The Statesman.
London, England, 1809-11-17 00:00:00

TUE KING V. ELIZIULTIT STOWE7III.II.

The itaironswir GENk.ItAL moved the kodgmeat
of the Court on the Defendant, who had been
tried on an indictment for enticing a tallier in his
Majesty's service to desert. Anothenoent was
fur cnikavouting to entice to desert, of which
alone she was CUIBTICICti. It appeared (rein the
affidavits, that on the 4th of February last, the
Defendant invited this soldier into her house, a
public house used fur lodgings to sailors, at Liver-
pool, She asked if he would go to sea, offered
him a bounty of 51 but he refined to go, saying
he ennui not go, for that he was a soldier; lie
consented, however, to hide himself from his ser-
jeant its cock.loft with some sailors, who con-
cealed themselves from a press-gang, and where
he was 'afterwards found. It appeared that the
Defendant wanted this soldier to go to sea, as a
substltute tir htr own sun; that she had four
sons, tilt of them at sea in the Kir'''. service ;
that the fifth' And been lately impressed, and she
wanted his help to carry on her business at this
public house hi Liverpool ; that she is extremely
indigent, living partly by the half pay of two of
her suns, who had assigned it to her ; but she had
lost a part of that, on account of the ship in which
one of her sons was, having been wrecked on the
coast of France, where he it now a ptisoner.
Mr. Kele made an able speech for the Defend.
ant, in mitigation of punishment. lie spoke of
her sea—her age, 66—of her extreme intligetice--
of her affection for the only remaining of her five
atm., torn from her bosom iu her old use, and
recommend her to that mercy which the Court
could skew her, consistently with the rules of jus.

Tile A TTORIIEY-G FNERAL, fur the prosoc►►tiun,
observed, tl►at nu advocatecould du morosthan his
Learned Friend had don• fur his client in this
cace ; but it was one in which his public duty
called upon him nut •to relax into a dangerous
compass►on, fur this was a practice which Was
very injurious to the service ; there were no less
than fourteen deserters from one regiment, who
had gone to sea by this method, by which they
got two bou►►ties for one service, and it was lin.
possible to find them.
The Contt observed, that no disc►eii-►n was left
to the Judges iu this case, it depended on the pro.
.vision of an Act of Parliament, founded upon
another statute, both of which needed much
amendment. They must either fine the Defen.
dant 401. or imprison her fur soy period not 'nor°

than siy.aud sot less than three Months. 'fu
line this defendant in that sum, would, hi btrect,
be to lampriton her (r a long petted indeed, be-
cause she world bete to'Teniiiin until the fine I C
paid, Mid therelTire 'the 'sentence of the Court
epee her was, that she .ire imprisoned in the
conanfin jail at • Livertitiol for three calcniar
mouths, and that she du stand in and upon thy
pillory for one haw, between the hours of twelve
at noon and two• id the afternoun, according to
the fume! the statute in that case Made and pro-
vided ; that this be in the market-place of Liver.
pool, where the offence was committed.

Tilt XING V. HOLLittoOK.
The Arroamar-GENsaat prayed the judgment
of the Court on John liollbrook, for assaulting
a Revenue Officer at Deal, in the execution of
his duty,-and rescuing smuggled goods out of a
iesSel after seiture.

The ershrt asked if there was any jail at Deal ?
Mr. C allow said there was nut, it was a thin;
much wanted in that neighbourhood. There was
a well-regulated one at Maidstone. The Defer,.
dant was sentenced to be confined in the House
of Correction at Maidstone, fur twelre calendar
mouths.

THE KING V. JOHN LEWR.
The ATTOKNEINGENERAL said there Wert eir.
cumstances in the case of this Defendant which in.
duckxl him to consent to let him go at large upon
his own recognizance, to appear when ealkil upon;
he understanding that he would be putkihrd se.
vcrely if he should misbehave Itereaftet.—Eu.
lurid quo& dingty.

