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pockets. The probability was, that if he bad dent)
it, he should have seen him.
Cross-examined.—His duty was both. in and out of
the house to keep peace. Gook was a constable of
the parish of St. James. He knew nothing of the
other two defendants.
The witness Thomas Jay was now called into the
box, and cress•esamined by Mr. ADOLPHUS.—He had
been about a year and a half in the King's service
before this affair happened. He was not now in his
Majesty's service, nor in any otber service. He was
now supported by his father and mother, and partly
by his aunt. He could read and write. Ile could
not recollect whether he had written a letter to the
Morning Post.
Have you within this last week 'written a letter to
the Morning Pest F—l cannot recollect.
The CHAIRMAN desired the witness to recollect
himself, and, to be on his guard. The question was
repeated, and the witness answered, " I think a letter
was written to the Morning Post."
Cross-examination continued by Mr. ADOLPIIUSd•—
Wits it within the last week ?—I think it was. •
And written by yourself ?—Yes.
Upon 'the subject of the trial? Mr. AUNT ob-
jected to this question, and it was waved.
The witness said he did write this letter, and he
thought it had been inserted in the Paper. He saw
it in the Paper the morning after it was printed. He
could not tell whether he saw it on Saturjay last,
September 7, or not. He thought it might be there-
abouts. It was before Sunday he saw it.
Cross-examination continued by Mr. Aooterres.
Who told you to write the letter?—l wrote it myself.
Do you mean to say that no one told you to write k?—l
wrpte it myself.
Did no one give you the words and form of it?—No, I wrote
it myself, and had nobody to help me. Before I sent it, I told
:tin Parkins I intended to send it.
Oh, you did, did you? and did Mr. Parkins tell you also that
he had expended £l2 for you?—lle might have spent it for me
for anything I know.
Did he tell you he had spent it ? I know nothing but what
I can prove.
How came you to send the letter to the Morning Pbst P—lt
was by my own thought that I sent it.
Have you received any subscription in consequence ?—That is
best known to myself.
Have you received any money to carry on this prosecution?—
What I get I shan't tell.
By the COURT.—lllave you received any?—l have.
The letter sent to the Morning Post was here produced, and
shewn to witness. He was then asked who wrote chat letter ?
A friend of mine, a person of the name of Harrison.
How came you just now to say that you wrote it yourself,
and of your own suggestion?-1 said it was through me that it
was written. I signed my name to it, and it was through me
that it was written. Ile did not know who Mr. Harrison was.
He saw Mr. Harrison write the letter in Mr. Parkins's office, at
No. 16, Bridge-street. He never saw Ur. Harrison before, nor
since be wrote the letter.
Did you not say justnow that this Mr. Harrison was your
friend ?—No, Sir.
You did not say so?—He was a friend of mine, because he
wrote this letter for me. He knew Mr. Harrison was not in
Mr. Parkins's employment. He first saw him in Mr. Parkins's
office, but Mr. Parkins was not there at the time. He knew
Mr. Parkins had written some letters to the Papers, because he
had sometimes taken them, some before and some after the trial.
His Majesty owed witness now a balance for wages, but he did
not know how much. On the occasion in questioh he was dressed
in an undress suit. When taken, he never offered the officers the
money in his pockets to let him go again. When searched, there
were a great many people in the public-house.
Re-examined.—He was'not yet dismissed from his Majesty's
service, because he had not signed his discharge.
William Woods, clerk to the Magistrates at Bow-
street, produced the examination of the defendants
against Jay, on Thursday, 16th of May. He read the
evidence of each from the minutes taken at the time.
Cross-examined —l-folylands, one of the witnesses
now examined, told him at Bow-street, something
about swells which one of the defendants had said,
but he did not remember the conversation. Witness
said he should not mention it to Sir Richard Birnie,
but that he (Holylands) might do as he pleased. There
was one Gentleman in the office who said he had lost
his watch in the crowd on the night in question.
A certificate of the acquittal of Thomas Jay at the
Old Bailey Sessions, and signed by Mr. Shelton, the
Clerk of the Arraigns, was put in by Mr. ALLEY'
as evidence.
Mr. ADOLPHUS objected to its being received as evi-
dence, and a long legal discussion arose on this point.
The COURT thought it unnecessary under; this in-
dictment to produce the instrument, and it was ac-
cordingly withdrawn. Here the case for the prose-
cution was concluded.
Mr. ADOLPHUS now addressed the Jury at consi-
derable length on the part of the defendants, and in
the course of his speech adverted to the manner in
which this prosecution had been commenced and
bolstered up. The Learned Gentleman made some
severe remarks upon what he styled the conduct of
shuffling individuals, who, with the basest and blackest
designs, tried to contaminate the very fountain of
justice, by introducing paragraphs and letters into the
public journals, a day or two before this case was to
be tried, in order, if possible, to bias the minds of the
Jury against men who had throughout the whole of
this business only acted in accord with their public
duty ; two of whom (Gook and Harrison) were peace
officers, and the third was called in by them to their
aid and assistance. A quack adventurer, now stand-
ing before hirn—CMr. Parkins stood in the centre
of the Court during the whole of the Learned Gen-
tleman'sNspeechj—might be almost said -to be the
prosecutor in this case, but why did not his Learned
Friend, Mr. Alley, place him in the witness's box?—
No ; his Learned Friend was too careful of his client's
interest to place Mr. Parkin's there; had that been
done he would have tried to prove, out of the Ex-
Sheriff's mouth, the difference between notoriety and
fame, although some people were so simple as to
think that by constantly appearing before the Public
in print, they acquired fame because they succeeder*
in making themselves notorious The above person,
be said, bad filed the public Papers with puffs and
paragraphs to answer his own private ends, and he
and his hardy myrmidons had come here to-day.'
[Mr. Ex-Sheriff Parkins, now rose up, and en-
treated the protection of the Court. He had come
here to-day merely in the character of a witness, and
he would not submit to be so grossly insultedl3
Mr. Anot.ritva concluded by naming the witnesses
be should call to the characters of the defendants.
Mr. Lee, the High •Constable of Westminster, Mr.
francis Robinson, and many other witnesses, spoke
to the character of Gook, and spoke highly of bis
conduct. Other witness were called to the charac-
ters-of the two other defendants.
The CHAIRMAN summed up LO the Jury, and with
great pertpieuity recapitulated the evidence. He,
upon the whole, thought that the evisleace to prove a