The Statesman.
London, England, 1823-09-03 00:00:00

LONDON, WEDNESDAY, lIFEPT EIOIR, 3, 1823.

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"The Coon for which HAMPDEN fell 'is the Field, and arDNRY died os. the Scaffold I"

SURREY SESSIONS.
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TIMSDAT.--John Wharton, aged 511. who described
himself as an assistant waiter at Vauxhall Gardens, was pnt
to the her, charged with stealing from the persotr of Clif-
ford Rlisha,. • 'M. note, on the night of the •27th alt. •
The prosecutor said, that on the night in question be was
at the Gardens, having two ?Of. notes in his pocket-book,
besides other property. The prisoner was there, and ap.
peered to be acting as waiter. Having drank some punch,
witness asked the prisoners to conduct him to the water-
closet, and be accordingly did so, giving him his arm to
lean upon for support. When coming out, the prisoner
presented him his pocket book, which he had not missed
before. A person in the mean time, came up, who turned
out to be Hall, the officer, and wise, desired witness to . ex-
amine his pocket hook. Mr. Elisha did so, and then miss-
ed 2111. and a memorandum, which was also in the pocket
book.
Robert HaUsaid, be seas the officer alluded to by dm
'former whew. 'Being ea daty at Vauxhall Gelded, on
the night in question, he saw the prisoner and the prosecu-
tor together about half-past twelve o'clock. Mr. Mishit
was returning from a certain part 9f the Gardens. Witness's
suspicions were excited, and he was led to watch the mo-
tions orlYhartoe. He subsequently advised the prosecutor
to examine his pocket book. A gentleman named Graff-
haM, who came up, said he was a neighbour of the prose-
cutor, and that lie would take care of his property. The
prisoner, snatched the pocket book, and said," lie is an old
master of mine, and I will take care of him and his money
too." He then replaced the notes which he bad takeo from
the prosecutor'. Witness then went for Mr. Hughes,..the
manager of the garden, who caane without delay to the spot.
—When the prisoner saw him coining, be ssid to the pro-
secutor "'here is a gentleman (Hall) who will take care of
you." He stated thee that he had got 3:^01. Witness asked
him whether be was a waiter, and lie replied in the affirma-
tive. Mr. Hughes desired him to produce his number, bat
this he declined doing. Witness then, by desire of Mr.
Finches, proceeded ta search the prisoner, wild held up his
hands clench e 4. The prisoner made so mach resist ance,
that witness Was obliged to call Mr. Hughes to his assist-
ance, in taking a piece of a tavern bill 'from Lis left held.
The prisoner put something with his right hand into his
mouth, anal after chewing it for some time, he said " it is
gone." Witness rammed his stslf into his mouth to make
him °Deo it, but could see nothing in it. Whilst he was
searching him, the prisoner was kicking violently sad
scratching the ground with his feet, so that where he
stood was quite muddy. lie was at length taken to the
watch-house.
Mr. Henry Hughes corroborated the evidence of the pre.
ceding witnesses as to the search.
Mr. tiraffitam said that the prisoner told him be be-
longed to box 38.
Benjamin Jessop, the head waiter at Vauxhall Gardena.
said that the prisoner .:id not act as waiter thereon the night
in 9,iestion.
he prosecutor was called seals, and he swore that the
piece of a bill which was taken from the prisoner by Hughes.'
and the bank note which was found afterwards, were in his
pocket book when he entered the Gardens.
The prisoner, in his defence, denied having taken the,
money. The prosecutor, he said. wa. very much inebri-
ated, avid' he had observed him before he left his box mares&
ing hie money on the table, anal offering to lay bets with
all within his reach. He was also inviting several persons
to take punch with him. It was most probable that this
excess of good nature was requited by the ingratitude of
some of the prosecutor's casual visiters. The resistance
which be had made to the officers, the prisoner acconnted
fol. by saying, that the officer had behaved rudely by thrust-
ing his staff into his mouth.

Two or three witnesses gave the prisoner a good cha-
racter. _ _ _ _ _

The CHAIRMAN charged the Jury upon the whole case.
After an hour and half -of deliberation, the Jury found
the prisoner Not Guilty.
Two youths, named Jones and Williams. were put to the
bar on a charge of stealing a saw.
The prosecutors at first did not appear when called, and
;he Jury returned a verdict of Not Guilty against both the
prisoners.
The verdict against trillians, however, was not recorded
by the Officer of the Conrt, when the prosecutors appeared,
and a question then arose whether he was technically ac-
quitted. The Court at first seemed disposed to put him
again upon his trial ; hut the Jury suggesting that they
had in fact acquitted both, they ordered the prisoners to
be discharged;

Last Tuesday, William Rambold, a Journeyman Gun-
maker, in the employ of Mr. E. Weston, was by virtue of a
warrant taken before the Sitting Magistrates at Warwick,
to answer the complaint of his master, charging him with
neglecting and deserting Ms work, and not being able Lois.
factorily to answer the same, be was committed to the
House of Correction for a month to receive the dis
cipline of the Tread Wheel.
The Great Sessions for Glamorganshire commenced on
Saturday se'nnigbt, at Cardiff, and, much to the credit of
this populous county, there were only three prisoners for
trial.—Margaret Morgan, convicted of having uttered
bass silver, was sentenced to six months' imprisonment,
and to find sureties for one year, herself in 40/. and two
others in 20/. each; William Jones, charged with killing
Wm. Jones the younger, of Coity, was acquitted William
Thomas charged with sheep stealing, was discharged by
proclamation.
There were no prisoners for trial at Dnlzelley, nor a
single cause entered. This is the second maiden Assize
for Merionethshire in the same year!

