The Statesman. — London, England, 1821-09-20 00:00:00

IMPORTANT CARL John Smith was indicted for returning from trans portation without lawful excuse. Mr. ADOLPHUS stated, that on a former occasion the prisoner at the bar was tried by a London Jury for the offence of being at large in London without law ful excuse, he being at that time under sentence of transportation. The Jury on that occasion acquitted him. Be now stood charged with being at large in the county of Middlesex on a day previous to that on which he was before charged with being at large in the city of London. The prisoner pleaded that the offende of which he was now acensed was the same for which be bad before been tried and acquitted, and that according to law he ought not to be tried twice for the same offence. The Crown denied that this was the same offence, and this was the issue which the Jury would bare to try. The prisoner, it appear oil, had been convicted of burglary, and sentenced to death, which bad been commuted to transportation for life. The learned gentleman then advised the . Jury, in forming the decision, to. fellow OS of the Court; as it siesta fact merely a question ()flaw. Several witnesses were then called, who proved that the prisoner was seen at large in the city of London, on the 6th of June, in the second year of the reign of Lis present Majesty; and that he was also seen at large in the county of Middlesex on the 17th of April antecedent. Mr. LAW, for the defendant, observed, that the question which the Jury had to decide was, whether in point of lawleing at large in one county was the same offence as beipg at large in another. The statute under which the prisoner was indicted stated, that if any person with respect to whom the punishment of s!eath had been commuted to transportation for life should at any time be found at large in any part of (heat Britain, without lawful excuse, such person should suffer death without benefit of clergy. The act also provided that a prisoner may be tried either in the county in which he was apprehended, or in that from which lie was transported. It was a principle of the English law that no man should be twice put in jeo pardy for the same offence. If the Jury should decide that the offence with which the prisoner was now charged, was 'different from that for which he had be fore been indicted, and if this decision of the ,Jmy silonld receive time sanction of the Judges to whom the question would be finally referred, the spirit of that soand principle of law to which he had alluded would be controverted. If the present attempt should succeed, the consequence would be, that a man, after haring been once acquitted, would he made to run the round of all the counties until he should be convicted. The first sacred principle of our law, namely, that a man shall not be twice put in jeopardy of his life for the same offence would, for the first time, be over thrown. It depended on the result of the present issue whether a man who had been . once acquitted should:be dragged to trial at the pleasure of any officer who Might feel it hfs interest to prosecite him. Mr, Justice RICUASMIOW then 'addressed the Jury, and said, that, as at present advised, it appeared to him that this was a different charge from the one which was formerly made against the prisoner. He did not, however, speak with great confidence on this point, and irivas his intention, should the Jury take the same view of the case as he did, to refer the question to the consideration of the Judges. The Jury, after a short consultation, declared that the offence' for which the prisoner was indicted was the seine felony for which he had been before acquitted. • The prisoner was then discharged from custody. IORGERT Or PRUSSIAN DOLLAR NOVAS. 111eFesseA [ease Goolistens. otherwise . Goldstein, was pot to the bar on an indictment charging him with having feloniously forged and counterfeited di vers Prussian notes, purporting to be Treasury notes, fur the payment of one dollar each, of one of the Mi. nisters . and Officers employed hi the service of Frede rick William 111. King of Prussia, with intent to de fraud his, the said Minister; Baron Alteustein. We stated- yesterday that there were no less than 20 counts in the indictment, in each of which the charge was diiferently. Mr. LAW Owed k Mr. Bolatawn addressed ficts of the saw aa: - assess. The present the 43d of the late Kiag, id the event of being f* 14 years. I■ the ..