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London, England, 1802-11-05 00:00:00

LAW INT EL LIGENCE.

HIGH COURT OF ADMIRALTY; DOCTORS. COMMONS.
THURSDAY, NOV. 4.

This day the Right Hon. Sir W. SCOTT pro-
ceeded to the adjudication of the following caufes:
Johannah Elizabeth, Corden matter.—
This was a farther proof cafe with refpeet to a
cargo of provifions, which was captured going
from one enemy's port to another, and was claim-
ed as American property. The Court being fa-
tisfied with the proof produced, reaored the fame
as claimed.

The Barer, Kruger mailer.—This was
a further proof cafe with refpeet to a quantity of
cheefes, claimed on behalf of a merchant at Emb-
den. In this cafe the Quirt was of opinion that
the proof was infufficient, and accordingly con-
demned the fame.

The Norden, Kleyn mater.—The Court
in this cafe alto condemned the goods that were
claimed as neutral property, on the ground of in-
fafficiency of proof.

COURT OF COMMON PLEAS, NOV. 2.
SPILLER V. COOPER.

This *as an action brought for the non-perform.
ante of an agreement entered into by the defen-
dant to deliver a quantity of thong gin and bitters
at a certain price, and within a certain time, to the
plaintiff.
Mr. Serjeant SHEPHERD opened the cafe on the
part of the plaintiff. He Rated that in the month of
January t Soo, his client, who is in a very extenfive
way of bufinefs in the fpirit line in Blackfrtars-road,
entered into an agreement to purchafe too,' 1,, 'lions
of (trot gin at the price of 7s. 2d. per gallon for
money,and r sogallons of bitters of the like flrength
and price, the whole to be delivered in a fortnight.
This agreement was made in a manner the wifdom
of our laws had provided, to prevent miflakes And
uncertainties, to wit, was reduced to writing, and
that in the bell way for the intereft of his client, Cm
it was drawn up by the defendant himfelf. After
he fhould put it in and have it read, the Jury would
hear from his learned Friend what fort of defence
could be tet up again(l hib client's demand of hav-
ing the goods fo purchafed bylim delivered. The

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notes; but refuted to be taien, to recover a com-
penfation for which the prefent a6lion 'vas brought.
James Gr`iffiths, the fird witnefs, fiitl,
,that he.
was a vietualler and tl3,irit dealer in Fle.p,t-triarket ;
that on the 2i ft of January, tfioo, aboilt fevers
o'clock in the evening, J. Spiller called on him,
and Aced hiM to go mit ; he did fp, and they went
over trill . CoOper's diilillery, and after tailing hiS
gin, anddoing all over the warehoufe, finding nei-
theri Mr. ooper br his partner were at home, f) as
to be able to make any bargain, went away ; they
after*ards went to the Leaping-bar, where Mr.
Cooper at that time flept,his apartments in the new
houfe not being ready, and where they underflood
Mr. Cooper was expeded to be about I t o'clock ;
they ("upped, and remained until Mr. C. came in ;
after fome converfation the witnefs agreed with him
for one thoufand gallons of thong gin, at 75. 3d.
per gallon, to be the arength of onr in five, and del
livered in a fortnight. In the courfe of further con-
verfation Mr. Cooper fpoke of Tome bitters ; the
witnefs ordered a pipe, or Iso gallons, at the fame
price and flrength of the gin, and fame time of de-
livery, half an hour or fo. Mr. Cooper Aced Mr.
Spiller if he fhould book any to him ? he faid he
might fend him one thoufand gallons, but his mutt
be for money, 7s. 2d. a gallon was to be the price;
he added, that his little ail' held 300 gallons, and
as the wittnefs was to have Igo gallons of bitters
Mr. Spiller would take the like quantity, it would
make a making. Mr. Spiller faid he would take it
at the fame price and on the fame terms as the gin.
The agreement was then committed to writing by
Mr. Cooper himfelf, was flgned by him, and Wit-
neffed by the prefent witnefs; it was now put in,
and read :

Memorandum—l James Cooper, of Blackfriar's
Road, reetifier, fold this 224 day of January, 1799,
to Mr. Spiller, of the fame place, loco gallons of
ftrong gin, at 7s. 2cl. per gallon, for money, the
arength tins, and alfo iso gallons of bitters white,
at 7s. 2d. per gallon, to be delivered in a fortnight.
JAM LS COOPER.

