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the-prisoner
the assault; with
The 'prise- pal part of the case was now established by
the evidence of Charlotte Smith, the prosecutrir, a
• young wallies of a slight genteel appeatante, who de-
acnised herself to be twenty-three years of age ; and the
titeninstances shewed one of the most heroic instances
of resistance by a woman in defence of her honour that
bps ever been recorded.
A foil narrative of the affair was given in the Sean at the dies
of the former trial. The evidence having been gone through, *el
Jury returned a verdict of Guilty.
The prisoner's Counsel then submitted, that the iting's
/be the felony included the minor offence laid in the present hadieal
mem, the whole being one transaction.
The Jonas said be did net believe there was my weight in the
objection; but be should for other reams, desire to postpone giving
judgment until Saturday.
The prisoner was subsequently sentenced to two years' imprison-1
meat and hard iebesr.

LANCASTER, Avocet 11.
William Williams Perkins, aged 25, was put to the
bar, charged with having, on the 10th of June, forged
and uttered as true, an order fog the payment of 1751.
purporting to be drawn by John Wakefield and Son, of
Kendal, upon Messrs. Masterman and Co. of London,
with intent to defraud the said Messrs. Masterman...
The prisoner was a clerk in the commercial 11, vse of
Dugdale and Co. of Manchester. He was a respectable
Booking young man.
Daniel Mildred, a partner in the house of Master.
man and Co. bankers, London, agents for Wakefield and
Co. of Kendal, received on the 23d of June last, a letter
mataining a bill and an enclosure; he gave the letter
int.thair corresponding clerk. Mr. Peel, and told him to
attend to it. Mr. Peel. discovered the letter and enclo-
sure to be forgeries.
The letter andcbeek were put in and read.
" Messrs. Masten:man and Co.
" Gearrumm—We will thank you to pay the bearer, Mr. Francis
streams, ZITS, and platie the time to the debit of our accounts.
.441, • We are your obedient servants,
" JOHN WAKEFIELD AND CO.*
she above was enclosed in the following letter :
• .41 Messrs. Mamma= and Co. id Eccles, 6 Mo. 1556.
"( it/Amens Fatauss—As I shall not be in London for a fort-
stgbt, I will thank thee to Milt the amount of the enclosed
draught to me, to the care of John Smith, at the Hen and Chickens.
Birmingham as I shall leave to-morrow. " F. EVESHAM."
The duel: was not stamped.
Mr. J. WILLIAMS submitted, that as an unstamped
check, drawn twenty miles from London, was inadmis-
sible as evidence in a civil case under the statute, it is
not such an instrument as would render a forgery of it
a capital felony. The Learned Gentleman cued the
44 King v. Moffatt," and some other eases.
Mr. Sergeant Caws contended, that the point was discussed and
sledded regularly, by the twelve Judges, in the case of the "ling
*. Hawk wood."

Mr. Justice ['AIM overruled the objection.
Evidence was then given of the steps taken to detect
the forger. A letter was written v.:Birmingham ac-
:cording to the address given ; but in the mean time the
Birmingham Pon-master received a letter, signed
Francis Evesham, requesting him to forward the letter
to the Post-office, Manchester. This request was corn-
plied with, and Robert Gardiner, a London Police
officer, was stationed at Manchester Post-office to ap:
prehend the person who might call for the letter. The
clerk of the Post-office gave the letter to a person, who
called himself Francis Evesham, who called for it at
five or siz minutes before ten at night on the 18th of
June. He stood at the window of the office, and the
clerk could not see the face of the person who called,
but kept him in conversation until he saw Gardiner get
-round to the window be,ide the man, as he supposed,
who had called fur the letter.