- year, two persons, named at Berlin, sad Lased Being detected, the they were manufactured _ plat a stop to the deteriofttlon Was seat to England' the 'aspect* of the of bringing the maul officer. vase's/4*rd. dons the Learnedomme. character of Mr. Newman, graved and printed liaving anticipated paoyed to make a copy . paid 301. and the regular Wm. Newman is Widegate-street, id prisoner ; had a cow dr the beginning of had newer dose blob Mr. ANDICIIVIP submitted *items stood is web dummy being molted? Mr. Justice &enamors objection to melds, Re•exantined by . keg to his shop, said him to do. sad produced produced was one et was, the prisoner said @Anion. The only • the specimen, was ti witness being about replied. " God bless to give you any ail. well." Witness then do the plate. The prisoner saying he be done in the time t ness did not recollect. in the time, which would the plates. The prisoner The paper was included about N. a 1000. The , copies were struck about a fortnight or , 'perintended the cuttini *at various times. There ,note only required two • engraving was struck inserted at the bottom fled the plate now produced and there were about ` locoed plate was the 'working of the numl the new plate. Tbe .i.e of the witness's molter. Witness, in fresh order for 5000 was a " shipping order. off from what remained noes, and some fresh Whoa Pop the oliceiAssuo of copies were layiag view. While the work called at least 30 times . produced was an impression the direction of the lions in the indictment produced. Cross-examined by ' goner by the name of were admissions to a be wanted a proof for ral at different times. them away for approbation. 20 years. Engraved are English type. By a Juror.—One out, and had bad been ass.._ the witness having intended By Mr. Justice Ther either the German or ' Wm. Richard Newman.-11 ness ; knows the prisms-- the testimony of the last terfering and cutting log alterations. David Brown, a copper-plate Mr. Newman, remembered r ly at his muter's house was going on; had seen while the order was goil Timothy Nolan, an man, remembered seeing , premises. Mr. Smitherman, foreman of Maidstone, paper makers, which the paper was audit. Foy, the officer, prove from this premises of Mr. Mr. Newman identified the prisoner. Mr. Smitherman brnary to make up the wards received an order came in company with paper as to substance, 'directed the water mark witness identified the paper about 26,000 sheets, each bell the prisoner say that wished to use them in Cross-examined by company with the pru yid not know what language tether in a foreign language son in question since they cr which bethinks was about ' John Schmidt was following witness. Augustus Was. Eckert, Berlin; it was the duc dollar notes, with a Tie ones; _a note now produced sots Br the payment Rd to hint is a false one; shown by Foy, the officer. 4.May several Witness Aerated . Lobb custody, witness and ' 10th of July. Cross-examlied by , of Simeon having received tion to the priginei. MT STATESPLIN. _ . I the case fee the pro lith • office at Hanibirgh s directed 40 the petemser fillawsillsmiliglaawsamillaill e; *Men ti " •••• ' pow& .. .. ( mesti. fßoyrmaeSrtatActittsetelifiattibteelatoet thesetill v ok ag i' a fai rst A irs gni 17. 11 i t iiinsesel the its , cad Mated the reteives sad executes orders frets thal l ium/ay of -..mum...—. aftemnrde mega .to, by ...,the wit -• Bullet relative to those mites. Baron Altenstein Is a Oalutoal le' i rase, l aw_ , Ille teirse 1•0 Vettaaevn, mt prosecution was imstitatei seder Minister of the King of Pruett*, widths notes are pay King, which subjected theprisellev; ablest Berlia,'Brujaw. kaiKonlegsberg. The name and 2d Geo. IV. cap. 24, nearly all the peeel s ," . I mg found guilty, to triapertation of the King of Prussia is Frederick William ; has the month of Jane, of the present **thing to delritk th e o ffi ce from which the notes is- Pealed, and a new' seiteas ettemitment a f f s ,a,if"t* named Loeb and Slime. appeared awed; there was no- one here from the office from c w ri b id iet s , l earla offen tr a le d ruddeeed hogetehei re and wash la - tg ia r eir g ht idle .• w il fie.. sd a quantity of the Seddon, paper. • which they hiss!, bat witness receives instructions re* ' . e King of Prussia having found from the Treasury ; the notes are current In Prussia, legly. By the law gar this ealojeet, ee is - --, t swa 1 tared in England, and, in order to aid eveiwooe who presents them can , receive mosey steed. constables and aloes The e se powes s d • o; c eterieration of the currency, Simeon for them; the notes are received in payment of duties prebend all persons fined laggin g , & c oa t 7 ; 1 din company with another person, and for money; has seen - Money given for them a open air, or.in any act of vagranee, net the • J. . Police of Berlin, for the purpose hundred 'times; there is no deduction made wimp trate, before whom such vagrant was Wooed , , : I inafacturen to justice, and Fob*. money is given for them ; they are called in Prussia proof of the fact, and that be or she had IQ At -4 ed. lathe coarse of his olosetue " Treasury Note" or "Receipt." The notes ate not means of gaining a liiellhood. was directed s o ass is 1 Donnael took occasion to clear the aloes receivable in payment of Government duties ; such person to the Monett of Correction for sires Newman, the redeem who en- they are carnet throughout the kingdom ;it is money and cause him or , her to be passed to the paddT 1 4. the notes, from all suspicion of issued by Government; the genuine note produced was which they belonged; sad open every such . 