DARING ROBBERY.—.OII Saturday afternoon, about four
o'clock, as Mr. Japnings, of Pakenham, was attending
Ipswich Lamb Pair, he suddenly missed his pocket book,
containing a bank note for 10/. and a cheek on Messrs.
Alexander's bank for 115/. 10e.—The latter he had just re-
ceived in the public room at the Royal William. On the
alarm being given, Mr. Hall, of Norton, with commend.
able alacrity and presence of mind, dispatched a messenger
to the hank of Messrs. Crickitt and Bacon *Mist he ran to
Messrs. Alexander and Co. and it appears the promptitude
of his conduct, seconded by the activity of Mr. Craske, of
Drinkstone, aml several others of Mr. Jannings' friends,
was the means of recovering the property, as Mr. H. had
not left the hank five naintites when t .vo men, one smartly
dressed and the other with the appearance of a horse-
dealer. pres•nted the check for paytnent, and were imme.
dintely secured ; they refused to give their names, and one
.luid he lived in London—the other in Norwich. The man
+Oki presented the check was recognised as having been
present when the payment was made to Mr. Jannings, and
he.then wore a white list, which he ba•lchangel fur a black
one. Thei were taken before the magi trate% and com-
mitted for further eiaminstion.

On Monday lasi as d person by the name of Bsrk-r was
at work non Mousehold Heath, Norfolk, the earth under
which be was digging gate way, and falling upon him,
nnfortunstely crushed t' to death. It is a singular fact
that this man assisted in digging out the body of Nadd,
who writ killed three months since in a similar sysy, and
was an evidetre upon the inquest.

F SEVEN

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CORONER'S INQUESTS.'
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limas? ON CAPTAIN reh .e-On Monday afternoon
last the inquest con Captain Frank Mildtuay, the brother et Sir
Henry Mildmay, was field before Thomas *titling, Esq. Coro-
ner, at the White Hart Inn, Hampton-wick.
he first evideuce was Richard Hawks, who, hying-41MM
stated, he was • watchman at Kingston. Aat bout live hletes
past tereive o'illock on Sunday night he was walking across •
Kingston-bridge, In Bridge-street. Kingston ; he then saw
a horse and gig come somas the bridge at a rapid rate ; there
was no one in it.. Rein, unable to Mop it, be followed untilit
gut 'tear of the toWn. • When he enter over the brijge the first
object he then saw was Accessed lying on his face by the gate-
way of this (the White nett) ion. Ha turned him over, when •
blood rants um of his mouth, and he appeared in a state of in-
sensibility. At this time he saw a gentleman on the other
side of the road sithout • bat, and been! • noise a little far-
ther op the road, where there wi.s another gig overturned,
• which was about 101 l yards distant ; two more gentlemen then •
come op, when the witness told them there was a gentleman
lying there veryeseett hem and then we helped them to right
their gig; they aB then same to the door, the house wan
neeekeo pp, and witness wont to Kingston fee • sergeen ; ye
shortly returned, when he found deceased sitting in a chair In
the kitchen; the surgeon• found a terrible wound in the back
part of the head; he bled him, when he bled very copiously,
but was all the time insensible; witness then carried him up
stairs and laid him on a bed, got off hie boots, and then re-
turned to Kingston with the surgeon to procure something for
the deceased's head, and some medicines; witness shortly re-
turned and found the Isudloed up attics, he had been there bt.t
half a minute, when •he called out that the gentleman was
' dead; .witness then hastened to inform the other gentle- ,
men, who had proceeded, that their friend was ,'cad ; they
Instantly returned to the inn; it was a star-light night, but
there were no lamps in either of the gigs at the time of the
accident.

