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WEILD OF KENT CANAL BILL.

BirTHOMASJONESerpressed hintsel f rather hoita
tile to the Bill, and therefore approved of the proposed
postponement, as the most proper course for hearing
the petition.
Sir EDWARD KNATCHBULL agreed to vote
for the amendment, since he was now convinced it
was not for the purpose of getting quit of the Bill by
a side wind.

It was at length agreed that the second reading
should be postponed to Tuesday the 23d instant.

THATCHAM INCLOSURE BILL.
Mr. CHARLES DUNDAS moved the second
reading of this Bill.
Mr. THOMPSON spoke against the Bill, and
moved an amendment, that it be read a second time
this day six months."
Mr. CURWEN supported the Bill ; as did also Sir
JAMES GRAHAM, and, as we understood, Mr.
,GEORGE VANSITTART.

Mr. PETER MOORE supported the Amendment.
A division took place, when there appeared—ln
favour of the Bill 36—Against it 21—Majority 15.
During our exclusion, we understood that tbe Bill
had been read a second time, and ordered to be com-
mitted.

Upon the motion that this Bill be lead a 2d time,
Sir EDWARD KNATCHBULL said, he had
been requested, by certain persons interested in this
canal, to present a petition to alter the line of its course,
but he saw nothing in that petition to prevent the
House proceeding to the second reading, and going
into a Committee.

Mr. CALCRAFT expressed his wish that the se-
cond reading should be postponed till the petition
should be presented and considered ; he therefore pro-
posed, as an amendment, that the second reading be
postponed to the 22d of April.
Mr. LUSHINGTON thought that the wisest course
would be to read the Bill a second time this day, and
allow the petition to be considered in the Committee,
or appoint a Special Committee fur that purpose.
Mr. W ILL 1 AMS WYNNE spoke in favour of the
amendment.

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Yesterday the sessions commenced before the Rea
00IWZR of London,LordChiefJustlceELLlMOßOVCll49
and Mr. Justice BAILEY.
The first prisoners brought forward for trial were'
Davatisort Wiry and Charles GaGrid Cathruur Merl*
commonly called Baron Kieruy indicted, together
with Edward Meyer (who has fled from justice) for a
felony, in stealing bills of exchange to a considerable
amount from the Marquis of Headfort.
The indittment was stated by Mr. Cunwoon.
Mr. Atte; in stating the case for the proseentionv
observed, that the Marquis of Headfort, the prosecu-
tor for the Crown in this case, is a Nobleman of rank
in Ireland, and that he has extensive-estates in that
country; that his Lordship, within the last year or
two, was occasionally in want of large sums of mo-
ney ; and rather than be obliged to trouble his friends
`or immediate connections by application to them for,
loans, he chose to make application to those who were
in the practice of procuring such loans for pecuniary
; consideration. He in consequence had dealings with
some of those persons who frequently advertise to ac-
commodate Noblemen and Gentlemen in want of
money ; and an offer was made to procure money
upon his acceptances, and by thus getting his negoci-
able securities in their hands, to commit the grossest
frauds upon him. In the month of October, 1809,
the prisoner Sedley communicated to a man named
Walker, who would give his testimony for the prose.
cution in this case, that he knew the Marquis, the ex-
tent of his fortune, and his perfect competence to pay
any securities into which he might enter ; and be-
tween them they resolved to send his Lordship a let-
ter, offering their service to procure any money he
wanted, upon his acceptances. Both Sedley and
Walker, so far from being able to advance loans of
money at the time, were actually paupers, and priso-
ners within the rules of the Fleet ; and Walker espe-
cially, in so ragged and tattered a state, that he
could not venture to appear to the Marquis in the
character it was proposed he should assume. In this
dilemma, Sedley requested of Walker to apply to
some person of his acquaintance out of prison, to al.
