The Statesman.
London, England, 1810-07-19 00:00:00

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Mr. PARKa-L" Do you rodolleit verbal ques.
lions having been put to Mr. Williams ?"
Sir S. Rostita.Y...4f Such questions certainly
were put to him ; but uot-recollect on what
subject.." • •
Mr. WeterutitAu., who was Counsel along
Roinilly, deposed to a similar effect.
Other Amidence was given, to prove-14U the
Plaintiff an 4 his friends had been found liable by
the Lord Chancellor in costs,. &c. to Julie&
The ATTORNEY-GCNIEIiAL replied.
Lord EILLENBOKOUGII, in addressing the Jury,
held, that though• the character of any person
GAM labour under an infirmity, -it .could not he.
peMnitted to any one to take Advantage. of that
Ctii•emstance to give it the coup de grace. Here
the conduct of the Plaintiff could not be said to he
Without blemish, but still the Defendant was not
warranted in taking advaneage of thatclrcumstance
to prejudice all his neighbours against him. There
had bean no justificatiou, and the only windup
was as to the quantum of damages. The Jury
were not to give to' the Plaintiff that 'tnea.
sure of damages which they would 'Adjudge
to a man uf. entire and unsullied fame, who had
never done, any thing. that was wrong. Here it
was obvious the Plaintiff had misconducted him-
self. They would net, therefore, give him what
damage they would award to a man of unbiemishe
ed. fame. They would give him what might seem
a reasonable and moderate recompence for the in.
jury they might suppose he had actually sustained.
For the Defendant was not warranted, because
the Plaintiff had over-stepped the bounds of pro-
priety, in holding him up as a monster to all
mankind.
The Jury, after a ew minutes consultation,
gave a verdict for the .I‘iiitilf—Damages 1001.
Lord ELLENOOROUGO agreed to certify as to
Costs.

COURT OF COMMON PLEAS, JULY 18.
Sittings before Lord chief Justice AhNSFI WI;

di IVestniinster.

LUCAS WILL AN.
This was'un action to recover compensation in
damages fertile injury, which the Plaintiff had sus-
tained in consequence of the negligence of the De.
fondant and his servant. The case which occupied
the Court duviog the whole of the day, nearly
we* Wind/stance as follows Plaintiff had
taken his placele go to Liverpool on. the outside
of the Defendant's stage coach, . which runs to
that town from the Bulrand Mouth Ina. Thrs
coach had proceeded about one hundred and fifty
miles on thejourney, when 'the .nitle-tree broke,
and the.shock threw the Plaintiff off, by which, his
thigh was broke, and ho remained for several
mouths undec,the care of a surgeon, and although
partially recovered, yet he will remain a cripple
for life, one leg being in coniequetic rendered'
*slierterlhan the other.
Seferid witnesses were examined to. prove the al..
tegaiions of negligence, viz. that the irxle.tree was..
Wolin a sound state, so as to warrant a safe jour-
ney suck a distance, pnd that, the coachman had
net, %Wit driving at Dttirjous rate down a hill,
taken the precautiorV of locking the wheel, the.
carriage thereby being overturned.
On the part of the Defendant, Mr. Serjcant
Sur:rut:RD stated, that the Defendant had taken,
every pr,s;cautiou to ensure the.salety of his pasT
setogers, for the coach had been properlyezamlbed,
it was in good order for the journey, .and the pe-
cident arose purely from its coming in contact with
-an iron ntil-way which projected on the road.
Chief Justice MANSFIELD observed to the Jury,
that it was a -case for their convideration. They
must decide whether negligence was imputable, to
the Defendant's servant with respect to the axle.
tree being unsound, and the want of due pre.
cautioti. in not locking the wheels. .In either elite,
if they were satisfied such negligence were to be
attributed, then they would give damages so as to
compensate, as far as damages would compensate,
for the injury which thb unfortunate Plaintiff had
received.. The Jury, which was a special one,
after some consultation gave the Plaintiff a verdict
with 1201. damages.

OLD BAILEY.

