Star.
London, England, 1806-12-01 00:00:00

ded hr nay?. The fentence at the Court therefor,
was, that the Defendant he imprifoned in his Majetly'.
gaol of Negate for fiercer) calendar months, an
then difelsarged.

'Tat LINO V. 'MINAS lIIIDDIS
This defendant had been convilled at the Surrey
AfGees of having in his podeflion a quantity of cot
I dage, cenvals, copper bolts, and other articles, t.
nearly the amount of gel. masked with the broad
arrow. the King's Gores.
Mr. jinlice Cause. in palling fentence, told the'
defend:int it was utterly impoffible that he could
have tow honeßly by articles of this defcription
as they mutt have been Bolen, and brought to him.
as he had received them ; if, indeed, he had not
purloined them himfelf, which, however, did sot ap-
pear from thee; dente. A mull wholeforne (Faure
rendered the offence of Reeling King's Bores lia.
ble to a lenience of tranfportatinn l.r fourteen
I years, and ndthing had been Rated in mitigation of
his definqnency. The lentence of the Court there
fore was, that the Defendant be kept to hod la-
!boor in the Surrey County Jail for one month, and
that during that time be be once publicly whipped,
I ' the (Winne( of one hundred yards, in front of the
said New Jail its Maiditone.
Till clue O. SUS•NN•N asatiest.zr.
This Defendant had been convifted of a Similar of
fence, and was ordered to be imprifoned for twelve
calendar months in hlaidftnne jail. She fainted on
hearing the Caliente pronounced, and was taken out
I of Cour..
Tel ;IMO V. JoUPN AND ALM ILDIIOI'.
'Mete Defendants bad been ennciered of affaulting
• and obi/ending a revenue officer in the execution of
his deny. its karching the bottle of the Defendants,
when he feized t zlbs. of fmugglcd green tea.
• Mr. Jultics Ganes commented with enafidarable
and mnft jut/ fevesity, upon the ensdeft of eke wo-
man, in calling for a safe knife to plunge into the odi-
eer while fearching her.—• The Court fentenced bUth
' the Defendants, in ennfideratibn of their umberorts
Family, to be insprifoned only one calendar mouth.
TAW auto n. i ,sesie sacks. wanes FIL•q9II, JOHN
'scat, AND AIIoTHIR
All tint defendant, its this cafe, except John Secar,
were hr..ught up for jn•fresent. They had been in•
dieted the lag Affixes fur the county of Roney, held
at Gnildfotd, for a ',sapiency. an afraid% and falls
impritonment, upon Francis Attyirood. .
All the defendants, except John. Secar. were found
guilty of the drank and falfe itithrigultfhenr. bin ac •
quitted of the confpiraey. John Secar was acquitted
of all the charges in the iediament•
This wash* cafe of rather et:inviter nature, in
which the proceedings of parish officer,. wish re-
fped to paupers ita Whir of children, was particu-
larly cosseetned. ' ' " . -
It appeired from the Mei notes, who tried the
sense, and from other cocuenfiances in the cafe. Mat
'the Charkitte Field, a pauper, of the pit% a Wal-
lin ton, in the &only of Surrey, a girl of about
eighteen years of age, carne berme the Magiftrates
tgt
o the dtflilet of Croydon, and Poore !waif with
• child of acbatiard child, by Frantis Attywood, alio
A pauper of the fame paid% then about nineteen
• years old. It turned out afterwards, however, that
although every Imposts and appearance led to that.
coneluflon, yet, in point of fait. (he was not, at that
I time, in a Rate of pregnancy. The defendant% is
1 the Churchwardens and Overfeers of the peril, took
. Attracted into cukedy. and confined him in fevered
public honks and other places, in order to.compel
. him to marry the girl. To this he uniformly de-
clared his averfann, and endeavoured to make his
efueme, but in vain. He was brought before one
. Ckrgyman and another, in order to have the mar-
, riage ceremony performed ; bid, in ennicquence of
• his being' unde: age, thele Reverend Gentlemen re.
• fared to execute the office, until the banns fisonld be
, regularly pub/idled, or the parents of the parties
Mould content to their ualua. While in slit ad of
walking to the Cletgyautes readence. he was Come.
times handcuffed to one of the party. He was-kept
, in clofc confinement fur the (pace of three weeks,
until the banns liauld be regularly publithed, during
which time he was well fed, and had plenty to rat
and drink, and was fupplied with brandy and other
' liquors abundantly. He would have endeavoured
In cicala, but lone one or other always remained in•
the room, as a watch oveethim. At the capitation
of the three weeks, he was forced to clthrth, and
thereethe marriage ceremony was regularly celebra-
' ted. The new married couple *ere brought home,
and a plentiful (upper provided ; but he (till cx-
' pelted his didike and difgult towards his rib, and
declared be would one be Compelled to confummate
the marriage rites. He was, however, forced into
the bed-chamber, and locked in; he tat up all night,
and at One time elldeAvoiped to make his •fcape
through the window, but this was faltered, and be
was obliged to remain there till releafed the nest
morning. It appeared, that an affirm at law, for
recovery of damages for Mlle imprifonnsent, as well
as the indidtment. had been inairuted under the di-
i maim ni the Maginrateb belonging to ilk dittrift.
:—Tie formers however, was now deflated to be
Roped.
I MI: GAltlloll.lof the defendants, made a few oh•
der emirate, and thought it a vet y COMlnnlicafe, -there
a yourg man had gee a young woman with child,
' the 'wait ofliccrs Should endeavour to accommodate I
' nutlets in the bell manner ; in this Bale, both par•
i ties being paupers, they concluded that matrimony
j wonld be the belt method.

Mr. SC/jeAlit DIST and Sir. Notate. for the pro
recision, admitted that the acquittal of the defen-
dants, on the charge of a confpiracy, was perfeelly
ti ht ; but when the young man had been fo affault-
ej and falfely imprifoned tot three weeks, and after.
wardt, forced to marry a woman whom he detefled,
waa a (otiose matter for the cnnfidermion of the
COMIt.
Mr. lattice Ganes. in prononnsiog the fentesee of
the Coup, obfe,eeet, that had the defeudami been
corm'lted of-the fiefl•part of the chat's', mutely,. tit/
e s,lintragy to force a perf.m PonsAyry :mother ogAittki
their iaelinati.m, their pond/ men. mull Jamie been
forere. Dui as they row thwel "34.'40 of ,p cur
Arr..i, and falle ;nsprifo mem, the Coll Tin
se They . however.' forget
the mode in which tl,Praf.tait and iMpefhertittter
• were mode ; r.frihb offi:enoise,,ltilleed 411E6mi
thcv had rur., iiinsiiJilrve tit a g*rnd 1111111Mpke
Vialer All she C111:111UllAIICeit. the COD 1./4mA apd,
aojudged, that they lb. old be imptifoned in jam'