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ASIiIPLIS li‘C.—iresterhaf;
Mr. atarles Molloy inxinsizeonistessfiliought before Sir Ilieuend
fintaive and T. 11 A 1.L%, F.sq. ep a warrant, changed neith.assaelt-
ittg and beating, Mr. Woodr•iffe, a 3 Gentlianai,who kaa hetel
been somewlt.itcoespicecitis as the prosEc-ut(4 Of several tensing;
house protiettira. in the Gofer td Ktnr#lretiefi. e -
Mr. Wonder:Feats...Ali that haviriftrowentrds to dinvickion-
the proprietors of:some Floatiej.neosoketautoiethe.Otioge.aftet
last Term, in the Court of King s Rettets, he attended Ip,thai
Court tin Monday list, with Illi'CV.iniei'insi'Atioiney.fier the
pnrposd of prayilig the jtklgronet of the'Vetilit 7elybii the deitind;
ants. • Being a Student of tit: inner fiempley•biettedr his sent in
the students.' bog, where hq )?ad. been kut it.thorteisne„ when
Ale. ‘iregmaccitt also mitered the box
.and uaing the most. of.
i'eniive noimed him (Mr. ,Woodroffe) otit to other
Hendemen de a 'teinihion Itifortner. He 'einitiekted Ma* eon=
shiet.tmtil win:ens4as under the. necessity OF calling to Mr.
tbe-.tipstaff, who told the. defendant that if ha, did
nut desist, he. must leave the box. Shortly after, wirmmeand
CaptainStultb; a 'friend of hit, left the toart,. iVtif lad scarcely
rehebetf. the nuterlutenne, when the'deferfchnt dente ifterldirsi
and mißrd -him a .fiar..a scoundrel, And a vilbilk,"i
veeal applied the term " common informer" to,hina.—a
He :also brandished a stick over his bead, and when at length
witness manifested his intention to return to the Court and seek
ifs pteteetion, the defendant demanded his tardy :and, on tit
refusing to give it (for he could Clot meet Mr. Weittnieett on
equal tern's), the defendant struck him a blow on the arm. Wit-
ness then returned to the Court, intending to instruct Counsel to
move fur a cr. •ed information against him, but the Court had
risen in the meantime. When he was again leaving the Court;
the defendant accosted him with, " Well. have yen moved the
Court? I'll d—d saon move you, 7 can tell you.". AIL this, he
kruev, arose from the part he had taken against. the gamine
house-keepers; hut he was determined to pursue them to judge
ment. Great otters had been made, and thieats from all tmartersi
but .C 20,000 would not induce him to stay proceedings. He
believed he had done a public service, and, be had been emote;
raged by the Societies of the Temple, and•other Public Bodiesi
in.the course he had pursised. •
Mr. Ileat.s.—Everybody, we know, Must 13e perfectly rads;
feed, Mr. Woodreffe, with your conduct. You nave done a great
public good. •
Mr. Westmacatti in Isis defence, said, he went into the box in
the pursuit of his ordinary occupation, and while there the come
plainant pointed him out as a common gambler. Vexed and
irritated that he (defendant) whoJsad " doh,/ as much as any
man in London to expose and put down gamesters and gaming
houses," should be pointed out as a common gambler, he fol-
lowed Mr. Woodroffe, and demanded his address, in order that
he might bring an action against him for the gross libel which hd
had uttered. This Mr. Woodroffe refused, and he did call him
a liar and a scoundrel, terms which lie thought were merited by
a man who would utter a libel upon another. and had not the
courage to meet the consequences. He (defendant) finally pushed
rudely by Mr. It'oreiroffe, hut did not strike him.
Mr. Woodroffe then called Mt. Smith, his friend, who swore
to tbe assault.
Some warns conversation then took place, in the course of
Which the defendant accused Mr. Woodroffe of compounding
a felony.
Sir 'Benner, Ibeent—Those are strong words, Mr.Westma.
cots, and would have been better emitted.
The defendant explained that he meant an information upon a
penal statute, and not a felony. Mr.Woodroffe, he said, had
taken money from a Mr. Aldridge to quash an indictment.