low of letters to be received for him at his house, and
others sent from thence, without incurring a charge
of forgery ; and Walker did in consequence prevail
on a person of his own name, having a house in Ro-
bert-street, Bedford-row, to allow of letters to be da-
ted from there, and others received on his account.—
Sedley then writes a letter to the Marquis, which
Walker copies, and sends to the Marquis, in which he
states, that if his Lordship is under any difficulties to
raise money, he would undertake to procure for him
50 or £60,000 upon his securities ; and if necessary,
for present exigency, to oblige him with an advance
on his acceptances of 8, 10, or £12,000; bat at the
same time enjoining the Marquis to the profoundest
secrecy do money matters, and requesting the matter
might be unknown to any person but his Lordship and
the writer, until the Marquis should return to Eng-
land. This letter was sent to the Marquis's town re-
sidence. He was in Ireland at the time he received
this letter ; and, on his return, he was not surprised,
that a knowledge of his pecuniary embarrassments
should have reached the writer. He therefore answer-
ed the letter, and desired a personal interview ; but
Walker was itisuch a state of rags and wretchedness,
that he could not appear ; and yet those wealthy gen.
tlemen, who were so ready to procure for the Mar-
quis of Headfort £60,000, could not, amongst them,
raise money enough to purchase a suit of clothes in
which to dress their chosen actor for the purpose of
playing his part at the proposed interview, and there-
fore another person was chosen, whose name, in cha-
rity, lie would not mention, because his evidence this
day might be adduced in further exposing the machi-
nations of this foul and fraudulent conspiracy. Uponl
some further consultation, it was agreed that Walker
had bluivn up the plot, and another person, named a
Mr. Edward Meyer, a Count by titular assumption,
was chosen at the recommendation of Mr. Sedley, and
a second letter was sent to the Marquis from Meyer, j
proposing to lend the money.
In this letter Meyer recurs to the accommodation
proposed by Richard Walker—offered, as he states, I
to the mercantile house in which he is a partner, but
as his partners have rejected the business as out of
the way of their concerns, he (Meyer) states, that
having solely taken, on his own private account, a
business wholly unconcerned with his partners' export.
trade, he is, if his Lordship stands in need, ready to
accommodate Lim with 6 or £B,OOO for four or six
months ; after which time he would renew the secu-
rities for four or 'lx months longer ; and do the like
again, if it should n;,,: be perfectly convenient for his '
Lordship to pay the money. This letter is dated the
14th of December, 1609, from 21, Little St. Thomas
Apostle ; the very counting-house, which, as he was
ready to prove on the testimony of the widow from
whom it was rented, had been taken by the priso.l
ner Kierulff, and the rent paid by Sedley, both of
whom were frequently there together. This letter
also enjoins profound secrecy : it appears to be copied
in the hand-writing of John Sedley, the son of the
prisoner and the original draft, in the prisoner's own
hand, is found amongst his papers, on his apprehen-
sion ; so loosely and incautiously will such persons
sometimes act, when wrapt up in an imaginary secu-
rity from all discovery. The Marquis, in conse-
quence, agrees to an interview. Mr. Walker's ab-
sence is accounted for, by a statement, that he is in
the country, confined with- the gout. The Count
Meyer comes to the Marquis elegantly dressed, and,
being a man of specious address, found no difficulty
in imposing on the credulity of the Noble Marquis ;
nor would, perhaps, on the discernment of persons
much more acute and conversant with the practices
•of such persons. The Marquis asked Meyer how he
proposed to accommodate him ? and Meyer answered
Monday morning, about nine o'clock, the remains by purchasing merchandises for the securities, and
of the late Turkish Ambassador were interred in the then turning them into money. The Noble Marquis,
burial ground of St. Pancras. The procession con- however, decidedly objects to this mode, and to
sisted of a hearse, containing the body, covered with every thing like having securities brought into the
white satin, followed by his Excellency's private car- mercantile market ; but insists, that whatever was
riage and two mourning-coaches, in which were the the amount received, must be in money. Upon this
priest and the late Ambassador's attendants. Upon Count Meyer took his departure ; but on the very
arrising at the ground, the body was taken out of the next day the Marquis receives another letter, the con-
shell which contained it, wrapped in rich robes, and tents of, and the circumstances connected with
dropped into the grave ; and immediately after, a which, it would be of the utmost importance for the
large stone, nearly the size of the body, was laid upon Jury to attend to ; because it would develope a sort
it ; and after someother Mahometan ceremonies had of bye-plot, still deeper than any stratagem hitherto
been gone through, the attendants left the groom!. practised; and under the pretence of personal know.
