The Statesman.
London, England, 1821-12-07 00:00:00

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4" Blr ESSIONS.
-•. reverilay Join Chester, aged 22, was -put to the
bar, on an indictment char.v.ing him with assaulting,
on the King's highway, Ann Emma Grey, and taking
front her person a reticule, two handkerchiefs, about
sin or seven shillings in money, &c.
Ihe proseentrix, in company with a gentleinan,
was passing near Brick-lane on the evening in ques-
tion, when the prisoner.. in company with four
others, attacked them, and took the property from
Miss Grey.
The prisoner denied the vim% of the evidence, and
called two persons to hio character. linilty—Death.
The prosecutrix recommended the prisoner to merry
on the ground of his previous good character ; and the
Jury, on account of his youth.
Mr. Baron GAnitow took occasion to notice the very
general mistake that existed of the Juriges having any
power to extend mercy. No such power existed in any
Judge. All that he could do was to forward the recom-
mendation to the proper quarter.
Williorn Woolley, aged 20, was indicted for bur-
gloriously breaking and entering the dwelling-house
of C. Ward, and stealing a tea-chest, &e.
C. Ward stated, that on the 2d Nov., about twelve
o'clock at night, he was atomic(' by the ringing of
the bell by his bedside. He ran down stairs, and
found the watchman in the passage with a man in
custody. • '•
Peter Sullivan, the watchman, deposed, that on go-
ing his rounds, he found the prosecutor's house-door
open ; be entered, and a person rushed by him, who
effected his escape. The prisoner endearnured to do
so froth the parlour, but witness succeeded in taking
him into custody; he had no hat on ; his hat was found
in Mr. Ward's passage.
Mr. Justice BAILEY examined witness as to hi-
certainty of the prisoner being the man he found in
the house,

Witaess perceived no mark of violence on the done;
it appeared to him to have been open Erl with a false
key. Ile had known the prisoner personally fur tour
years.

Dormant Vincent, a watchman, was on duty at Bow--
street; bearing an alarm of " Stop thief !" went to
the end of Charles-street, and saw the last witness
pursuing the prisoner; he joined in the pursuit, and
succeeded in taking him into custody; he iii t not no-
tice bie:being without a hat, and when witness took
him he bad one on; it was, however, claimed by a
hackney coachman. He could positively swear that
the prisoner was the man he saw Sullivan pursuing.
James Bethel, one of the beadles of the parish.
was within one door of Mr. Ward's house, and joined
in the puisuit with the watchman ; he, however, did
not sea him until he was getting out of a coach, into
which he had got to hide himself. Witness lost
sight of him about a minute before he was taken.
CHs likewise saw him either take a hat or have
Corte- given to him the moment before his pursuers
I OM" !It.
Samuel Luck, a constable, belonging to Bow-
Mreet, was present when the prisoner was taken into
apstody, but he could not say if be was the man
whom the watchman had been pursuing. The wan
he saw running was without a hat, but the prisoner
when taken bad one. A coachman claimed it, and
took It.
The ',earned Judge, and Mr. LAW (Counsel for the
prisoner) cross-examined each of the witnesses at very
considerable length.
• The prisoner in his defence, protested his entire
innocence of the crime laid to his eliarge. lie called
six witnesses, several of whom had known bins fur
many years, and who gave him a good character.

Mr. Justice BAYLEY summed up the evidence:—
That a burglary was committed by some one, there
could be no doubt : it was a question exelitsively for
the Jury's consideration, whether the evidence ►ras
sufficient to fix it upon the prisoner at the bar.
The Jury retired, and returned ►with a verdict—Not
Guilty.
Mr. Justice BAYLEY in delivering the opiniim of the
Judges on the case of Nowell Wilkiuson, and Jo-
seph Marsden, for stealing the arta' twinica, stated the
grounds of that opinion as follows :—lt was consider-
ed that a person might have a temporary and special
ownership in property entrusted to his charge distinct
from the general ownership, invested in the real owner
of the property so entrusted. Thus A. may be the ge-
neral owner of an article, and IL to tvhout he has
given it may be the special owner for the time being,
and if A. the general owner, connives at a theft of the
property from 11. that is a robbery or larceny. In
this case the fact of the intention to defraud the reve•
nuedid tilt alter the character of the act.

