The Statesman.
London, England, 1819-04-20 00:00:00

LAW INTRI,LIGBNCE.

COtltt OP id /4“'S nrNor. Arlin 19.

THE Kiwi C trit.).11.1.1 PIRTWA vu nTritsol.
'Ns was on indlctiAtint srleist Oil. I) few; .f.P.P,
William Firth. Jobn Ttle,rboms. Hod.e -. J.m.*
Brown, William Sherwood, William Brooks., J.'.
seisk Taylor. esvid Bigger., a .(1 t•Td
others, for conspiring to so. net a Iroodolent .m..
mission of Sankroptcy against one John Stos .. mil
forging and fabricating, Ind swearing to et•rtairs bine
of *senor, in ordet to carry the said Commission
Ito ONO.

Mr. GUIDIST, Mr. Pou.rot, end Mr. Deexts,
eondeeted the prosecution.
Mr. Crawoou apoosrerl es Calomel for thy De.
readapt Flokeits; Mr. li 1 ant', for the re.rentlint
Biggers; end Mr. ADOLPHUS, A>: two other Dr.
reorients.

The else opened %Mori the I)•feritiants woe this
—The 'opposed bankrupt. John Smith, bad beet, a
clothier at Holmfirth, in Yorkshire, and being em.
I battened in his affairs, he came op to London in the
solemn of Hilt, to look after some property whirls
hod been ettarlie4 by • creditor owned Ryder ; lie
f..rmed au amiuoint•e -"ship with the Defeo", .nt Fads"
who proposed to him to become • bank. opt, es the
I only weans of relieviog Mm fees his difficulties, tw
.e .
wh tn proposition Smith, alto some puttusslon, at.
ceded, and with the @mistime, of she otherkelend.
lents, he propesitioo was serried into efreet -Sy Ibis
'fiskoarlog meets. A list of fahricoleedefitir was
made nut, so as to form a resjority agslost the irons
fide ereditort, and by such sheens to hare the clinics
of assignees. The Defendant. put themselves for
word as claimaels upon Smith's estate, describing
!hematites as merchants, cornfectors, and persons is
respectable testinessi being In fact penny's,' beggar*.
to whom Smith did not Dee a Mope farthing. Fur
their services they were to receive handsome downer,'
from the bankrupt in the event of the plan succeeding.
Having slide out a list of fabricated creditors,
Defendant liodgetts called upon Mr. Pollen, a re-
spectable solicitor, and upon the plausible representa-
tion made to him, he was induced to undertake the
business of string out a ticrworking theCommissioo.—
The Commission having been takes out, notice was
sent to Smith's bola Jfds creditors in Yorkshire. to
',teed the mutter of the Gommislionert, and they
authorised en agent to set for Chair interest In Lon.
don. Several giteetines were hid of the Defendants.
and Hodgette and Brow,' were chosen assignees.
and by virtues! the fraudulent authority they had cc-
qeired, the remaining effects of the butkrept at
Hollnartit, carom seised end sold by suttee to the
bankrupt's son, fee 'Which be give his acceptances.--.
to the coarse of the proefeallegta Mr. Pullen very
soon dissevered that the conduct of the Defeedants
was remolded in fried end der:replied, -and in cense-
queen of theensildries Inedlr,the &mail* evedi. Or.
stitoted the preernt pteeecetion. T wo of the Defendants
wets stated to he agents of the insolvent Debtors'
Court, and the others to be rem In the lowest clam
of life, without any creditable means of livelihood.
A vest body of evidence was adduced to support
the case, of which the above is a sketch. And the
essinination of whom, with the sehaegeent lemming
ifteefAle laud Chief iestlest, ocrepied the Comet MI
a quarter before seven isf the events'.
Mr. Beta/. addressed the 'tory on she part oft*
Biggers, and Mr. Cuevrooe en the put of Hod.
germ; and certainly each Gentleman made the ableit
tipper', which tbe esters of the case would admit ;
end forcibly pentad the otter incredibility of the
beak/opt Smith, who was the principal witness, end
who had acknowledged not only iris guilt as an de-
complier in so gross a fraud up•ro his creditors, but
his perjury in sweating to the troth of his false and
%brit:wed schedele, upon his ',cowl ezenileatinla
before the Commissioners of iliekropt. That con.
segeently his testimony was wholly unworthy eau),
credit, soles it was borne oat by that of other wit.
nesse, upon the trial ; and whose evidence, although
it was Minted to be pore and unimpeachable, yet
did not bear oat the principal poles, sworn to by
Smith, bet men especially towards the Clients of
Owe Loomed Contlernee respectively.
No evidesee has odder'', for She defence) bearing
so any of the aeries in the Indktthent.
The Defsu4 I,nw iddremed the Jety Ina writ-
ten vindicative, totally -keying any other concerti
fa the obolb transactiob than merely that of a bill
broker accepting an accommodation bill for Ss hli.
thh bankrupt, to enable him to raise money and re.
lieve his emba rrrrr went'.

The Learned Juror, however, semaierl up the eel.
dears for the Jury, and was clearly of opinion the
conspiracy was folly and satisfactorily proved sgainat
all the Defendants std though every feet summing,
*as sot brought home to each, indieideolly, yruhs
whole train of this nefarious plot was folly wowed,
and every one of the Defendants ;hewn to be coal.
bitted In it, fee one coftwoo sod ipotesi impose of
(rand.
The Jory atllheet ire mined" Amenities rearm
As art* of the Defeedsets GarTrg.
'AMMO StiliOXi ..•I"eiterclity 'brie &motor's were
held et Callahan, before the Lotto Mayo', as.-
ttonotti, area Alderthlin• The aLCOIIDEII, In chtreinig
the Dried Jerk, tevetted very •act the heavy •tato
of the Weeder, altairegh the e1...n0t mete cnonenta
hi all /teat cities mod towns. AAm case. of toad',
!tr. were tried, and the Court edjouttard tits to.
sorrow.

Friday bathing • poor woman, Ming in Moor-
Ipplegste, nameti Proctor, went wit on an
emend, lowing her daughter, shooter ewe pests nld
alone. During her absence thn child thrust a bone's
of astable Mio IM are, by which I•er clothe% caught.
liar swamis bremight the landlady to boil sssirsieen
awl she ostlngolshoci lho are by wrapping her op t.
!Nokias, but she ass se dreadfully bared that sl.o
Moil sown offer in M. irrseesi agony.
11 eta eon Toner ou ler molts Detruso.— As Mimi, WIN held
es Illaweat. she tub foss. at she Weer sif Thos. %New. White
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itlabsret, leers ewe • half sad. see Um Naelseshs,
at
the geese place. she eras tae IFIN. by • wr ebo
earrieaws. se th 4 wirer, I. beteg es =ism. side week'
sead. owl weft wish mew Olikirt timirs. Arley headset eve-
skeet, the Wawa raid, he fres folly of erieree shag siss
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