Star.
London, England, 1804-10-27 00:00:00

LOP INTELLIGENCE.

PALACE COURT, BOROUGH, OCTODIT. :G.
MARIA PASCOR V. WEE, FRASER, Esq.:.
A caufe of confiderable importance to the liberty
of the fubjed occupied the attention of this Court
the greater part of the day.
Mr. CLIFFoRD Rated the cafe on the part, of the
Plaintiff, after a (port opening by one of the regular
Counfel belonging to the Court. The Learned
Counfel obferved, that
,there were many cafes in
which the heat which is frequently occafioned by
elation contefts might be eonfidered as tome pallia-
tinn of an offence committed by the lower orders of
the people at fuch a time ; but nothing could in law
jultify an affault being committed by any perfon, at
any time. In the prefent inflance the Jury were cal-
led upon to protect a poor ignorant woman again('
the intuits of a perfon of rank add property, who,
no doubt, it would be proved, was fworn to preferve
the peace. His client had only, in company with
Come other poor perfons coming from their labour,
called out " Burdett for ever," and then huzzaed.
He hoped that in this free country an Englifhman or
an Englifhwoman would always have the privilege
at lea(' of huzzaing for any party which ever it
might be that they thought fit to efpoufe. He did
not with the Jury to take it into their confideration
what the words were, or whether they called out for
Burdett or Mainwaring. He had no doubt that they
were both honourable and refpeftable men ; at testi
he writhed to dive(' his mind of any idea of what
might be the merits of either gentleman, in Rating
the prefent cafe, and trolled that the Jury, as ho-
nourable men upon their oaths, would alto do fo.
notwithßanding a whifper which he had heard about
who the Gentlemen of the Jury had voted for- A
care had lately been decided in another Court, in
which two pollilions were convided of having (truck
a gentleman two or three times with their whips, on
account of his wearing a Mainwaring's cockade.—
The men were fentenced to two months imprifon-
Ment. The verdid of this day Would doubtlefs
eßa-
blith the opinion that has been fo long held of the
equal adtninißration of juftice in this country ; it
would (hew to the country and to the world, that a
perfon of high rank and authority cannot go unpn•
' nifhed, when it was proved before a Jury that he had
committed an offence again(' the laws. The Jury
were called upon to give the utnicrit that they could
from the record, namely, to the amount of 51. in Or-
der that it might be a wholefome lefrm to magif•
trates in future, that henceforward they may know
that it is not in their power to do any injury to the
maiden fubjed with impunity.
William White,* labouring man, depofed, that on
the 16th of Auguß, between eight and nine in the
evening, he was returnipg from his work in the fields
near the village of Welton, in company with Judith
his wife, the Plaintiff (Maria Elliot), and one
Mary Ofborne, another labouring woman, who fol-
lowed a little diftince behind them. hen they
were about eighteen or twenty yards part Mr. Fra-
zer the Magiltrate's houfe in Welton, Maria Parcoe
called out " Burdett for ever," and his wife laid
huzza. Mr. F. came out in a violent palrion, and
laid hold of the tiro women ; but his wife difentan-
' gled herfelf, and went off a little diftance from him.
Mr. F. thee raid, " Now I've got you, I'll make an
example of you." and dragged Parcae feveral yards
along with him. She had a bill hook under her arm
which might have hurt her, as (he called our, "Oh
my bofom," and then called murder; loon after that
the got clear, and on coming up to him and the
others, the raid, "He hat taken my hook." She
bad one under her arm at the time of being laid
hold of; and the was without it when the came up to
them. He (wore that nothing cite was raid or done
by any of thofe in his company, and that there was
no other perfon in fight at the time.
Judith, his wife, depofed nearly to the fame effect.
Mr. Cow sr, Counfel for the Defendant, denied that
the cafe of the port boys, which his Learned Friend
(Mr. Clifford) had referred to, was as trifling in its
nature as that Gentleman had fuppofed it was. He
alfo declared that he had not heard any thing of the
whifper which had been (poken of. For his part he
fhould carefully avoil, as his Learned Friend indeed
had done, entering into the difcuflinn of any thing
of party matter concerning the eledion. Bin he
would contend, that whatever was the watch word
for breeding a riot in the neighbourhood, the tdagif-
trate had done that, which he always trufted he and
every gentleman who held that refpeffable rank in
fociety would always continue to do. A great noire
and tumult was beginning at his very door, and he
very properly endeavoured to feize the offenders
.4 to make an example of them," as he had very
juftly obferved. He then rellehii.cafe on another
point, that of the necelity of giving a month's no-
tice to a Magiilrate before any pioceeding could le-
gally be had again(' him.
The Rev. John Lana ie depict!, that he had fre-
quent reafon to apply to the Magiflrates on account
of the riot and coalition which was in the pot of
the coon!), where he rcilded (in the neighbourhood
of Welton.)
J. Spencer, Efq. a Magiltrate, alto teftified that
there was a great deal of riot and diforder in the
neighbourhood, which he confidcecd as the remains
of the ferment occalioned by the elation, which it'd
ended on the 9th of Auguß. The trantadion which
was the fubjed of complaint at prelcnt took place
on the 161 b, and battle that time he had applied to
Mr. F. as a brother Magiftrate, to do every thing in
his power to co-operate with him in fuppreffing there
forts of riots.

