The Statesman.
London, England, 1823-07-11 00:00:00

THE STATESWAy

...ir liktoads, on the night of the iltia-oraiiiiiiiisa,Mad neat,
• -We yards *of calla°. 130 Pair of stockioge, JIM
yards of printed 'cotton. 500 yards' of ribbon, 470 yard.
of late. end' an immense quitatiey'of other gnids; and
Thos. Crick and finsomeoh his wife, and John Orgetl,
were charged with feloniously rikeiviag a pan or those
goods. -
Mr. Goldsboroogh stated, that oil the morning of
the 10th of April he was alarmed between three -land,
four o'clock, and on getting tip and going to his skop,
he found his house bed bees broken into, and' his shop
nearly cleared of all his stock io trade. On examination'
legal be found that a hole bad been broken is the wall,
aweigh to admit a man through, and near the premises
a plough coulter was pitked op, which in all probability'
was tie instrument with which the breach was made,
A boy. named Thome* Dudley, was going to week
gory early on the wonting of the 10th of April; sad
am the prisoners, together with Win. Throne!! (las
in custody,. with large boodles, but he did not seeAttleat
they contained.
George Avis, a police constable, searched the hews el
Tye, and found some stockings, and other artieled
licly exposed for sale ie his shop window at On ndle. re
said he was selling them for the benefit of John Crlik,
who was in confinement for passing counterfeit money.
He also searched the house of the prisoners Crick, and
ea that occasion Mrs. Crick was particularly aiillons to
go into her bed-room before him, and be was at length
compelled to handcuff her. She. however, contrived to
disengage herself from the handcuffs, and got to her
room before hitter and when she came out. she carried
her lace pillow before her, under which was concealed •
pocket, containing some black *silk gloves and stockings.
belonging to the prosecutor. She accounted for. having
the goods, by saying she had brought them from her
son's (John (rick, above spoken of,) to sell. foe the
purpose of supporting him in prison; and. she added,
that: her eon would brng her to rain. Wilby sal
Tbrossall were apprehended shortly after the robbery,
and they both made confessions, and pointed out the
place where a part of the property was concealed. Th.
prisoner Tye made no concealment of the property, and
readily gave it to the officer.
The prosecutor spoke to all the articles produced as
being his property.
The Loan Corer BARON haviog summed up the evi-
dence, the Jury found Throssall and Withy guilty of the
robbery. and Thomas Crick and John Tye, guilty of re-
ceiving the goods knowing them to be stolen. The fe-
male prisoner was acqeitted.
Prier William was indicted for stealing several
pieces of Irish linen, and a variety of other goods, from
the shop of his master, Mr. Charles Whitworth, draper,
of Northampton.
Mr. Whitworth stated, that the prisoter was engaged
by him as a shopman. and was in his service shout tea
weeks, but was dismissed from bisemployment above five
weeks since. Some circumstances occurred which in-
daced him to believe Williams had been robbing the
shop, and he traced him up to London, and found him in
la lodging in St. George's Fields. Having obtained the
assistance of a police officer, he went to the prisoner's
lodgings, and demanded his keys for the purpose of
searching his boxes, and in them was found a forge
quantity of drapers' goods. which Mr. Whitworth intake-
distely claimed as having been a part of his stock. Tne
prisons insisted that they were his own property. which
bad been secreted from his creditors at the time be was
a bankrupt.
Thompson, a Bow-street officer, also proved the find-
ing of the goods in the prisoner's possession, and his ap-
prehension at the same time.
Mr. Whitworth examined the various articles, and par-
ticularly fixed on a piece of white quilting, as having
been stolen from him. It was mite!' jagged at the edge
in the cutting, and corresponded with, the remaining part
of the piece which was lent in the shop.
Cross-examined.—He believed the prisoner had been a
very respectable man, and on taking bins into his genic',
he received a good character with him.
An apprentice of Mr. Whitworth also identified many
of the articles m having belonged to his master.
The prisoner in his defence, said that the whole of
the goods claimed by Mr. Whitworth, had been secreted
by his wife, who had been a milliner, without his know.
ledge, on his leaving business just before last Christmas,
and becoming a bankrupt.
Mr. Baron OARRoW, in summing up theevitlence, said,
the prisoner to screen himself from one crime, had con-
fessed to another equally as henioue—namely, that of
defrauding his creditors. The offence the prisoner was
charged with, his Lordship thought, was most clearly
made out, and he was sorry th • evidence afforded him
no opportunity of speaking in extenuation of his guilt.
The Jury found the prisoner guilty, and the Court son.
teuced hiut to be transported for seven years.

