The Statesman.
London, England, 1820-09-12 00:00:00

LONDO.V Si:SSP/NS.

Yeiterlay the Sessions coninieticeJ before the Lord
Mayor, Reorder, Sheriffs Hothwell and Parkins, Al.
(1,-;rien Sir J. Shaw, Sir W. Doniville, and T. Smith,

Amongst the persons summoned to attend and serve
on t!le Oranol Jury, w•as Mr. Smith. the Member of
Parliament for Norwich. On his name being called,
Mr. Smith addrePied the Court, and stated, thatite.

sees a Menthe'. of Parliament. He desired to know
n hither that was not a legal exemption from being
r:;-.d upon to serve the oilier of Wand Juror ? Ile
%teed, that he had been a Alember of Parliament for
;;LP years, and that during that time he had !WIC,'
IttrA I/ an instance of a Member having been called
upon to serve; neither hail he himself, although lie
be.l resided in the city during that time.
"1" Ise COURT said, that he being a Member of Par-
liament was no excuse whatever from serving the of-
fice of Grind Juror. An exemption nag, indeed,
sometimes granted as a special favour, ur as a matter
of courtesy when there were enough present to form
the Jury, not without.
Mr. Smith said, that the partner in the firm to
which lie belonged hail also been summoned to serve
in the present Grand Jury.
The Cotwr said, that it was a practice not to claim
lb^ services of more titan one gentleman trout a tirns,
therefore the latter objection was a good tine, and the
attendance of Mr. Smith would be excused by the
Court. _ _ _

After the (hand Jury fur the ensee:ng Sessions had
. been swum the fixtuanze, in his charge observed,
that upon looking over the calendar, he dial nut, al-
though the list was exceedingly numerous, perceive
any crimes of an unusually atrocious character, but
merely such as were committed, almost every hour in
the day in all large and populous cities, and which
did not require any particular animadversion on his
part.
B wax, a well known and desperate cha-
racter, eras charged with having assaulted Samuel
Ihunmage, and a number of watchmen of the parish
.St. Andrew's, Holborn.
The COMMON SCRJSANT and Mr. BOLLAND conduct-
. led the case on the part of the prosecution.
It appeared from the evidence adduced, that as
the prosecutors were going off duty at an early hour
in the morning, they perceived the prisoner Brooks,
and four others who are hackney coachmen, ill-treating
two sweeps, with whom they had met, by knocking
them down and emptying their soot over them. On
the watchmen interfering to prevent further violence,
they were attacked in a similar manner. One of the
watchmen, named Gammage, was knocked down and
dragged into the middle of the road, where he was
kicked by Brooks, who was the ring-leader of the
party, about the body in a most brutal manner. The
other three etchmen were treated in a similar manner
• by the other four prisoners, who had since been tried
and punished for the assult.
The prisoner, in his defence, said, that on the
morning in question, himself and his companions
were having' a bit of fun with two sweeps, with whom
they lead met on their way to their work, and that the
watchmen were the aggressors by interfering with
whatdid not concert) them ; and that his companions
r acted only jn self-defence.
The Jury found the defendant Guilty, and the
Comet sentenced him to two months imprisonment, in
consideration of his having already been imprisoned
a considerable time, nut having been able to tind ►ail.
Elt,rebetA Grey A'aye, and Bli.:cltth, his

wife, were charged with having assaulted John Pick-
erittz and his wife, 011 the 27th of May last.
Mr. Itolv..iNo stated the rare for the proseention.
The pr.):erutor was a special raostable, and in the
execution of his duty had orealion to take up a per-
son connected with the defendants, and thereby ex-
' cited their attintwity. The parties living in the same
(West•street, tionithfield,) the defend-
ants 'wide continual attacks with those upon the pro-
secntor and his wife. On the day in question, Mrs.
Cox made an attack upon the prosecutrix, Mrs.
Pickering, at first with words and afterwards with
blows, tore her earrings from her ears, and otherwise
maltreating her. The prosecutor hearing the cries of!
lii• wife ran to her assistance. Mrs. Cox was joined
by Mr. and Mrs. Kaye, and there now being three td
two the prosecutors were severely beaten.
The l'onnsel for the defendant called a number of
witnesses in contradiction of the statement of the pro-
secutor dud his wife. It appeared that the prosecutor I
was in the habit of annoying his neighbours by pre-
stinting very largely upon the authority vested in him
as special constable. It was sworn that his wife had I
been tile aggressor by calling Mrs. Cox a baud.
The Jury without hesitation immediately acquitted
the three defendants.

I'OLICE.

