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

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B,ooK.'partly'the property of the b'anking•honse.o ng
• 1111.110, . Tds.ol, IXTlPiNthstn.And partly of that :it
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'oat's., were stolemalt of .thelgxeter,tubeatiptiOn I
• ,''alt: flitd:Of -tke!ScolVerithitsre ISecits.i.n Ladd atm
Lancaster two men, who were suspected of :hasidg.blet
concerned in the rolsheeps-were soon afterwards appre-
hended and. tv.ied. whey were acquitted 0(411e robbery,
but Were, held ,to bail tor the misdemeanor of ,passiog.
ionse'ef the-Doke contained ip one of the parcele,lo**illf
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!heal have been stolen. Previously to the apprebehtiOn
pf thope Gawp, a personayas ermined attlieMansiondstauee.
*Pi the charge of partieipatingdn the robbery. Tito Lord'
: Mayor, however, had.. sot sufficient evidence before taw
:. although what was stated maths occasion threw a strssg
• . degree of ettepiclon upon the prisoner, to justify his' coma
.- Mittel: An elderly morn • appeared at the jetties tdoint
wheel that charge as made, for the purpose' Of bearing
. testinsenrsoahe hitegrity of the ..prisoner, and, that 1111
some ground for suppostag that he could baye also Apokeig
i from his own knowledge:of the two men who weretried all
Laticaster.
Mt. Beciwn, the mirslagiyeaterday told the PePtr4* ,'
Lae Wien Ail aniitity satin suspected men, t h '
presence was necessary, lu order to Clear op a "light,: .
picion which attached to himself regarding the abovemeb-
tioned robbery. The defendant appeared without the least
embarrisatitent to sawyer any charge. .
' • 'Mr.-Brown then prodireed-i fife-pound note, which h.
said was one of those which had, beta stolen. out of the
Exeter Coach.on.tbe occesiOnAlladed to, and was offered gt
the shop of:Pilessre. &moven and Co., Irish linen.draperh,
lilbotnaboty:septare, by-a man whose acquaintance with the,
defendant had been* ascertained under ctrcamstanees of a
very unfavearable nature. . . .
The shopmen of Messrs. Donovan, stated. that eta thik• •
cycling day a stranger came Into the warehouse and
apiece elifstilinen, in payment for which he to
bank note for 5/. (*now produced.) The aPpeareoce ,e 1
stranger did not correspond with Omit of a person who became..
properly possessed of so much money, and of course Shona
was an hesitation ahem takinyclt. The witness at last pro-
posed to send the piece of linen just purchased to the resident,
of the purchaser—s proposal which was atones accepted by
the purchaser, who gave Old-street road, Bt.-Luke% as his
address. Hot when lie wastold that the change should be sent
with the linen. after it was ascertained in the city that all was •
right. there was. some dissatisfaction. manitested. The per-.
chaser then requested that his note should be returned to him,
but this was refused. end he went easy. The witness having
agebecoindsAt suspields. tailwind the purchaser, why bad
previously said he was going to Paddington, but the route he
took-was not 'tartly in •that direetion. The l'strtieger had rot
gone very far towards St. Oars's. when he area joined by the
defendant, and both of them passed through St Oiles's toge-
ther, and by a short cut into Oxford-street, where•therentered
a public-house: they soon came our. proceeded 40 Charles-
street, when they entered another, public-house. Witness then
ran back to his employers. who had in the interval, by a re-
feri.fieri to the list of stolen nista, 'ascertained that they've*
jsistided hi &Waif* that which had been tendered to them,
An odi elf, was then sent with the witness for the 'purpose of
apprehending the two persons rho were then communicatlog
• together. The defendant,however, was the only person foiled;
for4theetrersget who tendered the note had, as witness after-
wards learned, left the•house Jost before.• It was afterwards
ascertained that the address given by the purchaser; who had
escaper? was fictitious.
: The Loa D Mayon then called upon the defendant to explain
the circumstance of his bovine waited for, and being found in
company with the man who had acted In so suspicious a man-
ner with respect to the stolen mete. .
• The defendant declared that be. was quite ignorant of the
subject jest treated of.. All he knew was, that the man they
-talked about was a very respectable men. with whom he had
' Igraine& for a pony. end Whom lie had appointed to meet
at the public-house in Oxford-street. He knew nothing about
the note.
