The Statesman. — London, England, 1821-11-03 00:00:00

LAW INTILLME.VCR. CURT OF KING'S BENCH—Werrenterra, Nov. 2. This morning, as coon as the Court was open, as el ierly 'elitism, of deceit garb and simple aspect, took his seat among the beaches appropriated to Coun sel. Whets the Judges arrived (about half past ten o'clock) the special paper was called ; bat the elderly gentleman requested to be heard. The LORD C. JORTICR. , ....What have you to say. Sir ? Applicant.—Then is a conspiracy, my Lord, against this Court, and against the Royal authority, the secret of which I will lay before yourLotdship. The Loan Cater Juseicc.—Have yogi any affidavit ? Applicanto—The case will not admit of it. The Loan CHIRP JUSTICR --Thee we cannot hear it a we eau only hear upon affidavit. Me. JUSTICR BATLRY.AIid we cannot hear yon at all niw. The applicant, who seemed to have a 41 method in his madam," bowed and departed. PHILLIPS V. BANDER. This was en action on a Policy of insurance, in which the Underwriters were liable for lon by perils of the . Son. • The ship arrived in October, 1820, at St. Jobs's, Newfoundland, where she was put into a Gray ing Dock to be repaired. By the violence of the wind she was blown from her lashings, and falling on her side, sustained the loss which the Plaintiff sought to recover. To the brat count, in the declaration, stat ing the loss to have happened by the perils of the Sea, there was a demurrer, and the Court had to decide upon the validity of that count. Me. Cam en ata. baying been heard against the Court, The LORD CRIED JUSTICIA was of opinion, the Plain tiff was entitled to recover. The question for the Coma to decide was whether the loss was within the Maemieg of the policy. It was clearly a loss (Kea 'Maned by the violence of the wind, which was in his Lordship's opinion one of the perils of the sea. Judges BATICT, HOLROTD, and Bear, were of the same opinion. lIICHARDSON r. CAMPBELL. The Court gave jellgatent in this important cue. The wooden was, whether the transfer of a British registered ship, whilst abroad and at sea, to a foreigner was void, for son-compliance with the Register Act, 34 Geo. 111. c. 69, a. 16, which requires that a copy of the bill of sale shall be delivered at the Custom house, wit►ia a reasonable time after the sale. The Coots were clearly of opinion that such delivery was Ilecessary. sad held the sale in this case to be void.— Judgment for the plaintiff. MURRAY V. TUC BAST INDIA COMPANY. The Cover also gave judgment in this ease in fa vnnr of the plaintiff, upon the three points reserved for further consideration—l. Whether the action was barred by the statute of limitations Whether the plaintiff could sue upon the fourth bill of exchange, which did not come into his hands until after the death of the first administrator ; and 3. Whether the de- fendants where liable to par interest upon all the bills from the days they were due respectively, or only from the days of demand. The Court were of opinion that the action was within time ; that the plaintiff was en titled to recover en the fourth Mlll, as part of the tes tator's effects coming to his bands as administrator; hnt that interest was only dne from the day on which demand of payment of the bills was made.—Judgmeot for the plaintiff. MURRAT V. ELLIS MN. This cue, which bad been sent from the Court of Chancery to take the opinion of this Court, as we un derstood, upon the defendant's right to represent one of Lord Byron's Tragedies on Drury-lane stage, was called on. Mr. ADOLPHUS attended for the defendant. Mr. SHADWELL had signed the case, but not being Ia attendance, The COURT ordered the case to be struck out of the paper. subject, however, to an application to have it restored, if the parties thought proper. OLD 11.411,EY.—Nor. 2. ~- • Ana Davidson, an interesting female, only seventeen years of age, was indicted for stealing in a dwelling house, a shawl, and various articles of wearing apparel, the property of a Mrs. Thorn, and a Mrs. Stevens, with the latter of whom she lived as lodger. She received an excellent character not only from the prosecntrix and her family, np to the time of the present transaction, bat two most respectable females readily consented to afford her an asvlutp in either of their families. The Jury found her Not Guilty, and her friends immediately received her. SenTENCE6.