Star.
London, England, 1805-11-27 00:00:00

JUDGMENTS.

James Amon?, 1, lin ;:afh, and Henry Ricketts,
t. r CA, ying in funeral prozeffon the effigies of two
Ceriletnen, of the names of HAN kiss and Holland, 11
Affair rs of Tars in the town of Teirkfbury, caul.
ing the bell to be tolled as for a knell, throwing the
effigies into water, and then ringing a merry peal for
their departure, &c. with intent to ridicule there Af
feint 5, were brought up for the jwignient of the Corn t;
they received a tisitahle reproof from the Learned
Judge, who hinted at their being inttruments in the
hands of forne other perfon, who twirl have hitter
pangs of confcience from what he did, who might
learn his own fate in cafe of a convipion, from that
of his agents this day, and whole compunction of
confcience, even if never convieed, would be a
greater punifliment to him, fome dpy, than any which
the Court could inflia. The fentence of the Court
was, " That James Atwood be imprifoned in the
common gaol of Glouceffer for twelve calendar
months, and then difcharged—and that John Safh
and Henry Ricketts be imprifoned in the fame gaol
for nine calendar months, and then difcharged, there
being, in the opinion of the Court, that proportionate
difference in their cafes.f,

lames Moody, for ail:suiting an Excite Officer in
the execution of his duty, was ordered to be impri-
foned in Norgate for the like period.
Jahn Dunlione for a fimilar offence, but who hal
been already impriloned two years for a former one,
of the fame nature, was fenrenced to be imprifoned
itt Newgate for two years, and then difcharged.
Thomas Barn) and Walter Grey. for obiltuding
an Officer of Revenue in the due execution of his
duty, were fentenced to imprifonment in Horlham
jail, for the County of Stifle; for three calendar
months—the Court obferving that the mildnefs of
this fentence was owing to the cirounltanee of no vi
olence being offered to the officer.
Francis Rich, for an affault on an. Officer of the
Revenue in the due execution of his duty. was fen
tented to imprifonment in the fame jail, for fix ca
lendar months, and then difcharged.
John Bones, lor an offence 01. MA violent na-
ture. was fintenced to the fame prifon, fur twelve
calendar tumults.

John Lnwet, fnr an offence of the fame kind, of a
(lighter e-, was fenteuced to the fame ptifun for
thr•e cal,ndar months.

John 07ter, for a firnilar offence, was fentenced
to be imprifoned in Newgate, for three calendar
months.

Charles Jamcfon, for a limilar offence, was fent
s, the fame Mace for the fame poiod.
William Bond and Thomai. Bond, for a violent
affau!t and Woe imprif 'intent of a Cunttable, who
Lad had one of them f"rmetly in confinement, vete
ordered to be imprifoned in the County jail of Curu•
wall, at Bodmin. for three calendar months.

Edmund Din!ing*ld 'William Martin were per-
witted to go at large., Or their own recognizancrs,
on undertaking that tome farmer!, who had giyen
them a good charaaer, entered alfo into a reco
in ni-
sance, the country, for their good behaviour.—
The Defendants had obflruded a Revenue Officer in
the due execution of his duty, but had followed
itnuggling only a 'few months.

• T AGAY, Ni,V. 26.
Ttlr XING V. Dellt HER.

