The Sun.
London, England, 1834-12-08 00:00:00

COURT OF KING'S BENCH.-(THIS

THE XING V. DONLAN AND ANOTHER• .41
Sir J. SeAnLETT (with whom was Mr. CHANNELL), "b'to
the case. It was an indictment for a conspiracy t°o(ict•
money under false pretences. The Rev. Joseph Brett, %or;
gytnao folding in the county 6f IV‘:,)rfolk, was the prose.
Ir
and a eft, Dcailatt, who had formerly i3eo2
Ramsbottom, a brewer and banker, and M. for the he
of Windsor, the defendants. -Mr. Brett became ileilinfe
with the defendant Donlan in the year led, at wide,",; ot,
Donlan was a tailor, and worked for Mr. Brett. Don'n"esciei
s_squently gave up the trade of a tailor, and dealt in a !Y.? 110
of agency of a very dangerous nature, which can ne`ecritile•
a tailor, aiiro'„h
pursued without suspicion, and hardly ever without Boa.
In the course of his communications with Mr• •ditt
Poolan told him that he knew a gentleman, who re''.,,sra
Windsor, and who had influence enough at the palace to nif,
him a living. Mr. Brett was subsequently inti educed
.t_c'ecib,•
Ramsbottom by Donlan, and a sum of 5001. was requ'imiseki
Itamthottorn, which was paid after the latter had P{°. 'llO
to use his influence to procure, the prosecutor a livng,:ye
money was paid in the first instance to Donlan, who g-bottofit'
prosecutor an acknowledgment, signed by Mr. Ramp ob'
indePelihntiv of this sum of 500 E. the defendant P°ll.ooll
tamed Mr. Brett's deteptanee to bills to the amount 0., Ito
5001. Mr. Brett waited for some time, and finding taoe
consideration was given fo his money, his susricienosendeil
awakened, and he at length rdiscovered that lie had etcainilig,
money In what turned out to be a vain hope °f,
the promised preferiiiat: The question which the Je,ri'on an"
have to decide was, whether the defendants, Rams.6=',
Donlan, with a guilty knowledge of each other's purpose'l:
combined to obtain, and did obtain, a considcrabot
of money fom this unfortunate gentleman, knowing speci ti
litid not the Means of procuring the living. With,,
the defendant there was no doubt of his bt,;„ol,fr
stood alone, and with respect to Mr, Ramsbottonif ",-10;l0;
would dernd upon the connexion which he had wit "a, s"'
The prosecutor, the Rev. Mr. Brett, was exa10,113)001$1,1'
deposed to his having had repeated interviews within esr
anti t,tori with ltumsbottem, in which Mr. Ramsbottcd%i!i"'
that it was it &tate hilkinesS; but that he would e%er.t,ine Pr
fluence with the Lord Chancellor td precure the 'lotNr•
witness. Mr. Donlan told witness, in the ptese,l )1,;.;
Ramsbottom, that he (witness) was to deposit suv"ld tj4
Ramsbottom's hands, and Mr. Ramsbottom wou
what woo, necessary. Witness paid the tool. to Donor,
never got day preferment, saw Mr. Rainsbottao;
course of the following year, when he regretted he ha',"
much influence with the new Lord Chancellor, but
all in his power to procure the living.
lOn his cross-examination by the ATTowasi--,001,;41
witness admitted that he
.Was perpetual Curate to a lioce
Noi folk, but had not resided there. for 15 yews ; be,. We'
sided chiefly in the metropolis, has frequented tw°,;,tlitee,
gambling houses, and has preached occasionally. ‘'hilt
yeara In the rules of the King's Bench. Accepted: 14 fe:
Donlan to the aiiioUnt of POOL, which were d:scountey,3so
Ramsbottom, and received out of these hills from Donlan
After the examination of two other witnesses,
The ATTORNEY-GENERAL addressed the Jut/ caLbe,.
the defendant Ramsbottom. If prosecutions like Ole on'
were encouraged, the characters of the most honottrau 5104
no longer safe. At the expiration of a period of eigmq dr,
a charge was brought against Mr. Ramsbottom uP°lOOlll,
sole testimony of the prosecutor, and which Was into '
unfounded, The Learned Counsel here entered infl
detail of the circumstances connected with the presel't loose;
cution, which, he contended, had been instituted le a°
sou
quence of pecuniary disputes between Donlan and.l3„rh at raj.
which had led to several actions between them. A" of
.nattlabottOM knew of the transaction was, thatasul-001-
had ben deposited with him by Donlan, which was a'd-
drawn out by bills, bearing the names of Donlan sad 05 05'1,
The character of Mr. Ramsbottom stood so high, an to
well known, as to render it almost unnecessary for
any witnesses on that point. behalf 'lf
slf. PLATT. addressed the Jury at some length in
the defendant Donlan. d, 31'
Mr. Patteson, governor of ;I:,l.llank of England, mttoa'
Blackburne, a merchant, gave the defendant Ratns'-
high character for honour and nte "ty . • i 0"
Lord DEN MAN recapitulated theger viiience, and-the Jura
niediately -acquitted both the defendants. *