The Statesman. — London, England, 1821-09-19 00:00:00

OLD BAILEY. esterday. Wm. Brown, aged Iti, was put to the bar n indictment charging him with knowingly uttering s certain piece of paper purporting to be a note of the I ank of England for 51. on the 9th of August last.- 4 Mr. Timbery, engraver, of Fetter-lane, proved the prisoner to have come to his shop on the day mentioned in the indictment and asking for a hammer and a po lishing iron, saying that he came from a book binder in Bell-yard. On being asked what weight the hammer was to be. he said be did not know, and was sent hack to inquire as to that. On his return he said it was to be 10Ih. It being necessary to " face" the hammer, he was told to call again in balf an hour, when he observed that he would pay for the articles, and take the poliAing iron with him. He then tendered a 5/. note, and having received the change departed, but never came for the hammer. The witness was positive to 'the identity of the prisoner. This witness was cross-examined by Mr. ANDREWS, for the prisoner, but nothing was elicited from him in the slightest degree to shake his testimony. Daniel Barrett proved giving change to Mr. Tim bery's lad, for the note in question. Henry Mose, of No. 4, Castle-street, Longacre, proved that the prisonereame to the shop of Mr. Mongb, gold-beater of Fetter-lane, and asked for 200 of gold leaf, and tendered a 5/. note in payment. The prisoner then said it was for a Mr. Rowley, of Saint Andrew's-hill, Doctors'-commone. On inquiry, the note was suspected, and the witness returned to the shop and.in formed the prisoner, whom he accompanied to St. Andrew's-hill, !Adore-commons. The pri soner stopped at the house of Mr. Penney. of Saint Andretv's-lsill, and hesitating to go in, at length ad ulated tha t he was not sent by any one there, but by a person whom he met at the corner of the street. The witness, on further inquiry, found that there was a Mr. Rowland, a bookbinder. in Wardrobe-place, to whom he applied, and found that the prisoner had not been sent by him, and also that he, Mr. Rowley, had learned that another bad been passed in his name to a shopkeeper in Fetter-lane. After some further inquiry, the prisoner was given into custody, hut he had contrived previously to put away the last men tioned note. Several persons were called in support of the pro secution, who negatived the different stories of the prisoner, who made no defence, nor did he call any witnesses to his character. Mr. Baron GRAHAM summed up. and the Jury hav ing consulted for a few minutes, found the prisoner littilty, bat recommended him to mercy, being of opi nion that on account of his youth he might have been the dupe of some designing person. FORGERY OP PRUSSIAN DOLLAR NOTES. llfrrivresch Grr/dein stood indicted for forging cer tain Prussian Notes, purporting to be for one dollar each, on the Ist of April last. There were no less than 20 counts in the indictment, and the specific crime alleged against the prisoner was, that he had so forged the notes in question with intent to defraud Baron d'Orgenstein. employed in the servioe of William Fre • derick 111., King of Prussia. The prisoner put in an affidavit, staling, that be was known, and always had been, by the name of "Gold stone," and not " Goldstein." Mr. HOLLAND put in a replication, stating, that the prisoner had been known by both names, and conse quently they were at liberty to try bieti by either name. Mr. Justice RICHARDSON suggested that the usual practice was to enter the place on the record before joining issue, which was agreed to by both parties, and the prisoner left the Court. Mr. HOLLAND some time after returned into Court with the replication, and the prisoner - having been again put to the bar, several witnesses were called to prove that he had gone by the name of Manasseh Goldstein. Messrs. HOLLAND, LAW, ANDREWS, ADOLPHUS, and PLATT, were respectively engaged for the parties. On behalf of the prisoner several persons were call wbo swore that the name of the prisoner was Ma nasseh Isaac Goldston. It was also awcau that this was the name in which he had been sworn before the Commissioners of bankrupts in 1814. The prisoner's • letters of denization were also produced, fur the same purpose, as was the Ga.vette in whit)) he was adver ti,ied. hir. Brown, the Keerr of Newgate, produced the original commitment, from which it appeared that the nrue WaA " Alanawh tiouldston." Lir. IluLt,aso addressed the Jury at some length in sumtort of his replication, and to show that the pri sotet had gone by the name of Goldstein, as stated in tit t indictment. hir. Justice alcuaunsos summed up the evidence. Tile question, he observed, was here, not what was the true name of thP prisoner, but whether he had ever gone by that name mentioned in the indictment. The Jury found the issue for the prosecution. The trial is expected to take place to-morrow (this day.) PRIVATE STEALING. Aroas, and Itoeheal Aruns (calling themselves Irlsbanfl and wife) were indicted for stealing a quantity of woollen cloth, value 15/., the property of Messrs. 