The Statesman.
London, England, 1818-07-13 00:00:00

pected to meet ilvellenvihire, ._
'would cry out against them, if they killed him. My
husband was at 4his,tiote tanding ewsbe,fiaor, with
his smallclothes_on. They made him take them
'pff, searched'di'd pockets, and 'knoekid 'him down
bport 'the bed. The man who knonked him do'sin
had a black mask on as high as-his npse, and the
PPM PM of his fain Was hovered with red. I again.
begged for tiercy, upon which one of the men, tak-
ing.wp thd breathe!, said they would fit him, and
put them on. Theythen covered my husband with
As blintkets, told hint not to stir, and struck him
several times with a cudgel. In eadeavotring to save
hits"[ rercierved tw 0 or three blows on this arm (hold-
ing op art arm which proved her age and infirmity).
They then proceeded .to rummage the drawers, from
which they took oat two 101. bills. After which,
they cline to the bed ',herd sat on account of my
lameness, and said " ---- you, you have got 4013 t
'nets; and money we will have." I declared that
'had net .any money, and fearful that more men
ight come into the room, I kept my eye upon
lthe door, which prevented me from particularly
'observing the dress of those who attacked us. I ob-
nerved a man without a mask at the doer. He seemed
Tso wish to escape being noticed. He bad an apron
apped round him, and now and then peeped in. Be-
fore he went away I saw him more plainly. William.
Hills, the baker, was the man. While every thing.
was turned up side down I kept my eyes intently
on the door, my niece was behind me shaking ill,
the bed. After they had tried every thing in the•
room they went down stairs, and broke every lock
there, after which they went away. On going down
stairs in the morning I missed five bottles of rum and
gin ; the rum was marked on the corks with an H.
by me. There was a mask lying in my husband's
hat, made of black silk, and I perceived that the
door had been broken• to pieces with a ploughshare,•
which ity on the ground, and corresponded with the
marks of violence. In ter crosa-eaamination, this
witness said, she was telvainly dreadfully agitated
during the scene she bid described. She felt some-
thing for her property and herself ; but she felt every
thing for her husband. Her fears, however, had not
hurt her powers of observation, but sharpened them.
The man at the door said more than once to the two
who beat her husband, " Don't murder her or them,"
and he spoke those words in a feigned voice, which
carsed her to take particular notice, under the im-
pression that the man acted from a consciousness of
being knoln to her. .'This man had served her with
bread two years in Northampton, and always acted
with the greatest civility.
George Smith, the Prosecutor, confirmed the evi-
dence of his wife.

SeVega witnesses were called to prove that the Pri.
Boner; ,hari teen seers going in the directiOn of Mr.
Stnitli'Otimiiol or returning from it.
• , •
Joseph COsppell.-41e, seven in the morning he
heard of the robbery, ‘nd immediately went to Mr.
Smith's house, whet' a scarf was given to him, made
of black silk. He then went to Minards, and !tier
some conversatierp, told him that he (witness) was
suspected of being concerned in the. robbery. 1)!Ii•
nerds said he could clear me, and swear I was not
there. Witness pulled out the scarf or mask, and
said, " This it one of the things left behind, and it
might be mine, or May one else's; upon which Mi-
nards said, 46 Give it to me ; let us burn it." Wit-
ness refused, and having :called Minards to a more
private place, said, he had been to Mr. Smith's, and •
told him he had met four men on the bridge after the
robbery. Minards asked who they were, and wit.
ness replied, that he (Minards) knew as well as he
did, and better; that he (Minardi) and Hills were
two of the party. Minards at first denied this, but
afterward. owned it; requesting that witness would
not mention it, end he should have a pound or two.
On his cross-examination he said, he had been him-
self suspected of being concerned in the robbery, but
for what reason he could not tell.
Boner deposed, that on going to work the
Morning after the robbery, he found a bottle with
some rum in it on the grass near Mr. Smith's house.
This bottle had marked upon its cork the letter Re
and Mrs. Smith swore that that mark was her's.
A constabl4 swore, that et seven o'clock on the
morning after the robbery, he saw Minards and hills
in Northampton. Hills at last appeared in the wit.
nest's bog, and corroborated the previous evidence.
Before they got to the house George struck a light.
They then tried the door, which was fastened, and
after the conversation, repeated by Mrs. Smith,
broke open the dpor. George and Barrois entered,
the room, while witness reettained in the passage.—.
There was a pistol or two with the party, but no
powder or ball. They took ali the money and li-
quor they could find ; and after carousing on rum
and plens-cake, divided part of the spoil and - left
the house. Witness threw away the bottle produced
about 150 yards from Mr. Smith's house, and ex-
changed coats with Bennie. On their return they
met Chappell on the bridge.
In his cross-examination, he said he had a wife and
three children ; be was much embarrassed in his cir-
cumstances, and was partly incited to make the dis-
closere by his conscience, and not at all by an es-
pectation of pardon, which he certainly hoped for,
but had no reason to think he should obtain. God,
forbid, that to save his own neck for other offences,
be should destroy the lives of iunoceut meth He
npoke entirely front his conscience.
For the Prisoners an alibi was, with great impu-
dence, sworn to, but the testimony of• those who
were so anxious to save their friends was the most
contradictory imaginable.
Thomas Shaw, a shoemaker, a brother, end. the
father of Bar well, and a temple sweep named Lynes,
were the persons who swore so hard.
The Prisoners were all found Guilty, sod sen-
tenced to die.
There were several other indictments for robberies
under similar circumstances against them, but they
were not proceeded upon, the only evidence being
that of Hills, the accomplice.

