further prefent, that afterwards, to wit, on, &c. at, &c. the faid arbitrators met, and took upon themselves the burthen of the faid arbitration; and that upon the faid arbitration certain queftions then and there arose, and it became and was then and there material and neceffary for the faid arbitrators to know and afcertain whether the faid R. E. had actually paid to the faid W. S. for or on account of a certain fhip or veffel called the Amazon, tradesmen's bills to the amount of eight thousand four hundred pounds and upwards; and in particular, whether he the faid R. E. had paid for him the faid W. S. eleven guineas per ton for the hull of the faid fhip or veffel; and alfo whether the faid W. S. had paid the faid R. E. fix thousand seven hundred pounds and upwards, in cash and bills, on account of the faid fum of eight thousand four hundred pounds and upwards; and alfo whether there was a balance then due from the estate of the faid W. S. to the estate of the faid R. E. of one thousand feven hundred pounds and upwards; and alfo whether if the faid R. E. had been paid the balance of one thoufand feven hundred pounds and upwards, he would have gained or loft by the whole tranfaction between them relative to the faid fhip or veffel; and the faid R. E. then and there appeared, and was interrogated and examined upon his aforefaid affirmation by and before the faid arbitrators, as to fuch facts and circumftances: And the jurors aforesaid, upon their oath aforefaid, do further prefent, that the faid R. E. being fo affirmed, not having the fear of God before his eyes, but being moved and feduced by the inftigation of the devil, and in no wife regarding the laws of this realm, or fearing the penalties therein contained, then and there, to wit, on, &c. at, &c. upon the faid arbitration, by his own act and confent, and upon his aforefaid affirmation before the faid arbitrators (they the faid arbitrators then and there having fuch power and authority to administer the said affirmation to the faid R. E. in that behalf), did wilfully, falfely, and corruptly affirm, declare, and give in evidence (amongst other things) to the faid arbitrators, that he the faid R. E. had actually paid for the faid fhip or veffel called the Amazon, tradesmen's bills to the amount of eight thousand four hundred guineas and upwards; in particular, that he the said R. E. had paid for him the faid W. S. eleven guineas per ton for the hull of the said ship; and that the faid W.S. had paid to him the faid R. E. fix thousand feven hundred pounds and upwards, in cash and bills, on account of the faid fum of eight thousand four hundred pounds and upwards; and that there was a balance then due from the estate of the said W. S. to the eftate of the faid R. E. of one thousand seven hundred pounds and upwards; and that if the faid R. E. had been paid the said balance of one thousand seven hundred pounds and upwards, he would neither have gained or loft by the whole tranfaction between them, relative to the faid fhip or veffel; whereas in truth and in fact the said R. E. had not actually paid for the faid W. S. for or on the account of the faid fhip or veffel called the Amazon, tradesmen's bills to the amount of eight thoufand four hundred pounds and upwards; and in particular, the VOL. IV. S faid cery for the pur faid R. E. had not paid for him the faid W. S. eleven guineas per ton Indictment for MIDDLESEX, to wit. The jurors for our fovereign lord the perjury in an king upon their oath present, that heretofore, to wit, on, &c. in the affidavit before a twenty-eighth year of the reign of our fovereign lord George the mafter in chan- Third, now king of Great Britain, &c. a certain commiffion of pofe of fupport- bankrupt, under the great feal of Great Britain, bearing date at ing a petition to Weftminster, the fame day and year aforefaid, was duly awarded the lord chancel- and iffued against J. F. by the name and addition of J. F. late of, lor to fet afide a &c. horfe-dealer and chapman, directed to certain commiffioners bankruptcy on therein named, who thereupon duly found and declared the faid J.F. the ground of its to be a bankrupt: And the jurors aforefaid, upon their oath aforefaid, having been un- do further prefent, that afterwards, to wit, on, &c. in the twentyduly obtained. commiffion of ninth year of the reign of our faid lord the now king, a certain petition was prefented to the right honourable the lord high chancellor of Great Britain, by and on the behalf of T. M. J. T. and T.L. fhewing (amongst other things) that they the said petitioners had great reafons to believe that the faid commiffion fo iffued against the faid J. F. was iffued for