, The following Prisoners were also capitally con-
victed :

William Hall, aged 16, for burglary, and stealing
a pir of shoes the property of J. Draper
William Percival, aged 29, for a burglary, and
stealing a watch, &c. the property of (lanoline Frond.
IC. Watts, aged 20, for breaking and enterin:: the
dwelling house of Jas. Wright, and stealing two coats,
value 31.

. POLICE.

A TTO X- GA RDEN.—Yesterd ay Joh;t Ade/Ton, a most
111.Sper:ite character, was brouglit up from the watch:-
house to answer the following charges:—
Mr. Reid, of 35, Judd-street, was the first witnevs ex-
amined, and deposed, that between one and to o o'clock
in the morning he heard a noise in the house as if rob
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hers had broken into it. lie instantly h=ot out of hed,
and called the watchman from his hed-roots window,
upon which he heard a noise as if the side of the house
had fallen in. On Mr. Reid taking the night-light and
looking through the house, he found a great number of
portable articles moved front their proper places, and
ready to-be tarried off; and on going:limn stairs, there
were two plated candlesticks found on the staircase,
which the faMily on retiring to rest, WI on :he drawing-
.room table.

Mr. Jacksoni a gentlentan residing in the house, cor-
roborated tho eviienee el the preceding witness in.every
resprct,.aud added, that the noise heard by Mr. Reid
proceeded from the prisoner's falling down stairs in his
attempt to escape.
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Two watelitsi-en stated their bring in into the how.
bat toned the prisoner had tiersanpett *brunch a back
window on the p round-Moor they along with the lino
tsu witucases, tviloised hini.to Ike iiest ticuse,

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seer biliself in the chirone* • ""1131tql'Aft
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uu,arstidarie
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street...
Tin prisonevOilio is lift Ostler, 'was fatly
on the first charge; aod.the witnesses were -suit 11-447
the gas, now a:tring .4. cleikenuell
true bill found against him. A
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IVo-tsin P-tilitifit.—Tbis. office was error(' d' '
ec ss pa'r titularly by' tenni lis; to beliiit he. e• iaatattl: A.
a woman, -who %tits broughl up bi,the 'parish 44.
of St. Mary, lalingfon, charged:llth inhausaattii.
posiu4 anddesertiug her infant, quite naket
'1 he primmer on heiolg plated at. the Isar 'slaw'
in great siitatiaii; and was 'perrititte'd 19; oforr
trate, IV. BE& ETT. Esq., to sit &twit* the tem:daft
Mr. Jas. Farley, residing at 11;0:1, dirah•
lane, Islington, deposed that about steeds! emosh
the evening of the 12th of Nov. laitt, foram miss,
up Cross-street, Islington, when he heard theeepa
infant, and on looking under his feet, hio
dell a
child quite naked, lying on the eold paveseae:
immediately caused the poor little treataesaiti
taken to the parish workhouse, where every •
attention was paid to it.
Mrs. Slater stated that the prisoner wain minim.
auce of au old lady who lodged in her him; sad
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the evening in question, about half-past seven o'clock
the prisoner knocked at the dour, and inquired for tas
lady in question, who was not at home ; she then sp.
pearl' very ill and in a weak state. Witness bemire.
ingly invited leer into her own room, and she toelfs
scat by the fire; sue shivered with cold, and told twit.
ness she was very unwell, and requested her timer 4
be sent fur. Witness put several tinestions It liwis
:o the cause of her illness, but she refused to erase her
any direct answer, only saving she was so subject to
the rlseutuati.in that she had been forced to give uplift
situation, and had then left it. From her sitaidiee
witness thought that she most have either miacarried
or have had a recent accouchement.
The Overseer of the parish stated, that in erase
quenee of private information, he, on the 14th of NO.
weather, two days after the infant was deserted, se.
companied the churchwarden to the house of the lot
witness, awl on going up stairs to the room oetapied
by the aforestitl lady, saw the prisoner. He key/
her personally, having recommended her to the ser-
vice of a Mrs. IVaiker, where she !heed op to the
evening- in question. He charged her with having de.
serted her offspring. She at fir t • stun I/ denied it;
hut on being told that the parish doctor was kreseet,
she thin said if the persons present would withdraw,
she would tell'the truth. The per ons, except wit.
ness and Doctor Sinikin, then left the room, aid the
prisoner then said that the child was hers, and that
she had left her place, in order to lie admitted into the
workhouse to lie in, anti was, as well as she was able,
proceeding thither, when on getting into Cross-street,
the pains of labour heeaute so violent, • the was come
pletely deprived of her senses, and the child rave left
the world as she was walking along ; she knew Mt
what she was about, and went to the bonse is All*
street. She expressed a wish not to be resod to
the workhouse, but was told that could seek. cost.
plied with.

