The Statesman. — London, England, 1822-10-03 00:00:00

L, ~ ~ LONDON SESSIONS.-WSON ISDAY. Charles Symonds. a boy apparently net more than 12 years of age, the son of a regrettable watchman in lielkore, was indicted for aesaulting Lewis Hart, o boy about the came age, and with having set a deg an him, which tore and it lured hint. Mr. At.Ler stated the case for the prosecution, and in the course of his speech vehemently censored the prisoner's father, who had refused to allow the dog to be examined by the surgeon for the purpose of aster tainiag whether he was mad ; the consequence of which was, that besides keeping theprosireutor and his family in the most frightful state of ansiety and alarm, the prosecutor was obliged to undergo the torture of Laving his weasels cauterised, the surgeon being ap prehensive. from the refusal to submit t►e dog to ex amination, that be was mad. Lewis Hart, the prosecutor, stated. that he is a quil and pencil seller, and that as be was going along Holborn on the day charged in the indictment, the priseasr steads him, and at th► same time addressed him in a►usive lineage. A strange boy, named Samuels, who was passing st the time and saw the as sault, said. he would strike the defendant if he struck the witness again. The defendant replied, " I will show him and you toe that I can serve you worse s" and immediately called oat a large dog and set him at the witness. The dog seized the witness as he would a rat, pulled him dews, and lacerated his belly in a dreadful manner, tearing a large piece of flesh out of his groin. The people from Fleet-market ran to the witness's essistancs on hearing his 'creams. and saved his life. After the dog had bees taken off the wit ness, the defendant set him un the boy Samuels, bat the multitude who had assembled prevented his sluing him any injury. The witness, in his cross•examinatios, positively de sled baying given any provocation. Samuel Samuels, the boy who had interfered, eor trborated the prosecutor's statement in every particu lar : he was positive the prosecutor bad not given the prisoner any provocation. William Naokerville, who keeps a stall in Fleet market, also corroborated the protecutor's evidence. Mr. Consist, a surgeon, whir was called to the plus*. cuter, described his wounds, and them manner in which they had been treated; the prosecutor's belly was dreadfully lacerated, and a piece of flesh, more than an inch in leogth, had been tors from his groin. It was the practice when wounds were inflicted by the bite of a dog, to cauterise, unless there was aaaaaa nee that the dog was not mad ; the absorption of the poison would otherwise he inevitable. The witness therefore sent for the dog, to examine it. but it was refused ; he then sent his card, 'equating the animal should be sent with all possible dispatch, but a refusal was again given; and after waiting two hears, he was obliged to cauterise the wound ; the operation was ex creciaiiag, and the prosecutor was held down by fear men while the fire was applied. The prosecutor's father stated, that he went with the surgeon's card to Symonds for the slog. but be refused to let the dog be taken out et his home, but bald the surgeon might go and eternise it there. He treated with contempt the opinion that the dog was mad, but admitted that he was a furious fellow that he kept for the protection of his children, for the times he said, were so depraved, that they could set go oat without some protection. Mr. remotes, for the defence, said be was instructed to say be bad witnesses Se roadie* that "'maid peeve the whole ease to be undeserving the attention of a Court of Judea. Several witnesses were then exansieed for the pur pose of mamas:deg the evidence for the prosecation, in which they wholly failed The prisoner's father was eternised, and said his Inn was a boy of great humanity, and never could Lave acted in the m hat had been stated. He said, when the prosecutor's father came fee the dog, be refused to tell his name, which was the reason the doe was not given to him. The Jury, witheat any hesitation, fogad the pri scare Guilty. The Recoanan, after the verdict was returned. ad dressed the prisoner's father, sad said he had shown great want of feeling towards the poor hey who had been so greatly injured; be westkl new have an op portunity of showing whether be bad say feeling for Lis own son, whom the Court were determined to punish with severity proportioned to his offence, if some compensitioe were not made to the prosecutor fur his sufferings. The Court, the RU0111)111 added, would allow the payment of 301 as coaspenaatien. The sum of 301. was paid by the prisoner's fathei to the father et the prosecutor, and the prisoner was fined Is. and discharged. POLICE. etstext Houss.