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suffer it, and that he would give it to the prosecutor

before long.
It WaS also stated by another witness, that on the
day Gilder was shot at, the prisoner had said that he
would give him some pepper and salt before night.
The Rev. Mr. Gee examined the place a few days
afterwards. The prosecutor shewed him the spot
where he was standing, and the place where there
were marks of a manhaving been on his knees from

whence the shot was fired.
Three witnesses for the prisoner proved that he
was at home at his lodging from five to seven on the
evening of the transaction.
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The Jury found the prisoner—Not Guilty.

MOUWAY ROBBERY.
Thomas Smith, a young man of 20, was indicted
for a highway robbery on the 6th July, at the parish
of Barktng, and robbing William Haydon of IBs.
The facts, as stated by Mr. Haydon and others,
were, that on the evening of Fairlop Fair, Hayden,
a Mr. Cowell, and a Mr. Jones, with three young
ladies, the daughters of one of them, were returning
' from Fairlop fair. A gang of ten or twelve persons
appeared to be following them, among whom the
prisoner was one; and as Mr. Jones was behind the
others of his party, and near the gang, he overheard
them say they would rob his friends. He immedi-
ately joined them, and gave the information,- when
they determined not to go on further from the fair,
as they would be more out of the way of assistance.
The prisoner and his gang then came up, and three
or four collared Haydon and demanded his money :
they threw him down, and got the silver out of his
pockets ; but this was not done without resistance,
for the prosecutor and tiis friends fought stoutly.—
The women screamed—the prisoner was knocked
down, and upon assistance approaching all the party
escaped, except the prisoner—he got up and ran
. away, but was closely pursued; he took to a booth
. near the fair, which he entered, and was immediately
apprehended. His person was positively identified.
The Jury found him—Guilty.
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SALISRUItY, JULY 54.
ELECTION RIOTS.
THE KINO, ON THE PROSECUTION OP THE CORPORA,
TION OF SALISBURY V. THOMAS MACKLIN, HENRI'
COLLINS, JAMES MUSSELWHITE, CHARLES DREW,
AND JOHN HERBERT TEWKESBURY.
This was an indictment traversed from the Sessions
for a breach of the peace, and riotous conduct on
the first day of the election for Wiltshire, in which
Mr. John P. Tinney, the principal agent for Mr.
Bennett, the unsuccessful candidate, received a violent
blow on the head from a bludgeon, and had the win-
dows of his house beaten in.
Mr. Serjeant PELL stated the case for the prosecng
tion. He said, that although on such occasions al-
lowance ought to be made for the effervescence of
public feelings, yet this was a case attended by so
many aggravated circumstances, that it would have
been improper to have passed it over. Mr. Tinney,
no one could doubt, was an able and zealous sup-
orter of Mr. Bennett, but he had not passed
the
boundary of discretion. The evidence which he
should have to lay before the Jury would shew them
that on the evening of the 24th of June, about twelve
or fifteen persons followed two of Mr.Tinney's cleiks
from the White Hart, where Mr. Bennett's Committee
I sat, to Mr. Tinney's house, and were insulting them.
The crowd gradually increased to nearly 200, who
were extremely clamorous in crying—" Wellesleyfor
ever! Tro'Bennet!!" Mr. Tinney came out and re-
quested the mob to disperse; and on the refusal, he
attempted to seize Macklin, who appeared to be a
ringleader, but was struck on the head by a person
from behind with a bludgeon, and taken into the
hoase senseless. The fact of the riot becoming known,
several special Constables were dispatched, but did
not arrive in time to prevent the demolition of the
windows of Mt. Tinney's house. The Constables
again urged the mob to disperse, and on a further
'refusal, they took several into custody, among whom
were the present defendants. The blow which Mr.
Tinney received was of so serious a nature that it
might have proved fatal, and all the defendants
might have been legally considered as guilty of mur-
der. However, he only desired the Jury to convict
of the riot and assault, which they could not fail to do.
Mr. Justice PARK—" Brother Fell, there can be
no doubt they would be guilty of murder."
Mr. Serjeant PELL hoped that this would be well
understood in future by such as were disposed to em-
bark in transactions of this disgraceful kind ; that
they would reflect that zeal had its limits ; and that
private wishes must be expressed and acted upon
under the restraint of the law. He was quite certain
that none of the prisoners had acted under the sane-
, tion of any of Mr. Bennett's competitors, and he was
also certain that none of the defendants were quali-
fied to vote, consequdntly they must have gone upon
the impulse of their own evil dispositions. Whatever
might be the individual opinions of persons, neither
those who were Candidates for a scat in Parliament,
nor their agents, ought to have their lives put in
danger. The Corporation, who now prosecuted,
sought only for the preservation of public tranquil-
lity, and it was anxiety for that alone, which induced
them to seek punishment in the present instance.
Mr. P. M. Chitty, and Mr. J. Peru Tinney, spoke
to the facts of the risk in the same terms stated by
Mr. Serjeant Pell, as did also two special Constables,
and Mr. James Sutton, a Member of the Corporation.
Mr. GRANT addressed the Court and Jury on the
part of Charles Drew, and contended that upon the
evidence his client must be acquitted.
Mr. MEREwETHER strongly urged that his clients
must be acquitted, inasmuch as Mr. Tinney's own
conduct in attempting to seize a person in the way
he did, prcvoked the riot.
Mr. Justice PARK summed up the evidence, and
expressed his opinion, that if the Jury believed the
witnesses, they must find the defendants guilty.
The Jury, after consulting some time, found the
defendants Guilty of the riot, but not of the assault.
Mr. Justice PARK observed, that if the Jury found
the defendants Guilty of partaking in the riot, they
must also find them guilty of the assault.
The Jury again consulted, and inquired if they
could find a verdict of guilty against Macklin, woo
was taken with a bludgeon in his hand, and acquit
the other defendants. On being answered by the
Learned Judge in the affirmative, they returned a
verdict of Guilty against Macklin, and acquitted
the others. Macklin was then sentenced to One
Month's Imprisonment.