The procession, on its way to the church-yard, aid- ledge of and respect for the Marquis, to guard
loped nearly all the way. - hira against imposition, by a manceuvre, which war

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obviously and insidiously calculated to lull all his
suspicions, and to lure him into the irery,trap against
which it pretended to guard him. This letter was
signed by the name of a person calling liimszlf
O'Brien, and pretending to be a wealthy merchant.
It is not addressed to the Marquis, but to a Lady
then in his house, who, it was naturally supposed,
would communicate its contents to his Lordship.—lt
professed an intimate knowledge of his Lordship's
family, and his property; it states a knowledge of
Meyer having visited his Lordship, and cautions him
against any monet transactions with Meyer, whom
it states to be an artful usurer, exuemely rapacious,
and who had amassed an immense fortune by usuri- .
ous transactions, and who would exact the exbrbitant
terms of 8 per cent. It stated, that this Meyer had
advanced in this way large sums to certain branches
of the Royal Family, and in particular £50,000 to
the Prince of Wales ; that his moie of neguciating
securities was by pretended purchases cf merchan-
dise, of which he ustudly made fictitious sales to his
clerks, at a pretended loss of 8 per cent. and charg-
ing the loss to the borrower ; thus artfullf pretending
to guard his Lordship against usurious extortions, to
which he knew he must submit, while it insinuated
that Meyer was a man of immense wealth, who bad
the means in his power of accommodating his Lord-
ship in all events, and thus lulled all suspicion of in-
security in trusting him with his acceptances. The
draft of this letter was found amongst Sedley's pa-
pers, and the letter sent to the Marquis is in the hand
writing of his son John. Immediately after this comes
a letter from the same counting-house, signed by the
name of Edward Meyer, dated 20th December 1809,
purporting that he could now purchase, on very low
terms, a quantity of port wine, very good, at four
land six months credit, which he could sell in a few
days again at risk ; and if his Lordship would allow
him to draw upon him for £3,000, one-half at four
end the other at six months, he would purchase the
wines, and his Lordship might draw upon hhn for
£2,800 at 21 days, which would give him time to
put the wines again into his own stores, and sell them
again to the trade without giving the business the ap-
pearance of a money tramaction • and as soon as his
own acceptances were paid,he would shew the account,
and settle the balance to his Lordship's satisfaction.
This also was John Sedley's hand-writing, and so
little disguised, that on the slightest examination it
might have been discovered to be the same hand
with that signed O'Brien. This was followed by a
series of other letters, signed by Meyer's name, and
written by young Sedley ; which ended in the obtain-
ment from his Lordship of the Bills in question, to u
the amount of £5,000. A day or two-after those
Bills were passed, a letter comes to the Marquis,
by G. Kierulff, dated from No. 4, Panton square, Ja-
nuary 13, 1810 ; in which the writer states, that he
has received from Edward Meyer his Lordship's ac-
ceptance for £5OO, which he very much wished to
convert into two Bills, and he drew and inclosed two
for his Lordship's acceptance at 6 months, the one
for £3OO, the other for £2OO, and saying, that on
Monday afternoon following, on receiving those Bills
accepted from his Lordship's porter, he should leave
with him what he held. The letter concludes with
this remarkable paragraph, that when the bills be-
came due,he should, if require I, renew them according
to Mr. Meyer's engagement with his Lordship.—He
received the two drafts as he requested. Kierulff,hnw-
ever, had denied all connection with Sedley sr Meyer.
