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fertiont. On intpeeting trern, he -fourd they con.
rained same cxlt,llth hr. bti ed, "Ind conveyed.
ton ptihiic hotti.e, but not without some resist.
once.. When lice went in the morning to convey
:Iwav the properly,:,he , found the, horses and carts
gone. Under "'these- circumstances the.Drfendan,
was tried, and conviefed..;
The Defendant &livered in an Affidavit, stating
be was a iay.lahc rarer ; That he had ;I wife and
1, ur children; and that .he wsi a private in the
I\4 ttntain Vniuntecrs, undue:the command of Lard

Muncaster, .
ItArtir s• ken in mitigation of Pu.
nishmeni, d Nll. PARK for the Prosecution, ,he
f.v;ss sentenced to 'dirt:v tuonths imprisonment.

Newgate.

1116 KING v. JOHN HINGE AND MARK SAUN.

DER ON.

It will be recolltaed that 'the °hied of the
formatitin of the Aft of 33 Geo. .esp.'s4, was
to encourage what are Called' Benefit Societies,
which have been since established 'saucier the *snc.
tion of Parliament, in various parts of the king..
dom. The igth Se lion provides, that in Mt
any dispu e should occur among the Members, two
jnstici.s may summon before them the Warden,
President, Steward, or, principal Members of the
Society ; ard on proof, uptin oath, of the Summon
• being ioty delivered at the ptlee of abride of such,
:Officers, the Magistrates may proceed to examine
into the sukji•Ct of camplaint. Every such order
of the justices' shall wbh,' and no' Ap-
peal from' it shalt in admitted: The Deiend tits
on thit trial were Stevk ardi, of the Society, of the
" United 8r0,th,r,," aid all the regulations of this
AM, called Dti;:d,is', ACt, were regularly c •niphed
with. On the 21st 1803, Young, .a
Member, had been t•xliclled Iron) this ti trerojiy,:
arid an Order of the IVI i'gistrates, given actording!
to t) c instruaions of the isth, Section of the An,
commanded that he should he restored. The.
Order 'was 'signed by RiChard'Carpenter Smith, and
William Broariley„ Esquires.' It was issued on the •
• t.eth June, of time year.
Mr. justice• LE 'BLANC read the tiotei 'of the
trial, taken by Mr. St:II-•Mit RUNNINGTOEf, who
officiated at, udge on the Occasion. T,hi,tearr,ed
Professor, in giving his direfli,n to•the•Jhry,
ill bet le they I und the Defendants guilty, they
should he satisfied df their contumacy with regard
ter thy Order of the Magistrates. The objeft Of
this Order was, • to restore Young as a Member,
and the Deleiilarics the Learned Judi:r), in .
ti.e charader tit Stets/aids, are not -in*, ed with
•the phWer of such restoration ; and 'Under this in-
.ability' (he .contended) the Defendants ought tit be
•Rcquitren."
`fhe jury found the Defendants guilty of' con-
tempt of the .Sutmoons. . • . ~ •
J was astonislnA (said the judge). at this , de.
seToona.ion, and dt'ired the Jury .to re.c-osider
their
.verdict. They c-mplied with my r, enrin
fliendati,,o, arid increased .my surprim, by reinr,iog
ssith the' same decision ,• .The verdid appears to ,
site wttliont legal es id. tics, and uti Ilaying reviewed.
the ca-e, I persevere to. :he saute opinion."t, •
Strjeant .11t sT said, atter
.the opinion given
3,116,.. he thouglit spite tone.
Xes.sary •to 'address the Court in the behalf. ttf,:the
'Defendants, By' the sentiments declared troth tire
Bend), he entertained no chtubt the jury . would
at quit his Cfients ; in this, h.)wever, he was tbs.
appointed, and the Court would dispose of them as
it slit,uld-think proper.
Misls. NOWLAND 'and WEATRERAL, on the
Tart of the Prosecution, contended for the proriety
of this verdict. The:order of the Mag;strates.was
given after the examination, of the Rules of the
,Society.; that order rceiiely CcHiform,"f.l with the
terms of the fifteenth Seaton of ;the.Statme; no
appeal wasitermitred ; the Ad requited, that the
order should he direded to the Stewards ; the Dc.
.fetidants Were the Stewards, and et:ntl,l have no
justification for non.complianc- with such
order. fAll that was necessary II the lan endanta
.0) do, was thintioduce the name of William .Young
on the tulle of the. Society t the order waa in the
nature of a peremptory Mandamus ; to which the
Jury bid t;ound them disobedient.,
Lord ELLENB6R9UCW.---"IL has not.. been sa.
tistatt rily. explained, that the. Defendants had the
rower to
,per form what Was required of them by
the Magistrates. It is fit that the case .should he
re.consideted, and for this purpose a new trial
shall be granted.e",,
.
pgwity SIR ANDREW BAYNTM.I.
Two trials have been had in this cause, the par.
tieulsrt ,of which. we haVe already detailed, and
it will be tecolleded by. one. Readers; that on
both orcielons,, ,the verdift was found _for.,the
Plaintiff, Application had been made this Term
by Mr. Goss, to obtain a third trial, on the.,
ground, that the deeds between Lutd'and 'Lady
ARUNDEL, by which this' cause was to -be. deter-
soined,.were framid boirljfie, and not a.ctintrivance
to defraud his /Lordship's creditors. This motion
was this day argued at, great length ; and we:shall
tin course State the particulars. when the determina.
clan i 3 given from, the Bench.

VIE Itlt4Gai.AhttllL LA.FONS, 1011 N PIEIIIOZNE
AND 601,tit (MIKA PERS° .
These Drfendants were brought up to receive the
judgtnent,of the Catty, for an assault up,,ti J ,nath,io
Athol", a Searcher of Leather, and obstruttwg him
in the discharge of his dtitY.
This wits a Pro,e(utiOn instituted by the City, of
London, for the purpose of preventing/the ohitrue_
lion of Searchtts of Leather in Leattetthall
The five latter attendants had sufF•red jodgment
to go agattilt then) by default ; but Samuel Lalone
rook defence to the , ACtion ; which was tri,ti at
Guildhall, the Sittings after last Term.
The Defendant [Alone, whit ,was 'a resident of
Liverpool, was in Leadenhall Market alio% with
the other Defend Ats, when Robson mail sutne other
Officers attemPteil to seize a parcel of leather, which
tVa3 not properly ; but, by tie inter_
ferenen 'Alone, who encouraged the other De.
rendants to resist tom, they were prerentcti, mod
IZ.utiwtl was Upon this charge Lafone
si C(111 V ittedi

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