1 is the fraud, be being merely em• perfect in all its parts ; they are not Government re- menethe officer appreheadingwas entitled to a tee s N 1 ' ; spy of the plates, for which he was Wets. deleting that Government has received so much of 10s. By the Act ithevementioned, which le la is • regular sum ter printing them off. only; every body will take them. is force forone year km the Ist of this pteeesten n a k 1 ;an engraver, and resides at 27, Mr. JpitiOe RICSARDSON.•—Baron D'Altensteia was of September, no reward ass new be claimed for it. ..4 is the city of London ; knows the Finance Minister at the time the notes were • issued ; prebending a vagrant; but the Magistrate gap e Iniumnieadon with him in March the signatureof the Minister is engraved on the notes. his discretion, order a saes, not exceeding flea. ; e h i f April ; had known him 20 years ; John Schmidt then translated the note. The front paid by the parish Menus. as a reward 'in sea sok ripen for bin) before. ' wax . To direct the pudgy albs vagrants to their perish % • J minnitted to the Court whether ibis " N 0.1376. Treasury note or receipt for one dollar the presence and unseat of two Magistrat es *, t eh a skew°s as S. allow a bi g ton• la currency, according to the standard of 1784, valued quired, and no passes , enmeshed of an eetel typa l ' rs' . 1 :, is to be committed to trey *wee of Comedies W en ' .. h , tee & in an dealings in full." Oa the reverse : " ALTaniTille." than one mon* net loa rar tliaa three MARMON decided that there was se n - ag the evidence. " Treasury mite or receipt for one dollar Is wareetwy. teer with, j g l o w he se , • - e z . i : Office of Reelization of Currey/Iy." ~. ...• I --ft. --- - • , -'b • Mr. Law.—The prisimerom Wee. The note is wholly in the German lapireago; Hum is _. Discretion is satire* the Ilseisavete 4a a .. it id he had a little engraving for a crown and sceptre on the note, and the initials "F. P`rmn brought - hiders him in at" of Vag .0 lea . heed Ai/limekiln- The eery new IV. It." for Frederick William Rex. 'shell think fit.; but La the ease of nMievieilseg 1 sf them. Oa being asked whet it The forgeries were thew shown to Mr. Ecker, and no longer send the party to prison for serve days to he aid it w a s a Prus si a n t icket o f ed• he said they resembled the genuine one. passed to the parish; bat mast commit the person se r word witness could make oat on Mr. Schmidt was again called. convicted to actual punishmeet, bard law, fee at the word " current," and on the By Mr. Anof.rnos--.-Tbe term in general for a pro- least one month. ' it to say." for what ?" the prisoner w i nery nose is l 4 s t a n k seheiso The tern . for a The full punishment of the new Statute IM O i s . 3 is my soul, do you think lam going receipt "Schein." • . dieted yesterday, by Mr. Alderman Brews, .epea .4 I ing wrong? You know me very Peter Simeon knows theyiisoner at the bar. Has sturdy,e ill-looking fellow, n , amed dlic , h _ z aeldia r"l,. . _s•itif 1 smuts the C it y, b e g g i n g, in t he guise of smstren s s ten entered into an engagement to knows him for nine years; camels England with Mi. d numbers were not rem ricted, the Ec ker ; saw the prisoner on the Mowing day ; told sailor. Smith, the street-keeper of Fleet-street, l e e would have 30,000 if they could the prisoner he by M • Lobh for 5000 A • mentioned by him, but which wit- notes, respecting which (the be pr isoner) bad received • ed begging, at the corner of Bell-rod e When law t a letter, and that he (the witness) had et. He then undertook to do 10,000 the money for to desist and go away, he became *Waive, imindese e them. Witness was present when Lob!) gave the would cost about 301. This included refused to stir, told the o ffi cer it was bin iIW b look A toner was to provide his own paper. after thieves and not beggars, and that he 'milli b eg , order for the notes. Had seen the prisoner at sereral laded in the estimate, which was ti mes give Lobb Prussian notes, at