Star.
London, England, 1822-08-21 00:00:00

COUNTY OF DOWN, AUGUST s.

POLICE.
Masinov-llousa.—Yesterday, Mr. Au.sv, the Barrister, at-
tended the ittstice.room, for the purpose of preferring a serious
charge against an Army Agent (a bankrupt), at the instance of
an .01ficer of Moines, who some titre ago lost a leg and thigh in
the service of his country, and now complained of being stripped
of his only recompense—his prize-money.
Application had been previously made to the Lotto MAYOR
upon the subject, and his Lordship sent a summons to the Army
Agent, requiring his attendance at the Justice-room.
Mr. Anise waited much beyond the time generally expected
from the patience of professional men, but the Army Agent did
not make his appearance to answer the charge. His solicitor,
however, attended, and was very anxious to know the precise
nature of the imputation against his client. Mr. Aux: said, he
knew no attorney in this case. It was the duty of the accused to
attend the Lord Mayor's summons. That, however, there might
be no mistake in this matter, he should not hesitate to state, that
his client charged the Army Agent with having defrauded him
of .C2OOO 5 per cent. stock—a crime subject to the penalty of
transportation. The presence of the defendant. was the only
thing necessary, to enable the LORD MAYOR to come to a de-
cision on the case, as the depositions could now be made to the
most satisfactory extent.
The solicitor wished to see the depositions which were said to
warrant the representation that fraud had been committed.
Mr. ALUM ridiculed such a mode of proceeding, as wholly in-
compatible with professional practice, and desired that the name
of the person summoned should be called.
The name having been balled, and no answer returned, the so-
licitor stated, that he knew the object of the complainant, in this
case, was to bold up the defendant to public exposure. He added,
that he saw no rea,on, except the Lord Mayor declared his opi-
nion in the affirmative, why his client should be present on this
occasion, there being no distinct charge against him. If his Lord-
ship desired it, the defendant would make his appearance at
aoy time.
Mr. Att.ev said, the defendant had been treated with great
lenity, in having received a summons instead of being comp.-1103
to attend under a warrant. But as mild treatment had no erect,
and the authority of the Chief Magistrate, so far as it had been
exercised, produced no consequences, another measure should be
resorted to.

SEDUCTION.—THOMAS DALY V. GEORGE H. SERRATT.
This was an action brought by plaintiff against
defendant, for seduction of plaintiff's daughter by
defendant, and compensation for loss of services.
Mr. HOLMES opened the case, and stated the nature
of the action to the Jury, and continued his state-
ment to the following effect :—Here is my client, the
unfortunate plaintiff—there is the defendant before
you : the plaintiff resides in Killough, and deals in
carrying linen from this country to England.; he lost ,
his wife in 1815, and she left him with six surviving
children, three girls and three boys; the witness,who
will be produced to you, is the eldest of the girls,
and at the time of the seduction she was 17 years of
age; the plaintiff, in the course of his business, left
Killough in February last, and was absent from that
to the 31st of March ; and on his return home learned,
to his great grief, that the defendant had, daring his
absence, accomplished the ruin of his eldest daugh-
ter ; he, the defendant, had managed to get intro-
duced to her, and frequently paid attention to her,
while she had tie care of her brothers and sisters.—
His frequently passing her father's house attracted
her attention, and she was, after some time, induced
to go out to walk with him. Upon the 23d day of
March last he got her into his house, when there
was no other person in it ; he gave her punch, which
he had previously prepared for the occasion, and of
which she took only a small wine-glass full, and he
afterwards gave her lozenges similarly prepared.—
She was induced to stay until what he had given her
produced its effect; she was first seized with trembling
,and shivering, and afterwards with stupefaction.—
Counsel here observed, that he was instructed to state
what he was very sorry for, but that there was no
doubt some deleterious mixture had been put in the
punch, and also in the lozenges which he gave her
after she had taken punch. When the defendant had
reduced the unfortunate victim to this state of stu-
pefaction, he partly forced her up stairs, under the
pretence that she should have a bedchamber to her-
self, and forced himself in along with her, and ef-
fected his'pirpose. Counsel here commented severely
on the manner in which the defendant had accom-
plished the ruin of the plaintiff's daughter. In the
evening, when her aunt, Mrs. Greenan, went to look
1 for her, defendant said, upon his honour, she was not
there; and when she went back again a second time
be threatened her with a pistol ; when she told herl
husband of her suspicions, and wished to raise the.
neighbourhood. He told her it would be wrong to'
do so on suspicion, but he would go himself and
ascertain whether she was there or not. It had been
intimated to Counsel that the defence to be set up
was to prove she was equally willing to be seduced
as he was to be the seducer; but it would be proved,
to them in evidence that she has never allowed him I
again to come into her company, though he often"
attempted it ; and, when he could not succeed, he
endeavoured to defame her character, and publicly
stated that she had behaved improperly previous to'
her connexion with him.
• The evidence of Catherine Daly established the
case stated by the Learned. Counsel.
Mr. SCRIVZN addressed the Jury for the defenilarit.
Of aII cases that come before a Court, .cases of se-
ductionrequire to be most minutely examined. He
had no instructions to throw any obloquy. on this un-
fortunate girl's character, further than what she her-
self had detailed. She says she is only seventeenyears
of age. ; and it was for the Jury to consider whether
she deinot appear other. The defendant is an Officer
of the Watersguard. and had been in the Nevy,.and
was now a Lieutenant, on half.-pay., .It wa, impossi-
ble IK aufman who had borne his Majesty's com-
mission, fought his country's battles, and assisted to

The solicitor here strongly denied that any fraud had.been prat
died, and said that a Gentleman was in the Justice-room who
was ready to be bail for the defendant to any amount.
Mr. ALLEY said, the'ease was one which could not be bailed.
He again animadverted upon the absence of the defendant, and
declared that the unfortunate Gentleman who had been de-
frauded was almost a ruined man in consequence of his reliance
upon the integrity of the accused.
The LORD MAYoa said, that nothing could be done without
the presence of the Army Agent, against whom he tettainly
could not think of issuing a warrant without the regular affi-
davits, a representation having been made by the Solicitor to
that party, which gave the imputation a different cast from that
which it had just received.
The Solicitor stated, that he knew the complainant was a
great sufferer by the bankruptcy, but he most solemnly declared
that the case was far from being one of felony.
Mr. ALLEY then gave notice, that the affidavits should be
drawn up, and that the defendant might expect a warrant.
This case excited great interest, and will conic on in a few
days for the decision of the LORD MAYOR. The complainant
was ready to snake his deposition before his Lordship, but it
was thought more advisable to have the affidavits drawn up in
the customary form, and to compel the attendance of the de-
fendant by a warrant.
GuiLonaLL.—M. Pemberton was charged with stealing a spade
from the City Gas Works, in Dorset-street. The prisoner was •
employed to wait at the factory to' be ready to re-light any lamps
that nuy be extinguished. He appeared very impatient to leave
before his proper time ; and shortly after he had left, the factory
watchman, going his rounds, perceived some one on his hands
and knees, without the gates, a spade, which stood near,
underneath them. The watchman waited until he had effected
his purpose, and then gave an alarm, and the prisoner was pur-
sued until he was stopped in Bridge-street, but he ILA thrown
away the spade. The prisoner said be wanted to do a little job,
and should have brought it back in the morning. The Clerk of
the Works said, that an enormous quantity of tools had been
I stolen at times, but gave the prisoner a_good character generally.
Alderman Lucas said, robberies by servants were now so fre-
quent, that he ohould not do his duty if he suffered the pis mer
to escape.—Committed.
WORSHIP-STARES.—THE Ray. Wst. Eras—ln pursuance of
his commitment on Monday se'nnight, the prisoner was brought
again yesterday before &stun. 'fwYroan and Joins 311Lisenn,

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luqrs. for re-examination.
No further testimony as to the facts was produced or required,
for the prisoner was remanded upon a doubt which arose in the
mind of one Of the worthy Magistrates, Mr. TWV*ORD, as to
the extent of Nis jurisdiction to commit for trial in a case where
all the facts proved were done in Buckinghamshire, a county
over which his Conuniuion as a Magistrate did not extend.
Mr. Wilks appeared again on the part of the parish, and urged
the competency of a Magistrate to commit to Newgate for felo-
nies, although the facts proved took place in another county, for
which the Magistrate could not act as a Justice.
Mr. Heritage, the Chief Clerk, stated that the practice of the
1 Office had always been, that the Magistrate, in cases similar to
this, had committed to Newgate, and then the prisoner had
been removed for trial into the county where the felony was
committed. .

Mr. Twvroan said, that he hail no doubt of the practice pur-
sued at this and the other Police Offices, but he very much
doubted,of the legality of that practice. The (filed of Justice of
the Peace, as now, codstituted, wad created by Statute, and
therefore, in his opinion, the regulation of its duties- could not
depend upon custom. k was his wish in this, and all cases of
a pubbcbature, to shit by his conduct the convenience of par-
ties ; but in a case whert he entertained such doubts of his jurisH
diction, he felt bound, 'as a Conservator of the Peat% to send
the prisoner to a Magistrate in the county of fitrckingisam....
Mr. Mu.waaa concurred iu opinion with his l.rotisar Magis-
trate as to the principle uS tow to which he advertt..l, 614 '

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froth the practice so king
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raise. her to the
be
of glory slie bad attained, facts 4 OM ease bad erne
, iind malted to by higher authorities, to have corn.
would or eOuid be guilty of what had been so basely ! slO% he should have felt warranted
insinuated in his Learned .Friend's instructions. What IP
the prisoner to Newgate to order that he roight be after-
has been done was venial, compared tO what was at-1 wards removed for trial kit* ih:rianahainshire.
tributed. The offence west mutual ; and she, even
otas
Mr. Wilts then •suggested that he bad communicated with
by her own accckunt, was led " nothing loth." Coen- Mr- Mhishall, the Maeherate, who in the' cominieeion also
sel, after warmly animadverting on °t he impmbabi- ,
frurpri•ektihat thnesiehlgraelireMotthr pnrastilla shdeeold be doubted;xpressedll4egrerbi
it
lity of drugs having been administered, and the mu-
if necessary, he would attend at this Office on a future day, at
tual concun.ence of the parties to the offence, closed on the evidence being adduced before him, if he should think k
the county of linekin ham. "
his speech by an appeal to the Jury, if they found for sufficient, be would commit the prisoner at once to the jail for
the plaintiff; not to visit his client with heavy da- , . e . •
Mr. I•
WYFOR o readily asented to this ernposition, and the pri-
triages, as it was not to be expected that a Lieutenant soner was committed for further examination.
on half-pay could sustain them. The prisoner, during this consultation. was seated on a chair
indifferent to the proceedings against him. The Office was The Learned Junoe observed, that as the defendant in the parlour. He was gentuelly dressed, but appeared wit*
had called no witnesses, the Jury were bound to be-
tcrroweeleyeiwiti h persons, particularly women, who appeared et.
I lieve, that in despite of the statement of Counsel, and
the insinuati•ns contained therein, the plaintiff's cha- Many respectable persons were - there out of Buckinglums-
ratter was irreproachable, and that had there been shire, at whose hospitable boards the pi ismer had been enter-
tained with all the kindness they could shew to their spirited
pastor; and amongst them an old man, who seemed the trpro•
any of that lightness, a coming willingness on her
I part, the Counsel and Jury would not have been sentative of plain flonesty, ard who had drank his glass and
troubled with the matter ; for, in that case, their smoked his pipe with this Clergyman, at the Royal Oak, near
mutual inclinations would have been gratified in a Wing. They all seemed ta consider the charge against him al.
different manner, and carried on by frequent but most incredible. The old manespressed his intention to :even
on the prisoner's trial, and to prove that he slept at his buti .e
several nights, and that the children slept by themselves, at the
shorter meetings than a whole night. It appeared to
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him, that the defendant had created an interest in the Park-house, at Wing. .
bosom of this young ci eature, which was not at all
804-STIIF.ET. A number of
_Gentlemen were brought up in
unaccountable to any one acquainted with the female cusbtody, a warrant havinglieen put into the hands of the Ponce
house,
ttehe Inonutse No.ce of t 55,
officer:—
toon
gainingr in g al l
admittancethereonst the
o found
heart ; that an Officer, either naval or military, was,
sence was given by ringing a bell, and, on their ascending toPrthee-
and must be, a considerable object of attraction in a
village, and if they believed the evidence (which his rooms up stairs, they found the several parties of Gentlemen
scrambling up tlie money, &c. The' Oa:cm however, seiv.:4
-upwards of £5O, and; after a deal of confusion, brought away
Lordship saw no reason to doubt), he, the defendant,
a
certainly had, under the pretence of affection, taken
11 the prisoners, and. a variety ciA counters, cards, boards, said
a most base and unworthy advantage of this unfor- articles, used in playing at Hoop et Noir, liU
ulette,and Un dm:
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tunate girl, in the absence of her only protector. His cioque.•The officers could nut particularise the siruation or con
Fienelticer.— M rl. A. LIAM, for
Lordship here expatiated with much eloquence and duet of any of the Gerlilemen, but were positive 'they were all
tlit%eveilrleegfaolrietyigonfersth,einw"ar.hroanset.olulti
turged that
thepriloners, said, he had not this
feeling on the want of proper edvcation to young fe-
males, and the precarious situation io which they many oolcothneipprailsnotowfu
stood, who were deprived of their mothers so early was permitted ; that tun law in question was so old ra)s.1::11.:11g
Henry
that Mr. Noel had nut Mai proved to be the owner of the
as the plaintiff, and subject to the occasional absence the Eifhth, and nianner. and opinions were very different now;
of fatherly protection, and concluded by leaving the
house ; and that the parties were ready to give their personal
question of damages entirely to the Jury. recognizances.—Mr. Nlir.-.111; rt. agreed that the evidence was its-
Verdict for the plaintiff—El 00 Damages, 6d. costs- sufficient; but there was no stnubt that the parties were lam-
_ bling, and be should therefore call on them for their personal
recognizances. With respect to one of them, who had assaulted.
the officers, he must find good sureties.—The prisoners were
discharged on these conditions.
UNION HALL—Ante Jones, alias Waterloo Toot, the widow of
a soldier who fell at Waterloo, was brought up, charged wit;,.
having committed an act of vagrancy in the p iri‘h of Canibe7--
well. One of the constables of the Mend:city Society slid tisa
he apprehended the defendant in the act of reeeivirg re:ier fro!:
a Gentleman in Camberwell. The prisoner aLI rot de;!y tha..
she had begged, .but she begged to be forgiven' in consideratiin
of the hardships she had undergone, and the service site tad
done her country. She bad, she said, fOught hard at the butt:_
of Waterloo, and received two wounds on that memorable occa-
sion. The defendant, who is in the habit of strengthening h-r
cause by allusions to the death-of her husband, and her own he-
roic spirit, was nevertheless committed for a month, not havi.l
had the spirit to live on her pension.
Manumstotion-svnerr.—ir. afford, a coach-painter, residing
at No. 2, Seymour-place, Chandos-street, was charged with vio-
lently and repeatedly huzzaing as the funeral procession of the
Marquis of Londonderry was passing, notwithstanding he ww.
cautioned by Plank, the officer, of the indecency of such con-
duct. In defence, he said he kad no enmity to the deceased,
but having betted a glass of rum that the procession' would go
from St. James's-square, and not from North Cray, he was so
elated at the idea of winning, that he could not refrain frost ex-
pressing his joy. The-Magistrate commented with just se..rri!y
on the flimsiness of the excuse, acid ortteretl him to be lock:-.:i.:2
i till he procured bail.
Qestx-sotranr.--Several informations were given .at this Of-
fice of the industry and dexterity of the light-fingered tribe
during the funeral procession of the Marquis of Lencloniterey.
Among others, one was preferred by Mr. Ileani, a Hertfor'•
shire farmer, who, while standing by the statue at Charing-cress,
lost his pochet.book, 'containing a 59/. note and some bills: ha
also lost his watch and a silk handkerchief. Maybank, of Oil,
sea, who was on duty as a Constable, had-his breeelies-iocket
turned inside out, and 10s. stolen therefrom. .t Mr. Mires
also lost his purse, containing. several sOveseigps„ while seeing the
Guards relieved, after the procession had passed.

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TR trE, A uot.zsi• f.t."../cuttei..cesey and Midad
Hennessey were tied .4nd. lotinef guilty-of the murder
of Elizabeth Kelly, on_ die Stb.'of•JUly last. They
were executed on Fri,dif last. *lt a.parcth,t on the
trial the prisonerVist7liad rklaTe4t,ed je.speak with
Mr. Raymond, one of:Alewitnesses against him, and
that it was tiffs (Casey's) ititeeziontohaye stabhedhitn
with 'a penkri. •
The. bans of Marrs-m.le of a.ritirtiiival -number of
Hyinen's votaries have been.lately, published at St.
Maiy's Church, Stafford; the par tie§.l-, cing anxious to
celebrate theft ma4iages- under the aid law.

BIRTHS: -•
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August 7, at Milford, tte Lady of tee Him Giorge Wu=
Massy, of a sun and heir. • - • • • • _
August 2, at LegFrwood Manje,• Sirs. Copplet of a sots.

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Friday, at St.. George's Church, Hanover-square,
Ilanbury, Esq. of Nelmarsh, in the county of• Northampton,'"
Elizabeth, datrgincr of the late Lord Spencer Stanley Chichester.
Immediately after the ceremony, the bride and bridegroom left
town for Ditchley Park, the seat of the Earl of Normantun.