The Statesman.
London, England, 1814-02-21 00:00:00

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II ATT'ON•GARTAN.—Satorday Thomas . I.lollMetwee,
and. Michael Word were charged -with roMglir
l'employers, Messrs. John anti Wiliirtni
distillers, in Woodbridge-street, Cterkettwell-grien,
of spirituous liquors to a great amount. From' the
great quantity of spirits stolen it was missed, and
suspicion falling on the Prisoners they were watched,
and stopped going out after they had done work.
On being searched, a bladder, filled with ram, above
proof, was found on each, containing about a gal-
lon. They were accordingly taken into custody,
and their lodgings searched. In Dodman's apart-
ment there was found a large quantity of rum, brandy,
and spirits of wine, in bottles and pitchers, with a
considerable quantity of sugar, and 111. in cash, in
a box.
They were both committed to Newgate for trial.
UNTON-HALL.—Wm. Smith was brought up by
Shergold, the constable, charged on suspicion of
haring stolen a quantity of lead. It appeared that
as Shergold was going his rounds about half-plat six
in the morning, he perceived the Prisoner near the
Elephant and Castle, resting somethil he had got
in a bag upon a post; he went up, and enquired
what it was ; the Prisoner refused to tell him ; the
Officer however, insisted on examining his cargo, and
found it was sheet lead. He took the Prisoner be-
fore Mr. EvAncr, by whom he was committed for
re-examination. On Saturday he was again brought
up, and re-examined, when Mr. Sherman, a plumber,
at Greenwich, stated, that he bad examined the lead,
and applied it to the coach-house of a Gentleman re-
siding at Greenwich, which had beeri stripped of
its lead the evening previous to the Prisoner being
stopped ; the lead found on the. Prisoner was found
to fit exactly, and the Prisoner not being able to ac-
count for the manner in which it came into hia pos-
session, he was fully committed for trial.
Isaac and Elizateth Sykes, who have beets eve.
ral times examined, charged on suspicion ofiteellor
a tea-chest, containing 581. In Bank-notes and other
valuables, the property of Mary Elliot, to whose
apartments they had gained admission under pretence
-of making a seieure for the sum of 11. se. which they
said was due to them for rent, as stated in a former
paper, were again brought up. The tea-chest hot
being produced', the .Magistrate observed, the cir-
cumstances of suspicion were so strong against the
Prisoners, that he should feel it his duty to send them'
for trial to the assizes; if, however, they could
procuretwo respectable housekeepers to answer for
their appearance at the assizes, he you'd indulge
them by admittieg them to bail.
The Prisoners accordingly put in bail for their
appearance at the assixei, themselves in 801. and two
sureties In 401. each, and were discharged.
Mary Belcher was charged by the landlord of the
Moll public-house, Falcon-court, with stealing
pewter pots. The Prisoner was fully committed for
trial.

STEALING COACH GLASSES.

On Saturday night the coach-house Of Thos. France,
Esq. one of the Magistrates of Union-Mall,, was;
broke open by some villains, and two pair:of glasses
were taken from the chariot.. The villaiits broke
the frames from the glasses and left the fragments
behind to avoid a possibility of detectioe; and a few
evenings since, as the.carriage of P.. Broadley, Esq.
another of the Surrey Magistrate., was in, waiting at
Covent-garden Theatre, for the family, some villains
contrived to take nut the ghsses, with tehich•ther
escaped undetected.