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MONDAY ETZNING, .II7NE 171. 1

Several witnesses then swore that they believed the
initials had reference to Mrs. Smith, of Hanover-square.
Lord DENMAN summed up the case. The fact of the
defendant having no knowledge of the party would not
exempt him from re-Tonsibility. All persons were
liable for acts they deliberately did which were injurious
to others. There was no doubt of the defendant's
general feelings of benevolence, but they must see
whether the defendant had not taken the means of doing
a most irreparable injury to one of his fellow-men. It
would have been well if Mr. Paget had determined not to
say one word upon the subject until he had inquired
into the facts, and satisfied himself that they were true;
and, if true, it would have been highly proper to have
brought them forward; but he should hold that no man
was justified in publishing anything unless at the time
of publishing it he was fully prepared to prove the truth
of that which he published. They would say whether
a party had not a right to expect an explanation when
so maligned.
The jury retired for some time, and then gave a ver-
dict for the plaintiff—Damages, 1001.

CENTRAL CRIMINAL COURT.
OLD COURT.

(Before Mr. Baron GURNEY and Mr. Justice WILLIAMS.)
James Horsted, George Bragger, Mary Ann Ash, Rosetta
Bragger, Richard Bragger, and Alexander Nicholson, were in-
dicted for the manslaughter of Luke Williams. The particu-
lars of the case have been very recently reported. The de-
cosed went into a house of a disreputable description in
and, while there, was robbed and beaten to such
an extent
to cause his death on the following day. The
evidence was Of
a very conflicting nature.
The jury found . 1-1 corked Guilty, and acquitted the other
prisoners.
The COURT sentenced HorsteJ
to two months' imprisoment.
Richard Bragger, Mary Ann ,
and Alexander Nichol-
son, were then inicted ill
for robbing tL4 deceased, but the
Counsel for the prosecution stated that, as iiG had no addi-
tional evidence beyond what the jury had heard in the
former case, he should not, after the verdict they had ilLt't
returned, call any evidence in support of the present indict-
ment; and
The Learned JUDGE thereupon directed the jury to acquit
the prisoners, which they accordingly did.
John Thomas Williamson, aged 21, was indicted for felo-
niously killing and slaying Robert Harrison Thurlow and
Julia Lane, by carrying them and thirteen other passengers
in a boat on the river Thames, which boat was constructed
to carry four persons only,
'fr, RYLAND stated the case on the part of the prosecu-
tion, and called several witnesses, from whose evidence it ap-
peared that on the evening of the 18th May the prisoner
took a number of very young persons into his boat, amount-
ing to 15 altogether; and that when the boat was some-
where near London-bridge it got foul of a steamer, and was
consequently upset, and precipitated the whole party into
the water, by which means five of them lost their lives, and
the rest were saved with great difficulty.
The Beadle of the Watermen's Company proved that the
boat in question was not a licensed one, and that from its
small size, it was one that would not, under any circum-
stances, be licensed to carry more than four persons.
The jury acquitted the prisoner.
John Curtis, alias Johnson, Sarah Bennett, and Lucy Groves,
were indicted for a robbery, attended with violence, on the
person of Boulanger, a Frenchman.
It appeared that the prosecutor had been induced by a very
young girl to enter a house of ill-fame in the neighbourhood
of St. Giles's, and that he had no sooner done so than he was
attacked by the fertiale prisoners, who demanded his money,
watch, &c., and on his refusing to part with them they called
the male prisoner to their assistance, and the whole party
then fell upon him, knocked him down, robbed him of his
watch and Si., and on his calling for assistance the male
prisoner attempted to cut his throat with a knife, which
was handed to him for that purpose by ore of the women,
and that, in his struggles, his (prosecutor's) hand was cut
severely.
The prisoner Curtis, in defence, said that he desired the
prosecutor and the girl he brought with him to leave the
house, and on his refusal to do so he tried to put him out, and
in the struggle that took place between them the prosecutor's
hand got cut by his having dashed it through a pane of glass.
He denied having asked for or used a knife.
The jury found Curtis and Bennett guilty, and acquitted
Groves.

Mr. Baron GURNEY said that robberies, attended with vio-
lence, such as the prisoners had used towards the prosecutor,
would always be visited with the severest punishment. He
then ordered sentence of death to be recorded against Curtis
and Bennett, accompanied with an intimation that their
sentence would be commuted to one of transportation for the
term of their natural lives.

