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London, England, 1804-07-04 00:00:00

COURT OF EXCHEQUER, JUNE 30.

THE ICING 11.
This information was tried this day, and is of
the utmoft importance to Anaioneers. It was brought
by the Attorney-General, ex dicio, againft the De-
fendant. and was laid on two counts. The fiat
charged, that he praftifed the bqdnefr, trade, or call-
in: of an Auaioneer. without being duly licei.fed as
fuch ; and the fecond count went to charge him with
felling an eftate to the amount of 1651. without ren-
dering or accounting to the proper officer. the duty
thereon. It appeared in evidence, that Mr. King ad-
vertifed to fell an eftate by private rostra+, at a public
inn, on a market-day ; that, to evade the duty, pro.
classativn was made that whoever wilhed to bid was
to withdraw with Mr. King; and when they came in
again, the amount of the bidding was to be announced
to the company ; then another was to go out in like
manner. At length a Mr.• Mills went out, bid 1651
for the houfe, and on Mr. King's coming in again,
he was declared the buyer, and paid the required
depofit. Thefe were the fails of the cafe for the
Crown.—Mr. Descsv, for the Defendant, made a
witty addrefs to the Jury, hut did not call any wit.
neflev.—The LORD Calla BRION was of opinion, on
the whole of the cafe, that Mr. King came within
the purview of the aft, and was, therefore. liable to
the penalty. The Jury found for the Crown for the
full penalty.

Menet. tie contended that the Matta Mgt be 1
non-fuited on his own (hewing, as the Lord had not
admitted Mrs. Manfel to fuch ettate as the had its the
pretnifes, as required by the Statute, he having ad-,
mined to her an elate of iakeritance to bet and her
heiLors, whereas the was only entitled to an came in ta.
rd Ex lAN soauuo tt thought this a fatal objetion,
and that in an :salon of loch peculiar importanee, and
to penal in its confequences, he felt himfelf bonhd to
hold the Plaintiff to the aria letter of the Att. He,,
therefore, diredtd the Plaintiff to be avalaited. The
caufe excited confidrrable attention, and the Court
was uncommonly crowded. Mr. Worrauza, of Chan-
cery-lane, was Solicitor for the Defendants.

MIDDLESEX SESSIONS.
Monday Thomas Hatcher was indifted for affaulting
U. Ring and L. Anderton. Ring, who is a publican
in St. Catherine's, was handing at his door, when he
obferved his fervant maid bleeding. She informed him
that the had been ill treated by the Defendant, who
was (landing on the orpofite fide of the way. Hatcher
trolled the way to Ruig,"and feting him converting
with the maid, he dragged him up the paffage.—
While they were ttruggling, the girt fetched the
other profecutor, whom the prifoner hkewife affault-
ed ; but he extricated Ring, and caufed the prifoner
to be taken to the watch bottle. He was found Guil
oand ordered to pay a fine of so for the affault
Anderton, and t 35.4 d. for that ont Ring.
R. Alderton was inditied for affaulting J. Reynllds.
The parties are labouring men, re6ding in St. Giles's;
they were eanverfing with a perfon of the name of
Dalton, when the Defendant took offence at a word
that was dropped, ard gave the Profecutor a dread-
fel blow in the eye, the ball of which fell to the
ground. He was found guilty, and the Court fen-
teneedlins to pay a fine of pl.
Yeßerday Giffin', a Naval Lieutenant, was con•
vitled of affaalting a watchman in the execution of
his duty. The Defendant Allied from a tavern, in
Bond-11feet, at two o'clock in the morning of the'
14th of April, and. being joined by a female, became
very riotous ; when on the watchman interfering,
he gave him fuch a fevere beating that he was unable
to quit his bed for feveral days. He was fentenced
to pay a fine of tot.
S. Marx was fentenced to two months imprifon-
mem, and a fine of 31. for aliaulting Mary Thorpe.
The prolecutrix was walking along Wit:dour-Ricer,
when the was molted by the defendant. whom the
zeritielled to leave her. Soon after her hutband met
her, when the informed him that the had been
ill-
treated ; and on-his endeavouring to take the defen-
dant into cullody, he knocked down the profecntrix.