.. Mr: Ho/amt.—As you know this man to be respectable, of
tchirse ybu know where he tires, and what he is ? •
• • The defendant—No; I closet. He appeared very respect-
• able. • • -
• • Here the LORD VIATOR and Mr. Nobler consulted, and in the
mean time the defendant spontaneously said—"..Some notes
• have pissed through my hands that were paid to me by a re-
speetablepohlican in Barbican. It is said that they are stolen
and they refuse to pay me the amount: but I'll set the matter
at rest by suing for the amount."
The LORD MAYOR put the note Into the Marshal's custody,
and permitted the defendant to leave the 'Justice-room.
• -[We withhold the name of the defendant at present, for
reasons which may easily be understood.]
Oct LDlJAl.L.—Aielltoxy Rogeson, the black fencing-mas-
ter and pugilist, whose previous examination on the charge
.of setting tireto the premises in the court at No. 76, Fleet
Street, appeared in our paper of Wednesday, was again
.broughemp yesterday before the sitting magistrate, Mr.
Alderman IflßCii.
Mr. Swan, the 'owner of the premises, being called
'moots to. proceed•with hie case, observed, that he had been
.no less than three times visited by the calavoity, of lire, and
'regretted to be now called on in his old age, on account
..ot a. similar visitation, to proceed on so serious a charge
Affecting the life of the prisoner: for himself lie had no
.evidence to give: he left the premises at six o'clock in the
.e.veni og.• arta. heard nothing of the.occurrence tin ten the
nest morning, and could therefore prove nothing but
.what could be better. and more clearly proved by others.—
Mr. Swan was proceeding with some observations tending
to shew his feeling for the prisoner, when he was inter-
rupted. by the Alderman, who observed that whatever he
(Mr. Swan) might wish to say in 'mercy to the prisoner
must be reserved for another occasion. The charge was
of a most serious nature, and c.ust be-proceeded with.
William Do wo, the apprentice, was then called.
' Do you know at what hoar the prisoner tektite premises
on Monday evening.
• Witness:—l stood on the stairs, and saw him go out
with a woman between seven and eight o'clock; he was
talking very loud, and I heard him say. " This house . has
been on fire twice. 'and they say by-accident, bat I think it
was done on purpose." •
.. Mr. Alderman HIRCH.-1-131 any body else access to the
prisoner's rooui besides himself ?
nt Witness—Yes. an old titan and woman who-attend upon
him. hut the. prisoner generally tied the key.
• - William Twopenny, Mr. Edgerley's errand boy, who
first gave the alarm, stated be was coming down atais 1 -to
go house at abont a quarter past nine o'clock. whea• he saw
Ile. partition on fire, and the lighted coals falling through,
and ran up and gave the slam.
.1 Stephen Ooggin, John Philp, Pavid Being, and Charles
Springgirth (all in the employ of Mr. Edgerley), the party
who burst the door opts, all deposed that the coals and.
cinders were piled op and blazing against the partition ;
that there was nothing at all in the grate, and that the bars
were quite hot. Some of these witnesses also deposed, that
after hating been to look for the prisoner at. his lodging,
and the different OMM-houses in the neighbearlsood, they
at length found; him nearly opposite the court as if reron
'mitring, and that lie himself acknowledged that he bad
been walking about for utmost au hour. •
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Mr. Alderman tit actt.—lias the key-of the prisoner%
room- been found at all ? • • 'i• - ' *.:.• •-• : • ,
Cousin. (the-olfteer.)—Yes, Sir ) I foetid it upon hitn.—••
He had it in his•pocket. • . - .
.. John Ilexteluitnid he looks after the academy, and at-
tends the gentlemen. He left the prisoner there at 7 o'elock,
and' be was tfien quite sober. Nobody could be more
. careful abOut fire then Mr 4 Hopson, always seeing the
candles put out. himself. . ' . .
Ann Wilson, a female attendant of the prisoner'er who
washes hielitien, sod keeps the academy clean. stated that
showas there on Monday evening, and while looking oat
Lis linen, three uptibs were fired otfin the passage toanney
him, and that the printers' boys were continually playing
him all sot ts of tricks.