The Statesman.
London, England, 1822-10-16 00:00:00

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COURT OF KM'S RENCH.—Tvnuar.

The Sitting after Trinitz Term rewetaseneodualp
day, by attioornosot. The Cows at In tie
Exchequer. Westminster Mall.
aNiti Prise, befure the Crisp Jvsrses esul Ceases
Jerks.
STANLIT V. DODD.
TM. was an action of debt for penalties owlet the
55th li,orge 111. cap. W.
Mr. SCAIMETT awl Mr. Gunner teellprted the plain-
tiff'. ease. and the SOWLITORMENSILIIL lied Mr. ItOLAN
the defendsats.

With the facts of the case the public are already some-
whet acquainted, from the cirenotitseee of its haring
been before this Court once ow twirl) before. The de-
fendant is a householder of the parish of St. Mathew;
Bethnal-green, and, undue a local Act of Parliament,
also rated one of the qualifienties guardians of its pow
The present proceeding, a penal one, was instituted
against him for having, whilst be was so goardine, 'ap-
plied with milk the workhouse of that parish. in direct
contravention of the provisions of the Aet, which inflicts
a penalty of IPOI. upon any overseer, 'oversaw, or guar-
dian of the poor of a parish, who, whilst they centimes('
in office, undertook, directly or indirectly, to tarnish soy
article of food for the nse of the paupers. Some terms
ago the matter was first brought to trial, when, from a
ilefect of evidence to prove that the defendant actually
discharged any of the functions of a raardian of the
poor (the supply not being denied). the Court decided
in his favour, and ordered a non-wit to be entered for
.the plaintiff. Subsequently a motion was made in the
Court of King's Bench to set aside this nonsuk owl ob
twin a new trial, and upon a case made out by the appal
last's Counsel, the Court acceded to the appfieatioo. It
was under these cirettsostance• that therpresmat trial took
place.
The evidence offered on behalf of the *hail' was
pearly the same as at the former trial; hat is addition,
Mr. Bretton, the Vestry Clerk, and Adoring to the de-
tendon', and Mr. Cheri 11, one of the overseers, Kaiser*
positive evidence as to the fact of the defeodant discharg-
ing the duties of the office at the time the milk in quer
thou was supplied to the workhoose. The Sommer of
the workhouse and the pauper who broiled the milk
from the defendant's spoke to that fact.
The Soxicrron-Geoutes, for the defence, admitted
the supply of the milk, but objected that ender the pe-
culiar circumstances of this case the defesdast wee net
'liable to the penalty. The management of the la 1 scser
Bethnal-green was administered under site • al pro-
visions of three local Acts of Parliament. one of
these, every honseholder worth nOl. a year was inutile&
to be a guardian of the poor; but 'lnseam' the *Wog
guardians were obliged to be Mums bone the whole
number of qualified peruses, which cowed a distinction
between those actually in office and those eligible to it.
In the latter class he contended the &fennel was, for
be admitted that he was worth WM. a pear, bat denied
that he had exercised the fenctioos of the saes at the
time in question. This demurrer I. conceived an *s-
ewer to the action, 'taint, wJviag the fact of the sop
ply of the article of provision to the workhouse.
The Cuter Joexica replied, that in his mind the evi-
dence was strong enough to show,that the defoodent had
done enough ill the office to widest himself to the re-
sponsibility of this penalty. It wee the neatens of the
Courts not to construe penal statutes too 'lively, bat the
present at as one of inch obvious istiliq, that it was his
opinion the jury would be warranted in enforriog it
upon this occasion, by relieving a verdict for the
plaintiff.
The Jury found accordingly, with leave to the defend-
am tomer' to setookie the viedieteud enter a 'wealth.
COOMAXO OWL& smireerasa. • • s 1
This was an action of debt on boot
The Noble defendant bad ponied is hood to the plaits-
tirs wife, conditioned to pay lOUL a year nailer a pe
salty of 1,006/. The lestalmeols became io urea,. and
the present action was brought to enforce payment.
The signature was proved, ant a* d'efesee being made,
the Jury found for the plaintiffs for 711 i
SOWLIIT O. Mau.
This was an action of damages for an assault.
The plaintiff is a respectable aoctioseer in the oeigii-
bourbood of Covent Harden ; the defendant is owner of
the Swan public boner, corner of Bury-street. St.
James's. It appeared thatif on the day io question, the
plaintiff, accompanied by a friend, called at the defend-
ant's house, went into the parlour, and asked for some
porter. The day was very wet, the plaintiff set about
stirring the fire to dry his clothes. Some objection to
the taking of this liberty aas expressed by the pot-boy,
but his remonstrance being disregarded, the defendant
was called in to pr the plaintiff from farther dis•
Curbing the wale It would seem, however, that the
plaintiff put more irons into the fare than he could well
use; for the landlord attacked him for intruding upon
that sacred prerogative of the man of the house, and the
pot-boy, • used by the disrespectful manner in which
he was treated, busied himself with blowing the (eels be-
tween them. In the end, words getting high,the plaid-
tif earl his friend were put outside the door, and the
whole transaction would have been a bottle of smoke, if
it bad not been for the present proceeding. It was not
pretended that any bodily harm was sustained by the
plaintiff. Stich was hi, case.
The defence was built upon the high and indestruct-
ible right of every landlord to stir his own firs in his
own house, to the exclusion of all others whatever. It
was denied that this most sacred of prerogatives was at
all affected by the other liberties allowed to goods in
• room devoted to public use. The slamming of doors,
tearing of papers, and abundant use of noisy words
were all conceded, but the
°potting a poker into the tire
without thelandlords special warranty was said to be a
crime against the majesty of the man of the hoes.
quite sntficient to warrant Lis greatest rage horatiog
into a flame.
The evidesee of the pet-hey wan called in to support
the arguments of the Learned CounseL He stated that
be remonstrated with the gentlemei ageism stirring the
tire, telling them his master would be displeased I, hat
they replied by 'flying be might go and be d—d, or
words to that effect. _ -- . . ... . _

