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London, England, 1812-08-06 00:00:00

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rine. A step wait. accordingly put to it, and Mr.
Day with some difliculty succeeded in mounting ;
but. here another difficulty occurred ; having once
got into the Beat, it was found almost an impossibility
tliat he should get out of it again. In short, the car-
nage was found wholly inadequate for the purpose
for which it was intended ; and on these grounds he
contended, that the defendant was not bound to pay
for the alterations.

The Learned Judge held, after hearing the Coun-
sel on both sides, that the defendant was bound to
pay for the work ; and that if it were improperly exe-
cuted, he might maintain a cross action.
Verdict for the plaintiff.

STAFFORD.
Maim Booth was put upon his trial for forging a
note, purporting to be a promissory note of the Bank
of England, of the value of £l.
John Linwood, one of the constables of Birming-
ham, described the manner in which the prisoner's
house was blockaded; there being three doors in the
passage leading to the parlour, all very strong, and
' fastened with solid square oak and iron bars. The
windows were lined with wrought, iron, and. also
barred; so that it was almost invulnerable to the at-
tacks of any assailant.
The moue being unable to obtain admittance into
I the lower rooms by reason of the doors and windows
being so strongly ban icaded, Chillingworth, one of
the constables, proceeded up a ladder in front of the
house. On going up the ladder, he saw the prisoner
in the chamber over the parlour—witness then broke
the glass, and prisoner went to the middle of the
room, and witness saw him take some papers from a
rolling press that was fixed upon a bench in the
middle of the room : the papers appeared to be the
size of bank notes—tbe prisoner put them into a fire.
place in which there was some fire. Witness then
ascended the ladder to the garret window, and with,
difficulty forced himself through it into tie garret,
and others of his party followed. After he had en-
tered the garretrhe jumped through a trap-door into
the room where Booth was when he went up the
ladder; but Booth at the same time went through
another trap-door into the, parlour below. Witness
remained in tbefbanaberg and found burnt paper in
the fire place. H. took tunny burnt papers out of
the chimney, and one which was but little burnt.
The note was produced in Court, and sworn to.
Witness proved that materials for making paper, ,
impressing water-marks, and for copper-plate print-
ing were found upon, the prisoner's premises.
John ingley had been in prisoner's employ since
Christmas last. The prisoner occupied 200 acres of
land. Witness was taken to work in the house about
ten days before prisoner was apprehended. Before
that time worked in the barn. This witness proved
his having been desired by the prisoner to take a
small trunk, and bury it in a field adjoining the house,
besides several plates. Witness was also taken into
custody, but being admitted an evidence, he disco-
vered where the articles were concealed.
Joseph
.Chirm, heaciborough of ,Binningham,
proved the finding the trunk and plates. It con-
tained notes of different value, purporting to be of
the' Bank of England, and to a Loge amount. There
were besides IS blanks, with the Bank of England
water-mark.

. J. H. Harper,,,Tagraver to the Bank of England,
said the note for which the prisoner was indicted was
not the impression of a genulne plate—it was fraudu-
lent in every respect.
The Learned Judge explained to the Jury, that if
tbcpersons in Booth's employ worked by his orders,
it was exactly the same thing as if his own hand
had raced every line upon the bill. The Jury with
very little hesitation pronounced a verdict--Gaiity.

At the Cavan Assizes there were two Orangemen
( Robert and Edward Bennett) found guilty of- man-
slaughter, being prosecuted for the murder of Michael
Reilly, at Clonkeen, on the 20th of January tam.—
The murder was committed by yeomanry weapons,
which a witness stated the prisoners had concealed un-
der their coats ; but it having occurred in a riot, the
Jury did not think themselves warranted in returning
any verdict, but that of guilty of manslaughter.
At the Limerick Assizes on Wednesday se'nnight,
Pat. Reilly, • for having stolen two horses and a gig
Cause Wss. DIXON, Esq. of Dublin, on the 9,4 th of
February last, and which were detected in his posses-
sion in J..imerick, was sentenced to be hanged on Sa.
turday the Btli, of August. Michael Hare, for robbing
JaActegiyes, of *33. 19s. 9d. was also sentenced to
be hanged on §aturday the Bth of August.
Saturday se'nnight at The Assizes for the county
of Antrim Mo avows,/ Brown stood indicted for the
murder of Charles Moore, at Belfast, on the 3d of
September, 1811. This trial had been put off last
Assizes, on account of the absence of a material wit-
ness on behalf of the prisoner ; and an application
was again made to the Court for a similar purpose
upon: the affidavit of-prisoner, but refused by the
Judge.
Counsellor MACA MUM en behalf of the prosecu.
tion, stated, that Ln the 3cl of September, 1811, pri-
soner was Captain of a vessel then lying at the quay
of Belfast. Deceased was a respectable victualler
in Belfast, and prisoner came to his shop to purchase
some meat. Deceased had been married about a
year, and a young child, the fruit of such marriage,
was then in the shop ; and deceased taking up the
child, asked prisoner, 6 6 Was not that a tine fellow ?i,
To this the prisoner made a very indecent answer,
which was as indecently retorted by the deceased,
who, on turning about, was stabbed by .the prisoner
in the back of his loin: of which wound he languished
for a few days, and then died. Several witnesses
were examined, whose unanimous test. molly went to
establish those facts. The Jury, after retiring about
ten minutes, returned a verdict of—Gulty ; and the
judge, after a suitable Address, sentenced the priso-
ner to be executed on the Monday following, and•his
body to be delivered to surgeons, of the County In-
firmary for dissection. The prisoner made no re-
ply,' but Was silently removed to the jail.
From the period of receiving sentence of death, he
spent his few remaining hours in acts of devotion, in
which he was assisted by the Presbyterian Clergyman
of the Parish. His wife was also his companion dur-.
in g these solemn hours of preparation for death.--
Monday se'nnight, about three in the afternoon, she
was withdrawn from him, as also hie daughter.—But
previous to. his leaving the jail, 26ot:ell:a-past five
o'clock, they were permitted to have a last interview