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London, England, 1810-09-08 00:00:00

Zofir I.NrILLIOBNCE.- •

Attgases tte3 he escaped on .ds4 27th. Winless hed
been informed by Paull, one of the watchmen, that
the switt.t. (meaning Roberts) had asked hm to si:
up with him to pass away some tedious hours. He
' said that D.. Arts had sat up with him ; hut witneva
cautioned the turnkey not to do so, whatever Daniel
Aris m:ght think proper to do. Governor Aris fre•
quently conversed with Roberts, and he went out in
his ( Roberts's) ch aise on the 18th of August. Paull
the watchman, had stated to witness that it was'not
of much use to lock up the prisoners when the turn-
keys were going hickwari and forward through the
gates after such lucking up. All the Ati.'s had keys,
and there were two brothers of D. Aris on the bo3ks,
Thomas and Charles, the latter of whom h:td 235. a
week, hut he hid not done any duty. in tiv Fisin for
two years.
These were the only depositions at Maelborratgh.
street office. There were four other persons, priso-
ners in Coldhath-fi Ads, who gave evidence before the
Comm i t tee,but- their testimony went only in corrobora-
tion of the int :tt.tcy which subsisted betwixt the Aris's
an a Roberts.

iALACE COURT. SRPTEMSER 7.
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HARRICON V. HART AND REALEY.
• This was an action to recover R 5. ss. 9J which
the Plaintiff contended the Defendants kid rendered
themselves liable to pay, under the following circum-
stances : The Plaintiff is an Undertaker, and the
demand was for the funeral of a boy, who was some
time since killed by a cart belonging to a gentleman
named Moore. The parties formed part of the Jury
at the Inquest, and whilst they were dei)itting the
amount of deodand, a message was received from
Mr. Moore, expressing his sorrow for the accident,
and his readiness to pay the expences of the funeral,
&c. In consequence of that declaration the Jury fixed
the fine at RS, although they had previously deter-
mined it should be £lO, and it was suggested tl)at
the Plaintiff should perform the funeral. Mr. Moore,
however, being unknown to the Plaintiff, he was not
very willing to do it on his credit, upon which the
Defendants desired him to bury the child " and they
would see him paid," he accordingly did so, and after
the funeral took his bill to Mr. Moore, who objecting
to the charge as exorbitant, refused to pay it, and de-
sired him to go to those who employed hi n. Upon
applying to the Defendants, however, thq also re-
fused to pay !Ain, alledging they had not bound them-
selves to pay, but merely to see him pail by Mr.
Moore.

"l'he Magistrate informed the prisoner, that his duty
was to commit him for feloniously aiding and abet-
tin; in the escape of Roberts and Harper, and he di-
rected a warrant.of committal to be made out ac-
cordingly.
bir..Hmtm tN, the prisoner's solicitor, suggested-to
the Magistrate, that, in order to chew the innocence
of his client, liarpar should he found ; and the efFec-
ttial_way to do that -would be to get a p4tdon from
the Secretary of State's office, and that the prisoner's
friends would Mier a reward.

The Learned Juige, after severely anim tdvertiug
on the conduct of the Coroner who presided at the
inquest for permitting surli a perversion of the oath
taken by Jurymen, as had existed on the present oc-
casion—namely, reducing the fine, which the law
had wisely made arbitrary in ca,•es like the present,
for the purpose of forwarding a job, from which the
plaintiff, one of the Jurymen, wasio derive some pro.
tit, proceeded to recapitulate the evidence, and oh.
served, that the statute of frauds would preveat the
plaintiff from recovering. The defendants had merely
said they would see the plaintiff paid, but the statute
of frauds had wisely provided, that no person should
be bound to make good defaults in the payments of
others, unless they had hound themselves so to do
by a written document given under their own hand.
No such writing existed in the present case, and there-
fore the plaintiff was not entitled to recover.
The Any immediately returned a verdict for the
defendants.

Tne Magistrate declined any such interference.
Mr. Ilaumax then criestioned the propriety of a
cornmttal for felony tinder all t'ie circomstances of
the case; but if the Magistrate so decreed it, he would
solicit for bail.

