The Statesman.
London, England, 1820-02-22 00:00:00

THE SI ATFSMAN,

on the premises, a large quantity of stale tees' was sold,
part of which was purehased by the defendants; the
beer veils very sour ; it was vinegar ; he had on one oc-
casion pickled a cabbage with it.
The twat witness was B. Linton, a servant in the em-
ploy of Messrs. Human and Saunders, of Islington.
These gentlemen bad nnfortnnately become bankrupts,
a sale had taken place on the premises, and a great
quantity of " souring," and other objectionable beer
had been taken away in the waggons of Messrs.
Blake.
The next witness was Mr. John Pitchers, an officer of
the Excise, mho stated, that on the sth of June, 11119, in
consequence of information received, he had gone to
the brewhouse of Messrs. Anderson, in Osborne-street,
where Ise found eight butts of beer in the yard ; hr ex-
, unlined them, and found the beer stale, and considered
it came %Wain the meaning of the statute ; it seemed to
him good viosegar.
This evidence was corroborated hr Messrs. Ton nly
and Hittite, two tient-sal Surveyors of 'Breweries in the
Pails,. It further appeared. that two slays after the
defendants' wairFous took the beer from Atioler,ome
yard, they were followed liv Fitchew sod Men, another
officer, anii acre seised in the lias:uttorh, on their w.sr to
the defendants' premises, Mr. Blake at the time follows
big the svalarsos.s in his The waggons and horses,
with the beer, were afterwards conveyed to the Excise
4 Mire, and have since been cusidenined.
Messrs. I)UMMA:4, 11VI:11, aril 1111.1., on the !tart of the
defendants, severally cross.estuniniii the
Mr. DENMAN addressed the Jury, in au able speech,
and c.illeal stithesses.

.Jr. Carter, of ;he King's Brad, in the Borough. con-
sidered the stale gousl sound beet well adaptell to wix
utilder beer.

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Alt. Wes•i! ..... of Elliott's brewery, and Mr. George
Crick, of Meitx's lonise, with a niiiiiiier of sillier persons,
Knee evitleto e to the same rlfeet, smile of whom:, how-
ever, alltiOn ell that the beer was rather " hard."
The ATI tiaNtA -I;EN En I. having replied,
Thr Fume II tatix briefly slimmed lip the evidence:
and the Jury e•prtssing a ►rich to retire, they, in half
an hour, returned a verdict for the Croon, in the two
eases of Harlon and and !fusion and Sao ;:tiers ; anti
for the defendant, in tilat of Anderson.
This case excited ►cry great i+:✓•rest. the l'onet being
crowded to excess during the whole of the morning.

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monism. or Till wairnorite or MMUS. Rens, sazw,

tau OVeinli.
(IVlLMlALl.—Yester.lay tau issen. names! Martyr and
Pelf Ole. were rhargesl with having broken into and
robbed the warehouse of 3lessre. Itetts, Drew, and Bar-
ton, extensive warehousemen, in l'pper Thauses-aireet,
of property to a considerable amount.
Mr. A. Drew, our of the firm, stated, that haring ex-
tensit e premises, in whirls great onautities of goods were
housed, they suffered frequent depredations of a very se-
rimts twtnre. Within the last fortnight, some tea aid
other commodities, to the amount of IOU!., had been
stolen from the premise's, independent of the roliber
with wisirh the prisoners were charged. All the afoot,
on the ground door baring been found safe, snspition
fell upon some men who were employed ahont the pre-
mises, ..nil who wert in consequence discharged. They
had employed the prisoner, Parsons, for a considerable
time, and who of (oase knew their premises well.
The other primmer, Sawyer, had also been orcasionally
in their employ.
Jaistes Brown. a servant to the Cent, pnweil that all
the doors of the warelhonw were us.ale creole on Mater-
day night, and Aso, on 3lonslav morning, lw found that
the pr.:osiers had Iseen ratee44.4erribie, titiweigh stew',
which opensd over a gateway, on the tiro story, and
'ivhirie, being oleeowil inert-es:4lde, was not cautiously
guarded. A desk belonging to the witness haul been
broken ism', and near 7i.atolett froas it. A till, con-
taining th:' day's receipts of the firm was also broken
open ; the remounts of a Child quantity of sack-
ing, and IbUllie other property, were also soden.
Fielding, a constable, who was on duty iu Coleman*•
street, said, that, on Sunday morning list, at ahont
seven u'eltwk, hr met the two pra4mners, heavily laden
with sacks on their hacks: suspecting, from their ap-
poaruttee, that all o as Nut right, ue &flowed them to this
White Ilart public-house, in Cripplegate, where he de-
mended to know the emitents of their sacks. They at
first refused to comply, lost finding him to be an offwer,
Sawyer winkril to I eiguideanily, and desired him to
make a less noise, saying that he would " settle matters
with him," and that he " iniAt as well have a little
money out of it as any one rise." He took them both
lotto restudy.

