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The slefentlint, had for many years been 44:minted iii
the situation of High Constable of the East .1:1411 Hun;
dred of Brixton, and afterwards filled' the respectable
offices of Rector's Warden of Bt. Mary's Newington, and
Serveyiir of the Highways of that parish. ,The dada
of the latter situation he had been called upon to per-
form for a periOd of six years, terminating in 1824;
and upon rendering up his accounts at the termina;
don of each year, he had regularly received the
thanks of the Vestry. Having relinifuishecl the office
of Surveyor of the Roads, some scrutiny took place into
his accounts, and it was out Cif an investigation by a
Committee appointed "by the parish, that the present
indictment was founded. The charges made against
Itoifey in substance were, that he had exhibited false
Siccdunts, in omitting to charge himself with various
sums which he had received ; that his accounts were
false, in not returning a true account of the deficiencies;
that he had been guilty of a violation of his duties•by
keeping his hooks in a negligent manner, in omitting
the names of defaulters; that he had been guilty of
negligence in not properly collecting the rate, by which
it was alleged the parish had lost large sums of money;
and Lastly, that he had been guilty of a wasteful expen- .
ditute of the parish money, in giving higher prices for
mate: ials to repair the roads than they might other% se
have been r urchased at.
Witnesses to charaCter were then called, who all spoke
ib the highest terms of the integrity and honour which
they always considered had milked defendant's conduct.
The Lain Cuter Mann summed up the evidence as briefly as
possible, consistent with the justice of the cue.
The Jury found a verdict of Not Guilty, at the same time saying
they considered the defendant had been culpably negligent in the
manner of keeping his accounts.
YORK, MARCH 22. -
SIIDUCTION.—METCALFS V. WSBSTER•
Mr. SCARLETT stated, this was an action brought by
the plaintiff to recover compensation in damages for
the seduction of his niece, who lived with him, and of
whose services he was deprived. The plaintiff was a
farmer, and resided near Ingleton, in this county. The
defendant was a shopkeeper, formerly living' there, but
now residing at Kendal. The niece had been living
with her grandfather almost from her infancy. On his
giving up his farm to his son, the present plaintiff, his
niece continued to live with him, until the period when
the acquaintance commenced with the defendant, which
led to her seduction, and until she was delivered in his
house of a child. Undoubtedly the law of England
allows actions of this nature to be brought by an uncle,
as well as where a parent is deprived of the person's
services; but in proportion as the relationship exists
between the parties, the greater must the sufferings be
to them, and the Jury would be called on to give da-
mages in proportion to them. The defendant, on seeing
the niece repeatedly at his shop, whither she had been
sent to purchase groceries, paid her so many attentions,
asked her to dine, and under, as he (Mr. Scarlett) was
told, a promise of marriage, effected her seduction. The
Jury would measure the damages in proportion to the
circumstances, recollecting that, as the defendant could
offer no excuse, so neither could the plaintiff be blamed.
They would hear the circumstances of the case from
the lips of the person seduced, and give such damages
as would meet the justice of the case.
Margaret Heatoff, rather an interesting girl, of a
gOod figure, stated as follows :—I am the niece of the
plaintiff, who lives near Ingleton, and have been living
with him since my infancy. I am twenty•eight ; I have
been acting as his servant, and became acquainted/ in
1823, with the defendant Metcalfe, now a grocer at
Kendal. My uncle dealt with him for groceries; I
used-to go to his shop for them. The defendant paid
some attention to me. I became pregnant by him, and
was delivered of a child at my uncle'shouse on the Ifith
of December, 1828.
The defendant being desired to stand up, witness
was asked certain questions, which she answered in a
broken and unsatisfactory manner, when the Judge .
advised Counsel to withdraw a Juror.
Charlotte Peck, otherwise-Shavo, (whose affair made
so much noise in Leeds, and the particulars of which
were given at the time,) was found guilty of stealing a
boy, aged three years, with intent to deprive his parents
of him, and conceal him f)r her own purpose.
She remained unmoved during her trial ; the-did not
make any defence, nor - did there appear to be any
motive whatever to have induced her•to kidnap the boy,
whom she travelled with to France, and was substh
quently apprehended with. him in South Wales.
RUSUlVoltvil, GENT. V. TIM RSV. WM. CRAVEN, CLERK.
