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London, England, 1817-05-29 00:00:00

Linmow v. WILMOT.

The pl..tntiff is a shop.keeper at Vauxhall, and the
defendant a Captain in the army upon half-pay.—
The action was for the price of a lodging, in which
the wife of the delenJant lived for fifteen months ix-
fore her death, and fur other nt,:essiry expenses.
The whole sum demanded was 432. 16s. 6d. On
the part of the plaintiff it was said, that Mrs. Wil-
mot had had a small pin-money settlement, but that
it was inadequate to her support.
A Mrs. Moon proved, that she had lived fifteen
years as servant to Mrs. Wilmst. who had been sc-
panted from her husband some time before ; she was
80 years old when she died, and the defendant was
not a young man, but for many years he had lived
in a state of adultery with A maid-servant. He had
been in France, and when he returned he told his
wile that Bet Hall was a criarming girl, and he would
shew her a little of that country. Mrs. Wilmot had
a settlement of about 4100 a-year, but there were
some deductions, and
,si.e was often in distress for
money. She hail made a will, leaving the witness
as°, so as to make her independent of the world,
but that will was disputed by her husband, the de-
fendant. A Mr. Gretton had been appointed men-
tor ; be was introduced to bits. %WM, as 6LC tad

•Ile plAintlif while she lodge 3 in his house thst the
wanted a friend. The defendant had several time,:
endeavoured to see hts wife, but she refused to admit
him, as !)r chd not wish for a reconcilement.

Mr. Gretton admitted that Mts. Wilmot had been
in the receipt of ssllo a-year ; her whole prortty
might be about 4150 per annum, but it was subject
to a mnrtgage. The witness had been 1= ft by leer
residuary legatee and executor, and had delivered
over two boxes of plate to the defendant, and other
persona' property, on his demand. He was intro-
duced to Nlrs.Wilmot by his father, who, he believed,
had been mentioned to her by the The will
was prepared by an Attorney the witness had isirto
duced,nnd she had given her first instructions to him.
Anne Wilkins proved, that the defendant had lodg-
ed at her house with a woman whn passed as Mrs.
Wilmot and a daughter. They kept no servant,
and 420 a-year were paid for the lodging.
Lord Et.t.::sslßoUGll—" No &Obi A mtn may
drive his wifo out of &l as by m r. 1 r physical iorce
—by strength of body, or by livii:g in = tote
adultery w!th arwt!ii:r woman; the only qtysii,:n
here is, whether the wile so driven =alt, bad a suffi-
cient maintenance, considering the circumstance! =if
her hu.band ; he appears to be a 11.11-pay OiEc=r,
and she is admitted to 'have had an income of 16110
a-year, and probtbly had the best of it. II su, the
pre,ent action is not maintainable.". .

Verdict for the Defend Ant.
OLD BAII.EY.

Phifiirs Wood was inJicteJ tier le. u.! from
the top of the scunery of Mr. G►wchorne, in Mill•
banes. The prisomr, on being appr,heudeJ, sAid to
the ttlicer, *. he coul.l get no work, and what could
he (to ? he must g,a a thievin-, or starve."—Guilty.
James Grow:, a %retched /I.lf-famished Irishman,
WAS convicted of stealing A piece of beef Irons a
hutchei or the name of Potts, ia St. George's in the
East. Being called upon for his defence, he said that
he had none to make, but that having gone three
whole da)s without victuals, Ow teniptathoi to seize
the beet which he SAW hanging up WAS 1) great that
he could not resist it, whatever might be the cnn-
sequences.
John Hallett, aged fourteen, was indicted for hay.

iug cmhezzied ,V 2 56 Gd. wiSich he had received oil
account hi hir master, John Hiihard. Prosectit.,r WAS
.1 dyer in Hackney road, and prisofier was his et rand
boy when the transaction took place. The pro.a:cu-
tor, upon re-examioalon, said he b:lieved it might
he true, as pri.,oher had stilted, that another boy had
got the money iron, him.
He7e the REcounrit interfered, and requested the
prosecutor would withdraw the orosecution, under
such circumstances, to which he said he had no ob.

