TRIALS, continued.

REMARKABLE AND MEMORABLE TRIALS DURING THE LAST HUNDRED YEARS.

Of the infamous colonel Charteris, for the rape of Ann Bond
Of captain Porteous, at Edinburgh, for murder (see Porteous)
Of the celebrated Jenny Diver, for felony, executed

February 25, 1730

July 6, 1736 March 18, 1740

Of William Duell, executed for murder at Tyburn, but who came to life when about
undergoing dissection at Surgeons' Hall

Of lords Kilmarnock and Balmerino, for high treason

Of Mary Hamilton, for marrying with her own sex, 14 wives
Of lord Lovat, 80 years of age, for high treason; beheaded

Of Freney, the celebrated Irish robber, who surrendered himself

Of Amy Hutchinson, burnt at Ely, for the murder of her husband
Of Miss Blandy, for the murder of her father; hanged

Of Ann Williams, for the murder of her husband; burnt alive

Of Eugene Aram, for murder at York; executed

Of the earl Ferrers, for the murder of his steward; executed

November 24, 1740

July 28, 1746 October 7, 1746 March 9, 1747

July 9, 1749 November 5, 1750 March 3, 1752 April 11, 1753 August 13, 1759 April 16, 1760 December 8, 1761 April 6, 1763

Of Mr. Mac Naughten, at Strabane, for the murder of Miss Knox
Of Ann Bedingfield, for the murder of her husband; burnt alive
Of Mr. Wilkes, the celebrated alderman of London, for an obscene poem, called an
"Essay on Woman"

February 21, 1764

Of the murderers of captain Glass, his wife, daughter, mate, and passengers, on board
the ship Earl of Sandwich, at sea

March 3, 1766

Of the celebrated Elizabeth Brownrigg, for the murder of one of her apprentices, a
female; hanged

September 12, 1767

Of lord Baltimore, the notorious libertine, and his female accomplices, for rape, March 28, 1768
Of the great cause between the families of Hamilton and Douglas
Of the great Valentia cause in the house of peers, in Ireland

February 27, 1769
March 18, 1772

Of the cause of Somerset the slave, establishing the great point of freedom to slaves upon British ground; judgment given, after a long trial (see Somerset the Black). June 22, 1772 "Slaves cannot breathe in England;

They touch our country, and their shackles fall."

October 24. 1773

Of Mrs. Herring, at Dublin, for the murder of her husband; burnt in St. Stephen's
Green, in that city
Of the two brothers, Messrs. Perreau, bankers and wine-merchants, for forgery; hanged
(see Forgery)

January 17, 1776

Of the duchess of Kingston, for marrying two husbands; guilty (see Kingston, Duchess
of, her Trial,

April 15, 1776

Of Dr. Dodd, for forging a bond of 42001., in the name of the earl of Chesterfield; found
guilty, February 22 (see Forgery); executed

Of admiral Keppel, by court martial; honourably acquitted
Of Mr. Hackinan, for the murder of Miss Reay, when coming out of the theatre royal,
Covent garden

April 16, 1779 February 5, 1781

Of lord George Gordon, on a charge of high treason; acquitted
Of Mr. Woodfall, the celebrated printer, for a libel on lord Loughborough, afterwards
lord chancellor

Of lord George Gordon, for a libel on the queen of France; guilty
Of Mr. Warren Hastings; a trial which lasted seven years and three months (see Hast-
ings, Trial of), commenced

Of the proprietors of The Times London newspaper, for a libel on the prince of Wales;
guilty

Of Renwick Williams, called the Monster, for stabbing women in the streets of London
(see Monster)
Of the celebrated Barrington, the pickpocket, the most extraordinary adept in his art;
transported

September 22, 1790

December 18, 1792

Of Thomas Paine, the celebrated political writer and Deist, for his libels in the Rights of
Man; guilty
Of Louis XVI. of France; began December 11, 1792; condemned January 20; and
beheaded (see France)

January 21, 1793

Of the queen of France, Marie Antoinette, consort of Louis XVI.; guillotined. Oct. 16, 1793
Of Archibald Hamilton Rowan, for libel; sentenced to two years' imprisonment, and
a fine of 5007.