George O'Brien, Efq. who lived in the houfe with
Mr. F. &poled alto that the riot and difordcr occa-
fioned by the elation was very frequent, and had con-
tinued for feveral days after the elation was over,
bat he knew nothing of the prefent cafe.
Mr. CLI,FOIID, in reply, obferved that he had ex-
pettiod that loose perfon would have been brought
forward who knew (omething of the tranfaßion. Had
not Mr. F. any fervent% or were they all deaf or
blind that they could not bear any thing of all the
riot and confufson which the Plaintiff and thofe along
with her had been guilty of, nor any thing of what
puffed after their matter ran out to lay hold of the
two old women? Mr. O'Brien, he fit/roofed, would
not have been brought forward only that he happen-
ed not to be at home at the time.

Mr. Scrjeant M , who it as Judge. in the
clearelt manner recapitulated the evidence and the
argumcats oat both Was. He than informed the Jury

!that the only qtießion which they had to decide lip.
whether there was, or was nor, a riot committed by
thole perfors near the door of the Magifirate ? if fa,
he was ailing in compliance with the principles of, a
duty which was imperative on him ; a Magifirate had
no option, but was liable to a heavy refpunGbility if
he.did not do his %moot} to take foch rioters iMo cur-
tody. As to the bill hook, that feemed to have been
left in his hands for the purpofe of embellithing the
cafe ; there could be no doubt but that a gendeinan
of inch refpatability as the Defendant would return
it, if he was called upon fur that purpore. If be bad
aged improperly, even in his magifterial capacity, a
written notice Ihould have been lined on him a
month previous to the trial, which had not been done;
fo that on thefe two grounds he was entitled to an
=initial. If, however, they thould be of opinion that
he ailed only as a private gentleman, they would find
a verditt accordingly.-1 he Jury confulted together
about the fpace of a minute, and then returned a vet.
did for the Plaintiff—Damages sl.

MIDDLISEX SI:3101/1.—Yeflerday aino M'Cart,
was indidted for an atfaul ont Elizabeth Matthews,.
child of two years old, on the 25th of Augult.
The mother of the child tilted, that (be bad miffed
her from the door, at her honk in Paddington-area,
and the was brought back by a ilranger two hours
after, ve bloody, and much beaten.
Mrs. Ann Minchen Rated, that the was palling
along Queen Ann•areet, Weft, when her notice was
attraaeorby a young child crying bitterly, in the arms
of the Defendant, and the was alto very bloody. He •
was then beating it fhamefully, and on the remun-
(trance of the witnefs, he replied, that the child was
his own, and he amid ufe his plealure with her.—
An elderly Lady,who was patting, fuatched the child
from the arms of the Defendant, but he feized her
again, and ran off. Witnefs followed, with many
others, toCavendith-fquare,where the child wasagain
taken from him by a young woman, who earned her
to the mother.