POLICE.

Bow-erataT.--Yesterday, several personi were
brought to the office from the Regent's Canal, charg-
ed with duck-hunting, in setting dogs at ducks, for
which they paid ..6d. a piece ; and also with ether
disorderly conduct. They were ordered to find bail.
The commitment of the poor man, Patrick Quinan,
under that peremptory Act of Parliament for regu-
lating Hawkers and Pedlars, has excited the com-
passion of some humane Gentlemen, who have agreed
to pay the penalty of i:10, the Magistrate having no
power to mitigate it.
HATTON-GARDEN.—Francis Emerson and Joseph
Priestley, two lads, were brought up in the custody
of Baker, a constable, who attends at the Chancery
Court, Lincoln's Inn, charged on suspicion cf break-
ing into the chambers of John Brooks, Esq. Lincola's
Inn, forcing open his desk, and robbing the same of
a quantity of silver coin, and various other articles.
They were committed for further examinaticn.
MARLBOROUGH-sratt7.—./ohn Warner was re-
examined on the charge of having forged and uttered
a Bill of Exchange for IDS. 13s. drawn by Smart,
and accepted by Smith, with intent to defraud
Mr. Moore, cutler, in Orford-street. The case was
this day entered into, and it appeared that the Priso-
ner paid the Bill for a trifling sum, as a security till
Saturday last ; but he not appearing on that day,
the prosecutor, on inquiry, discovered that the drawer
and the acceptor were men of straw, and could not
be found.—The Magistrate, dismissing the know-
ledge of forgery, committed the prisoner for fraud,
be having neglected to pay for the goods on Satur-
day, for which the Bill was left as a security, and
without which the prosecutor swore that he would
not have parted with the goods.
UNION HALL.—Yesterday Townsend, a constable
of Lambeth, was charged with assaulting the soldiers
on duty at Astley's Amphitheatre. On Wednesday'
night, the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge were at'
Astley's Theatre, and a military guard of honour was
stationed there. Orders had been given by the Ma.'
.nagers, that no person should be suffered to intrude
into the lobby, or near the entrance, that the Royal
couple might have free ingress and egress. The pri-
soner, Townsend, was found in the lobby, by Oddy,
an officer of Bow-street, and ordered to leave the
place ; he peremptorily refused, and Oddy was com-
pelled to force him towards the door ; he resisted,
and made his way back, and Oddy was obliged to
call in the military to turn him out, when eprivate
soldier took him by the arm ; he seized him by the
stock which was round his neck, and pressed his
knuckles against his throat, so violently, that he was
compelled to drop his arms ; the Serjeant of the
guard and several police officers came up, and took
Townsend into custody. He was ordered to find
bail, to answer the complaint at the Sessions. The
Adjutant stated that it was his determination to pro-
secute Townsend for the assault.