--Edesrd Mon, a beta's'', was brought before the Loan Mayor. yesterday, chugod upon suspicion of haviog cat a saee nose is two *Oh a haifr. The complainant, a poor old carman, named Wil liams. wooded the Justice Room. with his sou strapped op, and covered with plaister. His speech was affected by the assault. He stated, that be was in Leads:WWl-market with Lis cart, war the place where the defendant bads block, on which he used to chop small pieces of meat for poor people, sad the de fendant wasted him to pall resod, which witness, u the rut was sot in the way, hesitated to do. The defendant then desired him to pay up his quarterage (a term well usderatood in the market.) to which the complainant replied, " let me do what I will I am so informer." Defeadant asked him what was the last word be bad used. and the witness having repeated it, two desperate blows from the defendant were the con ',queue. Tn. witness fell to the ground in a state or insensibility; upon recovering his senses, he found the blood streaming down his face, and his nose sepa rated as if it ►ad been de ne with a sword. The Loa D klaaoa asked whether the butcher Lad his knife in his hand when he struck the blow ? The complainant said he saw no knife nor other instrument. He added, tkat his nose bled all n i g h t , a l_ though it had been d d bya doctor. John Jolly, a butcher, of Rotherbithe-wall, stated, that he saw the defendant strike the complainant two blows is the face ; they were desperate blows. Tb• cat cm the complainant's nose appeared as if it bad bees dons with a sharp instrument, bat witness saw THE sTATES7JAN._ nothing in the defeatism's band when the blew were spark. The prisoner begged to be allowed to bail the charge. The LORD MAYOR asked whether the snrgeoe who bad dressed the wound was in attendance ? and an an swer in the negative being returned. his Lordship said he should not take bail to any amount fur the appear ance of the defendant. until he shon.d e.certain from the testimony of the medical attendant that the case did not come ander "Lord Ellenborougb's Act." The surgeon soots after arrive!, and stated that there were three distinct lacerations on the nose ; that they were deep. and had been strapped up by him ; and th■t they might have been indicted with the knnckles. The defendant said be had sled nothing het his knuckles, which bled as mach as the cowpiainant's nose, and that be bad been greatly provoked. b•t wee very sorry. The defoodaot was tbei committed is default of pod bail. • -- -- _ _ 1 - sAYn ILDVALL:SHAY PA TROOMIC...•••Neff, otherwiee Millar Douglas, charged with fraudulently obtaining money under pretences of procuring • situation In the But India boom for one J. Cards, as already no deed la our paper. was brought up yeeterdey before Sir JaMal &taw. Bart. the Sitting Alderman. for Oval examination. Mr. Lawmen. Solicitor to the But Inuits Company. attended on their behalf to conduct the peoseendon ; sod Mr. THOMPSON. Of the MIS of Hall and Thump son, Salters' Hall, appeared as Solicitor for the pri soner. The charges evilest Douglas, it will be recollected. were obtaining a 61 note, seder pretonew2f payment fur fees epos Certis's appointment; the forging seve ral letters purporting to be the baud-writing of a Mr. Hu4aon, notifying Curdles appointment, acknowledg ing the receipt cf the fees, Ise. &c.; and the obtaining of a further sem of 141. fur a pretended treat. to be given ea his appointment, to the clerks of the hones. Curtis was first (itemised, and deposed to the re ceiving a letter which was produced, girls( a■ ats covet of the pretended dinner. and surgestieg in what way the amount, said to he a few shilliegs short of 141. should be remitted• He accordingly paid that sans into the Lewes Bask, and procured a bill, pay• able at sight, sport the hews of Sir J. Rsdaile sad Co. to Millar Douglas, Esq., which be issiosed to the prissier. The bill was produced and sworn to by him as the one he so remitted. He also swore that the indorsemeat epos it, " Received