The Sun.
London, England, 1821-12-14 00:00:00

TILE KING V. ED YARDS.

.• This was an information of the same description as the for-
mer. The Jury, after similar speeches from Counsel, similar
evidence for the, prosecution, and a similar summing tip'frOth
thel.ortl Chief Justice, found the defendant guilty (of the con-
tradiction only) on the latter counts of the indictment: • • • •

IIE gING V. HARRIS.
This was a similar case. There was no novelty in any of the
circumstances. - • •
, .ISlr. ADOLPIIU s contended fora verdict similar to that in the
last case.
.•• The SOLICITOR-GEXERAL submitted, that the verdict

must be as in the first
The LORD CIIITIF .11.7gTic summed up.
The Jury found a verdict on the latter counts of the inform&
tion (the contradiction only)—Guilty.

'mu AtEa y. FROWDIE.
This was an action for malicious prosecution. The defend-
ant preferred an indictment against the plaintiff and a gentle-
Man named Lee, for an alleged conspiracy to extort money from
the late Spanish' AMbassador.

. .
Mr. Cu IT TY opened the pleadings.
Mr. G 1:11NEY (in his opening) stated the case as one of' very
serious importance to the plaintiff. He opened the transaction
with some nnwillifignesa to 'the Jury; -because it involVed the
conduct of 'aiiperson of great distinction, that person being
A a foreigner, cl now no longer a resident in this country.—
Harmer, 'ffie :plaintiff, in the year 1818, was applied to
by a yoUng- woman for professional assistance; the applicant
Nvas accompanied 14 her .father, and the tale which they told
:(rather an interesting one) was this :—The girl, whose name
`was Roberts, was earning her livelihood in a reputable house,
when a servant of the late Spanish A rnbassador, the Dukede San
Carlos,' sought by Various means to seduce her from her situa-
tion. The man distinctly told her that he did not addiesS her
on his own aceStint;:birethat it'great foreign merchant named
Picard was struck with her, and was content, if she would live
with him; to provide for tier handsomely. After much persua-
aion the temptation succeeded ; the young.woman left they em-
ployment she W3S in ; resided in lodgings which were regularly
provided for her, took • the.parhe of 11Ir. Picard, who visited' her.
frequently, and at length discovered that Mr. Pieard was the Mike'
de San Carlos. In course of time, the girl became pregnant; and
her keeper became tired,,, of her - he employed a pencil to:use
means to prochre abortion,' and shortly after abandoned his
Victim altogether. In this clilenuint,'Mri.Gutney said, it was, preg!.
nant, and in a state of complete destitution, that Miss Roberts
first applied: o the plaintiff; Mr. Harmer. Mr. Harmer, even
supposing her statement to be exaggerated, could riot but feel
some pity for her situation.: and he thought that, at altesients,
something should be done for her. Under that impression, he
called upon a gentleman with whom he kneW the Duke de San
Carlos to be acquainted, stated the circumstances, and asked
his opinion. Mr. Lewis Goldsmith, (the gentleman to whom
111 r. Harmer so applied) said that he had, no doubt but that
the Duke would feel obliged by Mr. Harmer's coriduct, and
begged that Mr. Harmer, with him, would call upon his Grace
immediately. Mr. ilarmtr- went, and the parties had a con-
ference upon the affair. Time Duke denied having used means
to prochre aboytion ; but he admitted the' rest of the caiehis
keeping the girl, her 'beingr-ivith child by him, &c., and re-
quested Mr. Harmer to communicate with his attorney,
Mr. Frowde. Mr. Frowde and Mr. Harmer met, but the
interview led to nothing very satisfactory. Mr. Frowde au-
thorized - Mr: thriller to give the girl 51. ; and Mr. 'Harmer
afterwards, seeing her destitute condition, and relying, of course,
upon being repaid by the Dake, advanced heisl. more : -these
advances were made during Miss-Roberts's pregnancy, arid at
a time when various arrangements wereproposed—Mr. Frowde
.wishing that she should go to the workhouse to lie in,, her
friends refusing to accede to that course, and the girl, but
for the money supplied' to' her by Mr. Harmer, in a situa-
tion literally to starve,.' or to be driven into the streets for.sub-
sistence. The result of the Duke de San Carlos's conduct was
not more liberal than its general tenour had been. Mr. Har-
mer applied for payment of the 'lOl. he had advanced: Mr.
Frowderefused :to pa it. The girl applied for further aasiit-
nee ; but Mr. Frowde compelled her to swear her child to the
Duke ; the Duke was in consequence actually summoned before
the parish offieers; and the scene which took place on that
occasion,- Mr. .-Gurney, as he, was . not . compelled to. do it,
would not at presenk-state. Behr.- denied, however, the reiin-
bursement of hiS advances, Mr. harmer, who might well have
expected a complihierit-ferbis trouble, became angry. He Con-
stilted with Mr. Goldsmith, to whom he had first applied ; and,
by, the advice of that gentleman, wrote personally to the Duke
de'San Carlos. Shortly after; to his utter astonishment—with-
out notice or intimation even that he had displeased by his
:proceeding—Mr. Harmer found that the defendant had gone
to Clerkenwell, and,preferred an indictment against him, ,in
company with h gentleman of the name of Lee, for conapiracy..
Of Mr.' Lee, Mr. Barmier had not at that time the slightest
knowledge ; but it seemed that Mr. Lee, who was a clergyman'
(having been consulted by MisS Roberts), had written a letter
to the Duke of San 'Carlos ; and the respective interference& of
Mr. Lee and Mr. Harmer;on behalf of the same unfortunate
woman was deemed sufficient by Mr. Frowde to join them in a
conspiracy. As soon as Mr. Harmer beard of the indictment,
lie proceeded to inspect the bill. found Mr. Frowde in full
possession of the field,—attorney,.prosecutor, and sole witness;
and he requested, as matter of justice, that the trial might
come on without delay. Now as Mr. Frowde was, in fact, all
the • case in his • own person, he could have few pleadings to.
arrange, and no witnesses to summon; but delay,. not trial, was
the object of the affected prosecution ; the Matter (for increase.
f delay, arid to keep the thing hanging over Mr. Harmer's head)
was removed by certiorari to the Court of King's Bench - and
wheol atlengthOt could bekept offno longer; not a tittle of evi-
dence was_ adduced for.the prosecution, and Mr: Harmer, with—
out atrial, was acquitted. Now the'questioti for the Jury was
!short and simple Had the indictment, or had It, hot, hgen. res
ferred maliciously and without probable cause ? That,questron
was one on which twelve men could scarcely entertain a doubt,