Mr. CONANT observed, that there had been great
s'ipineness in the conduct of Avis, the Governor, and
his sons; no step having been taken by them to search
alter die prisoners, as was their duty.
Mr. Kay qhserved, that if a prisoner had escaped
for stealing a pint pot, the town would hive b•en in
an uproar, it d he would soon have been had.
Mr. HALMAN eninvoured to excuse Mr. Aris, by
the County Magistrates having taken on them the
inquiry.
The Magistrate gave Mr. Harman the choice of
having his client flied at the Octolwr Sessions, in-
stead of the Sessions ensuing, when there would be
t;me for seeking Harper ; but au early ti ial was re-
quested.
The prisoner was committed I.)e trial, but he will
be brought up again.

COLDBATH-FIELD PRISON.
Daniel Aris underwent another examination yes-
terday, at Marlborough-street Office, befv.re N. Cog-
NANT, Esq. Mr. Mewsti, the Member, and some
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other Magistrates. The depositions were read over,
of which the following is an abstract :
Michael M‘Namara, a youth about sixteen, who .Yesterday, Isaac Joseph, keeper of S im's Cniree.
was a prisoner in that part where Robert Roberts was house, in Duke's-place, was charged, at the Mansion-
confined, stated that after breakfast, on the 27th of house, with having a £3O Bank-note traced to him
August, Roberts was walking in the garden with which had been stolen, with others, from a Mr. Bar-
Daniel Aris and also in the passage of the prison for roughs, who had been knocked down and robbed by
some time. Aris offered to bet a bottle of wine that four men, a few evenings since, in Crab-tree-row,
a bell would ring in the prison within a quarter of an near Shoreditch Church. The prisoner said, he hid
hour, and Roberts took the bet. Win Fell, one of the taken it in the course of his business, nor did he ever
turnkeys, locked up on Monday, the 27th, after this see it advertised. The LORD MAYOR observed, that
betting between D. Aris and Robsrts, and the wit- his business was not so extensive but that he must
ness was awoke out of his sleep by talking in the pas- know from whom he had taken a' note of such magni.
sage, near Roberts's cell. He had previously heard tude ; but, as the Fact had been committed out of the
the following conversation between Daniel Aris and city, he should send him to Worship-street Office. I
Roberts. The former said ~ Roberts !" calling kim Yesterday, at Guildhall, J. Luca: was charged by
gently, and the other answered. Aris then said— J. Bradberry with stealing six £1 notes. The.prose-
di Be sure to be awake at my hollow." Roberts re- tutor stated, that his employer having lately gone
plied, he would be careful of that, and continued— out of town, had left him £7 for petty cash, and that
" Be sure to come, for you know what risk I shall on Wednesday he missed one of them out of the
run if you do not." D. Aris replied, " Never fear drawer in the counting-house in which- he had left
me, you know 1 always stick to what I say." Wit- them. Suspicion fell on the prisoner or his fellow-
ness was awoke some time afterwards, and he heard workman, who were employed in white-washing the
D. Aris's voice again in the oassage ; soon after counting-house ; in consequence of which the rest of
which the clock struck one, which was -supposed to the notes were marked, and put into the same drawer
have been about the time of the escape. On the again. On the prisoner's departure on Thursday af-
turnkey finding the gates open in the morning, he ob- ternoon, the six notes were missed ; and on being taken
served, there would be a precious row ; and witness back, the prisoner, after some hesitation, confessed
informed him it was his young master who had left having taken the notes, and produced them out of his
them open. An investigation of what 'witness had size-pan, in which he had hid them. In consequence
said took place before Governor Aris in the presence of the intercession of one of the partners in the house
of the prisoner, and the latter said it was a d—d lie, which he had robbed, and his own wish to go to sea,
and locked witness up in the gallery for so clialleng. added to a good character his master gave him, he
ing, him. D. Aris charged witness with having been was allowed to enter on board the tender.
put up to the false accusation by the Frenchman J. Walter: was charged by B. Lydiard with picking
(meaning one of the prisoners). Governor Aris his pocket of his watch, on Thursday cutting, at
