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her sister had not been nmch in 

 the habit of walking out. 



To questions from Lord El- 

 lenborough, she said, that she 

 had no reason to beheve that the 

 Key, in Cliandos-street, was a 

 house of ill fame before she went 

 out with her si>ter to buy linen 

 for the journey to Bath. They 

 only saw one man there, and no 

 beds were ordered ; they were 

 shown into a sitting-room, and 

 she thought that the brothel was 

 a family hotel. 



Mr. Topping addressed the 

 jury on behalf of tlie defendant, 

 pressir»^ all the topics in his fa- 

 vour allowed by the case, and par- 

 ticularly the facility with which 

 he had gained the favour of the 

 lady. 



After a short chavge from Lord 

 Ellenborough, the jury found a 

 verdict for the plaintiff — Damages 

 5001. 



NUISANCE AND TRESPASS. 



The King v. Tinkler and Mount- 

 ford. — This was an incpury which 

 took place before a special Bench 

 of Magistrates assembled at Guild- 

 ford on Saturday last, Lord Mid- 

 dleton in the chair, relative to the 

 seizure of 16,5761bs. of g\mpow- 

 der, at the Chilwell powder-mills, 

 of which mills the defendants are 

 proprietors, on the 8lh and 9tli 

 instant. The inquiiy was one of 

 •great interest and imjjortance to 

 the town of Guildford, and its 

 neighbourhood ; and more espe- 

 cially to those persons residing in 

 the vicinity of Messrs. Tinkler 

 and INIountford's works, and oc- 

 cupied the Magistrates during the 

 whole of Saturday and Monday 

 last. Tlie powder, when seized 

 by the constables employed under 



the information, was placed by 

 them in a hop- kiln, belonging to 

 a gentleman named Ryde, in t.ie 

 neighbourhood, wheie it remain- 

 ed from the time the seizuie was 

 made, under the care of a trusty 

 guard, to await the decision of the 

 magistrates. Mr. Cowley and 

 iVIr. Beerings now appeared as 

 counsel, in support of the infor- 

 mation, and Mr. Nolan, for the 

 defendants. The information, 

 which was founded on the act 

 of the Vlth year of the King, 

 entitled " an act for regulating 

 the making, keeping, and carry- 

 ing of gunpowder by the makers 

 thereof," (the 7th section of 

 which provides that no greater 

 quantity of gunpowder in a finish- 

 ed state, or in a state of process, 

 shall be kept in any gunpowder- 

 mill, or places belonging or ad- 

 joining thereto, at any one time, 

 than is necess;iry for carrying on 

 the said works ; and that any ex- 

 cess above such necessary quantity 

 shall be liable to seizure and for- 

 feiture, and the proprietor of such 

 mills be further liable to a penal- 

 ty of ^s. per lb. upon every lb. of 

 powder so forfeited,) having been 

 read, and which infoiniation 

 charged the defendants with hav- 

 ing the iibovementioned quantity 

 of powder, namely l6,57Glhi. in 

 their works, contrary to the regu- 

 lations of the act, unlawfully, and 

 to the inmiinent danger, hazard, 

 and jieril of the neighbourhood ; 

 and the defendants having pleaded 

 not guilty to the charge, 



Mr. Cowley proceeded to ad- 

 dress the Bench in support of the 

 information. After adverting to 

 the imjiortance of the question 

 which he had now to submit to 

 the consideration of the Bench, 

 one involving nothing less in it 



than 



