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would not be at the loss, for he 

 would go to Trim, serve notice on 

 the church-wardens, and recover 

 the money of the county. The 

 witness earnestly requested of him 

 to show the spot where the rob- 

 bery was committed, and raise an 

 alarm — this he declined doin^. 

 Witness also told him, he would 

 collect his men, meet him at 

 night, advised a party of dragoons 

 to be got, and said, he would 

 assist, with his men, in searching 

 for the felons — Doyle, at this time, 

 alleged there was but one robber 

 —then said, he imagined there 

 was but one, but there might be 

 two : he examined Doyle's arras 

 —there vrere no marks of a rope, 

 nor did he see that the cord was 

 cut—nor did he hear any outcry — 

 nor did any other person, though 

 many were on the demesne and 

 near him, hear him cry out— he 

 at last showed a spot, where he 

 said he was robbed ; but the grass 

 shewed no marks of pressure. 

 Doyle begged pardon, and said 

 that was not the place, and led the 

 witness to another place, and said, 

 " this is the place where I was 

 robbed," which was on the oppo- 

 site side from the first place pointed 

 out by him. The witness said, 

 there were no marks of any person 

 having been laid on the ground, 

 nor were there any marks of the 

 fif deal seeds on his great coat. 

 The witness then proceeded with 

 his workmen, to search the de- 

 mesne for the robbers; he soon 

 returned, and saw Doyle, who was 

 complaining to the men who were 

 tKrashing in a barn, that he had 

 been robbed. This barn was con- 

 venient to the 8pot where Doyle 

 Mud hfe bad been robbed. 



Lord Norbory, in his charge, 



brought forward all the leading 

 features of the case, and said, the 

 Jury should find for the plaintiff 

 if they gave credit to the testimony 

 of Doyle, and it appeared that 

 he had been released from all in- 

 terest and future liability for the 

 plaintiff. As the defendant's coun- 

 sel had submitted several points of 

 law to the Court, a verdict for the 

 plaintiff could work no injury; 

 for, if these legal points were well 

 grounded (and he would give no 

 opinion on them, but leave them 

 to the court above), the defendants 

 would set the verdict aside. 



The Jury found for the plain- 

 tiff — Damages 750/. with costs. 



POLICE. 



Queen square, Sept. 20. — Came 

 on the case, on a summons granted 

 against the driver of the Hackney 

 coach, No. 644, on the application 

 of Mr. Wilkinson, by 3Ir. Field- 

 ing, in virtue of his constructioB 

 of the Act, on Saturday last* 

 namely, that a complaint for mis- 

 behaviour or abuse might be ex- 

 hibited against a Hackney coach- 

 man even without a ticket. 



Collier, the owner of the coach, 

 stated, that on the day when Mr. 

 W. was taken in his coach from 

 the Old-Bailey to Islington he was 

 very ill, and got a man to drive 

 for him, forgetting, unfortunately, 

 to give him some tickets. 



Mr. Fielding, the magistrate, 

 said, that the driver must attend ; 

 for he who drove was here the 

 offender. It was a personal ol^ 

 fence : it was the behaviour of this 

 driver that constituted it. Tbc 

 person at the bar, however, might 

 tell his brother coachmen (al* 



