mind by white the defendant
Yard.always. been distinguished ; and concluded by observing,.
that the. ,defendant who was then sitting by his side eweited,
hot wire:out deep anxiety, the 'ague of. this iequiry, bee at the
same time, with perfect cnnfidence, tlere the:, fury weelte reeteie
him to hie character, to his friende, anti to le:spun:4. •

The follesing were then -
The; Ito,. Dr. Wood, Master St...losbn's,College—lte.
knew Alr.,leibton..for. about ?to yeah,llis conduct was 1:al.:.
forinly exernpr.ry e. ' He was assistant tutor' en the -Ccil.nie,
and would- net have been plated in that situation;
.if his moral
character had not been *itliout taint or suspicion.
The Rev. it.. Tatham,. public orator to the Universfity....
Witness had lived in 'thogollege since 1796. • He lied known
Mr.Jephsonintimately since • His moral qusiitits,
chastity and:decorum, were perfectly unexceptionable in every
respect.,. He never before heard any reprOach Whacever cast.
against Mr: dephsOnS character. He was most exemplary in
the performance of au his College duties ; and, said the Rev.
:Gentleman; I.heard with the utmost surprise the words
which were put into his mouth. For myself, I never heard
any thing°fall from hiM that even approached an indecent ex.
pressiorn, Mr. Jephson is a rnau of refined moral sentiment." •
. •.'rho Rev.. T. W.' ifornbuckle, a Member of St. John's Col.
lege, had lived there since 1793: Wai acquainted With Alt.
Jephsort., since 1800: • He had been most intimatel!.• acquainted
With him for nine or ten years. Ilia general character.and Con-
duct in College were unexceptionable. For moral senUnient
and decorous conduct, he was most reinarkable. Since he
kricw Mr: Jephson, its a Fellow, be considered him to he poi-
sessednf a stronkreligious feeling. For some years he had the
care of the parish of liorningsey, to which the College appoints,
and he bid every reason to believe that he discharged his duties
most torteddy..
The Rev. C.,Blieke, Fellow of St. John's College, kne*:3lr.
Jepligoir since October 1802, ,t1:41 he could declare frotu Ins own
experience that Air. Jophson's general character fordecorum
and morality: wax quite irreproachable.

Y. Brown, Esq. of Brighton, stated that he was first cousin to
Mr. „rephSon. He knew Mr. Jeplison from his earliest infancy,
and wash habits of the closest intimacy with bim. From per-
sonal knowledge of Ids character he could assert that bis moral
feelings and sentiments were most pure. Ile always considered
}lip 44 model of propriety. If he wished to point out a Spec;.

