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had lately served our Lord the King on board the Pallas, and that certain prize money was due to him for such service, on the
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last, feloniously, wilfully, and knowingly, did personate and falsly assume the name and character of the said
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aforesaid, in order to receive the said prize money, against the form of the statute
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A Second Count, for personating on the same day the said
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, supposing he was entitled to certain prize money, in order to receive the same.
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I am clerk to Mr. Hooper, he is a navy agent, on the 5th of January the prisoner at the bar came to our office with
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, he said he had an order to receive some prize money, and desired me to draw an order, which I did; he made his mark, and I witnessed it.
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(The order produced.)
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Mr. Sylvester, Council for Prosecution. Did you afterwards pay him any prize money? - Yes, I received three pounds seventeen shillings and sixpence, and afterwards paid it, there is a receipt for the money.
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(The order read.)
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"The mark of
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"London, the 5th of Jan. 1784.
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"Sir,
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"and you will oblige your humble servant."
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"being so much received by me as
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Do you know any thing else? - On the day Brady was taken up, this man at the bar came into the office towards the evening, and asked me if there was any more
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prize money money for him; knowing Brady was in custody, I informed my master, who was in the kitchen, that Howard was come to know if there was any more prize money; Mr. Hooper came into the office, and asked him what his name was; he said his name was
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, and he came after more prize money; he then desired him to go with him, and he would acquaint him something of it; he took him to the public house close by where Brady was; when we took him to the public house he said his name was
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, just come from Ireland to receive the wages of his brother,
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Mr. Sylvester. Is this the same man who received the prize money in the name of
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You are sure as to his person? - I am positive.
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Was Howard entitled to prize money? - Yes.
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Mr. WADE sworn.
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I have
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Have you any of the name of Veruley, or Haslett? - I have
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Mr. Fielding. Did you serve on board the Pallas? - Yes.
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What is his name? -
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Did you know
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Were they two men? - Yes.
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You were a
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You know the prisoner? - Yes.
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What is his name? -
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Edward Veruley
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, at the time I served on board the ship.
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Do you know
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James Howard
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? - Yes, that is not the man at all.
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Was you at Mr. Hooper's when the prisoner was there? - Yes.
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What happened? - He trod upon my toes, and pinched a piece out of my finger; he asked me what I called him by his name for.
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What did you call him? - I called him Veruly, he asked me what I called him by his name for; I thought he was in liquor, I went in to ask a question about the prize money, I saw him in Hooper's office.
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Did you see the clerk of Mr. Hooper? - I saw him sitting at the desk.
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- M'INTOSH sworn.
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Did you know the prisoner? - The day that I apprehended
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Thomas Brady
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, in consequence of what had just passed, the prisoner came with him, and this Brady said he wanted some business done in the agency line; this man applied to me in the name of
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Peter Haslett
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, as administrator to his brother that he had on board the Pallas.
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PRISONER's DEFENCE.
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My name was
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James Howard
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on board the Pallas five years, and I got my own prize money that was due to me in that name; that man has swore my life away wrongfully; when Mr. Hooper first took me, he said he would hang me without Judge or Jury.
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Court to Livingstone. Did he go by the name of
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James Howard
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? - Never.
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Mitchell. He never did, my Lord, while I was in the ship, which was two and twenty months.
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The prisoner called one witness who gave him a good character.
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Death
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.
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Tried by the second Middlesex Jury, before Mr. Justice NARES.
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