The Statesman.
London, England, 1821-10-29 00:00:00

SURREY sESSIoNS.

A man named Thomas Charmer was indicted fsr
stealing a piece of leather, the property of Av.
Collard, a shoe-maker.

It appeared that the prosecutor had been rolibr.l fir
a considerable time part of leather, and bad need evert-
means to detect the thieves without effect, hut toe !,fi-
goner who hail worked for him a long tiwe, was, on
Account of his high character for religion and r ii-
tation, as a prescher to a nutnerons metbodiet congre-
gation, the last man on whom his suspi..ions could
have fallen. On the 4th of October s sue Leath. r
was marked, and when the prisoner cline f.,r work, as
usual, one of the prosecutor's apprentices kept a Wdts: it
upon him from the parlour. T lie prisoner was ',en
to slide a piece of the marked leather, which was ly-
ing on the counter, into his bag, upon the shoptuan
turning his back. The prisoner then left the shop
but was followed and brought back, when the lealner
was found in his possessioo. It was identified by Mr.
Collard as his property.
The prisoner, in his defence, admitted, that the
leather in question had been found in his possessloo,
but declared that he had no intention of convertin_ it
to his own use, hut that he had brushed it into his nag
by accident. The possibility of this was positively
denied by the witnesses.
Several persons of the prisoner's acquaintance cam.•
forward and gave him an excellent character as a min
of pious ways.
The Jury found him Guilty; when the Ch.tirman
(Mr. Harrison) animadverted upon the peculiar cilia--
unity of the prisoner's condom, in ass.tining
as a cloak to enable him to rob wilt security. The
Court sentenced Win to be imprisoned for :14 usontlis
to hard labour in the County gaol.

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resuming TO Ile TICICTIOSOCU le, WI ISVII,IJC, use catmscs ..,...
pass whilst contingencies remain open for the mar- DKPLOR•BLE ACCI DILX T... At Ebenezer Colliery.
'ladle of one or other of the daughters with the Drury near Westbromwich, James Nash, Thomas 14,s Inn,
lousily. John Cottrell, John Butler, John Hicks, and itowlansi
Much alostetet reasoning by hypothesis, together Morris, were with several others at work in one of
with lung acute argument between the Counsel, Mr. the pits, when a great quantity of coal and iron-stone,
about 30 tuns weight, suddenly gave way, and the
Sugden for the heir at law, and Mr. Preston fur the
rockstone fell upon the six men above named, the firstright by marriage, having occupied the Court, the case
stands over for the opinion of the Judges. live of whom were instantaneonsly killed, and the
other, Rowland Morris, rwrived a few mine es only.
IMPORTANT TO MA.YII fACTURERS. during which time he was heard to call out once sir
i --em—.- ' ,"- twice fur kelp. Another nnfortunate occurrence we
- Nerrivronms. OCT. 26.—At the Town Steeles, of have to notice, similar in its nature, at (:rove Loll
this city the following most important decision to sta. Colliery, in the Parish of Ritvley aegis, • when us-
nsfactnren took place : wards of ten toss weight of coal fell u;.on the body of •
Katz v. Roaates.—Tlhis was an appal against a Joseph She don, and killed him almost iums...tia•e::.
warrant of distress issued against Kaye, the appellant, -Inquisitions were on llon,i4V 14st heti up, on tine hmi.tts, 'f
on the compiaist of Thomas Rogers, the tee, oisd,nt, so.l v..rdiets Of •• Accidental Nen" were reterst..4 pr
a workman in the silk sod cotton trait., that he had the Ju ies.
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