—The Sessions having ended, sentence of death was passed on—Joseph South, for uttering forged Bank-notes; James Eddowes, for burglary; W. Grady, for a highway robbery; Ann Norris and Mary Palmer, fur a robbery on Jas Thompson in a certain dwelling house; Amey Steel and Elizabeth Davies, for a like of fence on John Disbury ; Samuel lfavward, fur burglary; Edw. Hill, for stealing in a dwelling-house; Thomas French, for house-breaking; Ann Turner and Mary Ana Sullivan, for a robbery on Louis Baptiste in a cer tain dwelling-house ; Benj. Abbott, for horse-stealing ; Jobs Sowerbv, for uttering forged Bank notes; John Lynn, for a highway robbery ; Wm. Marrs, for stealing in a dwelling-honse; John Jacobs, for a highway rob bery; Edward John Franklin, for burglary; and Wm. Hicks, for a like offence. Mary Ann Palmer having pleaded, in stay of mention of her sentence, that she was pregnant, a Jury of Matrons were sworn to enquire into the fact, and, her plea being found to be good, she was respited daring pleasure. .Sizteea werooriered to be transported for life, viz.:— John Waling. Jules Smith, Robert Nicholls, Robert Smith, John Leeiryer 'saw Penn, John Smith, William Sawyer, Thomas darris, Charlotte Fletcher, Junes Heady. George Draper, Vearles Smith, James Welsh, Wm. George Lewis, and George Moore. • Three were ordered to be transported for fourteen years, viz. :—Thosnas Cook, Henry Drummond, and W. Gee. Warner. Thirty-two for seven years, vie. :—Joseph Gray, James Hopkins, Thos. Johnson, Catherine Jones, Mary King, William Joan, James Barrett, James Sanders, Wm. Wilson, Thomas Battey, Thomas Dixon, Sam. Jones, John aging, Henry Smith, Deborah Saunders, Walter Hairy Alexander Cormack, Richard Vallar , John Tea- ph\ JOhn Oisbins, Thomas Wood, James Melton, James Morris, George• Wilson, Ann Wilson, Owen Powers, W. Eaton, W. Ball, James Hopkins, Mary Burke, Thomas Coleby, and James Jones. • Eight were ordeated to be imprisoned In the Giltapur. street House of Correction, five in Newgate i and twenty nigie in the House of Correction for Middl esex for va rious periedsogveral of whom were ordered to be pub licly and privately whipped. Three jadgmeots were respite& several were fined Is. each and discharged, and thirty two were discharged by proclamation.—Sessions adjourned to the sth Dec. THE POLIO:. —.00.—. Yesterday t►tee au were Woe.% before the Lone MATOR, on 11 - charge of having attend a bad sovereign at the shop et Mr. L. Hostess, law sta. toner, at No. 117, Chaseery-lane. It appeared that ono of the prisoners west*. Thom day to the shop of the presenter, sad parchased a tos. law stamp, in payment for which he tendered shad sove reign. From the clumsy execatioa of the piste it sous instantly detected, and as Mr. Henke* had readvei mach counterfeit misty recently in payment, be itw► mined not to let any case of the kind oat of his stones ' without a rigid maths'% He accordingly seat Ihe officer, on whose appearance the prisoner said he had been sent to get the stamp by a man who was waiting close by. The officer accordingly went there, when they found that there were two men in waiting. One of them was recognised by Mr. Moulton to be the man who had a short time before passed a forged IL note at his shop, and on searching him a bad half crows was found, bat nothing was found upon the other prisoners. An Attorney came forward and said one of the prison ers was a client of his, and that he had authorised the other to buy the stamp in question, but he knew nothing of the prisoner on whom the bad money had been foetid. As the prisoners were not known as common utterer, by the police, they were discharged with an admonition that the present cue would be evidence against them if they should hereafter be detected in similar practices. Intimation was given to the Bank of the charge against one of the prisoners for passing the bad note. but word was sent that the Bank did sot now interfere In these cases, and Mr. Honiton did not wish to prosecute. We are informed that there has been an extensive issue of bad sovereigns from lliensiagbam, which have been in ci renlation, in Loudon, about tee days. That uttered by one of the prisoners was of this coinage. They are very badly executed. The minis; is chum, and the letters arc indistinct. The bead is very different, and some think abetter 'ikons: than that on the true sove reign. The ring is also very had, and the imitation is altogether so palpable that it is not to be apprehended that they will be taken unless in the utmost hurry of business. The titterers, we art informed, pay five shil lings and sixpence each for them. RENARKAOLL FRAUD UPON PAWNIIROKERII.