Charles Hall was indicted for the murder of his wife,
Charlotte Hall, at Wimbledon.
It will be recollected that, a short titne since, the wife of
the prisoner was found dead in her bed, and that he imme-
diately absconded. This conduct on his part gave rise to a
suspicion that the deceased had met herdeath by foul means;
but on the coroner holding an inquest on her body, the me-
dical gentleman, who had made a post-mortem examination
of the body, gave it as his opinion that her death had been
caused by apoplexy, and the jury thereupon returned a ver-
dict of natural death. The same gentleman having now
repeated his evidence, the Judge directed the jury to acquit
the prisoner, and which they accordingly did.

POLICE INTELLIGENCE.
(SATURDAY.)
MANSION-HOUSE.
A decent, hard-working man, named Mitchell, was
brought before Sir John Pirie, charged with having de-
serted from the 61st Regiment eleven years ago. The
circumstances excited much interest in the justice-room,
in which a number of persons, who were acquainted with
the prisoner, attended to hear the particulars of the
accusation.
Florence Driscoll, a native of the South of Ireland,
presented himself to the Alderman, and said that he
was the accuser. He knew the prisoner to have been
a deserter, in the year 1833, from the 61st Regiment, of
which Lieutenant-Colonel Burnsides was the Colonel.
Sir J. PIRIE—Are you a policeman or constable?
Witness—No. I was in the same regiment myself, and
I was discharged hi 1840, and I know he deserted from
the regiment in 1833. He told me he was discharged ;
but I know I am right in saying he is a deserter.
Sir JOHN PIRIE—What motive have you for thus ac-
cusing this man of being a deserter ? Is there any re-
ward attached to the information ? Prosecutor—l be-
lieve there is, please your Lordship ; but that an't my
objebt. I consider it my duty, whenever I see a deserter,
to take him into custody. Sure. I'm sworn to do my duty.
Sir JOHN PIRIE—Do you know the man ? Prose-
cutor—l know him to be a deserter; and I charge him,
because I am bound by law to do so.
Sir JOHN PIRIE—Why did you not apprehend him
before ? It is several years since he deserted. if he de-
serted at all. Prosecutor—l had nobody to help me till
a little while ago ; and that's the reason I didn't do it
before. I now charge him with being a deserter, and
I'll prove it upon oath.
Sir JOFIN PIRIE—What has the prisoner to say to
this ? The prisoner—My Lord, he is perfectly ac-
quainted with me, for my daughter is married to his son.
All this has arisen from a quarrel which took place last
night between his wife and my wife.
Prosecutor—l have nothing to do with my wife's
quarrels. I come here for the sake of the public, and I
have nothing to do about my wife and his wife. What
has my wife to do with my duty to my country—Eh?
Sir JOHN PIRIE—This is evidently a malicious and a
vindictive movement of yours, Mr. Driscoll.
Prosecutor--I am sworn to take up persons of this
kind. He got my son to marry his daughter, to prevent
me from apprehending him, but I know my duty to my
country too well, and here I have him accordingly.
The prisoner—My Lord, lam now in the employment
of Mr. Hayward, of the Minories, a gentleman who be-
longs to, the Court of Common Council, in whose service
I have been these two years and a half. I have been in
the employment of other gentlemen of high respectability
in the City, who will readily come forward to bear
testimony to my honesty and industry, and have brought
up a family of fourteen children. My prosecutor has
accused me merely on account of the disagreement be-
tween our wives.
Prosecutor—He must appear to answer this at the
War-office.
Sir JOHN PIME—As the prisoner is charged upon the
oath of the prosecutor with being a deserter, I have no
alternative but to send him to the War-office, but I
shall take care that the circumstances shall be repre-
sented to the proper authorities, and I shall certainly do
all I can for the poor man at the bar. I cannot dispose
of the matter without declaring that nothing can pal-
liate the conduct of the prosecutor in volunteering at
this time, and under such circumstances, to arraign the
prisoner, when he could have done so years ago.
The prisoner expressed himself most gratefully to Sir
John Pirie.

