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employed.
On
referring
to
the
note
containing
the
abstract
of
this
trial,
it
will
be
seen,
that,
al-
though
the
flavoring
and
mixing
of
Cape
Wine
with
a
portion
of
Shorry,
to
make
the
mixture
sell
for
genuine
Sherry,
was
not
brought
home
to
the
knew
the
defendant
Oldfield
;
had
frequently
bought
small
quan-
tities
of
Wine
of
him,
but
never,
at
any
one
time,
so
large
a
quan-
tity
as
to
require
a
permit.
He
never
bought,
altogether, so
much
Wine
of
him
as
288
gallons.
He
never
saw
the
permit
for
288
gallons
of
Wine,
purporting
to
have
been
bought by
him
of
the
defendant.
Mr.
Tooke,
examined
by
the
Attorney-General.
He
(Tooke)
knew
the
defendant;
these
permits
were
obtained
with
the
know-
ledge
of
the
defendant,
and
for
the
purpose
of
accounting,
for
the
disappearance
of
a
large
quantity
of
Cape
Wine,
which
was
mixed
with
Sherry,
and
sold
under
the
name
of
the
latter.
It
was
not
sufficient
to
mix
Cape
and
Sherry
alone;
any
one
would
detect
the
imposture.
The
mixture
thus
formed,
must
be
doc-
tored,
before
it
could
be
made
to
pass
for
Sherry.
The
mode
of
doctoring,
was
by
mixing
with
the
Wine,
a
composition,
made
of
Bitter
and
Sweet
Almonds,
Powdered
Oyster
Shells,
and
Chalk;
the
Bitter
Almonds
gave
the
Wine
a
rough
taste,
which
the
Sweet
Almonds,
in
some
degree,
softened;
the
Powdered
O
\ster
Shells,
and
Chalk,
refined
the
mixture.
There
was
a
large
vat,
in
which
the
mixture
was
made.
The
vat
was
erected
for
tiiis
purpose;
the
mixture
and
doctoring
were
both
made
with
the
de-
fendant's
knowledge
and
approbation.
Oldfield
was
then
in
the
King's
Bench
Prison;
witness
had
frequent
conversations
with
the
defendant,
in
prison,
and
carried
him
samples
of
the
Wine
thus
mixed
;
the
ingredients
for
doctoring
the
Wine
were
bought
by
wit-
ness
;
the
bills
then
produced
in
court,
were
tire
druggist's
bills
for
the
same
;
witness
was
remunerated
for
these
ingredients,
by
Porter,
Oldfield's
clerk.
The
defendant,
Oldfield,
carried
on
the
business
of
a
Wie
Merchant,
under
the
name
of
the
Westminster
Wine
Company.
There
were
two
mixtures
of
this
Wine
made
in
June
1823.
Oldfield
went
to
prison
in
February
1822.
There
were