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jection, find was willing to take the lA,' Ag
aininto
hi, employ.—The Jury accordingly Acquitted the
iitist.ncr ; who received a suitable admonition from
the
YesterdAy the Sessions ended, whea sentence of
teas pasted upon the tifll,dwing cof.vff:ts :
Thomas Piper and W'lliam fur ,ds from a
barge ou the river 1 homes; Jrojimin flarwcad, for area ing
goods in a dwel.ing-house; l'hornas Co-harn Avg:, to • st...t;:hg
I,:tar front tar il,gierrd Pry!. Office; W feign kut it- 7iarp,
for am:4'lg an:7 a mare; Hubert :meth, for a mot) Ty
in a va.,53,. 'oar the hitiwAy; Thomas :esti. on , for
stealing goods irivately in a shop; Ninon Colitis for 'grating two
in nes ; Sotteoun zoaloutotts, for highe..ay robbery; Uenry tar
sell, George Wakes., and David Wier, fur I:ke offeetes; Joseph
I Clarke, for stealing a Matt; haltph Luna, tor burglary ; Geo.
I Lane, for burglary ; Wist. Reyntoila Grey, :or huusehreaktiog ;
Josses House anti Isaac Radford, and Join, 10/
a like offence; Charlotte Thomas, for steatiog good• in dwelt,
lin-house ; Robert Bridel, for a like offence ; and t.i.zsbeth Hops
kins, for stealing property in a shop.
John Watarlioutie, Charles lidlestnia, John Brennan, Thomas
Ball, Pater Pearson, and Mary Buckley, were ordered to be
transported her life—Joseph Ecerdon col Henry Abrahams,
for 14 years.—Sarah Margaret All4llll, Stsl4/11.011 Banks, Witham
Martin, :antes Butler, Stephen Webb, John WQ3d, John Haw-.
kills, Rich. Cardwell, John :ipencer, limes Williams, W. Robins,
Hugh Quin, J. Pearson, J. Shepherd, Charles Buckmaster, John
Judson, Aaron Dillon, Thomas Britain, 1 hos. Hyland, tieorge
liktadi..g, Mary MattIICIPP., Mary Casey, John Sterne, William
Rees, Wtiliani
_Graves, Henry Mindie, George Hooper, Joules

Hot Wan mid Peter Dutcher, Mr seven years.
Nine to be imps ironed in the House of tiorrection for London,
SI in the House of Correction for Middlesex, and 11 in Sew-
gate, (or var.ous periods; tw•o were ordered to be publicly, and
16 private:y whipped; five were lined ls. each and ;
16 judgiuents were respired; and 3.: were discharged by pluda-
mation.—Adjuurned to the July.

Bow-smear.. Yestria-ay Sarah taitton was brought I
to this Office, by Thomas Jones ai.d Pepper, two I
constables, charged with being concerned with ano-
ther woman in committing a highway, robbety, near
Coventry court, in the Itaymaiket, on the moaning
of yesterday se'nuiglit, between twelve and one
o'clock, and robbing Mr. Robert MfLeigb, of Silvei-
meet, Golden-square, of All Exchequer Bill for five
hundred pound., a C5O Bank of England note, a
drat for A.(100, drama on Messrs. Barclay and Co.
and various other articles of property. The prisoner
has been since :raced out by the above cons:
The prosecutor attended yesterday at the thrice, and
identified the prisoner as one of the women who had
robbed him, and he described them to have bi.set and
surrounded him so that he lound it impossible to
avoid or get clear of them, and as soon as Lacy ran
off from hint Le missed Lis pocket•bori, containing
the above property, Itt.rn his right Itaild UrL'ediell
pocket. Webb, the other woman, was ad- i
'flitted an evidence ; she stated, that the prisoner had
the poc.k.:t-book and its contents, end she ac:ompa.
nied her to her ltidgiaq,s in Tower-suet:is Seveh-
Dial., where was a wan, c lled H qspi tig Tout,
whitn the prisoner cohabit :d with ; s!.e gave :dm the
proisei ty,ar.J he trent ont to dispose of it. The wit-
nei.s ackitoeileaged that she was to have participated
in the division, but denied that slle had received ail
thing. Nit% linists and Mr. CosaNt, the sitting Ma-
gistrates, ordered the pri.ioner to be detained.
MAN WON JaLa Dori: was.
charged betore the LOUD MAYon with employing an
engraver to engrave a plate imitating a Gloucester
bank note ; it appeared from Pie evidence of the en.
graver, that the prisoner called upon him and
stewed him a note which appeared of th: Glouces-
ter bank, giving him an order to engrave a plate,
and gave him ss. in advance; he thinking he seas
concerned with that banking house, took the order,
but afterwards consulted is mend concerning. the ex-
ecution of it, who gave information to saint: person
concerned in that banking house, who tu.ik steps to
get the prisoner apprehended. The prisoner WAS fe-
Malltied for Lather examination.
Maitt.aoitoucau sTit$CT.--VUTItAtle AT TIIZ GitEEN
?Milt GATl.—Yesterday Henry Butler, A.:fp residing
at the Ywk hotel, St. James's-street, was brought up
and examined oa the following charge :—Jobu saucy,

