The Statesman.
London, England, 1820-12-06 00:00:00

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Wells, fur the purpose, as he stated, of paying
debts, •latch were net entered in his schedule.—
Therefore. it was impossible fpr the Court not
to see, in this transaction, the &liberate and fraud.-
lent concealment of property, and, what was still
worse, deliberate perjury. So far as the daughter
was concerned, the Court could not allow her to
amend her schedule, as she clinie within the 17th sec-
tion of the act. But, in Lucre, to ber sex, and in
consideration to her, being die victim of ber father's
power and artifice, the Coin Wopld not visit her -it ith
that extremity of punislietn, which, nuder other cir-
.cumstances, it would be justified in inflicting'. The
judgment of the Court, then, with tespect to her was,
that she should not be discharged until she was six
months in custody at the suit of all her creditors.
As to Mr. Sheldrake, the Court was not driven to the
necessity of considering whether he came within the
43d Section of the Act; for it was sufficient to know
that he had committed a fraudulent concealment of
property. In his schedule he had suppressed the
mention of several debts, with the intention that, if
he was nut opposed, he slight p oat of the Court
with a quantity of property; and by the instrumen-
tality of Alin Brown, he would hate kept all that
property, which belonged to his creditors. His peti-
tion. therefore must be dismissed. As to the dsugh-
ter, she must arain amend her schedule, by putting all
1 her property into it.
COURT OTIILITREQT/ER, Dec. 3.

THE KIXU r. RIR .10118 WILL, ■ART., AND SIN JOHN

ICIPI tPTON P.M ELL, MART.

The ATTOUNKV-iiIiNEPIAL. stated the case fur the
Crown. Ile said this was an information brought to
recover the penalty of three bonds, )) unting to
100,000/. each, entered into by the defendants,
conditioned for the faithful performance of ditties, by
Eyton, a receiver-general of taxes for Shrop-
shire, during the years 1813, 1814, and I`'ls. Ile
stated that Mr. Eyton died in the year 1816, at which
time he was in debt to the Crown in a sum of abont
1110,04f0f. on account of the three years fur which the
defendants had given the bonds in question as his
sureties.' The defence which would he offered, the
Attorney-newest said, he understood was, that Mr.
Byron, who had heel, receiryr-general for many years
' before 1813, was in arrear to the Crown in a large
sum at the time the present defendants gave the bJnds
on which they are now sued, and that, (iring the
years 1813, 1814, and 1813, he paid into the Ex-
chequer the amount of taxes he hail received but,
said the Attorney-Oeueral, a great part of his pay-
ments during those years were made in satisfaction
of former balances, which the proper (slicers will
prove, and then the only question for the jury will
be, whether Mr. Eytou bad inltilled the condition of
lie bend.

Wm. Turner was examined by Mr. SI eppard fur
the Crown. He stated that he was Mr. Moon's de-
purr in the year 1113, and to the time of his death, j
in 1616 ; and he read .4 very par icular account of I
all the sums received by him as deputy dnriag the
three yeats to which the bonds applied ; the total
amount of which was 6311,41/1/. 4s. bid.
It was now admitted by the Attorney-0~4 that
Mr. Eton had received taxes, in the years 1813,
1814, and 1615. to the amount of 639,405 t. 10s.
31d., and that he had paid into the Exchequer, on
account of the same years, 511,950/., leaving a defi-
ciency of 147,455/. 10s. 31d., out of which the At-
torney-Lieneral said there were certain allowances to
be deducted, to the amount of about 33,0004
Sergeant PELL contended, that if all the money
paid by Mr. Eytou daring the years 1113, 1114, and
loiro, together with 40,800/., which had been levied
bg the Crowu under an extent since his death, was
applied to the payment of the taxes for those years,
there would remain no demand en the defendants ;
04 If the public officers bad nut done their duty by
eattsing him to wake his payments regularly as re-
inked, tints' the defendants might say they were en-
'rapped. He should be able to show that the money
OW during the three years for which the beds were
rein had been received during the same years, on
;Which evidence the jury, he tratted,.would find for
the defendants. To prove that the Jamey paid into
/414 Exchequer nu Mr. Eyton's acceaut in the years
11818, 1114, and 1415, was the sans* he had received
In those years, Sergeant Pell called Haney Morris,
clerk to the bank of Messrs. Kock and Bytom, in
Shrewsbury ; and --- Hamilton, clerk to blesses.
Gosling and Co. London.
The Lean Cities, &tuns said it was in widener,
I that part of the money received for those years had
(been levied by extent, which was proof that he had
/ not palil ; and in his opinion the defendants were
[liable fur the penalties of the bond ; but their counsel
I would have an opportunity of arguing the law of the
question on a motion for a new trial, and he most
sincerely wished them success, as he had thrplessare
tof being acquainted with the defendants, and knew
' that tbepwere as honourable men u any is En irfund :
'fiiitni ()resent hie Lordship said he could norme
,any
occasion to trouble the jury.
The jury immaillately found a verdict' for the
Crown, for the full penalty of the bonds.
( POLICE.
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could I Boes-Sraissev ....._•:_.

