The Statesman.
London, England, 1820-12-01 00:00:00

HINTON.
indorser against the ac-
for 165/. tis. The accept-
Lubbock and Co.'s."

plaintiff, and the ranee was
. .
'ing of the acceptor, the
the bill at Sir John Ltib-

. there was no proof of notice
defendant, as held by the house
- the late case of Rowe r.

.-ith reluctance, directed

lURAN T.

it-maker against the regis-
'renttes packet, for work and
`le vessel. The ship had
hom the repairs were or •
for money borrowed of
to be registered in the
registered owner the ac-
him.

that the registration alone
the defendant liable, for
by a stranger. " In this
rhein the credit n•as given ;
was entitled to a verdict.
defendant.
MAUI e. CULLMAN.

The defendant in this ease was the proprietor of a
cook-shop, in which he had placed the plaintiff, to
carry on the business for a time, at a weekly salary,
and in the mean time to try and dispose of the con-
cern. Whilst the plaintiff was in this situation, the
cook of the establishment gave up her situation, anti
the defendant applied to Mrs. Mark's to till up this
situation, stating, that lie would make her a fair re-
muneration. Mrs. Marks continued to officiate as
cook for thirteen weeks; at the expiration of which,
the ,hop not letting.. the defendant determined to idiot
it up, and the further services of Mr. aid Mrs. lark's
were dispensed with.—Mrs. Marks then applied for
the I remised remuneration fur her services, whilst she
presided in the culinary department. To her surprise,
however, the defendant denied that she had any de-
►aand on him, as be considered her labours remune-
rated by the sum paid to her husband. Upon this
being persisted in, the plaintiff brought the present
action to recover V. Is. as a remuneration for thir-
teen week's service, at eight shillings a week. These
facts were proved on the part of'the plaintiff.
Mr. Anot.►ut;s, for the defendant, called noevi-
dence, but left it to the Jury to say, whether this was
a probable case, and whether as men of plain common
sense, they could believe the plaintiff i■ his weekly
settlements with the defendant, failed to take up his
wife's wages as well as his own.
The Jury found for the plaintiff, damages St is.
and costs -101.
The others were undefended causes of no interest.
The Court arose at two o'clock, his Lordship having
to attend a Council.

COURT OF COMMON PLEAS. Nov. 30.
Sittings after Terin,Quildhal.

Liainan r r. aIALINII.

This was en action of debt, brought to recover pay-
ment of goods sold and delivered to the amount of
• 7!. 1104 and the defence is.a.s the plea' of minority,
when the debt was contracted. The plaintiff keeps a
grocer's shop in Holborn, and it appeared from the
evidence of his brother, that hr supplied the defend-
ant with sundry articles of grocery, which be retailed
in a little shop in High-street, Mary-le-bone. This
took place in the year 1519, and the witness then eon-
Fettered the defendant to be about seven or eight and
twenty years of age.
A witness named Wilkins, knew the defendant, and
represented him to have eat off his whiskers oyes-
Monally, in order to give him a youthful appearance,
while he let them grow. when it suited his purpose to
appear of matnred age. Upon one occasion, after
hating cut off his whiskers, the defendant said to
witness, well, don't you think it makes me look
younger?"
Lord Cour JVST;cn DALLIP.—In cutting off his
whiskers so capriciously. the defendant showed that
he had not yet come to the years of discretion.—(A
laugh.)—Another witness stated. that the defendant
was a married man, and had two rbildres.
Mr. Sergeant Vacouaar, on the other side. contended I
that the defendant, for ought he knew, might be one
of the most consummate dandies about town. in the
economy of his whiskers, bat that was not the yew
lion which the Jury were called upon to decide. i
were to consider the mere point of law, as to whe7lll
or not the defendant was of age at the time be con-
tracted the debt ; and determine from the,e..i.inne. of
Lis father, who would be called to prove the negative.
James Mating, the father of the defendant, disposed
to his kissing entered the birth of his son in a Bible,'
• which be produced, and that it took place at Bristol,
on the 13th May, 1799. Other births ii•ere registered
in the same leaf, and the witness swore that he art
down an aceoont of the birth in question, on the morn-
ing after his wife was delivered, though front the co-
de. lour of the ink, it appeared to be recently done. The
Witness said, he was a Baptist, and that it was not the
cuaton: with persons of his persuasion to christen their
children, and that they .bad .no parish registry of
births*: baptisms among them.
la his cross-ezarainatioi, he admitted that he had
given eiicienee in fivonr of his son on Friday last, in
the Pelee* Goerttin a case similar to the present.
• - • Mr. fierjeant Pita, on behalf of • the plaintiff, sub-
' • • mittral,tlsat thisjuienile Dim Whisterandos ought not
• to he suffered to go about obtainiog credit from trades-
mess. as lie had dune, in mote than this instance ; and
. "finitude to set up the .plea of minority.. He would
ask the Jury to look in the defendant's face (tiewas in
Court during the trial) and then say if tliey thought
hides young thick just turned tiventy-one ?
The Loan Cuter Justice summed op, and observed
•to the Jar'. that if the defend:test's father had tone
iris Court to give a Wee account of the period of his
see's birth. be was guilty of wickeJ, audacious, and

