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examination by the solicitor-gene- 

 ral, he said the bond was prepared 

 in the office of Mr. Thomas, and 

 executed by the defendant, at the 

 house of sir Felix Agar, of the 

 guards. Witness did not know of 

 his executing any other annuity 

 deeds at that time — believed the 

 defendant was only just of age 

 when he executed it, and was then 

 a young gentleman of considerable 

 fortune. 



The Solicitor-General for the 

 defendant, observed, that upon the 

 question of law and morality, there 

 could be no difference between 

 him and liis learned friend (Mr. 

 Parke) ; but he should prove, that 

 this bond was given upon the ex- 

 press consideration, that the plain- 

 tiff was to continue to live with 

 the defendant in the state and on 

 the terms already described, and 

 that it was given as the price of 

 her chastity, and for her continu- 

 ance in that immoral course of 

 life, by showing that she continued 

 to live with liim in that state for a 

 long period of time subsequent to 

 the execution of the bond. The 

 defendant had been a young man 

 of considerable property ; but get- 

 ting into the hands of these annuity 

 agents, and having an unfortunate 

 attachment to this plaintiff, he was 

 reduced from an ample fortune to 

 a state of distress and embarras- 

 ment. 



Sir Felix Agar and James Far- 

 quharson, esq. were then called, 

 but not appearing. 



Lord Eilenborough told the jury, 

 that, however the statement of the 

 defendant's counsel might invali- 

 date the bond, if adduced in evi- 

 dence, yet it was not proved ; and 

 the execution of the bond being 



established, they were bound to 

 tind for the plaintiff'. 



Chelmsford^ Fridni/, March 1?.— 

 The King, v. IVellesleij Pole Tilney 

 Long Wellesley. — Tliis was an in« 

 dictment which has excited consi- 

 derable interest in the county, as it 

 was to try the right of the public 

 to a right of way through Wan- 

 stead-p;iik. 



Mr. Serjeant Best, on the part 

 of the prosecution, stated, that he 

 appeared, to vindicate the right of 

 the public against an attempt, 

 which, for the first time, had been 

 lately made to deprive them of an 

 ancient right of way. The defen- 

 dant, as they well knew, was a 

 gentleman of high rank, who had 

 lately married an heiress of most 

 extensive possessions in their coun- 

 ty. For him and his family, the 

 Serjeant professed he felt the mo>t 

 profound respect ; but within a 

 '• little month " after his marriage, 

 while it might have been expected 

 that the defendant would have 

 been far differently amused, he 

 began to new-model all the 

 household. The ancient and ap- 

 proved servants of the family were 

 dismissed, and the administration 

 of family affairs confided to new 

 hands. They began to discover 

 rights, which those who for a series 

 of many years had managed the 

 estates, had never dreamt of; and 

 one of their first acts was, to attempt 

 to shut the public out of Wanstead- 

 park, through which there had 

 been an immemorial right of way. 

 He should prove, that the way 

 existed even before the place was 

 enclosed as a park. Wanstead 

 house had belonged to many emi- 

 nent persons, and among others, 



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