The Statesman.
London, England, 1823-10-25 00:00:00

THE STAIESIVIASi

and blind of an eye, was indicted for an assault upon
Elizabeth Snelling, a child of the age of nine years, with
.intent caroally to know her; and for a similar assault open
Matilda Bradbury, & child a fewinooths older.
r. 4la.aaut stated that the prosecution was - institnted
by he the Treasurer of the Charity School of St. Dunstan
in the West; and in support of it, called the .following
witnesses:,
Elisabeth Snelling stated that she was turned of nine'
years old. and lived .with her mother in Robiohood-court,
Shoe Cane. On the evening in question (Oct.. 2) she was
sent by her mother to Shoe Laoe-for some sugar and bread,
at about six.o'clock, and called on Matilda Bradbury,wbo
went with her. She met the prisoner near. Shoe Lane, and
knew him, as he used to live in the same house with her.
He took them to a public house, and gave them a pint of
,beer. He then took them to another public house in Hol
born, and gave them another pint of beer ; and after that
he took them to a third public• house, in Smithfield, where
be gave them more beer and some pudding. Here be-told
them when 'drinking to him to call him " father." From
this he Wok them to a cook's shop, where they had some
table heir; and he having inquired for a bed, they were
shown up stairs into a room with three beds in it, in one of
which a strange matt slept that night. The prisoner made
the Witneits and the other child undress and go into bed,
And then undressing. himself . he went into the same bed
;with them. The child then detcribed the lanotage of the
`Prisoner, and his conduct towards both the girls, Which
were of the grossest :tette, In her examination by the
()mart, she skid she was tipsy from all the beer she bad
drank. it was Matilda told bet what passed. Her ow.
ther told her. what she was to sty today.
Matilda Bradbury stated nearly the same as the last wit-
nets. The prisoner, shetaid, iii the morning, told her to
say that allotted slept at her sister's. She remembered •
whatpassed, althentgb abeam; tipsy, aid so did Beteg i
she (witness) did net tell•her a word Of it.
Sarah Smith stated, that she kept a cook shop on Saffraa
hilkitiod- remembered a man coming with these two
cb ion, which he laid were his, and taking a bed at Set
hem. -
The —mothers of the 2 children corroborated their state-
Mena 's* far as respected the acconnts they gave of them-
selves'the next day. • They did not, however, examine
them to see if they. bad been injured. The prisoner
bad lodged in the same house with them, and knows the
children.
In his defence, the prisoner stated, shit the children
went with him voluntarily, and not at hiss solicitation; and
that he offered them n 6 sort of rudenels whatever, although
it was improper, be admitted, in hiM to sleep with them
He then called a poor than with a wooden leg, who swore
that be slept in the same room with them. and heard the
children noisy ant whispering all night. There was light
off and on, for the greater part of the eight ; but he neither
heard nor saw any rude conduct towards the children on
the parrot' the pi ironer.
The jury found a verdict of guilty.
The prisoner observed that be had been struck off the
collage list and deprived of his out-pension in conseieence
of this indictment.
The COUNT told him that was the consequence of his
Iniscoodect, and sentenced him to six months hard tabour
in the Douse of Correction.
Mr. att exhibited articles of the peses against. Wm. Henry
Carmichael Smith, &so. of Sioeue-street, Cuetsea, at the in-
stance of his wife, whose ',Unfit stated, that 'on the loth of
August, a carriage came to tie door of her husband's house in
Sloane-street, In Which she was then living; and she bettering
than It case by her husband's desire to take her away, lied
frees the house for safety; and was followed by him, who forei-
gy dragged her to the King's Arms public-house, Chelsea,
where there were two women, who forcibly put on her a strait
ilvalsteogt, in which state she was forced late the carriage. and
'lakes to a Iliad hotise, called the lierryliouse, in the king's-
road ; that else was brought before Mr. Justice Park by a Ha-
beas Corikie oa the 2Eishet the same month, and was by him
**relit° be discharged v that on the 17th' of the seine month,
the da previous to bee Whig brought before Mr: Jetties Perk,
MN IMlthard came to, her and proposed to her to go home with
ittest *high be refespd ell she otiOuld be disebersed. That
ORO ea discharged, she went to live at a boarding house.
le g.
whelk ean her husband had sloes come, and threatened to
'hare her Op on the authority of a silver ear, and sent to
Asper' leo.
• The lensinsiass observed, that the ofedasit did not state, that
the wife was under the apprehension of auy personal violence.
Thiele visor/case in which the Court ought to be yore eta-
does ef interfering than between man and wife, atilt:was al.
limit Impossible to do it in any way without doing mischief—
* least the,hasbaod ought to have notice of the application.
-Mr, Plett, after consulting with his attorney, said. he found
the hisband was already under recognizance to. the present
Sestilon.—alt he would nod ask *as, to have. the recognizance 1
emitinied.—The Coen agreed to continue the recognizance.
Thomas Brace, • Job. Square, and John Smith, were con-
i rioted of tittering counterfeit cein.;and.having other counter-
feit-money in their possession, knowieg.the same to he coup-
401alt. They were severally sentenced to twelve months' ha-
prineement is the house of correction, and ordered to find se-
write for their good behaviour for two years at the end of
that period.
Sarah Bennett was convicted of uttering only. Ind sentenced
to six months' imprisonment, and to find security for her good
behaviour for six months longer.