Of madame Elizabeth of France, sister to the king, Louis XVI; beheaded
Of Mr. Purefoy, arraigned for the murder of colonel Roper, in a very memorable duel;
acquitted

Of Mr. Robert Watt, and Downie, at Edinburgh, for treason

August 14, 1794 September 3, 1794

Of Messrs. Hardy, Horne Tooke, Thelwall, and Joyce, for high treason; acquitted (see
Hardy, and also Thelwall,

Of the carl of Abingdon, for his libel on Mr. Serman; guilty

October 29, 1794 December 6, 1794

TRIALS, continued.

Of the celebrated major Semple, alias Lisle, for felony

February 18, 1795

Of the rev. William Jackson, on a charge of high treason, in Dublin; he soon after died in prison

Of Mr. Redhead Yorke, at York, for a seditious libel

Of lord Westmeath v. Bradshaw, for crim. con.; damages, 10,000Z.

Of lord Valentia v. Mr. Gawler, for adultery; damages 20007.

Of Daniel Isaac Eaton, for libels on kingly government; guilty

Of sir Godfrey Webster v. lord Holland, for adultery; 60007.

April 24, 1795 November 27, 1795

March 4, 1790

June 16, 1796

July 8, 1796 February 27, 1797

Of Parker, the mutineer at the Nore, called admiral Parker (see Mutinies in the British
Fleet)

Of Boddington v. Boddington, for crim. con.; damages 10,0001.

Of William Orr, at Carrickfergus, for high treason; executed

Of Mrs. Phepoe, alias Benson, the celebrated murderess

Of the murderers of colonel St. George and Mr. Uniacke, at Cork

.

June 27, 1797 September 5, 1797 October 12, 1797 December 9, 1797

April 15, 1798

Of the celebrated Arthur O'Connor, the barrister, and O'Coigley, at Maidstone, for treason; the latter hanged

Of sir Edward Crosbie and others, for high treason; hanged
Of Beauchamp Bagenal Harvey, at Wexford, for high treason

Of the two Messrs. Sheares, at Dublin, for high treason; executed

Of Theobald Woulffe Tone, by court martial (he died on the 18th)

Of lord Thanet, for his conduct at Arthur O'Connor's trial

Of sir Harry Browne Hayes, for carrying off Miss Pike, of Cork
Of Hatfield, for shooting at George III. (see Hatfield)

of Mr. Tighe of Westmeath v. Jones, for crim. con.; damages 10,000l.

Of the mutineers at Bantry Bay; hanged (see Bantry Bay)

Of Charles Hayes, for the obscene libel The Man of Fashion

Of the mutineers of the Téméraire and other ships, at Portsmouth

of governor Wall, for cruelty and murder, twenty years before (see Goree)
Of Crawley, for the murder of two females in Peter's-row, Dublin

May 21, 1798
June 1, 1798

June 21, 1798
July 12, 1798

November 10, 1798

June 10, 1799 April 13, 1800

June 26, 1800

December 2, 1800

January 8, 1802

January 9, 1802

January 11, 1802

January 28, 1802

March 16, 1802

Of colonel Despard and his associates, for high treason; hanged on the top of Horsemonger-lane gaol (see Despard)

Of M. Peltier, for a libel on Napoleon Buonaparte, then first consul of France, in l'Am-
bigu; guilty
Of Robert Aslett, cashier of the Bank of England, for embezzlement and frauds; the loss
to the Bank, 320,000l.; found not guilty,on account of the invalidity of the bills, July 8, 1803
Of Robert Emmett, at Dublin, for high treason; executed next day
Of Keenan, one of the murderers of lord Kilwarden; hanged
Of Mr. Smith, for the murder of the supposed Hammersmith Ghost

Of Lockhart and Laudon Gordon, for carrying off Mrs. Lee

Of general Moreau and others, for conspiracy, in France

Of the rev. C. Massy v. Marquess of Headfort, for crim, con.; 10,0001.

