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London, England, 1819-08-13 00:00:00

INSOLVENT DEBTORS' COURT, AUG. 12.

Ralph Sandon (well known as a party impli-
cated in the famous huaX practiced on the Stock
Exchange) was opposed on his application to he
discharged, by Mr. Battey, on behalf of Mr. Za-
charieb Shipwood Brown, on the ground of hav-
ieg fixed his bail with a certain debt ; the Learn-
ed Coiiosel, however, being unable, in the eb-
sence of Mr. Brown, and the other witnesses,
who woe expected to have been in attendance,
to substantiate the fact, abandoned the opposi-
tion, and proceeded to oppose the it: solvent on
eccount of John Peter Holloway, on twn points;
the first, that the insolvent had fraudulently sold
a galliot, the property of the opposing creditor;
accent!, that the insolvent bed fraudulently dis-
posed of a cable to a Captain Watson, upon
whom he 1. ad given the complainant an order for
1091. 7s. the proceeds of the cable, but that no
sorb person could be found.
Mr. Poeeoote likewise opposed the insolvent,
on behalf of a Mr. Dawson ; as aid Mr. NORRIS,
1.1. Mr. Ftam:ie., Stayers.
The debt said to he due to Mr. Holloway, not
having been inserted in the schedule, the claim
of that gentleman was made preparatory to his
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prno ion.
Mr. BAV2v proceeded to examine the insolvent.
--Insolvent knew Mr. Holloway ; he had never
o! a cable of kis in his life. In 1812 Mr. Hol-
loway purchased a vessel called the Herman, with
the rigging, cable, &c. which was delivered to
insolvent, and was in equity his property ; the
vessel stood in Mr. Holloway's name, but did not
bona fide belong to him. Oct the 20th of Novem-
ber, 1811, insolvent gave un order to Mr. Holloway
neon Captain Watson for the payment of 1091.
7s. addressed to Watson, at the Transport Office,
John's Cot Tee-house, or the Baltic-walk, Royal
Exchange ; the money was to be received for the
benefit of the insolvent, aed not for the private
use of Holloway. The cable was sold to Captain
Watson seven years ago; insolvent had often seen
Watson at that time, but thought it must be seven
years since he had last seen him, nor had he ever
received the money for the cable. In the spring
of 1516, insolvent was indicted by the city of
London for a nuisance in permitting the vessel
to lie before his premises on the river Thames ;
the trial took place at the Spring Assizes at Maid-
stone, in 1816. At that time insolvent had re-
eptested Mr. Holloway to appear as owner of the
vessel, which he declined, and insolvent was
found guilty and was fined. The galliot having
been declared a nuisance, insolvent was com-
pelled to sell her, which he did for 1001. Hollo-
way purchased the- vessel in the fitst place, and
delivered it over to insolvent, debiting him with
the purchase money. He had endeavoured (or
thirteen years last past to obtain a statement of
the accounts in vain, and when insolvent and Hol-
loway were confined in the King's Bench prison,
for that unfortunate affair, (the Stock Exchange
hoax) he had pressed it without success. The
vessel cost 3801. ; insolvent had used it to build
on, and bad erected warehouses on it at bis own
ex pence, and for five years, while it was in his
possession, had not used it for any other purpose.
Cross-examined by Mr. IIEATU.—The galliot
was bought by Mr. Holloway, with whose per-
mission buildings had been erected upon it ; the
buildings cost 9001., no part of which.had been
paid by Holloway.
Mr. Peter Holloway was next called.—He said
he knew the insolvent in 1812; a bill of exchange
for 801., accepted by the defendant, came into his
bands, which was returned unpaid.—Witness took
a Warrant of Attorney for the same. A short
time after Insolvent called upon him and stated,
thlt a Dutch galliot was to be sold ; it WAS worth
7001., and that it might be bought for 3801. In-
solvent -made out an inventory of the rigging,
cables, &c. as of 4001. value. In November, 1812,
the Insolvent was indebted to witness about 8001.
Insolvent lead surrendered in release of his bail to
the King's Bench prison. Witness took a War-
rata of Attorney for the amount ; at. that time
Insolvent gave him the order upon Captain Wat-
son for 1091. 7s. but no such person could be found
at the Transport Office, nor at John's Coffee-
hotike. The bill of sale of the vessel was given
to insolvent, previous to the iedictment at Maid-
stone, upon an undertaking given that it should
h. re! urned ; it Wes so returned, although
Intol-
vent had subsequently become possessed of it., end
list disposed of the vessel, without any right to
authority so to do. lu 1816, Sandon owed she

witness 15001. and 5001. for which he had be.
come his surety:
Questioned by Mr. HE/mi.—When the witness
applied to this Court as an insolvent in 1816, did
he state correctly the debt due from the insolvent
Sandon ?