—A lad was charged with having defrauded his master, Mr. Reeves, the pawnbroker, under the following circam starlet% It appeared from the statement of one of Mr. Reeves's shop-boys, that the prisoner at one occasion celled him into the shop to bear witness that he purchased a silver tea-pot of a man, who was there, for 31. 13s. After which, he told witness to make out a ticket for it for di. This was done, and the prisoner took the amount out of the till and put it into his pocket. Mr. Reeves deposed, that the value of the pot was not more than 31. 15e. at the farthest. Other cases were stated against the pri soner of his having purchased tickets, sad speculated most extensively to the prejudice of his employer in this way. For instance, it was stated to be the pri soner's practice to say to the persons who came with articles to pledge, • , I can only lend you 10a. on this, but I will buy it of you for 15s. if you choose. After the seller was gone, he would pat the article - 1u fledge at a sum which would bring him a larger prob. Mr. HARMER, who attended in behalf of the prisoner, admitted that his conduct to his employer was most dishonest and censurable, but said there was noshing in it that the law could punish. Ile certaialy had, however, exposed his master to a penalty under the Pawnbrokers' Act, for buying goods whilst is his pos session. Mr. Reeves declared that he had lost upwards of 3001. during the last year by practices of this nature. in goods being received for more than their worth. The tickets were regularly entered, but in other names. He was afraid, however, that the money had not so re gularly entered into the till. The LORD Mavou regretted that he was obliged to discharge the prisoner, whose conduct was highly dis honest. The prisoner was discharged with an admonition. Bow-STREET.TiIe house of Mrs. Catherine Car ver, of No. 1N Duke-street, Portland-place, was lately robbed by means of the following stratagem:—Sa turday week, two women knocked at the door, and said they had picked np a letter in the street which they believed was intended for that house. It was di rected to a female servant in the bouse,of the name of Mary Garmel. On opening it, it appeared to come' from her brother, who reside. in the codlttry, announc ing that it was his intention tobe kn tosittiin the course of the following week. On Thursday evening, in the following week, a man called at the house with an• other letter, purporting to come from the servant's bro ther. De told her that lie should go to the Docks of the Surrey Canal at Walworth the next morning,where be should see her brother. She asked the man in the front kitchen, where she left him while she meat up stairs to write an answer to the letter, aad to get a shilling from her mistress to give the' maw for his trouble. She returned and gave both to t i le man, who went away. In about two boars after was gone, she diseuiercd that the cupboard in the front kitchen had been robbed of a number of silver:table and tea- spoons, &c. The robber, wisose name proves to be Samuel Davis, has since been traced oat. He was yesterday examined at Bow-street, and also Charlotte Doggett, Henry Bury, and Thomas Turner, charged with being accessaries in the robbery. They were all committed. Scent tay.—Tom Woolley, or as he now calls him self, William Woolley, as notorious a eraeksinami as ever wore a " Sherif* fogle," was brought up from Covent-garden watch-house, charged with a burglary in the house of Ilr. Ward. a tobacconist, in Russell. street, Covent-garden.—The following are the circum stances under which be was taken into custody :-- Between one and two o'clock yesterday morning, Sullivan, the watchman, stationed in Russell-street, per ceived ?dr. Ward's shop-door partly open, adld a man leaning against the door-post. Sullivan instantly de- , mended, •• what brings the door open at this time in the morning?" at the same moment stepping within the threshold ; upon which the man at the door called aloud—" Come out of that, -Tons I-L , What the d—l are you about 7" Sullivan seeing a light at the back of tile shop, rushed - towards it, ant in his way met the prison, T, who made a violent attempt to dash to the s net- leer, but be failed to do this, and a desperate struggle mewl, during which the fellow at the door sae off, leaving his compinion to his fate. Sullivan had seised the prisoner by the neck-handker chief, inserting his hand between it -and -his throat, - ^"3, aed, is his violist *veggies Is ew!, the liaaliket. chief gave way as the