Of William Cooper, the Hackney Monster, for offences against females
Of Hamilton Rowan, in Dublin; pleaded the king's pardon

Of judge Johnson, for a libel on the earl of Hardwicke; guilty

September 19, 1803
October 2, 1803
January 13, 1804

March 6, 1804
May 29, 1804

July 27, 1804

April 27, 1805
July 1, 1805

November 23, 1805

Of general Picton, for applying the torture to Louisa Calderon, to extort confession, at

Trinidad; tried in the court of King's Bench; guilty

Of Mr. Patch, for the murder of his partner, Mr. Bligh

Of lord Melville, impeached by the house of commons; acquitted

Of the Warrington gang, for unnatural offences; executed

Of Palm, the bookseller, by a French military commission, at Brennau

Of lord Cloncurry v. sir John B. Piers, for crim, con.; damages 20,000Z.
Of Holloway and Haggerty, the murderers of Mr. Steele; thirty persons
to death at their execution, at the Old Bailey

Of sir Home Popham, by court martial; reprimanded
Of Knight v. Dr. Wolcot, alias Peter Pindar, for crim. con.
Of lieut. Berry, of H.M.S. Hazard, for an unnatural offence
Of lord Elgin v. Ferguson, for crim. con.; damages 10,0007.

February 21, 1806

April 6, 1806 June 12, 1806 August 23, 1806 August 26, 1806 February 19, 1807 were crushed

February 20, 1807

March 7, 1807 June 27, 187 October 2, 1807

December 22, 1807

March 4, 18C8 July 14, 1808 August 4, 1808 November 9, 1808

Of Simmons, the murderer of the Boreham family, at Hoddesdon
Of sir Arthur Paget, for crim, con. with lady Borringdon
Of major Campbell, for killing captain Boyd in a duel; hanged
Of Peter Finnerty and others, for a libel on the duke of York
Of the duke of York, by inquiry in the house of commons, on charges preferred against
him by colonel Wardle; from January 26 to

Of Wellesley v. lord Paget, for crim. con.; damages 20,0001.

Of the King v. Valentine Jones, for breach of duty as commissary-general
Of earl of Leicester v. Morning Herald, for a libel; damages, 10007.
Of Wright v. colonel Wardle, for Mrs. Mary Ann Clarke's furniture
of William Cobbett, for a libel on the German Legion; convicted

March 20, 1809

May 12, 1809 May 26, 1809 June 29, 1809 July 1, 1809 July 9, 1809

TRIALS, continued.

Of the hon. captain Lake, for putting Robert Jeffery, a British seaman, on shore at
Sombrero; dismissed the service (see Sombrero)

Of Mr. Perry, for libels in the Morning Chronicle; acquitted
Of the Vere-street gang, for unnatural offences; guilty.
Of Peter Finnerty, for a libel on lord Castlereagh; judgment
Of the King v. Messrs. John and Leigh Hunt, for libels; guilty
Of ensign Hepburn, and White, the drummer; both were executed
Of Walter Cox, in Dublin, for libels; he stood in the pillory
Of the King v. William Cobbett, for libels; convicted

Of lord Louth, in Dublin; sentenced to imprisonment and fine
Of the Berkeley cause, before the house of peers; concluded
Of Dr. Sheridan, physician, on a charge of sedition; acquitted
Of Gale Jones, for seditious and blasphemous libels; convicted
Of Mr. Thomas Kirwan, in Dublin, a Catholic delegate; convicted
Of Daniel Isaac Eaton, on a charge of blasphemy; convicted
Of Bellingham, for the murder of Mr. Perceval, prime minister
Of the King v. Mr. Lovell, of the Statesman, for libel; guilty

Of Messrs. John and Leigh Hunt, for libels in the Examiner; convicted
Of the marquis of Sligo, for concealing a sea deserter

