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♦ - *Mansion-House,—Yesterday a man named* »• ^ 4Mu£gip was charged with felony by a {w?r*bn named Sarvis, a vwiue-inerehaut», under the fol-1 IqwwigXMretimstances * i'j Mrr Sarvifr stated, that on the Sih of February !j last he obtained frStn a man of colour (his soii/m-'i law) a bill of sale for all his stock of wine, spirits.t\ in certain cellars belonging to him on OldFish-street-hiil, in liquidation of a debt of if5h which he’hud contracted by borrowing money of hi,rot the Complainant. The Prisoner hod beenporter to his sou-in-law, ot the time be received the bill of sale, but had never been formally dis*-clntrggdv On Frida, last, when he went to the cellars in question, he found them* broken open, and alt the stock of wine and spirits gone. Understanding that the Prisoner find been seen cur-rvitnr utv^v' some of the wine, he caused him to be apprehended*The Prisoner, in his defence, stared, that Mr.1'Sarvis’a son-in-law owed him 23b for wages, due t since July last, one farthing of-which he couldj ! never.get paid. He believed that Mr. S. wus inpartnfsrship with his son-in-law, in consequence ot having seen him- so frequently in the cellars. With 1 aspect to the charge of felony, he denied it; but acknowledged that when be went to the cellars on Frida}*, he found them brokeu open, and st veral persons taking away the property in execution for debt, and thinking there would be nothing left to cover his own debt-fur wages, liedid take some of the goods, with a view of morning them when he got paid, lie produced a li^t of cieditors, to the amotiut of 750b who had sent goods to Mr. S/a bondii-law* which hud never been paid for.The Loan Mayor, under all the circumstances, dismissed the complaint, and told the Complainant there was no pretence for cluirgin the Prisoner with IVIouy.nns-idtrf:eillteidAteidk-inofwts.ifa
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London Pilot
London, Middlesex, GB
Tue, Mar 03, 1812
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