Mr.Woodroffe denied this. He had brought an action against
Aldridge, and had drOpped it on payment of the debt and costs.
Mr. HALLS said -that- he was very softy that two. individuals
'who, bd believed...had jollied in the same laudable object, should
be thus at-variance.
kir. Woodroffe said the worthy Magistrate was a little mistaken
in lh'et respeit, for his operations and intentions and those of the
defendant were exactly counter to each other.
The defendant observed, that Mr. Woodruffe had that day
avowed his intention of proceeding against hint before the Judges
by attachment, for contempt of Court, and he hoped the Magis-
trates would leave him to that course.
A meisenger of the Court was then called by-the defendant,
and he denied that soy blow was struck.
• Mr. Hatks Said Alt:. WOodroffe and his witness had sworn to
the assaUlt, and tau defendant most find bail.
The defendant still denied the assault,. but admitted that he
was much irritated, adduce{-"' tiy !indignation was roused at a
cowardly fellow who could,ineult me, and yet had not the
cohrSge to gie me his'addre4."
Mr. Ilhiltdrbffe.A'fre'rtee fight With every' vagabondiging
assassin employedV-sbeoptailnehanseekeepers, because, after
having been robbed of .C 18,600, I have proceeded against them?
This colloquy would, tin doubt; hav,, been continued in an
equally eiiifyiusg strain, had' not the Magistrates cut it short by
ordering Mr. Westniacutt to find ball, which he did immediately.
Pickpocte.—Yesterday &Mantin, charged with pick-
ing pockets at Drury. Lane Theatre, was brought up for re-exa-
mination before Ste !items-Re Blame. In addition to the evi-
dence taken on the prior examination, was that of Mr. Clayton,
of Carey-street, breeches-maker, who, on the evening of the
robbery, directly after the apprehension of the prisoner, picked
up a silver watch in the pit passage, which Mr. Santos (the pro-
secutor) identified as being the one stolen from him.—The pri-
soner was fully committed for trial.
NEWCASTLIC Potier..—Tuesday te'nnight, James Denims, a
Shipwright belonging to Greenwich, and who was about to
work his passage home from Newcastle, in a collier, was corn-
mined fur trial at the next Assizes!, on divers charges of stealing
wearing apparel, from the seamen onboard the ship.
/Iran Orrice, l!Pealx, Pits. 3.-;-Yesterday morning, Mr.
Luke E—, who served his time to a grocer in this city, and his
wife, 'Mrs. Luke, an innocent-looking pastoral-countenanced
' young bride, were brought in custody to this office, on a wasrant
from the Rev. Mr. Morrie, a Magistrate of the county of Long-
ford, charging Mrs. Luke, under the name of Mary H—, spin-
ster, with stealing 401. in money, and property to a considerable
amount, belonging to her step-sister, Miss Elisabeth C—, and
Mr. Luke with aiding, abetting, and assisting in said felony,.
It appeared in the course of the investigation that Mt. !Juke E.
went, a short time :site; to Ballymahon, in said county, to settle
some affairs for an elderly female relation ; while there,' he be-
came enamoured of Miss mazy p,—„ daughter of a deceased
Clergyman In Shropshire, who to her other charms had the
more substantial one, of a Comfortable freehold property, into
the posstssion of which she must shortly come. She as not in-
.-sensible to the addressee of the young grocer; and, after a short
siege, she consmted to fly with him to Dublin. The weather
was dreadful, and the roads covered with snow, so that even the
mail coaches could not proceed. But what can damp the ar-
dour of youthful love? They procured a post-chaise, in which
they arrived on Tuesday last at the White Bull Inn, in the
western end. of this metropolis. From thence they proceeded
to Great Britain street, where, through the instrumentality of
tbe'Reveressil Mr. Wood, they bade adietretovelibleye and she.
came use. On Friday the.warrant in question arrived, and en
Saturday night the peace officers Robertson and MiDot;agh sur-
prised the happy couele in their lodgings,• and conducted them
to the office. Respectable bail war tendered Ills them ; but as
the Magistrates could not take it under tbe warrautohey were
transutiued to Newgate to finish the honey moon.