The Statesman.
London, England, 1823-09-10 00:00:00

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the weapon from tlie prcheettbat's grasp; and limed. It so ac-
tively about the face of ilia opponent as to render the
assistance of a surgeon necessary. The ptissetiotet ioliis
cross examination admitted that he lad had some nitsidel•
bo'olcs belonging to the defendant, but he would not give
them up, as the defendant had some property of hie.--
lie admitted also that he. stove to lops. idate Dory iry
dourisbing the stick.
Mr. PHILLIPS addresied the Juryfor tbe defendant, fie
asked was it possible the Jury would believe thata creature
of such diminutive stature as the defendant, would' go to
the house of the 'prosecutor, so greatly his superior in size
and strength, with the intention of committing an assault
on hiin.
The Jury fonnd the prisoner Guilty, and he sassentenced
to pay a fine of 3s. 4d.

POLICE.
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Maannote Housn.—The proprietor of the Elephant Inn
and Salisbury van appeared before Alderman Venables,
(who sat for the Lord Mayor,) to answer the charge of not
'having delivered a parcel in doe time.
A Solicitor attended on behalf of the proprietor of the
van, and admitted the fact, that the fish which arrived bad
not been delivered within six hours. He said Ise would
contend. Opt the law allowed the defendant to deliver It
within twenty-four, as be hoped he should convince the
Magistrate that these vans were, in fact, public stage wag-
gons. It bad been stated in the public prints, that these
vehicles paid mile duty, and were considered by the Legis.
'lature as stage coaches. This statement was erroneous;
they paid no mile duty; they were not treated as stage
coaches ; they bad no numbers on them, neither were they
treated as such on the road, bat as waggons, and paid the
toll as waggons. They could not be considered as coaches,
because I bey went on springs, for some waitrons of Mesas.
Pickford had gone on springs for nearly 50 years. Thep
paid toll as waggons. and bad been considered as such by
the Somerset Magistrates, who obliged one of them to pay
the toll of narrow wheeled waggons. In another Instance
they were refused more than four horses,fire beingallowed
to a stage coach, bat the additional horse was refused to
the vans. One of them bad been treated as a waggon,
and brought within the operation of the Act of Charles
the Second, by a conviction fur travelling on a Sunday.—
Souse vans carried passengers, but they were not brought
within the law, which obliged stage coaches carrying
passengers to carry only luggage ton certain height on the
()UMW. Reliance was placed on their natne as" fly" vaus„
and their speed as bringing them within the meaning of
the Act as carriages. But the name of fly" had bees
given for a long time to waggons and other vehicles,
which in point of speed did any thing but fly: They had
fly 'boats and fly barges. Then, as to the commodities and
goods they carried, they could not be distinguished from
waggons by carrying those of a lighter description. He
would call witnesses to prove that the goods carried by
the vans were full as heavy and cumbensoine as doom carried
in waggons. They carried often as much as three or four
toes of luggage, which it would be impracticable for the
proprietor to get delivered within six hours after the arrb
val, particularly in the winter time. On this grontel the
question was one of the greatest imp irtance to the propri-
etors, and on the several grounds that the vehicles bad bees
considered and treated as common waggons, and not as
stage coaches, lie submitted that the proprietors were only
bound to deliver the goods within twenty-tour hours slice
their arrival.
A coach proprietor, on being questinnelas to the nature
'of the goods carried by the vane, admitted that goods as
heavy were carried in stage coaches.
Alderman VaxiteLes said he would go along- with tfte
Learned Uentlesnan so far as to admit that these rens were
not stage coaches; but. on the oiler hand, he held that
they were not stage wagzeos. The words of the Act
were, " any public coach or carriage other than &common
stage waggon," which comprehended every kind of mhicle
but the stage waggon. The Magistrate said he understood
these vans as a new species of veliii le not conteMelated by
the Legislature, as they were not in use at the time the
Act was pissed, hut clearly coming within its provisions
is a "public carriage other than a common stage waggon."
A large portion of perishable goods, which required im-
rnAliate delivery, were conveyed by these vans, and he there-
fore thought the construction he hail taken the be-
neficial construction.--Ile convicted the defendant.
The prosecutor here stated that his object was not to ob-
tain the penalty, hut a decision upon the question, that the
public might know in future in what time they had a right
to have their goods delivered.
The defendant was accordingly convicted in a nominal
penalty with costs.
Alderman VIZNABLES said. he considered that it was for
the interest of tliLt proprietors of the vane that they suould
be brought within the operation of this Act. Indeed,
they- were now become of sufficient importance to have
a p irticular Bill introduced for their regulation.—Tbe
peolic were greatly indebted to the prosecutor for bringing
the case forward.
1.30W-STREET.—ferele, Waters, a sprightly youth of 21,
employed as a porter at the Angel inn, St. Clements,
Strand, was charged with an assault, with intent to commit
a rape. upon Eliza Cowling.