Mr. HEATH. —Look at the schedule ; you
therein state that Sandon was indebted to you
8991. for money advanced to him although you
now say he owed you 20001.
but I did not swear to it.
Mr. HEATH.—lint it was prepared probably
with that intent tad von been (leaned entitled.
Mr. BARRI' then CAIICd .10b11 Dawson, who
said that he was a student in the Inner Temple,
and preparing. for the bar ; hu said he knew the
insolvent, who in 1816 consn'teLl bins respecting
the indictment. Witness was then in the Office
of Mr. Setree, an attorney, in Bedford-row.
The COURT.— Were you consulted profes-
sionally ?
Mr. Dawson.—Yes.
The Couur.—Then your evidence cannot be
received. _

Mr. Poitocx then examined the insolvent `on
behalf of i\lr. Dawson. Insolvent admitted thai,,
be had a model of a ship, which to a connoisseur
was worth 1001.; it was sold to Mr. Brooschoff,
in the King's Bench prison, for 101. ; it was sold,
not pledged. He did not consider himself indebted
to Mr. De Berenger ; he had been to America
about two years since, and received a power of
attorney from a person to whom he had lent mo-
ney, for the disposal of some property ; he had
no estate at 13ermud4 ; he landed at Dublin when
he returned from America, when some nit-ling
articles he had on board were seized by the Cus-
tom-house officers.

Mr. Crowder examined by Mr. PoLLOcx :
Three years ago witness had• some conversiition
with the insolvent, who said he had pledged the
model of the ship for 10/. and wished to redeem
it ; witness did not purchase it, nor was any price
named as its value.

Mr. POLLOCK. said, there was a debt of 1201. he
must claim to he excepted on behalf of Air. Crow-
der, who with a Mr. Tapp had become bail for
the insolvent, and in consequence of his (insol-
vent's) going to t\merica, the bail had been
obliged to pay the debt.
Insolvent examined by Mr. HEATn.—Ile went
to America at the request of Mr. Crowder, and
actually took charge of Miss Crowder, sister to
his opposing creditor.
Mr. Crowder examined by the CotrßT.—The
insolvent accompanied his sister to America, but
previously had declared that tl►e action was settled.
Mr. Poeeock,—Should you have consented to
his departure from England had he tint observed
to you that the action was settled I.—Mr, Crowder :
Certainly not.
The Learned COMMISSIONER said, that the in-
solvent is sd explained in a great degree the point
helots the Court ; it had indeed been partially
contratte;ed, but unless it could be supported by
other evidence, he thought the insolvent ought to
have the benefit of the doubts that existed.
Mr. Noaats next examined the insolvent, on
behalf of Mr. Francis Stayers recollected a
letter being addressed to his wife, in ,•:hich was
enclosed a bill of exchange for 331. payable to
the order of Mr. Francis Stayers ; he had receiv-
ed the money and spent it. Ile believed the bill
was intended for Mrs. Sandon's use, and not to
pay Mr. Phillips for an organ.
Cross-examined by Mr. HEATH-Mr. Francis
Stayers, was the brother of insolvent's wife ; he
was at present on the coast of Peru, and was en-
tirely ignorant of the present opposition. Mr.
Crowder was a cousin of Mrs. Sandon's.

'Mr. Crowder examined by the COURT.—The
letter enclosing the bill of exchange was address-
ed to Air. Sandon, at witness's house. He de-
livered it to insolvent, who opened it and t6ok
out the bill of exchange. [Here the witness pro-
duced the letter.]
The COURT—FIow came yon by that letter.
Air. Crowder (hesitatingly.)--I received it from
111 r. Dawson just now. •
The Cou RT-.1.1r. Dawson, from whom did you
receive that letter ?

Mr. Dawson-1 will explain.
'Jut COURT—Sir answer to the fact.
M. Ddwson—There appears to nit an impres-
sion on the wind.—

'Flu Couxl—Sir, you have no right to say
what impression is made upon the Court. You,
a candidate fur the profession of the law, ought to
know better than thus to conduct yourself.
Mr. Dawson-1 received the letter from Mrs.
Sandon.

