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of assisting her, exclaimed wi• th-a violent oat drat
she would have nothing to do with her, pre-'
vented Hannah Davies froin interposing. The.pri-
soner and Edwards went away soon am.
The prosecutrix was corroborated in tittmain parts
of her statement by the testimony of Hannah Darvies,
an interesting little girl, w after being examined
by the Judge as to her c ension of the natire
of an oath, gave her evideneti from the bench with
great simplicity.
It appeared doubtful whether the crime had been
consummated in the manner required by law; that
after the prisoner's departure she remained to mangle
her clothes, and did not infoim her mother of the
outrage till next morning, when she was questioned
in consequence of what her mother had heard ; and
that she had manifested considerable levity when the
soldier first began to take liberties with her. Under
these circumstances,
His LORDSHIP. without going further into the case,
directed the Jury to find the prisoner Not Guilty; he,
at the same time, designated Betty Edwards as a
most infamous and scandalous woman, and regretted
it was not in his power to punish her; and before-the
prisoner was removed from the bar, he addressed him
uyon the enormity of his conduct.
William Hargrave was charged with killing and
slaying William Flannigan, at Wetherby, in the pa-
rish of Spofford'.
The deceased was a deserter from the 40th Regi-
ment, and was brought from Leeds to Wetherby, on
the 16th of May, in the custody of a corporal and
two soldiers; of whom the prisoner was one. They
stopped at Mr. Hind's, a public-house in Wetherby,
where they all (except a sold* named Evans), were
intoxicated, and, after some time, went to bed. The
corporal soon fell asleep, and the deceased, a power-
ful man, who was handcuffed to Evans, was so vio-
lent in endeavouring to get loose, that the latter,
who had been wounded in the arm, was obliged to
unlock the handcuffs, and call in Hargrave, who
stood sentinel at the door. As he entered, the de-
ceased knocked him down, and attempted to escape,
but was prevented, and pushed back on the'bed. In
consequence of a renewed attempt to escape, the pri-
soner levelled his musket, and shot Flannigan dead.
His Lot:mull., in summing up, obserVed,- the in-
quiry was, whether it was absolutely necessary, at
the time, to use fire-arms to prevent the prisoner from
escaping.—Guilty—Fined one shilling, and to be im-
prisoned one calendar month.
The prisoner was afterwards discharged, Mr. Wit-
ma ma having previously moved for an arrest ofjudg-
ment, on an objection to the presentment of the Co-
roner's Inquest, it stating the olfenCe to have been
committed " in Wetherby; in the county of York,"
and afterwards, " in the parish stare:aid," no parish
having been before named, and Wetherby being in
the parish of Spofforth. Mr. WILLIAMS quoted a case
in point, " King v. Matthews," contained in the sth .
vol. of the Term Reports.
Thomas lVilson was charged with forging a cheque,
purporting to be drawn by John Hutton, of the Rich-
mond Bank. for El 1.75. and with paying the same'
to one Christopher Mason.
Christopher Mason keeps an inn between 'MA-
mond and Layburn. On the 27th Jane, the prisdaer
came to his house, and staid till the 29th. In pay-
ment of his bill, about 12s. he tendered the cheque in
question, witness givinglim the difference, except
three shillings. Prisoner said he took the cheque of
Mr. James Langdale, of Northallerton. Witness was
to pay him the three shillings at Mr. Falls, of Lay-
burn (where he was going to work) the first market-
day he (witness) went there. Witness paid the cheque
to Mr. Bradley. On inquiry at Mr. Falls', to pay the
three shillings, witness found the prisoner was not
there. His suspicions were excited, and he succeeded
in apprehending him at Beetle, which lies in a con-
trary direction, when be received back upwards of
L'7. Prisoner was taken before the Mayor of Rich-
mond, where he admitted the cheque was forged,
and that he had done it when he was in liquor.
Mr. Bradley received the cheque of last witness.
Next day .he sent it, with others, to the Layburn
Bank, by John Hutton.
Mr. Ware, managing clerk, received the parcel
containing the cheque. The signature was not Mr.
Hutton's writing, nor that of any clerk in the house.
Thomas Falls, is a master printer. Has known the
prisoner two months. He employed him in copying
some manuscripts. The words in the body of the
cheque are, in his opinion, the prisoner's writing. He
thought the signature was the prisoner's, but disguised.
James Langdale never paid the cheque to prisoner,
The prisoner made no defence. Verdict—Guilty.

13trrumutu--Honsa-Seassua.—Yesterday James Dench, a
sott of itinerant green-grocer, who hawks fruit and vegetables
about the streets with a horse and cart, was brought up before
Sir WILLIAM Loaner, on a charge of horse-stealing. Early
in April last some stables and setiosues at Luton, in 'Bedford-
shire; were broken open, and among the property stolen there-
from was an old hone, worth about £5, belonging to * widow
women of the unlike Brewer. No trate, either of the- rob-
bers or she property, could be obtained at the time; but, about
three weeks ago, Hayden, the Luton carrier, recognized the
animal on the Islington-rod, drawing a cart with; vegetables.
Ile-soon learned to whom the cart belonged; and, after having
given information of the discovery to Mrs. Brewer, and re-
ceived her instructions to detain the horse, applied to an officer
for that ptrpose. John Manchester, a green-grocer, living near
the Chapel of Ease at Islington, in whose possession the hone
was found, gave the name and description of the prisoner as
the person of whotn be had bought the animal, about three
months before,in Smithfield, for £4 10s. Dench acknowledged
selling the horse to Manchester, and, to account for his own
possession of It, produced a written memorandum of his having
purchased it in the Borough, en the Ind of April, of a man of
the name of Sendfield, for three pounds; this was witnessed by
one Findletta, of No. 264, Kent.atreet, who appeared to prove
its authenticity. As, however, neither the prisoner nor his wit.
ness could give any account who Sendfield was, and the whole
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memorandum turning out to be the -hand. of Findletta,
who described himself as an itinerant dealer in firewood, the 1
Magistrate could attach but little credit to such a document.—
" You may try It you can make a Jury believe this story,* said
Sir Wit.t.nm " but it won't do here." The prisoner was there-
fore committed to Newgate for trial.
INFAMOUS Bauraorrs.—,Friday, a butcher was
driving a flock of 'sheep, near" the end of Shoe-lane,
-Holborn, when some of them turned the wrong
road, and the driver called to his dog to turn them
back. The poor animal did not obey. his master's or-.
ders so promptly as he wished, and the wretch took
a knife out of his pocket) and having seized the dog,
• and uttered the most horrid imprecations, cut a deep
I wound in his throat. A Gentleman, who was passint,
I seized the arm of the monster, and prevented him
from con ipletely destroying the dog; which struggled,
and having got out of his masters grasp, ran away