The Statesman. — London, England, 1818-11-23 00:00:00

MN' - r I I - • I - _ . . . _ I• • ; % ■ r - I F 1 IL , ' LAW IN7'ELL IGENCR. ---41.-- i, ii.- vuottr OF RING'S BENCH, Nov. 21. ...: ~ , eIIiAREAS CORPUS AND BAIL. Tlasr; VORNEV- GENERAL appeared in his place, ofel tit* Slug of the Court. On being called on to lir es , a4id be had no motion to make, but sp .. • . Mie.fri! n coneetrence of ,e Gentleman being brought Wen a writ of Habeas Corpus to be bailed on a charge of nianolaughteri-, committed on the high seas. 1i understood there were long affidavits ; but as be bad a preliminary ohjectien to make, he considered It light to apprise the Court of it, and to save thee ihe trouble of hearing the depositiona, till that piers litninary .objection was disposed of. Fqur names hid been handed to bins a the proposed bail, all of them be believed highly respectable, but all residnot in Irv. land, and he cloaked whether, in this case, such bail was eligible. Tl.t. Court also expressed its doubts on the subject. In the case of en offence being committed in either England or Ireland, and the party fleeing to the tither country, bail might be taken in either place, a worihion to this effect being made by Act of Par. lisment ; but in the present case it *as different, the Ofl'esice was committed on the high 'Hs. The De rendaitt must be remanded, not finalty, but to af ford an opportunity for the Coen_ to consider the point. The Arroasulf-GENeItAL said, be had no wish to oppose the hail offered, if the Court should consider ban resident in Ireland as sufficient to secure the De . feridant's attendance to take his trial. Mr. Justice IttYtu said, the Defendant being -now brought op on Habeas Corpus, could not he brought up again without a new writ ; if it should ultimately be determined that the bail was eligible, an serengement might be made fot taking it at the Ses sions in the country, sod the expence of a new writ be thus rendered unnecessary. The ATTORNET•GENE!tAL said, the suggestion of the Court should be attended to. nex a. BARsiy. - . This was a Sessions' case, and the Court held, that the indentures of a parish-apprentice must be ezecut.- - et' by the m'jority of the Overseers avid Church wardens; that is, by too Churchwardens, unless the Sessions expressly find a custom for baring one Cburchwsrden only. The inconvenience of such a Alecision (in CIISP, *here the parties hound to appoint Churchward"s onitted to do so for any length of these) was strongly insisted on by Mr. BLACIOUrtr4 ; but the Court held itself bound by the words of the Statute. Mr. Cr.aerre moved for another criminal informs. Lion against William Allday (against whom a similar rule was granted on Saturday week last) t foe another libellous letter, addressed to a Magistrate of the town of Birmingham ) on the 'abject of his late contiction: The Court granted a Rule to glow close, and di. vetted that both cases shosld be brooght on together. SECONDARIES' OFFICE,...COLESIAN•STREET, .• - ',Nal. r - : - • - - . A..... v. stater. The , Defendant, who it Lard Spencer's game keeper, was tried et tkelest Kingston Assizes, midst Lord Ellenberough's Act, for shooting at and woivading the preseet Plaintiff, on the high road be teeen Wimhiedou sod Loudon, upon which he was acquitted. The Plaintiff subsequently brought an 'action for the injary be had sustained in consequence . ralr . .tle Defendant wantonly shrfoiing at him, upon ',filch the Defends otsuffered judgment to go by de ,i kilt; and .the ioquisitiod uponthe writ of enquiry was taken to assessibrtderoages, before William Culling. ridge, Erg. the-Secondary of London, and a Jury "impenelled upon the occasion. . •Williaos, Purday being sworn, stated as follows : --" I was..arith the Plaintiff on {he night of the 17th of Februirt lasi, near Wimbledon; it was a moon light night; a Mil named Wilkins was with oa; I first saw the Defendant, Allen, near the Green Mau, Wimbledon, and a roan was with him . ; they 'fallow-, ed us about a mile and a quarter helve they inter rupted us ; Allen Gist stepped up to ua, and. put Iris gun across oar breasts, and told us to stop; I iieg ged his pArdon, and attempted to go on ;, Alien then said, 6 I have a suspicion (hat you are going a poach ing ;' I told him if be had such a suspicion of me, that I would willingly be searched.. 