1.:-ister and Blakesley, woollen drapers, of Basinghall street. The prisoners were natives of Germany. and the evidence was repeated to them in German, ,through the medium of an interpreter. • It appeared from the evidence, that on'Tnesday the 4th of September ; the two prisoners went to the ware. Louse of Messrs. Leister and Blakesley, and asked to look at some blue cloth. They did not purchase any, but said they would call the next day: • 'The prisoners, however, did not call again till Thursdriy, when they iisketl.to look at the same pieces of cloth which they load examined on the former occasion. Whilst the shopman went- into a back warehouse for the cloth, the 'female prtaoner left the shop. A porter who saw her go out •;crisserved that her appearance was butky, and his intpi `tions being excited, he followed her and brought her 'liack. It was then discovered that she had a piece of ', woollen cloth rolled round ber body. Nothing appeared :. „ssa show that the male prisoner was a party *to this ...et, unless It could' be inferred from his having opened slise door to let the woman out. When the woman was • bronght back to the shop, and the property was disco vered neon her, he appeared angry with bet, `struck her on the !sonnet, and said, 41 Why did you do that?" • Mr. Leiser swore positively that the cloth was worth 16/: THE STATES IN The usale.prisoner in his defence, said, that his wife I committed the theft unknown to him. This assertion was seppaited by a similar declaration fraise 'the wife. The COMMON-StRiIIAWT in charging the jury ob serve that it seemed evident that the male prisoner was cogoi‘ant of the act of the woman. If the Jury be lieved that the prisoners were husband and wife, it would be impossible to convict both of them, but no evi dence bad been called to prove that they were married. After consulting together for a few minutes, the Jury expressed a desire to view the cloth, which was handed to theM. At this time, an individual of respectable appearance, in one of the galleries, addressing himself to the Jury, observed, that be thought it necessary that they should have some person to measure and ascertain the exact value of the cloth. This extraordinary occurrence at tracted the notice of the Common Sergeant, who asked the person in the gallery whether he meant to give evi vidence as a witness. The man replied, that he was only induced to speak, from compassion for the situation of'' the female prisoner. (The woman was far advanced in pregnancy, and bore a beautiful child, about two vears of age, in her arms.) He was proceeding to make some further observations, when the Common Sergeant direct. ed him to be silent, and not distract the attention of the Jury. A Juryman asked Mr. Leister whether the raw ma terial and the wages of the journeymen - whilst it was being manufactured into cloth would cost 151. Mr. L. replied that it would. Shortly after the Jary returned a verdict against both the prisoners of " aunty of stealing under the value of 151." This verdict secures the prisoners from time punish ment of death, which, by Sir .1. Mackintosh's Act, at taches only to thefts above the value of 151. Jeremy Garfield was put to the bar on an indict ment, charging him with exposing for sale, oo the 4th of August last, in the parish of St. Mary Magd.i len, twelve silver spoons, and other plate, the same having on them counterfeit and forged marks against the statute. The prisoner having pleaded guilty to the minor charge, which subjects him to fourteen years' transportation, Mr. BoLLAND on the part of the prosecution, declined offering any evidence on the ca pital cha rge. Matilaeie Caw, aged 23, was put to the bar on an in dictment charging him with forging and putting away a certain paper purporting to be a note for 1/. of the Governor and Company of the Bank of England, on the 7th of July last, to 'Mr. Matthew Pemberton, of Aldersgate-street, butcher, in payment for a leg of