OVILDIII4LL..--SINCULAII COMM, or HIGHWAY ROO.
Neitv.---Yesterday, a young man of decent appearance,
was brought before the sitting Alderman, T. 5311711,
charged by a centlonan named Riley. with hating
robbed hint of his gold chain and seals, of considerable
value, on the highway.
Mr. Ililt.y stated, that he filled a situation at the
Apotheeat Ilall. That tot Similar night, at about
halipast eight o'elo•li, he teas itastin4 tip llolhorn,
and had
.;tist !liaised tilotict.stt.r-court, wh.vm a person
ran up against hint ;ttol pushed him against the nail.
A snatch at the s. • time Was matle at his wateli, and
the chain hrt.lat.. when the robber issenusllately ran oil
up the Court, chile the witness pursued I • , hut at
the etrranee of ill,• court a per-nn put his arm ro:ind
hint for the purpose of stopping his pursuit, but the
it t-strit.atetl himself, and with a thick walking-
stick. whirls be ha,' lit his hand, Luttelietl the fe.low
who oltstructe.l hint down, and intnictli to Is euittinutul
his pursuit of the robber, of w Isom he had not lost
sight. Its the court were a mintlit.r of the inhabitants
s'smliu in a Loon, .tiversing. by whom the robber
was in s manner retarded, aatl. the witness time
up to hint at the end of the eotirt. awl after giving
him s heed htua, And l'ollife%ell 111111 to the
Compt r.
.1. (lent, one of the inh..hitants of the court was
sittiwr at Isis door a ith his child on his knee, when he
saw a llia:1 running up the route pursued by Mr. Kiley.
Witness put his foot out fur the purpose of throwing
the 14.111 11411%11. I'o he ill:1111s. I oter it. He had not
time to notice his person mitintely, as it was dark.
This court, the wi uess said, was the rendezvous of
gangs of thieves who made it a pra..tice to stand at the
end of the court and pour out upon passengers, rob
them of their watches, ie. and then dart dt:-.,n the
court. Their accomplices at the end of the court
georrally prevented any one fruits following until pur-
suit was useless. The court opened at the button, in
two directions, and escape was jut ever) instance almost
certain. The witness was in the habit of hearing this
cry of " Stop thief' in the court three or four times a
week, and sometimes oftener. Ile hat' hisisselfatopptal
the rubbers several times, bat wizen the, gentlemen
succeeded its recovering their property they invariably
walked off, and let the robbers go about their business.
The ?risoner was much agitated, and protested his
innocence of the charge against him. He had gone
into the tort with a companion, who went to see an
acquaintance that lived there, and he (the prisoner)
was standing waiting for his friend, when he hearth
the cry of " Stop 'thief !" Irons the bottom of the
court, when Mr. Riley Caine up and gave him a violent
blow on the heath which stunned him, and he left go
his hold of the rubber who escaped. Mr. Riley im-
mediately chat ged the prisoner with the rubbery, and
gave him into custody.
Mr. Riley denied the latter part of the prisoner's
statement. Ile never lost .sight of the min who at-
tacked him, and that Mall, he Itt.lieved, was the
prisoner.
Several inhabitants of the court who had seen the
robbers rues by, came forward and stated, that both his
person and dress were very different fruits the prisoner's.
The companion of the pristmer came forward and cor-
roborated the statement made by him. Several per-
sons bore testimony to the excellent character of the
prisoner, and stated that he now held a very confiden-
tial situation with a tradesman.

The Worthy Alderman said, that under the very
peculiar circumstances of the case. there could be no
doubt but that Mr. Riley nas tuistaktn, and discharged
the prisoner.
BA NK C.ts►:s.—We regret to have again to notice
the frequent recurrence at this office of the char;:es
against individuals for uttering forged bank-sutra; two
rases of this description occupied the attention of the
Magistrate, Mr. Alderman Thomas Smith, yesterday.
The first was that of fri/fiern. Steps a., a sort of travel-
ling victualler, who gets his living by following the
fairs, as he esp d it, and keeping a booth for re-
freshments, to which trade it should seem, he occasion-
ally :olds that of pugilism.- The prisoner, it appeared
in evidence, purchased of Mr. Solomon, a clothes-sales-
man, Long-lane, goods to the amount of 3/. Ilk 611.,
in payment fur which he tendered a 5/. note. Mr.
Solomon having a suspicion that the note was not
genuine, took advice of some of Isis neighbours
respectie• it, and on its being pronounced to be a for-
gery by Mr. Parlett, whose own sufferings from simi-
lar forgeries have taught him some judgnseut as to
bank-notes, an officer was sent for, who, on searching
the prisoner, found npon him another M. note, and two
I!. notes. Both the 5/. notes turned out to be forge-
ries. The prisoner was fully committed to Newitata
fur trial.

The second cue, that of Ann Prince, excited con-
siderable more interest. The prisoner, a young fe-
male of very respectahl., appearance, with an infant at
her breast, was known to have been in company with
1 woman of the name of Johns, at the time the latter
had passed a forged nom (for which uttering she is now
in costudy), and Doff, an officer belonging to Union-

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