Witnefs, JAMES GRIFFITHS.
On the crofs-examination by Mr. Serjeant BEST
and Mr. CARR, he faid he did not know at the time
of making his night bargain thatthe diftillerieswere
flopt, or the price of malt fpirits raifed; he might
have heard filch a report, but it did not come of-
ficially, he had long expeaed it, and had that day
been among the trade to collet what intelligence
he could on the fubjeet. He did not learn at the
houfes where he called that the ftoppage had taken
place, or that the price was railed; he could have
bought of any of them gin at the lame price. In
anfwer to fome quellions put to him by the Jury,
he could not give a fatistat-tory account how he
could go to bottles with which it appeared he occa-
fionally dealt, and flay till a late hour in the night
for another perfon with whom he had never dealt ?

Stephen grown, Cooper's di Riflery man, depofed
as to his mailer's coming home at near two o'clock
in the morning of the 22d of January. On his in-
forming him that Spillcr and Griffiths, and a Mr.
Gough, had been there tailing gin, his mailer laid
he had feen them, and done fume bufinefs with two
of them, Spiller and Griffiths, they having ordered
moo gallons of gin, and 150 of bitters each ; that
he should not wonder if a rife had taken place, and
that he had burnt his fingers. He did not at all
perceive him to be in liquor : he converfed Kith
him afterwards about how it was to be fent home,
and gave direaions to fend two pipes at a time on
Thurfday in the big cart : his matter in the morn-
ing left town for Leatherhead, and loon after he
was gone, the notice from the malt-diaillers of a
rife in malt-fpirits of 3s. a gallon arrived.
John Prowett proved the,tender in payment, and
the refufal to deliver the goods, all which was ad-
mitted.
Serjeant It EST for the defence, proceeded to call
his witneffes.

Mr. Tunftall, the ReCtifier, was called on by
Spitler about fix in the evening of the 2111 of Ja-
nuary, to requeft him to fend two pipes of gin in
before ordered conditionally, viz. to be paid for
whenever delivered, at the market price. The w it-
nefs told him he had received intimation that the
malt diftillers were (topped by an order of Council,
and that they had raifed their fpirits 3s. a gallon,
and that he could not let him have the two pipes
at the old price, he muft pay the advance price on
the 22d. The next day he received the notice in
form from the diftillers ; the firft intimation, the
day before, was a parole one from a friend..
Mrs. Palmer, of the Leaping Bar, where Mr.
Cooper lodged, was prefent when the agreement
was made, and in tome points contradided Grif-
fith's evidence.

Mr. Palmer, the landlord, was called to prove a
converfation he had with Spiller fome time after-
wards, on the latter calling on him for an order for
fome brandy and rum. The witnefs faid to him,
" So, Mr. Spiller, you did the trick nicely, you
hatelet Cooper in very decently,for you mull have
known of the rife in the price." Spiller replied,
what has a man in bufinefs to work with but his
head ?

William Redfearn proved, that Spiller and Grif-
fith Came to his houfe in learch of Cooper, that they
feemed very delirous indeed to find him, and left
word to detain him if he called there.

Lord ALVAN IA y fummed up the evidence illort•
lye to the Jury, who retired, and in about half an
hour returned with a verdict for the defendant.

OLD BAILEY.
Yeflerday twenty prifoners were tried, three of
whom wee capitally convicted :
Charles Hawkins, Charles Thompfon, Kenneth
Itf' Kenzie and Kitchener, were capitally indid-
ed for afFaulting and robbing James Aitkins, on
the i ith of Oetober 'aft.