'Allen then rais ed his gun and let us. ass ; he, lifted his gun-barrel over oer heads ; Allen then 'timed round end said to the Plaintiff, ' Brown, you are the poaching ray. cal-1 want ; you have been pounds out of my way, and I will blow a hole Omagh you.' Brown re plied that he would 'be searclied•there, or go down to Wandsworth and be eearthed: Browo put a basket dowo on die ground, and told Allen that he would be stripped named if he'liad 114 suspicions of 'him. Allen kept marmeuvring about Brown, and said he wrinilitslutot hint, and not search him. I walked on -Vlittleirily; Allen pushed hard with the muzzle of ids OW ,against` 'Brown's breast, and pinned him .-fgeagainst ilie - pallngi.:, It was a double-barrel gun.-- . l Ere we w t wiled me aiai I said, Htollll, COMP along. .* . MI. ' ioplfesl, 'that bOokleedd not. Usaid to Br i ewo, a it. Wen) is toletatokinboot, let him stib*ot._ t ' then came down into the road, ',tut tee his ' gat lite tittretriaaltist . `ere, aqd swore tbat,.lf I moved a foun t he woeld big" a hote through me.iViille he was thus ittsclitng rae, he cocked both the locktiOf biz,gue. Brow a etepped over a stile into a comma* . foot•pirtie,• which leads to'Putney. As Brown got orer the irate, Alletvattempted to atop him, bat did not seeceed.— Allen 'then' levelled his gun at Brown; I did.not think be meant .to shoot' him. Allen, however, swore,. anti putted tifirtuggers( his gun, and as the enntenie of one of lbegskw.barrels lodged in the body of Brown, he fell folk, voemd, and tailed to , inei seemingly in great pain, " 4 Purday, lam she: I . then attempted to get over the gate, but Allen would not let me ; he said, 4 if you move another step, I'll biww a hole through you with the other bar rel. You recollect *my gun shouts Wee, and I'll shoot /on:" Joseph.' Waitleibeing sworn, stated ac fellows : " I am -a jobbing gardener. I tad been between ( . I.e4m and Sutton for a job of trenching, on the 17;11 of Pet:teary, and fount ! theta. were as mini bagels as colloid be employed. - I snot Porday and Brown between nine aid tea ''he Putney-hill. We . walked together. anti met Alien near the Green Man, Wimbledon. Theflid each other good night. —Alien followed these neatly a miler It was not -• ... . e Iol• i; • ; _ v- -, . ~~~~ ten o'clock, bet - near it. Allen came 4 acruss the road, and said, ( I think you have got something.' " COMMON Smsawr.—There is no necessity for this lams to go into all the details of the first evi dence. I admit that th 6 Defendak shot the Plaintiff. *lll ask him if Porday told the troth in the whole of his relation ? Witness.—All be has stated is tree: the Plaintiff end Payday said they were goiter to the George public-house at Wandsworth. whew I met them t and not to snare Rune. J. took a walk with them. I did not walk with the Plaintiff on the seat day 'at all. I believe he kept his bed at that tittle, And a long time after. Cnustom SERJEANT. -►llad Porde,' any stick ? Witness.-1 think he bad a little switch stick. No violence was offered to Allen. On the cuntrag, be alone acted with violence ; I believe he was in liquor at the ffine. Dr. Simmons deposed as follows :—" I @gambled the Plaintiff a short time after he was shot, and found he was dreadfully wounded. A great' number of shots were in his knee, leg, and thigh. I hoped it would not prove fatal; but I had great apprehensions at the time that it might. I never sew the Plaintiff after that night. till saw him on the trial at King ston ; he then limped, which was no doubt the con sequence of the injury he received by being shot ; I believe the limping was not affected ; it was the pro bable effect of the injury in his thigh ; I think for a labouring man such an injury would prove highly prejudicial' to him in his employment, and of more se rious consequence than to a person whose eccepation was of a different and lighter description." Mr. Joseph Hillier, the father-in-law of the Plain. tiff, proved that the Plaintiff had suffered eight or nine weeks' serious indisposition from the injury be received when he was shot, and be was not able to do any work for twelve weeks. The SECONDARY summed op, the evidence very minutely. Ile inveighed against the atrocious con duct of the Defendant, and recommended the