The Statesman.
London, England, 1822-11-27 00:00:00

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•'FA to ...• Amnon* P. AIIIIIIISON. -• *!:
tr1:10/10diseation pf this cam, adjourned from Mow r
L sa Ositisedeand the defendant again appeared on
Oar detlicreoirt.
• 11Weesildilties orliimilly filed on behalf of the prose-
cullieseas AIM read. They Stated that the defendant
hPa 101Pegildly condoned in the office of surveyor of the•
highways within the hundred, for nine years, and that, ,
diets* iirsialser, be bad sometimes distrained for the
atpopyt ef.tetesowhich be afterwards converted to his
otrwise;? • 11r. Peppercorn, and two other persons, who
hiartalttiini•setise part in the concerns of the district.
stitifdlliae belief that he bad not embezzled less than
/1001, dirtikg his eontinnaoce in office. Affidavits were
tlreh read in answer to the affidavit of the defendant, in
Alit+ Mr. Peppercorn denied that he ever proposed to
the Wens:lent to apply 1001. to build a wall for the rec-
tor, and in which be and others smarted that the pro-
-geed:age baleen dictated by no malice towards Mr.
An Moon, hut by , a mere desire for public jletice. It
wai lot MA that the defendant enjoyed an income in
right of hh wife; and that be bad unwepd the ladle-
mmb certiorari from the *redoes, tad bad a plied for
al join, bit that just before the trial be
the•spreiai juries, and, when the easel were called oe,
consented to verdicts of guilty._ •
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jilt. Gloms SZIIIIIANT tbe 'smart In sup
gatloa of punishment. Be tweeted that 101011 the im-
pinkies of the Isaac was considered, and when the pre-
Judie* skald against Mr. Aadensou among that class
of peesmee.who forma the juries at sessions was weighed.
brevemid • not he. regarded u culpable for removing the
indiermont,'Mabough ukientely he was advised to plead
• "'silty., Itiras enceedingly difficult to answer a prose
fide of tits kind; to explain transactiess eztestled
through a considerable space of time, especially whey
irregularity had arisen.in the mode of keeping accounts;
awl thtvefore tile cones,' for the defendant, feeling that
they toad Ora no satisfactory answer to the charge,
aeil him to submit to the verdict without resistance.
Thelsostile 'realism. of tin party opposed to him in the
dietektisid aitjcipated the result of the prosecution—
bad • eisitiel •kins prematurely with that Wanly which
wet- its .wont consequence—tad had emblazoned his
nuns to the public as a delinquent. The Coot would
consider the defendant's age rendering imprlsonnient
dansteress.v.bis inability to pay any heavy die; the suf-
firings be bed already nadergone: and that punishment
fee heavier than they could inflict, which he meat suffer
in tho-dess of that character which he had maintained
through a lergand honourable lik.
•Mr. AtiOiesve end S 1 e. CHITTY followed on the same
side. ':* ' ' • • '
'obis.. olshir it addiestell the Court in reply to the to-
pies urge ti, 4, bebelf of the defendant. He contended
that all**
gild,
east on the prosecutor were com-
pletely and that he had only exerted himself
moderatrl! „
e. ; though firmly, to effect what few had the
cartage eilthr virtue to attempt—the bringing a great
Ohne delifig.nent to jostiee. The defendant bad pleaded
Ohl le-i.p.teludictosents—one charging hill with ma-
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.4 'S' % Mill matey it fourteen particular instances daring
thrieen: 1819 and 1820, and with taking an oath to
vetlf till'lseermsts in width these sums were falsely
ra edi. and!smotber, applicable tetbe year 1821, omit-
/el ths,ll/oimsent of the oath, cot because the coo-
st4eseefirlibe defendant related to take in• but because
Ott magiAretei refirmd to adalnisterit. His good cha-
se/4;n Staffed of a palliation, was a high aggravation
of lils'orionlealitv; because it proved that during the
ye*, is which 'hi carried on his speculations, be had
atelt•i• tell* of sanctity, the better to conceal them.-'
• , Undettliesocitessmstances,astouniel for-the public, bw
•.. 61 forladgmear, feeliwe esserew that a aim is a
le reek of life should be placed in so disgrace-
Mil dilft,retelol a situation but at theolease,,:time
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