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At Abingdon Alt zee the trial of Mary Groner, for
the murder of her female baflard child, was put off
on account of the abfence of a material wltnefs
job, Head, charged with Healing from the perfon
of Richard White, a corporal of marines, on the
King's highway, a leather pocket-book, containing
various bauk-notes and fume flyer, was acquitted cf
the highway robbery, but found guilty of grand lar-
ceny, and fentenced to be tranfported for (even years,
Robert Andreae, for Healing about a gallon of oats
out of the liable of Mr. Thomas Rudland, of Maiden-
head, wits fentenced to fix months imp:ifonment.

H111.1.7011D, MONDAY, JULY 16.—This day the
Home Circuit commenced at this town, before the
Cater Balton and Mr. Baron HOTHAM. The Learn-
ed Judges arrived in town about twelve o'clock, and
immediately opened their Commillion and went to
Ohurch. Returning from thence they proceeded to
bufinefs.
Thefe Affizes in general do not furnith much mat-
ter, as from their vicinity to London all actions
which are not local are in general tried in the me-
tropolis; but at this moment they are more than
ufually defeetive in interen. There being but five
caufes entered on the Civil Side, of which three only
were tried. On the Crown Side theta were only two
indictments.

CIVIL SIDE.

TILL v. Canost.L.-:l4r.oaaeovr. Rated, that this
was an anion brought againft the Defendant, who
was a mere nominal Defendant, being a Meffenger
of the Commiffioners of the Bankrupts, to try a quef-
tion of bankruptcy. The Plaintiff was a molt re-
fpeaable man, the Mafter of an Academy at Penton-
vale, who formerly had under his care a young man
of the name of Pollard. To this young man be be-
came very much attached, and ailed towards him
widen friendfhip very uncommon to be found. He
lent hinrabuve ipol. with which the young man
took two farms in this county, one called Organ's
Farm, and the other Tikewater. As a fecurity, he
took a bond and warrant of attorney. Finding that
he was likely to lofe his money unlefs he put his
fecurity in execution, be entered up judgment, and
fued out a writ of Feel Ferias. His former pupil
and his friends immediately fct their heads together
to defeat his remedy, and the plan that they hit upon
was to trump up a bankruptcy which Ibould over-
reach his title The Learned Counlel admitted, that
if a fair aft of bankruptcy was committed prior to
the execution of the Plaintiff, that, however hard it
might be, his client min lofe his remedy, and come
in tars fres with other creditors. The aftion as he
had before Rated, was for a iv efpafs by the Meffenger
of Bankruptcy feizing Otte goods which the Plaintiff
had before taken polleifion of under his writ of Firri
Fades:. It was ler the other fide to prove the aft of
bankruptcy; he Ihould only in the firß inftanceprove
the feizure.
The Under Sheriff of the County proved that the
goods of Pollard were taken in execution at e fuit
of the Plaintiff, on the z7th of February lat. It was
alfo proved that the relent Defendant had entered
as Meffenger of the Commilfioners of Bankrupts.
MT: Serjeant Stt a, for the Defendant, Rated,
that although it might be a hard cafe on the Plaintiff,
yet, if Pollard bad become a bankrupt previous to his
execution being levied, he mutt only there with the
other creditors. He admitted that Pollard, as a far.
mu, could not be liable to the Bankrupt Laws ; but
if befides being a farmer he alfo dealt ,in other arti-
cles, and in any degree fought his living thereby,
then he became liable to thofe laws. He fhould
prove, in the prefcnt cafe, that Pollard dealt in hay
and cattle, not only as a farmer for the ufe of his
own farm, but alfo as a jobber; and be should prove
that he had been guilty of a molt unequivocal aft 1
of bankruptcy, for betides his farm, he held a place
in the Cuftom-houfe, and a brother clerk would Prove
that be was frequently denied to his creditors. bele
fads, he laid, would entitle him to a verdia.
The Commiffion of Bankruptcy was put in and
read. It was dated May 5, 1804. It was founded
on a joint debt of a Mrs. Wood, the aunt of Pollard,
Edwards and Co. brewers, in Gtay's Inn-lane, and
Whitby and Co. coal-merchants.
To prove Mrs. Wood's debt, T. Watfon, an up-
holder in Parliament-flreet, was called, whoa proved
that he appraVcd goods from Mrs. Wood to Pollard,
at a houfc in Pentonville, on the I ith of December,
.798, at the tam of tall. tys.
Clerks in the other two creditors' houfes proved
their refpeaive debts, fo as to make up the joint debt
more than tool. as requited by the Bankrupt Alts.
To prove the trading, Pollard's father was called ;
he Rated that his fon had purehafed hay at three
leveret times, which he had cimvet tett into chaff and
fold at the London mat kets ; that he had bought
beafts and flieep to fell again ; that be had once
bought coals which be fold again.
On erofs-exansination he admitted that he was an
uncertificated bankrupt ; that the coals were fold to
Pollard's brother-in-law, who was alfo an uncerti-
ficated bankrupt; and that part of the cattle %etre
Ibeep, which were kept or. the farm till they lambed,
before they were fold.
Harvey, a Clerk, in die Cullom/mule, proved that
Pollard had denied bimfelf to leveret creditors.
Mr. Gait sow, in reply, infißed that the whole of
this bankruptcy was a fraudulent (theme to defeat
the Plaintiff of his remedy, and defcribed Pollard
as born in infolvency and bred in bankruptcy, and
that this trio of bankrupts had combined to cheat
the poor honeß fehool.maller.
The Learned Judge fummed up the evidence, and
left it to the Jury to determine upon the petitioning
creditor.' debt and the afts of wading.—read/ fer
the

Limo: v. Kotosa.—This was an aflion by the
Lord of the Manor of Childmill, for the value
of a gelding. The real queilion to be tried was,
whether he was entitled to a berist upon the death of
the tenant of a certain meffage within the manor?
By the evidence of the Coon Rolls it appeared,
that on the Goth of July, 1711. a man of the name
of Rowlfon was admitted to a pitce of the wade of
the manor, to hold of the l.nrd, arcordirg t the
ronno.s of &e manor, at fire floilings rent. &me
when it fitould happen on other fervices thetertde