Mr. \mutts here proposed that the letter should
be read ; hut on the suggestion of the Court,
whether Mrs. Sandon, to whom the letter had
been traced, could be examined, it way
dotted.

Mr. BARRY declined making any further ob-
servations.

Mr. PnLLocK said, lie w►+s instructed to dis-
claitn the imputation that had been cast upon Mr.
Dawson.

Mr. 1-IF.ATit considered that the puppets that
had been that chy raised to oppress Mr. Sandal),
originated with Mr. Dawson.
The Learned COMMISSIONER observed, that the
respective cases had not in his opinion been suffi-
ciently supported ; he must therefore pronounce
the insolvent to be entitled to his discharge.

ASSIZE INTELLIGENCE.

SUSSEX ASSIZE, LEWES, Auo. 11.

MURDER AT BRIGHTON.

Edward Broadbent, a private soldier in the 90th
Regiment of Foot, was indicted for the wilful
murder of William ‘Vatson, a serjeant of the same
regiment, by shooting him with a loaded musket,
at the parish of Brightlichnstong, on the 29th of
June last.

This case produced considerable interest.
When the wretched culprit was put to the bar,
lie excited feelings in all around, very unusual on
similar occasions—pity and commiseration.—
He appeared deeply affected by a sense of his
dreadful situation, and his whole demeanour was
highly creditable to him, citnsidering the nature
of the crime with which he stood charged, and
the inevitable certainty of his ftite. When called
upon for his plea to tl.c arraignment, he exclaim-

eti in a pathetic manlier, '' I am but too guilt;--
1 ant it would be only adding more
guilt to my conscience if I were to say other-
wise." _ _

Mr, Justice PARK. urged him to plead Not
Guilty, and take his trial, suggesting to him the
inutility of the course he had taken, if he expect-
ed any mercy.
The prisciner shook his head, and repeated that
he was guilty, and expected no mercy. Upon
which his plea of Guilty was recorded.
The Learned Judge, however, again intreated
him to plead Not Guilty, and requested the Com-
mon Serjeant, who led the prosecution, to speak
with and recommend him to retract his plea.
The COMMON SERJEANT accordiogly conversed
with the unhappy man, and alter a great deal of
persuasion, prevailed upon him to take his trial.
The. Jury accordingly being charged,
Mr. COMMON SERJEANT (with whom was Mr.
Norton) stated, in as short a compass as possible,
the case for the prosecution. It will he recol-
lected, that the prisoner, having been put under
arrest by the deceased, for some act of miscon-
duct, on the day mentioned in the indictment, be
was liberated to attend the evening parade in the
Barrack-yard at Brighton, and that at the mo-
ment he got at liberty he levelled his loaded mus-
ket at the deceased, and shot him through the
body. The deceased survived about 20 minutes,
and the prisoner surrendered himself the moment
the melancholy occurrence took place. The fol-
lowing witnesses were examined to prove the
case :

John Shannon, a private of the 90th, stated,
that on the 29th of June, the prisoner was con-
fined under arrest in the guard-house at the
Brighton Barracks. Whilst tiitness was in the
guard-roono he saw the prisoner priming his fit e-
lock. It frevently happened, that when a sol-
dier wanted to light his pipe, he flashed some gun-
powder in the pat► of his piece, tc► ignite some
tinder; Out as the prisoner dhl not appear to he
going to smoke, witness laid hoid of h►s firelock,
and asked hint whether be was going to injure
hin►seif ? He replied that the firelock was his own,
and he was not so mad as to injure himself. Wit-
ness took the gun out of his hand, shook the
powder out of the pan, and laid the piece down,
at a distance of about four paces front the. pri-
soner. The prisoner never touched the piece mi-
di a non-commission officer came to take him to
the evening parade, when he took his firelock
with him.