Jury to give such fair and moderate damages as they should be of opinion, after a dispassionate review of the facts which had been detailed in evidence, the justice of the case required. The Jury retired for a short time, and gave a ver dict—Damages, 501. and costs. FIRE IN CORNIIILL. . The following are some further particulars respect.. jog the fire which took place at Carroll's Lottery Office, Coinhill, on Friday night. Mr. Carroll re sides at Walthatustow, and no person lived in the house in town ; an oil lamp, covered with glass, was always left burning on the counter; the gas had bees turned off previous to the clerks quitting the pre. mites, and, therefore, how the fire happened it ii impossible tosscertain. Mr. Smith's, the cutler, in Lombard-street child was saved through the eel. vity and perseverance of Jew, one of the Bank Messengers ; he met Mr. Smith on the stairs, and upon learning ha bad a child in bed in the upper story of the how, be immediately went with MO, snatched titp.c1014.6in50...614410. twiete*. down sti4ea l theflarnes surrousied them, and Mr. Smith's hair was nearly burnt off ; we are sorry to add Mr. R. received a serious injury in the leg. —lie was insured, but not to the amount of property lost.--Saturday aftenteon, twee after fear o'clock, the neighbourhood of Lombard-street was alarmed by the cries and screamoot the passengers oce easiened by the fall of the fronts! Mr. Smith's how, which had remained in a precathias .situation hour .the fire before-mentioned. At the time the wall gave way, the street was crowded wish. passengers and persons looking at the destruction the fire had caused: Ten or twelve persons were buried in the loins. A very respectably dressed -female was so much injured that she was conveyed luny apparently lifeless, bar. ing au eye knocked oat, and her head greatly in. jored, The son of Mr. Maekretk, grocer, iu Lom. bud-street, aged 13, was so dreadfully bruitied that ke was taken home untidier' in a short time; J. Au. , - derSon, of the Phenix Fire-Office, had his ekell shockingly hectored; a Rifle girl, about seven yeas old, was killed; two lads and a working man were also taken from the ruins, the latter pot upon a, shutter and carried to the Hospital ; two of Mr. Smart's sons, of the Eating-house in George. street, were in company with young Mackreth,i and were buried in the ruins ; one died the , same night, and the other is said to be in a dangerous state. Several other persons were taken away, and we'fear the king they, have sustained, although not fatal, will bcOtaiitiy serials nature. During the whole of the night the stet-.was crowded with serious enquiring friends; and, notlithstandlog the fatal accident, the firemen and City police-olficers had great difficulty in preventing theidle curiosity of numbers from risking a ainiilar recurrence, as the re maining part of the braiding was expected to fall every moment. The' street was barricadoed, neither carriages nor foot passengers were suffered to pass. Carriages were alto pretkoted passing though Corn. bill, as the hont of --Mr. ,Carroll's house _remained in the same dgegerons staf f. By the fail of Mr. Smith's wall, the Clearing.hosseopposite hid a vast number of windows ktekeo, bat the Bankers' Clerks, eho attend at Atket huur, fortunately escaped any injury. In consispence of the above melancholy event, the mail-coaches were not allowed to enter Lombard street; they.drew op in Cornhill and near the Bonk ; the bags wara.coureyed to rheb. Yesterday' about lt o'clock, nne of &MOE frnictowsi towards llammersrnith, was over 'tumid on the Knightsbridge-road, with four passen. Ors . inside and four oat. The accident was occasioned by the near wheel flying off, and notwithstanding the coach was laid flit down on the side, the passikttgers escaped Witlionly a few bruises; a Lidy 'obo was inside was taken out under great terror, and.rensain % ed for a considerable time in a gate of itsseasibi.44 o ,; buc bei n g removed to.. house • near the spot, ahe rectirred, and 'was able to proceed. Tkecosteinosoll :was badly hurt by the fall, and . lba *duty wa 1 0 C sered to ,0/.- turday a privete in the First•Regunant of Guards received 300 lashes in the Tilt-yard, for disposktg of his necessaries; this is the (north time of went within these sit mootki; be bee only beim one year in the itasiment i and enlisted from Melissa*, ~~ . the stage' ;t .