The Honourable Evelyn Pierrepoint Dormer was
brought up to receive judgment for fending a threat-
ening letter, of the nature of a challenge, to Robert
Efq. his brother in law.
An affidavit by the Profecutor was real, contain-
itg a flatement of the rmnellion between the par ties.
Frolt this it appeared that Mr. Knight was married
to the Defendant's tiller in the year 1791 ; that they
bad two children (daughters), and had lived hap-
pily together for fome years. Sulpicion,, however,
baying arifen in the profecotor's mind of the fidelity
of his wife ; not fn Ilvong, however, as to wail ant
a public charge of incontinency againll her, they le.
parated ; the Profecutor giving her a firm of acool.
in hand, fettling on her an annuity of ticol. and al
lowing her the cußody of her two children. Flom
the period of her feparation down to the month of
Oelober, 11304.. the Profeentor and Defendant conti-
nued in terms of friendlhip together. On the a6th
Oetober the Pre fecntor received from the Defen-
dant a letter add; died " Dear Knight," tieing that
he wa, in a dilirefling fituation, and requetling r f the
Prefccutor, as a perfon to whom he could apply
eith greater cafe than to his brother, to join him in
• ',cold for 30v1. A few days afterwards he receiv-
* mother letter from the Defendant, in the fame
tri Ilyle, Hating that his brother had relieved
him from his embarratlincnr. In the mean time, the
:r of the two children having come to that age
when fhe fhould be fent to fchool, fhe was placed un-
ti-r the care of a lady in Baker-ttreet, her mother
having Rill accefs to fee her, and the ye roger con-
tinned to live with her mother. After this period
.!ircumilances occurred which went to firengthen the
infpicions entertained by the Profeentor, as to the
ti ielity of his wife, and he refnlved to commence an
ahion againft the perfon by whole means her affec-
'inns had been fetloced from him. Immediately on
this refolutinn being formed, the Profecntor received
11,:tter from the Defendant, couched in very d ffe-
t••••'lS Isom the feendly flyle in which be had

lately addreffed him. Inflead of " Dear Knight,"
it was addreffed, " sir," ..and hated, that
" Kir:ever imprudent my lifter, Mrs. Knight, I:19 been. I can
orty aufwer that her conduet, lime her feparation, has ken cur
reel in the ftrielell fenfc of the world. I beg liave to declare my.s
fell h- r brother, and as fuch the is entitkd to every ariltanceplat
is in my power; your tr:atment towards ti,r is unbecoming. It
is incoglibtent with -he ehan.aer of a Oc-:!eman, a Mahan& or
a Man. You are now acquainted with there my femimenta. I
Lave town this morning, Ina a meTagc may he left for me at
Kirkham's hr,tel, Stc. (signed) " li. I'. DOR AC..lt."
The :affidavit then proceeds to Bate, what indeed
was hardly necelfary, that the deponent believed this
letter to have been fent to him with a view to provoke
him to fend to the Defendant a challenge to fight a
duel ; on which the pre lent prolecution was com-
menced againft the Defendant, which was a year '
ago, and upon which he had fuffered judgment to
oafs by default. Since the Defendant found aliat the
Profecutor had determined to Wog. him tip for the
judgment of the Court, he fent to the Profecutor
another letter, dated the aoth of November Indian,
and direfted to the Profecutor, as follows :
" Sir, Since you are llterrniticil to commence a crintiwil pros
fecution againft me, I beg. the Court may be acquainted with my
tr:pif opinion of your chandler, whicl. Is that of a coward, a
iyar, and a (Collodi-el (Signed) E. P. DOG. NII:k."
All thele letters the Profecutor fwears he believes
to be of the hand writing of the Defendant.
The affidavit of the Defendant dated, that in the
month of November, rtSo.s, certain circumfiances
came to his knowledge relative to his filler, which,
though highly important to be laid before the Court
for his defence, be could not maks public. hecaufe
they had a reference to his filler's inflation, which no
confideration would make him difclofe ; but it had a
great effed on his mind, infomuch, that under the
preffure of the moment, and without reficilion, he
was induced to write the letters in queffion ; but ire
did not mean any difterped to ais honorsable Court,
be is confcious cf having done wrong, hut it was the
refult of his affection for his dint-effect lifter, who was
in great diarefs. That he is an offieer of the t4th
Regiment of Light Dragoons, ordered to hold them-
felves in readitiefs for foreign fervice ; and he hopes
the (entente of the Court will net put it out of his
power to join them.
Mr. ERSKINE, from the tenor of the affidavit filed
by the piefecirtor, and from a comparifon of the
dames of the different letters referred to in it, argued,
that the plea in extenuation urged by the Defend. nt
• —that he did in in the ieritation of the moment—was
altogether unfounded. He had time to relied be.
tween the date of the firlt and fecond letter, and
could be under no irritation, nor any impreflion r f
the moment, when after the fir 11, he could write furl,
a letter as the fecond letter, on which the infrm:l-
- was grounded. If he went to (catch the Re-
cords of the Court, he would find nothing like it.—
The Defendant knows the determination of the Pro-
(centric to apply to tl e Court, and he defines that the
Court, fnrfooth, &mid know his opinion that the
Prosecutor is a coward, a liar. and a fcoundrel.—
Could the Court accept of it as a palliative, after firth
a letter, that the Defendant had ailed in a moment
of irritation. The thing was impoffible, particular
ly after the failure out the part of the Defendant to
anfwer the Profeentor's affidavit, that he had uni-
formly condrided himfelf with propriety towards hi's
IA ilea which .would completely negative his concealed
caufes of irritation. If, however, the Court Ihould
fee any thing in the relationfhip between the parties,
or in the cafe altogether, to induce them to mitigate
the fenterice to be paired on the Defendant, be Ihould
be happy at the circumflance.
Mr. Dauscev, in an eloquent fpeer.ll,enfotted the
fame arguments.
Mr. WARREN, on the fame fide, Aced what punifli.
meat ought to be intlided on the Defendant, if it
could he figured that one objeil of the letter in cloth
tin was to prevent an adion from being railed
agaiiall the perfon with whom the Defendant's filler',
was faippofed to save had an improper cot:anion ? !
The Defendant might talk of feelings, bait he ought i!
to have had come refpeet for the feelings of Mr. I
, :net. . rrom his
Knight, who, on fofpicion, had fenar 1
finer, but against whom no breath of Lis Itifpieion
had met the public ear ; !n whom ;le had allowed a
handlome income, and had al/ iriled the opportunity
of continuing to move in her chial circle. Vs oulZi
it not have been- more becordng his tituation, and
the rtlationfhip in which he ilood, had he, in place
of writing fuch letters to the Prolectitor, addieffed
him as a friend, and requefued of him to fee if the
matter might not be leis ferious than he furpeded,
and if it might not be poffible (fill to ward off that
ruin and difgrece which a certainty of the extent of
the tranfgteffion mull entail on them all ? Would
not Inch conduit have been more beccaning the uncle
of the two children ? But how different the Defen-
dant's conduit !—He preferred the mode of pro
ceeding adopted by the bully in the play—" Your
wife has injured rot, but, daneme, I wear a (word."
As to the circrimliance of the Defendant's regiment
going abroad, he ordinate.] to think that could hard-
ly operate as a pallia,ive of his offence. The Learn-
ed Connie, trufled his Majesty dud sot hand in need
of Inch officers.