mutton, with intent to defraud him time prosecutor, he well knowing the said note to be a forgery. Guilty —Death. There was another indictment against the prisoner for t similar offence, but it was not thought necessary to enter into it. DIECIIA ROE OF MR. TURNER. About half-past two o'clock, Mr. Turner, who was yesterday acquitted, was assisted into Court, anti placed at the bar, for the purpose of pleading to three other indictments, in which the acts bad been laid as separate transactions. Mr. CLARK. the Deputy Clerk of the Arraigns, read over the names of the Jury, and called ow the pd. soner, in the usual form, to challenge theta, or any of them, as they came to be sworn. The Jury consisted of the same gentlemen as the one of yesterday, and the prisoner did not make any challenge, and pleaded not guilty. Mr. Serjeant BOSANQUET rose, and said the present and two other indictments with which the prisoner stood charged, arose out of the same transactions as those which characterised the indictment tried yesterday, and on which he bad been acquitted, save that they had been laid as separate acts. As the Jury had once solemnly pronounced a verdict on the charge, it was not for him to give an opinion on that verdict, and he had therefore only to state, that be bad received in structions to abstain from offering any further evi dence on either of the indictments. The Jury immediately found the prisoner not guilty. Mr. ALLEY applied to the Court to order the pri soner to be immediately discharged, as there was no other charge against him, and the Grand. Jury bad broke up. 31r. Justice Mensal:l,lox replied in the affirmative, and the prisoner left the Court. George Smith was capitally convicted for assaulting Thomas Roberts on the King's highway, and taking from his person a silver watch. IS represent to hie Majesty the - sorrow Me feel at , of the Queen, and are confident. the sympathies people will in some measure abate bis grief; for .41 # ord, like an empire, is destroyed by being d We retyon the submission of his Majesty, and on peosations of Providence, which he has already on many trying occasions, and mean to heal the sities w hich were raised to such a height even over L tomb of the Queen. With a view of getting togetl' asany of the friends of good order as possible, we person round the city with orders to place this no don against the walls. Now, here is the mischi which we complain; no sooner is the placard up &How, with an industrious spirit that would hal ea a ;clod occasion, tears it down, and thus the I of our servant lire rendered painful to him and able to us. Now I want an authority to prevent violation of the privileges of the citizens of Londoi The Loan MAYOR, who heartily enjoyed this 41nary scene, assured Waddington that he could , ercise any authority to prevent the offensive cowl which he complained. His Lordship repeated, saw no harm in the placard; but if the indtistrimr low who stock so close to the heels of the bill-si and spoiled his labours, was bold enough to per notwithstanding the admonitions of Mr. Wadi. he must one of those days suffer most severely from compunctions of his conscience. Waeolington perfectly satisfied with this in( bowed to the isORD MAYOR, took up his hat, and Justice-room. POLICE. MANSION-110VSE.—Just as the ordinary business of the day WAs concluded yesterday, and the Lard Mayor about to retire, the well known IVaddington made his appearance. preceded by Leadbetter the Marsha'man. It appeared that Mr. Waddington bad met several of his old companions, and they agreed to call a public Meeting, with the view of discussing the pro priety of addressing his Majesty on the great toss which he in particular, and the - nation in general ha i sustained h t - the death of the late Queen. A placard was immediately, with the approbation of those assem bled, drawn up. Waddington having canght the eye of the Lord Mayor, begged. in the most respectful manner, to be allowed to state a very improper and uncnnstitational attack on one of the most valuable privileges of the Citizens of London. . The LORD 11l Avon expressed his regret that there should be any fresh cause of complaint; but hoped, that whatever might be. the injury to the bulk of the citizens, Mr. Waddington was not a sufferer to any extent beyond the general sympathies which manifested thewsejves in times of peril amongst the friends of the Conslitntion. • Waddington held up the placard, and reading aloud the cuntents, in an indignant tone, said, " My Lord, I suffer for my