Here Lord ELLENZPROUGII interposed. His Lord-
ship said, he had no doubt of the correctness of the
statement, but still from the whole it did not appear
there was any fact to sustain the charge. of a felonious
taking against eitherof the prisoners—and if even the
fact of felonious taking had been proved against Meyer
if he were present, the most that could attach upon
the other prisoners was, as accessaries, or as receiv-
ing the property, knowing it to be stolen—but the
charge in this latter case was obviated by the circum-
stances of exchanging the bills with Lord Headfort,
upon whom, no doubt, a most grievous fraud had
,been effected. But-the Court were now met to decide
upon a charge of felony, which could not in his Lord.
ship's opinion be • sustained upon the circumsances
stated. What force those circumstances might have,
if proved upon trial for a fraudulent conspiracy, was
quite another affair—but that case was not row be-
fore the Court ; therefore, although the Court would
not now give any opinion as to what might have been
the result of another and a different form of procee-
ding, the felonious stealing charged now could not
be sustained by the circumstances detailed by the
Learned Counsel.
Mr. ALLEY, with great deference, stated,-that the
impression on his mind had been, that constructive
guilt of conspiracy and combination could be brought
home in this case as well as in that of libel or bur.
glary ; where, although the party accused is not
guilty of actually breaking open the house, yet, if it
shall appear to have been broken open by his procu-
ration or stratagem, it is as much his guilt as if he
actually forced the doors.
Lord Ecureaottouou admitted this
,principle with
regard to felony—for, whether the party charged was
waiting at a distance from the remainder of has gang,
or whether by tapping at a door he induced the mas.
ter inside to open it, and thereby procured entrance
with aielonious intention, the guilt was the same as
if forced open by himself; but constructive proof
could not be admitted to prove a felony under the pre-
sent circumstances, although it might be an act of tres-
pass—beside, the exchange of the bills put the charge
of felony out of the case„ with regard to Kierullif ;
for his having any lien or property in the bills for one
moment obviated all charge as to his felony, what. i
ever might be the effect of those circumstances it
proved under another form of proceeding.
Mr. ALLEY then proceeded to state another part of
the transaction, which he termed still more at ocious
than all the rest,•and calculated, when Lord Hesd-
fin't refused, by the advice of his friends, the pay.
ment of those bills out of which he had keen defraud.
ed, to terrify him into the payment by one of the
most abominable insinuations ever devised for such a
purpose A letter to Lord Headfort, signed by a
person subscribing himself John Yeates, stated, that
some friends of his held three of his Lordship's hills
for (.1 500, drawn upon him by Edward Meyer,
which they,very much wished to.get rid of, baying
lately discovered that Meyer was a person notorious
for propensities the most unnatural and abominable,
and had been twice punished under the sentence of
the law for unnatural crimes. It stated,. thatahe
writer and his friend were wellsatisied that hisLcrd-

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tlnce his Lorditio in a man who Woold lend him
thousand pounds, for any length of tinie, provided he,
would agree.to pay the £l5OO out of in This letter ,
was in tl:e hand-writing of the prisoner, Sedley, and,l
dated from his residence, No. 5, O;ray's:eralki Lam-i'
be:h, ticl of May, 1810. His Lordship treated this;
l-tter with the contempt it deserved ; it was after.;
wards followed by several other letters of a like ten-
dency, signed by the name of John ,Phillips, dated
from No. 14, Swithin'sdane, Lombard-street, allt
tending to terrify his Lordship in the same intainoissl
way ; and the last of which, after, endeavouring too
indiice his Lordship to pay those bills, under the dread'
of hlPnding his name with that of a man so implicated
as Meyer, artfully submits the copy of a posting-bill,
advertising the acceptances of Lord Headfort paid by
Meyer to Mr. John Williams, and by him to the said
John Phillips, stating Meyer to be a common swind-
ler, notorious for another abominable crime, who
never had any residence at No. 14, Little St. Thomas
Apostle's had been twice pilloried for the crimes al-
ready stated, and offering a reward of £2O for his
apprehension, payable by this John Phillips, at 14,
St. Swithin'sdane. He proposes to send thirty of his
own workmen to paste up ten thousand of these hand-
bills all over London and its suburbs. This by way
of assistingsliis Lordship, whose consent he asked for.