Mrs. Gauden was drinking tea with her &ter, in
Chandos-ftreet, when the heard a child fcreaming
vehemently ; the looked out of the window, and taw
the child in the Defendant's arms, who was running
and beating her. Witnefs alto obferved the child
very bloody.
Several other witneffes obferved the Defendant
palling through the ftreets from whence he had taken
the child to Cavendifhlquare ; they fevcrally corro-
borated the above evidence, with refpelt to his
ill-
treating the infant, and they alto perceived ber very
bloody, from the blows the had received in the face.
Thomas Skinner, a gentleman's coachman. raw a
mob colleaed in Cavendithlquare, and the Defendant
in the centre ; on enquiring the eircutsßances of th a
cafe, he with the afftftance of the bye Randers, (sear-
ed the prifoner, who attempted to efcape.
The prifoner in defence Rated, that he was In
li-
quor, add had (tumbled over the child, and on its
crying he took her in his arms to pacify her.
The Cxatareaa obferved, that this was a very ea.
traordinary cafe of its kind. It would be the duty
of the Jury to find the prifoner guilty of the doges
after which, the Court would fufficiently weigh the
whole of the cafe, and pats flab a fentenee on him
OA his conduit deferved.

The Jury, without hefitation, found the ptifonce
Guilty. Judgment refpited.
The prifoner has a wife and three children, and re.
ficied in Banbury-beet, St. Giles's.
John was found guilty of baling three pair of
cotton hole, which were hanging to dry, and he was
fentenced to (even years traofportation. The prifoner
(an old offender) had been very recently liberated
from confinement in Newgate, for an offence which
he had been found guilty of at the Old Bailey.
Ezra Amami+ Aar OCCUIRIMCS.—A linguist cit.
camaance occurred a few evenings ago, in Mount-
beet watch-houfe :—A bone main's labourer, in
the South Mews, being deteeted, on leaving the yard,
at one o'clock, with a quantity of broken laws, and
other iron, in his apron, Rolen property, was given in
charge to a Confiable, and conveyed to the watch.
houfe, in Mount-beet, Grofvenor-fquare. After a
long inveaigation, he was ordered under the care of
a man of the name of Peddingtnne, the watch-boufe-
keeper, who had been for ao years in the parifh, and
bad gone through all the offices of watchman, patrols',
comptroller of the watch, regulator of parillt jarif-
pi udence, of licences, hired and common conflahle.
Raiff affillant, and, at length, arrived at the dignity
of watch-houfe keeper. His common refidence was
below hairs, upon a level with the place in which the
culprit was confined. While at tea, in :he afternoon.
with his wife, family, and fervant-maid, he Rarted in
a rage, and (wore, d—n his eyes, he thought he
law the Pi ifoner hertz himfelf; took out a long clafp-
ed knife from his porker, opened it. took the key of
the cell in his right hand, and approached the dun-
peon. To his utter airmithment, en entering, he
found the culprit fuipended from the beam of the
diinze.m, by his neck-handkerchief and an old apron,
d: things of which he had tied to the beam—
the handkerchief being faßened to the apron by a
running knot, and round his neck. When cat
down by the watch-hook keeper. he was appa-
rently dead ; but being dragged into the kitchen,
and placed in a chair, before the fire, he tell into
convulfions, and, recovering. (aids" the devil was
coming for hint and the watch-houfe•keeper," and,
added he, " particularly for you (pointing to Ped.
dingtone), who robbed my mailer this night of his
due, by cutting me down too Coon." This, with
feveral other frantic exprelfions, fo frightened the
watch-hoofe.keeper. that he changed hts feat, and
took a more elevated fituation. from which he view-
ed, with fear and afloniflarnent, the convulfed
tion of the Prifoncr ; when. all on a (ridden, his
wife. his maid. and himfelf, were diflurbed by a
fudden and tine:pelted noife, which rattled the
china plates, chairs, tables, and every ether move-
able article in the r mm. At this inflant, the pri-
loner jumped from his chair, to a confider able heights
extended his arms, and hollowed nut, 4 Devil, devil.
0 devil! ceafe, quiet, quiet, quiet;" then rutting
at the watch-bottle-keeper. he fo terribly alarmed
h:in, tint the latter immediately fell into a 6e, and fo
continued, without any intermillion, all two o'clock
on Thurfday morning, when he expired in great
agonies. We are lorry to add, that the fervant-maid
lie, in a melancholy date, occafioned by the frights
without h.yes of recovery.