Several very decent men declared with one voice that
they had long known the prisoner to be a man of most
unexceptionable character, and in answer to Sir John
Pirie, who desired to know whether his family were
provided for in his absence, the prisoner replied that his
master, upon being informed of the occurrence, would,
he had no doubt, take care that they should be supplied.
Sir JOHN PIRIE—Very well, I shall see your master,
and I shall write to Lord Fitzroy Somerset upon the
subject. _

The above scene was frequently interrupted by ebulli-
C lions of feeling from the crowd.
WORSHIP-STREET.
Mr. Sowerby, a pawnbroker, was summoned by a
common informer, named Charles M'Callan, formerly
a policeman at Birmingham, who charged 'him with
having exacted a farthing beyond the lawful interest.
The informer's witness, Richard Moor, a discharged
policeman, proved that on the 6th of February he re-
deemed a waistcoat pledged for 45., and was charged 2d.
interest, which was a farthing too much. He was cer-
tain of the date, because he redeemed two pledges on the
same day, and made a memorandum of it for the purpose
of information and he said that upon the second pledge
a farthing too much interest was charged also.
Mr. Humphreys, who appeared for the pawnbroker,
said the fact was that upon the second pledge a farthing
less than the lawful interest was taken, and he produced

the tioket in proof of it; but Mr: Bund found the writing
upon it so imperfect that it could not be made out.
The informer's witness produced his znemorandnm
book, to show that his statement was correct.
Mr. BOND convicted, as it was admitted there had been
a farting overcharged upon the first pledge.
A second summons, for a similar offence, was then
brought forward ; but Mr. Humphreys admitted the
fact of overcharge in that case.
Mr. BON fined the defendant 40s. and costs, upon
each summons, but he directed that the costs only
should he paid to the informer, and no part of the
penalty.

