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

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Ind a bilfpenny was pat alder a 'Prat pot, on wiltelt
'e was requested so place his hand. Re dM so. sad
the wager was wen as before stated. Up to this time
the stranger and the prisoner appeared set to know
each other. sad words took place. the peisen# ptens!
;mg those present of wishing to rob hire, iOJ saying
•hey bad no money about them. Ti.: peoesentor re-
plied it was not sot ,and to convince that-prisoner, til4
his wife to " bawl" out the notes, which she did.
The strange man immediately semi'cbed them from her;
and threw them Into the hat of the Prisoner, who witli
himself attempted to esesne, hut the prisoner was sci.
cured. Finding he ceeld not get away. At retwree.l
the money, and an officer was sent for. who took him
into custody, and, on searching him, found a notohee
of " Dash " notes on his persqn. and a number of
sovereigns, including a foreign gold tole. The prit•
son,r on his way to Guildhall attempted. to destroy
the " flash" notes, bet was prevented. and they werii
this day produced, and read by Mr. Clark, the Depvtg
Clerk of the .Arraigns, as fellows :—" One Boutitius
—Please to pay to the Gov. and Comp. of the Bank of
England Ono Extraordinary Bona ."
The prisoner, in his defence, said be had hail
wit-
seaes in attendance, bat not beieg aware that his
,trial would have Come on this day. they were lot tow
present.
The ReCORDER asked him what their names were;
and where they resided ? but' the pidasser did met
give any answer, and the Jury itomediately found bin
Guilty.
In passing senteeee the Recommit regretted that
his coadjutors had not also been brought to justice.
and sentenced him to be transpecerd for life, sham-
ing. that diorama fate awaited tislo iiiseersed with
him when Wren.
Sunrsii ilarsders. only 14 years of age, bat well
known as a deprived character, was pat to the bar on
an indictment, charging him with stealing a gaisatity
of wearing apparel, the property of John Richards.
The facts of the case were fully made oat, 'and the
Jury without hesitation found him Guilty.
The RZCORDER sentenced him to be transported for
seven years.
The prisoner, with the utmost indifference, hopped
from the dock down the steps into the gaol.
••• In copying yesterday from the Thou the use of J.
Denham. tried in this Court on Saturday; a verdict of
Guilty was stated: it should have been Not Guilty.

Bow-writtay,r-Yesterelay, Win. Tibbs was brought
before Sir R. Mania, charged with robbing his master.
Mr. Wise, of the One Ton Hotel, in Jeresynetreet, of
a quantity of ciliated other property. Mr. Wise stated,
that the prisoner hid been for a short time in his ser-
vice as porter, anti during that period, he had missed
several dozens of wine, about twenty quarts of turtle,
and a variety of other things. On Saturday, in conse-
quence of some suspicion falling upon the prisoner, his
room is the hotel was searched, and about twenty Net-
tles of wine and brandy, and some linen were fonna con-
coaled there. The prisoner did not make any defence,
end was folly committed.
DSIADVUL Aloanza.—A dreadful murder was com-
mitted at Ponty-pool, on the body of Wm. Edwards.
a publican, by Rachael his wife, who poisoned him,
by giving him a quantity of arsenic in some milk,
rum sad milk, and rum and water, and from the ef-
fects of which be died in a few hours. Willia n Ed-
wards, the unfortunate victim of his wife's enrol/
passions, kept the Cross Keys public-house, in Pont-
rpool, and was considered a quiet industrious man,
and a good neighbour; be once possessed a very good
property, but his wife was addicted to drinking. an
had formed ao acquaintance with another man, a for-
mer sweetheart, which no doubt led her to form the
horrid resolution of destroying her husband. Fr' in
the evidence given on the inquest, which sat two days.
it appears that the t, who is a relation, was em-
ployed to provide the arsenic from a shop, which she
did, in the same of some other person: her mistress
persuaded the busb.aud to take a basin of milk, into
which she bad pat a part of the poison, which soon af-
terwards made him-ill ; she then prevailed upon hint
to take a glass of rum and milk, into which she pat
some more of the poison. The effect of the poison in-
creasing the husband's disorder, she advised him to
take a glass of ram and water, is.to which she threw
the remains of the poison. Such it appears was the
depravity of her conduct on the occasion, that, while
her husband was in the agonies of death. she engaged
a fiddler to play in the house. After the fullest inves-
tigation had taken place, the stomach bayrng been
examined by medical gentlemen, the jury gave a ver-
dict of Wilful Murder against the wife, and she was
tally committed to Monmouth gaol, to take her trial
at the next assizes= the servant was also committed,
as an accomplice. The abandoned woman appeared
totally insensible to her awful situation, nor did she
manifest any signs of regret for what she had done;
on the contrary, it appears that she was nearly intox-
icated on Taeaday evening when she left the town in a
chaise in company with the servant and two con-
stables. It is reported that she was not destitute of
money. and that she was suffered to take a quantity of
spirit. with her. For this we cannot vouch ; hut on
the return of the chaise it was stated that the two wo-
men had plied the constables and the driver with li-
quors, and bad both effected their escape, before they
reached Monmouth. Some gentlemen of Pont-rpool
instantly set off with a view to re-apprehend the mur-
derers, and secure the constables that they may be
punished for this wanton dereliction of their duty. No
account has yet reached es of their success.
FURTUIR PARTICI:LANS —We have just learnt that
by the vigilance and exertions of Mr. Phillips, the
Coroner, and the other gentlemen who went in pur-
suit of the women, they were taken asleep in Trellock-
wood, about four miles from Moomouth.—(llristol
Mercury.)

MARRIED.
On Monday, the Ist instant, at Walthanistest, Mr. John
Knowles. of Ratelitf-croas, Illerebaot, to Anna Maria,
daughter of Richard Mount, Esq., of Leytonstonr. Eisen.