The Sun.
London, England, 1807-09-25 00:00:00

avlach latled for three hours,andupwards:
It will i e recollected,, that J. Mat:keel!, supposed
ItO be:comeetediwith the Prisoner, and taken-into
Jciasiedy on stispieibo of the rtibb_ay, wiMrie.d at-the
...Statfyrd A,-sizesf I.l..l:el:acquitted.
The evi, ence hroughtforward this-day. Was to the.
following die& : - .
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4 Mr. Hardynetn. was asked some questions by
Mr.,TUILTObj4: the presiding,Magigirate,' as, to ,the •
knowledge which he had.•of the Prisoner having,
gene by, several paints, and of.
,his 'hand-writing.
The WitnesS merely _stated, that' he' had -been...nc-
quainted with him formerly, and that he had-never
'seen him write.
Mary Bucks, cUambermaid At the White—Hart
Inn, Uttoxerer, in- Staffordshire, remembered
persons 'coming to her master's house in: the even-
ing 'Of the 't7th ;of March "in a post chaise, , one- ofl
these persons she since knew to be.Maekoull,'hnt'
could not positively identify the Prisoner, as being
his companion, -
, • Mr, Richard Chaniberlain, the- master of the inn,
deposed to the-same effeet.; and.further,that he had
some conversation 'with' the 'poSt,boy,who drOve
them ; who told him, that he lad,cenle a'roundr,
about :way from Burton-upen-Trent. The_ appear-
ance of these two petions, and the circumstances 'of
pot coming the regular Arack, to which was added,
one of them exhibiting a 'red morocett pocket-book
similar to one now produced and foilndupon the
prisoner) full of Bank notes and created a
suspicion in his mind, that they were either gamblers-
or swindlers; or something else. Therasked ques-
tions about the roads, and whether they were ninch
"freqUented, Ordered supper, remaioed all night, and.
departed in the morning for Stone.. Mr. Ciiiiuber,
lain'hed the most conversation with the man whom
lie knew to be Mackoulli hilt could not swear to
' the Prisoner.
Mr. Kensington:, Banker, in • Lembard-street„,
stated, that. the bill for tk)1; drawn uporitthe House
ip,which he is ?antler, and which is one of tho'se
contained, in the parcel stelenent of . the INI:111, he
received from,a, Mr. Hawkins, Clef* to Vere
.and
Co. Bankers.
.•
• Mr. Robert Ceoper, clerk ~to'.Messrs. Meek and,
Co. Bankers, at Burton-on4rent, proved,. that he
discounted the biltnow produced for. a ,person whom
he did not know, but who gave his address G. Sut,i
The Witness stated that he had. been:to;the.
prison in• order to enter into conversation with the
Prisoner, to discover whether he was. -that. person,
tint the' Prisoner would not enter into.conversation„
and upon a signal being given by.a woman wile.
was present, remained mute, and zedeavoured to
. disguise hiS -appearance, by crouching down and at--
feeling to be•very ill. The Witness asked tt',4 wow
Irvin what his complaint was,. and she replied, ".a,
pain his stomach." - •
'The woman; whOse_narne:is CoCkerell,•, and:who'
Was said' tobe-in- the outer Offite, was Sent for by
the Magistrate; but she had lefrthe Ottice,
. „ .
• • ••
The next 'Witness examined ives aMrs. Gittenby,
residing in Oxiertirstreet. She. deposed, that e ISlr.
Perry, tt draper,
.whout she knew, came to her
house. to engage lodgiogs for" a person and his Wi:k+,
of the nettle of Flupe, whom lie said had in
the country.:. having no, k;ther
,roost unoccupied but
a hack,. ga,rret, she let hitn,that 10r, their Acconnnor
„dation, anct. he, promised , to be answerable for the
•rent. This was on- the itith of September
The PCIS4Ier,. aced a young woman, w4nse name is
Cockerel', tune and slept there that night. She
'understood their *pies to be Hope, and sO -called
them, but has-since fotind out they were.pot mar-
tied. The Prisoner after that slept but very.sadona
at her, house,
.but Mary Cockerell remains to this
.day.' • She was pregnant, aettlaid in some time .in
the month of February. The Prisoner did not sleep
there more, than twenty times in the whole, and
Matt' Cockerell was much distressed for want' of
money. and necessaries., During the time. the Pri-
.soner. was absent, she. understood it was for fear of
being arrested. He. was absent in March and April,
and then shortly after sent nletter addressed to the
Witness, inclosing two one-pound notes, whieli
.desired might= be given 'to Mary. This -letter, was
signed ",J. Knight.". She, since learnt that he
lived in Macclesfield-st'reet. ' ,
The Clerk of Messrs: Wyldeond Co. Bankers. at
Sonthwell,•in Nottinghatuihire, stated, that he made
up a parcel on, the tith March, centaining,Bi4s and
Notes (of
.which the Bill now produced for Laml,.
was one); and addressed them to Messrs..Kensing,
ton, Styun„ and ',Co. Bankers, No.,
.20, Lombard-street.
,'Phis parcel. he .tookte the •Popi-affice;
and entrusted it to the care of the. Postrnaster,'s
daughter, desiring it might be dent to Newark, to
be forwarded•to London by the York and Ediobarg4
Mail,

• This was the substance of the evidence. against
the Prisoner, who *as rematded for further exanii-
nation, when it is expedted some additional evidence
will be brought forward. •
The Magistrate; however, in answer to a ques-
tion from the Prisoner's counsel, saidoliat he con-
sidered himself justified, on the evidence already
before him, in committing, the Prisoner fos.
The Prisoner was then carried back in the chair
'to prison.

4

A :young Gentlanan, whoa but a few months
since came to a splendid fortune, arrived in town on
Monday last from Lancashire,
9n some temporary
business, and did a certain distinguished black-leg
the honouk of "'talinig a halid-of cards, by Which he
became minus
,ti,oool. St. James's-street, it is al-
mostneedless to Say, was' the spot in which' the
pigeon was plucked.

A few days since as a man ,named LOC.K, belong-
ing to Ringrner, Sussei, was maiting his accustomed
tour r-otund the neighbourhoo(l,• on a jack•ass„ he
alighted, at a public-house, and thcre remained
ittl.oxicativit conipelled'hitu to retire and retnoupt
his oQ,ll4tly j. but Ve.had 'not rode far before the,in-
'dignatit as if sensible_ofhiS rider's
.condition,
and
.in revenge for the many stripes and hardships, he
had endueed, cut a few capers, that soon laid his
• ha:bulged nla,ter proltrate On the wad, and in that
sit naitinn [attacked him so tiel*eiy with his teeth, (lot
11I,; bpdy was. blioeki tigly laetrawd bet Ore he could be
reietted.by pen,ui IS ‘‘lio, tautq his astistance: