Star.
London, England, 1809-12-12 00:00:00

1. All ITVTELLIGENCE.

COURT OF KING'S BENCH, DEC. 11.
Before Lord ELLENSOkOrGit and a Special Jury.
filE KING V. WRIGHT AND OTHEIts.
The following arc the Juror's names in the trial of
this indictment:
Charles Rich, Esq. William Horton, Esq.
111a:thew Moody, Esq. George Ramie!, Esq.
Henry Chsrrington, Esq. Ralph Vinton, Esq.
John Marshall, Esq. John Jackson, Esq.
Thomas Longbottom, Esq. dailies Poole, Esq.
Vlllism Palmer, Esq. Robert Dover, Esq.
Mr. AnaanN opened the pleadings of this indict-
.;..at, which he stated to have been filed against
i rands Wright, Mary Ann Clarke, and Daniel
Wright. It alledged that the defendant, Francis
Wright, having sold to the defendant, Mary Ann
!lecke, certain articles of furniture, for the house in
'a-es:bourne-place of the said Mary Ann Clarke, the
defendants, conspiring to injure and defraud Gwil-
!ym Lloyd Wardle, Esq. had pretended that the said
articles of furniture were so delivered to the saidiMary I
Ann Clarke by order of the said G. L. Wardle ; that
ia pursuance of the said conspiracy, the said Francis
Wright brought an action against the said G. L. I
Wardle, for payment of the said articles of furniture,
and that the said Mary Ann Clarke and the defen-
Jan: Daniel Wright, did personally appear at the
trial of the said action, and testify, as the indictment
.et out, to the efil'et that the said G. L. Wardle had
promised to furnish the said articles of furniture to
the said Mary Ann Clarke, by means whereof a ver-
dict had.been obtained against the said G. L. War-
Alio for a large sum of money. The Defendants had
pleaded not guilty, and that was the issue the Jury
had to try.
Mr. Aeery said, that it now became his duty to
st ite to the Jury the circumstances of this most impor-
!int cause ; andik could say without affectation that it
ve; accident purely that threw that task into such weak
!eked,. Mr. Serjeant Best was to have performed it ;
lel Lis (Mr. Alley's) duty, though lie had always
been retained in the present indictment, would have
baen only secondary to that Learned Serjeant's.—
owieg to some very extraordinary circumstances,
liewever, it was necessary for the Serjeant to be era-
maned this day as a witness—and it was thought in-
censistent with the honour and dignity of the bar,
that any one of its members should be found corn-
renting upon Evidence as an advocate, which he
himself had just given as a witness. " But, Gentle-
man," said Mr. Alley, " bumble as 1 am, and little
known to the world, I trust I shall be able to do my
rliant the justice of at least clearly establishing his
ease ; but I shall have need of your utmost kindness
ta solace me as I proceed.
The parties iu the present indictment were, first,
osea prosecutor, Colonel Wardle, a Gentleman who ,
fsr a long time held a scat in the Senate, but who
had also filled a post in the field. At the time when
reany of his fellow countrymen volunteered in the
::.fence of their land, Colonel Wardle left his home
-rid family, boldly attempted, and boldly atchieved.
iaving reaped his laurels there, he attended his duty
;:he Parliament of his country ; and the Gentleman
a•ta) now prosecuted to-day was the same Colonel
.Wardle, around whose brows a grateful country had
twined another wreath, commemorative of his Par-
amentary services. The defendant, Francis Wright,
-as an unholsterer, in Rathbone place ; and the de-
ondant Daniel Wright, was his brother, who now
.'-ind it convenient to style himself not his partner,
',at his servant at a trifling salary. Mrs. Clarke, the
ther defendant, the Learned Counsel scarcely knew
fnw to introduce .to the Jury : he could not speak
vell of her, and he did not wish to speak ill. He had
terhaps better adopt her own language, and say she
-.ad lived " under the protection" of English, of
hish, and of Scotsmen, of navy agents and of army, of
persons in and out of Parliament, of Lords and Com-
:eyes ; nay, that by her arts and machinations, she
!ad wormed herself into the bosom of a Royal Duke,
ohere, like the viper in the fable, she had forgotten
his indulgences, and all his fostering care, and
ad vieaelierously and ungratefully stung her preset..-
.cr. These were the parties in the present indict-
-cent ; and bethre the Leatned Counsel stated the
octs of his case, he should say a word or two upon
.!ie law of the subject. The nature of the indictment
:ad been distinctly stated to the Jury by his Learn-
,' Friend, who tTeneti the pleadings. They had
'-::rot that Fran,:is Wright, having undertaken to
:mail a house ter Mrs-. Clarke, found it conveni-
. several moeths afterwards, to change the respon-
• :its; for that ftnniture from Mrs. Clarke t r Colo-
Werdte ; and he sliotild eernoustrate, beyoect the
•eroiltilitv of a doubt, that a rilse and wicked con-
•eeelcv hint heen entered into to bring tile upholster-
: :van hrother as a witness, and to force Col. War-
p.LV fur the furniture. Upon the lass of con-
•: s y, the I.e inleti C.nmse...i should read Lord
definition el the c:ime ; and this he should do,
else be aireid it would escaee the notice
f the Nolile am' Learieed Judge, but because it
t eeld not be till after the prosecutor's case bad
nefol led that. his Lordship would haec an
trtunity of doing a,. A conspitacy, said the
,-cot: Lai; ver, was an agree ttwilt 111aon divers
eloseas .iii an unlawfel act ; the vety conspilacy
the crime, sled the law punished it, although
eo,n, the canspiracy were dune ; and this
• nh. of neercv, for it then both punished the con-
.; •ratars, a:lsi prevented the mischief to others
Lela}, (elected. As to the evidence which was
N Feify to prove conipiracc, he should only
•:•t: , ia.rd 7‘.T.aestield had collected upon the
of :•c'. as les name would be the most familiar to
e. The fact of conspiring, he said, need not
• }A• pro.. e,i ; the by the common which was the
• rtv,:tkn of common sense, a Jury might, under all
eretnstances of the case, :ascertain whether a
• pa..ce existed ; and if parties concurred in the
••• :40totieli they n t have been previously unac-
•
•.: each other, they might he proved con-
'• • o a .1;:ly r.riaw the o'li:ten:to though