The Statesman.
London, England, 1820-12-07 00:00:00

OLD DAILEY SESSIONS.

Yesterday the business of these Sessions commenced
before the Lord Mayor, Recorder, Ahierusen, and
other officers ; about 48 prisoners were arraiuued,
none of these cases require any particular obser-
vation.
The Judges, Mr. Justice Bayley and Mr. Baron
tiirrow, arrived at half-past ten o'clock, and • took

their seats.
Mr. Bottsno, on the part of the Post Office.
moved that the recognizance. of Edward Hammond Al-
derman. charged with extensive robberies, during his
employment as Clerk in the Post Office, be estrested
into the Exchequer, he haring been admitted to bail,
and abscooded.
Mr. Justice Bsttar said, that the application ought
to have been made last Session, he. however, might
be called, and his recognisance, now estreated.
Poasise A PIIIOIIIIIIIIOIT NUTS.—Edward Drown
was indicted fur forging and tittering a certain pro-
ntimory note for the sum of 20/. with iffiest to defraud
Joseph Hicks. It appeared the prisoner bad obtained
al. epos the forged bill from the prosecutor. whom
the prisoner,lodged with. The forged note purported
to be the acceptance of Mr. Wilson, of Richmond ;
there was not sufficient proof tendered to support the I
charge, and the Jury, under the direction of Mr. Jus-
tine whey, acquitted the prisoner.
1111111/IWAT ROMBVIT.—John Cooke, Robert Foet-
aell, alias Meneklefd, and Hoerr Rusted!, alias Hint -
field. were indicted for a highway robbery.
The evidence called. proved, that the prisoners had
been drinking at a public house at Barnes, with the
'prosecutor, Robert Yoskttt. After they had taker
mare liquor than could do them good, the landlord

turgid tbam out of his houses s tight took place In
the street, sad Yoskett lost his hat Ma -a owe posud
botell the setae.
Baron OA know thought there wt. übt erldencs
to subataatiate the charge of higLway robbery. sad
the Jury apquitted thew ; and after a revere adtuttui-
titre frost the Judge, they were discharged.

SCILIMAIIIT.—Janats A arrime was indicted for s'
burglary in the dwelling-house of Thomas I.:aunders,
with intent to steal.
The prosecutor is a tradesman residing at White-
chapel ; and on the night of the 14th of November
the watchman saw a light in his Misr, and suspect-
ing that thieves had gotinto the house, he raised the
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flap of the cellar, and observed the prisoner with a
light in his hand. Ile immediately called for assist-
ance, and the prisoner was taken into custody. A
crow bar, phosporous box, and other similar imple-
ments were found in the cellar. No part of the pro-
perty was removed. The bolts, it appeared, to ere
wrenched from the Bap of the cellar. Verdict—Guilty,
Death.

&vowel Amen, Ingians Dann, and 117/11ane Grad',
three of the gang that had been rescued treat the
custody of Marsden, the officer, were indicted. for
burglariously entering the dwelling-house of Mrs.
Lacy Watkins, on the evening of the 21st of Norm-
her, and stealing a watch and other articles, value
6/. 13e.
Mrs. Watkins, the pro•erutrix, stated, that she
keeps a grocer's shop, at No. 16, Chapel•street East,
Mayfair. On the evening in question she was ins.
hind her counter, when the prisoner Jones came in be•
tweets seven and eight o'clock, and ordered two poundal
of tea for *gentleman who lived at No. 55, Carton-
street. The prosecutor thought it singular that she
should receive such an artier, as the gentleman was
not one of her customer•, and therefore sent her porter
to ascertain whether all was right. In the mean time
five persons entered the shop, three of whom proceeded
to the parlour, and took the watch, while the other two
got possession of the till in the shop: and during the
time she was giving. the alarm, they all ~aped by the'
back doe►. One of the persons was Murray, a young'
lad who has not yet been apprehended, and sloe thought
but was not retain, that Grady was of the party.
Shortly after the robbery took plate, Jones rasa
brought back a prisoner to the shop, and the pro-1
seeutril identified him as the pi rum who had ordered
the tea,

