The Statesman.
London, England, 1818-08-26 00:00:00

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Uwe. in Manchester ; I bars coins for you for rob•
bill that old. mao in the Pipe-entry, and I want l.ho
Money." lie found three notes and lialfa.nrite 103
his fob, anotbeein another pocket, and sotto silver::
Witness said; " Heap says it,was yob that WA the, ,
horrk." Boiler teOlied,." Ile is a d=sil Hart it woes
he that took it, I saw him.take some Poles ottt'of liii
and throw the book into a pigsty ; we lietil lid eta,
palmed that be threw ' the notes into.a 011,4 I
pretended to knook.at a door s/' if'
if*
sltivoeilppe ad
there; n
the watchman asked' me what Ilrld
doinparrst, and I said I wis locked oats :Ai 'Sots nit
.the' watchman was gone by, I went butt te 114
:privy, and tierelsir. 86 mane notes. as I. could;. it Oil
out
;took It those niritrOws hare taken of .useoo'wlll
;find they are` prily notia": Butler' did'het K 0...
h Mille
who stopped the old asses asoot_, ____ ~ , .„
1 but held the laps of hie coil
rho declarations of thi,PrisOnerfseilkis ni!iltribild:
They were to the lain. effect na the ohld*Whbetd,
Oren. , ,„,,
Mr. Ws Lit Anil:Who. W4eflttelf .ter ne1190140
whom ewers hip oive,eonfesilen • . 'not Ittl ,. fisahS
begged: to urge for Biltleil.thougo' riot Cotohierfor.
him, that there was never an isistancs of COPiiielien
where' the corpus delidi was Pot proved. tberewai
here no evidence that there had beett'a robber at
all; and be referred to the. authority' of Lord El-
leutinvolgio, 'Orris on this • Circuit, thait. a' hereto,
muitjourroied before a clonfeisioa cats coutict of
bergliory.
Mr; Baron' Wobp.—Well, I am of a' difriiiag
opinion. After a long elimination of the deelarti.
tions'aridevidence, his Lordship said, that' if there
were., complete .confession, he . should hold it salt
cient, blet It eppeorecl ter, defective. It was not
sufficient legal evidence ; the ersofetsion of ode can-
not affect the.otber, and riotiOePtilressee that litecon-
witted the istlisoi.—Not Guilty.'.
. , PEllatißY.
John Oita, of the profession of the Vasa, in Man.
cheater, had heen iudicted for perjury, and 4raversed
at the last Assizes: It was now stated for the Pro-
secutor that the:affidavit founded on was ain'ng the
papers of Mr. Justice Burrosigh, on the Western
Circuit, and could not be obtained for trial at the
present Assizes, and delay was asked till nrkt As-
sites. This was resisted by the Defendant, as due
notice hid not been given. No evidence Was offered,
and he was found—Not Guilty.
Henry Hacking, convicted of bigamy, was len-.
tenced, in consideration of his good character, end'
his contrition, only to iinpilionment for six monthi.,
The (Minting Ig' convicts vete then rutted se
'once at the bar, to receive sentence of .death v--a-
Charles' Mawriesley, for lapel Daniel end William'
Fitzpatrick', for highway robbery; Barney Mil:mush.
1 lio., John ilenshitvi, Willtani Cettittal, Glitiitephor
Thouttison, John Borrow, (on his
,own. cintifesiton),.
Tfinmapitinohe, Robert Midmost, JonathariCtibtree,
T0:4.6M disteit, and William Stanley, rot burglary;
Thaiiit DirtiVoit and James Sprout, for horse-steal-
ing ; Jokeph Wilkiriski, for ibeeiwtealing; Richard
Wright, THUMB. Bradley, and William Ratchford,
for stealing in a ditilling,houSt above the ease of
fOrojr 011iltin gr. .
kills' be seen Nth the nattei tht a large pro.
portion of. the eorivltts• are natives of , the Osier
. island ; this was still Mete manifest from their docent,
i and it was now fully proved by their uncommon
fluency and dui; flee Fitipstrielts delivered each ta,
eloquent oration, ildeeticing to the front while de-
liveriO4 it, and retiring to the buck rank when he
hirl finisaid. ThEre were some 'national tooth's :-
44 Thodgh young in years, I am hill younger In
crime * • • Never till now Was I placed at
the bar of my koontry • • • I should have ad
once pleaded guilty,' if your Lordship had not con- !
Indicted me, for 1 am guilty ; but I Geed no violence 1,
In the first litelloce. My crime is great, but my
punishowYnif try repentance. since I have been appre.
bonded, if Still greater. Till this unfortunate affair.
• I *as tooter guilty of any offence. I bleesGod that
r I have hien taken in my first offence; for if I had
;110t, I might g 6 MI to Worse and worse, till my snail
/Act Holly were reiried. I throw myself on_yoor
bordship's mercy," Av. Others were equally per.
i rental, but net so copious. hlawdesley stood with
tools as red as crimson; ant} never opened his lips.
' Mt. Baron Wobb —You have severally been con.
Titled tif most atrocities crimes, for which you stand
there to receive sentence of death. Although all year
offences are capital, they vary in their completion of
criminality. One of you is convicted of a rape.—
This an offence of the most heinous nature, anaisi
your else it is setompanied ssith many eircumstaucta
Of iggritration. It appears that you not only were
bent upnO gratify iag your brutal inclination, hut that
' yoe rued the poor woman in • cruel and inhuman
manner. The Jery who found you guilty thought fit
to recntirtiend you to mercy. Their recommendation
'mil be token into confidential', but I can give you
tab hope that merry can be shown to you.—(His
' Lordship then made some appropriate observations
on the other classes of crimes.)—Any circumstances
of alleviation that may be found in your cases wilt
be taken into consideration ; bat whether his Majesty
may eitend mercy to any of you, it does not become
me at present to say. I recommend it to you all to
repent of .yhor limns, and by penitence and prayer to
prepare for that fate which may possibly 'trait you.
Scenes such es these are not unusual in Lancashire,
and irccorditigly we saw no emotion among the sperm.
tors. All the Prisoners stood quiet sod unmoved.
Thus th 6 bushiest of the Crown Court was finished
at loilf.past tiro.
The cotton.spinners are still in custody for want
of WO. Their trial for conspiracy is traversed till
nett *ssites.
Mr. Birth Woon disposed of five small causes
fruit the other Court, after the criminal trials were
ended ; it WWI( felt extremely desirable to let as
Mont Is possible Of the parties and witnesses en-
gaged WA tiiwti igeore Sunday.
. CIVIL %SIM
Mr. Joitire n6YLtIr got a ronsidiartAle number of
WIWI settled this dey. They were of little im-
portance but tethe !sortie..
' sIMIIIN V. CRAVEN.
This was i case of assault. Mr. [Woe conducted
for the Plairititi, Mr. Williams v.tis with him; Mt.
Scarleit and Mr. Littledale were for the Defendant.
Nothing can be conceived more ftivoluns than the
cause of all attic array ,of legal talent. Mr. Craven
is a shopkeeper in Kendal ; Mr. Simkin had a stag