The Statesman.
London, England, 1822-07-31 00:00:00

itself, amounted to the saw sought to be recovered.
Under this 'adornment appeared the name" William
Clerks," written apparently as a receipt for the whole
sum. This doessinewe was put in and relied upon by
the Counsel for Brookes, as a complete answer to the
slam of Mr. Clarke; bat ea the part of the latter he
denied• that he bad ever retielved a shilling of -the.
money, or had ever seen the check ; and it was de-'
dared that the signature " William Clarke" was ti
forgery. The saes went to the Jury, with an °beer•
radon from the Learned Judge who tried it, that if
they believed the sigastkre to be genuine, there was
as end to the plaintiff's dentand. The Joey found
for the plaintiff for the. fall Amount. By an over/light
no application was made to impound the cheek, and it
was returned Into the possession of Brookes. Suhee-
quently,a rule Nisi was obtained in the Common Pleas,
calliag ape' Isaacson sod Clarke, :snore'', (ender
whose respective lames Brookes had practised), to
show cause why they should not be struck off the rolls
fee permitting him to do so; sad upon Brookes, why
he should not be committed for a year to the Fleet,
under tbe Act of Parliament, for practising, he sot
being an attorney. Mr. Clarke, I. his athdrvit, in
support of that rule. swore that his signature was
forged, and that be bad never seen the cheek is gees-
ties, until it was produced upon the trial. Mr.
Clarhe's enemy, anzions to get possession of this
decensent, ywocareil the atteadaeoe, by summons; of
Brookes eat the ether parties before Mr. Justice Best,
at his themberwand upon a bearing, the Learned.
Juke ordered that a copy of the cheek should be seat
to Mr. Clarhe's attorney the following day t and that
by the neat Friday, Brookes should produce the check
itself at the Judge's chambers. Oa the Friday
Brookes attended, aad ea, being asked for the cheek,
he Mtd, "lie bad taken advice epee the matter; that
he had bees toidAs was awkwardly situated. and bad
been advised to destroy the check, aid be had de-
stroyed it," or words to that effect.
Application was then made to Sir P., Bthwtn aid
Mr. Hata* to grant a warrant for forgery. bat it was
objected to, on the ground that it would be impossible
to prove the case without the rode:elle, of the dont-
most alleged to be forged. Mr. lint. Clarke's attor-
ney, however, coateaded that it would be possible.
aid eked Isis, caw is which it had been so decided.
partiniarly see case where a man swallowed a I Of.
one 4014 he was charged with forging. The note
hat bees previously identified. and epee the Wel the
sue west to the Joey. sad be was acquitted, bat
am the write. Mr. HILL having also obtained the
orioles of Mr. ESPIHASSI and Mr. ADOLPHUS is his
favour. the warrant was granted.
• Mr. Ilst.• sow produced the copy of the cheek,
which one sent him from Isaacson pareauts se the
Judge's order, aid asked a young man mated Turner.
who. said be wee clerk to leanna, if it was his (Ter-
ser's) ined-writieg.
Turner said, after mach besitatios, it looked like
his writing. but be did not recollect writing it. lie
was pressed bard by Mr. Hitt, but refused to give
any oneee,peowor.: The copy was dated the I3th of
Ineatines, ! I
Brodkin, is mower to the *barge, denied that any
feegevy -bed been iimeltted. sad ensued Mr. 11411 of
Instigative; this peaseention to avoid one which was
*boot to be connweand against himself for perjury, la
swearing apse die trial of the cause. that be (Brookes)
bad made a confessioa (of whit kind did sot appear)
to Me at his awe office, wberthe.'weverwas in his
life. That proseeatioa, however, would ;till go at in
spite of this proesedieg, as long as he (Brookes) bad
a guises.
Mr. Hut. said the abuse of such a man as Brookes
did bits honour. Ile was afraid of no row:cation
himself. tad he instituted this to rid society of a nal.
seen with which it bad bete ten long pestered. If
the Magistrate would commit the prisoner for rweza•
mleadon. he pledged himself to bring forward ivi-
dean more conclusive than that already adduced.
and a nese of laiquity not often equalled would be
expands* eh* public view.
4 MU eckeowledged by the clerk, Turner. to be
Opus by him was predated, and Sir H.. Brame. on
compering itwith the copy of the check, said they were
certalely.writtee by the same person.
Brookes submitted. that without the peiduction of
the Oatmeal stated to be forged, the Magistrate could
OM commit him. He also denied that he had said be-
fore Mr. Jostles Best that he had destroyed it.
ban sworn you did. and I shall
unspent& the Legend Judge himself to the Old Bailey
Sopron that fact. _ _ _

.Sint. Braun said be should commit the prisoner.
Brookes was accordingly committed to the House
of Concedes for further examination.