hosteler, they did not believe
were bound to 6ad a verdict
w was explicit on the ebb-
.. he might be liable to in
pleading minority as his defence.
Verdict for the defendant.
THE RRCORDRR'S REPORT.

Yesterday the Recorder made a report to his Ma-
jesty of the following capital convicts soder sentence
of death in Newgate, viz. :
Henry Ilarris, Charles Lee, Sarah Price, Thomas
Goodall-, Elisabeth Callaghan, John Newman, and John
Madden, for uttering forged Bank notes.
George Orford and Peter Tyler, for burglary.
William Fisher and Thomas Brown, for housebreak-
ing in the day-time.
John Davis, Joseph Effinger, George Edwards, Rich-
ard Bradstreet, John Hemmings, James Jacobs, Robert
Webster, Daniel Low, and John Fox, for highway rob-
beries.
Charles Evans, Susan Thomas, Henry Todd, John
Sapper, Henry Lee, John Thomas Martin, John Kelly,
Adam Buckets, Hannah Jarvis, and Thomas Caton, fur
stealing in dwelling-houses.
Wm. Tur!afield, for horse-stealing; Thomas Skinner,
for lw•astiality ; Thomas Webb, fur sacrilege; and Thos.
Fuller Harnett, for forging an acceptance to a Bill of
Exchange.
Edward Charles Tierney, for stealing goods front a
vessel lying in the Port of London.
When Joseph Ellinger, George Edwards, Thomas
Webb, Sarah Price, John Newman, John Madden,
Henry Harris, and Thomas Fuller Harnett, were order-
ed for execution on Tuesday next.—The others were re-
spited during pleasure.
Wm. Sidney Smith and Thomas Carr, for highway
robberies, were nut reported. 1

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THE STATESTRA N

POLICE.