The master of the prisoner was in attendaue, tad
stated that the prisoner had lived in his fa►:.ily fur the
last three tomtits. During that time she bad eee•
ducted herself with Ininesty, and complained that sie
was for three days, while she was in the poordnue,
iu a deranged state, brought on by threats of poi&
went which she would receive when brought before&
Magistrate, which he conceived very inhuman.
This allegatio:l was stoutly denied by the bargee's
and overseers.
The prissoter, on being called on for her deliitie,
could not articu!ate a word from agitation ; and eis
of the olEcers was desired to hear what she had
say, and to repeat it to the Magistrate. She athrit.
ed the infant to belong to her, and did not loud
leaving it i►► the street : but it was born when shout
not in her senses.

The Magistrate s.tid that the offence was one of
that job Ulll4ll and monstrous nature that be sbaddend
at fhe thought of it, and he was determined to 'midi
her, not on her account only, but for an rumple to
other inhuman women who might act in the utueber-
rid wanner. The offence was bailable. He therefore
ordered her to fi:►d sureties, herself in 401. and is
housekeepers in •2tll. each, and to give 24 hours sake
to the vestry chile of the palish.
The overseers said they bad no wish to punish her.
The Magistrate bald taat the offence was of that
atrocious nature, that he ►would compel the parish to
prosecute.
The overseer then offered to take her back to the
workhouse till the bail was found.
This the Magistrate refused, and the prisoner leo
removi d from the bar, previous to which she embraced
her offspring, which was in the nurse's arts, sod
which drew tears from several women present, who
pitied her situation.

The followisg trick, executed by some clever rope
in Inverness, is almost worthy of the moods of Bow'
street:—ln tie dusk of the evening last week, a Isla
came to the sloop of a dealer, and asked a sigit of
hie wine. A cork was immediately drawn, Ind the
customer, with the knowing smack of a conasisloore
deliberately swallowed a glass, and pronounced it Very
fair port, intimating his intention of ordering a plan"
tity. Ile next requested a eight of some foreign 10'
rite. Some rum was ace.wditrgly drawn from &cake
loatooled to hits, and sipped with equal aPPr°I)3II°I'
obliging ca.:enter then went off, promising to II"—
in a few i 1111.111Uire. When the merchant bad staid is
his cedar till loss patience was exhausted, be prooet
eh to cork np s.is wine, when he found that a bottle
of small beer toad been very adroitly substituted in fln
place.

DIED.
On the 11th November. upon his ;mute home (MOON"
nada. for the recovery of his health, John o;ie. 14(1.9 C.!:
Lain of the 9th Regiment of Foot. anti soo of ,be late lbw"'
Ogle, Esq.. of Eglingham, in the county of Nuttkieber'
land, sitmerety regretted by all who knew him.

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Tub, Pit THE CONSTITUTION" ($lO2
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