The Statesman.
London, England, 1823-10-30 00:00:00

MARLISOROUCiI States!.-des.. Trrtoa,a pauper io Si•
James's Workhouse, was charged with indecently exposine
his person to two children.—Mary Smith, a child, shout 13
years of age. stated, that on Friday last, between four and
hoe o'clock in the evening, the prisoner sallal to her from
a window in the above worklionse, and indecently exposed
himself, which witness distinctly described. She called to
another girl, about 14 years of age, of the name of Amelia
Leven, and pointed out to her what prisoner was doing
Amelia Leven was prodneed and corroborated this evidence.
—Mr. Harwood, the master of the workhouse, explained the
Situation of the window in relation to the yard where the
children was standing.—The prisoner was ceded on for his
defence, and made no satisfactory reply.—Mr. Dyer .then
said, Ina very emphatic manner, " James Turton, you have
been convicted by the clearest evidence of a crime of 'Odell
I know not how to speak in adequate terms. It is unnatural,
unmanly, unchristian, and, I will add, un-English. I
',sweet to say, that from the many instances of such cases,
l tear a total change of national manners has taken place
your conduct was to make those poor children the unwilling
victims to your base and unnatural passion ; your crime is
a misdemeanour at common law, for which I might send
yoU to trial at the Sessions, bat 1 have a power vested in
me by the Vagrant Act, which, notwithstanding all that
has been said about that Act, I will fearlessly exercise, by
sending you to the Houseof Correction for two months, and
I am glad to see around me several respectable Gentlemen
from the press, who will give a correct ant faithful account
of what has occurred this day; so that should you, or any
friends of yours, set forth to the public a false cr-parie
statement, ashes before been done, they will find themselves
disappointed."
MARYLCISONC Orrice.—Yesterday Wm. Adams was
brought up charged with asssolting John Walker, a
watehnsan, whilst in the ezecation of his duty, on Manday
night last.
It appears, that that part of the New Road near the
Yorkshire Stingo is rendered totally imaassable, and has
long been a most intolerable nuisance to the foot passen'
gets, and the inhabitants in the immediate neighbourhood,
by the numerous fellows called cads, and other persons
connected with the Pad lin:mon stages that ply every it Elf
hoer in the day for passengers, by their mischievous and
insolent conduct, so that the persons on foot are invariably
obliged to turn into the road, in order t I avoid being in-
sulted by the fraternity, and at all limits of the night the
peaceable inhabitant' of Cninherlentl Place, anti the houses
contiguous, are continually being annoyed by the discord•
ant sounds of the horns, which are unnecessarily used, as
if they were determined to disturb the neighliourhood.—
The watchmen had all received strict orders, whenever
they discovered any of the fellows creating such unnecessa-
ry disturbances, to take them into custody, which was con-
sidered the most efficient means of abolishing the nuisance.
It teas in the execution of this injunction that the present
complaint had arisen. 01 Monday night last, between 9
and 10 o'clock, a parcel of boys belonging to the stages
hail assembled opposite the Yorkshire Stingo : each of
them had a horn, and by their blowing created the most
intolerable discordant noise ever heard. The watchman,
on whose beat they stood, desired them to desist, on peril
of being lodged in the watchlionse. They disreaardeil
his threats, awl continued the noise. ll' wis then about
to take the worst of them into custody, when the defendant,
(a proprietor of one of the stages), who was in his gig, first
abused him by designating him by all manner of opprobri-
ous names, and to prevent him taking the boys to the
watt-1111mile, attempted to drive over him. Viritoess was
obliged. to relinquish taking the fellows in charge, and his
life was placed in the most imminent (huger, as the defena.
ant drove his horse on to the footpath, and it was at it
incredible difficulty he preserved himself from being tiene
pled tinter the horse's feet. The watchman concluded his
statement, by calling for the protection of the magistrates, I
otherwise such was the conduct of the coachmen on I
the road, that it would be impossible for him to perform
his duty. .