the above. Millar Douglas," was the prisooer's band-writieg. There are three gentlemen of the game of Hodson, brothers, epos the establishment. each of whom sere rally deposed that the letter signed Hodson was nut of their hand-writing; that they sever visited &note isclosieg W. from Cottle; and that t&ey Dever at tended. or before beard of. the dinner said to have Wes given by Colotel Millar, at the Ship Tavern, Leadenhall• street. Mr. Adams. the laadlord. bad prevlatsly deposed that ao use► diluter had tattoo place at ►is boon on the day westioaed. The first charge it was riposted would he found to ioruire a capital offense against the privation.. The Si. note had been enclosed is a sealed eavelope, di rected to H. Medal% Esq.. sad deli►ered by a Meld of Cortia's to one of the ateseeogers, wearlag the badge sad livery, at the ladlaAtteee. It had sever reached the heeds of either et the Mr, Budettak sad ale saw *los was that she prisoner, Viler was a oaten' *le vitate', at the India-house, and hoe, most of the messengers, bad become aeqtrainted with the place where the letters fur delivery were deposited, and, watching his opportuaity, had obtained minas thereto, and withdraws the letter in question. To establish the fact, John Cooke, es* of the Com pany's messengers. was tailed. He knew the prisoner well; he was very frequently at the India House is the year 1819, sad teases acqaalitance of Mr. Beard's, the door-porter. All however that be could prove was, that about t►at period. the prisoner came tae summer's evening to the door of the India House, to !squire for Mr. Beard, who bappeaed to be absent. He thee pressed the witness to take something to drink. aid he accordingly accompanied the prisoner the George, in fit. Mary-Axe, where be changed a SI. note to pay for the reckoning ; somewhere about 1114. The letters for delivery he said were at that time left on the window-seat in the Messengers' to►by. He bad sever seen the prisoner in that lobby, bat any stran gers might have had access to it in the absence of the emesersgers. A new regulation bad slate takes place, and the same thing could not sow occur. Death, another messenger. deposed to ►aving fre quently sees the prisoner go in aid out of she hies sets gees lobby. Here the ease for the prosecution closed. . Sir .1 ells. Suew obseived, that dm evidence whit regard to the fraud in obtaining the 141. and also as to the forgery of the letters purporting to be written by Mr. Hudson, which was as offence at cosmos law, were 'dear, connected, and complete : but there were not eaMcient proofs to correlate hie slid of the felony. The ball he should require would be, the prisoaer his• I self in 1 o ur two respects • is. 1 " .cock ; twenty-four hours notice 4 I the solicitor for the prosecution. • The prisoner was committed for ret of sureties. Bow•srassv.—Tuesday night, ckilers were issued' to Perry, Sadler, Bond, and Morrie% parties of patrol, to apprehend all females insproperlysonductiog them selves in the streets, and colony them to the watch. bombes. Accordingly, soon after tea o'clock, the par des *allied forth, ■nd in a very short time secured eighty-fire unfortunate girls and women, and lodged them la St. Hiles's, Coveat•garden, and St. Mania's watebbouses. Yesterday morniag they were brought to Burro:resit, and underwent an examinsoioa befor- Sir R. Biraie, when some were discharged on paying a fine of out shilling, and others committed to prison fur different periods. According to the new Act, we believe, the officers are entitled to 31. for such perms. takes, consequearly will derives revenue of twenty ..tie pounds five shillings (to be paid oat of the county rate) for last night's work ; this is exclasive of th one shillieg each for the discharge, which gees temps other fund in tie office. What good society can dr rive from such as adurinistration of the laws we at at a lost to ascertain; but the officers say it is the bra Act of Parliament that has been passed for some tim• as rewerdale aye sweetens 11404/ I Vo b. gives Is Among this large number was one young wisneani who did not at all come within the description of per-i sons egeinat whom the warrant was directed, but who was taken by the officers from motives of compassles. fhis poor creature appeared at the bar with scarcely covering safficient for the purposes of decency. and .Irogether in a pitiable state. She said