William Brown Ramsay, Esq. of Limbed's Hotel, Con-
duit-street, was next sworu. He stated he was is company
' with the deceased the whole of Sunday; in the event opt they
were cornint towards town from Hampton Court In a gig, the
horse in which i• ,urged to Mr. Bennett. of Burson 11 .ws..---
Captain Nlildinay wishing to come br with Messrs. %Wombwell
and Hawkins, who were in another gig, and hid proceeed •
little way before him, drove on, when the horse got into a
canter, and came in contact with the other e raise, and over-
turned ie. Witness and Captain kiddies). ware both thrown
out by the sudden jerk, and were unicii stunned by the Cat ;
! when he had apparent:), recovered he funui the gig gone, and
Capt. Mildatay lying on his face; this was before the wateusnao
came, and he called for assistance, when he instantly heard Nlr.
Wotabstell's voice. The watchman's evidence he conNi lered
I perfectly c trrect. .
The CORONER inquired if the horse was at all vielous ?
The witness replied that it did not appear to he so.
' The Commute considered this was evidence sufficient to er,e •
viuce the Jury it was purely accidental. If, Isnwrver,, th•-v
' should be of a different opinion, more witnesses would be sail-d
and examined.
Tne Jury expressed themselves satisfied with the evidence
adduced, and alter taking a slew of the body, returned • ter.
dict of—" Accidental death. '
An inquest was held yt stertlay afternoon at the Giin, Hen
Dock, W spping, behee T. W. Calvin, Esq. Coroner, on the
body of William Curtis. William Ashman, of P..re Street,
Limehoose, fisherman, stated th•tt oa Monday, between one
and two o'clock, he was rowing down the river op. °site
Wapping Dock, and he picked np the decease I ; he 11401
all his ctotla.s ol.xc • t his bat. tit- it e s took him to Wap.
ping Dock Stairs. lie was about nine or ten years of Itge.
rho's** Judd, Waite td -leinsehouse; statell,alial from the
best informat•on lie could obtain, the decease.l was drown-
ed on Thursday, at 11Jrslydown. Verdict—:Accidental
t eath.
FATAL PbAt.—Another inquest was 'held by the same
Coroner, at the (hive Maurice, opposite the honcho Hos-
pital on the body of Henry Ord, a lad about nine ye:trs of
age, who fell down a common sewer in the Alinories, three
weeks ago.
Mary Weatherby, an interesting little girl, nine years of
age, stated, that on the day in triestion the deottased, another
little boy and herself went to look dawn the sewer to see
how deep it was; she Went away with a little girl who lives
in the same house to play, a shrill distance from the sewer.
when the other little buy, William Kingsley, c mt.! to wit-
ness, and said she, witness, had pushed the deceased into
the sewer; she denied it, and it most have occurred while
she was playing with the other girl.
The Coaoasa questioned the witness whether her father
or any one else had tutored her in What she was to tell the
Jury ? She replied that no persoti had done so; her father
had desired her to tell the truth.
Wits. Kingsley was twelve years of age; said he had cot
hold of the door of the board surrounding the ninth of the
sewer, and the deceased was standing beside him, eiiting.
some and looking down; the lottor id,.
served, the last witness replied; " It is
bread„Ho andwdeebup ttietr,
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not ;" he said; " It is ;" and she then said, "Oa and look,"
and instantly puihed hint down with both hands.
Mr. Hurst, surgeon of the London Hospital, said that the
deceased received every attention that it was possible to be-
stow on him, bat erisypelons fever was
.producel, which
terminated in his death On Mon•lay morning, owing to the
injuries he had received in falling.
The Coroner, in summing op, said, that although he watt
of opinion the girl did push the deceased- down, yet it dot
not appear that any malicious Motive actuated her, nor did
she know the depth of the whole, or whether the tl,ct a :04
was likely to receive any injury from falling, therefore no
criminality, lie presumed, could stt teh tit her. Althooett
it proved so fatal, yet it appeared to have been ca•as:tl
more by a child's frolic than ugly other motive.
The Jury concurred in the Coroner's sentiments, awl re-
turned a verdict of Accidental 11.. art,
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MELANCHOLY ACCIDENT.—V.i. .tioodiy se'nnlcht h•.
Deem S and 9 o'clock in the morning, the Hope, a Hriatoi
Trader from Carmarthen, Captain John, was layiin
side the Quay, taking in her cargo, when the Friend..
Captain Phillips, hauled up the river, and there not being{
tide sufficient at the Quay, let go her anchor in the middle
of the river: after having taken ground abaft, a strong
fresh coming down, the Friends broke her shear, and in
swinging her bowsprit crossed the Hope's quarter, and•
melancholy to relate, the unfortunate Captain John, in
using his exertions to send her off, was jammed between
the bowsprit and the pump, until his body was crushed
within the breadth of three inches; so great was the force
that the bowsprit of the Friends was carried away, he W 4,1
instantly conveyed to the Mariners Inn, when after a few
minutes he expired. An Inquest was held on his body—
Verdict, Accidental Death—and a deodand of fis. on the
b.wsprit. He was in the prime of life, and 11A5 left a wife,
to whom he bad been married only a few weeks; and six
line children by a Milner wife. • •
On Saturday night a woman, who was proceeding to
London by one of the waggons from this city, left the wag•
gon for &short time daring the chiming of horses at A:-
tlehurgh, after having pl iced her infant in a secure place;
on her return she found; to her horror, the child, who was
but a few minutes before in perfect health, without any
signs of life. A coroncr's inquest has sat on the body.
and found a verdict of—Died by the visitation of Hod?
On Monday last a inelincholy accident occurred at Ash-
bv.near Lod.lon.As some harvest men were reaping corn, one
of the men complained of the others working so ha►d, and
they continuing so to do, he threw his sickle at one of these,
which lacerated his leg in to dangerous a manner, that
he was conveyed to did Nurkfulk and Norwich
hopes are ente•tained of using the limb.