The Statesman.
London, England, 1819-08-20 00:00:00

LAW INTELLIGENCE.

COURT OF OF CHANCERY. Aos. 19.
BEDFORD CHARITY.

The judgment of the Coort is this cam will be
given in.mnrrow morning.
The Loan Cntincext.on enntinued, dosing the
day. in heir the arguments of Cnuti.el on the remain.
Benkropt Petitions. Those argued were devoid
of general interest.
The Court, it is expected, Will, on Illoadly nest,
ceerclude its Sittings before the vestetion.

EXETER ASSIZES.
FOIMER Y.
tilt ZINO e. Wit TUCKER.
betty Barttott. the 'go 0 ['retry Berllol, Itilorr
was the 6•rt eMMI►I. Stir depostid as follows :

—The Poisoner dealt with me before my marriage;
he was ind►bted for goods sold to him nn arcoont of
the parish, for which he was overseer. I received
fr.. him a hill of 49'. purporting to he drawn by the
Poisoner, payable to his own order, upon Henry
Goodman. I sent it to Mr. Abraham Tose', of this
city. The Prisoner went before a Magistrate to de-
mand to be ermined. Ile said that Goodman ought

to pay the bill. I never knew any thing against the
Pri.nner. _ _

Henry Bartlett vas celled by the Prosecutor,
trimly to give the Prisoner en opportunily to examine
lien as to chersctor. _ .

Henry Cridland swore to the body of the hill, and
the endorsement in the name of William Tacker,
being in the hand-w ride/ of J..hn Chanter.
Henry Goodman, the 'opposed acceptor, was then
called, and a Mesae was parroted to him by Riffles',
the Proaocutor.—The words " Henry Goodman"
are not like my handwriting. They were not put
there by my authority. There is no othe► person of
that slam,. Prisoner and I married two eiSIPIO. 111 y
Viniher•iti.law sometimes lived with me, and some.
times with the Prisoner. The Prisoner has lived io
my neighbourhood ever since. I never applied to
him abort the bill. I borrowed a horsetails him to
go to Weymouth a twelvemonth before tha bill was
drawn. At the time the bill was driers I was not
indebted to the Prisoner on any account.
The Poisoner being called upon for his defence,
said, " The day before the bill was drawn, Good-
man applied to me to borrow my horse to go to Wey-
mouth. As he was riding nut of my court the nest
maroloe, I told Goodman that I wanted 301. to pay
Mr. Bartlett. Upoe which Goodman said, •
bare no money; you most e-sew a bill on me.—
Have nu a stamp in the hoax No' •It
makes no difference, yrs' can accept my gismo to it.'
then asked Chaster to get a stamp and pot in the
body of the hill. Chatter and my soli w►re
rev'', at this ronveraalion. When l received the
bill from Cl.aster, the names were w,inen in pencil.
wrote all the names over the put 11.markv."
William Tacker, jun. was called, and confirmed
his father's statement.
Mr. James Cornish, an Attorney at Tnin",, was I
called.-1 have known the Prisoner well 15 or 16,
years. Ile always bore a wry excellent character'
home to the time of this enfnrtenate transaction.
have 11410 In 11•nry Goodman Eve or stn years. I de
not knew enough of Goodman, so say, if I would
Wier; him on I is oath or not.—Here the witness was
told. that he most gist a direct answer, whether he
would believe him on his oath or not ; upon which he
gave two or three qualified answers, which were
not received : one of them was—'hat be abould not
bate believed the witness on the present occasion,
if ►e had not known that his statern-nt was correct ;
at lags be said, •• I would act believe him on his
oath."
The CouaT sail, that although the Pritoner`sl
Counsel had no right to interrogate him ss to the
ground of his opinion, the Counsel for the prover°.
tioo were entitled to enter into such en enquiry.—
TIN question was then pet by the Counsel for the
Crown. and the witness stated, that his opinion was
founded upon the transaction ;his knowledge of which
was derived futilely from communication nestle to him
I. hi, character of an attorney. The c..,, at first
inclined to think, that this communication was not
privileged so far as to prevent a disclosure which the
justice of the country required : it was, however, at
last ruled, that the disclosure could not be made
feitheet the assent of Goodman ; which assent he
at last gave with considerable reluctance. Ile was
told by the Curt. that he did right, as his cha-
racter could not staud versa tbau upon the tessera,
answer.
Mr. Cornish then made the following statement:—
some 'est. ago Goodman came so me to defend an
action brought against him for rent, which be alleged
he had paid: he produced a receipt. I cumin's(' there.
(Apt, and told him, that that was arectipt for the rent
demystified o 1 him ; end that, if it were correct, of
course his landlord could not demand hi, rent again,
and that it was very extraordinary such a demand'
should have been made. I examined the receipt
more closely, and observed a little confusion or alto
ration in the date. I told him, that I had very strong
suspicions the receipt was net correct : Goodman per-
sisted that it was. I said, yes mast pot deceive me,
or you will deceive yourself; this alteration is no
more or leas than forgery. lie then acknowledged,
that it was incorrect. I said, I koom your landlord,
Mr. Corydon, of Plymouth, and ■ill endeavour to
settle with him in the best manor, I can, I did re,
and Goodman paid me. This was the only evens to
lion I ever bad with hies.
Other "homers were sailed, who gave tbePrisoseb
an excellent character.
Goodman was called back, and ataterl, " I lON
ant swear thst the Prisoner, his son William. sad
(;banter were not present when I rode away the bone.
The Peisoner dirt not sly he wanted 301.: 1 never
authorised the Prisoner, or Chaster, or any one eke,
to accept a hill for me." Being asked whether be
settled the action with Mr. Corydon, for fear of e
prosecution for forgery, be said, no; but merely to
av•tid 'spent's.
11 r. Cornish was called back, and staled, that
the action was settled on the ground of the forgery
only
The Learned Jung*, in summing up, relied much
est the circenssteace of the Prisoner having publicly
appeared for more then a twelleerwelb after the al.
leged forgery was committed; and also on cos cis-