her name was Mary Bennett, and that she was born is the West ladies, where her parents (lied when she was very young, and she was brought o'er to this country . She was t.ken, as soon as *be was able to do any thing, into the service of a respectable woman whit kept a lodging-house in the Borough, as a nursery maid. where she continued until a few months ego, when she was discharged, her mieress having no far ther occasion for her services. She was some time out of employment, and when the hop season com menced. else went iota Kent, sod got work at hop-pick ing. While there, she got acquainted with a woman called "Old Mary," from London, and they agreed to retain to town together. She had saved 17s. to bay herself some clothes; but on the road they slept together, and in the morning she found that "ON Mary" had rubbed her of her money, and eves of Me clothes, and had absconded. She bad no bonnet until she came to L-wisham, where a servant girl gave her the old one 14 now bad on. She was wanderies_ about the Strand, lot knowing where to go, when the officers took her up. Mr. HALLS said he rejoiced to find tFat the warrant which he had thought it his duty to issue had done at least one piece of good service—that of saving Ibis poor girl (tom becoming perhaps as bad as those with whom shaled accidentally bees associated for a light. The Worthy Magistrate then asked the girl if she was lensg to go to *orrice; and receiving a ready sourer is the affirmative, be gave her 51., and' sent an officer with her to the ere of St. Mary. le-Strand, with • message. which immediately pro cured her an uylum, where she will remain until em ployment can be foond for her. A journeyman ramie, of the name of Loggia s charged under rather curious circumstance,. on sus picion of Wag ascessary to • robbery. committed os Tuesday evening, in the house of Colonel Gascoigne, 19, Tavistock-square, Was committed for further ez amination. MI It L1101101:011•STRIZIT. -Yesterday Gm Lanai. alias Rabies, was brought up for re-examination. bet was remoulded in consequence of the absence of the Gentlemen of the Bask. wit* will be summoned to at tend the next examination tta Wednesday nest. OA macttro-Houss FlACAt.—Yesterday, a person ealliog Himself the Berms f Zig. was charged with an lt upon a lad named Jones. at a boas* No. 33, Pall-Mall. us Tuesday evening last. Thecomplaisaat stated that the Baron eame to their subscription beset, and having lost some money, be came vary violent In his menacing attitude, and said be Weeded to knock the defendant's braise out, and forthwith was about to put hisintentions Ist. execution, which he endeavoured fo effect by striking his over the head with a chair, aid in end e ring to parry the blow, he received a violent commies os the arm; the defendant then wised the poker, aid bad not a Ras sassed Moak in serfered, the complainant would certainly have had reams to lament the attack made es him. Debeger, the porter to the concerti, said be saw the blow of the chair given, and he believed the origin of thefroess was the “ Baron's" hriag unable to sap , ►iapassies es _Postai woe Ro■ey. Therour neat bad challenged him to fight, bet the chal ks(' was not accepted. • The defendant said he was playing at the game of ?Wet, and having lost some money he wished to charts the ball. The Magistrate requested to knew bow much he had lost. The defendant said about 9f., bat in the last fortaight upwards of SOL ; hat that was of Ro cossequesce. Having chimed the balls, they again played (Jones esti him), sad be perceived Jones shift the balls, aid throw *se wader the table, aid play with smother. OS seeing this, be (the defendant) of course desisted to play, and was about to leave the rood, pointing out the attempt made to cheat him ; this is ceased the cesplainast, who immediately threw off his coat, and plating himself is a boxing attitude, aid he would fight ; tad to protect himself front the assaalts of this fellow, he (the defendant) raised the chair, sad it might have struck Ike complaisant, but certainly so blow was aimed at him. This was denied by Jones, and the Magistrate find• sag the fact closely sworn to, and the affair p d, held the defendant to hail, to appear at the sessions, in sureties to the intount of 801. LAMMII-11Tiltirr.