Eliza Cowling is &servant at the Angel ; and during the
four months that she has been there she has been constant-
ly importuned 1)7 the defendant for favours which it was
,quite impossible for a modest woman to grant. She told
him she was older than him (she is about 35), and he bad
•-• seek or- -- his own age. 'but still he would Dot
red her from one room to another,
the rest of the household, " Eliseo
he ventured to take great liberties in
mike his conduct known. On Mon-
ordered to take a pint of porter to
te, and she found the prisoner there
ly seized her round the waist, threw
and when she attempted to resist his
lola of her throat with his hand and
the however got from him, and called

In his defence, Waters denied the charge, and said it was
true he had taken some slight liberties with the prosecu.
Iris, but she was quite as willing as be was, and that was
well known to every body in the house.
The proseentrin declared this to be false, and called her
master, who gave her the character of a discreet honest
woman.
Mr. Mixsuut.a said, he believed her to be so, and ordered
the defendant to find bail,liimself in 401., and two sureties
in 201. each.
HATTON-OARDEN.--A respectabledooking young woman
was brought up by warrant, by the parish officers of St.
Andrew, to compel her to swear an illegitimate child
which she has had recently, prior to her being sent to her
parish.
The woman appealed to the magistrate, stating that she
did not want to swear the child, which cal now twill,
I maintained by its parent, and she had no intention of ap-
plying for parish relief. She was not even living in their
parish, and she wished to know whether they could compel'
bier to swear it, or compel her to go to her parish?
' Mr. Sergeant &wist said, certainly not. If such things'
were to •be tolerated, they might compel the first duchess
in the 'land to ebtne'forti•ard and swear her child, if
It
.chanced to be horn out of 'heti loony. If the child became
chargeable, the case Would be different. 'I be perish might,'
if they chose, remote the woman to her' bathe: but tW4S.
Must do it at their own peril: be would not give these his
Countenance In so doing.
MARLOORottan STRerr Jeupee, a Sok& II-
Alesuan,Whose newt has already apprered Were tbd
was brought so the offiett Ipon a warrant, eh 11
bating threatened to take away the life of Me. lahli
respectab!e tailor inglanorer Sitter, thinner Stlatiees'

Mr. Pollard stated, that this Mr. denies habitslo'll na tely
by some means or other became separated with one of his
daughters, and had made a forma; proposal to him for her
in marriage. Nut kaoWing 'any thing wba'ever of him,
Mr. Pollard told biM, that before he could content to give
away his .itaughter to &perfect stranger, it was necessary
he shonid know something of the defendant'santans of sup-
rtinca wife.. The defendant represented that he bad an
independent property iu Switzerland of four hundred a year
sterling, end gave some references as to his respectability.
Upon making some inquiries, however, Mr. Pollard was by
no means satisfied, and, therefore, declined the alliance
altogether, and prohibited his daughter from seeing
Jaques in future.
The latter, however, continued his addresses, and was
constantly calling at, and hovering about, his honer, and
insisting upon seeing the young lady, who at length, to
avoid his importunities, was sent some distance into the
country. Since the defendant hay learned this, he has
been beard repeatedly to declare, that he would blow out
the brains of Mr. Pollard, and afterwards his own; to ma
complish which, he always carried a case of pistols shout
him. On the night of Saturday last, Mr. Pollard saw him
watching about Hanover Street. and bad no doubt it was
reran opportuhity of carrying his threat into execution.
Mr. Rog, the Magistrate, askaldf Mr. Pollard had any
witness to prove the threats used by the de fendaet. • .
Mr. Pollard said he had, and called the person io whose
house in Berwick Street, Mr. Jaqaes lodges, who stated,
that when the defendant returned home on Saturday
night, he said that he had just been very near accomplishing
his object, for be had seen Mr. Pollard, and had be spoke')
one word to him he would have instantly shot him, and
then cut his own throat with a razor. He then took from
his pockets a pistol, which was loaded to the muzzle, wit! a
razor, which he showed the witness, and repeated bat he'
would emmapat an end to Mr. Pollard if he did oot give up
his daughter to him.
Mr. Roe asked the defendant what he had to say to this
charge. He denied that he had ever threatened Mr. Pot-
lard's life, and was enteriog into a history of his a.artaint-1
soca with Miss Pollard, when Mr. Roe told him he had no-
thing to do with this subject, and to cootine himself to the
immediate charge; and not being able to disprove it, lie
was ordered to find two sureties in 501. each, and himself in
1001. to appear at the sessions. where Mr. Roe strongly
urged Mr. Pollard to ezhibit articles of the peace, unless
before that time the defentlaut should be sent out of the
country, as it appeared the Alien Office had some charge
against him.
