Star.
London, England, 1802-01-15 00:00:00

OLD BAILEY.

' Wednefday the Sefton commenced at thiplace
before the LORD MAYOR RECORDER, City Officers,
&c. and alfo the Chief Baron of the Exchequer,
and Mr. Mice LAWRENCE.
A Special Commiffion was opened for the trial
of Governor Wall, (landing charged with murder
out of this Realm, &c. purfuant to the provifion of
the ftatute of the 33d of Henry VIII.
The Comrniffion being read, a charge was de-
livered to the Grand jury by the RECORDEiI who
addrefred them as follows :

Gentlethen of the Grand Jnry, you have been
fummoned, by the authority of a Special Commif-
firm, to try, in more inftances than one, the crime
of murder. If any perfon is murdered, and dies
out of the realm, filch a killing cannot be tried at
common law. But fuch a faft, when examined by
the Privy Council, may, by the 33d of Henry
VIII. be tried by virtue of a Commiffion appointed
by the King, in any county in England. So is the
prefent Commiffion appointed to try one prifoner
for murder, charged to be committed beyond the
teas. To a Jury fo intelligent as thofe of the Grand
Inqueft in this city,-I !ball not go at large into
the law laid down in fuch a cafe relpefling that
molt heinous offence of murder. I thin content
myfelf with one •bfervation only, which is, that
the lawof murder, all circuniliances confidered on
that crime, will be precifely, I repeat the word,
precifely, the fame as if it had been charged to
have been committed within the ordinary jurifdic-
tion of thiszealm. D truft, therefore, that no dif-
ficulty will arife ; "'mold it however turn out, that
any difficulty does occur, you will have the Aft-
' ante of this Court. I have now only to requefi,
that you will give to the bounds before you, fuch
reafonable dirpatch, as that jnftice, which is cer-
tainly due to all parties, will permit."
Twelve prifoners were tried, four of whom
were capitally conviBed, viz.
Cowie Brewer and Mkhad Doyle, for a capital of-
fence, in felonioufly nikulting Jeremiah Hagan on
the King's highway, putting him in fear, and
taking by force and violence from his perfon, and
againft his will, a River watch and a cotton hand-
kerchief; his property.
It appeared that the profecutor, Jeremiah Hagan,
fltopman to Mr. Miller, in Ironmonger-lane, -had
been drinking for fome time on the evening of Sun-
day, the a7th of December, and between fix and
(even o'clock he went to fee one of his companions
home. whom he admitted had been very much in-
toxicated : they were met, he faid, near the bot-
tom of Leman-trees, inthe vicinity of Goodman's
Fields, by fix or (even perfons, who hußled and
Bruck him ; one of thofe molt forward in theft
proceedings, he was pofitive was the prifoner
,Brewer: the other prifoner, Doyle, came up in
front, 'truck him violently in the face, and fnatched
his watch from him, laying, at the fame time,
" Damn your eyes, what do you want ?"
When they withdrew, he went to a neighbouring
publihoufe, where he could get no affillance,
there being only an old woman and a boy in the
houfe. However fome of the party pearl by;
Doyle was one; he ran out and attempted to fecure
him, on which be Bruck him another blow, and by
the *Mance of his fellows got off. The prOfecu-
tor was clofely eras :examined as to the point of
his being intoxicated, but be uniformly and came ft.
ly denied that he was. and pofitively fwore to the
identity of the two Prifoners.
The woman belonging to the public houfe above
alluded to, defcribed the fituation which- the Pro-
fecutor was in when he came to the houfe; his eyes
black, his face covered with blood, &c. ' • the Rated,
he did not appear to be intoxicated. The prifo-
sere, it appeared, were taken in the courk of the
following day by the Bkadvell Officers.

