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of February, and heard one of the Mr. Bayleys give
direction to the man-servant to bring the horse rouud
for Mr. Ramsey; saying—" All was right; the horse
was for Mr. Ramsey to go to town on.
Mr. J. Wilson, a Sheriff's Officer in Warwick-
court, proved, that Ramsey Was brought to his house
about ten o'clock on Sunday night, the Bth of March,
and was bailed a little before twelve.
Mr. TOPPING addressed the Jury for the defen-
dants, whose case, he said, was extremely hard, in.
asmuch as they were both charged in the declaration,
and therefore could not contradict the testimony of
the plaintiff's witnesses as to what passed either on
the 17th of February, or the Bth of March. The
only consideration for the Jury would, therefore, be,
to say whether there was a permission for his leav-
ing Muswell-hill, on the 17th of February, or whe•
then the plaintiff did not then escape by the aid of
Mr. Noel, and the other persons then there ? There
was an old saying—" An Englishman was never at
a loss for his own good word.' Mr. Noel had proved
the truth of this saying ; for he had declared, lie
(Mr. Noel) who had been a bankrupt twice in 15
months, that there was not a Bailiff in all London
who would not take his word to any amount ! He
(Mr. Topping) had never heard, till to-day, that
Sheriff's Officers were noted,for their credulity ; but
they must be the most credulous of all human beings,
if, after what they had heard to-day they would ever
again given credit either to Mr. Noel's word or his
undertaking. The Learned Counsel then proceeded
to comment on the evidence and the circumstances of
the case, and contended, that if the plaintiff had sus-
tained any injury,-it all aro ;e out of the neglect of
Mr. Noel to do what he oir_;ht to have done, namely,
to sign a bail-bond. With respect to the damage
which the plaintiff had su,tained, it appeared he had
suffered an imprisonmee: of four hours. He haq,
pleaded no special dam ige, and even should the
Jury be of opinion he w.is entitled to It ve.-dict, no-
minal damages would meet the justice of the case.
Mr. Justice ABBOTT summed up the. evitle.tce to
the Jury, and observed, that on the evidence, as it
now stood, it appeared that the escape was one made
with the consent of the Officers, and therefore they,
having voluntarily suffered the escape, could not
again arrest him till after the return of the writ, and
the plaintiff was entitled to a ver.lict. The manner
of the arrest was a subject for their consideration, in
estimating the damages; and certainly there was ad
aggravation in the•manner in which that was carried
into effect, namely, on a Sunday, in his own house,
and in the presence of his wife, who, it appeared,
had only re:ently recovered from her lying-in.
The Jury, after a short deliberation, found a ver-
dict for the plaintiff—Damages 51. cosh 40s.
Nasu V. EARL O'NEILL.
This was an action brought by Mr. Nash, the ar-
chitect, to recover 7.5001. frr repairs and improve-
ments done to O'Neill Casa!, in Ireland. Lord
O'Neill disputed the items of the account, and it was
agreed to refer the matters in question to Mr.Gazelee.

KEARNEY V. JOAN KINO.
The plaintiff, a carver aid gilder, brought .the
present action against the de endant, Mr. John Kilt.
The plaintiff claimed as enlorsee of a Bi 1 of Er-
change for 5-P2/. Is. Bd. th! defendant being the ac-
ceptor. The various hand.-writing were proved for
the plaintiff, and it was st tied that the cou.ideration
was furniture. supplied b; Egglestone and Power,
(the drawers, upholsterers in. Dublin), to the defen-
dant, when, in right we believe of his mice, Lady
Lar.esborough, he came into possession of Belvedere,
the seat of the late Earl of that title. The only dis-
pute in the cause was, whether the bill was in Irish
currency or in English money ? Several witnesses
proved that it was to be understood as Irish cur-
rency, and so the Jury found, giving the pla:ntiff a
verdict for 5444. '2s. 9d. including interest lot more
than a year.

OLD BAILEY SESSIONS. •
Yesterday 'l'. Hall was capitally convictei for steal-
ing in the dwelling-house of J. Simpson a quantity
of kerseymere, value £l5.
Ann Sharpku was indicted for stealing SO yards
of linen, the property of J. Manning, a linen•draper
in St. Giles's: The prisoner went to his shop under
a pretence of purchasing, when she concealed the
linen under her shawl. _ _

T. Hopkins, on mounting the Witness's box, was
asked by the RECORDER what he was? and was an-
swered very pompously, " lam principal supetinten-
dant in Mr. Manning's concern, which is in Broad-
street, Bloomsbury.
The RECORDER looked astonished, and said, " Eh,
What ?"—The witness repeated his former observa-
tions; and on being again asked by the REconoeit
17c aga); repeated it.
The RECORDER—" Oh, then the plain English of
it is, that you are a shopman."—(Llid laughter).—
The witness then proceeded in a les; pompous man-
ner to detail his evidence, which was conclusive
against the prisoner, who was foiled Guilty.
J. J. Bromley was indicted for inurmarrying with
Harriet Pilcher, his first wife being alive.
T. Jones, Parish Clerk of Web irn, produced the
entry of marriage between the prisoner and Sarah
Chiltern. He knew the prisoner t be the man.
W. Smith was at the marriage ; Sarah Chiltern
was alive two weeks since; he saw her on the &I May.

Harriet Pilcher said, she married the prisoner Ca
the 22d of February, 1814, at St. Paul's Church ;
shehad not the slightest notion of his former marriage.
W. Pulsford, Esq. of Hackney, with whom the
prisoner lived as coachman, gave him an excellent
character ;he had lived with him four years. Ver.
dict—Guilty ; aged 30.
Mary M'Carthy and T. Shea were indicted for
stealing, on the 16th of May, a watch, a. £2 note, a
pair of breeches, and 20s. the property of W. Dove.
There was another count in the indictment, charging
Shea with receiving the above articles.
The prosecutor is a servant. On the night of the
16th of May he met the prisoner, who prevailed on
him to accompany her to her lodgings, in Camomile-
buildings, where he went to bed with her. en I
awaking early the following morning, he missed the
articles, when M'Carthy said, somebody must have
entered the room-and stole them.—ln the prosecutor's'
cross-examination, he said, he was not particularly
drunk ; he had taken a little, having left his situation
that night about ten o'clock. Shea, who was the
watchman on duty, came into the house to call some
person, and the prosecutor told him what had oc-
curred, and asked him to get him a pair of breeches.
He said he would at five o'clock ; but suspicions beirg