Of the murderers of Mr. Horsfall, at York; executed

February 10, 1810 February 24, 1810 September 20, 1810 January 31, 1811 February 22, 1811 March 7, 1811 March 12, 1811

June 15, 1811

June 19, 1811 June 28, 1811 November 21, 1811 November 26, 1811 January 23, 1812 March 18, 1812 May 15, 1812 November 19, 1812 December 9, 1812 December 16, 1812 January 7, 1813

Of Mr. Hugh Fitzpatrick, for publishing Scully's History of the Penal Laws February 6, 1813
Of the divorce cause against the duke of Hamilton, for adultery

Of Mr. John Magee, in Dublin, for libels in the Evening Post; guilty

Of Nicholson, the murderer of Mr. and Mrs. Bonar; hanged

Of Tuite, the murderer of Mr. and Mrs. Goulding; executed

April 11, 1813

July 26, 1813 August 21, 1813 October 7, 1813

Of the celebrated Mary Ann Clarke, for a libel on the right hon. Wm. Vesey Fitzgerald,
now lord Fitzgerald

Of admiral Bradley, at Winchester, for frauds in ship letters

February 7, 1814
August 18, 1814

Of lord Cochrane, Cochrane Johnstone, Berenger, Butt, and others, for frauds in the public funds; convicted (see Stocks)

Of colonel Quentin, of the 10th hussars, by court-martial

February 22, 1814 November 10, 1814

Of sir John Henry Mildmay, bart., for crim. con. with the countess of Roseberry; damages, 15,000.

Of the King v. Brider, on a charge of incest; guilty

Of George Barnett, for shooting at Miss Kelly, of Covent-garden theatre

December 5, 1814 February 17, 1816

Of captain Hutchinson, sir Robert Wilson, and Mr. Bruce, in Paris, for aiding
of count Lavalette (see Lavalette's Escape)

Of" captain Grant," the famous Irish robber, at Maryborough

April 8, 1816

the escape April 24, 1816 August 16, 1816

Of Vaughan, a police-officer, Mackay, and Browne, for conspiracy to induce men to commit felonies to obtain the reward; convicted

August 21, 1816 September 23, 1816

Of colonel Stanhope, by court-martial, at Cambray, in France
Of Cashman, the intrepid seaman, for the Spa-fields riots, and outrages on Snow-hill;
convicted and hanged (see Spa-fields)

Of count Maubreuil, at Paris, for robbing the queen of Westphalia
Of Mr. R. G. Butt, for a libel on lord chief-justice Ellenborough

Of Mr. Wooller, for libels on the government and ministers

Of Thistlewood, Dr. Watson, Hooper, and others, for treason

Of the murderers of the Lynch family, at Wildgoose-lodge, Ireland

Of Mr. Roger O'Connor, on a charge of robbing the mail; acquitted

Of Brandreth, Turner, and others, at Derby, for high treason

January 20, 1817

May 2, 1817

May 23, 1817

June 6, 1817

June 9, 1817

July 19, 1817

August 5, 1817 October 15, 1817

Of Hone, the bookseller, for parodies; three trials before lord Ellenborough; remarkable for his extemporaneous and successful defence

December 18, 19, 20, 1817

Of Mr. Dick, for the abduction and rape of Miss Crockatt
Of the memorable appeal of murder case, Ashford, the brother of Mary Ashford, against
her murderer, Abraham Thornton (see Battel, Wager of)

Of the rev. Dr. O'Halloran, for forging a frank (see Transportation)
Of Robert Johnston, at Edinburgh; his dreadful execution
Of sir Manasseh Lopez, for bribery at Grampound (see Bribery)
Of Bagueley, Drummond, and others, at Chester, for sedition

Of Moseley, Woolf, and others, merchants, for conspiracy and fraud
Of Carlile, for the publication of Paine's Age of Reason, &c.