tn his defence the prifoner, Brer:er, entered int
a minute detail of eitcumflances which feet e 4 to
have but little reference to the Cafe. Doyle's de.
fence was an encleavotir to ellablifh an a fiti, and in
this view, he brought forward one Welch,
who appeared to be an unfortunate creature of the
town, who for fume months pall had cohabited
with the Prifoncr ; the Elated poritively, that trim
Inc till nine o'clock he was within in their apart-
ment, and had not once ttirred out during tbutiu.
tervAl : and a perfon of the.name of Sarah Baynes,
an occafional chairwoman to the parties, deporea
nearly to the fame effe:t ; the Ilated- that the had'
drank tea with them that evening.
The Lord CHIEF BARON, who tried the Cafe,
obferved in his charge to the Jury,t Int much would
lie on the queftion of identity : fir It, whether th.:
Profecutor,defcribing himfelf to have been feveral
hours in company, might not pot-1114y have been ii)
mach affected by liquor, as not to have been- in,
complete poffeflion of his faculties, ar.d afterward,,
whether theconfulion and fright naturally refultini
from fuch an attack might not have fo far prevail-
ed as fo put it oat of his power accurately to
dif-
tinguifh the perfons of the Prifoners. After reca=
pitulating with great clearnefs and ability, the de•
tails of the evidence—the Jury, aster a Ilion con-
ference, found both tie Prifoners Guikr—Dtaih.
Doyle exclaimed, on hearing the verdie, that
he was is innocent of the charge as a child un•
born, and that if he died to•morrow, he !honld be
a murdered man.

gobs M 4 /veil, an elderly man of a very re•
fpeElable appearance, for burglarioufly breaking
and entering the dwelling-houfe of William
Ridgeway, and dealing therein fcvcral arti.
des of men's clothes, and of plate. Ridgev.-ay
faid, he was a falefman, living near the Minories.
On Sunday, :he 3d inft. he locked up lii. hook
and went out ; he returned after nightfall, and
could not open his (hop door ; immediately after •
he faw the prifoner go out of his houfe : he pur-
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fued and feized him, and after a great ftruggle he
was fecured. A dark lanthorn was found upon
him, with a candle in it, appearing to h‘o%e been
recently extinguilhed, as well as the property laid
in the indietment. It being doubtful whether the
offence was committed in the day time or at night,
the Jury found the Prifoner guilty of dealing in a
the dwelling-houfe to the value of4os. which makes
it Death.
1- John Cbcfler, for a capital offence, in felonioully
dealing, on the loth day of December, a snare,
value 141. the property of N. Humphry, Efq.
The Jury found the Prifoner Guilty-I;..atb, but
recommended him (in which proceeding Mr.
Humphry joined), on account of the good cha-
railer he had received, to the Royal Clemency.
Seven were convided of felony, viz.
Rob. .eirmjirong, for dealing ten breeches rubbers,
&c. the property of W. Billingham.
"Jere. Neal', for dealing 28 yards of printed cot-
ton, the property of Melfr. Milne and CO.
J. lajon, for healing is gallons of brandy, the
property of Mdfrs. Faffet and Co.
7. Loue, for dealing a cambric handkerchief,.
the property of P. Hay, Efq.
And Diana Crow, for dealing a pair of ftockings,
&c. the property of W. Robertfon.
Wm. BeVier and Patrick Merriman, two porters
belonging to a furniture-broker in Moor-fields,
for dealing in a dwelling-houfe a quantity of
Bank-notes, amounting to t 701. ; together with a
fmall printed book, entitled ,g Fair Rofamond,"
the property of Robert Harivood.—lt was proved
by the Clerk of Hankey and Co. Bankers, that a
check for 2661. was paid at their houfe in Bank of
England uotes,of which he took down the numbers.
The Profecutor (wore to his having received the
money for that check, and when he came home he
gave the notes to his wife, who Jepotited them in
a drawer. Shortly after this he had occafion to
remove froze/ his lodgings in Moorfields. The pri-
loners were employed to carry away the cheft of
drawers, at that time the notes were in the drawers,
and when he got into his new lodgings, they were
all gone, except-three 201. notes. They had been •
in one of the (mall top drawers ; and the other
drawer had been taken out previous to the remo-
val, for the purpofe of 'convenience, fo that the
notes or other papers might have fallen out of the
drawer which remained. Sapwell the Officer went
and apprehended the pritbners, who confeffed that
the notes were in their pnifeffion, and took him to
two different places where the greateft part of the
notes were found,and they correfponded with thole
(worn to have been paid at the Banker's.
Mr. Juaice LAURENCE told the Jury that the
capital part of the charge mull be done away, be-
caufe it did not appear that the Prifoners had
Bolen in a dwelling-houfe; but if in conveyiet
the theft of drawers, the notes hacpened to is
out, and they fecretcd them, it was a larceny, as
much as if they had broken open the drawer and
taken the notes out. Guilty of larceny.
One was acquitted, viz.
William Pearce, otherwife Brews, was tried upon
an indidment, for that he, with a certain pitted,
loaded with gun-powder and a leaden bullet, wil-
fully and malicioufiy did (hoot at Ann Houghton
on the 6th of Ordober lad, with intent to kill or
maim her.
Ann Houghton (wore, that (he lived at No. 39,
in Eagleßreet, Red Lion-fquare, and kept a cellar
there : that the prifoner was a perfon (he had
known for Come months, teeing him coming to the
next door frequently, tisavifin a yourg woman he
kept there ; the had never had any quarrel with
the prifoner, and did not know that the ever ex-
changed a word with him ; but as the was landing
on the upper Re p of her cellar, the prifoner came
out of No. 38, gle•fireet, next door to her, and
(hot her. He had a light great e•sat on, or a brown
one, another on his arm, of the fame cclour ; a
ftriped waiftcoat ; a piaol in his hand. She faw
him by the light in the paffage; could not miflake
him; was fore he was the man; hoped not to fee
the. Kingdom of Heaven, nor to breath any more,
if he was not the man : (he was perfally fober ;
had been much dihreffed that day becaufe her land-
lord had taken her goods for rent, &c. &c. The
prifoner, (he faid, having gone a few yards into the
ftreet, fired at her, (hot her on the head; the loft
her (cafes, and found herfelf afterwards in the Hof-