MI% SOLICITOR C.:FM.OUL, dlr. GA RROW, and Mr.
Serjeant VAUGHAN, for the Defendant, argued, that
however criminal the caudal niche Defendant might
have been, the Profecutor had, at lean, in no refpea
raved his brother-in-law. The general tenor of the
letters written by the Defendant they declared they
illonld be, afham-d to think themfelvcs capable of de.
147nding ; but the aggravated offence charged againtt
the Defendant by the Learned Comifel who (poke
lA, was altogether incredible. They, therefore.
ti tilled that, however much the letters themfelves
might delerve a fevere punilhment, fuch punilhment
would tint he enhanced by charging the Defendant
with accenion to the fedation of his own Mien.—
The Defendant had already billeted much in ((typo-
fing that Co infamous a charge could be imputed to
him ; and there appeared reacon to fuppofe, that the
Profecnror would feel all the wounds inflieled by the
Defendant healed in having been indulged in the
gratification of dating, by his Counfel, that filch
was the fentiment which he imputed to the Defers.
dant. The Defendant was in the full expeaation of
being fent abroad with his regiment without any re-
araint from the Court ; and, the Learned Connfel
hoped, that the part of the punifansent to which they
had alluded, and which the Defendant had already
endured, would be taken into cont.deration in ctli.
mating the lentence now to be ittilifted.
The Court ordered the Defendant to he commit-
ted, and to be brought up again for judgment on the
latiday of Term.