• Femme VFW( TOO PIIIICIIMIORS or UAT.—George
...Steam, • hay-salesman .in St. James's hapmarket,
mas summtmed ender the Aet of Parliament by which
that•marke, is Sneered, tor neglecting to enter in the
book kept for that purpose. the sale *Oa certain load
of ling sold by hiss on the Ilth of July.
Bemis also charged on a second Intermition. s that
he, having sold to one William Couista at load .f hay,
did delimit km than the number of trusses comprising
such lead. sad that be did enthesslosmd keep back sin
tresses. by width Is had forfeited the penalty of 5/.
upon each truss so embessled."

The evidence being precisely the same apes each
inhopwitioe. we give the two eases together.
Joseflambast, nevem to Joshes Walker, Etsq. of
Ifesims, deposed, that en the illtb of July he sent a
lqed of hay, lyterder of Ms mister, to Mr. Nicol's, a
salmmeacin the Haymarket, to be dispesed of.
Mr. Meolis proved that he sold the fall load for
Hr: Walker to the defentaat Stevens, for 31.
William Coulson, onachomas to hie Orate the Duke
of Ht. Alisaa'o, swore that on the 11th of July be
bought a lead of by from defendant for 41. Se.
Whim the load was delivered at the stablee.of his no-
ise muter, there was sin trusses e130rt.30 oaly being,
,brought. Whoa. be baptised with Stereos (with
whom he bad dealt before) .for this load, the latter
asked him if hs weated a whole bad, aid be replied
he did sot, for he had six trusses left of the last.
Stevens epos this said, " Well, thek I env take six
trusses off %Ocean, aid still make it los% like a full
;lead." To this witness consented, sad 30 trusses
poly wets delivered. •
Mr. Active for the defendant—And you, Sir, re-
.ceived isoe posted as roar share of tits six tresses that
-were Leo task, and charged for the fall food to your
noble master, did you not ? Witness, -Yet. i did.

4+ilikirkett

Mr. ALLay.—You told St , yeselaad six trusses
left of the last load, sod proposed to him to strike off
sir from the one in question, and you would arrange
the difference with Was ?
The witness replied in the affirmitive.
Mr. ALLSY.—And you cleated your master of the
difference ?
The witness confessed he had done so. He did
sot know be was liable to be transported for doing
ma lie was still is the service of the Duke of St.
Alban's.
Mr. Crowther, clerk of the market, produced the
book, and proved that the sale of the load in question
was not entered.
James Burnhy, carter to Mr. Walker, proved that
he, by orderof the defendant. took six trosses from the
load in question. aril carried the remainder to the Duke
of St. Alban's stables.

Mr. A L tit* ' ladmitted that he
L [Y. upon I! PVi. race.
conld not answer the charge of non-entry in the book.
With respect to the other charge of embexalement, he
said it depended solely upon the testimony of a fellow
who ought himself to have been tried at time Old
Bailey for fraud, and transported ; and even if all be
said were true. he had contracted fur the delivery of
no more this 30 trusses, and that umber wasileliver.
ed. The coachman was the person with whom the con-
tract wee made, and sot the Duke of St. Alban's, who
undoubtedly had been cheated ; hot his coachman we*
the greater delicqnent. and be (Mr. ALLev) could not
help expressing his surprise that the Noble Duke
should keep him one moment in his service after such
a discovery. Time learned Counsel contended further,
that the identity of the bay was not sufficiently wade
out.
The Magistrates (Sir. R. RIIINIR and Mr. HALLO
convicted the defendant in the full penalty of 51. fur
the non-entry, but dismissed the other charge. on the
ground that it was not sufficiently made oat in evi
delimit being, is their minds. impossible to rely upon
the testimony of Coulson, as to the mature of the bar-
gain, without some corroborative.

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It was stated that the practice disclosed i• the
above statements has been carried o• to a very large
extent.

