itting conviction;
but Lord Kenyon, the presiding judge, chose to have evidence brought
forward. John Shepherd, an attorney of the King's Bench, who had himself
been plundered, stated that he was at the defendant's, Leicester Street,
on a certain night, and saw Hazard played. Sometimes L20 or L30 depended
on a throw. One morning between three and four o'clock, a gentleman
came in much intoxicated. He had a great deal of money about him. Miller
said--'I did not mean to play; but now I'll set to with this fellow.'
Miller scraped a little wax with his finger off one of the candles, and
put the dice together, so that they came seven every way. Seven was the
main, and he could not throw anything but seven. A dispute arose, and
the persons at the table gave it in Miller's favour. The young man said
he had lost about L70. Miller observed--'We have cleaned him.' If the
attorney had remarked on this at the time, they would have broken his
head, or thrown him out of the window.

He had often seen men pawn their watches and rings to Miller, and once
a man actually pawned his coat, and went away without it! When articles
were offered to be pawned, Liston, who was a partner in the concern,
said--'I don't understand the value of these things well,' and he would
then call Miller.(44)

(44) Even at the present day it is said that other 'articles'
besides 'valuables' are 'left' with the marker at billiards 'for a
consideration.' A fine umbrella, very little used, was lately shown to
me as having been sold for five shillings, by a marker; it probably cost
twenty-five.

Miller said there was no disgrace in standing in the pillory for gaming.
He could spare L500 out of his coffers without missing it. His gaming
table was once broken up by a warrant from Bow Street, when he said it
was too good a thing to relinquish, and he set up another, one large
enough for 20 or 30 persons to sit at. They played at it all night, and
on one or two occasions all the next day too, so that Miller said to
witness on his return in the evening--'Some of the people are still here
who came last night. They stick to it rarely.' Sunday was the grand day.
He had seen more than 40 persons at a time there, and they frequently
offered half-a-crown for a seat. Wine and suppers were furnished gratis.
Some looked over the backs of others and betted. A Mr Smith, the very
man who had pawned his coat, confirmed the above evidence. Miller
was convicted, and the judge, L