W. Watkins, son of the prosecutrix, corroborated
the statement of his mother, and swore to the identity
of Dunn, as the person who load taken the till out of
the shop. lle had no recollection of having seen
Grady in the house, nor could I.e tweer to his being
one of the gang.
Robert Colton, the servant of a butcher of the same
street, deposed to having hoard the prisoner Jones cry.
" Stop thief, there lie guys,- when perceiving no pro.
son to whons the cry eonld apply, he immediately said
" rust must be the thief yourself.- and took him int*
custody. When he brought him to the shop of !Lel
proseentrix, she re( oguited Lim at °nee, as the perms:
who had None to her with the lictitions ordet; anti
in afloat five minutes after the prisoners Dunn and
Grady were apprehended. She had a perfect rem',
!retina of having seen Duns. in the house.
John Bnrulsam had assisted in apprehending
Jones, neon Witnnl, when he searched hint, he found
I a quantity of silver, some of which was concealed is
his hat.
Two other witneseei were failed, who corroborated
the chargers at Asset EA Dunn, but pewit ww.
thing against Brady, except that he was seen its com-
pany with Murray, who had made his escape, and
that lie called the person who apprehended him a
hose--(a spy.)
Jones, in Isis deft roe. attempted to account fur the
silver which was frond upon him, by stating that he
got it in payment for I tiotikey whirl; he had sold ton
person, who ass called, lint did not appear ass wit-
ness on Isis behalf. 'I hr prisoner Donn also told an
improbable story in vindication of himself : and Brady
said be was walking, quietly with Murray when he was
taken into custody.
DittiWs father canoe forward as witness for his son,
but lie could speak only as to Isis general character.
Ile said be hail always worked with ' at his trade
as a shoemaker, but he could not arcionnt for how he
had passed his time on the evening in question.
Mr. Baron liAattow summed up the evidence, and
the Jury, after a few minntes delitteration, found the
prisoners Jones and Dunn Guilty, and acquitted
!beady.
_As
The prose recommended the two unfortunate
convicts al/mercy, and the Learned Judge told her
that the recommendation should certainly he forward.
ed to the proper quarter, yet he thought it right to
observe, that this ought nut to excite any hopes in the
minds of the parties condemned.

MOST EITENsivE llcric LA RT. —Jlorris Brirnett
was capitally indicted for bnrglariously entering the
dwelling-house of Mr. Willi% jeweller, in Bishops-
gate-street, on the night of the 14th of October, and
stealing therefrom one hundred gold seals, a qnantity
of gold rings, bracelets, necklaces, silver muff-boxes,
and other articles of jewellery, value 391 f.
Mr. At.t.xx stated the case for the prosecution, and
called
Miss C. J. Willis, who stated, that her mother
keeps a jewellers' shop at, No. 61, Ilishopsgate-street.
That on the night of the robbery she slept in the shop,
when every thing was quite safe. The witness awoke,
about half-past three, and sate two men behind the
counter; one of them had a lanthurn in his !gaud, and
said to the other, ,` ne had better be off, or we shall
be found out." They then went nut of the side door,
leading into Catherine-wheel-elley. The witness then
got out of bed, went to the dour, and cried " stop(
thief:" and pursued one of tle•to as far as Spital-
square.
(the witness as that time was nut dressed.) I
'1 he is itness got nu assistance, the man escaped, and
she returned home and found a water-sport placed
from the Itlty-ligist into the parlour ; the glass had
been cat as if by a glazier, through which a small
person might enter. The witness then missed the
articles stated in the indictment. She could nut iden-
tify the robbers.

The witness was cross-examined by Mr. Adolph.%
hat nothing material was elicited.
Mr. J. A. Parsons, a pawnbroker, residing in
Hountisditch, stated that the prisoner camas to big
shop on the Wedarsdat atter the robbery, and *tiered
a Kohl necklare, a gold broach, gold ear-rings, and
a pair of bracelets, foe paws. Witness immediately
thonght they were stolen from Mt: Willis, and asked
the prisoner who sent hint with the artirles? the
prisoner asuurergd his faLlsar. 'I Le nitneki said he,

,TESMAN.

thought they were stolen, •ad unit send for an officer,
which he accordingly did.
Forrester, the officer, stated that on being sent for
he look the prisoner into custody, and asked him
b.ar hr became possessed of the property? He an-
swe►ed, that his Gather had sent him fur sonic buster,
when he met a man who asked him to buy the articles,
aml fur the purpose of doing so he went to pawn
them.
The witness on croswexamination said he knew the
prisoner's father, who is a dealer, and that the prisoner
always bore a good character.
Miss Willi+ here identified the property offered by
the prisoner to pawn.
The prisoner, on being called on for his defence,
said he left it to his Counsel, who ca!led a great
number of witnesses, who gore tier prisoner • good
character.