~ ..:.• her, ei ... r • •• POLICE. _........-- . . • Marrarow-roust.—James Riley was on Saturday broeght before the Loneitivrox under the follow ing circumstances: — Charles Francis, Egg. WI iraathall, a Member of the Board of the Society for the Suppression of Men. dicity, stated, that the Prisoner accosted him on Friday evening in the neighbourhood of Mark-lane, asking alms, on which he gave him one of the So ciety's tickets • Riley declared it was too late to ob tain relief the re, and was •tery inspoetunate . for the price of a night's lodging, promising to wait upon the Society hi the morning. Mr. Francis gate him six pence, bet shortly afterwards found hint begging from door to door in Crutcbed-friars ; he therefore took him into Custody, and baring delivered him to a constable, be was :..iarched, and 21. 15s. Gd. found upon him. , These facts Wing been proved, the 1. ..0RW MAlroa' called upon the Prisoner to state his place of resi dence and condition, when he readily acknowledged that tie lived by street-beggingftet urgently request ed that be might be liberated. The Loan MAYOR stated, that he was determined to esercise his influence and aotbority, in preventing such depredations on the henueolence of the Public;, be should, therefore, commit the Prisoner to Bride well for one month. Mr. Blundell *ere presented himself on behalf of the Society, and requested that Riley might stand committed to the nest Quarter Sessions; as, in far. Iherence of their object, he pledged himself the 94;. ciety would appear against him for further punish . . ment, agreeably to the Act of Parliament. He like wise moved, that the 21. 15s. 6d. might be detained, as especially directed by the said Act, to be espended is the vagrant's conveyance to Ireland. la Ibis arrangement the Lord Mayor readily die quieseed, and the parties were bound over to prose cute accordingly. GUILDWALL.—M. Sheen was charged with felony. —R. Campion, 15 years old, in the employ of Mr. Chard; jeweller, Fleet-street, stated, that he•was , sweeping the pavement before his master's door, early on Saturday morning, when the Prisoner asked him if he could tell where Mr. Phillips lived; he replied in the negative, and on looking towards the shop, perceived a stranger at the glass-case behind the counter; he ran into the shop, shut the door, and gave an alarm. While be was asking the man what business lie had there, some one knocked at the door, and on his opening it, the Prisoner rushed in and held him, while the other made his escape. His master came to his assistance, and secured the Pri soner. A gold- seal, a gold mounted eye-glass, and several other articles, were missing from the case.— Remanded. yr. Allen was examined under the following cif. .cumstances :---Mr. •Forrester, a salesman, stated, that the Prisoner was in his *imp*. Having reason to suspect he was acting fraudiilently he sent some persons to purchase goods, with a view to detect him. Several articles so purchased were produced, els. st skew!, a time-piece, brass lamp, waistcoat, Ike; •Sotiii . of persons oho had made the put ehtlireVollulteg Watteodance, the Prisoner was se t matied.t.ic , Earnest application was made by the Pro leSsiktArSir Charles Flower to gaant a private beettlleir t lit tht Worthy Alderman said he did not like justliaradministered in private, and sew nothing in this ease that , was necessary to be concealed from the public eye. ‘ Bow-sTankt*-00. Saturday, Taylor, a porter at the Whit Hart Inn, St. John.streel, was summoned to answer the complaint of Charles Musgrave, Esq. of Pertiatul-place, for an overcharge in the carriage and postage of a parcel. , The overcharge, which was a very gross one, was clearly proved ; but the Defendant brought forward the book-keeper to prove, that the parcel weighed 621 b. and, by the Statute, Magistrates moot take cognizance of any over charge upon any parcel weighing more than 541 b.