Examined by Mr. Justice Panx.—The powder
must be very small to find its way through the
touch-hole from the barrel of the gun into the pan,
the touch-hole being very sara-tl.
Thomas Vizer, private in the 90th, stated, that
the prisoner was put into confinement in the guard-
house by the deceased, between eleven and one
o'clock on the 29th of June. Witness saw him
in the guard-house, walking up and down, in a
very agitated manner, flinging his bands about in
a threatening and passionate manner, and heard
him say---" If I go to the evening parade this
evening it shall be worse for Serjeant Watson."
John Thomas, a private of the 90th, said, he
had just lett his barrack-room to attend the even-
ing parade on the 29th of June, when he saw the
prisoner coming out of the guard-room with his
firelock. Witness was standing six or seven yards
from him. The deceased was standing in front of
the company, with his back towards the prisoner,
the latter being at the distance of about three or
four yards from him. When the deceased was in
the act of turning round, the prisoner raised his
firelock to his shoulder, and discharged it at him.
The deceased dropped to the ground, and ex-
claimed, "My God my God ! I am shot."—
The Serjeant Dlajor came running out of the
guardroom, and asked, " Who was it ?" The
prisoner answered, '' It was I, I am the man,"
and said no more, but surrendered himself into
custody.
Corporal James M'Cabe said, that be came im-
mediately to the spot after the gun was fired, and
lifted the deceased up he died in about 20 mi-
nutes. Witness took the prisoner into custody,
and on his way to the guard-room said to him,
" Ace you not a to.rtible man for doing such a
•,
thing as this .'the prisoner replied, " I am
not, for the Seljeant was always tyrannising over
me, and I was determined he should not do it any
more."
Mr. Isaac Silcock, the surgeon of the regiment,
stated, that he was called to attend the deceased ;
lie died in 13 minifies after witness saw him.
The bullet passed under the right shoulder blade
in an oblique direction through the body, and in
its passage went within three inches of the tip of
the heart. The deceased must have been stand-
ing sideways, from the direction which the ball
took. There was no doubt it was the cause of
his death.
When each of these witnesses were examined
in chief, the prisoner being without Counsel, was
asked if he would put any questions to them, but
every time he shook his head in a melancholy
manner, and said, " No."

Being asked what he had to say in his de-
fence, he said nothing, but shook his head in like
manner.

Mr• Justice PARK, in his charge to the Jury,
said, it was always of great ilaportance - that the
proceedings in cases of this description should be as
public and notorious as possible, it being mach
more satisfactory, for the purposes of justice, that
the grounds upon which the Court and Jury de-
cided should be well known ; and it was there-
fore that his Lordship was anxious (lust the un-
happy man at the Bar should have the opportu-
nity of having his case fairly and impartially tried,
by urging him to retract his plea of guilty. As
there could be little doubt of the result of t%e
case, it would hardly be necessary to sum up the
evidence, still less necessary for hint to make any
observations upon it. Without making any fur-
ther comment, it would be sufficient to observe,
that the crin►e of murder consisted in taking away
the life of another with malice aforethought.—
There could be no other inference drawn from

the evidence they had just heard, than that the
plisoner was pay of such a crime. The un-
hahl►y man at the Bar scenic(' to have had a mind
extremely seosible and iiritable ; and because the
deceased, in the faithful .dischar4a of his duty,
had put him under arrest, he meditated the fatal
te%enge wLich ttui catri.cd into exteution, as de•

tailed in the evidence. The catie ;.ras befoe
Jury, and they would dispoae of it according
their consciences.
The Jury immediately found the prisoner
and he struggled with his feelings i° Preseru•
rs-
some degree of firmness during tl4e solemn P
ceeding which followed. to
Mr. Justice PARK proceeded with difficulty
discharge the melancholy duties of his office, 011,_
the tide of his own feelings, greatly excited u
the demeanour of the priser himself, frequent):
on or
ly paralyzed the power of utterance. Advertlit;',
to the prisoner's unfeigned sensibility, be sa!`. by
should not aggravate. the distress of his mio(1)for
enlarging upon the enormity of the
which he was about to suffer, conceiving that
tl
was duly impressed with a consciousness of
dreadful sin he had committed ; but in die 165
linage of commiseration and entreaty, be [lrtgb-iii
him to employ the few short hours left him
world, in devout application to that Tribunal frog
which which alone he could expect mercy. flis
crime a
ship pronounced the dreadful sentence, ants,-i•
tiered the wretched culprit for execution on ' r,
day morning, and that his body should be deli"
ed over to the surgeons to be anatomised. .0.1,
The prisoner, during the Learned Judge' d,
pressive address to him, was dreadfully al-111Edrbt;
and at the conclusion he fell into the arms o'„
gaoler and his assistants in a paroxysm of grist'
The Court was crowded to e:zeess.

•
CIVIL SIDE.
Before 3lr. Baron GARROW and Special Juri,s.