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pitaL This was about half-paR eight, on the fell
of Ottober lall.

The Sureon who attended this woman laid,
they were obliged to trepan her (cull, and that the
fratture could not have been occafioned by the
wadding of a pi(lol, hit by tome hard (sibilance.
The prifouct's defence Avis that of an atili; and
for this purpofe he called Matilda Bicknel,a young
woman, who laid (he lived in Norwich-court, Vet-
ter-lane, that on the evening in quettion, a little
before fix o'clock, the prifoner called on her, and
took her out to walk ; that they expeaed to fee il-
luminations, but there were very few houfes lighted
up : they went to the Strand, and afterwards to 0
firect near Red Lion-fquare; where abont half pail
eight o'clock the prifuner went into his father's
houfe, and there the witnefs left him.
Wm. Berton faid lie was a butcher in Drake-
Rreet, Red Lion-fquare, and was fiithcr to the
prifoner. On the night in quell:on he came home
Frecifely at twenty minutes atter eight o'clock.—
The reafon of their marking the time fo particu-
larly, was, that his mother and fillers, who frid

prepared a hot (upper fur him, were captain him
h toe at eight. The prifoner's brother gave a finai-
lar tellimony; and they both fwore he did not
. leave the honk dining the remainder of that night.'
A perfon living next door to the profecutrix,
raid he law a man in a white jacket, totally unlike
the prifoner, fire a pitlol about nine o'clock. The
profecutrix bad laid thepiifoner had a brown coat
on at the time.
A Watchman belonging to that place, Paid, that
about a quarter before nine o'clock, he pined
through Eagle-greet, and law a woman very much
in liquor, at the Reps of a cellar door, making a
great noire, and a mob about her.—About ten
Inintites after nine, he heard the cry of 4'4,4,
11;:teht coming from the fame place, he ran
thither, and taw the woman lying on the Reps of
the cellar,- with blood all over her cheek.
THURSDAY.—The only thing of the lea(' confe-
quence which came on this day was the arraign-
ment of Governor Wall.
A few minutes before twelve Sir EDWARD LAW,
his Majeay's Attorney General, entered the Court,
and moved that yoftph Wall might be brought to
the bar, to anfwer to the indiaments found againfl
him by the Grand Jury.
He was led in accordingly between two turn.
keys, and having held up his right hand, the Clerk
of Arraigns proceeded to read the firß indiament.
In this the Jurors prefent that Jofeph Wall, not
having the fear of GOD Wore his eyes, but
inßi-
gatcd by the Devil, on the rich of July, in the
twenty-fecond year of the reign of his Majefly
King George the Third, at Corer, on the coati of
Africa, did make an affault. upon Benjamin Arm-
thong, then and therein the peace of our Lord
the King : that feveral perfons, to the Jurors un-
known, with five pieces of rope, value one penny,
refpeaively did brat, bruise, and wound the Paid
Benjamin Artuftrong, fo being then and there in
the peace of our Lord the King : that they infiia•
ecru upon him on the head, back, break, and loins
divers mortal wounds, Gs inches long, one inch
broad, and one inch deep refpeaivelis that in con-
fequence of thefe wounds the Paid Benjamin Arm-
(bong till the 15th day of July, in the twenty-fe-
cond year of our laid Lord the King, did 'Anna,
and languithing did live : that on the laid day in
the Paid year, the Paid Benjamin did die : that the