The Jnry, under the LearaedJuilge's direetiowfonad
fur the defendant.

POLICE.

Alxvstots.linvou.—Chonarmiwia.—This is a term, the
ineaoing of which our readers are most probably mase-
qttainted with ; it is the designation given to a fraud
very extensively and very successfully practised upon
the public—at least that part of them whose memos do
not enable theca to enjoy the luxury of new clothing,
and are :herefore couyelled to purchas:-. their raiment at
the secondhand clothes shops. Be an ingenious con-
trivance a nap is milted upon an old threadbare garment,
the proper dye is then applied, and thus an old coat
(intrinsically worth two or three shillings) is made to
earl the appearance of one work as many pounds.—
The pawnbrAters hare lately suffered very severely by
this trick, and yesterday a woman of the name of :shep-
herd, who was detected in tke set of playing it ollr at the
shop of Mr. Reeve, pawnbroker, Snow-hill, was &Min•
ed and brought in custody to this office.
The pawnbroker produced the coat, which was, from
its appearance. well calculated to deceive persists out
aware of the trick. No money having, however been
advanced by the pawnbroker, the woman was di:Warg-
o', as no fraud bad been committed.
Yesterday, Joespis itookis, who bad bees some time
ago errand-boy to MOM. R 011192 and statiosersi

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too St. Dinsetailit, waslahaved with havlist lesseeit-
tedu robitery. . .
A few dityw Colt was disesiored brat tMpf lava had
heei entered by some permits w,ho mad bass had aunt
knowledge of the place. The Set et as boa oak which
was asisalii his; up is a mivilleshrshosoberoras takes,
and the safe was opesed with is Irks sale it bad
hems rosemary to keep • bat ease dale so the
firm ordered another straw. is be made,ia which
they deposited the cash. no thief seitied met to have
brew aware of this. for, Atieleogisg aineog the paper,
he closed threlortipreeterrimed the hey to Its Oar. ail
wade no art • the other We: Sr. however,
took all that was portable; be mild tern to it
mediate us.. The prisoner ea isro costedy at
the lodging of hicwiother. fd. was retaisded.
Harroxmaawax.—Johs Davie, a smart looking
young Iran, about 9.2 years of are, was beehght up for
final examination, cliarged with niteattisr to break
1 into and rub the house of Thomas Richard Read, Req.,
6. Dembridge Terrace, reatoacille, ea the night of
Therealay last.
The burglary sot being effected. die Maristrati stated
that there assert sufficient 'widest* to sea him I. a
juryt bat wan the New Tarrant Art. lie eourmitted
-him the tbrewunontlis to bud labose in the Hasa of
Correction. _ _

