Star.
London, England, 1820-11-29 00:00:00

LAW INTELLIGENCE.:

• COURT OF EXCHEQUER. -
Mr. Ex-Sheriff PARKINS attended yesterday in the
Court of Exchequer, and thus addressed himself to
his. Majesty's Barons of the Exchequer:
"MY LORDS-I, Joseph Wilfred Parkins, late.
Sheriff of the City of London and County of Middle-
sex, hold an affidavit in my hand, stating, that I have
attended'here since the first day of this Term, and
now until the last day, have waited in expectation
that Mr. Common Serjeant Knowles would have, in
,fulfilment of his promise, made his appearance in this
Court, to have shewn cause in support of his attempt
to impose upon me, one Samuel Collingridge, an At-
torney at Law by profession, commonly called the
Secondary of London, to' act as my Attorney, to
yield unto his Majesty King George the Fourth, a
true and just account of the issues and profits of the
office of Sheriffwick of _the City of London, due to
his Majesty from the Feast of St. Michael the Arch-
angel, in the 59th year of his late Majesty King Geo.
the Third, for one whole year, in which account I
have sworn to charge myself with all such sum and
sums of money, asi myself, or any of my bailiffs,
officers, or ministers for me have levied, or lawfully
might have levied, to .his Majesty's use, and also to
answer make of all felons goods, outlawed or at-
tainted men's goods, waifs, estrays, deodands, or
other profits of like nature due to his Majesty, by rea-
son of the said office of Sheriffwick,. or by virtue of
his Majesty's prerogative Royal, which have come to
my hands, Under-Sheriff's hands, or any of my bai-
liffs, officers, or ministers' hands; and that I shall
true answer make to the summons of the Pipe and
Green Wax :---And I am further bound by my oath
to deliver into the Exchequer, a book fairly-written
on parchment, declaring where and of whom his Ma-
jesty is to be answered, the vicontiels written forth
to me in the said summons of the Pipe, and in the
same account. I shall vouch no franchise or liberty,
nor make any petition, nor crave any allowance or
discharge, but such as shall be just and true, and
well and truly I have sworn to behave Myself in
yielding the same account, as a true and just ac-
countant ought to do, without omission or conceal-
ment.—So help me GOD.
"MY LORDS-I now beg leave to move for a rule
of this Honourable Court, calling upon the City of
London, to chew cause why I should not be at liberty
to enter a warrant of attorney, and appoint my
own attorney or deputy, to render an account of the
issues and profits of the office of Sheriffwiek of Lon-
don, to his Majesty King Georgethe Fourth, for one
whole year, that is to say, from the Feast of St. Mi-
chael the Archangel, in the 59th year of his late Ma-
jesty King George the Third, to the 30th day of Sep-
tember last."
The affidavit being read, a rule was granted.
COURT OF KING'S BENCH, NOVEMBER 2s.
THE LIMO V. DAVISON.

Mr, GURNEY moved for the judgment of the Court
on the defendant, who was tried at the last Sittings
after Term before Mr. Justice Best, at Guildhall,
Dondon' and found guilty of publishing two libels,
the one seditious, and the other irreligious.
Two affidavits were put in and read on the part of
the defendant.
Mr. COOPER addressed the Court, in a brief but
eloquent speech, in mitigation of punishment.
Mr. Guam and Mraktlaitavarr spoke in aggra.:
ration, and dwelt particularly on the circumstance,
that since the defendant's conviction, the publication
of the Deist's Magazine still went on.
Mr. Justice BAYLEY delivered the judgment of the
Court, and, after a suitable address, passed the fol-
lowing sentence:—" That the defendant be impri-
soned in his Majesty's Jail at Okeham, in the County
of Rutland, for two years, and at the end of that
time to find security for five years, himself in £2OO,
and two sureties in £2O each.
THE KING V. JOHNSON AND OTHERS.
This, it will be recollected, was an indictment
against the defendants for an alleged nuisance, in
erecting a wharf opposite the Penitentiary, Millbank,
whereby the navigation of the River Thames was
obstructed.
Mr. GURNEY (with whom was Mr. Nowt) now
prayed the judgment of the Court.
Affidayits were put in on behalf of the defendants
in mitigation of punishment, stating that the alleged
nuisance was now completely abated.
Mr. SCARLETT, for the defendants, under the cir-
cumstances, contended that this was not a case for
anything like criminal punishment.
The COURT ordered the case to be referred to the
Master, as a question of costs merely.
The CHIEF JUSTICE said, doubtless the City of
London will return the £4OO which they have re-
ceived in this case.
THE KING V. HUMPHREY.
This was an indictment against the defendant for
an assault upon Mr. Thomas Philpot, an Attorney,
and Mayor of Monmouth. The defendant, on his
own motion, was now brought -up for judgment—.
The alleged assault was committed by the defendant
when in a state of intoxication. The next day he of-
fered to make an apology in writing, but it was re-
fused, and the present proceedings were instituted
by the prosecutor, who removed the indictment into
this Court from the Quarter Sessions. An affidavit
was now put in to aggravate the punishment, stating
that the defendant had since demeaned himself, in
such a manner, by making gestures offensive to the
plaintiff, as gave no earnest of his peaceable dispo-
sition.—The defendant put in an affidavit, declaring
that he bore no malice towards the prosecutor ; and
two respectable persons of the town of Monmouth
depoied to the peaceable disposition of the defendant.
The Counr, after hearing Counsel, sentenced him
to be imprisoned for two months in Monmouth Jail,,
and, at the expiration of that time, to enter into so-
curity for his good behaviour for three years, him-
self in £5OO, and two sureties in £250 each.
THE KING V. EDMONDS.
The defendant entered into'securities to be of good
behaviour, and to appear to receive judgment of the
Court on the first day of next Term. his bondsmen
were Mr. Benbow and Mr. Clement.
LEWIS V. J. W. CLEMENT, ESQ.
MT. MARRYATT and Mr. CHITTY sheaved cause
against the Rule obtained for setting aside the inqui-
sition of damages amounting to £5OO, obtained, 1;1
Mr. Lewis, the Attorney, of Canterbury, against the
Proprietor of the Observer Newspaper, for An allegcd

