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London, England, 1804-02-23 00:00:00

would be too much to call on either of there exalted
Gentleavn to give a certificate of the wealth of eve-
ry Geotleman who might have the good fortene to
partake of their hofpitality. If indeed the Jury few
good reafim for it, they might acquit the firft De-
fendant upon the count which flitted him to be a
perfon of low and mean condition and circunaltances.
remembering however that there were relative terms,
that a perfon might be above the circumfiances of a
beggar, and yet be of low and mean condition in re-
ference to the perfon with whole circumflances his
were compared. if the Jury thought the Defendant
Locker ought to be acqoitted of that count, there
were other. in which that part was omitted. His
LordStip left the whole cafe to the jury, who. without
hefitation, found the Defendant John Locker-Guilty
of the whole information, and found the other two
Defendants eV° Guilty.
TN{ I[llllo O. 10111•TilAll PAIITHCR.
This was an indiemene for a (editions libel.--
The Defendant in this cattle, who is a Coachotakerr,
living in Ozford.ftreet, made his return, to the
Magittrates of lffiddldex for the Army of Re.
ferve in the nfual form, and on the back of the
printed form of fuch return a libel waslwrittea, which
became the .fubjea of inquiry before Sir Richard
Ford, at the office in Bow Rreet I afterwards the
Defendant was committed to prifon.
The Arroas iv Gam eats., on behalf el the Crown
This is a molt abominable libel, the tendency of
wh.411 is fo avian, that it will require little cow-
roast, The Defendant, with the aloft 'salivate
istestient, has availed hinvfelf of the public dart
for this tranfaition. You of
Gook:nen. Oa
Rants by die purr* of miring the Army of Re-
feree t by that AR. all pores' capable of bearing
arms mere to soaks returns, and ballots went to
take placespea.thrtfe returns to (apply the iants of
this anver. The Defendant bad the ufital fummore,
and be made the emissary return; but this very
per was nonrated into a vehicle for the libel whwhich
pa
0 the fsbjea'ofthe pelt* profecutioo. *away
cf at indorfonent as this rpm to bettseilZ
the public meeting of the Magifbatto,
addrefe wasweitten:-. i;
Gentlesses—As L never will asibe el
si hypocrite t and as a true Englillonso. I tbiak it!
gamine Cap'
daty tolove my Country unitedly
Oohs which was proclaimed in the year KISS t
but bit Jared no force coder the Canopy
ball of Heaven
conlleala me to take up arms under the prefent
Parkes ia power.' •
48 Thee far, Gestleasea, the obfervatioa might he
awraft to the prelims Adneinitiratioo bat you
itet how be enlarges the boundary as he red-

coeds r— - .
• For it is the wicked conduit of the Government
of this Country for the left so years that is the foie
caste of all there calamities that have accumulated
1 apes os. Tnis is the war of the rich, for the pre-
fertrat%tn of their property, spina the fober, the
borer,. and the indußtious part of the natioa. The
rich have every thing to loft, the poor have every
thing to gain in the v361;111.
' 1 Dever with the kingdom to become a province
of Francs ; but the Sing, Lords. and Commons.
which is she Church and.&atc. as they now proceed.
will become the dellrultioa ofe
th Country. The
greater portion of. the people deteß both the men
and the meafures which now prevail.
'As to the blackguard papers from Reeves% Com-
mittee, that are Rack all over the town, they are an
intik to common (ante. and they tend to agravate
the enemy, inftcad of conducing to the ref oration of
a Thus. Gentlemen, (recanted the Attorney Ge-
' neral,) are thefe calumnies promulgated ; and the
defign of them is to make the people believe that the
crude in which they are embarked is bonder. and
nugatory ; that the rich have every thing to lark, and 1
the poor have every thing to gain."
Oa the part of the profeeution were called Mr.
Thomas Robinfon, a Magifirate of Middlefes, who
depofed to the delivery of this return at the meeting
of the loftiest. Sir Richard Ford, on the difcovery
lof this paper, ordered the Defendant to be taken
into cuilody, and to be brought before him. This
alive Magißrate gave teßimony to what paired on
the examination of the Defendant. when the latter
I had the indecency to boat of the contents of the
libel, and to acknowledge that it originated with him.
Mr. ERIIIIIII, for the Defendant, conicled the
imprudence of his Client, but contended. that the
paper was not his writing. and that no evidence ap-
peared in the cattle to determine that he was the au.
they. To prove the former atfertion, he called the
niece of the Defendant. Mrs. Margaret Dodds, who.
the Learned Counfel Paid, bad written the paper with
her own hand.
Oa her appearance, the ATTORMIT Gut teat. in-
terpofed to torewarn her, that if the made fuch a
confatoo, it mull become his duty to commence
another profecution againfl her. On this caution, 1
the Defendant difpenfed with her depolition, and
Dr. Andrew Phinn was propofed as a fecond witnefar
but his evidence was alto fuppreffed.
Lord E LLLLL <novae (C. J.) after Rating the 1
nature and eircumflances of the charge, and after
obfervi on the manner in which it was Woolen
home t ngo
the Defendant, by the depofitions of Sir R.
Ford—" I should (laid his Lordthip) be aftamed of
what I am at all times moll proud, the Juries of my
Country, if, Gentlemen, the paper before us required
any comment; if it were =celery for me to fay. that
by the laws of the land, this were a grofs and fcla-
dalouslibel."—Verdia—Guilty.
TM} Riga V. AITNUR UAL..
The Defendant is a printer and bookfeller. in the
Terrace, Tottenham Court.road. and was indicted
for a libel of much the fame tendency as the preced-
ing, but written in a Kyle of elegance not *fuel in
fuels productions.
The ATT011111t•Z —a There can be as lit-
tle doubt arifing in this cafe as in the preceding.—.
The paper which is the (Old, of the what prefe-
cation, is entitled by interr ,lation.
• Ass you Rioar r
' The artifices employed will inevitably difeppoint
thnfe what only objea is to deceive. Surely yrn
are n t to be impeded upon by vnifreprefeatation.
li.ok at our prif, ns, the oppreffion of lawyers has
crowded eh-m with thoufands of Iriaillill. Men of
',one and inteviivy. who might become the man-
incnt and the vt,neirion of the count,y, are pining
in tt.i.fc luethitme dringenns. The Officer. of the
Army mad Navy have become the pals inhabitants