No. 43, Laat-st ree t, in spite of them, all over the city. Wise brought t. rbe order was executed, and 10,000 in the Borough; they were like those now produced. the office, he was Immediatel y reco g nised as as old , • off. The order was completed in The prisoner always spoke Getman to the witness, and 4 o ff ender is this line. He bad , it appeared. been ser e - ' 1r three weeks. and the prisoner so- ral times at the Mansion House on similar charm , 1 that was the language of the instrument . The prisoner ting of them. and took them awe)! sad w _last before the Leal Mayor, about a he. i said before he could give the notes he must have 5/ " night 1 There were three plates. but the. had been clothed, to enable him to go e . _ which the witness received from Fey, the officer, and two plates. After the supper-rate s i tua te board some ship; he bad, however, eski, gave the prisoner the neat day. The primmer then i ck off there was a line of letter-press the clothes, and resumed his old occupation. i undertook to - furnish them. Whenever the witness :om in red ink. The witness Wood- went to the prisiser, he wag searched by the oilleers , 'T, hesefect° bein g P elee !' and the fellow hilewi fit' I srodemed ; one was the first plate, both before he went and whale be came back. The "'nag be had a° weir of getting hi s living bill by a s at 7or 8000 struck from it. The begging, Alderman Brows adjudged him t o bee a- . first time witness received 1200, and the second dayl • frost of the note, and stood the 2100. On the diy the prisoner was apprehended. g rant " hie the meanin g of the Statute, and 41' mber throeghoit. The third wit witted him to bard labour in the House of Cerra* j, witness paid him 101. It was the same money that le lie. ef letterress was set e l l II Foy gave him. Witness had been kept in catody in for three months. I 4 men by the threatsn of the Pri- PuBLiC .Orrice, Bow-ernese.—Testerday AMP Prussia for some time, was now on his parole. e the month of August, received_ a- JKagrath was charged before Sir RICHARD Baseil,' By Mr. Justice Iticiteensow.—Wa rs gave the I more, which the prisoner said prisoner the order for the notes, be gave him an the . Sitting Magistrate, with defrauding James lime Irder." The last number was struck • jea l p ra w n . Iwo. a servant out of place, residing in Rupereemest. 0' ' . Ina in the possession of the wit/ . market, of the sum of Mk. under die4eliperieg dr. John Foy, the officer, hoe, testimony to the last h paper furnished by th e Pr ' ___ 1 •eittlerea amain to_tbisomustri x amblabia(thairif- 411 -.°A ae a t "' ' ..* t tee rt. me 1411.41)• •. - . : 01 4 - 11 allm w r r miens ) having glvei Simeoa the mosey to purchase the do Tuesday last t h e iml°°°" l " set°4 all e° lll . l I if spout to sty. open to p ahlie 'forgeries. and then taking. the prisoner into custody, -0)60 is Leicester-6'l"w' and offered to °t i bia "' I ork was in progress, the prisoner and finding the said money on him. Witness asked gold chain very cheap; the witness having bess'i M' 11 men on the witness. A peer Dow ed in a similar way b e f or e , was resolved to detect the the prisoner where the plates were, and having previ-i pension struck off the plates by an d agree d , y ously ascertained the fact, told him that they were atpr i soner, accor di ng l y p urchaseto it , be I ; prisoner. The different impres- adjourned to a pu bli c- h ouse. and then witness gave Mr. Newman's. Witness also said that he should h tent were struck from the plates him a sovereign in part of payment for the chain, sal 1 send the prisoner to the office and search Newman's ; _, house ; to which the latter replied that be would not under pretence of procuring more money, west is e r Mr. sit e . — Called the pm- search of a constable, and on returning with one to 1 find them but if he would let him g o he would ro- f Goldston. Did not say the ticketsthe publie house, the prisoner, it seems, was cemented t II duce them . Witness then went to M r . Newman's P end ; theatre. The prisoner did not saywith the deposit, as he marched off directly after wit- found taro Mtn at work with the plates, and a quan- f r approbation. He took away seve- tity of notes in various states, some partly worked off, nese q uitted the hou se . Witness met him y esterda y t es. Witness thought be did takein the street, and a constable being on the spet beets others wholly fin i s h e d , and some paper wet down for i obation. Has knowh the prisoner secured. The chain was copper, slightly washed sew the purpose of working. He also found the letter- 1 his shop bills for him. The types press now pro d uce d . with gold, and worth about ten pence. Sir R. Biaiita observed, that as the purchase was Thomas Clements, an o ffi cer, stated that he went of the plates was topcomletely worn en sent to the smiths be beat oat, with Simeon to the house of Gouldston , and that be e d the char b h tan represente d y th e pr i son er ,g mended to have it repaired. searched him immediately before he went into the va l ue r • iIeHARDSON.