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never called over the items from 

 the defendant's book until the 

 vestry of the 6th of April, and 

 had never before seen his book. 

 He distinctly recollected reading 

 the item of Dann and Grosland's 

 bill, and shrugging his shoulders, 

 but he had never heard that it 

 was to be opposed. He clearly 

 remembered seeing Dann and 

 Grosland's bill in Merceron's 

 hand at the time, and remarked 

 the sum on the back of it. He 

 could not swear that it passed 

 from Mr. Merceron's hand, or 

 that any body but himself saw 

 the sum, or that any person 

 repeated the item. He could 

 not say if any receipt were pro- 

 duced. Though he considered 

 the sum very large, he did not 

 think it necessary to make any 

 inquiries regarding the bill. No- 

 body asked for any order of the 

 directors for the payment that 

 he knew of. He was aware that 

 in one instance a solicitor's bill 

 had been referred to a committee, 

 but subsequent to these transac- 

 tions. He had never heard of 

 any previous practice. He had 

 not thought it necessary to inquire 

 previously what was the amount 

 of the bill. He thought it hard 

 that the servants of the parish 

 should sustain so severe an ex- 

 pense for doing their duty. 



Mr. James B.Unwin, a surgeon, 

 residing near Bethnal-green, a 

 commissioner of assessed taxes, 

 and of the land-tax, and one of 

 the governors of the parish, was 

 present at the vestries on the 

 -23d of August, 1813, and 6th of 

 April, 1814-. He swore most 



fiositively that Dann and Cros- 

 and's bill was mentioned and 

 the sum: Mr. Piatt read it in a 



clear voice : the witness had con- 

 versed with several people about 

 it afterwards. 



Other witnesses, with some 

 slight variations, confirmed the 

 foregoing testimony. 



Mr. Scarlett replied, and Mr. 

 Justice Abbott summed up the 

 whole of the evidence produced 

 on both sides. 



The jury consulted a k\v 

 minutes, and returned a verdict 

 of — Guilty. 



The trial lasted from half-past 

 9 in the morning until nearly the 

 same hour at night. 



SALISBURY ASSIZES. 



Civil Side. 



Dore V. Antrobus — This was 

 an action brought by the plain- 

 tiff" a'gainst the defendants, Sir 

 E. Antrobus, Bart, and Coutts 

 Trotter, Esq. executors of the 

 late Earl of Peterborough, to 

 recover the expenses incurred in 

 conducting the funeral of that 

 nobleman, and was set down on 

 the special jury list. Three spe- 

 cial jurors, however, only at- 

 tended, and a tales was therefore 

 prayed on the part of the plain- 

 tiff. The pleadings having been 

 opened by which it appeared 

 that the plaintiff's claim amount- 

 ed to the sum of 3,000/., of 

 which 2,000/. had been paid into 

 Court, Mr. Sergeant Pell stated 

 the general circumstances of the 

 case. 



The plaintiff was a person 

 engaged in a very extensive line 

 of business in the city of Bath, 

 where the late Lord Peterborough 

 had for some time before his 

 death generally resided. He 

 died, however, in June, ISl^, at 



his 