LAMBETH-STREET.
Mr. Christopher Meating, who had been an officer in
her Majesty's Customs for nearly forty years, and was
on the eve of superannuation on his full salary, was
brought before Mr. Henry for final examination, on a
charge of stealing a head of tobacco, the value of which
did not exceed 6d., the property of the London Dock
Company.
From the evidence of the different witnesses, it ap-
peared that on Wednesday the prisoner, who was on
duty in the tea- department of the London Docks, on
passing by a cask of leaf tobacco, which some men were
rolling along, took a head of the tobacco, which pro-
jected from the end that had given way, and concealed
it behind' him. One of the labourers perceiving what he
had done, desired the prisoner to give the tobacco back,
and told him at the time he should be ashamed of him-
self for taking it, and the property was returned. The
circumstance coming to the ears of some of the dock
officers, the prisoner was taken before the surveyor of
Customs and superintendent of the dock, and ordered by
them to be sent before a-magistrate.
When before examined, the prisoner said, in reply to
the charges, that he had observed the tobacco falling
from the cask, and he had merely taken it for preserva •
tion, and intended handing it to Mr. Dooley, a locker of
Customs.
On Saturday, by the directions of Mr. Pelham,his soli-
citor, the prisoner declined saying anything, and was
fully committed to take his trial.
UNION-HALL.
Joseph Cross, a cab proprietor, residing at Brixton,
was brought before Mr. Cottingham, charged with steal-
ing a purse containing a 5L Bank of England note, five
sovereigns, and three gold seals, the property of Mrs.
Carr, of Grosvenor-street, Grosvenor-square, the lady of
Captain Carr, of the East India Company's service.
Policeman Radcliffe, 27 L, stated that on the 3d inst.
Mrs. Carr engaged the prisoner's cab at Kennington, and
was driven to Grosvenor-street. Some time after she
alighted she missed her purse, which she was confident
she had left on the seat, but being ignorant of the
number of the vehicle, she gave information of the cir-
cumstance at. Scotland-yard, and also made inquiry at
i Somerset House to ascertain if the cab driver had depo-
sited the purse and contents there. Being unsuccessful,
however, in her application, Policeman Radcliffe, being
informed of the circumstances, with difficulty traced the
prisoner as the man who had driven Mrs. Carr on the
day in question, although he at first equivocated
a good deal on the subject. When, however, he
was brought into the presenc,- of the lady,
he at first denied that he knew anything about the purse
or its contents, but upon Mrs. Carr assuring him that if
her property was restored to her she would not prose-
cute, the prisoner then admitted that he found the purse
and all that it contained some time after she quitted the
cab, and said they were all safe, with the exception of
one sovereign, which he had foolishly spent. The above
admission was made in the presence of Radcliffe, to
whom the prisoner then handed over the purse and its
contents, with the exception of the sovereign which he
said he had expended. The policeman added that Mrs.
Carr, being perfectly satisfied with the restoration of
her property, particularly the gold seals, one of which
had been reeently sent to her by Captain Carr from In-
dia, was therefore unwilling to appear against the pri -
soner, and was not in attendance.
Mr. COTTINOLIAM said that it was a very serious rob-
bery, and that such offences were very frequent, and it
would be necessary to have the attendance of the lady
to whom the purse and its contents belonged.
The prisoner said that he regretted what had occurred;
that he admitted he was wrong in keeping the purse, but
that, having set down the lady at the corner of Gros-
vernor-street, and not knowing where she lived, he could
not call at her house to make her acquainted with her
loss. He added that, Mrs. Carr having promised not to
press any charge against him on his returning her the
property, he trusted that the Magistrate would not com-
pel that lady's attendance.
Mr. COTT/NORA/5f said that, even if the prisoner was
cognisant of the lady's residence, he knew very well that,
as an honest man, he was bound to take any property
left by mistake in his cab to Somerset House, where the
owner would have an opportunity of having it restored.
This, however, the prisoner did not do, and, for the sake
of the public, he (the Magistrate) should compel Mrs.
Carr to attend, observing that so serious a charge must
not be allowed to be compromised ; therefore he should
remand the prisoner until Wednesday.
WANDSWORTH.
Inspector Creed, of the V division, applied to the
sitting magistrate for his advice and assistance under the
following circumstances :
Some time last summer a pier was thrown out near to
the Red House, Battersea-fields, at the instance of the
Westminster_. Steam-boat Company, to enable their boats
to land and embark passengers. The consequence has
been that Battersea-fields has become a favoured resort
on the Sunday for some thousands of mechanics, their
wives and children, the opportunity of reaching this
sot being within the means of the most humble artizan.
To afford amusement to the visitors, several persons
have speculated in the letting out of horses and donkeys
for "penny rides," and another person has laid out a
considerable sum of money in the erection of a gigantic
swing. It was to devise some means of putting down
these " nuisances,"as they were termed, that the Inspec-
tor waited on the magistrate.
Mr. Parserna inquired if any complaint had ever been
made to the police ? The inspector replied, several,
and one of the complaining parties was Mr. Wright, the
landlord of the Red House.
Mr. PAYNTER. wished to know if the ground upon
which the donkey-riding took place was common land
or private property? The inspector said it was private
property, as was also the piece of ground where the
swing is situated.
Mr. PAYNTER—Then I have no power to interfere,
and Ido not see why I should interfere. In no other
country are the working classes restricted in their Sun-
day amusements, and I do not see, so long as those
amusements are harmless in their character, that they
should be in this. The gentry throng Rotten-row on
Sunday in carriages and on horseback; then why is the
same privilege to be denied the humble mechanic?
The inspector said he should not have interfered but
that some of the resident gentry made complaints.
Mr. PAYNTER—Let the gentry, before they make
those complaints, set the example of abstinence in their
oMagistrate concluded his ob-
servationsahtyalthough he wished to see the
uwi
nn bpi eersco anbssys.
es Theaatlil no every means of recreation, yet
he would not countenance any irregularity of conduct,
either on their part or those who catered to their enjoy-
ments; therefore, if any complaints came before him, he
stating, worthy
would severely punish the culpable parties.
KINGSTON.
(Before Captain ROBERTS, and a full Bench of Magis-
trates.)
The Court was crowded on Saturday by persons
anxious to hear the proceedings against a man named
John Durdon, who had been apprehended by the po-
lice for keeping a gaining-booth at Hampton races, con-
trary to law, and in disobedience to the order recently
issued by the Secretary of State,
Mr. Allen, of the Oxford Circuit attended on behalf of
the defendant.
Henry Jackson, a police-constable of the V division,
deposed that he was on duty at Hampton races on
Thursday last, and in consequence of information he re-
ceived, he went round to the different booths, and, on
going into one of them, a man, whom he knew by name,
attempted to prevent him, and said there was no occa-
sion to go in, and asked him to go and have some sherry.
Witness told him he wanted no wine, and that he should
do his duty.
Mr. Allen objected to what passed between the man
and the witness, in the absence of the defendant, being
given in evidence. He also remarked upon the nature
of the proceeding. •
Captain Roberts observed that the Secretary of State
had issued private instructions to put down gambling at
races, and those instructions must be carried out. For
his own palit, he was glad to do all in his power to
prevent the public from being robbed as they had been.
Jacksen then proceeded to state that, on his going
into the booth, he saw a roulette table, and he observed
the defendant turn the ball round, and several persons
were present playing. (The table and equantity of
counters were here produced.) He took the defendant
into custody, and also assisted to seize the table and the
other implements used for the game.
The witness then produced 174 counters. They were
made of white metal, resembling silver, and on one side
were the words, " Established 1800, D.G.," and on the
other, "New Betting Rooms, Doncaster," and a repre-
sentation of the Grand Stand. He added that the ball
was one of the same description usually employed for
playing at roulette, As they were going to Kingston,
the prisoner offered to give him two sovereigns if he
would say nothing about gambling being carried on in
the booth.