Maaenoaoco■ . I tßarr.---111.11ine Reeding, a
young man. was examined at ibis odic., on suspicion
of being concerned in a most extensive robbery is the
house of Mr. Westwood. jeweller, of Priaarstreet,
Sobo. which as we yesterday stated. was plepdered of
property toils...mutat of .€l7OO. while the family
were in the country oa an ccccc sloth
It appears that there was not as apartsent Is the
house but was rifled of its contents. The property
consisted of about 000 gold and silver watch*, a „CIO
note. five sovereigns. &e. Prior to tie haw at which
the robbery was supposed to have been committed, se-
veral fellows were observed lu►king about the pre-
seises, and three of the istlividuals were appreheaded
and taken to St. Jams'. Watch.boree. laformatioa
was afterwards received which bemired the primmer
Im great suspicion, as it was stated that he was sees
with these other persons near the spot at the dee, In
consegnemee of w►ich Gook apprehended him and
bleoght him to the elle*. where he was sworn to by
a young sae named Drake.* being the Indivitleal he
saw near Mr. WeetwoesPa home. Other circum-
stances occurred which strougthmed the waspish)m
ageism the prisoner and he was nossaedod.
Yesterday a brother of the prisms?s was breves%
up on suspicion of having seats knowledge of the af-
faitobet in the absence of esideace ha was discharged
en a promise to attend on Thursday next, the day ap-
pointed for the ro-exastaisatioa of W. Reedier,
Ur.st-nat.t..—Jam. Barton sad James Thomp-
son ants brought before L. B. ALL= and J. SWAIM.
Igsqs., under the New Vagrant Act. for having
Wed to public view the bodies of two children which
were asked at the birth.

A parish °dicer of St. George's, Southwark. stated
that the defendants were in the habit of driving •
cart through the Boreogh, and were usually followed
by haadreds of men. women, and children. whom they
invited to the exhibitioa of what they called the
greatest eaten! cariosity In the world. In fact, no.
thin else was spoke. of in the neighbourhood, and
pickpockets and ether bad characters were collected
wherever the earl appeared. Witness predneed a
a card. on which was represented a likeness of the es-1
and over the likeness, by way of recommend
log it to the religiose, were written the words " Be-
hold the wonderful works of God." The defendants
had boos informed that their conduct was illegal, and
desired to leave the Borough. but they refused to mom
The pries demanded for a sight of the exhilsitioe, was
one peony.
_ _

The difeadaots said they had travelled *met
most of the cattatry parts of Englaad with the exhi-
bition. sad had sever yet been checked for malciag it
as public as possible. although several Magistrates
bad seta It. They begged that the expense they bad
been pet to might be considered. while the Magis-
trates were determinieg what to do with them; and
declared. than if they had haunt Asset et ethibitiog
was contrary se Act et Parliament, the ccnapialet
sboolJ not have been mode.

The Magistrate said the exhibit/es teas a meat Im-
proper ea% and ordered do defendants to lad ball
not to repeat the oleace. The berm. cart, sad cario-
sity were directed to he detained until she bail should
be given.

CORO:VMS' lA'QURSTS.
&mews° Acctnexx.—Yesterday an lowa was held,
in the Commlttm-wetn, Ilishopegate Workisoose, Dun-
ning's-lane, Hishopsgate-street, before Thomas Shelton,
/Lig. Cormier for London, on the body of Sarah Dow-
ling, who was run over by a stage-coals oo Monday
afternoon.
Miss Johanna), Cox, 130, Bishopegawstreet, deposed.
that about half past two o'clock oo 41msday 'Armee',
she was standing at her door, and sew die deceased and
another person crossing the street behind a tart; which
was going into the city; just as they passed the can the
Cambridge stage-coach (Tally-ho) was coeliac on in a
emissary direction, and the leaders knocked 'swamis.
The coachman pulled up as well as he cook/. hot was
unable to stop the horses, sod the wheel* passed over
the body of the deeessed, the bongo also teed epos her,'
and she was left behind shoot two yards on the road.
The cowls eru going at a fast trot, but very steady. aid,
not so fast as the reaches in general travel that read.
Au attorney, who attended fot the roach proprietors,
asked whether the deceased was intoxicated ?--The epit-
ome replied. that she bad ee appeaser. *fit.
Several
the um. of the inhabitants who saw Aker icobleet, meg
account..