THE KING V. PAGE AND OTHERS.
This was a criminal information filed ", hv
„ge
hh
Majesty's Attorney-General against John 21,c
and 15 other defendants, for a riot and an assfit'ry
on one Charles Saunders, on the 27th of Febr 113.
last, at Selsea, near the celebrated watering Place-
called Bognor, in this county. qtr;
Mr. Serjeant .OnsloW, Mr. MarrYer e A
Gurney, Mr. Nolan, and Mr. Debaney, .e°"`"leNir;
the prosecution, and the Common, Serjeant'
Coorthope„and Mr. Bowen appeared for
def
Itence.
.001
rs it appeared by the statement of the Le •
rl by the .r

King's Serjeant, and corroborate, iy t-
t I bOl
loony of the witnesses sub,i qaently callel!, 0
in consequence of the prosecutor, wilt) '`"o-ra
butcher, residing at Selsea, ha in recently ne',.-,i
the riot in question .been subpceiiaed to attt
the Court of Exchequer, in a prosecution 4g',.
one of the defendants named*Reeve, for being :-of
gaged in a smuggling transaction on that Pin.'d
the coast near Selsea, a general detestatin" 4:1,8
hatred bad been excited against him, ad ifli-of
evening of the 27th of Febrvrary last, a inuito
upwards of -200 persons, among whom wetLe -his
defendants, assembled before his door,, bt""e ilia
windows, and with dreadful imprccations ''ea
have torn him- out of his house, had it 00r- be!
-ri,
that he presented a loaded pistol to them, iec---t,
ing that be would shoot the. first ma° that 6.10
tempted any. violence towards his person. 61 •
order to excite a contempt as great as the ha:,r of
they bore towards him, they exhibited all e';"'"' of :
the prosecutor, clad in all the paraperina"4 1.,
i
his trade, and adorned with a mutton ch e
ol) i,Zjr
button-hole, by way of bouquet ; which reo
they were about to hang before his door, svi3t,
it was agreed that that exhibition should be r) of
polled to a future day, in order that a I",rtLp.
smugglers from Bognor, which the Learned '.iii..
jeant remarked, was no less celebrated for Ol
5d
cit contraband traffic than for the fashion to
beauty that resorted to it, might be enabled
.e,
attend, and witnesS the perfocmance of that Cieniot
mony. In point of fact, the prosecutor ill° bat
been examined in the Court of Excheq'icr,„teS
the outrages complained of had been cotninA"fet
by the defendants, in the present case, t° loses
persons from appearing as witnesses in anY c3nst
where they or their friends were proceeded og3"

for their smuggling transactions. 01'1
The COMMON SERJEANT, for the defence, 100
an ingenious and forcible speech to the -1"qcoso
afterwards called several witnesses for the puriutto
of contradicting those adduced on the part °'
prosecution. lenc6
The Jury, however, after bearing the ev",
recapitulated by his Lortiechip‘ , found eiglit c).
defendants Guilty, who will be taken up
Court of King's Bench tor judgment, 11 I"'hi''
whey defendants, eight in number, well
quitted.

TUB XING V. SOUTAR AND HOLLES.
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This •was an indictment against the defe"' IS
for a conspiracy to obtain the condentn3o:eri •
sloop called the Judith, William Williarns,[ll4;lo'•
by falsely alleging that the said vessel.' was its'
ployed at Arundel in smuggling foreign 511. •
This was another of those infamous
which the Excise have been deceived by the 11,01
unary statements of certain persoras, for 111 e
of
pose of instituting informations in the C°llrbe
Exchever for their own benefit, and loin 0'
unfortunate victims of their depravitY.
peared in evidence that the defendants hml
information upon affidavit before Mr. Fsod ditltoe)
ton, a Commissioner, that the vessel in questio
had beets engaged in smuggling at Arundel 011nro°
26th of June, 1816. Upon this informati°" rose
ceedings were instituted in the Exchequer, "`)%
vessel was condemned. It turned out upon siation
fluent investigation that there was no fonn"a (0.
for the information, and the Excise, beitl4
11.
fled of the frauds imposed upon them, 00(1
complete restitution to the injured partice' ali
directed the present prosecution. Thus; wor"
found Guilty.
ralOrl
On the Driver sloop of war belts.. latelY
into Ardrossan harbour, a great crowdPC-`oy
assembled to view her, and among the rest :ors
weaver from the country. One of the an
being ashore, and rather surprised to sce su 1)6
assemblage, asked this wag, who chanced net'
near him, what could excite so much w°llo
among the people ie—" Oh, Sir," replied l'e'ners)
is the owners, conic to see the vessel !"--"19vc,,,,- re,
Sir !"—" Yes, Sir, they all hold shares; solne ".°
some less !"

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