STATE OF TRADE.
ENGLISH WOOL MARKET, LEEDS, JUNE 14.—There
has been more business done this week in combing and
clothing Wools, and a better tone of feeling prevails, but
' prices are not yet such as to afford a profit on the rates
asked and obtained by. the farmers.
WAKEFIELD, JUNE 14.—We do not make any alte-
ration in our report of the Wool market this week; sales
in all kinds are limited, but prices are firm.
YORK, JUNE 13.—There was a large quantity of Wool
exhibited in our market to-day, and a very numerous
attendance of buyers also. Considerable business has
been transacted ; nearly every lot was sold, with little
variation in price. The best lots of Hog and Ewe, 14s.
to 14s. 6d. One Third Hog, 13s. to 13s. 9d. L9eks, Bs.
to 9s. 6d per stone.
HULL.—The wool season in this town may be said to
have commenced on Tuesday last, that being the first
day upon which any English wool of this year's growth
was offered, and the quantity was by no means equal
to the demand ; the prices averaged 11d. per lb. As
events have turned out, it appears unfortunate that the
wish expressed last year to commence the wool fair a
fortnight earlier than usual, should have been acceded
to, for, the weather being for a long time cold, though
dry, caused the farmers generally to delay shearing ;
during the last fortnight, however, clipping has been•at
its height, and a great weight of wool is known to be
in process of packing. The prospect of an early har-
vest, also, will induce all possible expedition with re-
spect to this article, and we fully expect that buyers
during the next month will find the market much better
supplied.

LEEDS.—There continues to be a very thin supply of
balk goods brought to our cloth-halls, particularly of
low qualities, suitable for the shipping houses ; such at
present meet ready sale. There has also been a fair
quantity of shawls and fancy cloakings, delivered to order
during the week. On the whole there continues to be a
full average business doing, as compared to the same
period of the season of the last few years, The American
houses still continue busy, but the spring season bein,4
nearly over, and too soon for speculation fi:r the autumn
demand, there has in consequence been but little doing in
the warehouses of those who depend solely on the home
trade.

BRADFORD MARKET.—Pieces are moved off in fair
quantities, and the business doing at this period is fully
an average of former seasons. Yarns are now assuming
a degree of firmness in price, and more dispositiun to
buy than for some time past, which augurs more favour-
ably for the future. The opening of the different wool
markets at York, Doncaster, &c., for the season, some-
what obstructs the buyers who for a long time have been
doing but little here, which causes the demand for comb-
ing wools to continue languid, and prices barely main-
tained. The improvement at the recent colonial sales has
tended to somewhat improve the demand for fine brokes
and noils, and for which recent prices are fully main-
tained.
TRADE OF MANCHESTER, THURSDAY EVENING.—We
have not had so much doing in cloth this week as many
anticipated ; and though large quantities are buying for
India and China, still the production seems to exceed the
demand, and in consequence manufacturers are disposed
to accept rather less money than on this day se'nnight.
Good printing cloth is fully as dear, and the demand
very good. Domestics arc rather lower, and not quite
so much doing in them. Twist is selling pretty freely,
at prices not quotably different from those rated last
week.—Leeds Mercury.