.. • . '

THE R!siC Q. CGRCIS LOWTNTR, Fsg,
1!r. justice GROSE delivered the fentence of the
Court :

You, Gorges Lowther, have been convi&ce, on
the cleared evidence, of fending a letter to J. I;..tt,
Efq. a Magiittiate of the County of Wilts,highly
derogatory to his charaCter both as a Magiarate and
as a roan. It imputes t' that geneeman either want
of ability in his public capacity, a defire, under the
cloak of magittetial dignity, to offer yr.o a perfonal in-
fult. In mitigation of your featence,we have beentold
the awful truth, that ma's is lobjea to error, and that
you are but a man. As to the profecutor itfuinz; Inch
numerous fummonfes, we know, that tometimes
a delay of juttice it equivi.lent, elpecially to a perfon
in an inferior fituatior ,to a denial. Gon forbid that
!tumid be the cafe in .hi country ? But of what in.
finite importune,. is i he very exi:tence of this na•
tion, that we lho,,id (net she nigidrates, %rho
give op their time .nd heir pleafures for the public
benefit 01:r ern+. rtoiir must be, to teach inert the
necetEty of ohiqi-ig the law, and to exalt relPeCt to
thole who are appointed to admi.•itter it. Impreffed
with this • fentiment, and always taking into our
conlidetatinn the public benefit, this Court cloth
order 'and adjudge. that you pay a line to the King
of one hundred pounds, and be imprifoned till inch
fine be paid."

THE KING 7r. RALPH SHVLDON, 550.
It will be recolleaed, that Mr. ERSIE.NII had ob-
tained a Rule to thew catne why a criminal informa-
tion fhould not be filed againd this perfon, for fending
a challenge to M:. Dickins, a Bar !ilia of the Court
of King': Bench.
The SOLICITOR GRNFRAL this day fhewcd cattle
egaind the Rule. He f rid, the lass were not wholly
durclofed in the cafe which was produced on the affi-
davits for the profecuth.n. It was mentioned by Mr.
Dickins, that finding the gate leading through the
Defendant's park locked, and confidering it a public
way, he forced it ; but, upon the affidavits on the
p rrt of the Defendant, it would appear. that Mr.
Dickins obfersing the gate locked. and not choofing
to be interrupted in his progrek, he fixed two horfes
that happened accidentally to he palling along tht
road to it, and fairly pulled down the gate ; after-
ward.: he gave the man who owned the horfes fix-
pence for his trouble, and happening to have no half-
pence about him to reward a boy who affilted, lie
delired him to take the wood home, and twin it. Mr.
Sheldon took this as a grofs infult, and did what
the Learned Counfel could not attempt to Willy,
viz. wrote the letter, which fubjelted him to a cri-
minal Frofectition.
Mr. Easrams, on the contrary. faid, that the of-
fence of which Mr. Dickins was accused, viz. of
breaking down Mr. Sheldon's gale, had been grofsly
exaggerated; he had merely, in his way to vifit a
near relation, forced the lock, and afterwards, in a
letter addrelfed to Mr. Sheldon, had made every foit-
able apolog} ; an apology that, even if his Lordfhip,
a Peer of the itealm, and holding the highest judicial
office in the kingdom, had been injured, could not
fail of giving fatisfadion.—Rule ablulute.

JOHN KING.
Mr. ERSKINE moved for a _ifeuttlamrs, to he direa-
ed to the Mayor and Recorder of 1...31.10rt, to fhew
conic utty Mr. John King thould not he difcharged
undo the Infolveat Act, but on account of Minima-
lity in the affidavits, the Learned Counia was obliged
to defer his motion.

Err. Vie (fated on Saturday, James
Remnant, John Pullen, and Ann pinle:, were liber.
wed by Mr. BOND, and Sir W. Pavar.'s., wr Friday,
in corifegutuce of a failure in evidence, ,o prove their
beirg c:nicerned i picking the pocket of Mr. Tied.
way, a farmer, of liareriekl, near Uxbridge. while he
was laoking at the old trick of pricking in the gaiter,
at Kingiton fair. They were ordered in attend at the
office yellerday, in order that the of leers fhiuld re-
gularly ticli:cr to them the immenle valuable pro-
perty, which was found in their pllfellion. They at.
tended accordingly, but to their gre-it difappoint-
ment, initead of being put into poliellion of the pro.
poi y again, they were ordered to take their old place
at the bar.

