The British Press; or, Morning Literary Advertiser.
London, England, 1821-03-23 00:00:00

POLICE.

ROBBERY OF THE BOARD OF COJ'ITROL.
Yesterday Abraham Lennart, and his wife, who bad been
remanded on a charge of robbing the apartments of Mr.
Courtenay, M.P. at the office of she Board of Congeal,
Cannon-row, Westminster, were finally examined.
A servant maid at the office, said, on the night of the ildth
not. eke neglected to fasten the shooters of the room be-
longing to Mr. Bathurst. which is uu the first floor back of
the premises in front of the Thames. At SeVIITI o'clock the
next day she observed foot mirk, on the white post out the
plat of grass under the window, which were traced to the
water-edge, where the thief escaped in s boat.
Gilmour produced • small giniblet sad • 61444 which
corresponded with the marks in the drawers in Mr. Court.
enay's room, which Is uo the first floor to front of the budd-
ing. He fottud those tools at the Prisoner's lodging its
Dsere-strret.

Sik pawnbrokers produced wearing apparel pledged by
the female Prisoner at their shone, and hlr. C. ideuttied
some of the property, and believed they were all his.
Three young metkaervants to him, also identified the pro-
peri), as well as the tailor who made them tip ; but the
latter were more positive as 10 a Court dress made for Mr.
Cunrtenay.
The Prisone► said his wife was innocent, and persisted
that he purchased she properly from a stranger, who bad the
appearsure of a groom.
The Prisoners were boils full) committed.

KENT' LENT ASSIZES.

MAIDSTONE. MATCH 19.

The Assists for this county commenced this day. Si►
George Wood, 'Leiria, arrived yesterday afternoon, and was
escorted into town by Sir John Shelley, Bari. High Sheriff,
wish the usual minidisk'''. At ten o'clock this mussing his
Lordship opened the commissioa.
The tollowitig Prisoners were tried this day:—
John Guru, John Scott, and Henry R. IPrietlwick,enewleled
of a burglary at liunton—recsivid sentence of Death.

John ifiri4sgac, Wm. Burk, sod Thomas Mitchell, seve-
rally convicted of felonies—to be transported Sege* Vetere.
John Duff, cutivicted of felony—to be imprisoned One
Tear in the Douse of Correction.
Daniel Guiltier, convicted of felony at Nortoo—lo be
imprisoned One Month.
Mr. George Miller, of Chatham, WSJ acquittrel of the man-
slanghter of the late Mr. Hear, of Brampton, without ping
into the defence.

The business of the Nisi Prins Court commiesees to•ranr.
row. monolog at nine o'clock, before the Right Hoe. Sir R.
Richards, Kut. (who arrived this afternoon, at baK•pat four
o'clock, from Loudon). It present Mere are only 41 causes
entered, three of which are Special Juries, but several more
are expect. d. . .

The Coleudar contains the 'tunes of one hundred and
eixt).oisie Pritonrrs fur trial.

MARC!! 20.

THE RING V. TIIONAS WARRE, ESQ.

This was iudictment against she Defendant foe a nuivance,
in obstructing a public footpath in the parish uf St. Law.
renre, lading from Itaxasgate by the cliffs ww the sea shore
to.Pegwed Hay.
Mr. HOLLAND (with whom was Me. eitertir) led the case
fur the Prosecution. lie stated it to be a case of consider-
able importance to the public, and snore especially to Use
visitors of itantagate, as • watering place, whose pleasure
and comfort would be materially curtailed if the prosecution
failed. It also involved a very important question of law,
whirls, if the Learned Judge now presiding would not take
upon himself to decide, might be the subject of mature de-
liberation in another place. For a period of time beyond
the menial of mau these hail been a public footpath lead-
iug from itainsgate to Pegwell, by the edge .f the cliff,
which had been used by the inhabitants and visitors of the
firmer place withunt interruption Ur question by the owners
of the laud over winch it went. In progress of time the
cliff was washed away to the very edge of the defeutlant's
fence, and in the result there was no ground remaining for
the footpath. The ques now, to effect, was, whether
the illiixbitalats and the politic had or bad not a right to carry
the path whirls they had het etofore enjoyed through the De-
fendant's enclosure, which was now iospiacticable by reason
of the fence, which he bad ever since einitioned from the
time lie cause tutu pusacnaiuu, which was the gist of the pre-
vent indictment.
No less Shan ten very wld men proved that the path hail
exists d tit the manuer above mentioned fur upwards of sixty

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