The culprit has been enmmitted for the theft. to
take his trial u the nest &floss.

OLD B iILEI.

Yeherday 19 prifoners were tried, nine of whom
were conrieled of felony, vir.
Mary Bryant, for healing one linen fhirt, &c. the
property of R. Turner : J. Wilton, for healing four
pair of (hoes, at fundry times, the property of W.
Wakeling; Jer. Collins, for healing a pair of cotton
trowfers, the property of T. and E. Pri•chett ; Mary
Lyon for healing a piece of printed cotton, the pro-
perty of A. and B. Francis; C. Roby, for healing
one bufhel of fplit horfe.beans, the property of P.
Viner ; Ann Mafem, for healing a counterpane, the
property of R. Armflrong ; T. Reed, for healing
14.1 b. of potatoes, the property of S. Ridge ; Jane
Larkins, for healing a pair of linen sheets, the pro
perty of R. Middleton ; Ann Kelly, for healing the
wearing apparel of the infant child of Jane Robertfon.
Edward Lambert, a very decent looking man, was
indided for tlealinia bank-note for .sol. the property
of Cornelius Lamb.
It appeared, that the profecutor, who refidecl in
the country, on coming to town, fet up at a public-
houfe, oppofite to which the prifoner, who was a
barber, kept a (hop. The profecutor went to be
!hared by him, and, when the job was linifhed, gave
him the B ink-note laid in the indiament, to be i
thanged, with which the prifoner ableonded. Some
days after, he was apprehended, and, on (catching
him, three pound no:es, and half a crown. were
found upon him. Whet, interrogated as to what be-
came of the forty pound., he raid, he had taken a
coach to Norwich, and, on his way, threw the mo-
ney nut of the conch window, to the people who
paired by. This circumflance gave rife to an opinion
of the prifoner's enfanity ; but no evidence being ad-
&iced to that effeet, he was found Guilty of tingle
felony. Nine Were acquitted, among whom
yoph Ball WAS indi,hed for receiving,in the coun-
ty of Middiefez, of John Beale, a letter carrier, em-
pined in bufinefs relating to the Pont Office, ten
Bank notes of the value of tot. each, with other
notes, which he knew to have been contained in cer-
tain letters, reacted or embezzled by the laid Jolla
Beak.
This was,a cafe of fume novelty, the indiament
bt:ng grounded on a late Act of Parliament, soak.
ing it a capital felony for any perfon to receive Bank,
or other notes, knowing them to have been feet eted
or emberzled. and taken out of poll letters. The
trial latled upward of four how, and excited much
eaten*.
In the abfenoe of Mr. FIELDING/Mr. AIM, Rated
the cafe, on the part of the. profeeution, which was
carried on by the PoR Office. He obferved, that
this was not the common cafe of a receiver of Rolen
goods, but a new one, which had been lately pro-
vided for by the Legiflature. Formerly, it was fe-
lony for a letter carrier to fecrete or embezzle any
property contained in p&t letters ; but no provifion
was made againß perfons receiving filch property.
By the fecund Se inn of the late Alt, however, it is
now made a felony for any perfon, who Should re-
ce;re Bank notes, Ice. knowing them to have been fe-
ereted or embezzled.'
Tile eptettion, therefore, for the Jury to try was,
whether the yrif-ner at the bar had received inch,
knowing them to have been fecreted or embezzled ?
he then peoceedet to Rate the evidence he intended
u' adduce, when Mr. Freenton came into Court,
and concluded the Statement of the cafe. 'a the elude
of which, he laid, tli4t on the rath cf September
UR, a man of the name of Beale, who bad been a
knee earrier, was found drowned, a (bort diftarsce
Irons London; and in his pocket was found a card,
with the pr ifisner's name and place of abode. Having
Rcilbed, he inneeeeled to 6411 Iris witty:Qs.
Mrs. Elizabeth Kitfon,tbe firSt withefs, was an el-
der', lady, and very deaf ; in confequence of which
Ike was eram'ned from the Sheriff's belt, as being
nearer to the Jury than the ordinary place.
She 'fated, that the refided in Exeter, and, on the
Itth of Auguß loft, fent a letter by the poll, direB-
- to John Radcliffe, Efq. New lon, London, whkh
letter was franked by James Buller, Efq. Member
PT Exeter, and contained ten tol. Bank notes and two
of st. She made ner tervant write the defcription of
the notes in a book the kept b.r that purpuk. She
then inderfed her name on each, incloied them in
the letter, fealcd it. and put it into the Poll Office
berfelf. The notes were then produced, and Ilse
identified them.
William lioldigrove, her fervan:, proved having
entered the notes, and compared the otiginals wiut
his book.
The Poll Miller of Exeter proved the receipt of
the letter, and his having forwarded it by the Mail
to London.
Chalet Read, a poll office Clerk, proved the ar-
rival of the mail at the Poll office in the tiftsal tour fe.
hn Hoyle, Clerk to Mr Radcliffe, hated, that he
had been upward. of 20 years in the habit of tranf-
;thing bonnets for his mailer, who left London on
the I tilt rf Airfoil), and he did riot inche any
loner from Mr.. baton at the time he fhould hare
received the tie in niter: inn. -