Miller and young, Crocker, haring been partieula'•
ly aftivt during the fall few days, and having (hewn
the property to the mattaitaause•s, when the quantity
of muffs, tippets, and fur trimming, were rec,ffsized
by Meyer and Pooch, in Fettet-lant, and the trim-
ming to be what they had tent in a b x, by Simpfon's
waggs n, to Glcucelter, on the t.;.th of last month.
Yellerday the parties attended, Mr. Pooch, the is:-
manntadurer, identified three pieces of the trimming,
with his hand wrhir,g upon them, which he was lure
were part of the property he put into the box for Mr.
ilknod, of Um:eller ; and believed the muffs and
tippets to be the refl of the property, but c mid not
be viltive, the mark,: had been obliterated. His
porter provrd the taking it to the Swan Inn, on Hol-
born-hill, to go to Glonceiler by the waggon ; and
the boa-keeptr proved it went by the waggon.
The driver of the waggon proved that the waggon
was robbed of the box between the rep of Henly Hill
and Henly. Two labourims: men nitinved two men
at the top of the hill, in hedge, with a hex, and a
tinele.horCe cart ::car them. The lahr•uring men
alked them what they were doing ? they anfwered, it
was nothing to them, they were lmogglers and were
purfued, and gave. them a (tilling a piece to &I to
drink.

The prifnners were committed for further exami.
nation; and when they are brought up again, the
labouring men will attend.
Maat.sortnvow-sT!tEET.—Yefferday a Gentleman
preferred a complaint agA,ritt the driver of one of the
Kew tlage coaches, r.r impeding the paffige new the
White Horfe Cellar, by placing his coach almede
the font pavement.
The Profecutor itated, that he had brought the D.
fendant before the Magiltrate, in order to corren
abufe, which exilic!, to the annoyance of the public
iu general. The nuifance was fo great, that the co:4 .
plainant had feveral times been Itopped in his carrii;
age, as well as others, and font patrengers were con-
tinually annoyed by the number of the fliort liage
coachmen who continually atlembled together in the
foot way.
The Magillrates obferved, that are Fries for this
growing evil bad been number eta. and yet the ,nrac-
tree was continued. Ar the interfererce of the
' Profecutor, the Defendant was fined in the mitigated
penalty of toe. part of which was returred to Lim
on his prom:ling to ctorreoff the abufe.

BIRTHS.
The 1:,47-3f Francis MacragLtaii, Efq. of rpper
of a dal:,:itcr
At (kmva Barracks, thc lady of Captain Arch. Ca tutrn:

r5,.,•-itreut, of a daughter.
lat.'lF, at ilor. nee, Counters Enid. lii, d.tutt'iter C • s.•
ef.porei, and niece to Sir John Stt art of Aihu.hattk, ixt
ti oshter
On the ?•cth intl. at !Album Tower, Northunituttlraid, •the
of f frnry Colih gwood, I+ of a eon.

On the t itli ihtl. at Arlo* h.the lady of Licte. Colonel le, so-
fou...f the eth F'nt, of a tl ,Nh-e r.
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fe'ooight., at the I,V uo!d Ceti ige, York, 0 !lA.;
Rev T. F.lr.oord, «t a fon.

On the tF.,th jolt. at his hoof• in (7c.rlotte-rqnare, Edintatat
the la :y of Sir J.lhn fiinela:r, Bar. M Y. of a for..

M.`AtRIFD.

Saturday, at fzutton,',..y the Rt.. Mr Thomas. jtion Itormiv•
Pritchard, Efq of Cato-Lon. M(.timouththire. to \ Tics I{rttiVo.
We. daughter .1 the Rev. DL...Kettil!.y, Re&or ft 4
county t.f lA-aural

'J•hurlJag, at S,,lttfor,l. in I,:ru-inllt, Mr. J...`1.1 (re•n g
of Ludgate hill, to M:l,, 11.1ary \VcMhelbta•l,daugLttr ut ti r.
Thomas Wear:::r;:c act, of tiro getord.
Sioulay fe'iniioit. Shuvrrlrr, of Po•fira to 7'.1! PAO'
Pordirouth ; on Weilth (lay Mr. P'ff rd. of Pt.,t metat., :2
Mils Shuvrller,of Portica,:ift.r cf Mr. Sh.o.vclkt.