The Statesman.
London, England, 1822-01-04 00:00:00

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lane, proved the Bible to be his property, and that it
had been stolen out of his box.
Cries', another Watchman In Priaets•street, ideniiGed
deeseandle ease and the iris bottle to be his property.
Mikis had bemratoiea In like manner. The bottle, when
stolen, malaise(' a sportern of gin.

The prisoner was called on fee his devote, but beds. ,
chord saying any thiag.
The Magistrate committed him to take hit trial at the
two charges.
MART-Ll-10NIOrricti—Yeateaday Maw (Utak', a 't
well-known character, was hatinght before the bittiq
Magistrate, .1. Rawlinson, Esq., by Prendergast, the••••• '
key, charged with stealing various articles of wearing
ipparel, 4e.
From the evidence, it appealed that en the !Gel of
December teat, the prisoner was observed in Iron.
fivandery-leue, Harper's Gelds, ded by a great
crowd, who were literally tearing her cloth from
her back. A peer woman aimed Williams, taking
the prisoner, took km foto her h0c...,
where she bad an asylum for the night. tarty sett
mernhag Mts. W. wont est. and left the prisoner is
bed, beeps her return in the aftersami was greatly ►
surprised to Sad the prisoner bad decamped with ,r
Teril articles of 'her wearing appareloatto a go's and
,petticoat belongieg to oue of her lodgers. Presder.
gait, from inbound°, he received of she robbery, op-
,prebeaded the primmer on Howley last is ilryairstee.
.street, and limed coar.ealed shout her pews& several of
'the stolen articles.
She was 1611-1 boonnitted for trial. •
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Esq. and alianoll d kineOstrates.
TDL 1i1X0,..i7 Tea Poosacarrion or TOOTING, et. Joon
►LT.
In this rase, Which was a Oimeraiirirar prowrotioa for
the riot that took place at the foilipra' of Fran..is ^ti,t
Honey, Mr. WALIOID moved the °curt to po,rpoae the f
trial till the west Seelieelt, on as-taunt of the abarnee
Ansa of the whops's, a soldier in the Guards, Who is
Dow on furlough in Yorkshire.
tile. Bantu, who is Counsel for the defendant, 011 two.
ing the affidavit oil which the motion was made,
he wonld net object to the postponement, on the Bondi.
tions that the defendant's recngnivioces should be dis-
(+erred on his appearing nest Seniors, and that any
Nettles notice of trial should be dispensed with.
Mr. WALTOND rapeseed hie acquiescence in thew
terms, and the case wu postponed accordingly.
Ellie Needham was indicted fur esaaultiog I.lewellen
Lloyd.
Mr. Ai,LET stated the case for the proseentinn. The
prosecutor, Ise said, Was a gentleman of rank and honour,
and allied to the highest families in the kingdom. The 1
defendant had ;assaulted him in the year ISIS, and had
coattived. Co staid appearing to take his trial till tie
present nacmpent. The prosecutor had. in consequence
of the defendant's various delays, been obliged to bring
witnesses three times from Scotland.
Mr. Llewellyn Lloyd stated, that in the month of
December, 1918. he was dining at the Itlne Post
Coffee room. Cork-street. 4WlJ.st►geti while his 'lie*
nee was getting ready he read a newspaper which he I
brought in hie pocket. On hi. dinner being brought
to hiin he laid the newspaper on hie bat near to Inns,
the defendant sett two other persons were sitting in
the nest boa, and on his laying down. the papetvone ;
of them took it ep without snaking any observation.
Witness said ci►illy to the person who took it, "the
paper was his private property, and he would thank
him to return it." The paper was accordingly re-
turned. In a few moments afterwards the persons in
the defoodands ties tslk load of private property;
said •. they bad beard of private property in pigs sod
jackasses, bet never before in a Coericr newspaper.'
Their conversation evidently appeared to allude to
what be had said, end brought the eyes of all the
persons in the room on him. He went to the box in
which they were, and said, if the conversation referred
to him he must request their cards," at the same time
preaentinz his to each of them. They all refused to
give their cards, said "they did not want to know 1
him," and one of them took the card he presented,
and threw it on the ground. Witness said, then
you are all scoundrels;" upon which the defendant
struck bim a violent blow. He did not return the
blow ; the gentlemen in the room called out to hint
not to return it, and one of them went for an officer. I
They all gave their seeds to sppear for him is wit-
s. bat there was only one of theta at present in
town.

Captain Spiller, of the Ar►illery, who was in com-
pany with the prosecutor when the lt was com-
mitted, corroborated his statement in every particular.
He said be caw front Scotland twice to give evidence
in the case, and came from Yorkshire to attend the
present trial.
•I Mr. ADOLPUrt addressed the Jury for the ilefrod-
ant, who, he said, had taken-up the newspaper sap•
posing it to belong to the room. and returned It the
moment he learned his mistake ; any oh • ion,' that
might have bees made, on the manner in which the
prosecutor had asserted his rights, %you'd not war-
rant him in coming up ro the table where the defend-
ant and his friends were, and asking them for their
cards that he might send a bullet through their bodies.
and then doubling his fist in the defendant's face.
and tilling him and big friends scoundrels and black-
guards.
Two persons. who were in company with the de-
fendant, proved the facts as stated by Mr. Adolphe,.
The Jury deliberated for shoat half as how. sad
returned a verdict of—Not Guilty.

MARRIED.
Yesterday. at St. Mars's Lambeth. Jonathan Angst, Esq
of Clapham. Surrey, to Miss Puignand, of !Hoe&well. In the
tease courtly.
On the nd inst. at St. ADO, church. R. Maeleod, M.D. to
Margret banibirr, daughter of thence. Dr. Maeleod, Herter
of Si. %one's. Wesimiaster.
On the Id lest, at St. George's. Bloomsbury, R. Moen..
Esq. settled son of Thomas Monro, Rag. M.D. of Bush).
Herts. to Chariot?* Mar), second daughter of the late James
Monro, Esq. of Hadley. Middlesex.

DIED.
Oaths Slat alt. at her mother's house, Brompton-crescent.
Miss Slip Birmingham.
Oa the 20th alt. at Dalse (edge. to the &lab )ear of her
age, the Right Honourable Maria Itfarger,4 lady Napier,
Attest laughter sir the late LieessautAleorral Bit Jolla
Clavertng,

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