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Robert Hurley hated, that he was a iinen•attp.er,'
reliding at No. tat, Drury lane, corner of Clare-
court ; he knew the prifoner, who kept an extenfive
comb (bop in Clare•court. On the 6th of September
Mr. Parkins, the PoR office Solicitor, applied to him
refpesiling a Bank note which paired into his hands.
and had been ilolen; he had received it from the
prifoner Come days before, and gave him fmall notes
for it ; in confequenee of which he called upon the
prifoner, who told him he had received it from his
friend Beak, to whom he would apply : he afterwards
went with the prifoner to Beale's houfe in Greek-
firect, Lincoln's Inn Fields ; he was not at home ;
they waited at a public-houfe oppofite till be came in
—he could not tell the number of the note, and pri-
foner allied him it it was one of the four ten:, or one
of the two twenties he bad given him? he anfwered
he did not know, but believed it was. He then Ac-
ed the prifoner to accompany him to the Banker's,
which he very readily agreed to ; they went to Sir
Matthew Blnaham's. in Graceeburch-ffrect,and upon
afkir.g for the numbers of the notes, the clerk laid,
that the two of twenty pound,, country notes, had
been tiniest: On his cross-examination by Mr. AL-
LEY, he laid he had not the leaft forpicion of the
prifoner ; he aced fairly and honellly, and appeared
ready and willing to give every affiitance in Calving
the matter.
Mr. Parkins, the f elicitor for the Pull-office, (W-
-ed, that he law the prifoner on the Lath of Septem-
ber, he called at. the (hop of 1-littfey the evening be-
fore the priiimer was thr.te, and, in his pretence, he
(poke to Hulfey about going to the banker's ; he then
afked the prifoner where he had got the note?
who told him he had received it from Beak, who
was a poltman, and his particular friend; he was
the perfon who changed the two soh notes at the
Bank, and received 'tour London notes for them,
which he gave to Beak ; being in &Ants for a little
money, he Aced Beale to lend him fume. and he
gave hint the tol. note he parted to Haley, and de-
tired him to give him the change another time. The
prifoner laid, be had gone to Beale the evening...be-
fore, and told him he had been informed at the
banker's that the notes were flolen : he replied, he
had received them from the country, and would find
the perfon who brought them to him, by the next''
morning. l'he next day, from tonic cirecamtlances
which occurred, he gave direflions en base' Beale'
taken into cut/tidy, hut he could not be found. One
of the Bow-fireet Officers, accompanied by the. Wit-
nefs's Clerk, brought the prifoner 'twigging% and fontething induced him to all the prx
,r,er if he had been at Beale's lodgings the night
belote ? he anfwered in the affirmative, and added,
that Beale was very ill; fo much fo, he thought be
thould have died; hi, wife and he fat up with him all
night. They went together, between four and five
o'clock lie the morniog, to the prifonei's !mute. in
Clare court ; Beak was exceedingly agitated ; he
fafpeEted he intended to put an end to his life, and
he went to the 11, p and gave Beale a printed card,
in older that it might be difcovered who he WV.:
they than went to St. Martin's lane, and he law no
nrxe of Beale. - - - _ _ _ _