country ; I ask your Lordship, is there any thing in this placard offensive to decency, to order, or to common sense? Is there any thing objectionable in it? Does it prove that there is awe design against the State, either by conspiracy or otherwise ? ' In the name of the Lord what are we all about?" It would be bard for some of as to answer year latter question, Mr. Waddington, Milled the Loan Mayan, but as far as regards. the placani; I coo see ao • • harm in it. • • ." Well. my Loral, I now -esme to my point," said Wad dington, we, the friends of the late lament, the Mends of the present King and of the old Constitution, bavr thought it our duty' to calla public wetting. We wish: 1 J 111.44.. galueicatioas, Orders, (WILMA LL—A number of Italians, to the amour ten, consisting of Louis's, Rosettas, Andreas, Dor and Stephanos, men, women and children, most whose m rnanarg were Grandi, were brought up yesterdw before the sitting Magistrate (Mr. Alderman Brow and were placed at the bar, the males within the r • the females in the front of it, charged with assam rioting the previous evening, at the house of ' I'airfax, the Horse and Groom, Hosier-lane. By the account of Fairfax, the landlord, it ai that a large party of Italians, among whom w prisoners at the bar, assembled at his house o'clock on Monday evening, bringing with them gular professor as a fiddler, and an old woman sixty, an amateur performer on the same insti Dancing commenced about nine o'clock, am noted with unabated vigour until near twelve, which time, it being then the hour for closing the he went np to desire them to desist ; he dill m to turn them out, but said they must leave o ff tit and if they chose to take refreshments, and have or so among themselves, he would allow them another hour. The Italians, however, pi dancing to singing, and insisted on contittuin. amuseusent. Twice Le put out the lights, ant they relit them. lie howeversuceeeded at last I ing the ball-room, and locking the door. 'flit which had originally consisted of 30 or 40, now to separate, and many of them went away. 'l' l soners, however, who, it appeared, were all of relations, either by blood or marriage, with 01( Urandi, the progenitor, at their head, would nut but secured their retreat into a hack romn,and at defiance. The watchman on the beat 'length sent for, who brought an assistant him ; mild words and entreaties were at first but nithout effect, and the party being too to be encountered by a couple of watchmen. irdorc.ment was obtained. and a regular sir;, laid to the back room, which was at last entered s:o.n, the prisoners generally making the most - resistance, and fighting and beating the wal with pewter puts, which the females of th( handed to them from the shelves. Rosetta GI it girl scarcely eleven years old was described as particularly active among the females in furni this sort of ammunition. In this affray two bottles, contaicing each two gallons of !Num broken by some of the prisoners, who finding selves nearly overpowered, commenced their re , upon the landlord, by setting all his spirit running, till the back room was overflowing wit About a dozen pewter pots, bent into all maw shapes, which were produced, and about hal lumber of watci.anen, with black eyes or I beads, bore It simony to the violence of the ca which did not terminate till near three o'clock morning. To assist the prisoners both in law and Tani scarcely any of them speaking intelligible Engl solicitor attended on their behalf, who on th( examination a Fairfax, got him to allow ti room had been rezularly engaged by the pai twelve o'clock, for dancing, and an hour after fresbments, and wished to have it inferred that commenced th • riot, by attempting to break party be:ore the time agreed on, and forcibly the fiddles, and turning the old lady fiddler out room. Williams, one of the watchmen, who bore nn violence ..a his countenance, corroborated the lord's statement as to the outrageous conduct prisoners, to its fullest extent ; upon which the Alderman suggested to the solicitor, whether ii be for the interests of his clients, that he (the man) should proceed further in the business. ready to do so, if they wished it, bitt he fea r consequence would be, that he must hold them bail. Upon this hint, rermission was request( they might be allowed to withdraw, and try to their differences; all the parties retired accoo, The Italians, however, like good tradesmen, w driving a - ltard bargain. The difference with th lord .vas a matter of account, and