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GILL t•.. TraxEN.

This was an action of trovcr to recover the sum of WI. I3s. 4d.,
the alleged value of a certain quantity of cordovan leather and
w:iire sheep-skins, the property of the plaiao; a dealer is leather
at Bermondsey, and taken on the 3d of October last by the de-
fendant, the lute Sheriff' of Surrey, under an execution issued
agriust the goods of William Abbott. a shoemaker, carrying on
buidness partly at Bermondsey under his own namti, and partly at
Camberwell under that of his son, a boy only sistteen years old.
31r. OttaNEY stated the case.

' Abbott being called, deposits], that when Cox, the Sheriff's
officer, came into the shep, he said .4 I have got an cx against
you." on which the witness asked whether it was against his body
or his goods. The officer replied that it was against his gads.
ll'itwess rejoined., that he might levy it if he thought proper, but
none of the gouda &cry were his ; they all belonged to his son, ex-
cept the kasha in the corner—pointing to that of the

On erwat-examination, he said, though he was very intimate with
Gill he did not know where he lived. lint warehouse WiLS in New
Itusaell-atreet, Bermondsey. Witness's son ww sixteen years old.
Witness looked after his business; lie went to assist him. lie had
also a business of his own, in Bertuoudsey-road. The sign-board
over hi'. soc's shop WWI taken from witness's, and filtered to Win.
hb.nt, jutier, the week after the job (the levy). Winners 1124
taken the house himself, and the landlord looked to him for the
rent.
Abbott, the son, being called, swore that Gill left the leather
one day at his shop, and that it never belonged to either his father
or bintaulf. %%snows was only fifteen year old when he was put
into Imaineas by his father.

It was proved that the leather came from Selby, was delivered
at thz. lilt:um:1"a warehouse, and was fairly chatged at the rate sued
for.

Tin nt-e.:t.k,t, for the tleferlant, ccrntended that there was
entiogit lwtore the Jtry to satisry them that the whole transaction
reapec:inr smung A bbiont shop had been framed fur tile rurpose of
fraud mid therefore that their evidence was unworthy of :Trait.
31r. ".V. 11. Itrue,,, tbriuerly the clerk of the attorney by whom
the Cli•Cilt:irl 11jS !Wed out, Ste.:`ll, :hilt whenit was levied Abbott
the eld,r •• .111 the !kings to the shop are my con's."
sitt.e‘s.., were tidied to prove that tht goods soud for not
mote than two.i'in's .he sum claimed.
Thl• 1:n.

•
INSOLVENT DEBTORS' COURT, TrEsDaY, Jaili. 20.
Samuel William Dakin Fora was opposed by Mr. Heath, on
the behalf of his employers, Messrs. Thomas Champion, and
Thomas Green, extensive vinegar-makers.
Mr. HEATH called Mr. Green, one of the above firm, who de-
posed that he went into the concern in HMO, at which time the in.
'advent was out-door and collecting clerk ; in May, 1821, they re-
solved to make all their clerks gise security, and the insolvent, his
father, and brother, entered into a joint bond of 4901., and in Sep-
tember, 1821, the witness first suspected that the Insolvent was
acting dishonestly; the Insolvent had neglected to pay the money
he collected into the counting-house twice a week, as he had been
requested to do. The witness took the opportunity of calling him
into his private office, and accusing him of defrauding the firm,
when he instantly confessed what he had done, and handed to him
(witness) a list of the different sums which he had received, and
appropriated to his own use, amounting to between 40111. and 1001.;
be was consequently discharged, and Messrs. Champion and Green
commenced proceedings upon the bond, and eventually. obtained a
verdict and costs; but they only recovered about 1881. in cash, so
that there still remained a deficiency of 2381. 17s. lid. The ac.
counts were afterwards examined, and it appeared that there was a
further deficiency of tl9l. 144. 2d.
Mr. John Oxley, ehjef clerk to Messrs. Champion and Green,
stated, that he bad. examined the last accounts, and had ascertained
the further deficiency, as well from them as from the accounts sent
back from their customers, as paid upon application being made for
payment by the successor to the Insolvent.
Dlr. HEATH said, he aced not trouble the Court with any obser-
vations on this ease: the fraud was so palpable, that it came clearly
within the provisions ef the Act.
The CritEr Cow attssioxuit said, as the affidavits were not
filed, the Court would not yet give its judgment; but be was
bound to say that the Insolvent had been guilty of a very gross and
deliberate fraud, and it wee necessary that persons in the extensive
way of dealings that Mersa & Champion and Green were, should
be protested trom such depredations. When the case came before
the Cruet again, tlie lusalsent would certainly be remanded, at
the suit of his opposing creditors, for a very considerable period
of time.
Judgment deferred till 2d February.

OLD 11.4ILEY SESSIONS,

TuzliDAY, JAN. 20.

(Before Mr. AIIADIW;Nd a Miakart- Jury.)

lehro.d Frtatttne, aged 12, teas indicted for stealing 75., the
monies of William 3laton.