keeper Of Cotlatitution ttili-Irate, said, tint
twelve and tine l'orstlAy nigh., he a
his assiptAnis were in waiting !in 'ha Itr•geni't
c.rriate, which c,A.v..yed his it •ysel Righeets fr,ra
the T2.ton I:iortem. The detend.int, att.i st.r ril
other Gentler-m.l, And Lid.ea, terse up to t;:e r,„k
side of the gate 4nd desired it• he let tioneyh ; the;
were inlorii.ed was An linseasisaAtne h .111, and •11..
was not cin.tomary to l t peiwns throt.:o
were ordered to gn awAy. Tney d•d an, B,nt
moment afterwards mimes! was AiAT i,el by !TA;:;`
dreadful noise, and the indow and %T.;
were lieu completely to Witn.:ss tmr4.2l4te:e
jurnptd up And secured t! e prisoi.er, wil.,tn he art
in charge to a W.itCllM4ll, altd the rest escAp.d.
Sir LV. PARSONS What harp pin sa)
The prisoner sAid.." IgncrAet tt e cnst rn%
this gAte, we came up, and friend it ch,.:t ; a bey le:
standi.l by, hr.west:r, &In ofr4oeti in let tiS ~,rt
he was paid for it, and left t!,e rrzs 1C r:=
ceiva to our sliscietion. I gave rum A shili.ng, 4cd
sever-AI others coming up, In? rerilsed to let ir
Vino!!!!) rt nil, niAin which, I 1)• here, the i.thers,
whnin he di..t toot kr—ise, proceeded v., r e•ience."

The bay was rart :a to this t :tr.:: he tot lay de.
cried it ; but the nipnt ct..tatabte Ctu.st) said;
when he was taxed wit:t it at the wito..;:c.use, tx
scented contuwit, and nuee nr% arm tr.

The Magistrate ob.er red, :hit: ts holnj to he.
hese Lint ea ghats, And brokvil were not
made r,tsorf, and a rcintineraiitin nr.d.:, ha should held
the p:is•ustr to bail.—An aJja,tment totlt
t7IIEIN I,QVAItt.--Yrittrdlty gr. rictrbun •s r,
&At on a chaipe stealing a Freat coat, the mow),
lit th • hostler of the Swan is r 3 L v Ty Stably',
Knightsbridge —J. Goan, sea; Lames-
tar-square, charged J. Ktyphis eyes .n. Aisth
ink forty silver pieces, lour gold tltt!.,, • J twsc.,ppt:
coins, his property. The silver pica s zte
coins of George I. 11. and ILI. Q.serss Eta ..heth.kc.
Ilse gold :ind ctyper were also cars...nits et •it ',cc
rt ign s. Kt mats
ildrwit Gray was fully committed fnr s•caling a
piece lii I..sit Innis trout F. LYN:ii, 4 traVt:l.:lg
' lAr, At a public bruise in Lambeth

GattorN.—mitesteiday the thi‘er of a
hackney c ach wa; examiiled and remint!od.
esArge of *Wiling 4 puCket boa, •cithttva a4ltl novt
.11lki a guinea of gold so it, which t irmcd plc iit 4
bundle put into codch by a Lady who heteJ mfr.
but wno imprudently It. pt him I.llAitssz 10T 1141 r. 2
11t61.1T 116 the street, with her pr yerty itn .er l* care.
Simuwou..--Yesterday Afars( Cask,le .lilJ .ur.4
Fc.rd were remanded on a h c__ of 1111e1Ing a 661:1
token.
Wonsow-iirruart.—Yestin y Itf. B
Lard-wee,. bhureJitch, vas coilv .eteJ in Ilar pen I:tie;
of 1118. 11d Cd.ql,• on an:ul•uni •titaidaganot
I him for telnng tai. d ill it $ t vesi4l.t.