and" dendY4k ,•ito-.4-411e 144 to ?mastiff tit*:
compensation, which *as dui to-ihg Plat_otitfl
Thbrecoril of Mi. tharmerciacquiftlitt itieCourt
Bench was then put in.:, • • -; t ; --.!, •. . • •
Mr. Sergeant PEsiE;(for 'the Wiferidantffikili aTdrmal ob
:The plaintiffin hi:vat:kJ-Option', chagged the,tlefendso
:with indictipg him for a conspiracy td extort money, ac., (rot%
idle; ))take dean t}arlOS.- 'The' recOAI d. that. irrdictirient;
!now: before the Court.; and it would be for nti that the Duke!,
; name et! Cariajal. nitrite" in-t-tfle• t 4/66
set-Pula-an4. properly set nut„ ;., hut.* plaintiff,
iph
diaarntion, now spelt it Carvagal. The Viribtion; the Leato
Sergeant subtliitted.e.mtist be `. , .
Mr. GunXtY contended that the name would he either 4f4h,
idetti-SotianS. ; = •=, •• z 1"
Mr. Sergeant PEicßz denied that fact. The g might be soft,
Or; hard'. • • - ' • • '
. The Loma ,Cutr,P,.-..41.15Tit was of, opinion, against Me":,
Gurney ; bui aS'tfie'dbiabt was upon a word-in aloreign lad
gunge, he was read}' -PI -bear evidence upon the point. ,
Mr. GuRNE Y, alter consulting Withhis-client, admitted that
be mug be noes Cited. f
Lord Holland was upon the bench during the greater part 1"
the day. It waslunderstood that his. Lordship was subptenaea
on the part 0( the defendant. The trial did not come on until
five in the afternooi,.

• • COURT OF: coigaioN,yLEAS,DEC. -
Adjourned Sittings in Guildhall.' •
AAIIIIIi V.
.This was a a action of•trover, to riejiver back, the 'value of
horse, under these circumstances :—The plaintiff; a hiiise-fleale.l
at Brighton,ret a horse anti a gig for II days to a Air, Durant;
Mr.:D., arrival in London, immediately after eadev
voured to sell the horse- and gig, andfoi that purpoge sentchbfi
to-the Repository of .the.defendant, in Goswell-street, where 116
was sold to a person of the name of Bray. It appeared. filet th
horse was not returned to the plaintiff,diter,the eight days;
after laborious search, he was discoVeied in the pbssessioo
Bray. When Bray was first appliechtbia.shew the hOrse, he le"
out a different one to that originally let by 3laibin, but Sabse'
quently led out the horse in questibn, 4444 *as immediate/Y re`
cognised by the plaintiff as his property. These were ,briefly
facts of the pliiintiff'tecase,•as proved in evidence: -
Fpr the defence, it was contended, that no, conversip_qf the
property 16.. s proved ; that the identity'a the.horse was dtal6"
ful ; and thirdly, that it did not clearly appear that a 5a1e,1Y,3:3
made by plaintiff to Durant.
Mr. Sadler's clerk.proved the sale of the horse at the'Reposi.;
tory to Mr. Bray, and that he charged and received the usuP
commissions on the transaction., , •
The Loan CUIEF JusTrcE said,.it was clear that a letting
and not a sale was made of the hors4:aild gig, the latter being.,
returned to the plaintiff'. It then remainetl for the Jury to sl
what suni they would allovifor the hork. •
Yerdict for the plaintiff—Damages pi. . -
•

- . • . . .
RICH WHEEL FOR THE LACT ijte
ARROLL, the CONTRACTOR,: begs! t°
inform theYublie, that the Last and Only Day. "
Drawing, is
NEXT THURSDAY, 20th DECEMBER,
Whets all thePrizei in the present Itich•Wheel must 64.

Prawn. 61.:
ONE of X:30,060 !

£s,non
.2,000
.
1'
3
•
3
4
With a multitude of inferior Prizes £so,

:.£Vh &c. Sec:: making , - • 7 ,*!
LESS THAN TWO BLANKS TO A 'PRIZE.
.-:Tickets and Shards are Selling at GARROL-L'S Troly.
tunate Offices, 19„ CORNHILL, and eN, OXFORD ST4F:F'„
where he Sold in Shates, the- Serirod Da}; of •Drawing, 64')
Teinher 20th,) No, 11,436, a Prize of ,C 39,000.

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yesterday, the Title -sheyd, have ppftred, thus
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In the 35th -Line, react love" for G° cove'-

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