Men of purity of mind, Mr. Jeplison. was the man he would
select.
Nathaniel Atcheson, Esq., solicitor of Duke-street, -.West-
minster, had been Confidentially acquainted with 111r.Jepheon's
family since-1784. The character of ..11r. Jephson for decorum,
propriety, and chastity was excellent and unexceptionable. •
1)r- lee, a Moor of Laws. residing in Bedfordshire, bed
known Mr..Jephson since 1802. He' knew him as under-gra-
duate and fellow for It years. He never knew him to tell a
falsehood in:his life, nor to use an immoral word. His general -
character anion-get Alltiti friends was excellent. -•
• It. Dalton, Esq., of Sufiblk, was acquainted with Mr. Jeplis
son for 211 years , /le knew him as a school-fellow, and at
Cambridge, most Intimately. He always thought him, and
held-him up as; a, model of morality. His morality was with-
out affectation, and his religion without ostentation.
The Rev. James flicks knew Mr. Jephson five or six years.
4-lis conduct in the performance of all his duties was irreproach-- . •
able. He never' betore heard of a shadow of taint on his cha7
The Reverend Dr. Webb, Master of Clare Hall, knew Mt.
.rephson intiniately for IN or 14 years. He considered his
moral iharacter to be Most exemplary.
. The Rev. Philip Dodd, rector of Penshorsts Kent, W tale'
tortire in tit. John's College. He knew Mr. .lepitson from his
boyitood.up to the present time. His character had always been
moat exemplary. No man's could be mere so. He had' a
moral-and well-regulated mind.
The flew T. W. Barber knew Mr. Jephson since October,
180. lie. had heti a perfect opportunity of knowing him, a°
resident Fellow in that University. His character ivas not
merely good, but most exemplary. He had frequently dis-
licoursed with him on theological subjects; and he appeared to Cn-
ter into them with-a keen and moral relish.
'tire Rev. Mr. Musgrove knew. Mr. Jephson intimately well
. •
klOrningsey, of which parish he had the care. Ile knew
about seven years. His general elia,reeter for morality was 0X-
.6:11?9,t in every respect. . . •
,
-Mr. Thomas /limy in and Mr. `.'Tyson., two of due F '•
riahioners of Hornin,,'tey, ezoke in the highest terms of, r. •
lepletools mural. qualities. His charity and his attaltl'a to
Iris duties were the theme of general. Praise,'
Theiteverend'W; 8.. Whitfield, of Esint, had known Mr.
Jephson for 14 or 15 yearet- 'general Character CROW not t
exceeded for morality and dicorum. '
Josephs Artiohl,-Xsq. -of Catnberwell, knew Av. Jephson=(!i-
-13 years,-- • His character was Unexceptionable.- •
The Rev, Morgan Jones, 'formerly a Velloi'Of St. Jobn's
•Qollege, was most intimate with Mr. Jeplieon' until he (air
Jones) left.Gellegc, and a moat friendly' intercourse was still
kept up between them. Ile bed' a perfect opportunity of kaow-
•ing Mr. Jephsonfii character,- which Was truly excellttit. ' '
R. J. Palk, Esq., Lincoln's Inn ; -the Rev,-Henry Walter,
East India College John Striven; Eso.„ .Infier Temple the
'Rev. Vi'mthorp, Fellow Of St. John's ; die Bev. 1V• '
Dunce. Canterbury ; the Rev. Keene, 'East loam Col-.. •
lege ; the Rev. .1. B. Wilkinson, lialesteorth, Suffolk; and
the
jduncerllkvhtn.rseo.gew—ig)hninctticolGlß:icarairoleaocshie.rign., Durham—all spoke moat highltef
ulleitnetTWeiblenerittr(tirohgtlll.geah3tddiils to
the
Jury
at
. out such contradictions AS appeared in the tthesceutiwtmelnoni°"ireg,°:Prith‘retime-1i312
remarking on those parts which were corroboratire of each
other, or woe' in unison with the deposition-of the defendant.
In adverting to the testimony in favour of the defendant, lie
observed, ths, Mr. Jephsoo'a delicacy of sentiment was parti-
cularly mentioned, and such delicacy of sentiment he beta to
be wholly irreconcilcable with the expressions he is said to have,
used.
At twenty.minutes after twelve o'clock, the Jury retired 0 !
consider their verdict. In half an hour they returned with a • •
verdict of Not Guilty. The Foreman of the Jury, hof'lter,
Ilh added, " That ey were all of one opiniOn, brit that °FPO!
was wavering. They all bad a doubt:of the guilt of botlL,Ps" ,
ties ; but 43 his Lordship had Said, that in ente,rf
tamed a doubt on the subject, that doubt should. be turned,
the benefit of the defendant, they, far that reason, acquitted
him." •
The trial lasted from nine o'clock on Wednesday meriting, •
till phouritsoft onetine
oopelTocikir
way
sy
still crowded
deTdhweitChotimiOt
Gentlemen, who anxiously waited the result,• which t"99 f 0
ceived with-strong expressions of applinise."- The mob outo
the Court-house was ids° great ands ntinued -boisterous
,eptn
et ce,
last moment.—A person judgmg, this duly exPe leo. •
would pronounce chat Cambridge had the worst rep.
inpolice the world. .
,stevresenpeact4t thbit:4o.,

- .
[Ws are Informed that as the Jury. were retiring from th,q
Conrt to consider their verdict, spine intliiidual earnestiy)a•
treated them
IVe'undeistand that this most illegal and diagracefttl conduct
" to find a verdict, of Cipilty, and to stick to a."
Will not be overlooked, and that the . defendant will not suffer
this atrocious conspiracy to end her Sail's his determine-
lion, to use every means in his power toe inn 40 punialinsent ,
the persons eni;stgett in it. . Throughout .tlie whele course "f.
our.pAblic labours as Journalists,- we neir.i.witnetiapd it cisaiir. • ,
so much ii_liqii 41 and .eppressidn.. The, co?;rse .iitOpeti. Sgsditsk .
this eicellent. individual, from tlO'beglipaing of theaeliroceod, I
trial,"
in gs to theresent moment, hei been attompanied by arctun-.
stances so unusual and unjust, that they were the subject of jugcr
reProhation by the defendant's qoiinsel highly
was most satisfactory to observe holV highly and sincerely
Mr. Jephson is beloved and valued by his friends, who, we hear,
are determined to support him throughout " the hour of bii
until he has brought to justice the persons who have so
wickedly conspired to ruin his character and reputation.] . ..