The lummox Seintsxv rimmed up the evidence
at considerable lenM, andilhe foreman of the Jury
oohed, whether they could not acquit the prisoner on
the charge of burglary, and find him guilty of having
stolen goods in hi% possession ?
The Commow SERGEANT answered in the negative,
and the Jury, after some consultation, returned a ver-
dict of.. Not thia".

POLICE.
Tits OWTIM Cut kra.—Testerilay Mr. Tnt!gay, ano
the Her. Mr. Tanner, who have the care of the tw
unfortunate strangers, waited upon the Lord Mayor'
at the Mansion-house, in company with the eldest of
the natives, and the young interpreter.
Mr. Tadgay said he waited upon his Lordship to
complain of, and publicly contradict, a letter which
bad appeared in 'eine of the public journals, tending
to throw an imputation of falsehood on the statement
which had appeared in the public papers respecting
the two natives of Owyhee, who had fallen under his
protection. The letter complained of was signed "P.
Carney," and shoal that the natives had recognised
the writer as having seen him at Owyhee; that instead
of their having been forcibly taken away from their
WWI'. they had come away of their own accord ; and
that they here not alias, but menials. This state-
:uent
was Utterly denied by the natives, one of whom
Mr. '1 udgay said, he had brought with him (the others
being dangerously ill of an hill:ovulation on the lungs),
together with the interpreter, fur the purpose of being
examinetl, touchinz the matters in question.
Mr. Carney (the avowed author of the' letter, to
whom intimation had Iwo' given by Mr. Tudgay of his
intention to co pl..in of the statement), attended, in
cuntpany with Mr. Baker,
JOhn Harrison, the interpreter, being sworn, said,
that be understood the language, hating resided upon
the island m which the natives belonged. The native
present was questioned as to whether he and his com-
panions were taken away by forte, when he gave sub-
stantially the sante account as on a former occasion, as
to their having been tired ninon by the brig• whilst
they were out fishing. On the native's being ques-
tioned as to whether he had ever seen Mr. Carney, at
Owyhee, or bad ever spoken to that effect, he replied
its aka Bogota we.
Mr. Carney denied the fidelity of the interpretation,
,
and said, that the interpreter knew little or nothing
of the language. The interpreter repelled the seen-'
salon, when a long and tierce altercation took place.
Mr. Carney questioned the native in the Owyhee
• temple, bat did not communicate to the Lord Mayor
any material facts.
, Mr. Mercury, a translator of languages to the Cor-
i poration of London, being present, and being inform-
ed that the native, from his long confinement in Sonth
, America, had acquired a knowledge o( the Spanish
tongue, questioned him in that language as to the rank
which himself and his companions held in their native
country? The answer was, that they were the sons
of chiefs, were themselves chiefs, and that when they
arrived at years of maturity, they would enter into
authority. The native who stated the name of the
chief, his father, to be Ho, 1100, was further interro-
gated by Mr. Mercury, and substantially corroborated
the former statement.
Mr. Carney complained that the natires of Owyhee
bad been designated as garages and cannibals. He
stated, that he had resided with them for several
months, and had been treated with the utmost hospi-
tality, and that during his stay amongst them, he had
neither seen nor heard of any such practice amongst
them, add be did not believe that it existed.
The interpreter, upon being questioned, said, that
during his stay at the island at Newheva, where he
was taken prisoner, (it Iris stated by mistake in the
former account, that he had been taken prisoner at
Owyhee), he was ready to declare upon oath, that lie
hail tern twelve individuals killed, roasted. and eaten
by the natives. Ile had alau resided for several months
at 'Owyhee, and although there had been no instance
of thislitill during his stay, yet he had seen abuud-
&nee of human bones, not only of those who had been
offered up as victims to propitiate their god, but also
theft. wto hail been taken prisoners and roasted.
The *bun Matou said, there might have been some
trilling Inaccuracies in the former statement, which
had beet' made there, but it appeared to him that it
was substantially correct; but supposing that there
had beersyny gross misstatements, as to the manner
in which the natives had been brought here, yet now
they were here tinder eirentastances the most destitute,
they had still the saute claim npou the humanity of
Englishmen. His Lordship asked Mr. Carney the ob-
ject of the lively interest whirl' he seemed to have
taken in contradicting the statement:—We did not
bear that Mr. Carney made any answer to the question.
It was stated, that the eldest Chief and the Inter-
preter had Seen shown on Monday at the house of the
Right Hon. J. C..lllliers to a party of Nubility and
Henley, amongst whom were—Lord J. Fitzroy, the
Bishop of St. David's, the Cobatesa Masse
F. Bentincic, and Mrs. Villiers. `l4