Paid Jofeph Wall was prefent, aiding, atfilling,
comforting, maintaining, and abetting : and that
the (aid Jofeph Wall thus did him, the laid Ben-
jamin, wilfully, felonioufly, and f malice afore-
shought flay and murder, spina the peace of our
Paid Lord the King, his Crown and dignity.
The Clerk then fait!, " Jofeph Wall, how fay
yen ; are you guilty or not guilty r'
Prilawr•—" Not guilty."
Cleri.—sg Crl. Pert. How will you be tried ?"
Prifourow-" By Goo and my country."
Cletl--is GOD fend thee a good deliverance."
He was then arraigned with the fame ceremo-
nies upon the two other indiaments. The one
chargtd him with the murder of Thomas Upton,
and the other with the murder of George Patter-
fon. Both of tbefe unhappy men were likewife
feouFged on the t nth of Italy, in the 22d year of
the King's reign. The itrit lived till the 13th of
the fame month, and the lag till the 22d.
After Come confultation between the Attorney
General and the Judges, the pi ifimer was informed
that his trial would come on next Wednefday morn-
ing, exaltly at nine o'clock. He was then recon-
dulled to his cell. _ _ _

We underiland the trial is likely to fall longer
than one day, as there Cr- near forty witueffes to
be examined for the Crown.
ixteen prifoner* were tried, ten of %shorn were
tonvided of felony, viz.
Nary. alias Eliaakth Af.Dosald, for Dealing a
box of candles, forne fire-irons, and other articles,
from the chambers of William Smart. Mr. Smart's
clerk had been abfent from his chambers from nine
in the non ning tilt nine at night. On his return
he beard a noire, found the prifoner with the
candle box concealed between her legs. The fire-
irons were found where the pi ilOnet had depofited
them.--Gaiky.
WilisCßkhardi, for Dealing a ham, vain* ass.
Otte property of John Strickland. Mr, Strickland's
Clerk brore, that he pia the ham in a balket, to be
tent out on the 2351 of December • it lay before
the door, and the prifintr was obfcrved lurking
*twin. The clerk, having a fufpicinn of the prt•
toner, watched, and faw him take the ham out of
the bafket, and put it into a fack. He then car-
ried it off; but the clerk gave the alarm, and be
was fore after taken.
Mr. Strickland (wore, that the ham was h!! pro-
perty g he had Peen it °fun, and knew it by its
tbape. He had but two barns in his warehonfe at
the tune—Gello.
Aver Dixon for obtaining, on falfe pretences, one
cotton gown, and Dealing st the fame time two
other gowns, the property of Sarah Berkeley.
Mrs. Berkeley proved, that the prifoner had come
to her, and engaged her to go out, by &ling (be
was wanted in a certain place on het
Mrs. Berkeley is a mantes-nrAker.
nodes Se rkeleyf a child of nine years, preyed,
that, after his muslar %feat oat, the pritimer came

and demanded the red gown, fAyi,ig it was hylis
mother's order. She o.ok di! other gown, at the
tame time ; for his mother mitred them when lbe,
came back.

One of the gowns was found on a perfon tn whom
it had been fold by a girl to whom the priefiner
had transferred it. The pauper had conft•ir.:d the.
taking of the gowns, at the c4rne time begg;ll:, ror'
mercy, and had direded Mts. Perke!cy and the
conti.ible to the places where the had eifpuled of
them ; but they wild not be found.
The fingle gown brought home to the plifbiltr
being under the value of forty thillings, the was
found guilty of larceny. She was alfo found guilty
of another offence of the like nature.