The profecutor faid he had been a failor on
board one of his Majefly's (hips, from which he
was difcharged, and afterwards came to London
to receive money due to him, and get employment
as a blackfmith, the trade he had been brought up
to. On the t ith of Odlober he met two of the
prifoners in Drury Late, one of them having been
his fhipmate, he treated him and the other with
!lime liquor They then went together to St.
Giles", where they went into a public houre, and
.Wati(4ll44-kr.thilltikr PrlAMersi whom he alto

treutcd. They fat drinking for fame time ; there
were feveral other perfims in the tap room, and a
general noise and tumult took place among them
all ; in this the prifaners were the moil aaive ;
they went out in a riotous manner into the fireet,
where the prifoners farrounded the profecutor,
Thatched his watch, and in doing fo, broke the
chain in pieces, tore away the pocket of his
coat, whiil contained a five pound bank note,
two Half Guineas, and about nineteen thillings in
filvcr. _ _ _

Several foldiers in the Foot Guards, who had
been drinking in the houfe, and witnelled this rio-
tous proceeding, corroborated the profccutor's
teflimonyagainlt all the prifoners,except Kitchener.
The Jury retired for about ten minutes, and re-
turned with a verdia, by which they acquitted
litchener, and found the others Guilty—Death.
In the courfe of this trial the profecutor anfwer-
ed tome quellions in rather a curious manner. He,
was ailed by Mr. Jutlice HEATH, whether at the
time the robbery wascommittcd he was quite fo-
ber ? ‘‘ I was, pleafe your Lordillip, as fobcr
a Judge," was the anfwer of the witncfs.
Mr. Janice HIIA*TH.—,-gi How much had you
drank at this timer'

Pleafe your Lordthip, I had not
drank above eight glaffes all the day."
This anfwer of courfe excited great aftonilh-
ment, and a good deal of laughter.
The dialogue proceeded
Mr. Juatce HEATH.—" Was not this fufficient
to make you drunk ?"
Witnefs." No, pleafe your Lordfhip ; nor
twice as much." _ _ _

The effc of this anfwer was fuch as might be
expeeed. A burg of laughter fucceeded.
Eleven were convilted of felony, viz.
7. FrarJsa and 7. White, for Realing a•
handkerchief, the property of W. Archer.
W. ;Wick:, for Realing two cloth drefres, the
property of J. Waller.
Jonas, for Realing a quantity of lead, the
property of W. Felton and S. Page.
M. Connor and 7. Kelly, for Realing two coats
and other articles, the property of T. Harrington.
7. sieves:, for haling a pair of nankeen gaiters,
the property of J. Luke.
And E. Be*, for healing a coat and other ar-
ticles, the property of J. Farrer.
,tau &pi-a and Thomas Holders were indicted
capitally, the &ft for felling at a lefs price than
the current value, a counterfeit coin refembling a
tbilling ; the fecond for advifing, aiding, and abet-
ting her in this aftion.
Mr. Kwow LES Rated the cafe for the profecution,
which was fupported by the following evidence :
John Watfon, a journeyman gold•beater, hav-
ing previous notice that the prifoners fold coun-
terfeit money, went on the loth September IA to
their houfe, No. s, Plumtree-court, Shoe-lane, in
company with one Meyers (who had been con-
viaed lately), and diced the prifoner Holden if he
had any bobs (meaning bad fhillings) to fell ; the
prifoner, Thomas Holden, then called the other
prifoner, who, he Paid, was his wife, and told her
the might let them have what they wanted : he
then left the room, and the wife fold each of them
a counterfeit fhilling, for which they paid each of
them fixpence.
On the loth of September he returned to the
houfe, in company with (even police officers, who
examined the houfe, and found a great many
other articles, which they were now in the Court
to prove.
john Clark, one of the officers, went with a
fearch warrant to the prifoner's houfe on the totb
of September, found a file on the Hoot, a bottle
of aqua fortis, and tome cream of tartar: he knows
that thole things are neceffary for colouring and
forming thofe counterfeit fhillings.
Cartwright, another of the police officers, at the
time of their entering the houfe, taw a pair of
breeches thrown out ofa one pair of Rairs window,
in a room where Thomas Holden was afterwards
found fitting. In the room where that prifoner
was, there were feveral pieces of metal found,
and fome filver ; he afterwards went down to the
room, where Jane Raftra was, and Peeing that
the appeared to have fomething in her mouth,
he forced her to open it, and found a bad W.
ling in it.
Thomas Lawrence, another of the police offi-
cers, produced the breeches which had been men-
tkned by the lalt witnefs, as having been thrown
not of the window; in the pockets were found forty
Millings and forty fixpences, all,papered up fo as
to prevent them from rubbing.
Eldha Crabt., in fearching the peifon of the pri-
foner, found a plate of flyer in his left waißCoat
pocket.
Mr. Read ftw the prifoner thrufl fomething tin-
der a piece of Morocco leather on their entering
the room. On fearching he found there fixteen
bad (billings, all wrapt up in a paper ; on fearch-
ing the room farther, they found fome more bad
Millings and fixpence-, as well as pieces of copper
and flyer.