the express purpose of serving the faid bankrupt, and to defraud them the faid petitioners of their respective demands therein mentioned, and praying that the faid lord high chancellor would be pleased to order the faid commiffion of bankruptcy awarded and iffued against the faid J. F. to be superfeded: And the jurors aforesaid, upon their oath aforefaid, do further present, that D. J. late of, &c. contriving and intending to injure and aggrieve the faid J. F. and to put him to great trouble, charges, and expence of his monies, afterwards, that is to fay, on, &c. in the twenty-ninth year of, &c. at, &c. in, &c. came in his proper perfon, before T. W. efquire, then being one of the mafters of the high court PETITION TO SET ASIDE A COMMISSION OF BANKRUPT. court of chancery of our faid lord the king (the faid court then and ftill being held at Westminster, in the county of Middlesex aforefaid), and did then and there produce and exhibit to and before the faid T. W. efquire, a certain affidavit in writing of him the faid D. J. in fupport of the faid petition, and then and there, before the faid T. W. was duly fworn, and took his corporal oath upon the holy Gofpel of God concerning the truth of the matter contained in the faid affidavit (he the faid T. W. then and there having a lawful and competent authority to adminifter the faid oath to the faid D. J.): And the faid D. J. being fo fworn as aforefaid, not having the fear of God before his eyes, and being moved and feduced by the inftigation of the devil, and having no regard to the laws and -ftatutes of this realm, nor fearing the punishment therein contained, did then and there, to wit, on, &c. in the twenty-ninth year aforefaid, at, &c. in, &c. in and by his affidavit aforefaid, upon his oath aforefaid, before the faid T. W. then and there being one of the masters of the said court of chancery, and having a lawful and competent authority to adminifter the faid oath to the faid D. J. falfely, corruptly, knowingly, wilfully, and maliciously, depofed and fwore as follows, that is to fay: In chancery (meaning the faid court of chancery), in the matter of J. F. a bankrupt (meaning the faid J. F.), D. J. of, &c. (meaning the faid D. J.) maketh oath and faith, that J. R. who this deponent (meaning the faid D. J.) is informed is the petitioning creditor under the commiffion of bankruptcy awarded and iffued against the faid J. F. (meaning the faid commiffion of bankruptcy), in company with the faid J. F. the faid bankrupt, did, fome time on or about the month of December 1787, call upon this deponent (meaning the faid D. J.) at his (meaning the faid D. J.'s) houfe in Grofvenor Mews: and this deponent (meaning the faid D. J.) further faith, that after fome little converfation had paffed between the faid J. R. J. F. and this deponent (meaning the faid D. J.) the faid J. R. began a converfation with this deponent (meaning the faid D. J.) by saying they (meaning the faid J. R. and J. F.) came to this deponent (meaning the faid D. J.) upon particular bufinefs; and upon requesting to know what that bufinefs was, the faid J. R. told this deponent (meaning the faid D. J.), that he (meaning the faid J. R.) fuppofed this deponent (meaning the faid D. J.) must have heard that the faid J. F. was determined to become a bankrupt; but as he (meaning the faid J. F:) wanted a perfon to become a petitioning creditor, they (meaning the faid J. R. and J. F.) had fixed on this deponent (meaning the faid D. J) for that purpose; and then afked this deponent (meaning the faid D. J.) if he (meaning the faid D. J.) would become fuch petitioning creditor; but this deponent (meaning the faid D. J.) faith, that being much irritated at fuch request, &c. &c. (fet out the affidavit, with the neceffary inuendos); as by the faid affidavit more fully appears: whereas in truth and in fact the faid J. R. in company with the faid J. F. the bankrupt, or otherwife, did not, at any time in or about the month of December 1787, call upon the faid D. J. in Grofvenor Mews; S 2 and 259 king's beneh re and whereas in truth and in fact the faid J. R. did not begin or Indictment for MIDDLESEX, to wit. The jurors for our fovereign lord the perjury in an now king upon their oath prefent, that heretofore, that is to fay, on affidavit made Wednesday the third day of, &c. at, &c. in, &c. before the right in the court of honourable William lord Mansfield, chief juftice of our lord the lative to the re- king affigned to hold pleas before the king himself, and Sir Sidney moval of a nui- Stafford Smythe, knight, lord chief baron of his majesty's court of fance in the ri- exchequer, juftices of our faid lord the king affigned