— It-was proved, however, that the Defendant, upon delivering the parcel, had obtained en extra shilling from the son of Mr. Musgrave, who was et home ill, anti alone, under the representation that it was a wit day. This shilling was in addition to the retereharge. The Magistrate told the Defendant, that, to use hingoage most easily understood by him self, he ind " jumped from the frying-pan into the lire," in the present case. To avoid a trivial penalty, he bad broo&ht a witness, whose testi mony had the effect of taking away the- jurisdiction of a Magistrate; but by this Act 'he had rendered himself indictable at Common Lew for a fraud, and he sin cerely hoped that Mr. Musgrave would not allow so gross an imposition to go unpunished. Mr. Mug grave was exceedingly indignant at the imposition, and expressed his fall determination to indict the De feedlot at she 'nett Sessions fur freed. MAIRLSOROTJOIFATREET.--• Ann Harvey was cha►ged by M. Crawley, green.grocer, of Bird-street, Grosvenor-square, with having broken. -open a chest, and taken thereout a bag, containing 61. Plaintiff 'deposed, that about ten days since be Dist the Pri *nor in - the street, in great apparent distress, and n took her into his service. That on Wednesday he opened his chest, and took out the bag for the per ,pose of sepplying himself with money for the mot h-COW% market. The bag then contained 111. in ail lu,siet The Prisoner and his son were present at the civet►: Crawley took 51..0ut of the,bag,.and his son deposited the remaining 61. in the cbest, and put the key - hi his mother's pocket. On Friday night his wife;sliscovered the box was broken open cod the property gone; and whilst apprising him of the cir camatance, she saw the Prisoner repair, with some• thing in her-hand, to the bed-sick, and throat it un der the mattsass, which he discovered to be the bag in question.— Remoruied. Mara Smith was fully committed for picking the pocket olJobn Bates, of four 11. notes on Friday UNVIN-11A1.1..—Application was on Saturday made 'by the . Overseers of the Parish of Christchurch, Surrey, lariat orders to 'tinny. Mary Silk a *Wow, and her istrpof, 'lO bee..mottement st ;Airs& stater:l l by.one 'of the Parish Officers, that 11,4 1 1111 t svlb t ateathe• ago, Mrs.. Silk and her. husband .tmildeflinVistuditster. In consequence of tha death al her husband. Ile was , compelled to apply for pa: ! Wel PllilikeSet - stben it appearing , that her legal %sus at, Bridgewater, money was given to I she 1,113 desired to go to that pltce.—lllion a -:.: t_~ .~ . • 77 • 7 '``.l,ll I her arrival, herself and Child were received into ti e workhouse, where mot reepieed five weeks; fros t thence they were take* io the How of Correco oft at Bridgewater, locked ep as eaoroote for half so hour, and afterwards sent off *ha a vagrant's 141 'to the parish of Christchurch. It was antteuded o that she had committed no wet of vagrancy; that her confinement was merely nobtinel ; sod that the whole tranisction was composed of a series of frauds, fee the purpose of relieving the parish from the eapese s of supporting the woman and infant. • The M. gistrates condemned the mode adapted by the Oth ceis at Ltsidgewater, as illegal, tad psalmd an order for her removal to that place. Oo Friday teeming, J. Codd, of Untoo-row i baker, for having in his possemioa a qoautity nj American ashes and foul salt ; and Ann George, of Bermondsey-street, for hoeing a gawky of Media e her premises, were seerraily fissed hat. MR. HORSLEY'S GUILD. Taunton, the Bow-street officer, was to F ailed whence Rennett, who is supposed to hate stolen the child, crossed the Channel ; bet Taunton did unt hear of the circumstance until he hid atti,,a iq England, when it was cornmunicated to hits 104 Magistrates of Bow-street Police Ogee. Irolai e diately returned to Calais, having previously triarool that a man of the description of the main ;AGM name was stated to he Faulkner, bat whose NA name was Charles Bennett, had set of from the Lao; don Ina at Dover, with a child visioning the . scription of the stolen child, to Colitis 1w a boat; aad that he had obtained passports in the name of Georg Reynolds. When Taentnt, arrived at Calais, lip found that the delinquent had left there on the 10th just. He had been at a talent kept by a person named Meurice, and .had taken refreshments sod also given some to the child,who Was in good health. Bennett, it appears, applied ioninisdiately to the Po. Ike, on his arrival in Calais, to get his passport en. &rod, which being done, he set oil with the child in the diligence towards Brussels. Prior ZW.taati. ton's second arrival in France, the nephew of itvw Horsley and Gooding the officer tad arrived; andioi pursued the fugitivo,•so-that tte affair was tiftnftwißy • known, and told to him on his landing. 