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LAW INTELLIGENCE.

COURT OF KING'S BENCH, MAY tr.
CORPORATION OF LIVERPOOL.

THE KING v. WILLIAM lisapos, Eso...—Thejugg-
went of the Court in this cattle was finally pronoun-
eed. Lord ELLENSOROVGI4 obferved, that as the
whole of the arguments on both fides had been al-
ready gone through with G. much clearnefs and pre-
cifi•in (the fnbftance of which we have given in for-
mer papers). he did not think it neceffary to take
up the time of the Court by any comments upon
them. The Defendant had been eletied Mayor
while in the office <1 Bailiff and a Member of the
Corporation of Liverpool. The Court were of opi•
nion that under the Charter of Charles the Flrft, the
office of the one was incompatible with the other,
they therefore gave judgment of veer again the
Defendant.
THE KING V. WEL ITALIE HORN!.
The Defendant in this cafe, who is a Dillenting
Miniiier, was convitled v the !aft affixes for Leieef-
ter before Mr. Nike Roost, for having held a fe-
dirious converfation againit the King, and the pro-
fecution of the prefent war carried on againfl the
French : the words in the indittment were, " Here
is a health to our friends over the water," meaning
thereby the French ; and in a converfation with fome
of his neighbours, he laid, " You might as well pay
to,oool. a year to Bonaparte, as to the King.
Thefe words were clearly proved, and the Jury found
a. yenta, that they were fsditioufly fpoken ; he was
this day brought np to receive the judgment of the
Court, and taking into confideration that he had not
tnade ofe of thole fentiments beyond the walls of his
neighbour's hook, and that he had condurged him-
' felf with great propriety fence his confinement, he
was ordered to be committed to the common gaol of
Leieefter for the fpace of Three Months, to pay a
fine to his Majefiy of tool. and to be further confin-
ed till fiteh fum fhould be paid.
THE KING V. ARTHUR SALE.
The Defendant in this cafe was a printer by trade,
and cotter/led of a fimilar offence, having printed
and poblifited certain (editions papers, with a view
to endeavour to perfnade his Majefty's fubjerfts not
to refill the eoemies of this country ; he alb) was
• brought hp to receive the judgment of the Court,
• and we* ordered to be imprifoned fix Calendar
- Months, and to pay a fine of tool. to his Majefty,
and to be further imprilisted till fads nue mould be
paid.

?Hi RING V. JONATHAN PANTHER.

The Defendant was Convilted of a keitar offence
baring written nfeditious and offenfive Meloffence,
on. the
return which he was to have made to the Canna
•fioners for the Army of frteferve. Upon the Court's 1
proceeding to pals judgment upon him, he eked per. I
abiCooo to fay a few words in mitigation of his mini& 1
meat i he then laid; he did not mean any thing.fedi.l
i
ekes in writing the libel in gelation; that his 4 Lica'
principles were always for the good of his • and
country; that he might have fpokeo with vio ence
again* tome certain perfuns, but never harboured
• a thought hottile to the King .ox Conftitntion. He
bad no lels than fir in family. one of whom was
blind for leveret years ; they were all dependent on
his. itfollry, and were he to be long confined, his
• reefs
entifi totally go to wreck; that fit= his
:111111Pgelosseer, his partner had takes an unfair ad-
"auto* taf
.him, by which be was meth injured; be
there all thell circumfiancea. threw him-
fclf on of the Court.
• Mr. JultitiCaosa had prepared to pafs judgment,
bate olleruddrefs of the Defendant to the Court,
we are indfiteill to believe the fentence was changed,
' ;.s the Court. after rouse confultation. ordered that
the Defendant fhould pay a fine of loot. and be im•
pritimed for three calendar months. .