This was the only trial of the slightest interest nn
the Crown.side. Ou the Nisi Pails nothing of any
momeut occurred.

DOVER, JULY 10.—Came in the Hensam Harris,
fromOpffitto.—'Arrived off this Port the brig Viroeftunt
Mist!pbiue, from Tooeriff.

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GulLDTlALL.—Saterday.....man in respectable cit.
cn.msienses,, eemed Joihrffors., wp charika4. .the
Overseers of the parii4 in which he'rt'sfißd;' lathitty.
ineiserfed his wite.enetWOrifinc.Childien: 'The'
Prisonei for some tintoi:tivis'eher) CerrietSican,ezketq
sive 'tipsiness is a,balier4o, rronteonsevAphe,
Side, 'Flap., 4 had peep., mart* to,p
About female. egnlgiii ,alase‘'.he sinexptetkdif
disposed of
.his hoe), end'haSitiestfor
engegiog tp gyit the.titter
.on't)ie enete
to tbe sale. ,As a cause for this, he iprtietited to'
pjs
.1,0, Oat 4 hid obtaieeka iltaa fop
meter, by Which he could secure
than. his :trade would iifiord him. On thp day on'
which be had egreed'iolesve the hopse, he:teff home,
paying that' he would' reknit' again in half kin pour,
t ha did pot retero, and et twelve o'clock at night
age was. Compelled tic) Oendors the.hisse and go into
the lOW with her two 'infant Chlidria; the other
parries bayinig claimed possesion of the concerti. -1
Tim wife then threw. herself and chiji)On ;en the
parish for support. Ain't...3°ll.llpin, an extremely
interesting young woman, eerie forward, and
J. .
was several times daring her exarninetine over-
powered by feeling and agitation. The pppear-
epee ,Of her children also excited the strongOt inte-
rest. The Prisoner did not deny that he had de-
serted his family, but said he was driven to it by the
machinations of indiyiduals who hazi excited dissen-
'll4ilietween him sod his wife. lie was 'not otily
. willing,„ but soxious, that his wife should ieturn'to`
hiahome, on condition, however, that she should
site; her entire conduct. Mr. Alderman Bracts-
-66 Tt is your duty to return to 'her, wfl'am*, having
abandoned, you now talk
.of coming back toyou.—,
1 tell you you are bound by law to protect sad main.
tai n your wife and children, end that law Will com•
pal yon so to do." The Prisoner now expressed a
to enter into some arrangement with the Oyer-
Awe of the Parish with regard to maintenance. The
roes retired for this purpose, and having again ap-
Peered, the matter was ordered to stand °Yet for fur-
ther discussion.