The Sessions commenced yeiterday, 'before Sir
SIMON LE BLANC, Sri ALLAN COAMlligt and
the BEEORDEN of the CITY of LONDON.
George Freeman was capitally indicted for fe-
loniously breaking and entering the house of Geo.
Bruniges, in Wentworth-street, and stealing
therein a large quantity of copper coin, and a
parcel of soap, value 3s. 6d. on the morning of
L the.27th of June.. -• .
This Prosecutor is a publican, and stated, that
when he went.to bed over night, he secured the
-honed in the usual way; ()timing in the morning,
.however, be found the shop-Window broken open,
and the till, containing 41. in halfpence, taken
'wish twther with some soap, which lay on the'
shelf. *lent• for an officer, who went in search
ortiiedeptellaturs, -and from some information he
retiefved, 'preettaed to the lodgings of the Prison.
er, •whom hi found is bed with a woman of the
town. On searching the room, he found a pocket
handkerchief containing fourteen shillings in hilf-
pence, a chissel, a centre-flit, and a pistol, and
under the Prisoner's pE low he discovered seven
pieceisof yellow eqap,. appearance "ad weight
corresponding wit that which had' been 'totem.—
Ife seitc4l.tfie.Prlcener ; and on comparing-the
Akita found 6000 ;put/Ilene, with the fracture
shutterin4;the' proictu tot's :house, it app.
'ePearad as Vtte tool iiikbeesi Used, in making the.
breach; il;fitted exactly with some impressions
itiade In the headingsOf the
Mar)) ilforiikvatpoir capitally indicted for.ae-
• seeking Jonathan Whitaker,.. on the night of the
11th 'of June, pitting htm (oar, and taking
frio, his person three one.patind Pink of Eng-
Presectstor-etated; that he was passing,
thebUgh the Strand on the night mentioned in the
indictment, about l t• o'clock, and being a stranger
in town* he accosted the Prisoner, anti . requested
she would direct him to London-bridge; she told
him to go through a court ond turn Alp tl a neat.
street, In pursuance of this iorototatitin,hosicut

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into the.court ; tho t onet followelgm, and
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putting her hand into his pocket, 'teak out the
notes in question, one qt.which she dropped ;
Witness endeavoured to pick it up, but was ,pre-s
vented by some other women who were present.
She then ran away, and witness called the watch-
man, who came pp, but MS Prisoner succeeded
in making'her escape to,her lodgings, whither she
was 'pursued. A constable was then procured
fwm St. Martin's watch-house, who, with the
Prosecetor, the watchman, and a German, who
assisted in the pursuit, went to the 'room of the
•Pihroner, who was in bed; they searched her
.packets and•every part of her apartment, but no-
thing leading to her critnination was found.
J. Schallenburgh corroborated the testimony of
the last witness, as did the watchman who came
op at the moment.
Sir ALLAN CU/JURE; who summed up the evi-
dence, was of opinion, that the charge of putting
in fear and.using personal violence was not borne
out by- the testimony of the witnessei; and the
Jury, after a short deliberation, returned a ver-
dict of guilty of stealing from the person of the
Prosecutor, thus doing away the capital part of
the charge.. . • •
Win. Carpenter was indicted for felonloitsly put-
ting off a false, forged, and counterfeit note, pur-
porting to be a note of a Bank at Billericay, in
the county of Essex, and payable at Messrs. Nor.
ris and Butler's, Addle-street, London, with in-
tent to defraud Wm.. Clarke.
William Clarke said he kept the Royal 0114
in Red Lion-passage. On the 23d of March tille
Prisoner came to his house, in company with.two
other persons; he called for some brandy end'
water, in payment of which he•presented a one.
pound Billericay Bank note. Witness said he
could not give bins change. One of the other
persons then said to the Prisoner, you may as'
well get your brandy here; and it was agreed that
they should take a bottle of brandy and a pint of
gin. Thu Prisoner then again tendered the one.
pound note, which witness refused to take, as it
