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aenget's nun also with bins for three weeks. Thi pro-
ceedings nailer the commission were stopped by the*
Lord Chancellor. but the plaintiff was entitled to very
ample damages for this trespass.
The agreement was then produced and read, and a
broker proved that be had valued the goods taken at.
the plaintiff's counting house, at Great St. Helen's, ansf
at his dwelling house in Portland-place, Islington, at
1631. The trespass was proved.
Mr. Pot.Locic contended that the defendant had goof"
grounds for suspicion; and the amount of damages
ought to, be confined to the 1681. which the di fendent
was ready to pay.
Lord TIttiTERDIS srai of opinion that something more
ought to be given, although no specific damage had
been proved beyond that sum. He mu t say for the de-
fendant, however, that if the explanation which he had
derived respecting the removal of the Materials by the
plaintiff had been given, it was probable that he would
not have sued out the Commission. Still, it no doubt
was a considerable annoyance to the Otaiotiff to have a
Commission taken out against him—to have his papers
and his goods taken away from hire, and therefore they
ought to give.reasonable damages; but he would advise
the Jury to be temperate in the estimate of their amount.
The Jury, after consulting together for a short time,
found ther verdict f..r the plaintiff—Dames 4.001.

BOARD OF BXCISR, Issomir 17.
George Treadway was summoned for selling goods
by auctiqn w ithout a license. The case was proveJ by
an Excise officer, who said, that on the Ist of Novem,
ber he went to an auction room in Picket street, orpn:
site St. Clement's Church, in which the defendant was
selling goods,and he bid for a knif.,which was knocked
down to him for Is. 2J. A female took the money,
and he was charged hi. for auction duty. • I
Tbr defendant, whose appearance bespoke great
poverty, said he was not li'va.e he wes acting illegally;
fie was formerly a Gentleman's. groom, after which he
suppotted himself with doing sundry jobs, until Mr.
Genese, the proprietor of the auction-room, engaged
him at 10s. a week, to act as auctioneer. Gfnest told
him he would run no risk, as he (Genese) was a licensed
suet ibileer•
The Couirr said they must rut a stop to the mock
auctions, and fined the defendant in the mitigated,
penalty of 101.
George Meekratie was charged with a similar offence,'
The °Seel proved that, in this instance, he pug chased.'
by auction, at the defendant's room, in Holbo.n, oppo
site Middle-row,a pair of plated candlesticks for Is. 10J.
and was charged three halfpence for the Auction Doti.'
This defendant pleaded great distress, and said he
had a wife and four children ; he was employed by
Mr. Culver, the proprietor of the room, who had a
license, add gave him a c mmisairm of Is. W. in t..e
pound fin. selling. He was fined 151.
Mr. Ford, landlord of the Friar public house, F. iar-i
street S ,uthwa; k, was fined 101. for having in his pos-
ses ion a quantity of liquor used for colt uring
I r justice to Mr. Fot cf, it should be stated, that he did
not appear to have ever used the preparation, and he
said he found it in the hone when he took it, winch
was only a few ascii the ago.
Leer Schroder, of 14, Dock-street, Whitechapel, was
charged with having in his possession a private still.
The Officers stated, that on the 4:h of September
they seised, in a shed occupied by the defendant, a
pr.vate still of 70 gallons, together with a large quan•
thy Isf apparatus, 4221b5. of molasses, and 29 gallons
of spirits. .
The modeles were condemned, and the defendant
fined 1001.

Several Licensed Victnillers, against whom info-'
mations had been laid, for having adulterated thei
spirits until the strength became below that required
by law (17 per tern. under proof), appeared, and the
whble of the spirits were declared r., be condemned.
:MIDDLESEX SESSIONS. Jaw. 17.
lfillisfar Sapared and his wife were ind►cted for keep-
ing a disorderly hou-e in Eiston-crescent. It wits
proved that females appeared at the win-tows ne.aly
undressed, and made use of such languagwas made it
necessary for respectable persons to avohl pa-sing near
the house. The man was found Gaily, and sentenced
to S months inaprisonmfutt. Tne woman was Acquitted.