J. Saunders was fully committed for trial, charged
with stealing-a considerable quantity of plate and
wearing apparel, the property of a Lady with whom
he had lived as servant for a short time;
Mr. R. Bill, a merchant in thp City,'appeared on
Saturday, to answer the complaint ofll. T. Robin-
son, who is a merchant also. It appeared that on
Priday Mr. R. was standing on 'Cis:site,' in 'conver-
sation with some foreign Gentlemen,' whet Me. 1141,
the Defendant, came up, and said in a voice which
night be heard throughout the whole place, 44 Ito.
tolson, when do you mean to settle that account ?
&cause if you don't settle it soon, arrest you."
Mr. R. asked 44 What account?" when, without
further ceremony, Mr. Hill Weed him by the collar
tivillt one hand, whilst with the other he gave him a
blew on the face. This salutation Mr. R. lost no time
in returning, and probably the current account would
have been settled nn the spot, but for the prompt in-
terference of the Gent.lentee ou 'Change. This state-
ment was partly corroborated by two witnesses,
whilst, on the contrary, a Gentleman, whose name
(lid not appear, went into a long statement to prove
that Mr. R.. was at least a particeps erimiais in the
affray, end that Mr. IL hiring 44 simply collared-
him,". he laid about him with such fury, that if it
had not been for the bye.standers " it was impossi-
ble to say whet might have been the consequence."
Mr. Hill himself, who appeared with a silk hand..
kerchief round his head, in consequence of his
bruises, said, that he (lid not mean to deny having
rst committed the assault by collaring Mr. R. but'
he considered he had such just cause of provocatien
that he would make no concession whatever, Inuit
determined to defend the action to the uttermost.
The MAGISTRATE regretted that determination,.
but had no alternative escept to bind him in sore.
tie' to stilfgar at the Sessions.— -Bail- was then put in.
HATTON. GAR DEN.—SAIUrdily G. Ingram and Rose
!handset:a, the latter late servant to Mr. Williams.
of No.. 7, Cold Bath-square, were charged•by Read;
and Virgin, officers, with robbing the house of Mr.
Williams of a variety of articles of jewellery, &c.
Read deposed, that on Thursday nighvas• they
were crossing Cold Bath•square, they saw the male
Prisoner Wok on his face on the iron grating of the
Piotieutor's kitchen, talking to some person under.
neap), and saw a woman put up her hand.atid deli.
er him a parcel, when they took hips into custody,
on which he threw away a parcel, which Virgin
picked up, which contained gold finger and• ear-
rings, seals, bits of broken gold, some brooches, set
rings, &c. On his• person they friend a watch, and
a gold ring on his finger ; and on searching the fe-
male's box they found-many other articles of a similar
kind, part of which Mr. Williams identified. In
order to afford the officers time to make ferthee en-
quiry, the Prisoners were remanded.
Saturday J. Moody, driver andlpart owner otithe
coaches from London to Windsor; appeared to an
information preferred by J. Hanson, E.q. of Ham-
mersmith, one of the Magistrates for the courtly oil
Middlesex, charging him with carrying, on sundey
the 14th ult. 14 outside passengers, extfusive of the
driver: in addition to this number there were-some,
children, besidera luggage, on the:lonf. He was con-,
view) in the double penalty, as.owner and.dii/en, of I
401. being 201. for each, onistdrs,p,sasepor ayes, his
legal number.
QUEEN .8444 ARE,^Saturday J. Liarlhekmgai apfr
kelsoll, pritates in the ,34 kitsprpS of, tioOt
Guards, were fully, committed on a chap of steal-
i salesman, a pair of breech., frogs ihelliolp.,drn r
. • .•
CtrAid4A
Witton,
taylor and to. ;

Westminster.
LAIIIDETH-STREET.—On Salimlay, Rich: Hough-
ion,. a. itrong athletic fellow, a
.patrofeof Mite-
chapel, was brought op in the custody of several'
Officers from the watch-house, on a charge of a most;
serious nature, preferred by Thomas
.I.un, a coal-
whipper, that of cruelly beating him with a large,
i knotted thorn stick, about the head, logs, and bodyt
Iby which his life was placed in the most imminent;
danger. The following are the particulars :
IJames Stevens, a constable of Whiterhapel pa,
Ifish, sworn, said, that on Friday night last he was
on duty with other officers, cleating some public-
houses, at a late hour, and on going into the Queen's
j Head, High-street, they found several persons
. drinking, ayd the. Prisoner was seated,therc) il3Stell4
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