The Statesman.
London, England, 1815-01-09 00:00:00

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• MATlstosi.noust.—On Saturday James Walker,
alias Sheridan, underwent final examination before
the Loan M:tYort, charged with stealing a certaiis
parcel from the Bristol and London mail, containing
Banknotes and bills to a considerable amount. The
Prisoner, on his former examination, was charged,
gtinerally, with stealing several other parcels of a
similar nature from the Bath, Bristol, and Western
coaches ; but, being re:nauded to error,' time for cal•
letting -a etoltiplicity of proof, which it itias stated
would be brought against him, hi. Prosecutors in the
mean time offered to witlitirsti the proceedings, and
allow the Prisoner to enter soldier in the SOU
Regiment.. Thii humane proposal tfie frisoniir as
; but he had not lung been. egrOlted in the
corps alluded to. when he found,.ineanVto desert;
and was again seen aria rge. The Ciicillhatente talk.
lug to the knowledge of his Prosecutors, be ills
again apprehended, and brought before the Lot 4
Mayor.—ieveral witnesses Were pfodneed to' ptove
:the fact 6T the parcel in questio•i being forwarded by
The Bristol mall on the:4th of D'c. 14. • The fact
of its contents was also proved by iivcror threeodihr
witnesses.

The guard of tit* Bristol•mail deposed, that he saw
the parcel in•the locker under the seat,. and that tlits
Prisoner only was then in the coach.

. J. Painter; at theiwan viiihiNvo-Aeeks, deposed,
that on the arrival of tile coach at their office, he
found the parcel regularlq‘vnterad in the way-bill,
but which, after a algal* seitrch; was missing from
the coach. . "

, . .
I ' A respectable linen-draper ititted, that the Pd.
goner came to his shop, to pnrchase some goods,
1 when, upon tenderiog a 101. note in payment, he ex-
i pressed some suspicion ,of its' genuineness. The
Prisoner immediately iWoduceci six others of the
same value; and upon being asked hew he came by
so many new notes, he replied, that he had but just
arrived in town from SalisbarY,where he had taken
them in change of a 1001. note. This account,
coupled with the appearance of the Prisoner, induced
the witness to give information; and be was takers
iinto custody.—Committed for trial. ••
i .Gumnii:At.t..—An investigation of a complicated
i nature .took place before the Sitting Alderman on
Saturday, respecting a parcel transmitted by the
# coach from Birmingham to' London, by a Mr. Solo-
, m.,ns. This,pareel was reguiarly.ensered in the way-
, bill in,4OWII, and had actually been received at the
.ceach.ollice. it bad nut, however, been delivered;
and on.enquiry it was ascertaiited, that an Otos, poi--
i ter was employed on the day of immune', who was
suspected of haring purloined it.. --His lodgings were
.• searched, nude vast, number of gold seals, &c. were
, found, but none of the notes .which formed the con-
' tents of the parcel stolen. Its islowever, detained
till further enquiries shall be made. Mr,Waterkouse,
the proprietor
,of the coach, hae-utolertakow to pay
half the value of the parcel,, although..it was net
booked as above the value of 51. • • ~ • .

BOW-STREET.—Mary Brown; t Stiteritde-looking
woman,' was charged with steSting a .dish itrd four
plates, the property of JernathaniGardner, Who keeps
tke•Black Horse, in Tottenham-couri.Void: A sot..
dier who is quartered in-the house:proved, that Ins'
apprehended the Prisoner yesterday murning coming
out of the kitchen,aith the property under her Cloak.
—Committed.

The driver of the coach No. 192, was fi#VS•
costs I Is. for taki;.g more thati his fare, on the 25th
of December last ; and the driver of the coach Np.
458, was• fined Ws. costs 7s. for being absent from
his conch at Covent-garden Theatre, ou the night of
the. 22t1 ult.

PICK POCK ETS.

Joe Rowley, a notorious pickpocket for a num,
of year, and belonged' to Bill Soothes's, ifla
Woodford's, Conk v beau's, Ned Ellis's, Joe Hone
and other gangs, underwent an examination, ha,
been apprehended by Humphreys and DiCkons,
company with another well-known fellow na!
Moses Clarke, in the act of attempting to rot
least six gentlemen coming out of Covent-garden
Drury-lane theatres. On searching them, they fo,
on them a 101. and a 11. Hank-note, and a pal
broker's duplicate for a watch, No. 338, by nod,
pledged at Robertson's, London-road, for 15i
Moses Clarke's name. When .they were elaml
the pawnbroker attended. The Prisoners not gi‘
a satisfactory account of themselves, or the propel
found on them, were committed for re-examinatir

George Tim burr was brought from the Stral
charged tfy Mr. JGsepli Coppock, Clifford's
who stated that as he %las passing along he felt so
thing at his coat-porket; several persons pointed
tiro Prisoner as having robbed bitn.—Cbmmitted
trial.

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