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

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The Magistrate said there-wit no proof whatever against
the young pertains, add be could not detain them:
At this innctere.of the examination Mrs. Green, the
matron of the society; waSiotroduced into the office by e
friend of Meal Atherton's, and she• io some confusion de.
'elated, that in making inquiry, she had ascertained that
BM box of • lineit had been' received by the person to what
itiliad been returhed, and.iiho bad forgotten to mention it
to her. She -was-extrenielY, sorry that the prisoners should
'have been Oren tip so iiiematurell, and would make some
recompettar._ No imputation, she hoped, would rest upon
their character.
Mr. itt silx
said it was a Mestdisgracefultra
lion. Were persons to bi thus deprived of their libertr,
ipid dinged through the.streets like felons, and charged
.With a crime oo o.tth, without a shadow of canna or proof?
It was intolerable; and be should recommend Mr. Anderton
to bring his action. •
Mr. Ancleirtot said it was an eitttemely hard case: by
being incarcerated several hones.. he was afraid he bail
lost a situatiou, as the time had passed when he was to meet
a gentleman,
Weaseie Srasaaa--Yi fterday Mary Steel, a very !Mune
girl, was brought before WILNAM BKNITT, Esq. charged
with robbing, a genteel looking young man of six
sovereigns.
The only thing extraordinary in this case was, that. it
shows that some parts of this large metropolis are inhabited
by a horrid portion of society. The youth stated, that
about six weeks alto, after taking a glass of brandy, lie
went out and met with the prisoner, who was in compeer
with two others of her vile eisterbood. It was &boon
o'clock at night. They went to a house in George Street,
Wentworth Street, and the witness went with the primmer
eip stairs. where she knocked at a door, which waa opened
by a female, who glided by them into another apartment.
and they entered the room. The young man felt there
were sovereigns in his waistcoat pocket, where be was sore
he bad them before he joined the prisoner and her as-
sociates, but he did taut look at them. Presently the pri-
soner made some excuse to go out of the room, leaving the
witness alone. She did not return, anti he felt for his
sovereigns, but they were gone. He directed his Cantle
into the street, and that night mentioned his less to Barre,
a constable, of Spitalfields, and-described to him the
person of .Ibe prisoner. He never saw her again till
Wednesdaylight last. when unperceived bv her he watehe I
her to a house in this infamous street, and having watched
her entrance be placed a halfpenny on the sill of the
window, in order that he might be sure of the !tense en
Iris return. He then applied to Bares, who, accompanied
by the watchmen and the witness, entered the home, nil
the witness immediately charged the prisoner as timelier.
son who robbed him.
M. UtNiTT inquired of Barra if be knew the character
of the house ?
Barre said be did, and there was scarcely a house in that
street in which robberies bad not been committed. There
was one house where 1.3001. had been stolen. There was
not a day.oor a night in the week, but some one was robbed
in that street. One man had informed hint he was decoyed
into a house there a few days agO, and was robbed of all
he hail, and that he thought he should destroy hhasea.
As to the prisoner, he knew 'she had been brought to this
office on other charges of felony, and had been tried it
the Old Bailey. lie knew nothing of the robbery in crea-
tion; but whoever did it ran a with great haste, and, as
he was inforined, had fallen in the street, where the list
one of the sovereigns out of her hand.
Waters, the police officer, proved that the prisoner fl
been committed to Newgate for felony, and hr heliived for
stealing a watch, and she had been antler etainioatitk
several times for felony at this office. The bad character of
the street wis confirmed by Mance.
Mr. IigNITT was of opinion that if this Case were to
go to a jury the prisoner would be acquitted. At least that
was his opinion, as there was not sufficient evidence of
the ssivereigna being taken in the room. but there axis
sethcient suspicion to leave little doubt of the fart. At the
same time it was ascertained the prisoner bad been oak
several examinations for felony. and had been committed is
Newgate.and that she was a common prostitute ; he shoal
therefore not let her loose again on society without direct-
ing that sbe should suffer some degree of punishment.
She was accordingly committed to the House of Cont.
Lion as a common prostitute for one month.