John Reeve, another of the party, fearched the
female prifuner, and found upon her a leather
b:ig, with twenty.five (billings, all bad ; they were
ali all wrapt up in paler. He alto found in a box
in the room a bad half guinea, and Come more
bad raver.

Thomas Simplon found a 21. Bank note in tilt.
wl►rre this n►an prilmer was, and alto a
bottle, containing aqua fortis, which he then pro-
duced.

Samuel lA(ley, of the Mint, looked at the Chil-
ling purchafed from the woman prifoner by the
firli wieners, Watfon (and which Chnling was the
fubjeCt of this indielment.). He Paid that it was
a counterfeit. All the other (billings fo found
having been alto (hewn him, he declared they
were all counterfeit.

The cafe was then clofed on the part of the
Crown.

Mr. Att.t.r, for the prifoners, fubmitted, that
this w,ic a cafe which could not go to the Jury.—
In tlic filli.placc, a %%inlet's fwore, that the pri-
foncrs were luaband and wife ; and, therefore,
idiatevci the did, muff in law be confidered as his
att, fhe afting under his influence, and of courfe

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principal, and he charged as an acceffary, he
could not be found guilty if lhe was not previoufty
conviaed. But fitppofing the woman was not his
wik, in that cafe the man could not be charged
as an acceffary, there being no evidence of any
previous concert having taken place between them.
Mr. COMMON SERJEANT laid, it was for the
Jury to deter mine firlt, whether the prifoners were
married ? and next, whether they had concerted
together as to the means of palling off the bad
money found in their lodging?
The Jury found both the prifoners Guilty.
John Staight was tried upon the capital charge
of burglariouily breaking and entering the dwell-
houfe of Meffrs. John Morris and William Mor-
b
1 is, and stealing therein eleven cotton gowns, va-
lue upwards of five pounds.
The account given by one of the Meirrs. Morris
was, that he was a pawnbroker, and in par tnerthip
with his brother,. in Rofe-ftreet, St. Ann's ; that
he slept in the back room on the firft floor, and
between one and two o'clock in the morning of
Sunday the loth of October, he heard fomebody
walking in the room above him ; as he was pre-
paring to get up, he heard the watchman's rattle,
on which he went into the adjoining room, and
opening one of the windows enquired of the watch-
man what was the matter, who informed him there
was a ladder upon the leads over his flop window;
his wife at that inftant called out the was fure they
were attempting to efcape backwards: on which
he took up a piflol, and hearing fomething fall,
attempted to let off the piflol, but it miffed fire.
The profecutor then took another piftol in his
hand, went back to the front room, put the lad-
der down from the leads, and bade fome of the
watchmen come up by it; two of them did fo,
and then they went up Hairs to fearch the houfe ;
the window of the front room on the fecond floor
appeared to have been pufhed up, Mr. Morris
having left it a little open juft before he went to
bed, and to this window the ladder had been placed.
On the floor there were ten gowns placed upon one
another, fpread out evidently for the purpofe of
tying them up as a bundle, and which gowns had
been picked out from a number of others regular-
ly placed in the room. Finding no perfon above
ftairs, they proceeded to the yard, where, upon
opening the door, they found the prifoner lying
on his back. Mr. Morris took hold of him with
his left hand, and prefenting his piftol at him with
his right raid, 41 If he did not tell him where the
others were he would blow his head off." The
profecutor's brother called out of the window,
66 Shoot him." The watchman laid," No, don't
thorn him ;" to which the profecutor replied, that
he did not intend it ; nor indeed, as the prifoner
was then fafe, he had not the leaft intention of In
doing; but his piftol accidentally went off; the
powder fcorched the prifoner's face, and the (lugs
fortunately paired a little above his head ; on the
prifoner's crying out, " 0 LORD !" he thought
he had altually thot him. The prifoner then told
them that he had broke his arm, which, on being
examined, did not prove to be exaCtly the cafe,
for, although his shoulder was dreadfully wrench.
ed, there were no bones broken. The prifoner was
'then taken to the watch-houfe, and acknowledged
that he had brought the ladder from a place which
the profecutor afterwards found to be Vigo-lane.
When Mr. Morris had concluded his evidence,
the Judge. enquired of the prifoneri from his not
having any Counfel, Whether he writhed to a& the
profecutor any queftions ? He replied, " My Lord,
I don't will to give the Court any further trouble,
as lam guilty of ,the fad." Of this the Court,
however, took no notice, but proceeded in the ex-
amination of the watchman ; and having taken
the whole evidence, in relating it to the Jury, told
them, that, from the profecutor's having left the
window open, there might be a doubt in-law whe-
ther a burglary had been committed; but the having
removed the articles, made it as complete a felony
as if they had been at:Wally carried off, and they
being above the value of 4os. it was f ill a capital
offence. Oa this the Jury acquitted the prifoner
of the burglary, and found him Guilty of ftealing
in a dwelling•houre to the value of Five Pound:.
And fix were acquitted, among whom
John yowl, a Gentleman of a vecy rerpeetable
appearance, was capitally indieted• for affaulting
Samuel Wilkinfon on the King's highway, putting
him in fear of his life, and robbing him of a frlver
watch and other articles, on the i ith of Oetober
!aft.

