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London, England, 1829-06-13 00:00:00

MIDDLESEX SESSIONS, Jinn 12.

MILLWOOD V. A CONVICTION OF MUM. MARRIOTT
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AND GIiZOORY.
Mr. ALLEY, for the appellant, stated that this was as
appeal against a conviction of the Magistrates at
Queen square police office, who had fined the appellant,
20s. for keeping his house open during Divine Service.
In the first place he had to make an objection against'
the form of conviction, which stated that the appellant
had been convicted of " an offence against the condition
ofla recognisance entered into by him on his obtaining
*license to sell ale. beer. acc." Now, as there ewe so
many.oiences mentioned in the Act of Parliament, he
thought the conviction ought to set forth what offence
the appellant committed.
The CHAIRMAN—There is no occasion to do that
coder the new Act of Parliament.
Mr. ALLIY—I think it ought to be so, particularly
as persons are liable to lose their licenses on a third
conviction.
The CHAIRMAN—•A licensed victualler enters into a
recognizance not to do certain things. and a breach of
that recognizance is an offence. The Court overt ules
your objection.
Mr. Aci.ite—My next objection is, that the appellant
is convicted of keeping his house open during the hours
of Divine Service. In this case the offence (if any) was
committed between seven and eight o'clock in the even.
ing, and not clueing the hours of divine service within the
meaning of the Act of Parliament, which only mentions
morning and afternoon service. The Magistrates who
convicted had a doubt upon the sobj:ct, and expressed
a wish to know the opinion of the Court upon it. They
thought that, as the Act mentioned only two services,
they codld not extend its provisions to a third. Surely
it was not intended to deprive persons of refreshment
who walked out for an evening's recreation on a Sunday.
The CHAIRMAN—Let es hear the, evidence, and we
will then decide upon the case.
Rawlins, the informer's witness, was then called—He
stated that between seven and eight o'clock on' the
evening of Sunday, the 29th of March, he went to she
Old Thatched House. at Fulham, kept by the appellant,
and found it open. He was served with a quartern of
gin at the bar ; the service at the church commenced
that evening at seven o'clock, and was over soon after
eight o'clock ; there is no afternoon serviciat Fulham.
Te CHAIRMAN—What you call the evening is the
afternoon service at that place; they have no other.
Mr. ALLNY—Oh. no ; you cannot surely call eight
o'clock in the evening the afternoon.
The CHAIRMAN.-1 consider it the afternoon service
let that place.
Mr. Allen, the clerk of the peace, observed that the
Church of England had only two canonical murices.
The evening service was only a lecture, not ordered by
its canons.
The CINAIIMAN—I don't know how to distinguish
it from afternoon service,: as they have no other. Pub-
licans mutt keep their houses shut while divine service
is going on. I am not fond of these kind of convictions,
but I cannot decide that it is a bad one. _

Mr. ALLAY—The case is an extremely important one
to licensed victuallers living a short distance from town,
whose principal customers are mechanics and others,
who, after toiling all the week, walk out of a Sunday
evening for the benefit of a little fresh air. There are
several other convictions awaiting the result of this, and
I implore the Court to give the case their serious attention.
The CHAIRMAN—The Court has done an, and decide
that the conviction mast be affirmed; had there been a
morning_ and afternoon service, the case would have
been different.
WfUiam Mallisger, a journeyman carpenter, was
indicted for having robbed and-attempted to violate a
a little girl, named Elizabeth Thornton. The com-
plainant, who is about 11 years of age, and somewhat
imbecile, wandered horn her home in Tooley-street, to
St. Pancras, where she went into a public-house, and
fell asleep in the parlour, where the prisoner was
drinking. The landlord gave the prisoner sixpence to
take the child home; but in the course of the same
evening he was discovered in the Regent's Park, in a
washed spot, endeavouring to ruin the unfortunate
child; and her shawl was found in his possession. He
was found Map, and sentenced to three months im-
placement.

Carowu RiNTS IN Scandium—A great deal of dis-
cwnicos was recently occasioned in the House of Com-
itsons-hy Colonel DAVILS, Mr, D.W. HARVBY, and Mr.
awns, on the incomeond appropriation of the Crown
Revenues—more particularly those under the denomina-
tion of " Woods and Forests." Hence arose the appoint.
meat of a Committee to investigate the conduct of Mr.
NASH. Without fur they reference to that matter, our ob-
ject at present is to point out, that by the demise of Lady
Wau.a.ce, late Dowager Viscountess Maur. I cur. on the
Bth Inst. a revenue of .considerable amount, for a long
time enjoyed by her Ladyship, now falls to the Crown.
As the circurnstaacei regarding this revenue may not be
generally known, it may not be out of place to draw
attention to the MIMS. Lady WALLACZ enjoyed the
produce of certifies Crown Lands in the counties of Ross
and Fife. amounting, on the most moderate consputa•
ilea; to £lO,OOO a year. The lands from. which these
revenues were derived, were at one time the property
of the Emma of Rote—who. on account of certain
ambitions and treasonable prbjecti, were proscribed in
the 14th century. thereby forfeiting those extensive
territories which afterwards weredividedi and formed
the foundations pertly of the•Earldonas of Seaforth and.
Cromatty,.the Lbldship of Lovat, • and Were partly
rested in the Crown. The revenues of the Crown in the
comity of Ross alone amounts to 5.600b0115, convertible
into-money at the sweaty rates, of which the. different,
proprietors. about 20' or SO years ago, were. advised to
reiiSifILIMINNII./ but which, after a litigation for several
.years, therwerccoMpellad to pay, with all arrears,
'tbxlite DOSMerfatnily, theft la the enjotmeht of them.
tbn mud, of Fife the ittanat was Bumf of the same
aims and julporsance.