The Statesman.
London, England, 1822-07-09 00:00:00

OLD D4lLBY—.llo.vo.i r.

At the sitting of the Court, twenty-seven prleowers
were placed at the bar and discharged by precious&
ties, the bills against them having been ignored,
3usaunak -Mille, a woman of respectable appearance,
64 years of age, was indicted for stealing a piece of
cotton, some bobbin-net, and other articles, the pre-
printed perty of Thomas Gardener, lioeo•draper, of
Norton-Falgate.
The articles were produced in Court; they had no
mark, and appeared to be of different sorts ; and not
to accord in colour and quality with a pattern sbewo
by Mrs. Gardener of her furniture, to which she sup-
posed them to have belonged.
Several very respectable persons spoke to the cha-
racter of the prisoner, whom they bad known for
many years as an honest, steady, and hard-working
woman.—Not Guilty.
Charles Meredith was indicted for stealing 36
yards of riband, and four fans, value 205., the pro-
perty of Win. Cope.
The facts of this ease as they appeared in evidence
were these :—The prisoner was employed in the shop
of the prosecutor, who was a haberdasher in Oxford-
road, as one of the shopmen. The prosecutor sus-
pected him of robbing him of some articles, and con-
sulted with Plank, the officer, upon the subject. la
the meantime an eponymous letter was dropped in the
area of the prosecutor, addressed to the prisoner. The
letter stated that his master had been consulting with
Plank, and that he (the prisoner) was suspected of
robbing him. This letter the prisoner immediately
carried to his master, and asked him fur an explana-
tion. The box of the prisoner was subsequently
searched, and the riband sad fans stated in the indict-
ment were found there. The prisoner, in his tarn,
being asked for an explanation, said, that he had put
them into his box to carry to his sister in the country,
intending to return the money to his master.
The prisoner now made a similar defence as that
which he had given hie master, aatl called wend wit-
oesses to his character. One of them bad known him let-
litnately for 12 years, and proved that he bad borne
an excellent character up to this time.
The Jury retired for about a quarter of an hour,
and returned, a verdict—Not Guilty.
James Jones, alias MLaugrAlass, was put to the
bar on an indictment charging him with sealing from
Ann, the wife of Roger Robinson, two Bank of Eng-
land notes of 51. each.

The proaecutriz stated that, on the day named in
the indictment, she had gone with her husband, who
had been at sea for seven years, to Somerset-house,
to receive his pay ; a stranger accosted them. and in
the course of con aaaaa tioo said be could obtain • ship
for her husband, if he wished to go to sea again.
They were induced to accompany the person in ques.
tion to • house in Fetter-lane. called the Falcon.
They went into the parlour, and shortly after the pri-
soner came in and described himself as • Welsh far-
mer, observing that he had jest come from the Bank,
where he bad received I,loof. Liquor was called for.
and the " strange man" and the pri a began to
dispute about a miethiarr. which ended in a wager.
The stranger said be had woo a aevereiga, which the
prisoner paid, Out received it ►ark again. The prose-
cutor had at this time been asked to see " all tali,"

DIED.

Early on Sunday morning last, after a lingering illness,
the wife of Mr: John Stan, of John-street, Oxford-street.
On the 6th inst.. Mr.. Stevens, the wife of Win. Steven-,
Esq.. of Little St. Thomas Apostle.
On Saturday, last, at Camberwell, Mrs. Sarnh Tute,
relict of the late Mr. Edward Tate, of Capel-eourt, Bartuolo-
mew-lane._ _ _ _ --

...On the Bth inst., Ann, the wife of Robert Ross, Esq.. of
I the Btoek Exchange.
On fiatarday morning last, early, at her house, Maize-
bill, Greenwich, Mrs. Collins, widow of the late William
Req. •
On Saturday teat, is the sBd year of his age, the Rev.
Wales Carr, LL.B. Vicar of Ealing.