The profecutor in this cafe was a Gentleman's
Servant. He depofed that on the t Ith of 061. he
was going up to Hampflead by the way of Prim-
role hill, and his wife was then with him. It was
then about eight o'clock in the evening. He had
get to a Rile, over which he was in the atf of pa-
ing when he heard a voice calling out, " Stop,
flop : I want you." The witnefs turned round,
and he did not then perceive that the perfon who
addrefr:d him had a piflol in his hand. The pri-
foner had the appearance of a Gentleman ; and,
as the witnefs had often before Peen him in the
fields I.e had not the frnallell apprehenfioa of a
iobbery. He was foon undeceived by feeing the
prifoner hold out a piftol to him, and demand his
money from him, with a threat, that he would
blow his brains out in cafe of refufal. The wit-
nefs accordir.gly gave him his watch, a fhagreen
ca.e, and two fhillings and fixpence in filver.—
I laving obtained this booty, the prifoner turned
round to the wife of the %inlet's, and aiked her
what the had got ? The witnefs could not (late
di tlinetly what further paired, but he heard the pri.
liner fay. '6 1 won't take that !" He then left
them Paying, " Don't look what way I go, for if
you do I will blow your brains out." Ilothing
more was feen of the prifoner till the t Bth, when
the witnefs met him accidentally at Knightfbi idge,
and had him fecured. At the time when Mr.
Jones . s committed, the profecutor had no doubt
of his being the perfon by whom he was robbed.
Since that time, he had feen reafon to be fume-
what dubious of the prifoner's identity.
The wife of the profecutor, who was the next wit-
nefs, was pofitive that the prifoner was the perfon
who had robbed her hufband. He had pallid them
twice in the fields, and the witnefs had paid par-
ticular attention to his appearance.

Slaneluaus-the-1i

deuce for the profecution the care•prefented. But
the nature of the defence was fuck as to place the
innocence of Mr. Jones beyond even the poffibilit y
of a doubt.
He left his defence with Mr. KNA►P and Mr.
ALLEY, who were his Counfel. By the witnc(f s!
whom they called, an alibi was motl clearly. eilab—

Mrs. Sarah Poole Rated, that Mr. Jones was a 1
medical gentleman of relpeCtability. On the day
when the rubbery was committed he came to her
houfe at one o'clock, dined, then drank tea, fpent
the evening, and did not go away till eleven o'clock
at night. During all this time Mr. Jones was ne-
ver abfent fur a moment, and the evening was
patted in converfation and reading. A Mr.Dowie,
and her daughter Catharine Poole were prefent
when Mr- Jones firft came into the hook. Mr.
Dowie went out in the.courfe of the afternoon, but
returned a little after four, He never left tht honk
again all the evening till Mr. Jones went' away at
the time already mentioned.
Mifs Poole and Mr. Dowie fully corroborated
the ilatement which Mrs. Poole had given.
Nothing calked which could induce a doubt of
the credibility ofthofe witneifes, and therefore no
doubt could exialn any man's mind of Mr. Jones's
innocence. Judge, Jury, and fpeetators were of
one mind—A Verdia of Acquittal was itotantly
pronounced.
Mr. Jones behaved during the trial with fuit-
able decorum.