Saronel Jones, Clerk to Mr Parkins, the lift wit
nets, fivom—On Wednelday, the lath of Septem
her, I trate tiers to apprehend Beak, and gave di-
reZtir,n tar that pnrpofe by order of Mr. Parkins.—
nom previous int-nem:4'6'on I had at Beale's I was
induced to go to the prif,rier's !wore that fame even-
ing; I found him there with his wife. I told him
that Beale was taken up. He anted me where he
was ts-iteu ? I told him I did not immediately know,
but that he mull go with MC to Mr. Parkins;—he
replied; " I have teen Mr. Parkins." I told him that
he soft fee Mr. NT k;I:s again. He then lid, 64 al.!
I was afraid that Beale had done tomething wrong."
He alked me where Beale was ? I told him, molt
likely he was confined at flow-itrect. We went to
Bow-:beet, where I law William Anthony, an office'.
to whom I gave the prifnner in Charge. I then told
him, that things were very ferious againfl him ; that
he had pall two notes, alluding to there notes ;
had leGittectsßeale to get c ff, and that it sow re-
rnained with him to account how he came by them.
lie (lope (hurt and laid, he would give lip the netts
in his poffeffion s he did nut mention what notes.—
Anthony, the officer, anted him how salty they
were? He faid, he did not know, but they were a
confider 'hie cumber ; he bad not connted them.—
Anthony anted him if be would go back and fetch
them? I kid, no; not until we Lad teen Mr. Pat.
kins. He laid they %sere at borne. He flop, fettle
time, and wanted to get back the notes himiclf, but
1 winild not let him, and told him he mull go to
Mr. Parkins; he then Paid, he fuppofed he mutt be
an evidence againtt Beale' I telt him, that was for
Mr. Parkins's confederation ; he might tell the truth,
and hear what Mr. Parkins would fay to it. We
then arrived at Beele's lodgings. Some ciliation%
were put by Mr. Parkins to the prifaner relative to
Beale 's fon fettling a talk handkerchief by dire ion
It the prit3ner-1 rit.ant to communicate to Mr.
Parkins what the prifoner hal 'old me, hut Mr. Par-
: kins laid, It'll!' !—The prif-na made anfwcr, and
admitted to have fent the fm of Beale to Beale's
Ice zings CT the haniketchief. I then told Mr. Par-
kins thr Tritons, had admired having tome notes in
1., p, ii.trin, and that he. the panne:. was willing
,in b.:ct.me evidence Aga:nit Be:ile. Mr. PAr;.;ItS vial
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I the inita.ner laid his wife would give up the ::otcs, as
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that before the prifoner could be eonviaed tm tflis
A& of Parliament it malt appear in proof that the
Prifonet knew there notes to have been contained in
fome letter or letters which the carrier had fecreted
or embezzled, for nothing thou of that could apply
to this cafe. The profecution was it very fair one,
and the iniquity of the prafliee was fully difclofed,
but without proof that the prifoner knew the notes
were either contained in a fpecific letter, or generally
in letters, the profecution mutt fail. Here there was
no filth proof. The Aa was very penal, and ought
not to be emended beyond the letter. It teens pretty
clear that this man in his confcience might be ap-
prized of the manner in which thefe notes came to
him, but that was net enough in this cafe, for the
Court mull know by Mid legal proof, that ;he pri-
foner had knowledge of this particular letter, or let-
ters in general having contained thefe notes, of which
there was nn evidence ; and therefore the requilites
of the ltatute were nit contormed to. His Lord-
ihip then addretTed the Jury, raying, " Gentlemen,
you hare heard in part what I am imprelfed with,
and have indeed already Paid upon this cafe. I think
it is not fo proved as to bring it within the penal but
neceffary provilions of the llatute. They have pl ov.
ed, that moll probably the priforrer knew thefe notes
were dilhoneltly come by before he received them ;
but under this At id. Parliament, they mutt fhew that
he knew them to have been contained in a letter or
letters which had been fecreted or einbetzled by
Beale. Now they have not proved that the prifoner
usually knew the notes were contained in any one
fpecific letter or letters generally ; but only that,
rook probably, he knew it, and that the tianfaftion
is a very dithoneft one, and they efore, however crimi.
nal he may be, in reality, he does not appear to be
the criminal defcribed by the Aria letter of this At
of Parliament i confequently it is my opinion that
this profecution fails, as not coming up to the mean-
ing of the ltatute."
The ptifoner's Connie' was going to 'dards the
Borth—but _