son settled, old Louis (frandi's undertaking for the payment for the injury sustained. The value to be set the bumps and bruises of the watchmen took longer time to ascertain, and a positive and obsi stand was made by the oil man against payi office-fee (Is. each) for their discharge. There however, no alternative between that and finslir for the whole party, he at length submitted, a, prisoners welt set at liberty. Fairfax, the landlord, was then rallell, and ini by Mr. Alderman Brown, that be should f. .el duty to represent to the Alderman of the.ward I propriety of his conduct, in letting out his liot parties of this description, and he did not doul that he might set his acconnt 'with losing his in future. • thtiOs!-:laut..—Tlie investigation of the " OUDiN•alr . OCCIMR6111 . 10," which we stated e.eett in our paper of Monday, excited yesterday such , ortli nury Intel444WD the undertaker was brougi in enstody . od **kale Of slaking away with the of the colivieteil firkin, Lee,' that the Ace and avenue laadlor . to it, as well as : he neighbourhood .1.0 ai.e.us c eire were at an early hoar .he morning besieged by itumeuse eroirds: The - - - Sir John Mimeo, Redgitt; Mit 0. ifia . . • , . t tbi loss: imins.tion was conducted ittle r ijahnne go strates, and J. peer, Req...RigliSheriff "Mi ne , The undertaker was a man of width arid 'respiagigg; e Ma • IS • .16 w in , or bri e f , vt of irdri l ed b f e : of die - name of George Candick, who bait iongtik et i t e t vi be i . i d e izi some years the 'ligation of carpenter and' mid e anima. in Red Cross-street, Southwark, and who . hts tilled f„, to the county gaol of 'Surrey. The particsahre s honed in our previous account were yesterday gift is wer o vert h s e e n r t t h a a e s evidence; in addition to which, Jatne "If . 1. ntioa, n be sc n i o lie tifi f e o ai p t h an a °mem stated that be bad gone in search of the bog ie( eve slept bee, which he found upon a table fa' tbe disacel• labours room of Mr. Brooks, of Blenheim-street', and'under th e unprofit- knives of some gentlemen who would soon have taws • nt such a it matter of difficulty for the friends of the de cease d is don." extraor- recognise . it. This difficulty, the witness himself is 1 not ex- some degree experienced, f u r the body h a d a l rea d y ririnct of dergone considerable change, bat there we re some mutt that he of tattooing upon the arms, and others arising G oa • 'WUs fel- the pressure of the.ropes.upon the neck and arms alibi I -sticker, removed all doubt of identity. Witness y es t er d ay es . ersevere, a mined the body which l a y at a public-Loo se is 'A t dington,. ourhood neighb, and Was satisfied that the 'gamma* rrom the had made was correct. iterview, John Wilson, a patrol, stated that about lialf.p tst tecae i ' thi by ii M the el left the ten on Tuesday night, he observed a coach s t op e l t u u sn it ec b roughtkkswh who ryas out asAf and a t helped e ss r ise a t s db i n to h hort y tl a person G w el .ty, a large b as k e t mount of n 7 .a ominicos c most of couch. The coach then drove off at a quick rate t o . Tsterday wants Blackfriare-bridge, where he lest sight o f i t. Brown), rail, and On being, asked why he had not inquired iota At ults and particulars of the coach scene, 'he replied that the Thomas respectability of Citnolick prevented hies. In half an hour he saw enuslick return. appeared The defendant made a long reply to the charge were the against bins, the substance of which was, that the about J body in a shell was deposited in a shed at his house, ' 'em a ee• and he had every reason to beiieve it would remaia a nearly 0,", safe. On Tuesday evening I.e had gone torn-et' trument, a friend at the Gl o b e , in Fl ee t- s treet, and rema i ne d Id coati- there till h a lf-past el e ven o'cl o ck, hut on Wedn es d ay s, about ;morning, when he went to deposit the burly in the e house, l'oollitt, he found to his sitter astonishment that it wig soot wish zone, having been stolen, as he conceived, in the iddling ; ~,,arse of the night, by some of the body stealers. who , '" a song lice in the neighbourhood; and when he, found that to ItaY ow, he did not like to give publicity to the eirenni- leferted s t a nce. rag that 'fire Magistrates did not appear at all satisfied wlth„ rid twice their explanations, and they ordered the defendant rip in clear- rind responsible bail for his appearance when calW le party. upon. began Mention said that this body was the fortieth he kr The Pri - rescued in the course of his