.Elizabeth, the wife of Thomas, ThorougAzobd,
was charged with felonioufly healing fix napkins,
value 6s. laid as the property of the Owners of the
London Tavern.

It appeared, that latterly a variety of things
have been miffed from the London Tavern : the
concern being very extenfive, and the number of
perfons employed therein great, this was not con-
fidered as very extraordinary ; but at the period
the napkins in quellion were loft, a degree of fuf-
picion attached to the hufband of the Prifoner,
who was occafionally employed about the tavern.
In confequence of this, Mr. Farley, one of the
Proprietors, obtained a fearch warrant, and took
Wray, the Officer, with him to the houfe where
the Prifoner lived ; they could not find the huf-
band, but on their coming in they obrved the
Prifoner, who was a laundrefs, and was wattling
in a back-yard, 'looping down, and on their com-
ing up, appeared to be very much alarmed. The
Officer fearched about the fpot, and on removing
a loofe (tone, they found, in a kind of drain, or
gully hole, the napkins in queftion. On this dif-
covery the feemed very much difirefred, and
repeatedly exclaimed, 46 Tommy (meaning her
hnfband) knows nothing of them," and other
words to that effect. She faid fhe put the napkins
there herfelf.

The articles were identified by Mr. Farley ; they
were marked with the names of the proprietors of
the London Tavern. No other material evidence
tranfpired to affect the Prifoner.
Mr. Baron THOMPSON delivered a very able
and difcriminating Charge, and noticed how far
the indidment, which charged the Prifoner with
Healing the articles, was borne out by the evi-
dence. The Jury, after fhortly conferring, acquit-
ted the Prifoner.

Edward Chacilry was indicted for healing, on
the 27th of September, a gold ring, value ios.
and two cod fills, value 6d. the property of

Valentine.

Some of the circumftances of the cafe, which
entirely relied on the refpeetive credit of the Pro-
fecutor and Prifoner, were rather curious. -
Mr. Valentine Rated, in his firft examination,
that he is a Shoemaker, and lives in Bethnal
Green ; that on the evening of the day laid in the
indkiment, he was returning home from Alderf-
gate-Ilreet ; he had bought fome fifh in Bifhopi
gate.ftreet in his way : farther on he called at the
houfe of a friend in Webb-fquare, where it ap-
peared the prifoner lcdged ; he had fome liquor
there, about a pint of beer, and a (hare of a half
pint of gin, which was drank between the com-
pany that were affembled, which confifted of five
or fix perfons. When he got up to go home, the
prifoner, who it appeared had been in the room,
got up alfo, and infifled on accompanying him a
part of the way, and upon carrying his fifh for
him. The witnefs faid he was perfectly fober at
the time. ,He at firft declined the offer of the pri-
loner, faying there was no neceffity for his troub-
ling himfelf—but the prifoner, in the language of
the witnefs, over-prefied him, and they walked to-
gether accordingly. The prifoner carried the filh.
When they had got as. far as the Goldin Key Pub-
lic-houfe, which may be about 3 or 4cio yards
from Webb-fquare, he told the prifoner he had
better go no further. He then took him into the
Golden Key and gave him a glafs of peppermint
to pay for this he changed a feven (billings piece,
which, oh being oblerved by the prilomr, he told
him (the witnefs) he was in very great diftrefs ;
that the woman he lived with was then in prifon
for an affault ; that he was out of bread himfelf,
and had nothing to fubfift on. He gave him a
out of the change, and b;il him good
night ; the prifoner iufifted, however, upon ac-
companying him farther, as he laid, he was " a
good hearted fellow !" He thanked him for his
offer, but wifhed to decline it, told him he was
welcome to forriething more to drink if he wifhed
it, but that he, (the witnefs), wifhed him to re-
turn home. They had got at this time near the
di.or.of the Cornwallis Public-houfe, into which
the witnefs wifhed to go, as he ufed the houfe.—
The prifoner then feemed willing to depart, but
begged he might be permitted to iltake hands with
him ; the profecutor readily confented—vdien the
moment the prifoner got the profecutor's hand
within his he twilled off his ring, by main force,
from his finger, and ran away. It being dark, the
pr Wooer coon got out of his fight : he took away
the fifh with him. The witnefs cried out, " Stop
thief," and got a perfon to join him in the purfuit,
but it was then without cilia. The next night he
faw the prifoner in the watch houfe, when he re
nularly made the charge againft him. On the fol-
lowing day the prifoner was tatten before a
trate. He never law his ring fine; it was a large
fa.mlimg anc had colt lint i4s. On being