CROYDON ASSIZES, JuLT 23•

•
. • CIVIL SIDE.—LAWBOIi Z. Lt CET?.
This'oras an action to recover a peealty of 1001• from the de:.
fendant, for having, as the 'keeper of• a private receptscie.fOr
lunatics, received into his house a patient without a certifleete
front. a physician, surgeen,. er apothecary, contrary
to the sta..
tute 14 Geo. 111., c. 49, sec. 27.
The action was brought in the name of the Clerk of the
Peace for the County, who is by the statute declared W
bC
cretary to the Commissioners for private "Aladhoueeg• lt.,3„Fte-
peered in evidenee, that the defendant keeps a nriYete•asP"'"
for lunatics at Ewell, and was duly-licensed tt) receive auents-
Iu the autumn of last year, a medical gentleman in London,
having been afflicted with a brain fever, was admitted into the'
defendant's house. On the Stl of.lanuary last, Air. liod9°n'
sone of the visiting Magistrates of the County, accompanied by
Dr. Morrison, the visiting physieian, and the Clerk of the
Peace, called at the defendant's house to, make their report,
and (rehired to see his patiente. . Two gentlemen wore intro-
duced, one of whom was the talent idluchei to. The defendant
was asked whether he bad obtained-the usual gertificste for thee
latter, and whether he had made a return to the College°
Physieiane that he had received such a patient. Both t
questions the defendant answered in the negative ; end helll,l
asked why he omitted to comply with thee requisites, he sat
he had done so out of delicacy to the .gentletnen, who, being 6
medical man. might be prejadiced by making such it return.
lie also stated that the gentleman himself, and his friends, had
urgently requested that tio return shoeld be inade. A report
wasdrawn up of what passed at this ititerview, end eider these
-circumstances the preheat action was brought.-
Air. Hudson and: Dr: Morrison were - celled to. proee3hese
Morrison
facts, and the case was closed;.; • - • .• •
- The derence get up'WaS, that the. gentlelnan.: alluded so wag
not, infect, s patient of the defclttiante! but had 'been mierely
'received into Ins house as a beaTece esatielodger,.for th7.'eeeeSt
of country -air.' The gefftlenian Atteeked fee 3' •,-?1-7
share time with a brain fever, frent,Whieh,Pe(hAO•perro.! T rc-
covetttl, brit, by.. the advice' of hisephieleiiinsi;--).*.' t
defendant's house merely for, t elfaniler-!Of .etrt
there treated its a patient; .he Was-perfett:ttester. '
.and even visited some of his awn_ patiente whilst le. 104:
ing at the defendant's house.; Tinder suell,eirtuneeenete.
vertifieete was required by lasee nor was any return necessers
and therefeve the.defendaet washable to no penalty.
'1 he wife of-the gentleman was called, end she &posed that
her husband war nevef• a lunatic. He had had a braid fevvr.
and a friend recanunecded him to the defendant as a pet'vn-
who would receive him as a beats:der and lodger.. Her husband
aecortlingly took up his abode at-the defendantle house, Or t"
sake of country air. Witness never knew that the defendant o
house was a receptacle for lunaiies. Her husbend was never
treated as a patient ; she constantly visited him,
and often
stayed two or three days. fie was under AO censtrainte.and
visited his own patients.
On her crosseexamination, she admitted that she had heard,
tthout a week before her bueband'went to the defendant's house'
that lie kept a lunatic asylum. -
The witness was deeply effected whilst under examination-
Mr. Hatchard deposed, that during the time the gentlems n
mentioned lodged and boarded in the defendant's house, lie
Scus art intimate friend. /le admitted that the gentleman vros
a little extravagant at times in his conversation when heated by
exercise.
Elizabeth Emmett deposed that she was defendant's hcuse-
keeper. The gentleman alluded to was never treated as a
patient. lie was at perfect liberty to go where Ile pleased, ar4
was under no sort of constraint.
This was the defendant's case.
Mr. Baron GRAHAM summed up the evidence for the Jury,
and left it to them tb determine whether the case opened for the
pitaintifik had been established ineveidente.
The Jury found their verdict- for the plsintiffS, for one
penalty o(