meant Saliva' WI Aura a step hang is the seller. The primer lastastly vas yet late the skeet, withal. either hat et beaditerelkiet Saltine, bermes. wee lutes* at hie heels, sprier lag hie rattle, aaderyleg se step thief r' The ptieoaer tamed Aert into Cbarleadreet, leap ed late a bealmey coach ea the goad there, sad eat gala os the opposite deer I hat by this doe two or three ether watchmen, sad Lash, see of the ilow4treet petrel, bad *sod the pursuit t tad after dodgiag shoat the long Use of machos, for a tow mmeads, he was caught, sad lodged la the watch-basso. The ally property carried et was a tee-chest, which the sea at the deer meet have had is his pommies when the watchman passed him. Several other arti cles, however, were ramwred into the shop ready to he takes away, ;ad the leek of the laser door was forced aserlyaff. It appeared they catered the trent door by mesas of *kiosk krp, It haviag lama let as bolted for the accommodatioa of as imam who was speeding the evening from home. The primmer in his defence before the Magistrate boldly denied knowing any thing about the matter. and conducted himself with great levity. He was folly committed for trial. biaaLuommouen-aranay.--TAesnos Belcher. a re spectable looking man, was charged with stealing 13 wine glum from the Egyptian-hall, Piocadilly, under the following circoamstaaces There was a choice collection of wines, the property of a Gentleman of fortune. to be dispoeed °fielder t►e hammer of Mr. Langdon, Auctioneer. As customary out such occasions there were samples of each wine in great abundance, and as nasal there were more tasters than bidders. One of the waiters observed t►at not only wine was missing, but glasses : and a signal being given, there was an extra look oat. The pri soner was observed to enjoy all the wines and to pocket all the glasses. He was walking away from the auc tion-room, when one of the waiters called him on one aide, and reminded him that he bad made a mistakein sot leaving the glasses after he had thank the wine.— A constable was sent for, and no less than 13 glasses which he had emptied were found open him. The defence was distress ; the prisoner stated him self to have been a master hatter, in good busi ness, at the East end of the town. He was fully com mitted for trial. 31sar-La-noxs Orrice.—Thursday night, informa tion having bees received that the remainder of the notorious Jack ilealey's gang, who suffered death is pursuance of his sentence, for highway robbery at Westoad Fair, were in the sightly habit of assemb:ing at the Pontefract Castle, corner of Barrettis-court, Wigmore-street, Cavendish-square, to plan what houses they should attack is the night; Pendergrass, Coates and Hill, constables of diary-le-bone, pnceeded to the rendezvous. Os their arrival at the public-house, they first made the landlord sensible of their visit, and then made fast all the doors and wisdews of the house to prevent escape. The officers afterwards rushed into the tap-room, when the gang was assembled; some were talkie's la a whispering Moe to each other, mad others were lying on a bench sleeping. They were all minty handseled and conveyed to the vratatheuse. Yesterday they were brought before the Magistrates at this office. Their names are Edward Chidley, win, had been twice tried at the Old Bailey; James Haw kins, alias Grubby Lyons ; 'William Donkey, alias Hensky, who was discharged by Pnelamation the last Session ; Thomas Grady, brother to Grady who was tried and cast for death for en aggravated highway robbery this present Session; and Bob Saunders.— The Magistrates committed the whole under the Police Aet, as reputed thieves, to the House of Correction. Two brothers were brought up from the watch-house fur being found sleeping at the door of a tradesman's house, in Oxford -street, the preceding night. The poor fellows, on being placed at the bar, presented a most appalling sight, as they were without either hats or shoes, or scarcely any thing to guard them from the inclemency of the weather, and apparently in a starv ing condition. After the watchman bad made his complaint against them, the elder, about ten years old, in a flood of tears, stated that he and his little brother were with out relations or friends ; and had,on the morning they were taken, been discharged from the Sessions by pro clamation, where they had been committed for steal ing a piece of bacon ; and having no place to go to, and being very firer!, they bad set themselves down at the step of the door to rest, and had fallen asleep.