Of Mr. John Scanlan, at Limerick, for the murder of Ellen Hanly
Of sir Francis Burdett, at Leicester, for a seditious libel

April 16, 1918 September 9, 1818 December 30, 1818

March 18, 1819

April 17, 1819

April 20, 1819

October 15, 1819

March 14, 1820

March 23, 1820

March 27, 1820
April 10, 1820

April 17, 1830

Of Mr. Henry Hunt and others, for their conduct at the Manchester meeting; convicted
(see Manchester Reform Meeting)

Of sir Charles Wolseley and rev. Mr. Harrison, for sedition; guilty

Of Thistlewood, Ings, Brunt, Davidson, and Tidd, for the conspiracy to murder the king's ministers; commenced (see Cato-street Conspiracy)

TRI

TRIALS, continued.

Of Louvel, in France, for the murder of the duke de Berri
Of lord Glerawley v. Mr. John Burn, for crim. con.
Of the individuals charged with high treason, at Glasgow
Of Major Cartwright and others, at Warwick, for sedition

Of "Little Waddington," for a seditious libel; acquitted

Of lieutenant-colonel French, 6th dragoon guards, by court-martial

Of Caroline, queen of England, before the house of lords, for adultery,
August 16; it terminated (see Queen Caroline's Trial)

Of the female murderers of Miss Thompson, in Dublin; hanged

June 7, 1820
June 18, 1820
July 25, 1820

August 3, 1820
September 19, 1820
September 19, 1820
November 10, 1820
commenced
May 1, 1821

Of David Haggart, an extraordinary robber, and man of singularly eventful life, at
Edinburgh, for the murder of a turnkey

Of Samuel D. Hayward, the favourite man of fashion, for burglary
Of the murderers of Mrs. Torrance, in Ireland; convicted and hanged
Of Cussen, Leahy, and others, for the abduction of Miss Gould

Of Barthelemi, in Paris, for the abduction of Elizabeth Florence

Of Cuthbert v. Browne, singular action for deceit

Of the famous" Bottle Conspirators," in Ireland, by ex-officio
Of the extraordinary “Earl of Portsmouth case," commenced

June 9, 1821
October 8, 1821
December 17, 1821

July 29, 1822

September 23, 1822

January 28, 1823

February 23, 1823
March 18, 1823

Of Probert, Hunt, and Thurtell, the murderers of Mr. Weare; Probert turned king's

evidence, but was afterwards hanged (see Executions)

Of Mr. Conolly, for the murder of Grange, the bailiff

Of Mr. Henry Fauntleroy, banker of London, for forgery; hanged

Of Foote v. Hayne, for breach of promise of marriage; damages 30007.

January 5, 1824

January 26, 1824

October 30, 1824

December 22, 1824

Of Mr. Joseph Haydn, for a libel on marquess Wellesley; continued three days in the

court of King's Bench; the jury discharged without coming to a verdict. January 26, 1825

Of Mr. Henry Savary, a banker's son at Bristol, for forgery

Of O'Keefe and Bourke, the murderers of the Franks family

Of John Grosset Muirhead, esq., for indecent practices

Of the case of Mr. Wellesley Pole and the Misses Long; commenced

Of captain Bligh v. the hon. Wm. Wellesley Pole, for adultery

Of Fisher v. Stockdale, for a libel in Harriette Wilson.

Of Edward Gibbon Wakefield and others, for abduction of Miss Turner

Of the rev. Robert Taylor, for blasphemy; found guilty

Of Richmond Seymour, esq. and Macklin, for an unnatural crime

Of Richard Gillam, for the murder of Maria Bagster, at Taunton

April 8, 1828

Of Mr. Montgomery, for forgery; he committed suicide in prison on the morning ap-
pointed for his execution

Of Brinklett, for the death of lord Mount Sandford by a kick
Of William Corder, for the murder of Maria Marten; executed
Of Grace, the murderer of Mr. Chadwick, at Clonmel; hanged
Of Joseph Hunton, a quaker merchant, for forgery; hanged