Mr. PARK opened the pleadings, and said this was an
action brought by the plaintiff (an attorney), against
the defendant, who is a Clergyman, for a penalty under
the game laws, he not being duly qualified to shoot
game on the manor in question.
Leonard Johnstone, examined by Mr. Paine.—He is
acquainted with the defendant ; he lives at Aldboreugh ;
witness lives at Tottington ; he was at Aldborough fair
on the 4th, sth, and 6th, of September; he knnwsethe
plantation; he saw a gun flashed, and it went off. De-
fendant shot at something; can't say what—(,i laugh).
He bad two dogs—one had large eyes and shaggy hair
—(Laughter). He had a gun; he saw the. dogs run-
ning about. He shot at something—he knows he did—
and he saw feathers peeping out of his pocket—(4l
laugh). Is sure it must be game ;he was going across
the field beating for game when he saw him.
Another witness, of the name of Matthew &mason,
spoke of having seen the defendant sport wi.h his dogs
and gun in October, 1823.
After a long examination as to his tide under his father's will,
The Learned JUDOS said, that with the policy of the-
Game Laws the Jury had nothing to do. The only
question for their immediate consideration was.whether
the defendant had committed a trespass or not from his
want of qualification, or whether he had a qualification
by deputation? It was clear he had not made his title
out horn landed property, which was under 1001. They
would, from Johastone's testimony, who stated that he
but then they
saw the defendant, in S ptember,
would also take into consideration the deputation, and
shooting on the
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months after the alleged trespass, which by law is re-
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actiont cTheouldvanoditetrappemauinedtationgeived.
The Jury fauna
general satisfwiess.

HERTFORD, MARCH 22.
John Fisher was indicted for assaub
at William Everitt. It appeared that
of December, ISA eight poachers
of Sir Edward Stracey ; the firing
heard in the woods, Buuerant, the

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tutting and 'hooting
bat on the last eight
entered the grounds
of their guns being
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others, approached them, when one, of the poachers
called oat for Buttevant, who stepped forward. One
of the men then said, •' We've been looking for you
hour cast ; cock your guns (to his companions) ;
lire'. into the thickest of you. The poachers wounded
Battevantuid a man namei Everitt. The gamekeepers
then rushed on them, and secured two nine, Whittaker'
and Fleury Cully. with pheasarts, guns, and bludgeons,
in their possession, but the test got away. 00e of the
guns apprized to have been recently discharged, and
the other seemed to have fl oiled in the pan. To prove
the prisoner was one (1 the poachers engaged in ti e
flute:lee, Stinks, an accomplice, was called, who stated
that Wiseman ordered his fellows to fire, and the eta-
s net fired the last gun that wounded the keepe-s. 'f he
prismer said nothing in his I.lelence, but called some
e ttnesses, who sail, that w hen Spinks saw him at a pub-
he-Itotee he told the witnesses that the prisoner was not
the man. An assistant in the Mayoi's Office and the
Gaoler of Norwich also said, that Spisiks, having looked
at the prisoner in the Office, said he was not the man.
—A young woman also said, that the prisoner, in the
evening mentioned in the indictment, was engaged at
work with her husband u;'til 12 o'clock at night.
The Jury returned a verdict of Guilty, and tl.e Judge passed sen-
tence of death upon the prisoner.
• DERBY, MARCH '22.
Daniel :later, aged 3.5, tteod indicted for tie wilful
murder of Abraham Wardle, in the palish of Duffield,
on the 25th of August, 1821. After the Jury were
sworn, the prisoner objected to five of the Gentlemen,
who came from Wirksworth. The Judge humanely
pernitted the challeng-, though irregular, and the
Counsel for the prosecution had no objection to it..
• William Spaton, examined by Nlr.l3aeour—l was at
B Iper, on Saturday, the 25th of August, 1821. 1
started homewards about half-past ten at night. Wm.
Key acid Abraham Wardle were with me. I saw a
person in the first field we came to. I had nearly fallen
over him, for he Was lying on the ground. That person
was the prisoner. He appeared to be quite drunk.
-William Key and Abraham Wardle took him up, led
him across some closes, and seated him against the wall.
He did not speak till we were going to leave him,when
be said, " Don't leave me ; I an Daniel Slater."
then went and led him up the close. Wardle stopped
behind. Slater and I went first. Wardle and Key
followei. Wardle was lame; he bad had the cap of
his knee knocked off. He walked with a stick. The
prisoner said, " Sirrah, d—n your eyes, let us go back
and murder those two behind:' t told him. to come
forward, and not have such foolish talk. I then laid
him down in a piece of oats. The other two men im-
me !lately overtook me; they asked me what I had done
with my. butty ? I said I had left him in a piece of oats.l
They said it was a good job. Slater then followed us'
upon the run, and joined us. 1 and Key were first.