The prisoners had nothing to say in their defence,
and were fully con 0000 itted for trial.
A NEW WAY OF " AIAILINU UP" A IInASE.
• BOW-FITLELT.-31r. Sl—, a respectable solicitor, re-
siding in the Atleiplii, applied to the Sitting Slagistrate
at this office, yesterday, under the following eirennt-
stances few days ago he went to Tattersall's with
the ieteution of buying a horse, and lie loom found one
whose paces and appearance pleased bin. unteli, hut hr
ors determined to have nothing to do with it, if it was
in the bawls of a dealer, and hr the man so who
bad the rare of it. The man assnred him it was the pro-
perty of a retired nserehant, hie. Hazeltine. who had
considerable estates iu Hertfordshire, anti a town-house
in Jewin-street, where he was Orrligionaily in be seen,
anal that he himself was leis groom. Sir. Al. was satis-
fied with thisaseurmier, paid forty guineas for the horse,
and sent his servant home with it to the On
riding it hiumelf however, the next ilaY, he towed the
poor animal was greatly distressed with the slightest
exertion, notwithstanding it appeared to go freely, and
to be in good bodily health. Fir was at a loss to aseowat
fur this, silt at lemtils some friend snprested that it had
probably been u plugged," and recommended that its
shoes should he taken off in order to ascertaiu the fart.
I. shoes were taken ua'aiworilingly, and it was found
Input miller ono of the shoes on the fore feet, a hole had
hem made through the horny substance of the I fto
the quick, in which hole a small plug of iron had beep
placed, and the whole covered with the show, so that
when time foot was lint to the ground!, the poor animal
was in great pain. The horse, it aprearei.„ had been
previously lame on the other foot, and this inhunian
practice hail been resorted to, to prevent him showing
his lameness, by making hint vise both legs alike. !1l r.
added that this was a new inamtion among
frandident Itorsegli.;:lers, and lie feared it was too gene-
rally practised. He had also discovered, lie said, that
the fellow of whom he bought it, had falsely represent-
ed himself as the servant of a gentleman iu Hertford.
shire, he being, in fact, a notorious gipsew horse-dealer,
and lie thought he might be posecutral fur obtaining
money under false pretences.
The Magistrztseuranted a warrant for his apprehen-
sion t but rap his fear of the passibility of eon-
vietiug him.

A.l'NtOre CIIANUIt AGAIXST AY APPRENTICg.

Al LlMMOViale,STßElLT.—Ve;terilay: %Jr. Solomon, a
Jew, tharged his applytatise (liken Jae a Jew) with re-
fnsing to rat cold roost heel, and neglecting his work as
a glass-entter. Mr. !Solomon stated, that the prisoner
was formerly an irolastrinns,%vell-disposeil 104, *ho was,
prior la last West F.nd fair, making rapid prognosis his
tratle; but haring been tales un a false charge of rob-
bery, uttl brosglat to this Ayr, his prosecutor 'worts

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positively that be was one of the i.espertte
kisocked him dowO and robbed him at West
lie was tried at the Old Bailey, hut was
Solomon solemnly declared art his oath, that the lit
sight he was seen to bed safely by him,* Aft loft
coosmital the boy was sent to a prison,nereasititee7ht
sedate with characters of the worst
whose habits he became familiar, and to which':
stance Mr. S. attributed his anticipated and.rellik
although he had made application to the —"YIN;
rities to have him separate from the iithers be
saner would not tiow eat cold roast beef, which
before him, nor would he do his work.
The prisoner said he had no appetite, and if hei,
the Doctor ordered him not to eat any thing
was not well.
Mr. Solomons.—Vel pot you roult rat rut half
the day before; the AO or Par i mient will NIA,
sat it whether or no, sad von shall eat 4 it. fin*
dered to sonic to terms with his master, or eithersiii
committed.

The ■Fare is a further proof of the necessity d,
better clasaiestios is our prisons.

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