The Sun.
London, England, 1810-06-23 00:00:00

PuLa7E.

If/hitetnan, Edward lf akefetd, Wm. Taylor,
rhointts Wilmore, and hichard Gibson, were brought
the Odic.: by Ltvender, Taunton, and otl.ers, and
C )il rgt'd berore MARES with being rogues and va-
4.ibondS. The three former were clerks, and the two
,aiter porters, in aiding and abe!ting Win.. Hodges
1.-1 setting up and'carrying on a Private Lottery, or
Little Go, in Pall Mall.

Mr. GURNEY attended for tte.proseCalion, and
briefly grated the case.
Mr. MA R R YATT attended for the defendants, and
vhjecied\ to the' information on which the warrant
wa • founded being produced, which was over-ruled
by Mr. NA.II ES. . •
SamuelTau-nton, one of the condnetors of the pa-
t-oie, said that he went with William Cleminn, a
c,niiaJile belonging to the pitrish of St.. Martin, and
st.veral, otiwts, to execute a wart ant between pine
and ten o'clock, on the night of the 15th instant, to
the house of William Hodges, in 'Pall- Mall ; be
went to a side door in, a court adjoining the house,
the door was open, they found no obstruEtion in en-
tering. They proceeded along a passage into a room
where several people were assembled ; the prisoner,
WilmOre, was standing with the door in,his hand—
he shut the dOor on perceiving the ptrole following
him, and endeavoured to keep theM out. Ther'e
c!e bet .)-een 30 and 40 Men, women and children,
asembled in the room and in the passage. The pri-
soners Whiteman, Wakefield, and Taylor, were in
the room behind the counter, the others were be-
fore it. The women and others endifavonred to
rush not. The witness then seized a book, and
took Whiteman, Taylor, and-Wakefield, into cus-
'tody, with the assistance of two other officers. He
then seized some cards, p•Anervsilver, halfpence, &c..

On his cross-examination he slid, he did not ob-
serve the five prisoners doing any -thing, only three
of them were \behind the counter. He did not see
a little go or little lottery wheels drawing, exercis-
ing, or playing in any part of the house which they
searched, neither did they and-any htanki or prizes
on ivory.
- James Lake said, he was a constable belonging to,
the parish of Bloomsbury. He went with Taunton
and others to execute the warrant, on the night of
the 15th instant. He first went to the hours on the
night or the sth instant ; he "next went on the night
of:rifel4th inst. On the sth instant e saw all the.
prisoners- there, also on the 14a) instant.
Mr. IA UU&YATT objected that no evidenee Of any
transactions, previous in the execution of the war-
rant, ought to be.received..
Mr. G UNLY replied at- considerable length, and
the onjet.tion was overrtfl, d. •
The witness proceed- d to state, that, on the sth
she prisoner., Ci Non, was at the door,
aet-
ing ai the porter ; at the same tithe he -
saw the pri-
soer, in the passage, s'ittin,g at a door
lading into Mr. Hodges 's State Lottery Office.
Whitenian was inthe room; ()ciatinf,z, as clerk,
and taking insurai,c.i. The %ILite-is insured with
him. Wakefield'Taylor were bei,ind the same
counter, acting as clerks. Err a-4.ed Whiteman the
price Of his insurances, and he handed him over a
his; of prices, and he paid. him i i3s. for insuring lin.
ell for ten guineas, it vas drawn a blank or prize,
And five guineas pri'Le only. Tilts re:was a number
of person insurlng at the sane time. The pri-
soner, Whiteman, that night left the room before
the. drawing of the Lottery was announced.; and
bet6re he haft the ninth he handed over a sealed
nett-r to Wakefield, as containinr, the numbers that
had been drawn that night ; and about ten o'clock
Wakefield and Wilmore asked it any more persona
wanted to insure any more nuinbers, and none an-
swering, he opened the letter, and annontice'd the
numbers that were drawn. Wakefield and Taylor
then wrote On several pieces of paper the nuttibvrs
that had been drawn. Taylor gave hint tine of the
lists:. When he Went aaiu iiii4the'l4th instant, all
;he pris'nner3 were there, and employed in the same
way, and lie then insured with Wakefield No. 61
for ti‘e guineas, and No. 17 for one guinea, for
which he paid eleven bbilli:rgs. He confirmed Taun-
ton's evidence as to what took place on the night of
the 15th invant, and said his b:other insured No.
15 for half a-guinea with W4kefield, and paid one
sndling. _ _ _

was cbufirmed by a number of Other wit-

UeSies.

Mr. ADOLPRU.S.Wdi_ heard at considerable length
in a very ingenious, speech for the prisoners. He
al,owed that the prsopers came within the Meaning
eof the Act of P.iiliarnent, to subje& them to a pe-
r:Pity of ipol. but very ably coutendid that whit
was proved against them did not come within
_the
to-fining of the 17th of George subject them
to be convicted as rogues and %agabOnds, as it wits--
not proved that a 'Allele), or private lottery, was
secop and drawn by Yfriliain Hodges, at his houstt,
in Pad Mall, and that the prisoners were aiOiti and
ab!tting him.
Mr. GURNEY replied briefly.
eMr. NARES took a full view of all. that had been
said upon the•subjed,
,and had no doubt from the
&vidence, be had a power of conviding under the Aa
.01 Parliament, and gave as
ean instance, that the pre-
Sent Load Chancellor said of the Bill, when it was
passing ihtough the House of Lords, he ohjtcted to
it on the groun I of its being
.too ses;eree.eby its being
so very fully and closelir worded, that it would be
n,r any person to escape under it upon
the most trifling charge of ganibiing. He therefore
convicted them all as rogneseand vagabonds; he had
sorne doubts as to his having tlie, powii of co o-
mitting for a certain time,, 9r-Soudingethem to the
Ses.ions ; he should,eho:,vever, do the latter.
GuaNet hoped pUblic_ whipping would be
added to the imprisonment, as he was convinced,
~from the description of the prisoners, that was the
'only pu,nishment that Watild deter them from similar
practices.
, .• • .• •
The Ma,istrate declined complying with this re-
They vrere c mr*teediorthe:ilouse of Correc-
tion tail the Sesious. '

Notesthstan !ing the kiffeted etnbargoe3.ot &To-
NAPARTk on all bur goods, it is a known taa 4fliat
the w,ho.e Frenc'h uy are clothed from our Inanu-
witortes in the West-Riding of Yorkshire.

LIJNI.AiNg Printcti by RICHARD HAI; ItlS, ot.No. 4, Slartiett.cosrt)liow.strect and
At the Svix-Qrrucit, No. 1 iA, Strand, where Acivegiienients, Orckrs