The Statesman.
London, England, 1809-08-18 00:00:00

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TRIAL OF cupl'Afilf D4iTISON.
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(FROM THE TAUNTON COURIER.)
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The Assizes for the ,r..ottqiy el .ftweidAwn-
mewed on Monday Jask,iii, ClaOW we
Da-
vis:oil, of the Royal! Dkelied, sisekbadiefed before
Sir SOULCEN LAI/Uri!, K.. 46414110* piece
of muslin, of lis4iraWl of - • the property If
James Bunter*.eierceio N atop. . .:;• k
Mr. G A Z .sates;. 0V00154 * indictment.
Mr. Ji.X.Yrii !tip* .1,
.cliceppste"c ei
the cue to the.Japy; Sudo ' he had lel oss
in the discharge vi MI prollinion4 deity ,a orin
pals's', task to perform thatto detail the mideueb
which ho should haea to
in
in order So sub,-
stantiate the cheerio • dietmenk which.
accused the Priiuoer. with the crime of .feluny ;
the facts were AV% wort,, but coifed, and, hr
...feared, irresistileit4hey would (Lome better Croft)
•. the witnesses Aims dose any statement of Ith—hte
would proceed trripall them. -jilt, , first witue*
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wa ~.
Alexander Bailer, who said, " I am anoppren.
(ice to;Mr. Arne* Bunter, of Taunton. I Isno*
Captain tiivison ; he came to my master's house
. on. the 2,511, Jail,, at halil past sesco in the moru.
. log ; dive u,saii aeon* in the shop but myself ;•be
, .shed if Mt..Ltuater.was uti? I told him ho was,
and ou that he went away. Mr. Bunter came
into the shop is-obese too Wastes, and on seeing
etude one go by. with whom he wished to speak, he
walked out towards the Parade, and Captain Da.
via*. came in immediately after. I was cleaning
the windows up the oatside of the shop; on Cap-
, tain Davison's again going into the shop, 1 fol.
lowed
.him—he asked to look at the. uslies he
had sews the night before,aild stalked to the lower
end of the shop to the counter on the right hand,
and I carried to him 10 qr lt pieces, as he was
pitting on the counter ; he took the first I showed
bile in his hand, and very carelessly laid it by his
side, and he did the Same to some other pieces.
After looking at them some time be weal towards
the door, but befero that, be had thrown
_his
handkerchief upon four or five of the pieces,
which he 'had ridded up. When at the dour, he
asked me bow the handkerchief be had ow looked,
and whether we bed any of the same? I told him
we had gone of them. lie asked me then for a
looking-glass. I told him we had Doug but what
were feed; but if be would walk into the parlour
he might Sec there; tti,this he made no reply. lie
theu.sat down in a chair rather below where, the
inimlin, was, and asloai to look at some stonhiugs
et about ss. a pair foc his brother. , Before tins I
"had taken away the pieces of muslin that were not
coffered over ; there was at this time a piece un-
der his handkerchief, which I could plainly per..
coive. I took him out some stockings from thei
opposite side of the shop, but kept,my eyes on
hen, and I observed him draw his liendkerchief
from the counter into his lap with both his hands.
I obsereed the muslin Was still under the handker.
chief as be &err it towards him.. Ue.then asked
for some ia,hiouable waistcoat patterns ; I went
across to the other counter to get him some—my
face was towards liiiii, and I observed hurl take up
'the hanlkerehief mad squeeaa it together, and put
it under the left lapellu of his coat ; he took the
patterns of the waistcoats, as he said he wished to
skew teem first to Yandell, his tailor. At this
time his aim was over his coat towards the lapelle
where he had put his handkerchief, and he walked
out of the situp. Mr. Bunter cause into the shop
whilst Groans Davison was there, but stayed ou.
ly two or three minutes. I Milled the tint piece
of muslin I had shewn him immodiateiy after his
gulag out ; it was marked with 0 I Can I R—the
S had been altered, it had beep an I. When I
missed the muslin, I rang the ball, and Mr. Bun..
ter came ; I described to him what had happened,
and the particular piece which was missing, and
told him Captain Darient wm gone to Yandgliiii.
'Mr. Bunter left the shalt to go to Yandell's,ithese
Hammel-street. 1 thee. went out, and saw Cap-
tain Davison standing at Mr. Blueit's shop.deor.
When 1 perceived Captain Davison was not gone
to Yandell's, I called to Mr. Bunter aloud, and
Davison walked by the market-house towards his
own lodgings. At the time I shewed Captain Da.
'Mon the first piece, I took particular notice of
the mark."
Cross.exwasizsed by Mr. Serjecliti PILL.—" I
had scii the piece of muslin lost the preceding
evening. Captain Davison had purchased a yard
of ribbon the day before. On my calling to Mr.
Bunter, Capt. Davison retired from Mr. Blush's
shop."
Charles Sutton, Constable, of Taunton.—" I
went, in company with another constable, to
march the house of Mr. Owen ; we first went
leto a bed.cliastsber, and then into a drawing-
Taw. Captain Davison wets not there ; when
before the Justice, he desired to sleep in his bed-
room, at Mr. cotton's. In the chamber there was
a trunk with Captain Malkin's name on it on a
brass plate ; we broke it open, and found in it a
piece a sousliti (produces it). Captain Davison
desired of me to have the things found in the
trunk, which were not owned, returned to him,
particularly a pocket-book, containing papers ;
when he came back from the Justice, he
asked for his trunk, I told him I had taken it to
my hoose—the muslin was out of my band, but
never out of my house." -,
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Alexauder Bailer identified the piece of muslin
to be the same lust, and that it was Mr. Bunter's
property.
Mr. Bunter.—" The marks ea the muslin are'
my writing ; the muslin is my property, and
worth more than 30s. In ,101 minutes after the
search, the muslin was bums* to use, and I
knew it. I am certain Isilled a, piece of this
quantity, six pads and • iquaetdr, on the 25th i
March, when I took slotiki sad two other piece
of that price end quaallty'; and I Ishe acveraold
that piece." .. ... ...
Alva. Bailer called agate.—Said be had eaves
sold that piece.
Here Use evdience for the prosecution closed.
Celottel Mears, T. Woodford, Esq. Surgeon,
r— Bryaot, Esq. It, Atari's, Esq. Hr. Mr.
Townsend, Rev. F. H. Clapp, H. C.. Shudart,
k:iq. and the 11ev. Dr. Webber, alt of vihoai are