Gardiner deposed that, on going round to the win-
dow, he saw the prisoner pay fora -letter, which he put
in his pocket. He told him he must take him into cus-
tody. The prisoner exclaimed " Good Goal" and asked
for what? Witness told him .he could not then explain
what for, but that he would soon explain all. After
walking a little way, they got into a hackney coach.
Witness set on the front of the coach, and the prisoner
in the back part. Before they got in, the prisoner at-
tempted to escape, but witness prevented bim. When
.they got in, prisoner put his hand on the window, and
witness told him to sit still and keep his hand in. He
looked into prisoner's hand, but there was nothing in it.
When they got to the police-office, witness asked him
fie the letter he had got at the post-office ? He asked
44 what letter? I have received no letter." The prisoner
shortly after said, he had gone to the post-office to in-
quire for a letter, which he expected from his father.
Witness went to the prisoner's lodgings in Oxford-road.
(Manchester.)
Crchs.ezamined.—The prisoner gave his address,
which•Livender put down upon paper; they did not
know his lodgings until he told them ; the evening on
which be apprehended the prisoner he sent the bellman
round, offering a reward for the discovery of the letter
he supposed had been thrown away 1- he also caused an
--eisenient to be published to the same effect; in
--dint he described the pl4ce where he sup-

posed the letter had been lost, bui it was never pro-
duced; in the prisoner's pocket he found a half sove-
reign and Bs. ed. in silver. Witness had been frequently
employed by London Banks; he was not usually paid by
them by the job, but he drew money when he wanted it.
' By the Cons:—He would not receive more pay it the prisoner
were convicted.

Mr. Justice az said, be should, indeed. be inept Iscd if London
banters paid only upon conviction.
The prisoner read a long defence, which was afterwards proved
in evidence.

Several witnesses were called. who gave the prisoner a good cha-
racter. and the Jury acquitted him. the Judge being of opinion that
the officer had mistaken the prisoner.

GLOUCESTER, AUGUST 11.
THE KING V. SMITH AND OTHERS.

A Sptcial Jury was summoned for this cause, nine
only appeared: Mr. TAUNTON prayed a tales, which
was agreed to.
Mr. Russar.r. opened the indictment, and stated, it
was brought against William, Thomas, and Sarah Smith,
ch-rging them with contriving to hurt and injure Geo.
Smith, their brother, (a lunatic), who was under their
care and cuitody ; for having confined the said George
Smith in a certain dark hole, or dungeon, in a house,
situate at Muckleston Wood, in the county of Stafford,
and there cruelly and unnaturally refusing to administer
to him food, clothes, or any of the necessaries of life,
and then and there keeping him, without proper warmth,
air, or exercise, by means of which the said lunatic be-
came weak and distorted in his body. There were se-
•erat Other counts in the indictment, to which the general
issue was pleaded.
Mr. TAtrrirou, in stating the case, said, as the inquiry
was one et the most important nature, he was sure the

When the osee
Mr. Justice Buses:rums said he did not see how any
obligation was imposed on the defendants, that was not
equally binding upon the other parts of the family,who
did not live in the house with the others.
After considerable discussion sped this tetot between Messrs
Taunton, Campbell, Wakely,Talfoard, and
Mr. Justice Boanovon held that there was no legal
obligation proved, that it did not appear the brother
William had the slightest controul over the lunatic,
except that he was master of the house; the only proof
was, that, there were several acts of omission, certainly
strong proofs of negligence; but omission of a duty,
not legal, will not do. Whatever mode may be taken
to bring these parties to punishment, the present is cer.l
tainly not the shape for it. He regretted extremely the
case could not goon, and should be happy to postpone
it, if he had any doubt pn the subject; but this being
all matter of fact, he could not be justified in telling the
Jury to find the defendants guilty.
The Jury, under the directions of his Lordship, returned a ver-
dict isf Not Guilty.
The trial continued for nearly nine hours and the result was re-
ceived with much dissatisfaction by the Pelle.

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d taken the-shilling, though the prosecutrix
ttwei re lt;asfain, and as there might be some Mina's, Irian thitvaiiotis cirennlstaSces lila-had already
reason to believe, that just indignation at the prisoner's blers.spadt public WO respect" tss these defendants;
conduct had diverted the attention of the Jury fruit this and vr.Onld be guided alone by the evidence
*sore legal. charge of robbery, a pardon was Teton, tbat•sboola be ildislosed. •
meadad, sod the prisoner was ordered to be prosecuted A mil number et witnesses were eened. wise 'peke as to tbe
for the assault; with' intent to commit a rape. dreadful condition in which rise idiot bad been b .
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