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Lord Ectereoantica raid, " Ohf do sot attempt
to Liatebe him, leave hts charader labere it is,"—Not
Guilty.
Andreae Greeniree ICRS indided for embezzling fa-
vend thoulands of nails. the property cf Meths.
Fowler and Ducker, ironmongers, Brentford.
th-. KNAir opened the cafe, and dated that the
prifoner had been etrii•loyed far a years in the fee-
vice of the predicators, who hod not difenvered his
radices in defrauding them till late:v. The nails in
queftion be had been ordered to fell. by • audion at
prime colt in or!er to wake up a Turn tn pay a debt
due from bis employer:, lie had 'however fold them
with every appearance of a fraudulent intention to
one Mr. Hughes at half the prime toll. Mr. Hughes
like an honea man thought it his duty to give in-
formation to Merv& Foy ler and Ducker, and the
Defendant was accordingly taken into ealtudy fur a
felony.
The Rscoansa obferved, t!•.at according to the
cafe now hated, n.) felony could be made out, for,
from the powers given to doe fervent, it was impof-
Male to fay whether it was a felony or a breach •.,t
Knit. There powers were Inch as ought never to he
given to a fervent. The priloner was accordingly
acquitted.
Ass Woe was indieed for having, under falfe pre•
tutees, procured an adminifiration of the areas et
one William Adam, who had b-en a feljeant in the
72,1 Regiment of Foot. which had become entitled
to prizeononey at St. Columba. She pretended that
Ilse was the wife of the faid William Adam, who had
died intetlate. In the evidence it was ner.eloy to
make out that tilt Adatn had never been snare ed to
the prifoner. Here, however, the prod faired, and
the prituner was of entitle acquitted.

C.osonaa's facutsr.—On '4 aday evraini,z,
Impel! was held upon the body of --
poor old man, aged 65 years, a able-keeper ia M.m•
i:heler Mews, Manche iler-frinare. lie suited about
feven o'clock at night tit his Rabies, in vtliich
tired to Geis, aad nest morning was fnind d: ad with
his neck broken, and a ttufs of hay mar him. It
appeared, that he had fallen from a ladder, d :An
which he WAS . trrying the hay, and was killed by
the fall.--The Jury found a verdia—Accler.tal
Death.

The following drrlerable circomgance art....area
at a Coroner'. loctuell, held latl week ill on 01.. bndy
of a young woman in the parith of 1.1i:!:;'s
‘Varwickftrire. Toe bed-fellow of tbc -caled, a::
old woman, was awaLened with the f groans,
wh,bdifcovemsl the young woman nil. of hed.
in the room, whq compbsined the w.is very i:1 the
old woman got np and warmed her fume wine. hich
the drank, laid the was better, and went to bed again,
but in the conrfe of the night the died. In the •..or•
ning it was difenvered that the young woman had
&betted Lerfcit of a child, which (from the tciti
nanny of a medical gentleman that attended the L.
Tie) w.ts horn alivc, and it is fur,snfeit that do!kg
the time th: :‘,41:10 was dawn Hairs warn-.h.g.
the Wine, this tn.!: u• natural m. ther Cie cm
prittimily of the infant I :mem the bed and
he itrise ina•tr..l,, v.-bete the unit.ttiii,,,te
was found i Rli.d almuft fiat under its montter S.! a
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