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London, England, 1827-11-05 00:00:00

cam . ' - which, had- beat talfes. Mst against the
good, el t. Weitoss. "
Toe Miramar Gasmen& faith . whop *tiii.ilk.
Gunn EY and 11.. CHITTY) stated that tetn,astaistiossa
had been taken out against the jpoods.of kie.Wesiont.
and the wart ants to keg were delivered to SO ofg:er of
:he mate of Sweet. , Mr. Weston sags. a gentleman in
considerable practice as a coriveyincer, and had a kind` ..-:,
some, hiase in New, Ormond-street, which was. irar
-xoensivr li furnished. When • these executions wet,
taken out, an officer of•the name of Watt.ins was impos- r.
session on another execution, and Sweet, according to At,
practice of the Sheriff's Office, sent the new wirrante o -
Watkins, and the charge was, that b; %Alaskan betweeo
the defepdants and Watkin., *a colourable bill of s s .
as was.adeby Creak, who is a berth* -pail suet •
often employed bg the Sheriff. to...seif the goods, • .
thereby to defeat Sweet's manias+. - Watkins (who ig'
wive dead), Crook, and the two Langdons. informed
Sweet that the bill of sale more than covered the eel*
of the goods, and therefore nothing remained for hug
but to return aulliLona, which hedid. Afterwards, in
acti .DE brought against the Sheriff, it was foundA
the ieturns oerenot correct, and verdicts went.•.
the Sinn iff, when Sweet,the oker, upon his indemOit :
bond to the Sheriff, was obliged to pap the, motley *‘ •
was suspended from his office. He hoperlit ..-
, pear that Messrs. Weston and MUlar,;.artho were_ • • •
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education, kraus nothing about the' Wended, 11110
which might be-the use, although shell itanieti Wear-
mixed op With ihe'ireasaction. -- ... ' • •
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• (Nate copies of dm' jOspleitti,..olloitegitibliga -
Re tons *me produied, proyed; mid ••eia,itithe -
'allanner.
'lnfin.Sweet was ah officer•of thi.Steriffef, .
Ills January, last yeat, he erceivedrbe irairePt • liti
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about 5001. frost the griocisstif.Vi. Westop, sit his,
24We Ot mend•fireet I- sent the 'Jana*. to Watkoll,4l**••
was in possession,'accor" ding-esi the usual pried cee . 1."
George Hanky served the iratranf !toad Sweatimll
went on the Saturdity.to Watkins, oho iifdrased WM
that he was In possession; at Weston's 1)000410ff flit
then gave the warrant to Watkins, whasairt" all rWilf
I'll 1 ake care of it. Watkins's name was not in theirielia .
rant. This was on the 2lst•Jan:lBiitil •
R becca Sweet, wife of John Sweet, stared, 'that -thf
•warrant was sent back to her house. Het huantild•Wm
not at home then; but when he Caine home she gave
him the warrant.
John Sweet again called—He went to Waimea on
the 11th of October. on a Saturday night, bet• saw
no lights. On Sunday morning he went to Watkins,
who said that there Was• a bill of sale there, and there
were no more goods than .it would PoWer; that $v
Crook had got the bill of sale; and would tatisfyhim is
Monday morning that all• warrighe, and that' nothing
'had been removed, nor would bet at Inn% o'clock en
Monday morning, he went to New Ortssood-street to'
execute the warrant ; found a cut...there, and 'a large
package of wines ready to- be carried away; be ow
Langdon there ; went • over' . part of the home; Mot'
saw marks of a gteat 'number of books having bins*
moved from the libtalf; he then put a man in poker;
non; the same day he went to Cidok, a' broker and
auctioneer,who is usually employed wider the Sheriff
of Middlesex, and told him that he had an excels:ion
against Weston's goods; Crook said 'that the 'Imo&
seen all iecludtd in a bill of sale to Langdon; Tiff in-
quited of Crook about thebooks, as he was alarmed at
their goirg away after he had got shestnii-rattt; Crook
saidhe need be under no alarm, as they had been taken
away on Ft iday ; in a dayor • two alter he called on
Crook, and they stein together to Langdons; Li
don, sett: said that be had bought the retch dodo,
bill of sale, and that if the Shed, meddled whir di •
eav
he would bring an action.. He afrotwoods 'saw
don, jun. who propoSed that
.the actions should-
withdrawn, as the bill Of saki covered the goods, bit
this proposal• was rejected.. • Beth Watkins and Cr* k
assured him that the bill of Mk was legal, and be se.
turned nel/a bone.' He apprined • Crook, Watkins, and
the Langdons, that he 'had received another wars ant..