— ' At the age of five years, he and his brother were obliged to seek a shelter where they could, on account of their father running away from them (at this time they lived in a small cottage in Portland-green, Mary le-bone) aid their mother died in Middlesex Hospital with a broken heart. They bad since been outcasts, and wandered about the streets. living by pilfering whatever they could for sustenance; they now had no other means of supporting themselves. The affecting narrative. which was told in a very artless and distinct manner, drew tears frans many of the females present, several of whom gave them some pecuniary assistance. 'the overseen of the parish agreed to relieve the poor little boys, and the worthy Magistrate signified his intention of getting them into the Refuge for the Destitute. in Hoxton. UNION•RALL..-...T1V0 fellows, named George Box and Stephen Beech, were brought before R. L. CIASIBERS, BEI. (the sitting Magistrate) charged with having attempted to commit thefts at a fight which took place on Tuesday last, in the Waterloo-fields, near the Co burg Theatre. These fields of late have become the resort of disorderly characters of the worst descrip tion. Smith the othcer stated, that he bad received intelligence that the Whiteelsapel butchers, and other persons in that station of life. were to meet in ;he Wa terlco-fields, on Tuesday. fur the pa: pose of coming to a decision upau points of skill and activity in fighting with fists and bludgeons. As the ground was noto does for being visited by thieves of all descriptions, the witness repaired thither with Gill, another othcer, for the purpose of watching the latter, and preventing the combats of the former. The officers, upon reach ing the spot, saw 400 or 500 people collected, to wit ness a battle that bad been just then wrack up between two butchers. from whom, however, their seconds had had prudence enough to remove their knives and other instruments of slaughter, and to plan them before each other in the true Beglish style, A number of the mob, in their aux!ety to prevent say intern/00, to their amasetnent, had armed themselves with bludgeons, - with . ivisiek they kept the Tit& ea bad the invited a gee d may GervelNiii t i t* NM et ie ted a tel t nta tt t eb te ini pleStM te tZ Pt: that auk a ere witless very powerfll ell, employed tiolmeolvos is the has daimons sect of folletßei the thieves, trio were veer thick shoot the riot as • had &heady asetestely %%Needed " the peek* several demist penes. amonist the crowd. The es t i primmer* were partleolarly active in the sort et ma: a wak e afteided t. sea the °Mem appvelleelied OHM both u soar as that object amid be steeled id% toteT i : l :Tr ii blok was au trail the sports had coosiedet. Box boom lately liberated from Brixton Huss et Correctioa, where he had suffered imprisonment am Who, &tend dandy collars, marked L. H. win fund von tie Mbar prisoner. The prisoners mi le sent to the Rosie of Unreal*s to hard Moor iss three months each: • John Ball's wen eft RearteaglowN ebiquity could not be matey, than the astonishetest Ifd• Pm& gentleman, who popped late Bran's os 4l the other day to espaire after the Copitals.—" Yes rill be tagged to tell sae de aorabre of de Capital yes tire—you draw yesterday Why, Sir, Au were-1—" !testes an pm. stay a littel MOWS& Yoe will tell as de Capital larger dam Two Head* pollede."—..." Why, Sir, there were four drawn abu t INC r there was No. 7 8 48.30.0001."—* All I alba tdt dat is good; dat is de grand chose. " Vet, and by whoa it was sel ?"—." Hun sold it, Sir."—" Bus. hat ha ! von tacky de g l vel, allons!"—" Th ere was N o . 1,0001., Sr. "—'i'Al.! lodged! vet, who was eon dat ?"—" Bten.Sir."--" Ell! ma foi ! Brea en. owe? Vel."--" Them was No. 2032, 31101." " And who was eel?"--" Bles. dim! 'tie very grand fortune. Now de e d e who was sell dat ?"—" Why, Sir, the last a 6175,1001., also sold by litsu."—" Rh ! de d 'tis von chose leapeasibk. Kiss sell all de four r-... " Yes. Sir, mid le a former Lottery he sold all the dime ?bitty Theassads."—" DOn he is roe =olden philese. pher. I vill bey, I vill—let me see. Yes, I rill hey your shop."