POLICE.

Mauston Housa.—Yesterday,' a middle aged man was
committed by the Loan MAYOR to take his trial for felony,
under the following rather novel circumstances. It was
proved by the evidence of the waiter at Lloyd's Coffee
House, and of a shopasan of Mr. Richardson, bookseller,
Cornbill, that the prisoner has long been in the habit of
watching about test neighbourhood for persons, who
have the appearance of wanting employment. On dis-
covering any sucb, he accosts them, pretending to be a
person of influence, and promises to obtain a situation for
them, appointing them to meet him at Lloyd's on the ful.
lowing day. On repairing punctually to this appointMent
they have generally met the prisoner descending the steps
in great apparent-baste, holding soirething like a sove-
reign iii his hand for 'Which he wants change. The es-
pectants of a good sitiatilais, seldom provided with twenty
.shifilags, after Wei, all they Imye, with which he disapr
.pears, and they 'see him no More. In the present case:
he had obtained ity Oda means I9s. from a country lad;
and was sent to take his trial for stealing. Souse sailors,
whom be has so deluded, have frequently given muck',
trouble at Lloyd's, rsAt being easily _persuaded that he was
an impostor, and they were dupes.
lliotaillibu.---.111a4 Ann frifrors, a young girl of in-
to:realise and respectable appearance, attended yesterday to
unwise a charge of assault. She was accompanied by her
aunt, and a gentiergan also had been hail 'for hr' at the
witch-houee. The Alderman. teak his seat at half-past 10,
and neither prosecutor Der officer having arrired at a
quarter past 11, the gentledise begged that his Worship
woold)isten to the young girl's story, which she told as
Yellows;—She Was coming from the place of her abode in
Blacktriaras-roati, about liAtf-pask right in the evening,
inti ndiug. to go to her aunt's in Curs:tor-strot, Chancery-
lane, and had got as far as Bridge street, when she' wet
the prosecutor and another yang nun. The prdsecutor
addres;ed her in very improper language, and refused to
fro away, 'lnit kept following fier and repeating his brutal
espressunis, till at last '514 tiird'hiits she would strike him if
he did not leave her. At this ht billy Lingle/4'; and putting
his head under heehonnet, she was provoked to stritte hint
with her reticule; aml The key of a door bring therein, is
cease with such force agsibst his ttuiple that it was cut and
bled. She went into a pastry-ctsok's nen!. the 'spot: and
while she was three the yowl man get an officer, nip:kook
her into custody.
AR officer of St. Milk's, who land approdien,!ed the
young girl, said Chat he had nut seen the beginning of
the affair, bat took the charge from the young gentleman,