was a country note. The Prisoner then offered
him a five-pound Southampton note.: but rather•
choosing to take tile one-pound note, which he'
sant,was payable in London, he took that, and
gave the change. The Prisoner observed that it.
was as good as a Bank of England note, and that
he had taken it with many others that morning in
Smithfield. Ho then went away with his compa-
nions, but did not return. Witness suspecting
the note was not good, went to Messrs. Norris
and Butler, No. 31, in Addle-street; but on in-
quiry, found there were no such persons lived
.there. • The counting-house had been occupied by
tome agents of that name, who went on' without
paying their rent ; but they were persons of , ob-
scure character, very little known, who got their
notes in circulation for the' urpose of swindling
the public.
John Teele, late the landlord of the house in
Addle-street, deposed, that a man •of the name of
'Butter took a counting-house from him in 1808;
'he .called himself an agent. His clerks occupied
the counting-house from four to five months.
Witness understood the business -transacted was
with the Billericay Bank. 'they went away in
February, 1809, without any previous• notice,
and without paying rent. Butler afterwards
brought a broker to the house, who valued the
fixtures in the counting-house, which witness took
liquidation of his demand.
Here Mr. REYNOLDS) Counsel for the Prisoner,
called the attention of the Court to 'au objection
which he had to urge in favour of his client. It
had. been already allowed, that a person of the
name of Butler actually lived at the place where
the bill was made payable, consequently no proof
of forgery could be adduced, and the indictment
,of coarse became nugatory.
In this opinion Sir Stmom LE BLANC coincided ;
and on Mr. Kean., the Counsel fur the Prosecu-
tor, allowing that he had no other proof of the
forgery to adduce, the Prisoner was acquitted ;
but detained to answer for other charges of fraud
which were against him.
Samitel Smith and Francis Jacobs were capi-
tally indicted for feloniously breaking and entering
the dwelling.house of Edward Abbott, in the, day
time, (no person being therein) and stealing vari-
ous articles of wearing apparel, the property of
the said Mr. Abbott and his wife.
It. appeated that the prosecutor and. his wifet
left their house in ‘Vorship.street ear!), on the
morning of the 4th inst. securing the 'loot u thcr.
went out. On their return they missed., the afar
cies in potion. •
The Prisoners were detected while offering part
of the property to a pawnbroker, in consequence
of notice given by the Prosecutor of the theft.
The proofs with respect to the female Prisoner
were not satisfactory to the Court, and sbc was
acquitted. Smith was found guilty of stealing
only.
Thomas Ricketts Lyon pleaded guilty to an in-
dictment preferred against him, for feloniously
marrying Charlotte Johnson, his forme'. wife,
Martha Wilson, being
Mary Fletcher stood indicted,• for stealing a
piece of double-milled stockini web, value 375.
6d. in the shop of Henry Grove, St. Martin's-
Esther Gamble, a little urchin, but 13 years
of age,' was capitally indicted for privately
stealing lace veils and other articles, of the va-
lue of 501. in the shop of Charles Harris, lace.
dealer, No.. 4, Berkeley-square, on the 7th of
June last.
Tim prosecutor stated, that on the day mention,
ed in the indictment, the prisoner came into his
shop ; he was serving two ladies with gloves ; but
on their departure, she asked the price of a lace
veil, hanging in ahe window ; from her, appear.
once, however, he was convinced she did not want
to hey any thing, and he desired her to leave the
shop. ' She immediately went out, and the mo-
, meat she mak gone, a -careiage drove up to the
.door, and two ladies came out to purchase some
lace., The Prosecutor went to a lace-box, which es os
on the oppoiite countert; but found its contents
werelakett away. In the evening he went to
. Marlborough.street, and gave information of the
rObbey, On tbe. fMtay felleWingt in cease.'