Which was that in the actions by Itsensr end, and at last
it was agreed that the goods remaining in the house
should be sold, and they were sold, and produced
about'3o('l. When the actions we e brought against
the Sheriff, he frequently mentioned it to the patties,
but they assured him that there was nothing wrong...-.
Walk ns, Crook, and a clerk of Weste.9 s, wete ex-
amined in the actions ill the Comincin Pt. as. Watkins
mentioned that a bill of stile had been made to
Crook, and that . Weston had •paid 4 fi 'tall. pf Air
bill of sale; and that he had received seven dozen gf
wine from Weston. Crook was then examined,. a. 4
cautioned by the Judge that he was to t bound in (r..
minate himself. Crook said he had received some *httia
died pbunds from Weston of the bill v.i sale, sunset**
before witness came in ; and that he had 3604 floes
Langdon on Saturday night;-the 21st or Jnoeiry.'"A•
verclut was given against the. Baer off, and witness ill
called on to pay :when whams-was uspendecf, lie nee,
to the Langdons; Ibis yeas siftei.iltt torah ; he saw In*
of them, and talked •ro them about the rill ; old ,bfga
Langdon said it at re vetx krujel thirig ulna' liireons
be was drawn intn-it 'by Croat; that I.e knew-M.oli*.
atoll about itAillotlie.Satoritit9lghl,; that On that 'MOO
they went to Weston's hotts4;zthat.Waildos Sold Shear
there of the witness's warrant, •anck ili'..t be coulchiet
keep it out tanner than the 'Monday looming, sod that
r.omething must, be done, immediately;;euct that ,ggeik,
this the bill of sal; was made. and areal part a tW
goods removed beadle Sittrilay night spot on die Os*/
fs4ylo-lopihg., -. .! . - . .r. • - 1....te,
• •. On clots-examination the witness said, that insomnia-
detstanding shi:thift Weston; should have the. .....-.
back from -Warbitir on paling the meaty., • estop
sways laid Out he. was frequently pressedil VtO
cit"
pay hint the mosey, On being asked whet" ter he'bed
nefer•given instructions foran Indictment ? he arspretika
In the negative. AO was tested how bog be Mittitd
a'Shetiff's officer; and be said above•3o years, and.
before he came to London he hid been in the Male b•u:
'aimless at Ply mouth, *here he was very well kraiirts to
the Gentlemen of the Bar--(A. laugh). Alter the trial
lathe Common Pleas, witness *eat to thw•LangdoriV
ihd 'got information which-enabled hint ;wisteria. thet•
present indictment.
- The ATTORNEY CINEEAL, at the close of this &eV-.
donee, consented to an lequ Mal for-L• angdon;-tiberittisol,
that as that person had 'givers *very inlet main% it•
would not be fair to prkss the prosecution against him.
He was accordingly acquitted. . ..
Miss Weston, the sister of Mr. WeAoti, retoeta• tered
Watkins being in her brother's house With an execution,
a; the suit of Stone; she did net recollect any additional
puichasez of furniture made by her brother after that
execution; after the execution had been put in, she sent
away some Madeira; Port, and Claret, in Holesearts;
they were engaged by Crook f. r that purpose; the fur-
niture was worth about 2,0001.
Henry .Hale was clerk to 14'L
1826; he was there on Saturday
Weston oh that day said that ;-
cation would be put in by •
there was a good law library,

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Mr.- Weston in January,
rday, the' 3d ofJaneatyl
,t he apprehended an ere.
Mirbin and Dobai:ham ; ;..
, and the whole futaittila
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