The Statesman.
London, England, 1812-09-10 00:00:00

TITE STATESMAN

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' ! I:Vr I Cii81,04031011A014" ST.I.T. 9v...
testerdiylfrrOntirk.,:ttssisterhy' several other
Maglstratesl'etiptinved. to dlshltarge debtors, sttlkler,
the lateittroletld. b At. -
Ater4lSai'd a ..W.4; eintkild oil, for not haring Wide
a ernsipleV disildstit4 Or his' property!'; at. 'was a
t radesiekt4 a slititoftiker ' For having. ofitaititidloods
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from the 'toiuttefbyv . . dsentatienr.
'"Several dblit&a 'irVieitillo temanded, to give-them
kb 'opportueity'afitnettd,ittg their schedules or their
iiotices. ,
Mrs. Atkinks, en elderly tang'; Was op to— sed 'by
Mr. NOLAN;' tnr the Ararat*, •itott• the. wit tripes,
session of -pteperty wcirdbittoled in' her schedule;
and, namely, oftfiree bendi'ef-the list India Conf.:
W ny,- of tool. mith, which mid bad offered for ire.*
ivithiti.the year; itttdof Mien,* Ntnltitire; plate, &c.
lin a house in Downiqg-street, which she let•to ledg•
ilia: 'Mather. trottnd tif. iipliptition. was, that she
I had at different times 'got out' of the rules of the
King's Bench. This last charge ivas•not, however,
• spade out, as the witnesses • could not recollect the
I precise time at which she had been seen out of the
rules, and as it was proved on the ether side, that
i she had frequently applied for, and obtained 'day-
':rules, during Term-time. The East India. Bonds
were clearly traced into her possession within a
1 twelvemcinth,•by the Gentlertiati to whom she oiler-
;.td lhefti'in pledge, but the value of these, she said,
She hativent for her support 'while in prison. As
!to thelurniture, linen, &c. of the hove in Down-
i ing-street, she stated, rather unexpectedly, that it
belonged to a Mr. Meredyth, to whom.she had been
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since married.
To prove that marriage, her daughter was brought
forward, and swore positively to the fact. On he-
ling- cross-examined, she admitted, however, that
although her mother had property as a widow, her
present husband was ouly a common. sailor ; that
she had only seen him once within the last twelve-
months in the Haymarket ; nor did she recollect
that previous to that period he remained more than
two or three nights together in the house her mo-
lAber occupied. Her mother had, at different times,
1 given him part of the money received from the lodgers
!in Downing-street, but she did not recollect the
amount; nor had he, to her knowledge, made any
settlement on her mother, or otherwise contributed to
her maintenance.
Mr. NOLAN stated, that this modoof defence was
quite nnexpected by him. Supposing, however, that
any credit could be attached to the testimony of the
last witness, who was herself a party in the action
under which her mother had been imprisoned, bot
who had been forgiven be the creditors, still he main-.
tamed that the pretended marriage was a fraudulent
one,- intended to defritud the creditors. It was not
likely that a widow lady of that age, having property
of her own, would marry a common sailor. Af-
ter that pretended marriage she had retained all her
property in her own hands, as was proved by
the offer of the East India bonds for pledge, and
by her receiving the money from her lodgers in
Downing-street. She could, besides, have pleaded
her corerlure in many other stiges of the business.
without waiting for this last moment. Under all
those circumstances, the Learned Counsel hoped
that the Court would either disregard the testi-
mony of the last witness, or consider such a frau-
dulent marriage as no bar to the fair claims of the
creditors.
Mr. Ktxnrcx, after having summed up the•evi-
deuce on the other points, stated, that .on that of the
alleged marriage, the Court were divided in opinion;
two of the Magistrates giving credit to the daughter's
testimony, and two discrediting it altogether. He
ordered, in consequence, the case to stand over for
next day.
Mr. Mansfield, auctioneer, was opposed by Mr.
NoLAN, on the grounds that he had broken the rules,
and that he had appropriated to himself a.part of the
proceeds of goods entrusted to him for sale. The
first ground was not gone into; but on the snond
the Learned Counsel maietained, that auctioneers
came clearly anderAhet clause of the Act, which de-
prived of the benefit of that • law,, agents having
abused their trust. .
The Court were from the beginning against that
extension of the meaning of the Act : but the Learn-
ed Counsel strenuously maintained, that any person
whatever, having goods or property of any kind to'
dispose of for another, was an agent to all intents
and purposes, and according to the true meaning of
the word, if he had no lien on the property by money
advanced. Mr. NOLAN quoted a variety of cases in
support of his opinion, which, however, the Court
did not think applicable.
It was argued on the other side, that auctioneers,
had a lien on the property entrusted to them for
sale, for their trouble, priuting expeuces, and advan,;
ces of the King's duties. The debtor had besides
paid 191. out of the gross produce of 6til. 17s. 6d. I
the amount of the sale; and from all those circum-
stances put together, the balance due could be con-
. sidered only as a debt.
The Court were unanimously of that opinion; nisi
the Prisoner was discharged.
I The Court was crowded to excess, so as to hardly
admit of free egress And regress for the Lawyers.---. l
1 Little busieess was done, comparatively, owing to
the protracted discussions. I