QUIIIIN-SQUARE.—Mr. Capper, from the Alien Mice ap-
peared yesterday before the Aligistrate , and stated, that
Mr. Solomon Victor Jacques, the person mentioned in our
paper of yesterday, as having been arrested and proceeded
against under the Alien Act, for neglecting to register his
place of abode, having been required to give sureties for
preserving the peace towards all his Majesty's subjects,
and being prepared with bail for that purpose, he (Mr.
Capper) would not press for his conviction, under the Alien
Act. The proceeding under the Act in question was there-
fore quashed.
Yesterday a boy, stating himself to be in the employ of
Mr. Dixon, printer and publisher, Waterloo Road, wee
brought before the Magistrates of this office, charged with
an infringement on the Hawkers and Pedlars' Act, for
vending pamphlets without a license.
The prisoner was in the daily habit of parading Sloane
Street, with a large board tied oa his back, announcing a
new pamphlet, headed, " Recent Case of infamous and
horrible Abduction in London, being' the full Account
(as sworn to by several witnesses) of the Imprisonment,
in a Private Madhouse, of en American Lady by her Hus-
band, Eq. of Sloane Street, Chelsea, and of her
discharge by Habeas Corpus, on 'Thursday, 2tith August,
1t23." The,gentlemso against whom the abdaction was
alleged, adopted this mode of checking the libel contained
in the pamphlet.
A young gentleman attended on his behalf, and stated
that it was the intention of the gentleurau accused to pro-
secute for libel, unless the work was immediately sup-
pressed. He understood it was written by a Lieutenant of
the R.N., who aim acquainted with Mrs. S. sod her family.
Mr. Dixon, on bring sent for, acknowledged publishing
the pamphlet, but was not aware that it was illegal to hawk
them &boot, especially as they were of his own manufac-
ture. Other publications, as the "Theatrical Observer"
were sold in this manner.
Magistrate-1 suppose they were stamped.
Mr. Dixon agreed to discontinue the sale, on which the
intention of prosecation for libel was abandoned.
UNION UALL.—Yesterday, Richard Martin, Esq. M.P.
attended at this office to prove his case against Peter Law,
for cruelly beating and driving a horse belonging to his
employer, Thome, Fry, a knacker, in Blackfriars' Road.
Mr. Martin prefaced his charge with a few observations•
upon the brutal conduct of the class of men called koaskers.
When a poor worn out horse was sold to one of these fel-
lows for the purpose of slaughter, in many instances it was
worked as long as it bad a leg to stand upon, and frequently
let out to job at the rate of ls. Gd. or 2s. a day, until at
length the unfortunate animal actually dropped i.ewn dead
from fatigue. He (Mr. M) went a few days ago to the
house of a miscreant of this description at Whitechapel.
Oa entering the pound where the horses were kept, he saw
eight or ten pour starved animals. When he asked wheu
they had received food last, a fellow said, " Oh, a horn
cap live eight or nine days well without a bit of food."
He (Mr. Martin) sent for a truss of hay, and by td— they
ran at it more like hungry hounds than horses. He then
made some observations on the inhumanity of keeping horses
in a state of starvation, but was asked, " What business is
it of your's ? If you want to be generous give me some of
your money." "By o—, a halfpenny of wine you don't
get," was the reply. Mr. Martin said, that Fry must be
a man of the same kidney, or be never would have allowed
his servant to treat a poor animal with such cruelty.
The case was then proved. On the sth of September
Mr. Martin saw law driving a horse in a cart on Black-
friars' Road. The animal was quite lame, but Law lashed
it most cruelly with a large whip on the back, although
there was a lump there as large as the fellow's ugly head.
There was also a piece of iron in the horse's mouth, and
Law worked it up and down, and put the animal to inex-
pressible torture. Besides all this. the horse was driven at
the rate of eight miles an hour oe three legs. Any thing
so barbarous as the whole conduct of this savage, Mr. Mar-
tin had not seen since the introduction of his Bill into
Parliament.
The defendant denied that he had done any thing of the
kind.
Mr. Martin—There's Martin Whelan, my servant, saw
the thing as well as I did.
Defendant —1 didn't drive the orsd with no panicky'
cruelty.
Mr. Martin started from his chair, and said, " By 0— 1
never saw worse treatment in my life. Let the horse be
produced, and it will speak for itself.
iilr. COAMDERS requested that the Deity's name should
not be so frequently used in such a manner. In fact, lam
ander a penalty myself, said Mr. Chambers, if I allow such
a course to be pursued.
Whelan' confirmed his muter's statement.
Fry, for the defence, called a person named Edwards,
who said that he had seen lie cruelty exercised by,the de-
fendant; and that he did slot see that the horse was
lame,
ift: 'Watt* (snatching up Pye's Justice, which lay oo
tits tii tOd kissing iit,)" by the contents of this book.
airhat e 'said, is trite ; and I'll bet you any meaty,
whistitit get mo, that yet geese saw a lamer hone
thfialplintor"iobserved, that the evidence plainly. de.
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Pry begged tit the Murat/stet troglC ticket,thp+hors
liimatt • • "
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