The Statesman.
London, England, 1818-03-27 00:00:00

Shipley - Pot
de ten indictment charging him with bavinsfeloniosts-
ly personated and falsely assumed the name and cha-
racter of one Joseph Walker, late a seamen of his
-14ifesys gun-brig Swinger, in order to obtain • the
payment of prize-money, with intend to dufraed Abe
commissionersand governors of the Royal Ilostiital.
for Seamen, at Grsiewick.
It will be recollected that the Prisoner was the in-'
atipter of William Holyman, who was convicted on
.a former day for the owe offence as that with whiebi
the Prisoner is now charged. On this ground iinlyq
min was recommended to mercy by the Prosecutors.

ft was. proved by the witness, s called on the met
of the prosecition, that, on the 12th of July in the
last year, the Prisoner called at the Prize Office at i
Greenwich Igo/pied, and• declared himself to be .1.
.Welker, an able-WNW seentan, having served on
board the Swinger gewbriglood claimed prise-money
eti account of the vessel ; the Polsonec at the same
time gave two certificates: be was Wormed:that the
money due to Joseph Walker had been paid to Mother
Betty, administratria of Joseph Walker. The Pd'
'toner persisted that the money bad eat been std.--
On the 10th of theisame month the -Prisoner called
spiel and reproduced the certificate Which bad been
refereed to him, and was again informed that the
money had been paid. The certificates were seat op
to the Navy Office, and they were found to be forged
instruments. The Prisoner was immediately appre-
hended. It appeared that Creswell had berm •
Captain's Clerk on board the Swinges, while Joseph
Walker was a seaman on board the same ship, and
that the latter had since died.
, The Jury found a verdict—Guilty.
Wm. Bright and Jeremiah Hill were indicted for,
stealing a pony, talus 401. the property of J. Bistb-
nell, Esq.
The horse in question, together with a bay borne
belonging to Mr. Young, of Greenwich, were taken
out of a field belonging to that Gentleman on the
night of, the 12th Nov. and on the neat day they were
seen at the (sir .at, Epping. The Prisoners there of-
fered the horse for sale ;they risked 121. for the pony,
and 131. for the bay horse. It appeared that Bright
was the acting manager of the whole, and had em-
ployed Hill to commit the robbery. On the opine.
tension of Hill, at Greenwich, on the Mb Nov.
he stated to the constable, that on the 12th be met
Bright, whom he knew before, and by whom he was
esked to go to Epping with a couple of horses,
which he had to take oat of a field. 'to this he con-
anted, having nothing to do ; end at night they went
to the field. Upon finding the gate locked, Bright
said, 46 Good God! this is strange; the mufti'
knows lam coming." The gate was taken off the.
binges, the horses caught, ind taken to Epping Fair.'
Mr. Baron WOOD stated to the Parr that there
was little doubt as to the guilt of Bright ;and the only
question was, as to whether Hill had a knowledge
that he was doing a felonious act.
The Jury acquitted Hill, and found Bright Guilty.
CIVIL. SIDE.,
DUNN v. SLOCUM
This case occupied a considerable portion of,tho
time of the Court. It was_ an action brought to
decide the question as to the right of appointment to
the office of parish-clerk for the parish of Bromley;
whether such right was vested in the parishioners or
in the Clergymen of the parish. The parties in this
'suit were both candidates for the office, and lbw
whole of the testimony adduced by the Phiintiff was
to show an immemorial custom in the ;midshipmen.
to appoint the parish.clerk. To make nut this cfmal
tom, a great number of witnesses were called ; lbeff
'the Plaintiff completely failed in making out thecae.,
and a verdict wits given for the Defendant.
No other case of ,any consequence came on for
trial during the whole of the day. •
To-morrow Mr. Baron Graham will proceed to
try criminals in this Court. Mr. Serjftnt Onslow
was last night occupied in trying criminal cases.—
This day, such is the press of business, a Presbyterian
chapel is tented into a Court of Justice, and Mr.
Serjeent Onslow is continuing the trial of Crown
cases. The whole of the Civil actions in the upper
Court will he got through in the course of the day.