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31.iNsioN-Ilorec.—.llr. Walker, a merchant, ap-
peared before the Lord Mayor, upon an information,
charging him with having sent out of his premises a
pack containing :1601bs. of wool, without having. the
word " Wool" marked in large letters on the pack.
The information was laid by a Revenue officer. Tier
defendant pleaded nut guilty; be proved that every
thing which the law required had been done, wills the
exception of the insertion of the word " Wool" on
the pack; which he thought quite unnecessary.
The LORD Mavou referred to the Act of Parlia-
ment, and found that the penalty for the olfettee was
the forfeiture of the goods, and a fine of our shilling
per pound upon the wool. A discretionary power
was, however, vested in the Jlagistrate, to reduce the
fine to 6d. on every pound.
The Louts MATOR said, he was convinced the de-
frudant's error was attributable to his want of know-
ledge of the legal requisites, and limited the penalty.,
at the same time expressing his regret that the tiuel
could not be altogether remitted.
The OWTIIII Cnters.—Tbe Loaf) M.ttoa arid, he
had so thank the daily journals, in the name of the two
poor natives of Owyhee, for the publicity they had
humanely given to the unfortunate case of the
foreigners. He knew it was only necessary to make
known the circatustanees of that case to command the
generous mediation of Englishmen between the poor
strangers and starvation. His Lordship added, that
he had received a letter from Preston, with the letters
R. 1. P. it:closing a 51. note, and another from J.
Angerstein, Esq. Woodland, inelusing a bank note of
the saute automat, for the service of the chiefs.
61.1 LatiaLs..—Vesterday two brothers, named J. aid
F. Atwell, and a tutu named F. Boltua, were examin-
ed before Alderman Bleco, on a charge of bating
rubbed Mr. Aahling, a respectable corn-merchant, re-
sidiug is Trigge-lane, of a valuable watch, gold chain,
and seals, at his own door.

Mr. Ashling, the prosecutor, stated, that on the
21st inst. at abort seven o'clock in the evening, he was
going honiewuds down Lambeth Hill, when he saw
some persons of suspicious appearance walLing before
him, and others behind him. The prosecutor con-
tinued on his way Lome until he got to his dour in
Trigge-lane, the saute persons following hint, when he
knocked at his door. At that moment two men passed
him, and as the prosecutor's maid was fielding open
the door for him to enter, one of the two men trho had
passed came back, and asked the prosecutor whether
he mold cross the water at that time. As the prose-
cutor was &beat to reply, a peculiar kind of firework
was throws at him by some one, and it was discharged
in his face; at the saute instant his watch was snatch-
ed from bit fob, when he made a blow at the rubber
with his stick, through the smoke, and over-reaching
himself, fell. The robber and his accomplice had dis-
appeared before he could recover himself. He could
nut swear positively to either of the prisoners, as the
evening was too dark to identify them with precision,
but he thoroughly believed J. Angell to be one of
them.

J. Hater, a watchman of Trigge wharf, stated, that
he was on duty near the spot on the night in question,
I when he heard a firework discharged, and on running i
Ito th• spot saw Mr. Ashling on the ground, and was :
desired to panne the robbers, the direction whirls ;bey
had taken being 'whited out to him. The witness ran
f to It, top of the lane. when a female stated, that the
robbers had run down Ueorge-alley; and on going
down after thin he overtook a man who turned out
to be Francis .Angell. Soon after the prisoner, Francis
Angell, had been taken in custody. the other prisoner,
Moulton. came up, as a spectator, to inqtire what was
the matter.- The female who had seen tie robber me-
-I•ning, immadiately charged him with being one of
them, and he was taken into custody.
A woman, naiad Anne Edmonds, stated, that she
knew the family of the Angelis, and sawthe prisoner, ,
Francis Angell and .1. Iloulton, talking ander a gas-1
light near the spot, a short time before the robbery,
and saw Francis Angell run down tieurge-alley, in
company with another man, at the usournt after the
rubbery had been perpetrated.
Several witnesses proved an alibi with respect to
James Angell. who was discharged by the Magistrate.
Francii Anvil and 'J. Boulttrn were remanded fur
further !WI ination.
A number of boys and men were examined on
cherges of baring committed various robberies in St.
Pies Chwrelt yard en Wedrestlay. It was stated by
some of the special constables, that a gisrig of upward*
II of sixty pickpockets stationed themseivell at one of the
I I gates of the Cathedral, and hustled almost every gen-