libel contained in the e iepcitt of' st case in the Insol-
vent Debtorf Court, in which the plaintiff's conduit
was alleged to be implicated,
The COURT, after heating Mr. ADOLPHUS and
Mr. PLATT, on behalf of the defendant, ordered the
Rule to be made absolute, for setting the inquisitina
aside upon the terms of bringing the money into
Court within ten days, and that the action should
not abate in case of the death of either party.
THE KING V. MARY WHITEY.
Mr. SCARLETT prayed the judgment of the Court
against this defendant, convicted of perjury in the
prosecution of the Bowditches, of Taunton, for the
alleged abduction Of Miss Glenn.—The defendant
did not appear when called.
THE KING V. HENRY HUNT, ESQ.
Mr. SCARLET? rose to %hew cause against the role
obtained on behalf of this Gentleman, for altering
the mode of his treatment in gaol, and he stated that
he had affidavits which, he trusted, would be a corn-
plete answer to all the serious charges contained in
Mr.. Hunt's affidavit.
Mr. CHITTY interposed, and said that he had seen
his Learned Friend's affidavits, but they were of such
a nature as to requite some answer. He therefore
applied that the case might stand over until next
Term for that purpose.
The COURT said, that as it was the defendant's
own delay, there could be no objection ; and the case
wis accordingly ordered to stan..l over till next Term.
This being the last day of Term, the Court sat
until a late hour.

'A Petition to the LORD CHANCELLOR is now in
circulation through the West Riding of Yorkshire,
praying that the Assize and Jail Deliver) for this
Riding should be in future holden at \Vakefitld.
Larender, the Bow-street officer, h:is ap; iehended
two men and a woman, charged with being con-
cerned in sending a basket of poisoned provisions to
two horse-stealers in Maidstone JAil, by partaking of
which they both died. The prisoners are -gypsies:
the woman is supposed to have made a puddiog, in
which a quantity of arsenic was intu oduced. One of
the deceased men, previous to his expiring, made a
eonfession of all the robberies he had been concerned
in, and gave a clue to the apprehen• ion of the above
persons, who formed part of the gang w ith whom he
had been connected, acrd who, fearful of his impeach-
ment, had contrived the diabolical scheme to save
their own lives.

QUEEIt-SQUARE.—Yesterday, Elizabeth Letter was
brought before the Sitting Magistrates, charged on
suspicion of being accessary to the robbery and at-
tempted murder of Mr. and Mrs. Culy, of Whoop-
lane Fens, Lincolnshire, on the evening of the 21 st ( f
August last. It appeared that about seven o'clock
in the evening, four men, dressed in smock frocks,
and with masks on their faces, knocked at the door
of Mr. Culy, who is a farmer, and was suspected to
possess great wealth. Mr. Culyi and his wife were
the only persons at home at the time, and Are both
considerably advanced in years. They inquired who
was there? The answer was, that it was a man who
had a letter fur Mr. Culy. The door was then
opened, and instantly the four robbers rushed in, all
armed, and commenced their attack upon the de-
fenceless inmates. Mr. Culy resisted, and saved his
wife for a longtime; but being at length overpowered,
the robbers, in the most brutal manner, beat himself
and his wife till they were no longer able to resist,
and then, with dreadful threats, compelled them to
tell where all their treasure was deposited. Not con-
tent with this, the villains continued their cruelty,
till they imagined their victims were dead, and then
plundered the house of every thing valuable.—
Amongst other property was a hoard of guineas, kept
by Mrs. Culy, privately. There was also a great
quantity of notes, in £2O, £5O, and of a larger amount,
in the house, altogether amounting to £9OO, or £lOOO.
Mr. and Mrs. Culy were discovered in this dreadful
situation, and, with proper medical attention, were
happily recovered. A reward of £5OO had been of-
fered for the apprehension of the gang. At that time
several suspicious, and some notorious characters in
the neighbourhood, absconded, amongst whom were
prisoner's two brothers, also two men named
.11enly, and a man named How, who were after-
wards apprehended by William Campion, Constable.
of Spalding; two of them are in Manchester Jail,
and the other in Spalding Jail ; they confessed the
robbery, and implicated the prisoner's brothers, who
are still at large. Campion came to London in pun.
suit of them, and applied to Pace for assistance ; the
latter traced out the prisoner to keep two garrets, at
the Fortune of War, in East-street, Manchester-
square, where she lodged four of the Life Guards,
to one of Whom she was to have been married yester-
day. The Officers went to her lodging yesterday, at
an early hour, and found the shoes and part of her
brothers clothes. She admitted they came to visit
four weeks ago, when they left the things behind, aid
purchased new clothes; but she denied any know-
ledge of their retreat or the robbery. The Officer
said, he received information that the gang had
shared the plunder at the prisoner's lodging ; that
they divided the gold In heaps, and the small notes;
but the large notes the prisoner's brothers kept, be-
cause the rest could neither read nor write. The de-.
positions of Pace and the country Constable being
taken, the prisoner was committed for re-examination.