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London, England, 1803-05-05 00:00:00

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COURT OF KING's BENCH,, 1114 v 4.
Mr. Gesv.l.:(,w moved for leave to file a Criminal
information against tWe Mayor of a Maiitiine Town,
far.what• was. stated to-be a' criminal, refUsal-to 4u
his•duty.s.. He '&liti; that this was.a matter of great
importance to the'Publie ; at the same time he said
he •was ready to—admit, that the condut't o(, the
-Gentleman against whom he moved, was-in-general •
vet y current. He took this opportunity to observe,
there were some occasions in which the hands of
Government itself ought to bocrippled, in order to
prevent a violation of the Law of the Land, and:
that the peate'Of'Society'might be pie Served. His
motion was, :against a Mayor of one
,of our great
Maritime Towns ; and it was founded on an Ai-
davit, stating, that a Pressgang, in the ekercise
of: their doiSt) had condoned themsekes with un-
common outrage to a female, and beat. her on the
head • and several , parts of her lindy, and had
broken her *aim, at Gosport, •fil consequence
Of which, application was made to
,Mr. Bingham,
one of the Magistrates' of the County at large-; and
he llad..granted;a Warrant for apprehending the Of.
fiver of the Press-gangi it was found that he was
tin board the Russel in the Harbour, 'and Within th*;
juristiinion or the Borough, so that'be Could not be
apprehended on that \Variant, without its being.in.
tlored by.' the Mayor., Application • Was roade
tii*the Mayoiloi" that puipose, aild he positively
refttsed -to to,lorse' it, Ifte %Vas *stared' to. haVe
beitit asked- 'formally .:to. do • but 'he iefused.-
C..aa 'tow added, that as the ,condua of this
Gencletrian 'was. in general corral, he hoped that
this matter-would turn out to be'a mistake,

The CHI jtisTic E asked, vvhether It had (Teen
stated. to the Mayor,; agreeably to the 24th of
Geo. 11. that the person to be apprehended had
nude his eerrpe out of the jiiijsdiaion of the County
at. Large, and, that he was then. within the. jtiiis.
din,ion of the Mayor ;- and whether proof had been
giien of the, band.writing_of ale 'Magistrate who
granted the warrant ?
Mr. GAirrtow. said, that all these things had been
offered to hint, but, that 'he .would ;mit liner) to
them.

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The CritEr JUSTI,CE asked, whether this person
WES aaitally within the jdrisilidirin of the. Maycir ?
Mr.,.GA.rotow 'said, he WES; but thavilhe was
not., they, lad a right to the warsant to.seareh.
The CHIEF JUSTICE said, (110 was very true,
but there !twit he .a reasonable belief- that he was
within the jurisdiaion.
Rule to shew, Cause granted.

We think if necessary to Observe, that thisjs mere rx parte
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statement, upon' which the . Public should' suspend their
judgment until the season arrives for sliming Cause ogainst
the Rule. .

Mt. GAMY moved for. a Writ of Habeas Cor.
pus, to bring up a person. of the name of Harrison,
who wa's a Proprietor of onc.fourth• of the Brig
Mary, that waa in the coal trade, and who had been
impressed as a Seaman by the-Captain of the Aurora
Frigate. •

Mr. Justice LAW a ENC F. desired him to apply to
the. Atimiraliy. The Admiralty must have notice.
Mr. GASEL said, this man was Mate, and part
owner of this vessel. ,The assignment of this one-
fourth to him" vas bona fide, and not colorirable.
The money had been paid, and a proper indorsetnent
nude on the register.

Lord ELL E si °lto U GH desired him tatike a Rule
to *shew CAW.

Mr; Justice LAwitztqcit laid, he supposed the
Adiuiraity doubted the bottafrdei of this man's he'i
ing a proprietor of this one-fourth, from the date of
. the-indorsemem. • - •

R'uit gran!eki.

PLYATO trrn.
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I\ir. Ettqctiv.tt stated, that in the Plymouth ease,'
iyhicl, was for the'EleitiOn of aMayor, and where
the partieswerc r, and 13,. and each side adhered
to iti'clioice,
,and where there ha& been cross nun-
cna ins!s an issue wab tried, la4t issizes for Devon,
and`the'Ri:Jit was fund_: to bg in tit.Cammanalty.
Hp, thetek,re, now prayed a peremptory mink_
mus to be, direCled to them fo; the 41e4tion of a
`Mayor.—ltule granted.