POLICE:. • i. 14
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MANATOW•llotlvE•j—lresteulay Tur4.iftstnefel,
u Joseph Dason,,Thamatimpett, and
•941Aiteff,
(oar boys, the eldest not atnreith,* 14141rifills
were clisigri With a
,robbery is the shop rs.
Willis, jeweller, dr,e'. in'Bishopsgate.itreet. •
The boys. it appeared, formed part of a gang
plane thieves, by which the east end of the town bee
long beeiriefested, end Amadei, who is Dot more
Asp 13 yeers•okl, was owe of the leaders. itbirot•
three weeks . ego they were 66 on the sneak" tft
Bisitipsketr.street.- iD the evening, when the ship ellr
Mrs. Willie attracted the notice of Arundel, from its
*mein no person in it, and he boldly, opened thb
door., crept upon his hands and knees round the
,•eartsmet, and' toting a wire of fancy rings (shout 24)
made off. Be get, the other Prisoners one ring, sad
kept the remainder. He squandered the greatin
part of the produce of the property in a few heirs,
isr ihroodey, at Stepney Fair. On Wednisday,thte
PAW* lillackets had a quarrel With Arundel, and
la-tieweee for voinething the latter said he went. to
Willis the sense evening, sod, ade a fan c. 0.!
fession,of the robbery. The other Prisoners were in
edhrtiqueirce apprehended at the hoop. of Arundere
sister of Arundel endeavoured to effeet
theecspe from the officer. ,et,„•
The LOUD MATO* asked Arundel what kr w
dote with tborings?
Arundel, with an impudent grin, said be bad sold
part of them, and made a-scramble with the rest.
The Prisoners were remanded, and ordered to be
• kept separate.
GtriLDUALL.— Wihnet Barden was yesterday
re.esamined, charged upon suspicion of a robbery at
the Barley.rnow Tavern, Salisbury-covet, Fleet.mreet.
A letter was produced from Mr. Knott, the Pro.
locator, who had gone to Devites. stating; that he
bad.suCceeded in apprehending the Prisoner's brother
at that place, and was about to proceed for London
immediately. He requested that the Prisoner might
be agsin remanded.
A Gentleman stated to the Alderman, that Mrs.
Knott would have attended, but that she was es.
tremely ill in consequence of the house having un-
fortunately been burnt down on the morning of Wed.
*day.
' The Prisoner was remanded till Saturday.
Samuel Fletcher and Joseph Hursl,two lads, were
charged teith extensive robberies in the house of their
employer, Mr. Poole, stationer, in Fetter.iane.
The Prisoner Horst had been in the habit of sell.
ing books at the shop of Mr. Drake, s pawnbroker,
in Long.lane, who at length suspecting that be did
not obtain them honestly, stopped him,_ and found,
!pan enquiry; that they were the property of his
mss er. Slr.,Pooleisd, it appeared, for some time
past, been robbed of an immense number of books,
'and on making enquiries at other shops, more hooks
were found, some of which were sold by Fletcher.—
Remanded.
MA eLsOßOtlew-ITREET.--Information was given
at this race by Mr. Stiff, butcher, in Cheniet.street,
Bedford.square, of a men answering the descriptions
of Hussey, the supposed murderer of Mr. Bird, at
Greenwich.
The .deponent stated that he was in the parlour at
Zits Queen'st Head and Artichoke, Mary-le-bonne,
with four other persons. The conversation tamed
upon the boisterous state of the *rather, and the
supposed Hussey sifted that the wind prevented his
sailing to a foreign country. The nest topic was the
Greenwich murders, whets the strange; said' he lived
lat Greenwich, and he knew Mr: Bird, who went to
London the day before the murder t• receive his di.
vidend. The stranger afterwards went out for a tem.
porary purpose, and Mr. Stiff followed to see it his
horse was safe, when the former started off as fast es
hi could down Portland.road. This awakened sato
pician, as the stranger resembled the deseriptionl
given of Hussey in all respects. He had a large hendl
and foot, and was very pale.' The officers went
round the different imams in the neighbourhood isJ
,pursuit.

Yesterday Josiah Kenunish, a jovial looking man,
was brought pp fur elimination, on a charge of haz-
ing married Rachel Cape!, during the lifetime of his
Ins wife. ' The Prisoner said, that he soppnsed the
• wife, to whom he was married in the Abbey Church,
at Bath, 35 years since, was dead, and to remove
tis doubts, he took to wife Rachel Cape!, in 1814.
Another woman, to whom he was united two years
nisice, now appeared, and Kemmish, on being inter.l
yogated by the Magistrate, candidly admitted that,J
being tired of the second, be wished for a third.—lle
was remanded for further ezimination on Monday
lest.
young man of genteel appear.
agree, who !fated that his name was King, and that
wss a son of the late- Admiral King, was charged
ms follows: - • ,
Wltrtity, a constable, stated that, on %def.*.
Right, while he was on duty at Mtley's Am.>
idsitheitre' the Prisoner applied at the boa.door,.
and desired that he might be admitted. •M r. Adams,
thabos-keepor, required him to pay the sweat sum
for admission, which he refused to do, end then
forced bimtelf past Mr. Adams, threatening at the'
time time to shoot him for his impertinence.—,Wort.
ley took him into custody after considerable resist.
*once, and condectedhim to the watch-loose.
The moment• the Palmier was put to the bar,',
eight ifackney.coachmen stepped forward, and pre."
(erred charges against him for•defrauding them or
their (area. It appeared by their statements, that'
their respective ceacbes bed been kept in atter:dance'
by the Pristnier,• for siit or seven hors at a dime; in
aerials parts of the :Pets OpOlig, and that the meant
of fares so claimed by the coachmen amounted toe
upwards of siz poen& •
The latter offences having occurred in the City,'
the Magistrate ordered that the Prisoner should be
taken over toll's Lord Mayor. . • .
,Thomas Seam, a watchman of R otbertsi the,' was ,
iseillst Wore the` agistrates, charged by Mr. Dab-
reapeetrible tradesman, residing arantherhithe,
wltti amiielting and dragging him to the wiitChzianuse
triii,Teeediy night, without any 'cause .whateier, or
anti eliargeleing given against Itior.
Mr. Dobson stated,' that he was returning home
on Tuesday nighl, about eleven o'clock, when the
Prisoner accosted him, Ind asked him why be called
" Watch?" He replied- that be had not called
" Ward," lier was he aware . that any other person

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