—IIid not understand house. Witness waited outside, but did not lose sig ht fraud could sot be p roceeded with, but that be shalt 1 • the French language. of Simeon from the moment of his coming out of the commit the prisoner under the Hawkers' and Pedlin' V i roan. — is the son of the last wit- h ouse unt il h e gave hi m i n t ocas t o dy. Witness went a Act, in the p enalt y of 101. and in default to beat 1 "'Der very well. He corroborated second time and, as on the first occasion, brought out milted to Bridewell for one month. Being nub** last witness, as to the prisoner In - pay be was accordingly committed. i quantityof the f orged notes He corroborated the , . the edges of the notes, and suggest a , . ' former testimony as to finding t he notes. DIED. 1 opper-plate printer, outplayed by Cross-extußinedo—:Was Utst• near enough to know On Satu r day last, at Amadei, Mrs. C. Lane, wife of Ki!. bored smug the prisoner frequiesto, what passed between the prisoner and Simeon in Lane, surgeon. of that place. i tome ; frequently . while the ordle the h ose ., .On Tuesday last, at his house in Gower-street, J. Frans' lin O Esa.nday, 16th instant, at his house in Haeover-etrest , 1 "a the prisoner trimming the Dotes Charles C in .Christmas saw the prisoner and Simeon 'S - n u ;sing on. ..... company several times. and bad also seen the prisoner Hanover-square, Lorenzo Stable , Esq. aged 09 years. it engraver employed by Mr zitew- • — Newman',. a 1 At Bath, on Saturday, lath instant, W. Smith, Rm. ring the prisoner on his master's go several times to air. Mr. Beim and Mr. Schmidt then compared the in- D u l w i c h . S urrey. 1 On Monday, 17th instant, Harriet, the wife of ,Themes 'mines he Messrs. Wise and Cs.. dictmeut with the forged notes, and the former de- pl eas i ng , Esq. Dulwich, Surrey. , makers, produced the amid. fioni clued that they were perfectly alike. They were Thursday, lath instant, at the house of• Mr. Carlow, of made. _ • Beaumont, near Carlisle, . Mrs. Tamar Irwie, beeelli of owed ta kings quantity of paper This closed theprosecutioo. •"• • • Kirkesdrees. cgs 1 . 100 piers. She retained Ater falliAtiOnto 1 Mr. Newman, which he produced. the last moment of her existence, and died a s a vere*ot 1 tified the paper as that furnished by life. Mr. PLAIT took an objection to the indictment on indisposition, and was much respected through ....... the ground that it did not indicate to be a promissory MUM WATRI AT LONDON-RRIDGE To-MORROW. I rmexamined—Commeneed in Fe- note, an order, or an undertaking to pay money. isms- Morning 6 min. attar 9.—Eveoing 42 min &Refit I be paper, and sent up 1000; after- much as there was no name of any party promising or t-- ~.—.—.....—........emim rder to alter it, and the prisoner ire Y his Majesty's Royal Letters Paten L-1,1 0281 i undertaking to pay , or any orderer or or d erer on the th another person,and selected some • * • therefore was KJ Pilule Selataria. justly famed for Curing. isi 211 _1 face o f the instrumenti n question, a nd 1 i. and some as to colour. and also St a ges, a Certain Disease. One small Pill Is a Dose ; ••• I irk to be made more perfect. The , not within the Statute. the taking of one box, in a recent case, will sue cooler te paper produced. He executed Mr. BOLLARD contended , that as they had proved the Patient of the certainty of his speedy recover/. I" 1 each being for double notes ; heard by witnesses, that the instrument, which the document thing can be better contrived. morisafe, o r more eat , some Person ( a planter) abroad in question was made :to represent, • was current in than this remedy' for s uch as are o b liged _go __. _. 5 ti lieu of money. • Prussia, therefore theisLegislature must be taken to to sea, as t needs no conteement or restraint o f Dist; 00. years experience (in an extensive practice) bus Pfev"' r Mr. Aeotamus.