to hold the ver Thames, for aflizes in and for the county of S. aforefaid, a certain bill of indictment before then duly found against W. G. late of, &c. by the ed and convict. name and addition of W. G. late of, &c. for unlawfully erecting ed at the affizes, and continuing a certain nuifance, to wit, certain ledges and dams which defendant had been indict in and across a certain navigable river being the king's common highway, at Richmond, in the parifh of. &c. in, &c. called the river Thames, otherwife the Thames, ufed for all the king's fubjects with their barges, boats, and other veffels, to navigate, fail, pafs, and repafs in and along the fame, at their will and pleasure ; whereto the faid W. G. had pleaded that he was not guilty of the premifes in the faid indictment contained, and whereon the iffue was duly joined between our fovereign lord the king and the faid W. G.; and the faid W. G. came on to be tried, and was tried; and the faid W. G. was then and there, to wit, on, &c. before the juftices aforefaid, in due manner and according to due courfe of law, by a jury of the faid county of Surry, found guilty of the premifes in the faid indictment fpecified and charged upon him, in manner and for... as by the faid indictment was alledged against him : And the jurors aforefaid, now here charged and fworn to enquire in form aforefaid, upon their oath oath aforefaid, do further prefent, that after the conviction of the faid W. G. and before the faid court of our faid lord the king before the king himself had paffed any judgment on the faid W. G. for the offence whereof he had been fo convicted, to wit, on, &c. the faid W. G. not having the fear of God before his eyes, but being moved and feduced by the inftigation of the devil, and contriving and diabolically intending not only to elude, but also to fubvert the laws and public juftice of this kingdom, and to avert the truth itfelf, came perfonally into the faid court of our faid lord the king before the king himself (the faid court then and still being held at W. in the faid county of Middlefex), and took his corporal oath on the holy Golpel of God before the faid court, the fame being then and still held at W. in the faid county of Middlesex, in the great hall of pleas there called Westminster Hall, the faid court then and there having full power and authority to adminifter an oath to the faid W. G. in that behalf, and then and there, to wit, on, &c. in the faid court of our faid lord the king before the king himself (the faid court then and ftill being held at W. in the faid county of Middlefex), by his own act and confent, upon his faid oath, before the faid court (the said court then and there having fuch full power and authority to adminifter an oath to the faid W. G. as aforefaid), falfely, wilfully, maliciously, and corruptly, did fay, depofe, fwear, and make affidavit in writing; which faid affidavit is intitled as follows, to wit: In the king's bench, the King verfus Geter, &c. and was made by the faid W. G.; by which faid affidavit the faid W. G. did (amongst other things) falfely, &c. fay, &c. as follows, that is to fay: And firft, this deponent W. G. (meaning himself the faid W. G.) having at the last affizes holden at, &c. in, &c. (meaning the affizes before mentioned) been convicted of unlaw fully erecting and placing and cont nuing a certain ledge or dam in and across the river of Thames, near Richmond, in the county of Surry (meaning the nuifance aforefaid), he this deponent (meaning himself the faid W. G.) did, in the month of Auguft laft (meaning the month of Auguft in the year 1774), as foon as the then late flood had abated, and shortly after the faid trial (meaning the trial of the aforefaid indictment) caufe the fame (meaning the faid ledge or dam), or fuch part thereof as appeared to him (meaning himself the faid W. G.) to be abfolutely neceffary, to be effectually removed, the only fmall part thereof (meaning the faid ledge or dam), which he this deponent (meaning himfelf the faid W. G.) left ftill remaining in the faid river (meaning the faid river of Thames) being several feet below the furface of the water even at low water, and fuch as he this deponent (meaning himself the faid W. G.) apprehended and believed not to be anyways zhe leaft injurious or prejudicial to the navigation of the faid river (meaning the faid river of Thames): And this deponent (meaning himfelfthe faid W. G.) further faith, that on, &c. in the afternoon of the fame day, he (meaning himself the faid W. G.) employed A. B. C. D. &c. three of this deponent's (meaning his the faid W. G.'s) fervants, to pull up and remove the remainder of the faid $3 ledge |