Star.
London, England, 1809-11-27 00:00:00

LAW INTILLIGENCL

COITRT OF RING'S BENCH, NOVEMBER 2S.
TILE KING V. TOLTIMAN AND KEYLOCK, &C.
Frederick 'Lewis Polhman, John Kt ylciek, and Su-
sannAh Harvey, were again brought up to receive the
Judgmtait of the Court.
An additional affidavit was filed for
annexing the promissory note received by her from
Polhmanand Kcylock, for fifty pounds,li;ayableon the
nenointment of Hesse, to the situation of a Coast•

Waiter.
Mr. Justice GnosE, after stating the offence for
which the Defendants were now to receive the judg-
ment of the Court, stated it to'be the obvious intent
of the Defendants thereby to put into their pockets
a large suni of money by corrupt means, on the
pretext that they had the disposal of an office of trust
and confidence, the nomination to which was in the
Executive Government. The propagation of such
an idea was calculated to convey two things, Soc.:—
That offices .of trust and confidence under Govern-
ment could be procured for money ; and, secondly,
That the Defendants had aullicient influence to pro-
curet such appointments. The former of these ir.fe,
rences must be highly dangerous and destructive to
the interests 4ud Character of the country—and the
latter, if true, must have made every thinking man
lament that such a trust was committed to peaons
who could so grossly misconduct themselves as the
Defi;ndants had done. To every person who had
read the atfidavits in this case, it must appear, that
all the Defendants were deeply concerned in this ne-
farious practice. - They had all filcd affidavits in ex-
tenuation, but the only effect they were calculated to
produce was a doubt if the Defendants had not there-
by added to their guilt, in pretending that they were
ignorant of the unlawful nature of their proceedings.
In a country known to pride itself on its free and in-
dependent Constitution, it was impossible to suppose
that even a foreigner who lived in the-country, far
less that a native, though a woman, could be'tigno-
rant that the corrupt disposal of places under Govern-
ment was unlawful. Looking to the mysterious lan-
guage of the first advertisement—the observation by
Mr. Watson, as, to • the receipt originally proposed,
being illegal on the face of it, and the declaration of
l'olhman,as to the stiff oath which had been swallowed
on a similar occasion, it was impossible not to see
that they were all guilty, and all knew that their con-
cluctWas unlawful. It must be the excess of credu-
lity, or of mistaken charity, which could make any
person believe otherwise. The duty of the Court was
to inflict such a punishment as should not leave it a
matter of doubt -that such transactions were unlawful,
and that they would not be suffered in this free coun-
try, on which they were calculated to bring disgrace.
Beeping in view all the circumstances of the case, and
recollecting the imprisonment which the Defendant,
Pollnan, had ahead), suffered, the sentence of the
Court was—that he, Polhman, be imprisoned for the'
!:other space of two months, and that the othet two
Defendants be committed to the custody of the Mar-
shal of the .f_larshalsea of this Court for the space of
Cate calendar xneuths each. •