By Mr. Allen—Believed that the ground on which
the races were held was private property, but he did not
know who it belonged to. The other man whom he had
mentioned ran out of the booth, or be should have ap-
prehended him also for gambling.
Captain WILLIAMS, to the witness—l believe the in-
structions issued by the Secretary of State were to ap-
prehend all persons found gambling in the booths ?
Witness—Those were the instructions we received.
By Mr. Allen—There were a great many booths, and
some thousands of persons were present. There were 1
stalls of all kinds, and forty or fifty booths, but not of
the same kind as the one in which he saw the defendant. BURN'S FESTIVAL. —This great festival —which
xii2gdloim the enthusiastic admirers of our national poet—is
The last race was just over at the time. When they promises to gather together from the farthest corners of the
were going toKingston, the defendant said to him, "You
opteciayanliounced to take place on Wednesday the 10tH of
to
duly, Lord Eglinton having accepted the office of chairman,
he should decline to give any answer. It was after this
that the money was offered to him. I •
pier. A pavilion is to be erected capable of containing about
1,400 individuals, and the site selected seems to us most Robert Checkly, another police-constable, deposed.
ap-
that he went into the booth with the last witness, and propriate, affording to every warm-hearted admirer of the
he confirmed his testimony relative to the defendant Ayrshire bard an opportunity of joining in a festival of
being found working the roulette table. He saw the patriotic feeling at the monument reared to his genius am►dst
counters lying about in different parts of the table. . objects consecrated to unfading remembrance by his own im-
mortal song. The sons of the poet, and his sister, Mrs. Begg
Cross-examined by Mr. Allen—Witness was close to
.—with her daughters, are invited to this gratifying demon-
Jackson when he went into the booth. It was about il
mstroasttiod? ;
.while we believe it is expected that several of the
I letters, sotrinxishecl individuals of the day, whether. for rank,
two yards long and was covered on the top: The por-
tion of booth where the gambling was going on was
g, will grace the meeting with their
1 We must not omit in this enumeration the welcopnrtesenee.
parted off. Ho did not know who the race course be-
highly esteemed tenders of gratuitous co-operation frome
Mr.and ,
longed to.
ellenanleedtignlee:
By Captain RonEirrs_conid not say Whether the Templeton and Mr. Wilson, of the Theatres Royal, London
gaming-booth was under a different canvas to the
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other.
and we have no doubt that there will yet bv many
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This was the case in support of the charge.
attraction to the enjoyments of the day,--4.yr Advertiser.
Mr, Allen then nciciress@d the Berlch at considerable 1 overtire& of effective service that will yield great variety and I
length; ill behalf of the defendant, and after remarking

upon the prejudice which usually attached to cases of
this sort, he said the Magistrates had a very important
and onerous duty cast upon them, inasmuch as they
stood in the position of both judge and jury, and he sub-
mitted that they ought not to convict except upon the
strongest evidence. He then proceeded to contend that
no conviction could take place under the Act of George
the Fourth, commonly called the Vagrant Act, inasmuch
as that only applied to cases of gambling on a public
highway, and the evidence went to show that the race-
course was private property. If a party gambled upon
his own land the magistrate had no power to interfere.
The Learned Counsel then alluded to the New Police
Act, which he contended was only intended to apply to
fairs, and he went on to express his conviction that as
the race-course was proved to be private property, the
magistrate had no jurisdiction.
Mr. Jetnruet, clerk to the Bench, remarked that the
Act gave very much greater powers than those sug-
gested by the Learned Counsel, and, among others, it
provided a remedy_ for telling fortunes in private houses.
Captain ROBERTS said that if the Bench entertained
any doubt of their power and jurisdiction they would not
act, bat they did not entertain any such doubt.
Mr. Allen then went on to contend that there must be
some proof of parties having betted or played before there
could be a conviction. rn this case there was no such proof,
and he, therefore, submitted that the off-nce contem-
plated by the , statute had not been proved—there was
not the slightest evidence that the defendant had either
played or betted.