It was stated in the Freeman's Journal some shy*
ago, that a Mr. Campbell, of Drumcondm, seat
Dublin, had been shot by the hand of his wife
fit of insanity, and that she immediately attempted
to destroy herself with another pistol. This horribly
statement was officially contradicted next day in the
same Paper, so far as regarded the unhappy widow ;
the verdict of the Coroner's Jury being, that Mr. ,
C. 6 6 being insane, -shot himself with a pistol."
During the illumination, in Belfast, for the vic-
tory of the Marquis of Wellington, a squib was
tossed throngh a meoefialit's krndo-w, which set fire
to the premises, and a liiss of goods, to the amount
of 5801. ensued.
The French General Monier and his brother, with
their servant, who were removed from Cheltenfiem
some time since, have broken their parole at Aber-
gavenny. They left that place on Monday night;
Bed are• snriposed to be gone towards Loadon.--;
(Gloucester Paper.) ' •
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lbloirel•Sialtt wad, einlitgedlesterday bete* the
Bitting Magistratevirt Hltektie:y Coachman, with
slesdibg his gredt coat: -I.Witnees 'Stated, that he was
an trackay, Co.acbintin, 're4llitti:ii the 00r/ugh-
ltactinga?. Biadkpriarsitoini :an, going. to. lake his
klit4tdcyesterd,ay,, .404 4. halt-past oiw o'clock, he
. great, seat 444hosounch,. an was soon called
from his stinw isylisporaott,..who.told him that his
coat was taken. The 'Prisoner was immediately
seized. The person whew him take the coat not
beitirprelent, the Prises:es was remanded until to-
morrow. . .
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NaryUmArie.de irqtmg ,who did not op.
pear tb be more thaq twolite years ofd, was brought
before-flee Nit tide!, itglstratii h'ef 'mistress; Owe
tunnels CeoPev;:. 'Mrs. Cooper, who appeared be-
tween. sixty and deteiity:i•ears .of age, stated,' that
tbelittln girl.had her two or three years,
that on last Saturday week, she delivered to the little
girl two onerponntl onto, and . twenty-three shit-
hugs in silver, torthe purpose of paying it to Mr.
Phillips, a neighbour of her's; which *money was
never delivered.. The Child utterly 'denied having re-
ceived the money.; The husband .of Mrs. Cooper,
who appeared at least thirty years younger than her-
self, said, that he heard his wife desire the child to
take some money to Mr. Phillips, but could not ex-
actly say what money it was, or whether it was
really delivered to the girl. From the statement of
the child's mother, a genteel looking woman, who
.had, she said, been the mother of twenty-two chil-
dren, it appeared that Mrs. Coop..r was furilusly
jealous both of her child and of herself; that she had
accused her husband.(Coorr) with ravishing the
child, in consequence, e which accusation, she had
her"examined by a met
dical. gentleman, who could
prove that nothing of the' kind had taken place.—
The- poor Woman appeared- Very much affected; and
there being no proof of the delivery of the money,
the girl was discharged. •

14/61SIMi-HOUSE.
nomas Taylor was charged before the LORD
.:11vrott with steatite; a cesk of hollaryds from the
King's stores. He was ohst*reed by an Officer with
the, cask ott his shoulder, and the moment he was in-
terrogated as to the manner in which he came by it,
he threw it down, and attempted to escape, but wa:
soon seized.—lle was committed for trial.