1111 MOW that the pursuers had discovered the route telt** Bennett, and were at least three stages on theater after him, anti it was therefore useless in him toms: (intro the pursuit ' • for the persons, who ware beim him having receiv ed every assistance from the French Police, would be equally abk to obtain thae te. ject as if he were to follow. He thesefor* returned to England with the so far satisfactory ia telligence to the affirmed relatives Or the child. Such is the system of the French Polio* department, that the pursuers were informed that they might rest as. surred that both child and thief would be ultimately tti custody. On Saturday morning a conssimicatine is. ow** was received by Mts. Horsier leaf. Mr. Biro* apt .which the following is a copy r•-- " Mr. Birgie losa reason to balm (bet llonoWt bad the child are at Dunkirk." By which it appears almost oortotai . tliat they Met 'be on their way to 14sudou by this time. le.* -111•• opinion of the distressed family, from- infoomotion they have received, that the parties will Weil* town this day. CO RON ERA' INQUESTS 4; An Inquest was taken at tight garret. 'night, before T. tinr.LToll, Esq. Cortorsito4 ComMi!tPo-roolft; on the tattr i hri k ti;le 'Slurs, for the purpose of inettatigariog t irse of his death, which was commonly mated to have been accelerated by his being removed by Parish _Olficeie and others from one place to another when in a stare approacl.ing dissolution. The COKONCR said, it was onferionattly :that the deceased was removed when so very newell, but hi might not have lived any longer had he not been 're moved ; there, however, was evidence to prey* that by such removal his death was accelerated. Verdict -. Died by the visitation of Gad. ISLE or WIWI; Nov. 21'.—On Saturday last, an Inquest was taken, at the Guildhall of Newport, before THOMAS Salmi,, Esq. Coroner of this Isle. end a most respectable Jury, on the body of Edward Saunders who was shot, In a field, at Standen, on the preceding night. It appeared in *eidetic', thet Mr. Hardley, who is occupier of West Slanders Farm, basing been night after night plundered if turnips, directed three of his servants to .watcb t .tal endeavour to detect the depredators. Mr. inn • Hardiey, a young man shout 18 years of age, Seatcrio ed with them, and unfortunately took with lama gun; about twelve o'clock two men entered 111* -11' with sacks, which they placed under the isirditteiied • -deliberately proceeded to p u ll t u r nips; aftit had taken a considerable quantity, the partiee,wot r .. ing discovered themselves, and called pit, tiretilartella 'tors to stop • the depredators ran &IV" nth(? • permed, repeatedly requiring the poriis: tr*iitikp. This not being attended to, and as it mooned prow NM, they would escape, Mr. Henry flordley fitad w and the contents of his gen lodged in one of themes, 'who proved to be the deceased, Edward Saunders, a labourer, residing in Newport. Mr. Medley ism diately proceeded for medical aid, bat this was in vain ; the deceased breathed his last in a few hours, at his own house, to which be was removed. After • patient and Waite investigation, the Jury returned's verdict of—Mmuloughter against Henry Saturday morning a little sweep boy, who was ea. played in sweeping the chimneys of Mr. Ilaydoe s • 'the Three Nests' Tongue*, Pearl-street, Spisal-Aeids s met with the following accident:- Whets Jui had jolt finished sweeping the last chimney, aad whilst at lb* lop, he got into the chimney pot, and hemp rattling with his brush to apprise the people that he was at the top, when unfortonetely the pot gave way, roiled down the roof and over the.parapet, aird was precj hintatrd ioto the street, a fall of not less then forty feet; the chimney-pot was broken into a thousand piece'. ,On a Gentleman cunning to his assistance, he jumped up, andehlaimed, 46 I am not an the least hurt. kto sot be tan ef material rigfrightened;" injury d ;an the i t provedfall. that be had re. endued • L )NI)014: Printed awl Pablistied hr D. 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