—The penis in have contemplated instruments of the nature of the that it will effect a Cure, when repeated salivation and 11 1 isoner spoke to bins, but witness . For the scurry sad otter od ed H contended that the words other methods anil nothing. instrument pr nc . e inguage it was; they conversed to-cludnical disorder', this Medicine has not its tri rs • di a; anguage ; had never seen the per- on the note were an undertaking to pay, and that any wards of 40,000 persons, of both sexes, have they came on that day to the alai, person bolding the genuine note could obtain money cured of the above cruel Disorders, within the last st about the 2 0th or 21st of March. for it at the Treasury of the kingdom of Prussia. years. Prepared and sold by the sole Proprietors, Tillo'is thee sworn, es Interpreter to the Mr. LAW also contended to a similar effect. Loa and Son, Surgeons **at their house, Din. 9, New Street, in boxes of onl y 2s. 9d. each. duty incledbl. 14 „,„_.• • The COURT overruled the objection, and the pri- kert, is inspector of the police at Two back doors and lights in the passares at nigbt. sew/ toner being called on for his defence said he had been are also sofa by their a p p ointment , with einem* dkectle i t' sty of the witness to inspect the • r w ho assuredat Mr . H bora' T -sh II L'Oxford-stren4 St. "'- view to know it they were good enticed to do as he had done by a person, the Wm' bora:vies, 7, Fleh Street H searly educed was in original and genuine him that lie would be-doing nothing wrong, and that ; se Mr. gees E d i a b iug h ; 34:7c:t e llery's• Deb' of one dollar; the other one hand- distress drove him to accede to the proposition, in or- lin • and by one person in every considerable town la Grid 22 . one; bad seen a number ol notes der to relieve the wants of a suffering family. Britain and Ireland. Advice gratis to onus taillet_tr: ( finer, which were all false; in the Several pees ins were called to character. who gave *above, or other of the Proprietor's medicines. Gitute_2_7 ral Jews, were taken sr in Berne- the p risoner a very good one. seminal weekneues cured , and letters, post paid. finew•w"' - oh at Leipsic ; Simeon was then in . ~ ig sad . . • Seethe list, published by the Royal Goiters( . I Simeon came to England the M r. Justice AbICRARDSOW summed up. the my , J_, g ommimimmommommimmg====....t ...... on without hesitation f prisoner • quad the Guilty. London: lfdlted, Printed,oar teem of and Published -at I y Mr. Axeanws.—Did ttot know Thomas Ride was capitally coavicted for maliciously 17 6 °, 8 ity la tea u " ° " 1 ",, L ' ii il l a j ts ' ae o r reelell 'isCharnht mired any letter of resoMmenda- cutting Mid stabbing Robert Mtoreders,.with intent to i sp a irweitatu ia, - a. B.: to whin' al Bier Wittiest pail letter-iii & pa-. rob him. .• .. • . • saaketholiadsusles• am astiveded to banddsonetb . _ .4 .7k - • OLD DAILEYSRMONS . Ir. Raiding, aged 55, stood capitally indicted for e. sling six sheep value 101. the property of Thomas 1 Mingo, on the sth of July last, from a deld at Mill : in. Middlesex. The prosecutor stated, that on the Monday follow ing the robbery, he found the sheep in Smithfield, in the custody of a boy named Abrahams. Abrahams swore, that on the 7th of July be raw the sheep in the possession of the prisoner, and on the Monday following was sent by a Mr. Cox, a drover, for them at Hackney. . Tilley, a drover. swore that he purchased six sheep of the prisoner on the 7th of July, and that the pri soner drove them to Hackney for him. Witness gave 11. tls. a head for them, which he considered a fair price. Thomas Sternage also proved the prisoner to have had the sheep in his possession. T. Austin, a constable, went with another officer to the residence of the prisoner at Winchmore-bill, irbere they, ofter some difficulty, forced open the door. Oh going up stairs, the wife of the prisoner seemed to be alone, but the other officer noticing a person walking about in the kitchen, dressed as a woman, kept his attention directed to the object, and on see ing the person so dressed attempt to go out of the house, followed. ad took the prisoner into custody, in consequence of Shelving that the supposed female wore man's shoes; and on taking the handkerchief from his fate, the prisoner was immediately detected, and of course taken to she police-office. The prisoner pet in a written defence, in which be stated that be purchased the sheep of a man named Thomas, and on his way sold them for I/. 7s. 6d. each, an:l exposed the rest publicly for sale at Smithfield.— He strongly protested bis innocence, and accounted for patting on female attire by saying that be was fearful of being arrested fur debt. A man named Stowe swore that be saw the prisoner purchase nine sheep in the Lundon-road, on this side Enfield. A considerable number of witnesses were called as to character. but none of them could positively say how the prisoner got his livelihood. They all thought him to have an independence. Mr. Justice &cilium*/ summed up, aad the Jury found him—Guilty. The prisoner was again tried on another indictment for a similar offence and acquitted.