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London, England, 1816-11-15 00:00:00

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'' The ratestaz-Geoutat, hir,,Toprow, end iiir.i
'Ricitaaneve, In.support of , the convictioo, .referred
to the 12th. George 111. c... paised 10f the, ;tura
pme, of establislsiqg a Supreme Court of Justice at
Fort William, and contended. that, the word 'trine
intrOdeced in the 13th Section of that Act, applied
to all Crimes, whether felonies or miidemeanorel
but without hearing these Learned Gentleineti at
d Ettinnioaouou was clearly of opinion, that,
tlie provisions of the Statues of William, which
Gould never be held to extend to felonies, Were con-
clnsive upon the present occasion ; stud the Court,
attending to the wording of that Statute (upon which
the 42d George 111. will ,Pounded), were ,booed to
hold that this conviction could not be sustained. But,
independent of this, his Lordship was at
,a loss to
conceive, how a man couhl be guilty of a felony in
the execution of his office t it w4e,a violent straining
of the words of the Act of Parliament.
The rest of the Court agreeing with his, Lordship,
the judgment was arrested.
Under these circumstances, the defendant, who
was a young man of very singular appea.ance, and
chit in the costume of.a Quaker, was discharged.
sue tr. DAVID Le#III.
The ATTORNIIY-GiteeltAL prayed the judgment of.
el)e Court against the defendant, who pleaded guilty,
to eh indictment charging hint with various frauds
of an extraordinary benne in his situation of Deputy
Post-master. at Dolgelly, in Wales. The first count
of the indictment chased, that the defendant, being
employed add entrusted by. Mrs. Jervis, the Post-
mistress, at Welcli4ool, in Montgomeryshire, to
distribute letters at Dolgelly; where he acted a De-,
poly Post.matter, he received, oa the 15th of 'Fe-,
Ornery last, certain letters, to be delivered by him ,
within his district,,. amongst which.was. one directatl
to fill. Robert Vaughia, Bert. „Kg. for Which be'
svaeentitled'tO receive no postige, and dun the del
fendaat had matted' tattle maid' fatter le, ,the
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the cherge of postige; but: *hide 'Wit not paid by
Sir Robert; sod that ,he afterwards obtained credit.
from Mrs. Jereisin account. foe. tbar. sum, by exhi-•
biting the envelope of the said .letter,. which was re-
turned to hint by Sir itqbert.., and pretending they
he had paidifoif nto -airy back Itoihe rid Sir Roberts',
therehy meaning- so alefreed the POSVIIIIIIIIVis of
Welsh Pool. There.,were live other counts, alledr.
log against the 'defendant the like !lumber of offeucei
of the same description.
The defendant put in 'affidavits in mitigation of
punishment' from 4 great 'many respectable persons
residing in his neighbourhood, the tendency of which
was to shew that he had always borne the character
of an honest man.
Mr. PULIAR addressed the Court on behalf of the
defendant in extenuation- of his offence, and the AT-
TORNEY-GENNMAL being heard in aggravation, the
Court sentenced him to Six Mouths imprisonment in
his "Majesty's gaol at Dolgelly.
AU P. sift WILLIMI ADAIIIIILIENT.
Mi. Serjeant Barr' at the instance of the defendant
hinii" preyed the judgment of the Court against
• , 'who was found gnilw at the last Sus-
ie* Amities; before Mr. Justice Burrough, of assault-
lestajoung man named Rosier, at Brighton, on the
stiff a August lest, The Learned Serjeant stated,
that the inaiie of his respectable• client in desiring
himsell to appeei before the Court to receive sen-
tence, was to have an opportunity of contradicting
the partial statement of the circumstances of the
case, which bad been ptiblished by the prosecutor in
'the newspapers. , _
From the Leerned Judge's report, it sppeared,thae
!:'the transaction hadsitrilen in consequence of a dis-
'pute between the pmsecutor, a young man about '2o'
.years of age, and the defendant, as to precedency in
the use of a bathing machine at Brighton, on Sunday
morning the T;th of August. It seemed the defen-
dant had been promised by Wallis, the bather, the
next turn of bathing with a machine which, was then
approaching the shove. A. struggle took place be.'
tween the parties who should first get possession of '
the machine, when the then occupant descended.
The prosecuter took his station on one of the wheels,.
end the defendant placed himselk.on the platform of;
41te Machine, for the purpose ef.maietaiaiag their re-1
*pieties claims to accomdiodatiOn. The defendant':
conceiving that he had a prior right,. remonstrated :
withrthe prosecutor ip civil terms upon his attempt-
qt to s force himself into the ,veliicki hit the latter
being obstinate in the easeetionqf ,his supposed right,:
the defendant pushed hint.A..she wheel. In the
Mean time the preeilieepossesior cispelput,, and then
a fresh Contention 'took gice .betweeo the,. tival
bathers. The defenti.mt inifitele:otered to accom-
modate the dispute, by laying thin they should bithe
together,, This Pr-DP(IO4 4e/ewer: -not being: ac-
erred' lit the Of9s,ectnnfs. Ake..fiefentine.t.apcceeded i
getting till of his rival' aeLl Amoy:it. The
Aganted Judge `ruled at the 'trial, that as the detest•.
dint had had only. an, ..aseignote.et
.4 the ' bathing.
maiblne, without. actnei possession
.. at the time the
sieliggletOorPlace, he was guilty of an assault fishtail
the eircualstihces given in evidence:'
The defendant nowpot in the affidavits of himself
and several respectable witnesses, !hewing that he had
acted as calmly, as he could do, in the maintenance
of his supposed right to prior accommodation, having
been -positieely.promised by the bather, the use ut
the nsachinbin qttestion.
Mr. Serjeant Base addressed the Court in midge-
tton of punishment, stating, that' the defendant had
used very little or no violence, and considering the
,provocations ,be had received, he had exhibited a
most laudable and singular degree offforbearance.—
He trusted that the smallest `fine would sttissfy the
justice of thecase. - • '
• Mr. blosaeoe, on the other side, said, that the
posecbtor had not acted under any vindictive feeling, ,
nd would have been content that the matter 'should
liewe beim dropped, scow d ng to the recompeudation
of tie- Learned Judge :"the defendant .-44 sought
kiosk up for sentence.. . . ;
toed Ettomonoucut, in a tone and manner of the
,siialtgest reprobation, said, that the prosecutor bad
leap great luck indeed to set a verdict at all against
tise &kaftan-I kir bad his Lordship tried the cnee_ o.
4iglibeen **we' of all did circbniinaittei which Wier
oft relented to the Coat, be should hive summed