.
The prosecutor's wife deposed, that on the 17t1 of December,
she saw the pris-aer conic into her husband's shop, situated in
Crown-court, in the Strand, put his hand into the till, and take
the money out of it. The witness at the time was in a room at the
back of the shop. She ran out to the prisoner, who by that time
was got into the street, seized him by the collar, and accused him
of the theft. On opening his baud, she found 7.. in it. In her
cross-examination, the witness said that she did not afterwards look
into the till to see if the money was short there.
The officer into whose custody the prisoner was given, d
ie stated, that
the boy on going to the watch-house acknowl that he had
taken the money, and hoped the prosecutor would orgive him.
Several witnesses, amongst whom was his uncle, gave the prisoner
an excellent character previonato this transaction.
Guilty, but strongly recommended to mercy by the Jury and
prosecutor's wife.
The pnioner was called up for judgment, and sentenced to be
privately whipped as soon as it was convenient, and then to be
given up to his friends.
Ji.hn fluoicer,• middle-aged man, of very respectable appearance,
was indicted for stealing 3 silver spoons, and a table cloth, value
les. on the 24th August, the property of John Souther.
Mr. LAW, for the defence, desired that a witness, named Mary
Ann Parkyns, should not remain in Court during the examination
of the prosecutor.
John Sombre stated, that he kept the Commercial Coffee-house
at Poplar, and the prisoner was in the habit of coming to his house
as a customer. He missed a spoon in Joh, another the beginning
uf -tuguat, and another after the 12th of August, on which day an
-.ling dinner was given in the house man named Park ns
known tjse' • '
prosecutor's NIA-waiter, waited at table on
the Ith.

Thomas finial', a pawnbroker, in the Commercial-road, pro-
duced two sliver tea-spouns, pawuctl at his shop by a female, in the
name of Mary :Smith, on the lf•th August.
• John Roberts, the shopman of Mr. Norris, High-street, Poplar,
produced. • silver tea-spoon, pawned by a female, at his master's
shop, on the 234 of August.
Lowther Jackson, another pawnbroker, produced a table cloth
the' had beep pawnpd at his shop on the 16th of August, by a
givifig bet dame Ann Parker. The witness positively
awore that It wits pawned by a woman who was just gone out of
Coda.

, MeryAnn Paskyna being called, stated that she lived at home
with her mother, and that Mr. Booker, who lodged at her father's
at the time, b& given the spoons produced to her to pawn. She
had known )tilt[ they for about three months. Mr. Booker did not
give bar Om all at one tune; he afterwards gave vie witness
the • pnaluced, which she pledged ;Bodter received
the riansWand the duplicater of the spoons and table-cloth.
Cross-examined—She edged the property in three different
names, sold her tonna& She had never ap
plied to the money, but her father had borrowed money
of him. 1 er father was a publican, and occasionally waited at
public dinners. Four dims after the 12th of August she pawned
two of the spoons. Sheinerer heard that Mr. Booker and her fa-
' thee bad quarrelled, and did not know that any thing about a
hard-table had been mentioned.
. .

Charlotietli.szlll4, 4.lleiiaughter of the prosecutor, identified the
property to be her fa*t's. She also stated that Parkyns had been
at her father's on the niband 13th of August.
Jeihn James Dosnm, an officer, apprehended the prisoner at the
Ship, in Lower Thasnesssireet ; when he told the prisoner he ap.
prehended him for taiday, he said he Doped that it was for nothing
worse.
Te prisoner, when tailed upon for his defence, said that this
prosecution was a conspiracy against him. fie had lodged in Par-
kyns' house, and repeatedly lent him money ; and on a friend ex-
pressing his surprise et the prisoner lodging with a man of such
character as Parlyns, withdrew his protection from him ; and
on that account he wi to injure him.
Mr. AR AIMX, in Cil • g the Jury, said, that this case was en-
tirely supported by the deuce of `lacyAna Parkyns. If they
believed her testimony; y must find the prisoner guilty ;if they
did not, as a matter of se they must acquit him.
- Verdict—Vert Guill.g.'
The Court was oc the greater part of the day in hearing
petty larceny cases, of üblic littered-
POLICE.
tiV-771EET.
Coact' ROBBFRY.— r readers will probably remember, that
several months ago the oon Birmingham coach 73isebbed of
a banker's parcel, contai g Dotes to a very large oust, the
70 property of Messrs. r and Lloyd, of Birm ngham. Al-
though so long a time h elapseti since the robbery, it would seem
that those interested in detection of the offenders have nut been
idle, for with the ma'am** of the active police of this establish-
ment, sufficient diseovetifl have been made, and evidence obtained,
to procure the' • bill before the London itirand Jury
on Wednestbil for stealing the
parcel, and V same,knowmg it
to have been In - apprehended at
Bisheu. .--

one of his 4ui

ap, one of

the principal of
(limed a, übovt
is yet at lurge.
brought up for
ing at the same
he then. hoar

the prrwon in-
tharletulaers. Turnley
the Adelphi, was
)e-merthant,
to keep the peace;
ireening, ahtl the

latter was also

Yesterday,
broeglit t p in
Society, Red 1
wd other reliel

woman. was
the Mendicity
Obtained money
ences.