—.Mr. John Roberto, a baker, residing in Phillip-street, St.. George's in the East, appeared to articles of the peace exhibited agai him by a Mrs. Hamm, a neighbour sad customer of his, who new displayed a broken nose, and awful pair of contused black eyes. It appeared that chancing to go into a poblic.house on Monday evening, she was accosted there by t►e de fendant, who was sitting is company with some loose girls. She told hint that was not the amino which a married man ought to purser, and said she would, as soon as she got hese, depict the whole circus- Rases to 'his wife; miss which be pumped from his seat, and by moo blow disfigured her face as it mow appeared, and rendered her since, and she believed would for some tine, incapable of getting her living, as she could scarcely see her way through the streets from the effects of the blow. The Magistrate said it wu a very gross assault, bat that the complainant did not appear in a very amiable char.ater. However, the defendant should either find ball, or make her some moderate compensation fur the injuries she 'asinine& The parties then withdrew, when the umplsisani •Icsanded,, as she sai 1, as reasonable compensation 20s. for each black eye, Bud as, for her bruken nose. ♦hich defendant thiakiag exorbitant, refused to pay, ►od the matter was again referred to the Magistrat, ir his consideratioa. His Worship was of °plaints that ss. alone war 4 eaciont. together with paying the expellee of di. t. The eoropl. ingot refused to secept of the sum pro . weed by the Magistrate, and he nitiniatrly disehar_ d thew t, tolling her if she choose she might I. list the sun at the Sessions. UNION-RALL:-..-CONtICTION DMDIR THI ALIEN .cT.—,lean Tr.nlllud, a Frenchama, WAS broil'. -- hew.. It .1. CIA tinbrre and R Hedger, Elyra. charged with having ♦iolated I of the Ciaasee of the Alien Act. Mr. Capper, Inspector of Aliens, stated that the alien had ►iolated the Act of the 56th Geo. 3, e. 86 , which enacts •` that lien coming to this country shall produce a passport, in whicb his name shall be traly stated." In the present case tba alien had pawed hytw a names, bovine, on the 26th of June, sailed from ton to Dieppe by the name of Charles Chamhonne, which he returned to England in the following the name by which he had previously presented his. self at the Alien•office being Jeao Trouillard. passports by which the defendant came into lie country', by the different names, were produced by Mr. c appi, who 'total that it was the wish of Government to rh vent foreigners from coming to this country in clitEre a r names, which they could only be supposed to do bar its. proper purposes. Mr. Capper also said, that these were not the only names the defendant went by, in pro o f o f which he produced receipts for money sizned by Med,. f.ndant in the name of Guillielms Cherie, which a French witness proved to be the defendant's hand. writing. The alien stated, through an interpreter, that the sa fives of the Continent were in the habit of using differ ent names when they travelled oat of their owe te em; try, sometimes using their first name as their same', and sometimes taking. the names of their ulotlitrl or wives. Mr. Capper here observed, that all foreigners moist into this co/entry were hound to conform to its lies, which the defendant evidently had not done, u the law required that his mane shonld be folly stated is his passport, which was not done in this alien's ease, wh o also violated the Act by out reporting himself at th e Alien office on his last arrival in this country. Mr. Cuastnans said, that fact was quite sufficiest ; was probable the defendant was • sinnerler, who west harkwards sod forwards frees this cosetry to Fraser, by differeet names, and without s pinyon. Mr. Capp* said. it was the wish of Mr. Secretary Peel to snake to example, for the purpose of putting • stiryt_to the practice. The Magistrate', on referring to the Act, fonnd that the prisoner, by lot reportinz himself at the Ali... office on his arrival, became subject to a month's im prisonment, for which term be was sent to the Cuonty gaol. A person of very respectable appearance, a Purser ns the Navy en halfpay, was charred with having robbed a hose, at which he was in the habit of dining, of a tea chest. contaiaieg 15 sovereigns and some silver ta ilpipe's. An officer, who bad bees seat for as soon as the .16. merry was made, stated that he searebe , l the prison.r sad his apartments, but found none of the property. 