ared be Wald eat give credal:9 ivie.girlreitnry. It.
was iscoasiseent is itself, sof her media shOwed. that
• she *Pa not entitled to the slightest Mid.. Phi person;
luiirever respectabbo, could be safe, if such testimony
' freed a profligate woman were admitted in such a use.
• , The drier was refused to the 'parish officers.
Outtoltatt.l--Cloke Noble, was clisiged yelterday be-
fore tbe Bitting Magistrate, Mr. Alam's Yeeables, with
obtainin g money by practisieg the following Imptident
• posture
Mr. Lovedby, poultry galenite, Newpate Market, is la
the habit of receiving, ones or twits a weak. fowls, &tees. ,
to. fee sale from Mr: Claydonc. of Westtla Tar-
neckloghamshlre, with whose person, however., he
happened not to be acquainted; on Teesdey last the pri-
soner came to hies, stating himself to be Mr. Chavdes, and
told him there was a lot of ducks., ming up which would
arrive as yesterde7 morning. Ile said he had nothing but
a 10i. note with him, which be was afraid to change among
the Londoners, lest they should give him bed money. and
Would the* Blum to accommodate Wm with a little dune
which be tronlelsettle with him for In the account of the
docks that were coming up. Mr. Loveday entered let.
some Conversation with him. in order to escalade
that be really was Mr. Claydon, and ending by his on-
ewers, that he was Well informed on several transactions
le business that had taken place betimes Mr. Claydoe
and himself (Mrs Loveday) he considered all was
right, and the prisoner was accordingly treated as the
person be represented himself to be.t Mr. Lovetlay se-
eommodated him with sos., and MM. Loveday. at his
regatta !entitles a silk handkerchief, and the pretended Mr.
Claydon, is order to keep up the consequence of the charm:t-
ier, treated his agent's young man to the play. be the same
ehareeter, by the use of Mr. Loveday's name, he look op his
abode at the Bell Inn. Warwick-lane, where in addition to
the reckoning be bad run up, he obtained on the same ea-
rns* of want of change, 4s. ed. and Ss. Yesterday morn-
ing, a lot of decks arrived from Mr. Claydon's, and Mr.
Lough!, in conversation with Baker, the man who brought
them, mentioned there would be no occasion for him to wait
to settle the account, as Mr. Claydon was himself In town.
" That's impossible." replied Baker, " for I left hire late
last night forty miles of, sod he was then about to return
home." This explanation, of coarse. led to the discovery
of the imposture ; the prisoner was taken into custody; and
turned out to be a dissolute, idle fellow, whet bed at one
time teen In Mt. Claydoa's employ. Of the money obtain--
ed from Mr. Loveday and the landlord of the Bell, not a'
single farthing was left, anti Mrs. Loveday's silk handker-
chief he had disposed of for 2s.
The prisoner had nothing to offer in his defence, and the
eompleinents not thinking him worth a proseeneion, the Al-
derman eonmritted him to hard labour in the Moose of Cor-
rection for three months, as a rogue and vagabond.
Quern-Sevens —For some time past, the tolls at the
Haymarket have materially diminishetl,in consequence of
the thin attendance of the bay farmer., though the livery
stable-keepers were supplied as beretofore. It was at
length discovered that the hay carts stopped upon the
road in different places, and the stable-keepers, &c. who
met them, punitased the bay instead of its being taken
to market.

Henry Child, Rdward Chicken, John Pearson, end
Cherie: .IViehotes farmers, residing upwards of 20 tail-al
from London, were yesterday summoned for the above
offence. The Clerk of the Market attended.

Thomas Francis stated, that he was employed in the
Haymarket. On Thursday morning Vast he was at
Knightsbridge, when he observed about 30 cacti laden
with hay, drawn in a line near the watch-house, a favour-
rite spot chosen by them to form a market, it being situ-
ated between several of the turnpike roads. Amongst
this number were carts belonging to the defendants. tin
ascertaining ohohe was, some began to move away, hut
others dared hint, saving they could stop there at least 10
minutes, and nut thank him.

The defendants said they had only waited to water
their horses, Fred themselves, in other instances their
carts were blocked in, and they could not proceed ; they
had no idea of forming a market there, but in sonic in-
stances they hail sold their hay on the road, which they
considered to be no serious o.lence.

Mr. Francis saiJ, be 'particularly observed there was
no watering-house nest the place where the carts stood,
but there were watering-houses un the road between that
and Kensington, where no carts stood.
The Magistrate observed, it was evidently the intention,
of the defendants to evade the toll, and not subject their
loads to be inspected when brought to market; but the
Act was passed for the benefit of the public, and such an
evasion of it was deserving the severest punishment.
Considering, however, tbat the expences were so great
in this instance, be mitigated the penalty to 20s. and 20s.
costs