the publication, to lay hold of Meyer, and get from
him the money to pay his own acceptances which he
gave his Lordship in exchange for his—or, in all
events, obliging him to pay the bill in Phillips's
hands, which was paid to him for a valuable cqnsitle-
ration : thus endeavouring insidiously to terrify the
'Noble Marquis to pay those bills, under the menaced
alternative of paving the walls of the metropolis with
ten thousand posting bills, in conjunction with that
of a proclaimed swindler and reputed monster. Now
all these letters from Phillips world, he said, be
proved to be in the hand-writing of Sedley, and that
the drafts of them were found at his house.
Here again Lord ELLENIIOROUGH interfered, and
said, that still it did not appear there was any proof
of felony against Kierulff in this case.
Mr. ALLEY admitted the case ai against Kicrulff
was not made so strong as against. Scdley ; and not
being able to sustain the felony, he should relinquish
that part of the case as to him. If he had sooner
seen the indictment, he would have indicted Sedley
at the Quarter Sessions as an accomplice before the
fact, and Kieridff as an accessary after it.
Lord EL-Eienonoonn repeated his former opinions
as to the grievous fraud .upon Lord Headfort; but
the question now to try was, whether a felony could
be proved ? It would be first necessary to prove the
facts as to how the property was obtained, and then
sec how the law applied. If the bills were handed to
Kierultf, Merely as a 'servant or agent to obtain the
money, and he had embezzled them, then the felony
would be complete ; but the fact of exchanging them
for ,the bills with his Lordship, repelled the charge of
felonious taking.
Mr. ALLEY then declined pushing the prosecution
further, after the opinion expressed by his Lordship :
and no evidence being offered, the Jury, under the
direction of Lord ELLENEOROUG2II acquitted tie pii-
stoners of the felony.
Mr. ALLEY hoped the Court would order the pri-
soners to be detained, that another indictment might
he preferred against them.
Mr. KNAPP, Counsel for Kierulff, objected to such
a proceeding, on the part of his eliew, who had been
in the first instance admitted to bail, and surrendered.
himself at the proper time.
[The Court, we understood, permitted Kierulff to
enter bail for his future appearance.)
Mr. Anountis applied to the Court on behalf of
,Sedley, for certain papers wkich had been taken from
him when he was apprehended.
' Mr. ALLEY opposed the proposition. The greater
part of the papers were in the Secretary of State's
Office.
Lord Ettrsiscatovon said, it was very proper the
pipers should remain in custody, to prevent any of
them from being destroyed. The prisoner, however,
under the eye of an officer, might be permitted to
have the benefit of any of them which were material
to his defence. A Justice oldie Peace, who had exa-
mined them, thought it right, for reasons which there
was then no necessity for disclosing, to send them to
tie Secretary of State's Office.
The prisoner Sedley observed, there was a printed
book of great valu& in a box which had been taken
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iestored.
Lord ELLENBOROCGU informed him, he sat there
only to administer the criminal law ; if he wanted to
recover his book, he must go in the proper Law Court.
Sedley then inquired, whether the Court would
suffer him to go at large on his recognizances until
nest Session ?
Lord Li.LENtionouoii answered, when the Grand
Jury found the bill, or disposed of it otherwise, the
Court would then know how to act.
The pi isoners arc both tall genteellooking men.
Kieriilif, when arraigned, appeared deeply attected;'
and cried very much.-
The Marquis of HBADIOItT'S4t on the Bench until
the business was disposed of.
George SwaMw, for stealing 64 yards of stair car-
wt, value Jei, and upwards, the property of Messrs.
Widnell, in the d house of Josiah Widnell, was
capitally convicted.
The following prisoners were convicted of felony :
Richard 11011*y, for stealing sft, yards of cotton of
William Payne Barnard.