ease of Bergh/try.—
On thenicht of the 14th of October last, the bottle
di Mrs: lechreedor, a widow lady residing at Clap-
Plaitn Itlse, Mitt broken into, and robbed of beoits,
pate, an wttieft • prOperty to a nit, hula irnoitst.
'Aiittng th* betake' Mien away wereleh Wastes cd a
• iellectiaireirtt scarce, folio *Mid of Martin
reales". *4lO, In the oristinal Oefautn. 'thg
de-
seMl ghiiiitne,. whist cesepletes the set, the robbers
birtittill to rani,' off.
robbery was given to the par
principal forties booksell
the p w
tieltt, its
what a Ilidaadtat
, Orr: 1104 (the glifyi-
COveat-garrle9 Md N. Oka
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Mid fad
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and. la the mesa day

.
Hrs. Schuette,7l legally were informed of the cir- '
cumstaace.
On Monday evening she again presented herself at
the shop, when Mr. Herinan Scbrogeder (a relative of
I the lady) who was purposely in waiting, questioned
her closely as to the manner in which she became
paseeesed of them. She said boldly, that they were
the property of her first husband, and they had been
in his family mom than fifty years. Her name, she
added, was Catherine Salmon. Upoa being farther
questioned, she said that her husband was a broker
in the neighbourhood of the Tweet, and they had
bought the I ooks in the way of their trade.
Stowell, a conductor of the patrule, was now sent
for, and upon his appearance she again changed her
story, and
,declared that they were the property of
" a cobbler named Tapper, residing at the Mint, in
the Borough. She also said that she hived with this
~pan, Tapper, and that he was at that moment waling
for her on the outside of the shop. Stowell immedi-
ately went out and took him into custody ; and yes-
terday morning they were both brought before the
Magistrate at this mace; but, at the request of Mr.
Schroeder, they were examined separately.
The woman was first placed at the bar, and she
still gave her name " Catherine Salmon," though,
when the evidence had been gone through, anal she
was asked by the Magistrate if he had any thing to
say, she declared she was the wife of the prisoner,
Tapper; that they lived at a chairmaker's in Oxford-
street; that in offering the books for sale, she had
acted under the orders and authority of her lawful
husband; and that she had never seen the books be-
fore Saturday last; nor did she know how he had ob-
tained them.
She was then removed from the bar, and her hus-
band, Mr. Tapper, was brought in.
Mr. Tapper is a short elderly man, of decent exte-
rior, pompous meaner., and very choleric tempera-
ment. The tumnent he was placed at the bar, he had
a long slip of paper, covered with niemorantlatnis ;
and when the Magistrate, as usual, asked " What is
your name?" He replied, " That, I conceive, is a
matter of no importance—l wish to put a question
to the prosecutor there:" The Magistrate told him
it was irregular for him to question the prosecutor in
the present stage of the business, and be again
pressed I • fur his name, wben he replied, " Then I,
in the present stage of the business, decline answering
goer question." " Where is your place of residence ?"
Asked the 3lagistrate. " I postpone answering that
question also," be replied ; and then, in spite of every
attempt mask to repress him, he insisted upon " expa-
tiating on the evidence," even before it had been read
over to him. The M..gistrate humanely eantioned him
against committing himself, and advised Mm to reserve
his remarks to a time when they might be of service
to him ; but he peremptorily refused to listen to this
advice. .
1 The evidence was then read over to him, and be,
pencil and paper in hand, took a very close note of
i its principal !min's. Hr then proceeded to comment
upon it with superabundant action and astonishing
volubility. lie said, he accompanied Mrs. Salmon to
the shup of Mr. Holt., merely as her acquaintance,
silliest the slightest hisowledge of her object in going
there: though when fetched into the shop himoeff,
and seeing her there in -an unpleasant situation, he
was willing to take her place in the affair, in order
that she might go lime to her children ; and he could
prove that the books in question hail been in her fa-
mily upwards of fifty years. He ridiculed the want
of literary infirmailon in the prosecutors, in not
knowing that there were at least fine copies of the
saute work at present in London. He denied that
they hail any Mark by which to identify the books;
and he declared that Mr.Scbroeder had acknowledged '
as much. He declared thit he neither lived with, i
nor was he concerned in marriage or any other way
with "Mrs. Saloon," and he submitted that there was
not a eciatiPa of evidence which could warrant the Ma-
gistrate in depriving hint of his liberty.
The Siagidtrate, lit4ever, conimittenl him, together
with the woman, for further examination un Friday 1,
next.
..sesiolinithimumma. ,