Mr. Fagan.
of tbeSoctety.

attmaded on the part

soave of Amp-
the Meow

Mr. Fagan .
ock), came to
of a title-waiter,
of his duty ; an
Majesty's Govt
Treasury ; ant
had COME' up •
tawny now put
approaching,
they refused to
;hied in her
thought it rigl
cordiugly went
husband was only
enjoyed a Reardon of ... ,-ai pout— per ,
anion:est their moot impoStunate applicant*.
The :ticotch lady cow 'contended that this pension was riven to
her sew Roderick, in onswideration of his bang born " deaf and
dumb." and who was new iki the care of the •• Parish Al inister."
The Parish dlinister, however, appeared to have rivalled all the
deaf and dumb instruwaso known ; tot in her statement to the So-
ciety, she described the lipid Roderick to be a child of ten years of
ago, who could read iia r barite ret Tema, well. This beirithitalto
her defence, she was inutieeliately sera& with one of the infirmities
imputed to her child. *be wan evininitiad foe one month.
t, MAR • A.BONrE OFFICE,
AN ITNORATEFUL imr.--Yestaiday, a young mall Of wily
ragged exterior, named illiam Smith, was brought up by Swill&
me officer, charged with. following ungrateful robbery.
An industrious you tiled Richard lambs, residing in Ogle.
street, stated. that an day week, the prisoner, who was merely
an acquaintanc:, appli in Ilan, reprotenting himself as pcnnjilewa,
and without a bed to 14-4sii ; it: etnisequence of this repreteaWion
being borne out by blit umage appearance, he fro= humane
motives gave him food, Ad finally a part of his bed, allasdng him
i
to
remain until Saha when the prisoner talked of baring got a
situation, w Itii:h be was go to early on that znernAind said ilk,
/wok' be undtt the icy of bring oft before dB ': &rand- I
ingty he went ; but the witness was. asleep, rifled his.
pockets anti tarried of purse, wataiaing silver and half-pence, !
other trifling articles, two duplicates, and never /attuned • but
the Willie-4S a...cider:ton ins him in the street, he laughed and
Luar.et: of baring ..;one ; Krtally di:aiming to give him a d...-d.

in the discharge
a claim oa his
the Lords of the
her object, she
system of eco.
•kly was the time
Mi. Hume, that
f strongly sympa-
giving ha
her story, and ac-
',iformed that the
1 that this woman
and still she was

'good thrashing, which M aroused the indignation of Jacobi, that
he gave him into custody.
The prisoner did not deny the charge, merely ascribing the cir-
cumstance to accident.
Mr. Gatrr rill thought there could not be much of that in it,
and said that he haying been twice in custody before, he must
know the distinction between robbery and accident. The Magis-
trate asked him if he hail any friends 'r
Mr. Lowe, a cab.iet.maker, stepped forward, and said the
prisoner, he was sorry to say, had been an apprentice of his. lie
did not consider hint so now, as he had enlisted in the army, and
after being duly attested had deserted. While in his employ he
nut only rubbed him, but traduced his character; indeed, so bad
was his conduct, that on more than one occasion he was under the
necessity of giving hint in charge; and as to his being out of
employ and destitute, that was untrue, because he was always ad.
mitted into his (Mr. bone's) house, although he could not be
placed on the sante footing as the other apprenties. Mr. bore
handed in the attestation of etc prisoner, from which it appeared
that he had enlisted in the !kith foot.
. .

Mr. I;rtrr'Ttt asked him what he had to say to this additional
charge of being a deserter ?
The prisoner, with great wag froid, muttered, that, now, was
merely a secondary consideration.
The Magistrate remanded him ler another examination.
There were ;•onimitted for trial to Newgate, from this office,
during the period of time betweni the last and present Old Bailey
Sessions, upwards of 130 prisoners, on charges of capital felony.
This number is exceedingly gnat, and can only be accounted for
by the extensiveness of the dishiet which this office comprises.

of
e finding of ^,
true bill before the Lando
My last, at Charier Townley fa
hurler C cr for receiving the lain
stolen. wu in consequence a
aunts, and ght up yesterday by Il
officers. flag been identified as
ve stated, committed to Seagate for
e. They araboth most notorious eharat
—Mr. Pills the auctioneer of the .
for assault Mr. Greening, a wine-nu
me place. . Pitt Vas bound over to In
never, swore assault against Mr. Lime
o called u to find bail.
ILL. tON GARDEN.
Joernorh more, a middle-aged
staeli n the cu. I one of the officers of
i Liao-squ charged with having Ob
act from th oder fraudulent pretence
a, clerk, an gentbnium, &timid
a stated, tha Pamela (who is a us
to apply . ef, stating herself to
ter, who was. rowned two years ago, in
and that, tbefelore, feeling she had a
Dvernment, Ake lament:al a petition to th
Ins in order more effectually to attain I
lin to London but such was the rigid w
named by ferment, and so quickly
when the mild base to confront MI
to give her y relief, though they. tot
a sufferi Mr. Fagan, after mach
fight to the correctness of her
at to the Treuuty. Ile was there infot
only a boatman, rot title-waiter, and tt
.asion of firma pounds per annum, an,