Ansa Maria Walter and William Acute, for stealing
;even cotton haodkerchiefs, value 71. Gd. the property
Of Joseph Craig.--Fowle also guilty of stealing a
obeese, value 45, the property of William Davis.
Abraham Lanjky, for stealing a silver watch, &c.
the property of John Emly.
Mary Clarke, for stealing a watch, two gold seals,
kc. the property of Goodwin Hammond.
JAI! Katt, fur stealing tour deals, the property of
George Robert Holmes.
Mx Col., for ste.Aing a bag of sobs. weight of
gas, the property of William Osmond.
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articles if (Rearing apparel, value 4
of George Robert Holmes.
for ataaHug.4lbs. weight of sugar, the
Messrs. John andliamstel Hancock.
' for stealing a great coat, value ss. the
Feph TilYlur•
or stealing u.pair of rope slings, v:due
of John gdward Holmes and others.
ilichon, fur stealing I Oulbs. weight of raisins,.
value 40s. the property of Messrs. Haddatt, Boat,
and Haddam
FVslliatn Jame:, for stealing a box, containing several
articles of wearing apparel, &c. the property of Wm.
Fleetwood Berry.
'l'be following were also acquitted :
J. Easton, Elia. Whitfield, Mary Lally, W. Parker,
J. Aanolexs, C. Gill, and. Eleanor Fearn.

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1 • ah;p was toraccinaini.edwA this Character of Meyet
w ~i, tie accepted an se bills, otherwise his Lordsh
si.ould nor blend Fs name on paper with such a re
fires—neither did his ft ienil, who took the bills, n
frem Meyer, know any thing of his character at t;
.- t. tne, or day wool.l not have had any thing to Itt
with liim. The leer concluder. 14 offering to intr
It, since his Lordship to a man who would lend him t
thousand pounds, for any length of time, provided
asonld agree.to pay the £l5OO out of it. This lea
was in the hand-writing of the prisoner,- Sedley, a
i; dated from his residence, No. 5, C;ray's:iralks Lat
;;; be:h, ticl of May, 1810. His Lordship treited tl
f; .• later with the contempt it deserved ;it was aft
k wards followed by several other letters of a like ti
dency, signed by the name of John ,Phillips, dal
1: from No. 14, Swithin'sdane, Lombard-street,
tending to terrify his Lordship in the same infirm
t. way ; and the last of which, after, endeavouring
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h induce his Lordship to pay those bills, under the drt
rle of hlPnding his name with thit of a man so implica
,';!!i• I as Meyer, artfully submits the copy of a posting-t
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h advertising the acceptances of Lord Headfort paid
:, t Meyer to Mr. John Williams, and by him to the s
i'l John Phillips, stating Meyer to be a common swi
let, notorious for another abominable crime, a
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never had any residence at No. 14, Little St. Thou
Apostle's : had been twice pilloried for the crimes
- ready stated, and offering a reward of 0.?0 for
apprehension, payable by this John Phillips, at
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St. Swithin's-lane. He proposes to send thirty cr
own workmen to paste up ten thousand of these h:
bills all over London and its suburbs. This by '
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of assistingsltis Lordship, whose consent he asked
t the publication, to lay hold of Meyer, and get fi
him the money to pay his own acceptances whit;
gave his Lordship in exchange for his—or, is
events, obliging him to pay the bill in Phill
I hands, which was paid to him for a valuable ccial
ration : thus endeavouring insidiously to terrify
'Noble Marquis to pay those bills, under the men
alternative of paving the walls of the metro obis
*i , ten thousand posting bills, in conjunction with
t.li of a proclaimed swindler and reputed monster.
all these letters from Phillips world, he saic
proved to be in the hand-writing of Sedley, and
i' the drafts of them were found at his house.
41, ' Here again Lord ELLENIIOROUGH interfered,
said, that still it did not appear there was any
of felony against Kierulff in this case.
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Mr. ALLEY admitted the case ai against Kit
was not made so strong as against. Scdley ; an,
being able to sustain the felony, he should relin
that part of the case as to him. If he had s,
seen the indictment, he would have indicted S
at the Quarter Sessions as an accomplice befot
ii fact, and Kierulff as an accessary after it.