wished Roberts good night, when he was locked up, Bartholomew Fair. The prosecutor stated, that, as
and witness had never seen him at the cells at lock- he was looking at some of the shrws, the prisoner
ing up time before. snatched his watch out of his pocket, and handed it
The prisoner did not put any question to witness. to another behind him ; that he seized him instantly,
Amos, who married one of Mr. Aris's laugh- but was nearly overpowered by his associates. The
ters, stated, that the Governor frequently went round prisoner was fully committed for trial.
to lock up with him, but he often omitted to do so. I Sarah Houghton, a girl of the town, was charged by
The. witness had some conversation with D. Aris, re-' a boy with picking his pocket, in Bartholomew Fair,
Nave to what *Namara had said, and he denied it of 225. and was sent to Bridewell for a month.
with warmth. D. Aris had the particular care of : A. Saunders, the performer of horsemanship, was
that part of the prison in which Roberts was locked charged with an assault by J. Routledge, shopman to
up. The gates through which the two prisoners `, Mr. Patmure, of Ludgate-hill. The prosecutor said,
escaped must have been unlocked by one of them ; ! that the defendant .owed Mr. P. 13s. 6d. being the
but with respect to the outer gate, a man of the name ' balance on a watch which he had purchased of that
of Russell alone kept the key. D. Aris slept in the gentleman ; that he lad frequently called on Mr. S.
Governor's house, and-he had the means of taking the for payment to no purpose ; and that on Wednesday
prisoners through the house, if he thought proper.— he went to him at his Theatre, in Bartholomew Fair,
D. Aris used to walk in the garden with Roberts, and where he again demanded payment, but met with
he ws.s a good deal with him. Witness told him he nothing save :these. On Thursday he went again,
paid too great respect to Roberts, which was the ob. i on which occasion Saunders seized him by the collar,
sei vatinn of others, as he always staid a long while with i tore his coat, and gave him in charge to a constable.
him when he had occasion to carry any thing to him. ! On the other hand, Saunders denied the debt ; and
There was no other prisoner permitted the indulgence ' said, that the prosecutor had come with some young
of walking in the garden but Roberts, and the Gover. . men on purpose to make a row, and that they abused
nor knew of these favours. I both him and the Constable. The Constable corro.
Samuel Winsell, a turnkey under D. Aris, in that borated this statement ; and the Alderman dismissed
part of the prison where Roberts was confined, de- the charge.
posed, that he assisted in locking up on the evening All the remanded persons suspected of picking
of the '27th of August, and that the Governer and pockets at Bartholomew Fair, were discharged, except
D. Aris were present ; and after Roberts had been two, who were allowed to enter on board the tender.
shut in, the Governor tapped at his door, and wished Yesterday J. Walker and Chrittiana, :iii wife, were
him good night. Witness found all the gates of the re-examined and fully committed, from Worship.
passage open in the morning, and he questioned the street Office, charged with burglariously stealing from
youth, M‘Namara,s to tell if he kn-w who had been the shop of Mr. Howley, in Bethnal Green, a quantity
there, and he observed there would be a precious row. of watches, time-pieces, &c.
11/41‘Naniara informed IViiisell that his young master,
D. A., lied been there, a., be had heard him in the The great success that
night. Witness gave information to Mr. Hasell, the for a considerable number
Clerk, and communicated what the boy, 1414Naniara, punctuality in paying all ,
had informed him, which lad to an examination be- hopes, insure a continuance
fore the Governor. In some conv.-rsation witness had the present Lottery, which
with D. Aris, the latter said bl‘Namera had been only 4,000 Numbers, 5,000
brawling to his father. id £20,000.- Tickets and
Mr. Hasell, the Prison Clerk, stated, that Roberts siderably cheaper than last
was brenglit in cuttedy to the prison on the 15th of -and 9, Charing Cross.

has attended BlM's offices
n- of years, and the known
Prizes on demand, will, he
nce of the public favour in
:h has the novelty of having
00 Prizes, and five Prizes
a Shares are to be had con-.
Lst Lottery, at 4, Corolla!,
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