Of Burke, at Edinburgh, for the Burking murders: Hare, his accomplice, became ap-
prover (see Burking)

Of the King v. Buxton and others, for a fraudulent marriage
Of Jonathan Martin, for setting fire to York Minster

Of Stewart and his wife, noted murderers, at Glasgow; hanged

Of Reinbauer, the Bavarian priest, for his murders of women

Of captain Dickenson, by court martial, at Portsmouth; acquitted

December 24, 1828

March 21, 1829
March 31, 1829

July 14, 1829
August 4, 1829
August 26, 1829

Of Mr. Alexander, editor of the Morning Journal, for libels on the duke of Wellington;
convicted

February 10, 1830

March 4, 1830 March 6, 1830 April 2, 1830 July 30, 1830 August 24, 1830 October 8, 1830 October 30, 1830 December 21, 1830

Of Clune, &c., at Ennis, for cutting out the tongues of the Doyles
Of Mr. Comyn, for burning his house, in the county of Clare; hanged
Of Mr. Lambrecht, for the murder of Mr. Clayton in a duel
Of captain Moir, for the murder of William Malcolm; hanged
Of captains Smith and Markham, for killing Mr. O'Grady in a duel
Of captain Helsham, for the murder of lieut. Crowther in a duel
Of Mr. St. John Long, for the manslaughter of Miss Cashin (see Quacks)
Of Polignac, Peyronnet, and other ministers of France (see France)
Of Carlile, for a seditious libel, inciting to a riot; guilty
Of Mr. D. O'Connell, for breach of a proclamation; pleaded guilty
Of St. John Long, for manslaughter of Mrs. Lloyd (see Quacks)
Of Mr. Luke Dillon, for the violation of Miss Frizell; convicted
Of major Dundas, for the seduction of Miss Adams; damages 30007.
Of Mr. Cobbett, for a seditious libel; the jury could not agree
Of the rev. Robert Taylor (who obtained the revolting distinction of "the Devil's
Chaplain"), for reviling the REDEEMER; convicted

Of Mr. and Mrs. Deacle v. Mr. Bingham Baring. M.P.
Of Bird, a boy 14 years of age, for the murder of a child; hanged

January 10, 1831 February 12, 1831

February 19, 1831

April 14, 1831

May 26, 1831
July 7, 1831

July 6, 1831 July 14, 1831 August 1, 183*

TRIALS, continued.

Of the great cause, earl of Kingston v. lord Lorton; commenced
Of Bishop and Williams, for murder of the Italian boy (see Burking)
Of the earl of Marr, in Scotland, for shooting at Mr. Oldham
Of Elizabeth Cooke, for the murder of Mrs. Walsh, by "Burking"
Of colonel Brereton, by court martial, at Bristol (see Bristol)
Of the murderers of Mr. Blood, of Applevale, county of Clare
Of William Duggan, at Cork, for the murder of his wife and others
Of the murderers of the five policemen, at Ennis

November 9, 1831 December 3, 1831 December 17, 1831

January 6, 1832 January 9, 1832 February 28, 1832 March 26, 1832 April 2, 1832 July 26, 182 October 26, 1832 March 13, 1832 May 10, 1833

Of Mr. Hodgson (son of the celebrated Miss Aston) v. Greene
Of the mayor of Bristol, for neglect of duty in the Bristol riots
Of rev. Mr. Irving, by his own (the Scots) church, for heresy
Of lord Teynham and Donlan, a tailor, for swindling; guilty
Of Mr. Baring Wall, M.P.; most honourably acquitted
Of captain Wathen, 15th hussars, by court-martial, at Cork; honourably acquitted; his

colonel, lord Brudenell, removed from his command
Of the proprietors of the True Sun for libels; guilty
of Mary Ann Burdock, the celebrated murderess, at Bristol
Of sir John de Beauvoir, for perjury; acquitted

May 11, 1833

January, 1834
February 6, 1834
April 10, 1835
May 29, 1835

Of Fieschi, at Paris, for attempting the life of the king, Louis-Philippe, by exploding an
infernal machine (see Fieschi)

January 30, 1836

Of the hon. G. C. Norton v. lord Melbourne, in court of Common Pleas, for crim, con. with the Hon. Mrs. Norton; verdict for the defendant

June 22, 1835 February 10, 1817

Of Dr. Morrison v. proprietors of Weekly Dispatch, for libel
Of lord De Roos v. Cumming, for defamation, charging lord de Roos with cheating at
cards; verdict for Mr. Cumming

February 10, 1837

Of James Greenacre and Sarah Gale, for the murder of Hannah Browne: Greenacre
convicted and hanged; Gale transported

.

Of Francis Hastings Medhurst, esq., for killing Mr. Joseph Alsop; guilty

Of Bolam, for the murder of Mr. Millie; verdict, manslaughter

Of rev. Mr. Stephens, at Chester, for inflammatory language

April 10, 1877 April 13, 18 July 30, 1839 August 15, 189

Of John Frost, an ex-magistrate, and others, on a charge of high treason; guilty: sentence
commuted to transportation (see Newpor!)

. December 31, 1879 June 18, 20, 1840

June 22, 1840

Of Courvoisier, for the murder of lord William Russell; hanged
Of Gould, for the murder of Mr. Templeman; transported
Of Edward Oxford, charged with attempting the life of the queen; adjudged insane,
and confined in Bethlehem-hospital (see Oxford)

July 9, 10, 1840

Sept. 2, 1840 October 6, 1840

Of madame Lafarge, in France, for the murder of her husband; guilty.
Of prince Louis Napoleon, for his descent upon France (see France)
Of captain R. A. Reynolds, 11th hussars, by court-martial; guilty: the sentence excited
great popular displeasure against his colonel, lord Cardigan
Of lord Cardigan, before the house of peers, capitally charged for wounding captain
Harvey Tuckett, in a duel; acquitted

October 20, 1840

February 16, 1941

Of the Wallaces, brothers, merchants, for having wilfully caused the destruction of the
ship Dryad at sea, to defraud the underwriters; transported
Of Josiah Mister, for attempting the life of Mr. Mackreth; guilty
Of Bartholomew Murray, at Chester, for murder of Mrs. Cook

March 4, 1841 March 23, 1841

April 5, 1841

Of the earl of Waldegrave and captain Duff, for an aggravated assault on a police constable; guilty, six months' imprisonment, and fines of 2007., and 207.; judgment, May 3, 1841 Of madame Lafarge again, for robbery of diamonds

.

August 7, 1841 Of the great case, Allen Bogle versus Mr. Lawson, publisher of the Times newspaper, for an alleged libel, in stating the plaintiff to be connected with numerous bank forgers throughout Europe in their schemes to defraud Messrs. Glynn and company, bankers, of London, by means of fictitious letters of credit; damages, one farthing. This exposure, so honourable to the Times, led to the Times Testimonial Of Mr. M'Leod, at Utica, America, for taking part in the destruction of the Caroline, commenced; he is acquitted after a trial that lasted eight days October 4, 1841 Of Robert Blakesley, for the murder of Mr. Burdon, of Eastcheap; hanged, October 28, 1841 Of Mr. Beaumont Smith, for the forgery of exchequer bills to an immense amount; he pleads guilty, and is sentenced to transportation for life December 4, 1841 Of Sophia Darbon v. Rosser; breach of promise of marriage; damages, 16001. Dec. 8, 1841 Of Dr. Webster, for bribery at an election of St. Alban's; acquitted March 3, 1842 Of Mr. John Levick and Antonio Mattei, principal and second in the duel in which Lieut. Adams was killed, at Malta; both acquitted Of Vivier, courier of the Morning Herald, at Boulogne, for conveying the Indian mail, through France, for that journal, contrary to the French regulations. Of Daniel Good, for the murder of Jane Jones; the memorable Roehampton murder ; found guilty, and sentenced to be hanged