timer) whi went out. The thieves tore the gold
chains from the necks of ladies in the face of the offi-
` cent, and deliberately searched sewn! rho bad got in
the midst of them.
BOW-STAICET.--STIRISZT Ronnunv.----eidonell Hardy
came to this office yesterday to give notice of his hav-
ing been robbed on the preceding afternoon, by one
of the banditties *Mai are now daily levying coign-
'mations ou the public In the open streets.
The Colonel stated, that be was passing along the
Strand early in the afternoon of IVednes lay, when.
suddenly be perceived himself surrounded by a num-
ber of fellows who appeared to be very riotously in-
clined. Apprehensive that they were thieves, be in-
stinctively endemared to place his hands on his pock-
ets, bet they contrived to prevent this by forcibly
bolding up his arms. He naturally became very in-
dignant at this treatment, and hating a stoat oak stick
in his Laud he streck one of the most violent of his as-
sailants a smart blow upon the bead with it. The
blow brought the fellow to the ground and the Colonel
placed his foot upon his shoulders, but the attack
upon him was ioestautly renewed with such violence
that he was nearly thrown down himself ; and, during
the scuffle, the ruffian made his escape. The_Colonel
upon examining his own dress, afterwards found that,
though he wore a military top coat, the poket of his
under coat had been completely cut opiu and his
pocket hook, containing about 171. taken away.
The Magistrate, It. HIRSIV, Esq.. gave the Colonel
hopes that the blow he had given one of the thieves
might probably lea 1 to the apprehension of some of
them ; and he related.an illustrative fact of the same
kind. A person, he observed, had fired a pistol at a
fellow who was attempting. to commit a burglary in
his hupse; upon which the thief instantly decamped,
but ou searching the place where he had stood, four
new extracted human teeth were found ; and these
teeth, wrapped in a piece of ',epee were brought to
that office the next morning. Enquiry was iustantiv
made, and in the course of a few hours it was aster-
tained that a fellow Is eying lost four of his front teeth,
and being otherwise dreadfully wounded in the mouth,
had applied fur surgical help at one of the hospitals
and this led to the detection of the whole affair.

Before Colonel !lardy left the office, a gentleman
who accompanied him 'legged leave to ask the worthy
Magistrate whether, when a man was attacked by
these street gangs, he would be justified in defending
himself with any We3potl he might have about him—
such as a dirk or tuck-stick for instance ?

Mr. BI,INIE replied, that a man besetLy a gang of
ruffians, °Hering him pei-sonal ♦iolence, was cer-
tainly at liberty to defend himself against them in the
best manner he could: and be thought if a few broken
heads were occasionally bestowed upon these gentry.
it would do much towards abating their audacity.
The notorious veteran pickpocket Bill Sumacs was
brought to the office on Monday night, having been
found labouring iu his vocation that afternoon in the
Strand. Ile was, as usual, too cunning to be " taken
in the manner," and therefore no precise !fact could
be proved.against him, but he was (we believe for the
13th time) committed to the House of Correction for
six mouths, under the Police Act, as a reputed thief.

Mae Lnostovon-rra ar.—AGOINATATID ROBBERY.
Charles Seago, 'list% Withers, was charged with rob-
bery in the house of Mrs. Cook, Upper lieerge-street,
Portman-square.
The prisoner was taken out of the streets In a di:-
tressed state by. means n( a false character, and before
he bad been three weeks in her service his dishonesty
was discovered. A captain who lodged in the house
lost his watch, value 710 gs. which the prisoner ob-
tained•under pretence that Miss Cook wanted to seal
a letter. Having obtained the watch, he left the
house, taking with bins also 26/. of Mrs. cook's, a
quantity of silver spoons, Ike. Upon the confession
of the prisoner that he sold the watch for tn•o guineas,
through a man named Fenton, and seven teaspoons
for l'ls. to a matt maned Pethrick, they were Liken
into custody also, and the whole were remanded.
Tuts RE111:1:6 UANG.—Two other prisoners named
Marsh and Hawkins, were remanded on the charge
of wounding Marsden, who is now out of danger. The
whole of the prisoners, nine in number, will !e re-
examined this day.
Wm. Butler, mate to a vessel, and residing in High-
street, Poplar, was charged by Pepper, the St. James's
constable, with pelting the officers of the Military
Club in St. James's-street, as the Queen was passing
on IVetlnesday. It appeared by the constable's state-
ment. that the officers assembled In the balcony paid
no attention to the call of " Hats off!" and showers
of mud assailed there from the crowd. The defen-
dant was very'conspicuous in the attack when secured.
lie was committed in defanlt of bail.

