The Statesman.
London, England, 1822-09-21 00:00:00

THE STATESMAN.

A JURYMAN—It there any reward to the officers ft)!
such apprehensions?
RECORDER—Not the least.
Verdict—Gritty. Recommended to mercy ; but the
recommendation was repelled 1w the Recorder. who
dwelt on the enormity of their offence. and the dexter-
ity with which it was committed. The younger two
were to be sentenced for seven years to the prison-shin.
and there educated; and the older, Towler, aged 19
years, transported for life.
Leadbettrr, the officer, intimated that Towler had
been io custody before, and that he had taken him out
of the company of theives. and conveyed him Lowe to
his father.

ZZZZZ UAL COMMON SFLJLANT AND A LONDON JURY.
Nark Sloman was indicted for wilful and currant
perjury ; the assignment hay* relation to certain
answers of the prisoner 00 a former examination,
touching a book entry which be positively sod upon
oath denied that lie had made. ing at the same
time that fie was unable to write or read.
Mr. ADOLPHUS objected to one part of the substan-
tial averment; vin.—" wb Z , the said Mark Sloman
CAN read and write. and woo capable of making an
entry In the said book. if he were so disposed." Now,
clearly, this averment did not set forth, that at the
time of prisoner's former examination be was able so
to read and write. " Can" referred only to the time
present, time of finding the bill. " Was" might
apply to say period since the exaaiinatien alluded to.
As the indictment stood, it did not charge that pri-
soner could at a particular time do what on that occa-
sion be said be could not do. _

The Comucra SIROSANT thought the object must
oltimately avail ; bet as it should be mere properly
made on a motion for arrest of judgment, be would
dispose of it hereafter.
Mr. Awl:maws declined proceeding farther, and the
prisoner was Acquitted.
Juha Keane was indicted for wilful and corrupt per-
jury. in evidence by him given before T. Shelton, gig.
Cur for Middlesex, on an inquest held on the body',
of an infaot. Prisoner was charged to have made
four false allegations: Ist, that the cart by the wheel
of which the child was run over, was eallopiog at
the time; 2d, that on calling out to the driver to stop,
the driver confined his former pace; 3d, that be
1 (Keane) held the reins of the horse in the cart ; 4th,
that on the cart being stopped, Fos the driver jumped
oat and ran away. The assignments containing these
averments declared them to be severally false.
One of the witnesses to Mr. Kease's character said.
that he was a good honest sort of man—" a little given
to tippling, to be sure, like a great many of his
betters." Keane, who is a b►icklayer by trade, hap-
pened to be present at the time of the accident out of
which the inquest originated ; and witnesses were
called to disprove his testimony in the four particulars
just named—Not Guilty.

The following pirticTilarscii the accident which oc-
leaned to Mrs. Wilbraham, of Chirrell.row. on Monday
the 4th inst. may be relied on :—As Mrs. Witbrabam
and her danghter were taks.qr the sir in II
wheeled cairlage, twat to Hog-hill Honer. in /14
Forest, the box en *Lich the footman (who was
was seated, nide* gate wit, and the servaut
cipitited to eat grimed; ffte ono taking aleeWE
eireniroance, set eff at Jilt gallop on the Romford road.
The twe Lsaesteeenrctsmns witleoroasieterable *Wean ,
from their seats j Ihts.-Wilbralianireteleed several vett
severe emends Midas hack of her bead, remained no
tirely tin the WeJandly eictuloß, and it
expired, at her noun in Chignelbrow. blies.Wflto
hate was alio very severely butt. but. it is to be hope
is in a fele way u= recovery. Site. Wilbraham was the;
second lasitliter ef the late 4Ye. Harvey, Esq. of ChirH
well, M P. far Erie*, in the years 1747,1734, and 1;61.
and giant etrSis Eiiab Harvey, one present wortlsy
preteatillve.—(Chell tford etironiebi
Teptetlay atonal% an Inquest was held st the inlet
house In Queen's Head-alley, Neirgate-street, on the
Lode of Thomas Masters, aged 40, a journeyman-printer.
—fain Brathwaite, watchman of Farringdon Ward,
stated, that as he was calling the hour of One, on Then.
day morning, be saw the son of the deceased, and Me
father, sitting on the ground, with his head reclining
against Mr. Bowles's shop in Newgateortreet ; told him
deceased was his father; asked the son to lay hold of
one arm, which he did; but lie could stand no more
than a dead man. The son, another watchman, and
himself, conveyed him to *he watch.house; he was quite
speechless, and when pas lift° the watch-house his neck'
kerchief was taken off. 144 to Wll laid on the floor flat
on his back and there left; oils son and •!'e w itchy/el
quitting; hieskirt collar was also enhuttened. Hewes
left in the care of the houseman at the watch.houee.—
ThoniaaMasters, son of the deceased. of N 0.3, Mains'.
rents, Shoe-lane, said—" My father aryilt in very good
spirits all day, sad joyful with WNW limns. Went
in the evening to the Cross-keys Ta , Oracecinirch-
street, where a supper war provided fir thirtienp4ts.,
men and compositors, ari.ii g from files saved in the I
office. During the evenin;; lea father was very cher fol,
and song two or three songs; &ant brandy and wet..
—the last glass he had particularly strong, but when be
left the house he appeared well; drank live glasses of
brand and water, besides several glasses of neat bendy
out of,goblet'', and a quantity of porter. When be got
into the air the liquor took effect, sad in Cornhil! be
could not walk. '1 he party broke up about half past
twelve o'clock. He got him from the Mansioa•boase to
Newgate-street on his back, where the deceased let go
his hold, and be could convey him no further. He had
frequently been in that state, as he was in the habit of
drinking a great deal. Did not think he would die.
Could not tell how many bottles of brandy were drunk.
Deceased worked at Mr. Phillips', George-yard, Lom-
bard-street. James Borridge, surgeon, saw the deceased
about eleven o'clock yesterday morning. Examined the
body externally—there was no mark of violence. Did
not undress him—the fore part only was uncovered.
Opened the body—the stomach was in a healthy state;
found some food half digested. The lobe of the liver
was in a schirrous state from bard drinking, and the
spleen and pancreas enlarged. Opened the chest, and
found the lungs in a diseased state, which prevented
their natural action ; they adhered. therefore, to the
ribs, and were loaded with blood. Prom the quantity
of ardent spirits the deceased had taken be had no doubt
they had caused his death. —Verdict—. Died by exces-
sive. drinking."—The Coroner called in the keeper of
the watch-house, and recommended him in future not to
lay a drunken men on his h.ck ; for if there were any
spriptonis of apoplexy. the effects of the liquor operating
at the time, were feequectly fatal to the parties ; lie said
the person should always be placed as perpendicular
as possible, and supported by chairs, or in a coiner of
the room.

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On Thursday evening an inquest was held at lb. De-
vonshire Arms, Devonshire-street, Mary-le-Bonne. by
T. STIRLING, Esq. on the body of Mary Hough, house-
keeper to Villiers Surtees, Esq. of 40, Devonshire-place.
Verdict—" That the deceased committed the act while
labouring under mental derangement."
Succtuc.—On Thursday morning. a wheelwright liv-
ing in Baltic-place, Old-street, had a qnarrel with his
wife, on which he went down into the cellar and banged
himself, lie has left lire children to lament his end.