The Leily two was charged on ottspicion of shop-lilk. i
lag, was yesterday brought op for Seal examination,
when the prosecutor stated that he bad wade parthrsiar
isquiriee respecting her character, and finding that her
:essoduet bad hitherto hoes irreproachabk, and that she
iawas tablets to occasional aberrations andati, he nes dr
thous to mese the ingoiry no farther. The prise*
was immediately discharged. She was led into sad sai
the *See by two neeptetablo Winless's, is a state',
leppareet insensibility.
blast.noaouoncerassu.--Yestertiar Mr. S--•••-, II
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reatleinas Obelus, who has estates fit Ireland, charged
I'm Tamed, o youth, with extorting from his va-
eimas same strawy, under • threat to charge Iris With
manatuallrelpaimatirs. It appeared in evidence dial
Me piwasemitoriately arrived in England from Dahlia,
iunditsuipied apartments in Bryanston street, Parma.
square. Oa the 6th of September it appeared the prose.
ritator was going to • party in fierners-street, Oxfaid.
street, midis' bleed • coach to take his there. The pri-
mmer requested to ride in the coach with him, which be.
consented to, bit the prisoner gave orders for the coach
to drive is a contrary direction to that in which witness
nes goiog and be loft the mach. Time prisoner after-
wards stet the prosecutor at his house, and threatened to
charge him with mai-practices if he did not supply him
with stoney, sod be give his Iff. He afterwards mate
repeated rills sod received money from him tinder girds
lay pretence, and on one occasion, in the aissenteof the
prosecutor. kW wife had an interview with the rinse*,
who called for SOL, saying that her husband had her,
guilty of a crime for which he ought to be shot, and the
he, the prisoner. bad hes coachmen to prove it, each of
whom were to have 261., and prisoner 101. to keep it se-
cret. Aire. S.— made an appointment for the pri-
ma. r to call, whoa Clements and .I.fferiee, time officers,
were in attendance, and took him into custody.
The prisoner, in his dative', confessed h avi ng received
the money from** prosecutor, but explained the rea-
sons why he did so.
Sir U. FAIIIifINT said, that the law would protect eves
coil'', perilous from being this imposed on. The prisoner
would bare performed a less heinous offence by placing
.a pistol at the head of Mr. S. and demanding 501.; and
his case was noes ageravatisai by threatening to destroy
the peace of triad sad happiness of lire. S.. and to siss-
price her boohoos' *this clawarner.
L The primmer tins owls seeded Aerie; examination.
andlygeen lailitimassuithod her tirial for the capital Ai'
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fence. • • - •
Qusineuntraut.-71roo. Jake*, earnests to Myth, Da*
Mul. sad Hall, imalumerchants, was chargesi with aeg-
ligeatly.driving his hawses.
The street-keeper otSt. Jobs's. Westminster, stated
'lint, ow lan.Thursday maim shoot six o'clock. the
"defendsot was driving • waggas, with four horses, down
Totisili-street f hoobenroad that Jokes wog riding on the
beck of the tided hone, and therefore had no command
of the rattle; he had so relatifs his hand. Another man
.was lying slow. is dm wagons. lie (Ifill)desired Jahn
Na dismount sad' deivo the horses properly ; un which
abe damsdantaanoweresi, it was a wet night. Hill atilt

walitiog alongside*. whey repeatedly de.ired hiss
to mime (lowa aml the oily seawcr be could gotten
the defeadeat was. It's a wet WOO
The primmer was fused in the mitigated penalty of I.
mad costs.
Joe. Mtg.& &costly drilled man, aged 40, whi goes
about town aelllog books, was charged with infomessly
ammo king a little girl. aged nine gate.
The prisoner lodged in the same house with the mo-
there! the child. and on nitric/ay last, during her atc
settee feein home. the villain embraced the opportunity.
and assaulted the child is a manner that left no doubt
be bad accomplished his design. The snb4eqaent illness
of the child was tie means of the baseness of the prisoner
below discovered, and on the mother interrogating her
infant, she developed fasts which we forbear laying be-
fore oar seaders.—The man Maids reminded for farther
examination.

Yesterday infennatien wars received at this oilier, that
ea the preceding nigist.• female in passing by the West-
minster lefirmary, was attempted to be =ordered by a
person yet unknown. The young woman seas In com-
pany with some female friends, when a young man, gen-
teely dressed, approached them, and accosted her in lan.
gnage pot fit to be mentioned. She repulsed leis advances,'
and in an Instant be pulled a sharp instrument from bis
pocket, and drawing it across her throat inlicted a deep
wound. He repeated his attempt, bat she struggled till
she dropped upon the foot steps at the Hospital door.—
The efinnake at first were very mach alarmed, hat
having recovered themselves, attacked him and called
ter assisfacce, wlshb induced him no relinquish his dia-
bolical intention, and be ran off. The wesaded woman
was taken into the hospital, where she now lies in a pre-
carious state, and from the appearance of the woands in
her throat, the instrument used seems to be a razes. It
,h suspected. from the description given of the offender,
that he is a charnmer, who haul hese recently discharged
from the Huard.. He had some time ago kept company
with the female ; but ultimately she rejected his
addresses.

Upton-N►u..—Yesterday a man named George Hall
who was a short time •inee in a respectable line of ba
1111114 s as a tobacconist, in fligh-street, Southwark
was charged with felony under the following Memos
stances:—

William Reed. shopmfin to Messrs. Simpson, babe,-
dashers, 31, Leadenhall•street, slated that the prisoner
came to the warehouse on Saturday last, and desired to
look at patterns of boinhasin, grus de Naples, Ile
selected goods of that Jeseription to the amount of M.
3s. and left the shop with directions that the bill should
he made out against his return, When he came back.
on seeing the bill, he rnpresaed his surprise at th.
charges, and said the articles came to more than he ex•
petted ; however, as thlr were packed ap, he would no
give them the trouble of redacinz the Quantity, and add-
ed, that he lass certain the Lady from whom he retch-
ed the commission weaLi not be displeased with him.—
He begged that the Lady's address might be written of
the package—" Sirs. Taylor, Orville-place, Kingston
Surrey, per coach.," and, as he hail not anScient csl
about him, desired that the errand boy might accompan,
him with the goods to his residence in St. Saviour a. i,
the Botongh. A person was despatched with biro,