THE KIND V. BRACK.
The ATTORNEY-GENERAL prayed the jadgmen:
of the Court on the defendant, who was %liter of
a vessel at North Shields; he had, by wilful and
corrupt perjury, obtained the freedom of hi); bro.
Cher from on board a King's ship, whereto he was
impressed, by swearing that lie was under 18
years of age, lie being 23 ; and that he had never
been to sea, he having been four years at sea ;.end
that he was on apprentice, which apprenticeship
was colourable t+r a false protection.
Mr. Justice La &Axe, in pronouncing- the
judgment of the Court, observed, that %heti men
wade choke of the seafaring life, knowing to
what duties they might be subject, and the neces-
sity of their country required that they should step
forward in its service on that element which they
hail before chosen fur their livelihood, they ought
nut to complain when called upon to defend their
country ; such persons, and :inch peruses billy,
were liable to the impress service ; for, when per.
song of any ogler description were impressed, a
writ of Liabeirst'erpue.was readily i,siied for the
purpose of obtatitng. their discharge; it was en
high pretegetive wilt which had, in this case, been
abitecdt and that by Mild and corriipt perjury.
The euntence of the Court,epuii the Defendaut
war =That he do payto the 'King a fine bf 501. ;
that lielinprisoned nrtbetoelneon jail of Durham
for Iwo Sean, and that he I!,e further imprisoned
untillitch finch() paidel:.
THE KIND V. W. Seiriektift AND MARY WAY,
Cunvietet at Dorchester, before MT. Justine
'myrtle% Tar' obottlucting James Gold 1 the
ereestilen-bring"of4e, he doming to search the
house of Way, for smuggled goods, heti:lg au.
thority to do b U by warrant' of a Magistrate.—
They resisted the Offidervbecaese he had not a
Constabie with him I hat Mr. Justice La BLANC
told them in the course pf..delivering judgment,
thetasere fo be satisfied that if the Officer had a
waOkt, he was entitled to*liter, and to search
the kousr, and they must not resift him. It ap.
'seared file this case that Mary Way was much more
aciivefliiii Schooler, • difrerence should
therefore be shown in their punishment. Mary
Way was (Amid to belmprisoned twelVe calendar
mouths in Doreirester gaol ; and William Sc'hinsfer
ail moisillis in the same person. .
UM KIND V. JOUR A RCUER AND lON.

Convicted of having rescued a quantity f cy.
der, whiclt a revenue ocer had seised fur net
being duly mitered ; thee parties were aching in
some measur`e under an apprehension that the (Ai.
cer had irregularly seized the goods, because they
were nut fur sale, but private use ; but the officer
was acting legally. But in consideration of thu
great age (76) of the father ; of this prosecu-
tion having been nearly his ruin ; his travelling all
the way from Devonshire, to receive sentence, &c.
the ATTORNEY-GENERAL, on the suggestion of
the Court, consented that they be enlarged on
their own recognizance, to appear when called fur;
and particularly that the young man be of good
behaviour, for he knew his disposition. There.
fors the Court exacted of him a recognizance for
his good behaviour, in 5001. the father only 1001.
Mr. Tovetmit.moved for a writ of Habeas Cur.
pus to be directed to Captain Sheldon, now at the
barracks at Alauebester, commanding him to
bring up the body of Elizabeth Moorhnuse.—
This he did on am affidavit, stating, that this is a
young woman of the age of 18, who was settled
with a dressmaker, to tvhom her father gave 501.
to hate her instructed in the business. Captain
Sheldon had prevailed on this young woman to run
away with him ; they went first to Liverpool, but
now they were at Man.:hester, arid she had been
seen with the Captain in a familiar situation in
barracks, and he was heard declaring, ig that be-
fore they' should take her away, they mast kill
hint.'' This Application was at the instance -of hes
father....Writtgrarited.

Yesterday the two Beaconsfield coaches, in ra..
cing together, got entangled, by which one of them
was overturned near Southall, and most of the
soma iiplimry, one of * hoop !+
received
Mr. Patter) had hitt/ icrithaitered, that he muse
undergo amputation. ,
On Wedivesday evening, about desk, two el.:
derly women called at thu shop of Mrs. 'Faust;
in Wartlour.street, and bargained for some ttiCsf
articles.. whAst of the same time a little girl; k)" feu
years old, was decoyed away from the deo/ by
anotbet-Woutan, end sh..: was Int head 'IC sent:l
12 o'clock it night, wheal taken dinar by
a wale/what*, clod in a filgiy rag, her appare,
which was not %%,iithi wort than a fe
havit.g