TNT ZINO O. j. $7-VANII AND ). A 011111,11114.111.
Io our report of the ad itillant, we noticed the
prounds of the motion of Mr. D in arreft of
Judgment. Caufe was now to be (hewn agaift this
Rule, in the courfe of which the following curioss
aborflions were examined, arifing on the conftruilion
of the word end, which had beta employed in the
information againft thefe defendants : If the proverb
ab ove 'rhos ad mea.la exclude both the egg and the
apple ? If there be any exclufion of an inclufion, as
iit s allowed there may of a conclufion ? If a man,
Anted to live until the 29th of November, be by there
terms declared to have died on the 2Sth ? If the
certainty in every particular be not too great a cer.
tainty ? If the death of the Idiot- may tale place be-
fore making the leafe ? If the King open the Seffion
the day before the Seifion is opened ? If a man or•
dered to be hanged *sail he were dead be to be cut
down before he were dead ? Our Readers will fmile
to learn, that the grave authorities of our Lord Chief
JuMees, and other high judicial charatiers were cit-
ed to remove the logical difficulty. By the Aft of
Parliament, theft defendants could not be gnilty,un.
kfs they were io office under the India Company at
the time they converted the property that devolved
into their hands to their own ofe. Thefe Gentlemen
were, in the information, (fated to have been in of-
fice wail the 29th of November, and the fame day is
Rated as the day on which the offence was commit-
ted ; fo that the queftion on which the erten cf judg-
ment depended was, if the expreffion aril the 291110 f
Nov. included, or excluded, the ;9th of Nov.
Mr. ATToansv G/NORAL. on the part of the profe.
cation, (aid that Mr. Dallas had uftd the word raw,
or se, as fynonirnout with aril. He would admit it
for a moment, and would aft his Learaed Friend's
bcdpitaliky, if he would invite one of thew Lortlfhips
re dinner, that he meant al loon as dinner was krved
op. he &told leave the banquet ? Or if he thould
afk his Lordfliip to his country feat to flay loud a
fecond day, he intended the Noble Judge fhould or-
der his carriage at midnight to quit the houfe ?
Theft fainiNar obfervations were fucceeded by many
ferimts arguments founded on the immemorial prac-
tices in iodiameats for the moft heisons crimes.
Mr. Easeful followed on the fame fide, and gum-
• cd from the poet :
" Met at tee mod the merrier thy."
He enquired, whether with this affurance the
bridegroom would confider his fair affnciate as de•
filed previous to marriage. and bis offspring as ale-
g;;itnate ?
Mr. 1) in reply. argued, that the word ea&
in all legxl proreedinp, was alway exceptive. and
repelled the reafming employed both from the elf
. . . . .

the more familiar obfervations, and remarked, it
would be very unfortunate if the reafoning of his
Friend prevailed, and the chaßity of the Lady were
continued during the marriage day. He laid, the
matter was a mere quellion of time ; and although
Mr. Erlkine had committed the mißake now, he
would have been chargeable with the error fume zo
or 3o years ago.
Mr. Glans followed on the fame fide, and con-
cluded with bferving, that the word until, introduc-
ed into the information, created fuch a repugnancy,
as to afford jug grounds for the arrea of judgment.
Judgment deferred.

THE KING V. ALEXANDER DAVIDSON, JOHN WHITE PAR-
SONS, AND TnHmAsHOPPING.
- .