Matt Coact! ACCIDIINT.—The delivery of the letters
from.the Post Office, yesterday morning, was later than
usual, owing to an accident which happened to the Poel
Mail, on its way to town, In consequence of some amt•
tion which it encountered it was overthrown, and a lady,
who was an ontside passenger, and the mail guard, were
both severely injured. The foimer had her thigh broken,
and the latter a limb fractured.
Dialeolacat. Oirreatic —On Wedneeday night, so early
as between ieren and eight o'clock, ayoutig lady returning
home over Westminster bridge was accosted hya titan, ti.
ther fashionably attired, in it very unceremonious an f rani.
liar mariner, to which, however. she paid no attention, oh
serving that the freedom was unauthorized hyany prevtoes
acquaintance. Finding that his advances'wers tot teceivel
in the manner he wished, he changed liiistyle, %oil eon.
tinued to offend her eats in lantillllk of ft!,k.;••AiD bor rent
and disgusting clibl;.-* • atm still afro/ it, to hear
Lim. s purified her way, when, at . is fiend io
numan sh ape, taking advantage of her it nprotected si tua ion,
seised her roughly with one hand, whilst be ehook kap a
cane that he held in the other a small sword or dirk, with
which he twice .stabbed her id the fleshy par; tif„a4e avn.
Itiafitahriath'beeashtoaluiltdyerp,eaanatdeamteadaenodff,hreaeiaii.oagg tphicoliaasppilesy.s ;itch";
gentlemen who came up had the terrified cirl conveyed to a
neighbouring surgeon's, when the wounds were dressed,
which, though deep, are by no means dangerous. Haviaf
swallowed some restoratives, and recovered in some men'
sure from the agitation into which this unexpected violence
had plunged her, she informed the gentlemen as to Ott
edo a t
huar ev
ioafgt one
ea assault,addresaanedd the
yr t. ht
he sat:mitred t
fhaaelti
os,hv ea e m
boute n i
threeb e r-
months ago when walking in the Green Park,
in terns
equally shocking and obscene.; but that lie did not them
proceed
to any other act of violence. She tlesetibeti the
arbarian as having bath the air and idiom of a forriecer.
thoup his dress is in every respect conformable to as
English fashion. The young lady's inability to make the
disclosure sooner prevented permit, as it would thee,
no doubt, be altogether useless, the fellow having had time
to escape.
Snocetea ACCIDENT.—As the Reading coach was yro•
terday proceeding through Turnhamgreen,ion its !r#
to
town, the coachman, observing several childrin
the road, called to them to get oat of the seat. u9for
nately one of them in so doing, slipped' dOwn, and the
coachhisa
eab eeian
iga thene
.c laoas
theby , the
wheeldr i
pv ea
:awe
da s
au%nearli I
he to e!
thigh'.tec
both of which were dreadfully crushed. But little litipti
are entertained of his surviving this unfortunate accident.

MARRI It it—On Tuesday, the 70 in uant, at . Lambeth Church, S.
hikes. of mia, second daughter of the late John Watford, Es+ Ordulacv
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'users-Iteeper.
Qn Thunidny.at St. Botolph, Bishopsicte, Mr., William Lake.. 0034.4
of Trinidad, West ladies, to Susannah, youngest daughter of Mr. ichn
Shophard.• of Camden Town.
ngiloutit Shields, on Mon day senhight, Mr. Bishop, is Met. Vinod, a
North Shields. The united ages of the enamoured pair atsonuts to ICA ra,.l;
the bride being 77, and the bridegroom 75; lint the torch of Yowl m
have blazed in vain, hadd not home consideratemilkmen interoose',g, v
d
kept the rude populace at hay, and probably prevsuted thetottering fair ird'd
being trodden under foot on ber way to the church,
DIED.--Suddenly, at the house of his slater-in-law, in fleaunionfreeti,
St. Mary-le-bone, Joseph Kidd, Esq. of Shaeklowell. aged SS of
On WeduesdaY morning, the 14th inst., at niue o'clock, Mrs. Coonbeb
Sloane-street. In the 70th year of her age. ' EA• 0(
Oct. B, at Cheltenham, Elizabeth, relict of late James Collar. .
Suffolk-pinto, Islington.
On Sattudhy last, at Worthing, Catherine, widow of the late J. tagreili
Esq. od Wuee Ovassottoe-strsset. seed Ng •
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