COMMISSION COURT, DUBLIN, JUNE ay.
On Monday the trials proceeded before the Hon.
Judges Dais and JOHNSTON!.
P. B. Thorntill, Efq. was tried upon an indiardent
laid capitally, for aiTaulting and malicioutly (hoof-
ing at, with an intent to kill, Mr. Utter. Mr. T.
was acquitted of the capital charge laid in the indid.
anent, but found guilty of the %Ault.
John Haw, a letter carrier of the Geneial Poll-
Office, was indided for having felonioufly taken out
of a letter tranfmitted from the General Poll Office,
London, to the General Poll Office, Dublin, certain
notes of the Bank of Ireland. In this profecution
much pains were taken by the houfe of Puget and
Bainbridge, London, and by the General Poll Office,
Dublin, to enforce public commercial juttice—the
prifoner was, however, acquitted.
Mary Harman, wife of the aforefaid John, was in-
dided for uttering the faid notes, knowing them to
have been flolen, and alto acquitted.
Tuefday, Samuel 'Patton; the celebrated forger.
was tried and convicted of uttering forgeries on the
Bank of Ireland.
Elizabeth Smith. the firft witnefs, fwnre, that flue
became acquainted with the patine', in Newgate,
when her hutband was confined there for debt—that
Watfon was then in the habit of vifiting his fon in-
law, who is in Nessgate for forging ; that after her
hufband had been difcharged, their acquaintance
with the prifoner continued—and, conceiving the
could purchafe forgeries from him, the applied to
Mr. Williams, of the Bank of Ireland, by whom the
was introduced to Mr. Bell, the Magiftrate, who
gave her money to purchafe notes from the prifoner;
that the had on that day an interview with the pri-
foner, to whom the propofed to become a put chafer
of Come of his forgeries ; but, he oblerved, that one
Ryan had been cooviaed of forgery, which made
him very unhappy, and that, therefore, he was not
then at work; but that in a Ikon time he would
give her any number the might want ; that Come
t me after the applied to him again, when he Paid he
could not find the Dodor to put the name of Mur-
ray to the forgeries ; but that as he was much dif-
tufted tor money to purchafe timber for hnufes he
was building, if the gave him a few guineas he would
fetid her tome forgeries next day by his niece, fealed
tip in a 64 of paper ; that the gave him at that time
two guineas, for which the was to receive fixtecn gui-
neas of forgeries. That, neat day, the p iiocer's
niece, agreeably to his promife, brought tie witneis
a fealed paper, which contained only two one guinea
notes, which were thofe laid In the indiament, and
which the witnefs identified. That the afterwards
applied :o the prifoner forCie remainder ; but, that the
pi Wolter then muted hirtrfclf, frying, that there were
a number of countrymen in town, waiting for goods;
bur, that after they were laved, the would Five
him three guineas more, be would, in a Ilwurt time,
gi•e her too guineas in forgeries fur the five guiness.
She added, that the applied to Mr. Eell f the
three guineas, w ho refined her, ailedging that the I a '
g..t ni.tocy enough. That flue always i.aive Mr.
all account of the manner fin expended all 1.. e mo-
ney the received from him.
She w.is crof•-examined by Mr. NINA!. LT, atio
exerted toic.imnion addrefs in the deface of I.ls
client, and di:played rem ingenuity in inipcaci.i.;:,
he tellinota.v .•f the Profeento ix, notwi.b.itidlog th.tt
he was engaged by the wilnefi, to deterd ha in a
ofo.utititi now pending at the Wit of the prifoner,
for the very fame offence—bot which, in the courfe
of the trial, appeared to be a coMpitacy to Invalidate
her evidetun, t• r the purport of laving the hl: of the
deonquent. But all Ids exertions were in sain, as
the w and'. could not be lcd to any dcs i,tion ham
the dirset evidence. It (truck the audit i-y, ever,
that the usthal py prifoner's iiilituelims had tattled

his :§gerst.
Jaen Ik% Efq. the Magiftrate, *a, neat muslin