The Statesman.
London, England, 1819-01-13 00:00:00

TRY, STATISM A tii

POLICE.
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Cou.nnst.t..—The Lard Mayor being enraged in
public' business, the prisoners in leis district were
brought before he bitting Magistrate, Mr. Alderman
BaTOGII.
Sinew Hewn end Franristoper Remo-
ocie. Danish seenten, were chargcis Ch
ed wih
th stealing
qematity of lemons, part of lb* cargo of the Anna
Maria usereitaest skip, now lying in the river.
Beaty Taylor, • cosiont.house watchman, met the
Prisoners oil Cos's-quay, Lower Thantes-street,criat-
ing from the vessel 'boat six o'clock on Monday
motive. Their appearance was so very estmordi.
nary, they beteg so very awkwardly staffed net, that
he and his comrade stopped them on suspicion, sad
on searching them, there were found I letenions coo.
cealed in different pees of their dross. The Prisone's
did not understand English, and only said, '4,44
aboard," which hi construed to mean, take them
back to the vessel; Ise.ilOneellf encored them in the
Compeer.
Mr. Charles Merrill, frell.broker, 211, Podding-
, lane, said he was consignee of the cargo of the Atom
Maria; she ri were part of her crew ;he could
not sow to the property, bet some of the chests on
board were broke open.
Captain Stevenson; also a Dale, bet •speaking
Eoglieh very lowly, being sworn to interpret truly I
hetveres the Coors and the Prisoners, communicated
to !hem by delis, of the Magistrate, the evident.
adduced; and in their defence, which was conveyed
throes's the same medium, they stated that 70 of the'
lemons were give* to them et Messina, and the rest
they picked op in the hold of the vessel ; they were
taking them ashore to sell, bet denied that they knew
any winterise place or mans, ohm they might dis.
Pole 'Ashtn. Copt. Stevenson said they were both
rood wtgn, epd be ovum knei any reason In suspect
liballa !Defoe, Ile timid not, however, receive them
on booed neje ober sech conduct : he had frequently
a very 'doable maga, and if dishonest pitons were
of his crew, he and his owner' might he ruined la •
very short spice of time. If the Magistrate dia.
charged them, ye should apply to the Danish Consul
to send them home ag in.
Mt. Merrill sal.- lie lad no wish to preneente, he
appeared wily in behalf of the trade, who were sub-
ject to frequent depredations of this sort; Ma object
was to dispute the receiver of the stolen property,
ask was vary unlikely that two intlieidurls. who bad
never been in the country before, end Were ignorant
of the language, should think. of finding perch ,
unless they had been previously inseroctod•
After much cooreltotion between the Sir tine Ma.
gistrates, Mr. Ald. Bride', Mr. AM. Weithmen,
and the Prosecutors, it sea at length agreed, that the
Prisoners should he remanded till Friday, by way of
punishment, Captain Stevenson undertskitig, if he
should not be able to hue any dishonest connection
ashore, to melte, them back on board the vessel.
Boimrsitrt.—Yestorday John Smith waschereed
wish getting into the service of Richard Hill, Esq. of
ilantenusenith, as a footmen, by mtaas of a fitting's
letter, pretending to be a certificate of his chareethr,
sad whisk gave him a most escellent one. The Pri-
soner was convicted in the penalty of 101 which not
belagable to pay, he was committed to the House of
Correction for three months.
The Gentlemen of the Post-Ace have for some
time past received left/emotion of a man going about
London, having the appearance of a swo.penny post.
man, deliveries fictions letters, and obtaining three-
peace each for the postage. It was discovered that
be divided London lute districts, it was ascertained
that he carried on his fratidelent practices in the same
neighbourhood on particular days. The Oficers have
been employed by the Gentlemen of the Post.eilice to
trace him out, and Adkios detected and apprehended
him en Monday evenisg. Ile was committed for far.
thee eassriination.
Yesterday George Archer, the tinter of the
Stroodwater stage-couch, was brought before RD.
Brants, %eq. the sitting Magistrate, charged with
forcibly taking from Mr. Francis Dansuo, an um-
brella, and also misbehaving to him.
Mr. Dawson resides on Brenk.green Terrace,
flamosersonith. On Thursday morning last, he had
occasion to come to London, and got upon the out.
side of the tbroednatet stege-cnach, driven by the
Primmer. Oa the coach outline el the New While
Herta Cellar, ill Piccadilly,.he alighted from it, and
gave the Prisoner else 4101*. which is the custo-
mary charge. This did not satin's the Prisoner, who
demigod'd sispence more. •tl4l pfier mach abuse, hr
forcibly. took funs ?sir. Dawson his umbrella, ao'
drove of with it. The Prisoner was convicted in
the mitigated penalty of .204.:end 5, cast'.
MAILLSOROC.O6I-4Taatt.-- Thomas 13.onet, a 14.
timetable tailor in the neightporboad of Goodman's.
odds, was brought forward by Sidney, the qs.lieriff's
officer, reletiee to a bill of eschange for 4001. draws
by Thomas Stevens, accepted by Thomas Bennet.
rad endorsed by Edema nap), a clothier or wool.
len.draper, who uas also brought forward, on the
graseods that the acci waste* upon the bill was forged,
anskapos which forged acceptance Bennet was ar-
rested.
The bill was paid by Mayo to Mr. Hughes, a
Blackwell-hall factor, who arrested the arcep:nr.—
Mayo stated, that he received the bill of Stevens, the
acceptor, ma encertificated bantrept, whom he knew
very well, ender the following circumstances :
Stevens applied to him to ad some money upon
vine shares of the New Brewery ; but lie refuted to
do so, unless they were assigned over to him. These
shares were obtained of Bennet, as we -Assn directly
esplatn, and according to Moja'. statement, Stevens
showed Mai a letter, stating that Bonnet oil de-
sirous of disposing of the %nisi chorea. and willing so
assign theta over upon borroninc Nl.yo con•
seated to adtance the money upon that he had
the amount of ht a bill of as *col-
lateral secant', sod Stereos prniloc..il this hill and
got the money. Mayo cotifeolol slat ho was told
the bill was a forgery before Bennet ant attested
upon
Bennet stated, that the acceptance oar not his, al.
Omagh • fine imitation of his hand-writiiie. So far
from Me having had any connection with Stevens, he
did not even knave such a man. Ile then went eta
to state some curious pettieelars bow he been de.
funded of the nine New Brewery shares in the bands
Mayo. They had been left him by his father,
'aid being a Weimer to trade, he wanted to borrow