lot.ighr'thal'i
tilhet..lle3Wkialinsewore it on the little f•• 6-.
q' ell he fail, thgeihurrianengdistw:a,,,rd..iti.:,atstenn 1
tor hinr, but had been handed in-m;(4 with ten
degreele ofre
Iff,o force
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alluded
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nhow,
Profecutor, as joining him in thc• 1)101(14 .i .1"t
Prifoner, hated that .he knew 0 I „
faw him that night near the door of the (2',r'e
wallis ;he heard him cry out, ~ fl 1• f , '':op t Ile , ' •,.114
fay he was rot)l)cd. Th..:y went t/0:.,:0er it
lilt of the Prifoner as far as the 11(r:tile in IV. '6l.
fquare, where he lodged. He knew nr ti • t'-
, nog ruse
of the affair.
The Prifoner being called upon, entered e.-,1.•&
defence, which was circtimitantial,
and, as ,4: ;•5
airertion went, met the Profecutor' •11 • ..
s a. egations 41.
almolt every point. He laid, that the ho'ultt alive
they firft law each. other, was frequented by two
gthilrelrseofhtinhlef.toor7 n—Titiheait)rionf‘eirceubtob,-.fgrucgaruee—netid).,h.ll:l,,h:.:doe-
bring a pot of beer, which he did—after that a f..
it;hanadfteivieenotfi;
cond, and then a third ; he afterwards
a pint of gin. The two girls then aged them ,c,
go and drink at the Twelve Cocks, gin-fhop, a
the corner of Code-lane : they did in ; celicn th.
Profecutor flatbed a ggotoi:tdedeatlhuem.
lings piece, a guinea, and a gold ring,
held in his hand. He never law the ring after._
One of the girls tll,ll
accompanied him and Mr. Valentine to the Gol-
den Key ; from thence they went hri to the G,.,,01
Gate public houfe, when Mr. Valentine be7:iii :D
dance along with a pal cel of men and woute! Lit
fold fifh. He had no liquor there, htcauic he
was already drunk. The Profecutor at this place
laid hold of his arm, and had neatly chag !;edlitm
down. When he got up, he laid he niii.,:d h:s
ring, on which he offered to go back to where he
had been dancing, and to inquire for the ring. The
Profecutor then Aced him to take his fith for him,
hut which he declined, and alfo refufed to go any
farther. The Prifoner had no Witneffes to call.
The Profecutor was then called up, and re.
examined as to forne points of the cafe, in conf2.'
quence of what the Prifoner had aliened. He laid
he knew of no woman of the town frequenting the
houfe in Webbfquare, except the one the Prifoner
cohabited with : her profeflion he came fince to
underhand, and that fhe had only that day come
out of prifon. His friend, who lived in the houfe,
was a Mr. Greenwood, a Carver and Gilder, and
who had formerly been in the itationery line : he
had drank nh more at Webb fquare than what he
faid—of this he was certain. They went in
thaight to the Golden Key, and did not call at any
inter mediate public houfe. He then recollected that
Mr. Greenwood walked with them as far as the
Golden Key, and partook of a glafs of liquor with
them—he never (hewed or mentioned his ring ; it
,was in the entry of the houfe, and on coming out
he gave the prifoner the chilling. The affair of
the robbery took place farther on, near the door cf
the Cornwallis.
Mr. Baron -TROMPSON recapitulated the evi.
deuce, of which the above is a circumilantial ac.
count, and chiefly obferved, that the cafe in a great
degree relied on the credit :0 be given to the ac.
counts of the refpestive parties.
The Jury, after fhortly conferring, pronounced
a Verdi& of—Not Guilty—and the Profecutor, en
applying
Jury,
refuted for his expenses,byht
e Judge,was,
l,io difed
after i thea Verdict cf
the
to keep better company in future.