Lord Eaatasnottovon repeated his former op
as to the grievous hand upon Lord Headfort
i the question now to try was, whether a fclony
• . be proved ? It would be first necessary to pros
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facts as to how the property was obtained, and
sec how the law applied. If the bills were hani
Kierulff, Merely as a 'servant or agent to cbtai
money, and he had embezzled them, then the
would be complete ; but the fact of exchanging
for the bills with his Lordship, repelled the cha
felonious taking.
..- , Mr. ALLEv then declined pushing the prose
i'. • further, after the opinion expressed by his Loy
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. - . and no eviderce being offered, the Jury, and
.',.. direction of Lord ELLENEOROUG2II acquitted ti
loners of the felony.
Mr. ALLEY hoped the Court would order tl
snliers to be detained, that another indictment
be preferred against them.
.a Mr. KNAPP, Counsel for KiernliT, objected t
a proceeding, on the part of his chew, who ha
in the first instance admitted to bail, and surre
himself at the proper time.
[The Court, we understood, permitted Kit
I enter bail for his future appearance.)
Mr. Anotortts applied to the Court on be
,Sedley, for certain papers wkich had been take
him when he was apprehended.
ti " Mr. ALLEY opposed the proposition. The
part of the papers were in the Secretary of
Office.
Lord Ettrsiscatouun said, it was very pro
pipers should remain in custody, to prevent
them from being destroyed. The prisoner, hi
under the eye of an officer, might be perm
t have the benefit of any of them which were r
to his defence. A Justice oldie Peace, who 1:
1 anined them, thought it right, for reasons whit
was then no necessity for disclosing, to send
f 1 tke Secretary of State's Office.
i The prisoner Sedley observed, there was a
ttii, book of great villa in a box which had be(
1 from him ; he hoped the Court would order
1 restored.
Lord ELLENBOROCGLI informed him, he s
only to administer the criminal law ; if he w:
I recover his book, he must go in the proper Lai
Seale), then inquired, whether the Cour
suffer him to go at large on his recognizaa
nest Session ?
Lord Lt.LENtionounit answered, when du
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Jury found the bill, or disposed of it other`
Court would then know how to act.
The piisoners arc both tall genteellooki
Kierellf, when arraigned, appeared deeply
and cri•A very much._
The Marquis of HBADPOET'S4t on the Be
the business was disposed of.
i i George Swall9qa, for stealing 64 yards of
I r wt, value ,411, and upwards, the property o
1 Widnell, in the dwelling house of Josiah Wii
,'• oanitally convicted.
The following prisoners were convicted 6
Richard Hollidoy, for stealing 51 yards of
William Payne Barnard.
I Asa Maria Walter and Williem Acute, fc
;even cotton haodkerchiefs, value 7s. (id. th,
Of Joseph Craig.—Fowle also guilty of
geese, value 45, the property of William
Ilit . Abraham Layjky, for stealing a silver xi
the property of John Emly.
Mary Glob, for stealing a watch, two
Ike. the property of Goodwin Hammond.
- Jam Kent, fur stealing tour deals, the p
i George Robert Holmes.
AU Cole, for stealing a bag of 60Ibs!
• gas, she property of William Osmond.
i . areliataefi Hisheos alias Ansistets feoe ate*
i .

gpvinum, abu •
ts, and other a
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this
• ish;p was tmaccinaini.edwi character of Meyer'94 395. the property
w he accepted tht se bills, otherwise hts Lordship -11fichiss/ Fox fa
I,.ssnld pot Wend Fs name on paper with such a rut- property of Mewl
Eies—neither did his fiiena, who took the bills, not John Smith, for
from Yever, know any thing of his character at the property. of Jo.s4
roe, or tlmv woul.l not have had any thing to do Jolyt Smith, for I
with liim. The letter concludes 1i offering to intro- -21. the property ol
r tet a man who would lend him ten • John Dickson, iv