0. was remands d for further examination. TOWN-HALL, Sorinwaiti=lFeste . 'day, Biddy ifs. horsy wascharged with robbing • Mr. Deering, a pri• boner confined is the Kiog's Bench 'prison, of a fitly pound Bank of Eogland note, and a five nonn , l nom. The prisoner had been employed by Mr. Deering to clean. his arartserst, and on Saturday last she was li.. charged. rbe wary at that time was safe. Os Mon day last the prisoner came to Mr. Deering's room wbitst he was in bed; after she left the apartment the moony was usisoed. The prisoner said she bad not bees in the spirt aunt of Mr. D. since Saturday last ; bat two iters.ms confined in the prisms saw her is Mr. ll.'s room tot Monday. The cue was pat off for a future exatnina'ios. In the night of the 23r1 of September last as extols, sire roberry was committed on the premises of Me. Jobs Pierson, of Kiseholten, IN Huntingdonshire, cloth factor. Mr. Pienos'a warehouse is situated over the Market-place in that town, tad the nosy was effected by means of aunt robbers getting or the shambles, and breaklag thesugh the tier of the ware ' &nem Application WM Olds at Bow-street Office, and Taunton, one of the principal officers, wu ae.A down to discover the offender, and after a great des! of trouble and ezettion, trued eat circumstances which led to the sosploion of gypsies, who bad cl amped in the environs of the tow., being the per petrators of the robbery ; they had however decamped on the morning after it took place, but were at length found out by Tanaton, at Arebitter Lane, near Irlingborough, in Bedfordshire, where they had again raised their camps, and in the sight, after they had retired to rest, be, with assistance, snared the whole of them, and the nest morning took them be fore Geary, Esq. one of the Magistrates for the County, when some of them were admitted se King's evidence, and two of be. of the Winos of Thomas Loveridge and Benjamin Smith, were filly committed for trial foe the robbery. About two o'clock yesterday afternoon a shocking or rrrrrr ee took place is the house of a butcher, IC), well-street. A lad, 14 yean of ege, servant to Mr. Wane, was discovered in the kitbag cellar, under the shop, is a lifeless state. He had bees sent below for a broom, but not returning, one of the men went into the cellar to look for bins, whea he discovered the lad lying on the fine, with his neck so tightly entwined in a ja ck towel, that it was with difficulty he was released. The jack towel hung to a hook. It is snpposed he had put his head through the towel, and run round till be became giddy. Three medical gentlemen were instant's called in: they used every endeavour to restore animation, but to no effect. • About seven o'clock yesterday morning, tie inha bitants of Swan-yard, (icing Somerset Hesse, in toe Straad, were dreadfully alarmed at a great part of the street falling in. aad exposing to view a utmost read*, abyss. the bottom of which t►e eye could net retch. On examination. it appears to bate bent an old owed well, and upwards of 100 feet in depth. '0 which is now full of water. MARRIED. ~, avezaay, th e Ist lastant. at Burton Latimer, North ' amploashlre, Pater James, eldest son of ?Jr. Welber. of Wormwood-street, to Margaret, fifth daughter of Mr. siloo 4 - all, of the former place. Oa Saturday, thasakh alt. at St. Michael Bassishaw. Mr. George Temple, of Guildhall, to Maria, yomirest ilsaah•ir ofJoseph Weatherley, Esq.of the Poultry, Loudest. On Tuesday, October I. in the parkh choral of inlay, W.. Job. &Met Aubya, third son of Sir John Saint- bl ot. Bart. allowance, Common, to Anne Dorothy Barrett Le. - nerd, eldest daughter of Sir Thomas Barrett L enal r i litart. of Beil-hcese, is the county of ESsitN. IMED. On Tuesday, the Ist inst. at Peckham, in his 131 h ).• Mr. Edward Elliott, late in the °thee of Mews. Vole and Co. solicitors, Ave-Maria-lane. soil only son of E.l*.irr and Mary Elliott, of Crosby-row . Oa Sunday last, of • rapid in the ISt h ‘el rof ler age, Mrs. Jane Street, wife of tiL-orge .. .ht ., • Esq. of Kilburn. Last week at St. Wenn, Co:nwail, R Parkin, at t.ic a I %sowed age of 09 years. On Sunday last, atTruro, Charles Carrie, at the adootrei age of 90 years. 4 London : Edited. Printed, ant Ponth.hed et the OS. bf " The STATtSIIIAX" sod " TH F ro‘faleUTion"(s.aday Paper. No. 497, flirted, by IVARDELL. U. ft to oboe all tieountaicatletio, ec, are tows. -!itt be a d4reis ed. ~''' , ,