Mr. Junice GROSE delivered the fentence of the
Court in the following terms :
If You have been charged with having unlawfully
bribed divers voters of the borough of Ilchefter, and
with having procured a leafe of ground thereon to
.ere& a number of houfes, that you might introduce
fuch perfons as you thought proper, to be ele&ed
reprefentatives for the Paid Borough : You have
given loge fums, to the amount of 301. each, to a
number of fuch voters ; and, purfuant to your in-
tention, you did ere& many, houfes, with a view to
deffroy the pris Urges of the fubje&s of the realm :
You have been convi&ed upon grounds fo plain and
dire 1, that, inflead of being in any doubt of the
commiffion o:" the offence, we are anonifhed, that
ordioary prudence did not lead you to take tome
pains to difguite this extenfive fyllem of corruption :
—Your crimes are complicated ; they involve both
conspiracy and bribery ; and in that of bribery Teems
to be included the corrupt and malevolent intention
of leading the unhappy objear, who were incapable
of refitting the temptation you offered them, to the
foul crime of wilful and corrupt perjury. Among
your alfinants in this violation of public duty, we
6nd one whole evidence has been deciiive, and whole
crofs examination (hews the debafement of the hu-
man mind, when left expofed to the effeils of im-
morality and irreligion. He fwears, that his coo-
viCtion of Chriftianity was fhaken by the arguments
of its opponents, and he appears not to be yet relieved
from his atheillical frepticifm. Should that be your
cafe; Ihould you dilbelieve the exigence of a Goo,'
and of a REDEZIERIS j Ihould the Cobb= fabric of
religion be (Makes in your mind, I would earneftly
recommend to you to weigh well the condi Lion to which
fen are reduced ; for affuredly the moment will
come, when the lams of confcience muff be atten-
tively heard. While you may look down with con-
tempt upon the unfortunate wretch who difpofes of
his confcience to you, for the fupport of his family,
compare with him the flagitious corrupter, who is
perverting the tights, and undermining the conflitu•
tution of his country. It Ihould be our daily prayer
that we may not be led into temptation. What
latonement can yourmake to there miferable men, to
' whom you have prefented a temptation, which their
infirmities have rendered them incapable of refilling ?'
All the contemn of perfisnal power, and all the in-
fluence of wealth, will not remove from/ you the
pang w%ich the retrofpe& of fuch condo& muff or-
cafion. use native of this crime has been fo clearly
marked out by our common law, as tending to the
deftruiftion of our free and glorious conftitution, that
even the wretches you fednced were corretlly inform.
ed of the meafure of the offence. We cannot akertain
if the oblefts of you, the defendant, Davidfon, were
to gratify infatiable avarice or inordinate ambition,
or if there were others behind the curtain yet more
rich and powerful, by whom you were employed, but
if we may form any jodgment of the magnitude of
your means, and the extent of your proje&s, by the
funs you have expended in this atrocious attempt,
we need not wonder at the dangers to which the
Conftitution is expofed, but rather be furprifed, that
it has fo long remainea to impart protettion, and to
command the reverence of mankind. As to the
different parts you have taken, all of you teem to be
involved in an equal degree of gui!t. While one
provided the poifon, the others not only pointed nut
the objefts to whom.it was to be given, bu,t affified
in adminineting it. The one party did not kern
more habituated in the pra&ice, than the other was
prompt and prodigal in fupplying the means to carry
tt into execution.

" We have heard the affidavits prefented on the
part of you John White Patrons : Yon are the man
who negociatcd between Alexander Davidfon. and
the Eledors: You recommended the bribe of 301.
and introduced Hopping: You propofed the con.
Ilruttion of the homes, and. as a motive for the fa-
erifiee of the money. you laid, you had never known
the voters to go agaita the 301. yet notivithilanding
this violation of duty, it is sworn your chatafter is
that of a fair man ; that your pmfitits tend to ame-
liorate the condition of your fellow creatures; and
that you have impaired your fortune in this honour-
able endeavour. One of there Deponents ventures
to fay, that no temptation could induce you to do
what is morally or politically wrong. Confidering
this depofition, wc are obliged to conclude, after the
convietion, that this is a wilful mifreprefentation,
or that you have stied the part aif a confummate
hypocrite. and it (heirs how little reliance can be
placed on the charafters dcfmdcd in Courts of Jut
tree. Confilering you all as equally guilty, for the
purple of checking this corrupt influence In fatal
to individuals, and fu iijurious to public right, we
do order and adjudge, that each of you be commit•
ted to the cuflody of the Marthal of the Marfhalfea
Prifon, fur twelve calendar months, and then be dif-
charged."

On Satnrday H:111 y Barker and JUTICS Chadwick
Were executed At Lanesder. tor a burglary at Bleat
dale, near Gartlang.
• Yetlerday, as a pnrter, With a hamper of glafs,
was trolling Ludgate-hill, he came in cnntaa with
the pok of a gentiernan'% usach, which threw him
down with filch vi,ilence as ;o sender it ncceffary to
convey him to an iiapital. Therntleman Rave
his addrefs, 811“. pt m f .ed to intered tomcat in WWI
of the onfortunre n, in.

Yeflerday ever, d .fie of a lady in Fitzroy.
Allure was broke and j, A Cikry dole therefrom
to the amnunt e-11.
Yenerday. at a brewer'. and his wife, in
Hodynell.lat,e, Shnieditch, seer• d.fputing about
their child, it was tluown not of a twn pair of (Lairs
window. whereby it Web In much hurt, sic to leave
little Ave 4 its ►ec•.vcry. 'Phu tlazittital parcats