There were two more indiaments againß her ;
butt after the former convktions, the Judge did
not think it ncceil'ary to try them.
George Prsith, for haling a quantity of flyer plate
and other articles, the property ol Mr. Gray, jewel-
ler, in Band.iireet.
CeVI, for Realing 20 yards of flannel, the
property of J. Witing.
Sufatasab resufg, for Ruling a River watch, the
property of R. 4;:akley;
T. Hayes, alias Mato", for nettling a piece of
printed cotton, the property of Marrs Craig anti
Webb.

.7. Cooper. for ftealing a pint of brandy, the pia-
perty of C. Warwick.
T. Hearephrsys, for ftealing a copper pet, the pro-
perty of J. Watfon.
G. Clayton, for fleabag a faw, the property of
M. Eddir.gton.
And fix were acquitted, viz.
H. Cewley, M. Clk, R. Wood, jr. Walker, and
E. Ain.

BUM: LARY.
Edward Warren was indicted for bnrglarionfly
breaking and entering the dwelljng.holue of Ed-
ward Gordon and Mark Hodgfon, Brewers, at-
Bow, and flealing thelein feveral Bank-notes, and
other property.
A Clerk belonging to the Profecotors fwore,
that their counting.houfe was broken open on the
night of the 3d of December, and robbed at the
fame time. He identified fome notes that were
found on the prifontr and another perfon.
A Clerk belonging to Mars. Left vre and Co.
Bankers, fwore, that a man came into their houfe
on the morning of the 4th of December, about
nine o'clock, and got 211. in payment for a check.
They gave him a zol. note. Shortly after, the.
Profecutor's Clerk came to flop payment for the
check. The Witnefe went inaantly to the Bank
of England, to defire that the so). note he had
given in payment for the check that moaning
might alto be flopped. The Prifoner having in
the eourfe of the day come to get change for it,
he was taken up. He then Rated that he had it of
a man named Pritchard, who was alto taken up.

The Officers who took this man into cullody
raid, they went to his houfe, at No. 8, King.fireet,
Mile-end New Town. They fcarched his houfe,
and the pockets of his wife and daughter ; on
them they found two fixteenth (hares in the Irifb
Lottery, together with Tome Dank notes, all of
which had been flolen from the profecutors' count-
ing-houfe. They then went to Bethnal-green-
road, and fearched the houfe of the Prifoncr, but
found nothing in it. The next day, in conic-
quence of fame information they received, they
fearched the privy belonging to his houfe, and
there found concealed a bundle, containing a
quantity of falfe and picklock keys, of all forts,
and fixes, together with a bad half-guinea, a bad
dollar, and two bad !billings and a fixpence. One
of the keys opened Mr. Hodg:bo's counting-houfe;
another picked the door leading into the yard ;
and another a cupboard door. Ori crofs-exarnina-
tion the Officers laid the privy belonging to the
prifoner's houfe, where they found the bundle,
was in fuch an open &dation tat any perfon might
have accefs to it.

Benjamin
JamulPritchard Paid, be was the prifoner's
accomplice. Abopt twelve o'clock, on the night
of the 3d ult. they went to Mr. Hodgfon's Brew-
ery ; they Raid lurking about till ore; when they
unlocked the wicket-door with a falfe key ; then
they opened the counting-houfe door with another;
made a light, by means of phorphorus, unlocked
the door of the iron cupboard, broke open four or
five defics, and took away all the property they
could find ; they took away a Bank note of 351.
one of 201. one of 131. one of 31. with feveral
al. and 11. notes, two &area of Lottery Tickets, a
book, a Banker's check, a bad half ftuinea, a bad
dollar, two bad (billings, and a bad fixpence ; they
then Rammed the doors after them and went
' away to Bow Fair Fields • after which, they pro-
ceeded with an intention of committing another
robbery. They went to the .prifoner's honk, and
counted over the booty. The witnefs took the
check, and came away to get cant for it, while the
prifoner went off to Bow to feewhether there was
any enquiry made concerning the burglary. The
witnefs came into town, and at the end of Grace-
church-Circa he met a man, whom be aficed if he
knew where the check was payable ? The man
undertook to kart y the cheek to the banker's, and
a& payment to! it. It was then nine o'clock in
the morning. After waiting fume time, the man
bronghs him the money for the check—being a
aol. note and al. in cafh. He gave the man two
(billings for his trouble. Immediately after he
met the prifoner. who told him he had loft come
front Bow, where there was a great dtikurbance
about the robbery. The prifoner afterwards took
the sot. note, and raid he would go and get fmall
notes for it at the Bank. The wanes advad
him not, but he went away; and when the wit-
nefs next taw him, he was at the Police Office in
cutiody.
The winners was crofs•examined by Mr/Aitay.
He raid, be had been once before in that Court
as a King's evidence againft Wooldridge, who
was tried for forging Bank Notes; and was Once
tried for feltioy at Stafford.
Mr. Attar oblerved to the Court, .that tiee;
counting-houfe was defcribed in the indiament asi
the dwelling-honkof both partners, whereas they'
lived in Separate bitafee, 'and ads place was not
attached ta-either *foliate therefore be fabmit-
ted that the counting-hook formed no part of the