—His aabitiou was at last, however, tee. hated with three tickets; so that he has 3 chums of galnieg the two Thirty Theesauds vet in the wheel; Gad we have no doubt Bun will have die good lack of ad. ling them. Yesterday a Oentkena got oat of a one.ltorse chaise at the door of a house near the Obelisk, sad catered the house without leaving some person at the home's heed. The &shoal took Ilipht, galloped along Black. friar's-road, and came in COMM% with a nentleasse's carnage. the coacussioa was meet violent. the shafted the chaise were broke off. and the body dashed le pieces. The horse ran Aug the feet paremeat se eas side of the Iltackfriarls-road with itte shafts at. niched to the harems, two elderly females were shack. ugly Wend by being struck with the shafts. They were carried away in a state of lasensihility. The horse was stopped at the bridge without doing faiths mischief. Elmo LA et es.—Weduesday night, or early on Titus day morning, the horse of C. U. Wyllits, Rsg. of the Kent-road, was entered by abeam of forcing the back area window shutters with a *vow bar, *ad phs, trinket; and line% stolen therefrom. to the vales sf about 1001. Au eight-day clock was taken down smile, hat kft is the kitchen, as it seems the thieves thee& it too ponderons to carry away. On Monday night, the house of Mr. Jones, iu Selfelkottreet. Borough. was entered, and robbed of a quantity of valuable pro. porgy. A lady. returning from a friend's totes home kt. tween six and seven o'clock on Thursday- mai* was seized in Edmund -street, St. Pancras, by tee villains, one of whom tore her shawl from her shoulders, while the other struck a female mutt who was with her a violent blow on the head while in the act of calling murder. The villains made this escape. Thursday night some thieves stole some lead pipes, and sheet lead from the Chsrcb of St. Margaret's, Westminster. The robbery was committed after dark, and it was not observed by the watchman though his box is very near the spot. HIGHWAY ROHBZNY —Thursday night, shout eight o'clock. as Zacharias Walters, servant to Mr. Debit• ham, of Camberwell, was returning home, after makisg several purchases in the Borough for his master's fie milt', he was suddenly attacked near the Alms-house", beyond the Elephant and Castle, by a gang of more than a dozen in number, who under pretence of a ge neral battle amongst themselves, penned him roared, hustled hint from one to the other, and at length knocked him down. in the confusion his basket, cos• taining the goods, disappeared, and the pretended combatants then commenced a running fight. Walters called the watch, and Edward., a patrol, came promptly to his aid ; but the villains had got clear off. TM basket contained grocery, spices, and a considerable quantity of lace, the whole of which cost V. 16s. MARRIED. On Wednesday. Slat ult. at Astbury, In Cheshire, the Rev. Edward Gregory, of Lower Hardee,. near Cuter bury, to Mary, oldest daughter of N. M. Pattisoa, Esq. of Congleton. DIED. Os the 18th alt., at his house in Great Denmark street, Dublin. after only six day's illness. Sir Hugh Nugent. Bart. of Bailinlough, county of Westmeath, In the 81st year of his age. Oa Monday last, at West Mailing, sear Maidstone, is the 88th year of his age, fteWamia Bates. Esq. formerly& part ner la the Arm of Messrs. Jukes. Coulson and Co. of Upper Toames-street. At his lodgings in Scotch-street. is this tows, as Than day evade, last. Mr. Matthew Piper. one of the Society of Friends. aged 91. By a system of parshaosions moor my, Mr. Piper had amassed a considerable forties, bele &deed is the eejoymeet of a very trilling portico of it, asd in bis late illness, which was a protracted one, scarcely al ' lowed himself the necessaries of life; these, however, were supplied by his connections, but which he would have doe saluted extravagant luxury. This singular character, AM he abridged his own personal eujoymeets, was Whit 0! promote the interest of others, bet is sub a way cooly 00 he might retails the possession of his riches. for his doltish width are es tonlive. were not lobe ealled into wiles deft his life. Mr. repo has endowed three schools, sat 0 Whkebasea, soother at Kendal, and another at Walsh each with two illsosisd pounds ere per cents. Nevi Aunt ties; he has also bestowed one thousand pounds ive par coats. to supports seep kitchen in this town. The* hi, denied to himself the pleasure of being ea eye-wile* 0 the be Ilsos conferred on society, it would ties Se his sawastry to say that be diposed of a motel weeltb brpsedismous praise. as he seemed to diner% polarity. lite. Piper was seldom. it ever. iodated to the slightest relief to indigence, and it is said that his 0 1 ' semi expenses ono emennted to tut.— (Ceestn______aPeebXJ London Edited„ Printed, and Pubiisbed at the o_ o ll l "Ti. 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