The Magistrates said they would do all they could to
ossist In suppressing the nuisances that are well known to
exist in the road, occasioned by the ill conduct of the Pad-
dington coachmen ; and unless Mr. Adams could disprove
the charge against him, they would hold him to bail to
answer the charge at the sessions.
Mr. Adams merely denied the charge, and he was held
to bail forthwith.
LAMBUTII STREET. A Lagos° VIOLATION.—The
Churchwardens anil overseereof the parish of St. Luke, ac-
companied by a Solicitor, attended yesterday at this Office,
for the purpose of instituting proceedings against a man
named Williams, by trade a smith, reoi ling in Globe Lane,
Mile End, for alleged misconduct.—lt seems that the ac-
cused had seven girls apprentices, to learn the tambour
work of his 'wife, who followed that business ; four of
them were bound from the parish of St. Giles's, and the
other three from St. Isnke's ; one of the latter, named
Elizabeth Bowen, now 13 years old was bound in 1531,
and had only served six weeks of her apprenticeship. wizen
the accused assaulted her, and violated her person, and
although on this occasion her serciams for assistance were
heard by the charwo'nan, named Browne, no person came
to her assistance. The wretch did net desist here, for by
holding out threats to his victim, he was enabled to repeat
his guilty purpose as often as he could find opportunity.
His base conduct remained enveloped in tuysteryy, until
about a week ago, when the child, assuming courage, ab-
sconded, and took shelter with a relation, to whom she
revealed what had passed, and that friend made the case
known to the parish officers, who instantly took her under
their own protection. The girl was very minutely and
c irefully examined by the Magistrate; she seemed sensible
of the injury she had sustained, and gave her evidence in a
simple and colietent manner.—The wife of the accused was
examined at the request of the complaining party ; she
said, that having sonic suspicious that her husband's con-
duct was not altogether correct towards the apprentices, she
questioned Elizabeth Bowen on the subject, and the girl
merely told her that her master was in the habit of taking
improper liberties with her; she accused her husband of the
conduct complained of, but be denied it to the extent stated,
mud the consequence Was ilia they nitimately parted. She
requested that the apprentices might be all turned over to
herself, as she intended to live separate from her husband
for the future ; but this the parish officers refused to do,
and wished the Magistrate forthwith to cancel the. intlen•
tures.
Mr. WYATT was of opinion there were sufficient grounds
to warrant their doing so ; hut as this was only an ex parte
statement, they should desist from it until the man ap-
peared before them on the charge now alleged against him ;
he might he either proceeded against for the felony or
misdemeanour; het, in his opinion, the better way to act
would be, first to summon him to show cause why the in-
dentures should not b 3 cancelled, and then the parish
might proceed against him in whatever manner they tient&
proper. The parish officers acquiesced in the opinion of
the Magistra e, and intimated that they would purish
Wiiiiams with the utmost rigour of the law.
QUEEN Soca ite.—Tun VAGIIAN r ACT.—A considerable
portion of the time of olr. WHITE, the Magistrate vii 11119
Office; has recently been very meritorioasly occupied in
the investigation of a charge made by a Bow-street patrol,
rained • Jeremiah James Cewlay, against a twin named
Dwelt Williams, which leas finally led to the establishment
of the innocence of the accused, anal his discharge from
prison, by order of the Secretary cf State, who obtained his
.Majesty's pardon. The facts of the case are tit- se
tile early part of last week, Jeremiah James Condy, who
belonged to Nixon's party of Bow-street patrol, wl o are
stationed in that part of Westioiestet, brought a sailor to
this office, 'and charged hint midi on act of vagrancy in
begging at the stoop of a baker in York-street, Westminster.
The sailor douied that be had ever. begged at all, hut ads
witted that he was inebriated when taken into custody-by
the officer ; the Magistrate giving .credit to the op,,b a