On the I i.nni
ia4tant, .t: ket•per of the Atchorkt
.all gi it: at P-,l'oty, in Kent. Vials convicted in Lae
rit .ity et lus and cwats. dent.olisiz and re.
ceivio,g ol Mr E. Paoliv, of NI liSst..m., a toll for a
.hat 4.r ‘4;:s lcaditm to po,ture. _

netts,. l'u adAy night Mr. W.
M.r.aAs w„,s wis Ist, La ..keptiey Fair t
1-rio%:tia, lid *lion he cAllie 10 :hr
pi:e on Wl.,ti,cilapei-road, tie met tw3 men of !veer.:
..prediAnce, who to cintve::Ation with him.—
of them in:inured tint he nit, the rnAte ni a
vessel now lying in the River, And was piing wilt
his friend to his Indg;ngs a• H...si:.rt Mr. M.K-s
willingly ccrompAniid them Across tae IL Id, bin did
not pinceed tar hefwe one Ot thtinpad 11.%
!Was; both seized him, threatening, it tic mAili• Any
noise, they would murder him, and Irian
his person his thatch mid belltil shillings in s•
which :hey escAped before he c mid obtain as utue
to secure them, .

liresr. The adjourned Inquest on the body of
Sarah Moore, was held re•iterday at •lie Horse and
Groom, ChUrch-street,_ Wants bet ore JAta
Watour thwtN, Esq. Coroner tut Muldieseit.—Ms.
John Otitis, a surgeon, dud one of the Magistrates
for the County of Middlesex, ..Ife;led that he had
carettilly inspected the body Of fillfAlS Nloore. Et•
ternally there seetneJ to be great reason to suppent
that the deceased wok irons the sli...cts of the tercisof
the season, the consequznce of her extreme state of
wre'citedness. On opent..g the 1)0,1' tfu to appeared
very general organic disease, sunicieut t. cause the
death of the sufferer ; the lungs 1,: re !lie appeallace
of long and deep-seated influumatton ; the hest Wil
diseased, and these seas siropLy surroanJidg tt ; tiv!
stomach was collapsed, and had nos appesraece rt
indigesied food ; but from the oe of the liver. sr ;I
probshle that them WAS not nuich fticlinvion for
liast. He also op:aect the head, iiic
which was mach a!, usual. '1 lie Jury, veWS.:: %al
vet y respectable, after a short consultittun, rviamed
their sk.idict Gt—DieJ a Nattisal Death.

ik few days Ago. a GenitemAn, ab-ut I: stime
jockey weight. carried another Ott like eze, ~.1
back. from Broad! ty Ferry to Dundee, tot a stud
v...rger— the distance About tour miks H: was
allowed three hmirs to accomplis t the task, f.:.t
it in one lima And fifty-rive menu es; ha;
halted nn'y seven times on the read; tint re, y:
tsle litalricre:at..„ Khoo( half-w+}
E. ongl.ty ferry. He was so huh.. fimuttel, 1:e
offend to tarty ono:Jur petsol3 of the 5
over the same ground, within tl.e given Om
JERtItY-A tter fr. mSt 1-I,licr's, d.teJ ,y
112Tsr " The weal:lA:lids Irtsen rot this month pA,'
I con:inues uncommonly tine. The crops .•11 iook
and ptvin:,e an ahundnot batten?. •"z
still ,:igh—•Engiish 13,-ef and aim ton 81. per 11.-
Jersey, 'col, 4J. to fid.; beet fa. tu 7J•; t!or
best bn:rer Bd.; bre.atl, the coarsest 4d. to
—Rum, 13randy, and- Gin. from fis $,;. tit fs
gAllon ; rine mac kart!, from 4e. to Bd. a conpie "
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