The His,' p of tit. Itaxid's was particularly enter-
tained with ; account of the " (ireat Chief above,"
and his detinltion of the opinion held by his count/-
men of a futttre.

The party fileaCmett• the eh*.
nation, and the-Hon. J. C. Villiarg
• intent iot inf looiciog. to Oto educate*a of- timr,:youog
interpreter..
I assOn n oefi root lilt kid

an
a donation tramanonymons person, who ntentiourtl
himself to be a Suffolk farmer ; and one from 1,14 v
Warren Hulkeley. His Lordship said, that a null
Committer of llentleaten would be formed, wko would
see to tie appropriation of the subscription which had
or might be received.

Ct.IttOUS CASE OF SgDeCTIIOII AND RCISSEST.
Yesterday G. Dec,r a man of on pru,sossessing appear-
ance or manners, and Mgr, Elspeek, an interesting
young woman, underwent an examination before Mr.
Alderman Butt n, at the Town-ilail. Southwark,
h
Alfred
with
p"litetatiillf the Isonse of P. Young, Fait
No a.rsre6, 1
Newington-causeway, under tbe
c 1 i
fullowtng circumstances:—

The female prisoner, who seemed much afieteei by
her situation, lia. lived in the prosecutor's family for
five years, and, till withiu the last six months, hi
always conducted herself in a meet exemplars- miner,
About that period she became acquainted with th
other prisoner, who i.nposed himself on her as a tittle
man, although, in truth, he was married to a very
amiable young woman, by whom be had a family,
He continmd to visit her for a length of time on the
footing of a sweetheart, and promised her marriage
as soon as he should he able to arrange his Ain,
which were much out of order. By such ratans as
this, he so wrought on the poor girl's nritul, as to
draw from her in various sums, no less than ‘25/. lacing
the produce of many years' hard industry. At length
it was remarked that property was daily miming, asd
Mr. Young, who is himself very lame and intruk gave
directions to his son to keep a watch twenties-conduct
of the servant and her paramour; however. this had
no efeet, the house was stil being robbesk and at
moment when every other means seemed to tail, the
thieves were exposed, and brought to punishment, in
a manner a. unexpected as extratinlitsory.
• The much-injnred wife of Beer had I.lng noticed
her husband's neglect with convert', and wholly at
a loss to what to attenuate it. The neighbours filled
her bead with reports of her husband's inddeltirl
bnt bring resolved to have ocular demonstration, 'lie
took an early opportunity of 'watching him and ".iir
found her suspieion too true. It then occnered to her,
that many valuable things which he had lately brought
home could not have been come by boteestly; she ex-
ambled some bed-linen and fautol the prasermor's
initial., and then flew to Mr. Jens, a friend of the
prosecutor's, to whom she denouneed her Ivo:hand as
a thief, produced the property, and invited them to
search her apartment, where a quantity of decanters,
and bed-linen were funnel, all of wide'', the erosematur
identified, as having been stolen from his house. On
further inquiry, it was discovered that he (Beer), to
please his nufortunate victim, and silence her scruple.,
had caused banns of marriage to he published, al-
though he never intended to go through the me-
mony.
On tbis information, the.prisoilers were apprehend-
ed, to the great,. (although temporary) joy of Mr..
Beer, who, no sooner learnt that her husband would
be proceeded against, than remorse superseded every
other feeling, and she was almost distracted. Ms
begged and prayed for his release, but to no avail:
she had gone too far to retrae, and the law aim was
told must take its course.
• The female prisoner :no. compelled to acknowledge
her guilt, and begged hard for mercy, whilst the au-
thor of this misery maintained a sullen silence.
Mr. Alderman Him it regretted that be had so
power to assist her. The rharre was ouc of a charac-
ter which could not be permitted to go anpunish4.
They were fully committeq.