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'pence ottbe Kira wbich was made, some pawn.
brokers.wero discovered who had got part of the
property in
,tbeir possession ; and the prisoner
was apprehended.' then confessed her Jelin.
guency, and naMeill several placeiwhere she had
sold some of the irticles.• Amongst
, other places,
she sold three. veils. at:Watids4ortb, and another
near, Coldb.athAeldi.
. Robert SpirrOvr, espawnlieker, slated that the
Prisoner brought lace veiiitikentcessive days
to his shop. On the first 601 sitsibe took in the
pledges, but on the third . application, suspicion
arising in his tnind,• he soot -for an officer, and
bad her taken to Marlborough-Street.
On her 4odgings being searched, several -of the
stolen articles were likewise found. Guilty—.a
Death.

PO LICE.

HLTTON GARDEN.---YeSterOtty, W McGee,
M'Gee, and James M'Gee, their son, iipt
seven years of age, and Eli:. Quigley, underwent
their last examination, on suspicion of breaking
open,the heirth,Oi the garret 'wherein thy' lodged,
and letting the b934l4wn;Py means of ropes into
Alower room in the Distiller's Arms, on Saffrun.
hill, and stealingalinen And Tearing apparel be.
longing, to the landlord, which,was hauled up by
ropes. Quigley was discbargeilq the boy sew°
the Workhouse, anal his parents folly' committed
for trial. •
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HIGHWAY RGIVIERY AND EXTORTION: ••
MARLBOROUGH-trrllEET.—Cane, better known
by the nick-name of Pally Cane, who. stood
charged with having obtained divers sums of money
of a gentleman belonging to the . Medial Board,
under a threat of Charging hith ialtlisii abominable
offence, and alio willietealing- his Witch and gold
appendages, was yesterday brought up froth N'ew
Prison, and re.mtanitned. The case.haa been re.
ported, and it will ire remembered that the Pri.
soner attacked the. Prosecutor in the Acids leading
to Chclsea,,and after having snatched his watch,
he obtained money at that and other times by threat
of exposure, and he was taken in Lansdowite.pas.
sage, where he met the prosecutor to-receive loot.
net ,to trouble him again. The prisoner_stated in
defence,. that he had sufficient property, and Shit
he belonged to the Coldstream Regiment of Guards*,
and he was wounded in the intrenchments at Va.
lenciennes, and afterwards discharged. Ile pro.
Lased having known the Prosecutor (who .is a
gentleman quite out of the reach of suspicion of
bad habits) three months. The Prisoner was
fully committed for trial, and on being takers
away, he said lie should die innocent.
A young man of the name of I.„'lfe, dressed ass
Naval Officer, and who is a Lieutenant or Surgeon,
was charged by, a Mr. Pring with stealing a watch.
It appeared by the statement of the Prosecutor,
that he was insensibly inebriated on the night of
Friday last, and at three o'clock on Saturday
morning, he awoke from a sleep, and feints' him.
self on the pavement in Covent-garden, having
lost his watch and money, besides his hat, shoes,
&c. The Prosecutor went to several pawnbru.
kers on
.Monday morning, to stop the watch if
offered, but it bad been pledged by the Prisoner at
Dame's, in Oxford-street, on Saturday morning,
in the name of Pritigs, such tieing engraved on the •
case. Yesterday morning, the Prisoner called
again at the pawnbroker's, • and wanted to borrow
an additional sum on the watch. A boy was scot
to this office, whilst the Prisoner Wakkept in con.
versation; but lie suipectodsomethhig, and ran off,
bet was taken.
'The Prisoner accounted for the posoession of
the property, by stating, that lie hall bought it for
a pound note, of a poor distressed woman of the •
town, on Friday night, and that 'the note hese .
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all the money he had, he wandered the Streeta;' . '4
night, and pledged it next nioriiiiig',•:•7., , ...,.,.:.,,
The Prisoner was remanded foe'isoatik iir •
resatiou.
I . Quteri.socasta.--Several respectable babes:
dashers, from the neighbourhood of•'Bloomsbury-
square and Pall.mall, made their 01)0i:entice bea 3
fore Was. FIELDING, Esq. the Sitting Magistrate,
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to answer -to charges preferred by . tyro Wieder '
belonging to the Customs. They *ere .'eftt4 74 ,'
with having in their possessions Oath); of tratnl':"
Jana handkerobiors„ French gloves, and •othea vekr,
Wilde prohibited articles. • They- were conslcti4e7'.•
and ordered to pay their.. respective fines,. Whilr ..3.
was done by eibh, before they teft throffici...):• '12.;
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Tuesday as a party of ,yoniik-Ladies and GO.'
ticmen were going down thwitaler• In tObkihriato
view the launch of the Queora.Cliarlotee, it V% ag
ford, one of the young Gera( Peelle Ml o'verbe‘rd•
and w as• on Arai unaiety ds-crwited. itea -.I:C, iti;e
A fire broke seat •early. yeoordaptilbecniegrlA *
cottage in the liarrow.roat4...beseefind• by .1910-
Phellip, A widow:. Tliedinuselits.desiroysd; WV. ‘
the'weater pall;of the fu'inittitre•wan)Al/11: -1:',!•:f.
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A.day Of tiro ago,- taeo-evrinitryineterklie"ll—
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drunk together at The`Swait Itiii;4llslsiiiitet .atl
their reckoning 'amounted to four Shillings,' and ‘
nut being able to discharge the sable with .cash,
one of them tookseine bank-notes frOm hit packer,
which being observed by two other nice, these 101
accused the countrymen of passing forged otitis,
and took them by 'force from the cuuntrytneerliwkat
were a little in litinor ; wises they had (Woe this,
they put them •in.the Uxbridge coach, Oath hall"
petted •to come.ir p, -and' oedema! them tole taken
to Uxbridge, saying it was-ill their power to hang
them. Yesterday, however, an Otlicer arrived,
who succeeded in finding these active gentlemen,
and had them conveyed to. Uxbridge, for the par•
pose of undergoing an examination before a 11a.
gistrate. •

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