The Magistates then considered the case, and, after
they had consulted,
The CHAIRMAN said the Bench had given their most
serious consideration to the point that had been urged on
behalf of the defendant, and they were clearly of opinion
that the act was committed in a public place within the
meaning of the statute ; and, as to the objection that
there was no proof of the defendant's having played, they
considered the circumstance of his being at the table
and working the ball quite sufficient proof of that fact,
and the circumstance of his finding the table, the cloth,
and the counters, showed clearly that the parties were
met to bet and gamble. The Bench therefore considered
the offence proved, and adjudged the defendant to be
imprisoned for month in the House of Correction.
Mr. Allen gave notice of appeal.
The roulette table and other gambling apparatus were
ordered to be destroyed.

CORONER'S INQUEST.
CRIM. CON.— 3n Saturday a protracted inquiry was
gone into before Mr. Payne, the City Coroner, and a
highly respectable jury of gentlemen residing in the
parish of St. Bride, in the Bridewell Hospital, New
Bridge-street, Blackfriars, touching the death of Robert
Milsom, otherwise John White, aged 35, a prisoner.
Mr. John Farrer, assistant surgeon to the Bridewell,
deposed that the deceased was first brought under his
notice about five weeks since. He was suffering from
palpitation of the heart. From external appearances
witness concluded that he was labouring under con-
siderable organic diseaca ; in consequence of which,
witness ordered deceased not #o work any longer at the
mill. Medicines were given to deceased from time to time
as he required them, but nothing alarming or fatal was
apprehended until Friday morning last, when immedi-
ately after washing himself; he began to complain of giddi-
ness, and then fell down in a fit. Witness opened a
vein in the arm and blood flowed freely, but de-
ceased did not recover in the least. He, therefore,
applied mustard poultices to his feet, and friction to his
body. Deceased, however, never rallied, but expired
the same morning, at half-past eleven o'clock. A post
mortem examination of the body, subsequently made,
proved that the heart of deceased was diseas-d, which,
having impeded the free circulation of the blood, had
caused apoplexy.
Samuel Lees, a prisoner, said he had been sleeping
with the deceased for the last three weeks. During that
period he had been exceedingly fretful, and he told the
witness that on the Saturday before he was sent to
prison he saw his wife with another man in the neigh-
bourhood of Newgate-market. Owing to the conduct of
his wife he would sit for hours together in the work-
room and not exchange a single word with any one. On
the night previous to his death he cried very much.
On the following morning, however, he got up, and
seemed in much better-spirits, and commence l dancing.
Shortly afterwards he was in the act of combing his
hair, when he fell down, saying at the time, " Sam
Sam ! I am going." Witness ran forward and lifted
him up, when he said he felt as if he was deficient in
strength. A doctor came about twenty minutes after,
but he died the same morning. The last words he ut-
tered were he wanted to see his wife. Deceased was by
trade a weaver, but his father-in-law being a type-foun-
der, he took him into Messrs. Caslon's letter-foundry, in
Chiswell-street where he learned the art of letter-cast-
ing. Deceased had some time since told witnes-, that he
was first sent to prison for refusing to support the chil-
dren of his wife, who was living with a master black-
smith.

The CORONER having inquired if the wife was present,
and being answered in the negative, said if' the man had
got into trouble through the misconduct of his wife, it was
a pity she was not aware of it.
The Foreman of the Jury inquired what the last wit-
ness had done ? The Governor (Captain Kincaid) re-
plied he had driven a cabriolet without a license.
The CORONER (with great emotion)—lt is monstrous
to send a man among thieves for that.
A juror—What is his sentence for driving a cab
withont a license ? The Governor—One month. He
has been here before for the same offence.
A juror—Here is a man sent to prison, and obliged
to associate with thieves and abandoned characters nir a
month, because he tries to earn a livelihood fur himself
and family, he being, perhaps, too poor to pay for a
license.
George Devereux, one of the turnkeys, said that de•
ceased was admitted on the 22d of April, having been
convicted at the Mansion-house, and sentenced to three
months, for attempting to commit a fekny in Tower-
street, City. He told witness that his ife was living
with another man, and that she was the cause of his
leading a dishonest life.
A messenger was, at the request of the worthy Co-
roner, dispatched in a cab to Mr. Caslon's, requesting
the attendance of the wife's father. On his arrival he
admitted that his (laughter was cohabiting with another
man, but had not for any length of time.
Other evidence having been adduced, the Coroner
summed up, and the jury returned a verdict of " Natural
death from apoplexy, arising from a disease of the heart."