[11110)1 rug ASSCUSAI_
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Mr. Ort Ljts'sskenholtoko—,4 started at three .'clock
and 35 mivates, or Ilatarsheyaftersens, the 14th tict.
117 some mistake, and maayrople iateeferioN to as-
sist sae in asecfashai, the haloes lest a sonsiderable
qaastity of gas. la less AD five minutes l seeesthei
to the distance of lett. feet. when the earth disap-
peared to my view ; titers was mot a sultatiewey of dis-
tance between my situation. as l ask henfrehliwt IM ,
engage myself Irma the balloon, wwild ilara iota ut•
tended with greys danger. In this sisaotioo, whee
could mot see any part of the earth, I sonisimid about'
31/ nailleilesi. when I was traisfeseed to *Sear region/
and had the *drama's of the ems. "%Mb made tha
earth appear to Ne so Ish oarered with nose; frost
thence I entered iota sentiont regain of eleistis.ameeb
tosher than the fanner maws, amf hangs so ealroto
my balloon 1 was obligrti to weed tow& islOhn titan
1 went& otherwise have dine. In this ellbaties,when

aopeadag about 36.101110 fro, aaeordiagis the gales-
hider I walk witk the belp of a haroataaer, which 1
bat with tar, Om air was so Aware; that I toad

neither are .the IstMama or patacielitN • ant wimple
the peat sell I axperiaated, sad ales the fetiossob I
I felt eels* lath• alert ter omit: '
still have couitissed r sowed

4-I.4esditiald to is at onset by facility.. - Antic...Wilk -bittittai to carry on.
I
• 16•41.41. 1111' litia..titorlvirni tla• drisiltet- aiparitnonipse- inforfiration of this robbery I
of a fling
4fik 4R as Whims* over Lis. ',Wackier: liec. end also to all ibe principal
snit sliavialiaciallklardnisaialaata . in London but no trace of th
dissiat
*O nt
erdinseehti
. * le Istassaafitia2dbeis artilslM• isa IMllirs Sctlid fill l'itt-Sattirilay Wen. trill
' • it'lldn:AlliMit!MlMlrlibk` • Med at 'the shop of M
.111 i. Offlylqiig Mihoptiltr seller in York-Iltretit.' Covent-ga
• • ition4l6n.oncilitik 44046, e Aim* ot 'so' 'tot is giwaioo
rb peogroi spa..aalatiltailaaspiiisAusi tOPOOOd to With ttillitdide Vba'
• xllmillet ltdiilollllllft . lin d'firrlt. "I' Visite' Waal
Cs' aeobleriiil, 4 litia II
7:tt=tlSlVlNiftl4.ll.:**4:lloolll=6 *Mir a price:" • •
proporrysia;ZZlM 1 "di 1111110111004 Mr. Mollie being from . Wei.
. Vr. Its on into the posesealusi a ilk. call pin on the Monday; ant