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dwellinl-honfc,- ahi 66A00111y thafthe offente '
charged in the indittmebt did not amount .to a
burglary. •
. Mr. Jullice Lattaaimi AM, It appeared ifrtvi
dente,:that.a Samar fled in an 2mi/intent be:
longing to the fanie building where iha counting-.
honk wits (anat. ; that they were under one con,
tinned roof, and conianunidated with each other.
The profecittors, therefore, dwelt in that houfe by:
their fervant. The other Judges were of the fink
opinion.
'1 he prifoner' in his defence, der.icd the charge,
and declared he went to the Bank to get the 201.
note in confequence of the requefl of Pritchard.
'The Jury found him—Not Guiliy.
He is to be tried on another indi&me'nt on a
fiinliar charge.

HIGH COURT OP JUSTICIARY, EDINBURGH.
On the 9th intlant came on at Edinburgh, be-
fore the High Court of Judiciary, the trial of An-
Awry Lawrie, late 'one of the letter-carriers in the
General Poft-Office in that city, accufed, at the
inftance of his Majeity's Advocate, of having, on
the soth day of Oftober laft, fecreted a money-
letter entrulted to him to be delivered as addrefled
in which letter were enclofed two five 'nd two
ten pound notes, all of the Britifh Liners Com-
pany. After A long trial, in the conrfe of which
feveral witneffes were examined, the Loaf) AD..
vocals addreffed the Jury in a fpeech of cunli-
deable length • and the LORD JUSTICE Cteite
having fummedupthe whole evidence, and recs.
pitulated the leading features of it in a very able
and candid manner, the Jury were enclofed and
appointed to return their verdia next day, which
they did, finding., by a plurality of voices, the pri-
loner Guilt,. After the verdia was recorded,LOlLD
JUSTICE CLERK called up the prifoner, and, in a
pdwerful iinprelEve addrefs, admonifhed him
to lay to heart the awful fituation to which he
was now brought. His Lordfiiip placed before
him the enormity of the crime he had committed,
its dangerous confequences to fociety, and the ne-
cefiity there was for punifhing thofe in an exem-
plary manner who flionld offend in the way he had
done. It was his duty now to make the belt ufe
he could of the Ilion time ;he had to live, by ap-
plying diligently to religious duties, and fo make
up his peace with Goo, before whom he *as foon
to appear. After a variety of other fuitable ex-
hortations, his Lordfhip concluded by faying, that
nothing now remained for him to do but to pafs
the fentence of the law—That the prifoner be car-
ried from the bar back to the prifon, and therein
detained till Wednefday the toth day of February
next, then to be taken to the public place of exe-
cution, and hanged by the neck, by the hands of
the common executioner, until he be dead.
The prifoner feemed much affeaed, but 'uttered
not a word, bowed relpeelfully, and retired.

We beg leave to call the public attention to the
Medicine advertifed in the front page, under the
name of the Black Drop, which will be found par-
ticularly ferviceable in Nervous and Sp tfmodic
AffeCtions, Pains in the Head and Stomach, De-
preffinn of mind, Gout, Rheutnatifm, (efpecially
when affeCting the Teeth and Gums,) Coughs,
Afilsmas, and the various complaints producing
Pam and Want of Sleep.—'Tis one of the belt reme•
dies for the Complaint in the Bowels, fo prevalent
throughout the kingdom.