services. r • of :hen' Id Louis As Dr. Palmer, of 'fam•vorth, was a few days siert t depart, returning from Polesworth, in his gig, he met with air I set him accident, not more extraordinary in its nature tins is was at its results. On arriving at the summit of Armitage it wit !' Hill, his horse, a very spirited and powerful aslant re- st used, cently broken into harness, took fright at the whim ; lo large issue of a gentleman and his dogs from an adjacent lust . n. a re- vge was and went off at full gallop. Every effort of the groins to arrrest his progress was unavailing. A little farther es, ere,) by t the read is bounded by a deep and precipitous stone pit, violentarclfiuen very inadequately fenced, and at this time, one of rite t le party rails was unfortunately deficient. No sooner hoof die tr Grandi, horse arrived opposite this breach in the fence, thaw he as more abruptly quitted his former track, made directly for it, •niahing and after pausing a few seconds, sprang with &desperate 0 stone leap into the pit. In the descent the shafts of the rig or, were are supposed to have broken ; and Dr. Palmer thus to them- have been precipitated headlong from the carriage, Woe revenge it reached the bottom; the circumstance to which, ander cocks a Providence, he probably owes his escape with life. Al- ith gin. nner of though momentarily stunned by falling wttli his brad against a stone, he soon recovered his consciouseers, alf that and went to the assistance of the groom, wino lay, asp,- broken rently lifeless, at the foot of the precipice, but was r,oen- contest, Nally found to have sustained no serious injury. The kin the horse was stretched on Ir i s back, with t h e upo n )fig at the further end of the pit, where he probably aiighted on his descent ' • as no trace of the passage of the or on nguage, the buttons of the pit was perceptible. Incredible as it 1" 5119 a may appear, the horse escaped wholly unhurt: int le cross- haul the carriage. with the exception of the shafts, that tlie airy marks of violence .npon it. Dr. Palmer, al- arty till though screechy bruised and shaken, was sutticiestly • for re- i well to accompany Mr. Fowler, (who witnessed the ar- the bad cident) on foot into Polesworth, and to return borne the ••. u the same evening in that gentleman's gig. The perperare p color iseptst of the stone-pit cannot be less than fifteen or seizing sixteen feet. Dr. Palmer. who has since suffered mooch t of the from the effects of the shock, is now nearly recovered. It is somewhat singular that, three times within fire nar k s o f weeks, Dr. Palmer has been thrown with great violence e land. fr om his gig without suffering material injury.—(Stafr t of the fordshire Atkerteser.) SHOCKING SUICIDE.A most awful instance of SR' worthy icicle was committed in Dodbrooke, neat Kingshrides• Alder- it would on Friday, the 14th inst. Mrs. Richards, a very re-' He was spectable widow, who had for some time past been in a ' need the desponding state of mind, put an end to her existenc e by cutting her throat; she divided both car . i tid ID all to arteries, and died before assistant.* could be procured , red that , She was found weltering in her blood. What no b, to settl e this circumstance snore melancholy is , the same pen s,. idiu g' , Y' on Wednesday, the 224 1 of August last, cut her tnrsllS were for he land- through the windpipe and part of the swallow ; but, from ear to ear with a clasp knife , completely dirid ia k u p on the skin and assiduity of the medical gentleman who' it of 31. attended her, she perfectly recovered. Beius' thaw set upon baffled in . her first attempt, but determined on self-de, k much structioss. she procured a razor on Th ur sda y, w hich bstioate w she carefully concealed until an opportunity offered for in g the her purpose, and on the following day went in a 10 41 g" bringre ing-room at the upper part of tire house, and perPe• trated the (torrid deed a second time. No real maw and the can be assigned fur it; but reports say it is a lore.airso 6. MARRIED. afortned • At Waleot church, Bath. on Monday last, A. Male , E g g - it his of Lincoln's Inn, Barrister-at-Law, to Charlotte, datighlse. the ins- of the late. R. More, Esq. oust to W On the pith instant. at St. Giles's-in-the-fields, J. D. Someisfinl.l.lr: 04 but vey, Esq. of Wiveliscombe, in the county of license Fanny, second daughter of the late W. Dyne, Esq• o cola's- i nn- fields, DIED. Rill's- • On Saturday, the Sth inst.. at Odell. 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