Wardle and Slater were behind 30 yards; we heard
them disceursing about a brick yard. I, remember
getting to Mrs. Hawkesley's cottage. I then heard a
scuffle behind us between the prisoner and Wardle. I
turned my head and. said," 0 Loan, they are fighting !"
I u ent to them ; they had got upon their legs, and the
pri.oner bad got the beesom-stall Wardle had been
walking with. I saw Slater strike with both hands
with the beesom-stall on the temples of Wardle. get
between them. He put me aside. Wardle said. to
Slater, " What dost thou mean to do to firer Slater'
said, " D—n your eyes, I mean killing you all in a
ruck." lie then struck him On the other side of the
temples, and Wardle fell. Prisoner then caught hold
of me, and struck at me, but I avoided the blow. He
then made right at Key, and struck at him, and swore
lee would split him down. Key guarded off the blow
with a stick. I gst into a hovel; I left Wardle lying
on the ground. I stopped• in the hovel about.half an
hour. I retuned and found Key and Wardle there ;
Wardle was lying upon the same spot. We took Wardle
into Mrs. Hawkesley's house. We left Wardle there all
night. Wardle never spoke horn the time he received
the second blow. We were going home and again met
the prisoner ; he passed us, but we said nothing to him.
He afterwards turned round and said, "D—ear you, stop
and let me go with you." We said, " Come oft." He
said to Key, that he had not given Wardle half enough.
I began to get tired of his company. I went to the cot-
tage with W.ardle's wife, and fetched him home in a
c at. Mr. Poyser, the surgeon, attended him.
Severalt other witnesses were eternised, but their evi-
dence was merely confirmatory of the first witness.—
' Verelict—Gailty of Mandatighter.
The sentence of the Court was, that the prisoner be transported
tm ate.
George' Batty, who was found guilty on Saturday, of
forcibly abusing a young female, was put to the bar for
the purpose of receiving sentence. Mr. Baronfluotarcx
said, the shocking mid aggravated enormity °ibis of-
knee was such, that he must suffer the sentence of the
law. He then passed sentence of death upon him.
seams
Advice: have been received from Pernambuco to
the 10th of February. The proceedings for bringing to
punishment this leaders in the late insurrectitta had not
tikn terminated. Fre Cancca, one of the principal of
them, suffered death on the 18th of January, and sen•
tence had been passed on Macario, Governor of the
•Registros the execution of %%bleb was fixed to take place
ow the Ilth of February. Others were in custody await-
ing their trial, and would no doubt meet a similar fate.
By these severe examples, the ascendancy of the
resits' cause was folly established at Pernambuco.
The Accession, Roddam, arrived off the Ltod's.erld,
sailed from Rio Jai-team, on the 18 h 01 D ember, and
on the 30th, in lat. 23, long. 34, fell in with a brig, with
her masts in the water, abandoned by the crew, but a
number ce Blacks holding by the starboard fort-chains
and cathead she took 31 off the wreck, and 10 from
the inside of the vessel. 'flee brig was about 200 tons
burden, and appeared to be laden with ; and
the Blacks stated that the crew left her when she became
wa er-logged. 'lns Accessiori arrived at Bahia, on ti e
12th of J &buoys and herded 30 Blacks (two having
di si on the passsg ), who were g yea into the bands
o: Government.
A " most afflicting" occurrence, according to the
fasde, lately took place in the vicinity of Cambray. As
a Clergyman was ietureing in proce.sion horn carrying
the viaticum to a sick person, an individual rushed out
of a public-house, and attempted to strike the vessel out
of his hands. He only threw down the lid, however,
surmounted by a' cross *hid' was broken, and " the
consecrated wafers were 11;ippily saved, the Priest having
taken the peecaution Of coveting the vessel with his
hand." This event is said to have filled the people
s• with consternation;' wed the etilprit only escaped
'Stith his life, in caiiise" cinente of having • been hamar-
. yelp lea' td.prisoh.'wheie, however, should the law
•NefiTege Oats the Clisr6er ht Li•pufiesso hislife will
be Mute formally taken.