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be should buy the chaise, and tendering the draft
in the way of payment. Mr. Mackenzie refused
to take the draft, on which the person left the draft
on the desk and went away.
It further appeared by another line of evidence,
that on the afternoon of the 4th of August, the Pri-
soner Brarinam, who was known in that quarter asat
Dealer in horses, chaises, &c. came to the George
Stables in Drury-Lane, kept by Mr. Newman, and
informed him,. that there were two Gentlemen at
the door in a chaise, who wanted to sell it, a West
Indian Gentleman and another. He went out and
saw the Prisoner, Eddy, and another person in the
chaise ; they had some conversation about selling
it, Sec. but nothing final was then concluded. The
Prisoner drove away in the chaise. The next day,
the sth, between four and five o'clock, the Prisoner
came again to the George about selling the chaise :
they fixed -the price at 21 guineas, which Newman,
.after getting a Coach-maker to value it, agreed to.
—ln the evening, the money was paid to Brannam,
who gave _a receipt for it ; as for the value of a
chaise, the property of Mr. Hughes (the Prisoner
Eddy) of No. 8, Bolton street, Piccadilly, which
was the address he latterly gave to Mr. Mackenzie.
It appeared that Newman had the chaise in his
possession until the 15th of August, when he lent
it to a Mr. Ogle, a Pawnbroker, in whose pos-
session it was found, we believe, on the Hampstead
Road, by Mr. Mackenzie, jun. who claimed the
chaise as the property of his father, and, in conse-
quence, got possession of it.
On the cross-examination of the two principal
Witnesses, Mr. Mackenzie, jun. and Newman, of
the George, -Drury-lane, nothing material trans-
pired to affect their chief testimony, of which the
above is. the outline as applying to the charge in
question: The chaise was particularly described
by the Prosecutor, and in which part of his account
he was fully confirmed by Newman.
The Prisoner Brannam was not put on his defence.
Eddy being called upon, said he left it to his Coun-
sel, who called Mr. Dickie (a Stationer in the
Strand), apparently with a view to state something
which transpired at the examination of the Prison-
ers before the Magistrates, and might operate in
their favour. •

Mr. W. Dickie stated, that he was not the least
acquainted with any of the parties except Newman,
the stable-keeper; that happening to-go into Bow_
street, h. heard—[The Witness was here informed
he should not be troubled, the Court deeming it
unnecessary to go into that kind of evidence.]
No other Witnesses were produced on behalf of
Eddy.
Mr. Justice LE BLAttc then entered upon his
Charge to the Jury. He stated, that he deemed it
unnecessary to put Brannam on his defence, as by
the evidence (whatever there might obtain on the
ground of his being an accessary either before or
after the flab there was nothing by which he
could be legally considered as a principal in the
charge of stealing the property in question. His
Lordship then recapitulated the evidence generally,
and observed, that with respell to the Prisoner
Eddy, the great question for the consideration of
the Jury was, whether at the time he obtained pos-
session of the chaise, and agreed for it at a certain
hire, under the pretext of going to Lrighton, he
really and bona fide intended to go thither or to
perform any other journey with it, &c.; or whether
he got possession of it with the design offraudulently
converting it to his own use, by selling, or other-
wise disposing of it to his own benefit, as in such case
it was a felony. If it appeared clearly in evidence,
that he got possession of it under a ContraCt of Sale,
it would become matter of a Civil Adion, and not
of a Criminal Prosecution. _ _ _

In the course of his observations upon the Evi-
dence, his Lordship.observed, that were the testi-
mony of Mr. Mackenzie founded in truth, there
was no sale at all, he having refused the mode of
payment offered by the Prisoner ; and as to the fart
of a Draft afterwards being laid upon his desk, it
was no more binding on the Prosecutor, than if it
were thrown into the kennel in the street.

The Jury, after a very short conference, found
Eddy Guilty—Brannam was necessarily acquitted.
Eddy stated his age to be zo : his countenance does
not seem to he very prepossessing, nor does his
demeanour appear gentlemanly.
These two Prisoners were then tried upon a se-
cond indiament, for feloniously stealing a grey'
gelding, the property of William Hilcox.

The subjea of this indiament was, as we could
colle6l, the horse which drew the chaise, for steal-
ing of which they were charged as above.—The
Prosecutor stated the particulars of the applications
made to him respeaing the horse; Brannam appear-
ed to be the most alive on the occasion—he hired
it, and spoke of the other Prisoner as the Gentle-
Man for whoni it was hired, and who wished to buy
it.—On the gth of August, Eddy came to the Pro-
secutor, ordered him to take the horse to Mr.
Mackenzie's yard ; they spoke about the hire and
purchase of the horse.—The Prosecutor fixed
six shillings per day as the price of the hire, or
twenty-five Guineas as the purchase money ; on which
it was settled between them that the Prisoner, Eddy,
should take the Horse, have till the next Monday
to make up his mind, when, if he purchased him at
that sum, no charge was to be made for hire. The
Prisoner then drove away with the Horse and
Chaise, and between nine and ten o'clock the same
evening Brannam brought a letter from the Prisoner,
inclosing two iol. notes, and a draft for the re-
mainder.

The Learned Judgc here interfered, and observed,
there was an end of the Prosecution, as it appeared
the Horse had been sold, and though unfortunately
a bad draft might have been given, it did not in-
validate the sale, it was therefore no felony—and a
Verdi& of Acquittal was accordingly pronounced.

A woman named Eliz. Stringer, has been corn.
mitred to Stafford gaol, for killing Hannah Tom-
kinson. They were both servants in the house of
Mr. Hale, of• Norton-Farms, and having quarelled,
the former struck the latter a blow on the head
with a milking-stobl, which caused a concussion of
the brain.