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he had never seen in Motif/ either Jacobs, the accom-
plice, or Mrs. Watsovs, the keeper of the public-housejn
Melior-street.. He complained that a young woman,
named Matilda Blanchard, who could have proved an
alibi for birn,-had been practised upon, and kept °tit of
the way. As to the notes of the Bank of England,
chinged on the morning of the .12th of June, he said
he had received them in the course of business from a
merchant. It was not surprising that he was possessed
of so multi money, because he was engaged in alarge
way of business.
Mrs. Watson was called on behalf of the prisoner, to
prove that she was taken to Horsemonger-lane jail to
see the prisoner. She had a view of him when he was se-
parated from other prisoners, but was quite certain he
was the man she had seen at her house on the morning
of the 10th of June.
No other witnesses were called for the defence.
Mr. Justice BURROUGH summed up the evidence
with great minuteness, leaving the Jury to find such a
verdict as would satisfy their consciences.
The Jury deliberated about two minutes, and found
the prisoner Guilty.
Mr. ANDREWS and Mr. BRODRICK theu submitted, in
arrest of judgment, that the Bank notes which the pri-
soner was charged with having feloniously received,
could not be treated as goods and chattels' within the
meaning of the statutes of 3cl William and Mary, c. 9,
and sth Anne, c. 31, and consequently that receiving
them, knowing them to have been stolen was no offence.
Mr. BOLLAND, Mr. DOWLIKO, and Mr. PLATT, re-
ferred to 2d Geo. 11. c. 25, and 3d Geo. IV. c. 24, as
affording a complete answer to the objection. The
first made it felony to steal, and the second felony to
receive, bank notes, knowing them to have been stolen.'
Mr. Justice BURROW:IH overruled the objection,
and sentenced the prisoner to be transported for four-
teen years.
James Morris, Charles Gough, and Thomas Wood-
ward, were indicted for rescuing one Thomas Brown
from the custody of J. Warren, one of the Bow-street
Patrol, and for assaulting him in the due execution of
his duty, in conveying Brown before a Magistrate on a
charge of felony.
The principal Witness for the prosecution was—
John Warren, one of the Bow-street Horse Patrol,
who deposed, that he had a warrant signed by Sir
Richard Birnie, authorising him -to act as a constable
in the Counties of Surrey, Middlesex, Essex, and Kent.
On the26th of July last there had been a fight at Shep-
perton, which had camera great many disorderly
persons in the \neighbourhood. In the afternoon of
that day, he saw three young men at East Sheen,
whose appearance excited his suspicion. One cf them,
Thomas Bs own,bad a parcel with him, containing about
twelve pounds of lump sugar, and as he could give no
satisfactory account of the property he took them into
custody. , He afterwards discovered that the sugar be-
longed to Mr. Tremlowe, a grocer, of Hampton. Next
day, he took his prisoners before Mr. Reeves, a Magis-
trate of East Sheen, for examination ; but understand- I
ing that 'a bench of Justices were then sitting at Wands- 1
worth, he took the lads before Mr. Morrison, who find- ,
ing, from the testimony of Mr. Tretnlowe, that the of-
fence was committed in the county of Middlesex, or- '
dered witness to convey his prisoners to Bow-street, or
before a Middlesex Magistrate. Witness borrowed
handcuffs, and having secured the prisoners, proceeded
on his way from Wandsworth to Brentford, for the pur-
pose of having them examined before a Justice of that
place. When he got to the top of Wandsworth Hill,
he
_perceived that one of the boys was slipping his hand-
cuffs off, whereupon he borrowed some cord to secure
ham. Pursuing his journey through the Upper Rich-
mond-road, he again perceived that the same boy was
pulling his handcuffs off. He stopped, took off his
own neckcloth, and was proceeding to fasten the boy's
wrists with it, when the prisoner Morris came up to
witness, pushed against him, and said—" D—n your
eyes, where are you going with those boys?" Witness
told him to mind hid own business. Morris then ad-
dressing the boys, said" Lie down, boys, don't go any
farther with
.the --. Witness turned round to se-
ture his prisoners, when be saw the other prisoners,
Gough, Woodward, and others, immediately behind
him. Gough then said—" The Magistrates have li-
berated these boys, and the damned patrol wants to
make a property of them. Lie down, boys ; don't go any
further." He repeated these latter words several times,
when the boy, Thomas Brown, having succeeded in re-
leasing his hands, was going to run off, when witness
clasped his arms round his waist to secure him. The
prisoners Gough and Woodward, and others, then
cried out " loose him!" and then wrenched the boy
from witness's hold. Witness was thrown down by
Morris. when he laid hold of the latter by the neck-
cloth, and said—" As you have rescued my prisoners
I'll take you." Morris and the others then cried out
" Run, boys, run r the boy Brown immediately ran off.
Witness charged., a young man named Benham to aid
and assist in securing the boy, when the prisoners told
him that if he did, they would serve him as they had
served witness. The prisoner Gough then came up to
witness, and puttinglris bands into his pockets, punched
witness in t side with his elbows. Witness at this
time laid hold of Morris, and Gough said—" Loose
him—damn your eyes, loose him !" At this time a per-
son came up in a cart, and Gough arid Woodward told
him that the Magistrates bad liberated the boys, and
that witness wanted improperly to detain them. A
general cry of " Run, boys, run r was then set up by
the prisoners, the man in the cart, and several other
persons, and the boys got away. Thomas Brown was
after wards apprehended, tried, and convicted at the last
Guildford Assizes, for stealing Mr. Tretplowe's sugar.
Several witnesses gave each of the prisoners an un-
exceptionable character for good conduct and peace-
able demeanour. •
• Mr; Baron GA 'mow summed up the evidence with
great Minuteness, leaving them to determine on which
side lay the turd) of the conflicting evidence they
had heard. •
The Jury immediately found the prisoners—Md
Guilty, and they were discharged.
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The King of France has just bought the fine collection
of Antiquities belonging to Mr. Edward Durand, one of
the largest and best chosen in Europe. It contained
nearly 7,000 articles, Egyptian, Greek, Etruscan,'
Itomaa, and of the middle ages. Among these were
no less than 1,250 of the Italio-Grecian vases commonly
called Etruscan ; nearly.l,3oo bronzes; besides many
lamps, terra cottas, ancient lass, jewels of gold, enamel,
muinnries, toils of Papyrus covered with hieroglyphic'
writing, &c. &c. making 2,500 articles of this class.....
M. Durand is said to have acted very liberally in the
negotiation for the sale of this restriction, which he was
anxious to see devoted to the optic service.

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