The Statesman.
London, England, 1815-07-27 00:00:00

THE STATESMAN.

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TIT-J-114tRept will be pronounced in the Colin of'
King's Bench iir the next 'retie.:
t.t.w es, ar La- "5. j Nothing further of importance occurred, and the
Thomas ',tepees was indicted ter feloniously Assizes concluded this morning. • •
rat billing Elizabeth Kiegihatt, on the 2601 of May
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last. YORK.
The Prosecuirix, who lived with her brotlor, a wool) r. irtt.LOValttitY.-
laleeirine man, at Esliernit, in• the easteru part oft Ms. Toretsto stated., rhatihis Wits an actiint to re-
this snooty, stated, that on the even ig of the cover the sum of 8441. from the!Defendanl, under the
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following circurnstanres :—The Pleiiititr, the lion.
281hof Mav-- she ass returning home along the
turtiiiike road ;nt a little plil 'lke in the evening. Ihratt IVuod, 011°0f his Majesty's Judges, covenant-.
she eipt rue men, Ore of whom was the ptisonee,. ed with the Defendant, to etect a farm.house.for bim,
upon his' estatelit Moort.horp, near. *ikon,. which;
Jacque", %shout she knew very welk he was
n i.a,,,wii,
,t waa ia ,h,,ir parish, and had a wife and I when finished, was. to be paid-.for accordieg to an
estimate and valuetion to be made, by a Mr. Betinison,
:evi alit ch.idren. Burg was also a labtening men
anairchitect. The house was accordingly erected,
n]th it family. The); hid bet: gone! night, which
agreeable. to the plan laid down by the Baron, and a
salut viia- she recurred. They then began to pull
ler al•ee,t. .I,ce ties laid hold of her round the neck; valuation- was made by Mr. Itiethison, amounting to
the sum of 46581. and which %elf paid to the Defend-
tied hy the aril.. Tte struggled a great deal, and
ant, by a Mr. hall; the agent of the Plaintiff. Sub..
cill!cal poi - ';'Lomas," sr Lich was her brother's
Sequent enquiries, however, induced the Harm, to be.
mine., to make them believe her brother was eerie:4--
1w) did lint. however, di-sist ; and sale being ex- lieve that he had been grossly imposed upon in this
vileation,tand he determined to have thetward open-.
II i asti (1 by the- streglle, Ja el bes threw her down
a,;..iest a sfepieq hnu'k nu the road side, among some ed, and a re-valuation mode by some other architect ;to
bushes She then s:a nal facts which constituted. the which. after somelossitat inn, the Detemlant consented.
dime of seek,. If. ten her, and the other man also ! and Mr. Chalks IVatson, architect, of Yerk, was
aa.ailed het, but did not• complete his purpose. A , fixed "I)^1 to make this re.valuatipii, which amount-
in le am ! woman came pant, to whim she coin. ied to the slim of -18141. which was less by 8411. than •
ten icat.al whit *tad I, ,:,I,e,,ed. and begged they / ilie so in which had heUtt paid to Mr. Willoughby. It
w: t:'' see her home. Toe) eent %int her until she : was to recover the sum due by this annul that fhe
cane ... , Lin reach of her brothel's cottats. The present action was brought.
Mr., Hall, the agent of the Pleieliff, proved- the
day fell,t s ink she gut a ^, rout, and the Prisoners
wrir eppreheteled. I agreement made with Mi. ‘Villoughbv, awl the ply.
The men and women who were passing, :ronfirmed. meet. of 56881. made to bite,, in consequence of the
her testimony ; and her brother stated, tharwben valuation.of Nlr. Bennison, and the sub.:..(ineilt con.
Fhe came home she complained that lie did not come sent of Mr. NYillotighby to a new valuation to be
in meet her as he promised. lie said, 'lie thought it made by Mr. Ws tsow.
was probable that she would tint come that night.— ' Mr. Charles Watson tinned the steps he had tektet
She said, ti Y:,„• d„ not know how I have been to make a salon • -ef the farni-hou•e erected by the
usiol ;" and 1,41d,,,t, that fhp M mitt go to Mr. Poyntz, Dofendant ; 'two persons attending-on his behalf der-
the %I:leis:rale. lie nilviscd ;,rr so to de. itig the time that the surveys..and dimensions were
' Mr. Wardroper, Cie' kto the Magistrates. at Mid. take-n, from which he.made• his calculatieas. The
burst, deposed, thi.t when the l'i isomer was brought total amount as delivered in his award was for the
la f.,ie • tt,,, Justices, he said, he was very sorry for sum of IS iIL
Mr. JestirenalLET
what he levl done, and would sell every thing to i here suggested, that perhaps
make her a recompence. . . a comptoodarentght he the most proper mode of set-
The Puisoner being called upon for his defence,' (ling the difference between the parties. After n short
said he was sorry, but that the •Prosecutrix never de- conference between the Counsel of the I'leilititr and
:tied him, if sloe had lie should have left her. ' Defeetlant, it was agreed that the Plaintiff should.
Tao witnesses were called, n Ito stated, that the have a verdict for •the 3111)1..44 4221. being half the
prnsecutoix, since the transaction, had expressed her • amount of the sum sought to be recovered.—Verdict
willingness to make it up. fort he Plaintiff, Tnl. :
The Jury found the Prisoher Guilty, but recom- Mr. Justice 15111.EY 0115Pfrrtl, with great plea-
mendedLineto mercy. snittry, that though the plaintiff, in this action, was
• His Lorthdiip immediately passed dentenre upon a Judge, the battle would have been fought as keen-
Lisa, and the Prisoner left the bar its great agony. ly, and, perhaps, more keenly, than it would have
Imemunder other ciicutitstaisces. Ilia Lordship also
further observed, that the reason win, Lawyets were
kss fond than other perking of having suits on their
own account, sac net from any prejudice against the
I tw, but becnuse they knew better than others the
• risks cf the law. _

•irm: • • .
Was e,:it was evident that of Wilkinson must
have been false, in respect at leavtla her.being.pre,:
sent ; and if no refusal was made at the time of pay-
ment, 'no subseijneni refusal on the pnrt of the De-
fendant; after Miss Lawson-had left the room, would
luNect him to the penalty impoveJ by the Act. If,
therefore, the Jury believed the accOunt•given by
Miss Lawson? they must lied it verdict for the De-
, fendant; if • they believed Win. Wilkinson, they
must find a verdict for the Plaintiff, in the amount
or it3ool.

The Jury reti►eil for upwards of an hour, and on
their return into Court, found a verdict for the Plain.
tiff—. Damages, 16001.

PO L !OE.