W. Higgs, who was detected in the act of snatch-
ing a gold pin from the shirt of O. 11. hongridge, Esq.
by,Cook, linters, and Ryan, St. James's wnstabics,
was fully committed fur trial.

We learn that official accounts have been received
in town from Naples down to the 16th, when orders
had been given to the Neapolitan troops to pan the
frontier of the Abezzi and occupy pert of the Papal
Territories, in consequence of certain intelligence of
the advance of the Austrians on Ancona. The utmost
indignation, we understand, was felt at the reported en-
deavours of Sir William A'Coart to induce the
Royal Family to go on board an English squadron; a
measure, the attempting of which would probably lead
to their destruction. It was supposed that if posses-
sion could be obtained of the King's person be wombd
then be induced to issue a Declaration declaring the
people in a state of rebellion. The Holy Alliance will
exert themselves to obtain some pretext of this kind,
before issuing their hlanlfes:o. How lamentable to
think that the Ministers of this country abroad
ace thus labouring. in concert with those of the Holy
4Uliance, fur the furtherance of this second crusade
against freedom' This advance of the Austrian
troops, and the, consequent occupation of part of the '1
Roman territories, mast be considered as the com-
mencement of hostilities. We trust that the Neapoli-
tans will shew themselves worthy of their noble cause.
—(ifornitsg etironicle.)
The Sheriff of Edinburgh Impaired a respite of
the sentence of death lately passed on Robert, sarrage,
now in the gaol there, during his Majesty's please'''.
Sin-rage is one of the soldiers who were condemned tor
the late shocking outrage at tireenock.

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COURT Of RING'S BENCH, Nev. 30. - I for the defendant, as the law
*scion Bitting, after Michaelmss Term. before the Lord
Chief Justice end ConneenJuries. jeer, whatever imputations h
pleading minority u his defem
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• venactute e. HINTON. Verdict for the defendant.
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This was an action by the indorsee against the ac-
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ceptor of a bill of exchange for 165/. Ss. The accept- . —.....-
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ii *ace Was special " at Sir J. Lubbock and Co.'s."
Mr. Dammam jelly of the following capital
undefended. The hand-writing of the acceptor, the of death in Newgate, viz. :--
, jseesentation and dishonor of the bill at Sir John Litb- . Henry Ilarris, Charles Lee
boa's were proved ; but there was no proof of notice Goodall, Elizabeth Callaghan,.
of the dishonor to the defendant, as held by the house , Madden, for uttering furred Bs
of Lords to be requisite in the late case of Rowe r. ' George Oftord and Peter Tyl
: William t usher and Thomas
Young, and therefore lug in the day-time.
' The Cuter JUSTICE, but with reluctance, directed John Davis, Joseph Effinger,
the plaintiff to be----Nonsuited. and Bradstreet, John Hemming
INouncs r: DURANT. . Webster, Daniel Low, and Joh
his
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by a sail-maker against the reps- , belles.
treed owner of the Lady Frances packet, for work and
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:.LI% Charles Evans, Susan
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labour done tta the sails of the vessel. The ship had 11
A ricketrt Hannah Jarvis
belonged to one Sutton, by n limn the repairs were or • stealing in dwelling-houses.
tiered, hut by way of security for money borrowed of , Wm. Turlifield, for horse-ste
the defendant, he caused her to be registered in the . for lwastiality ; Thomas Webb,
mune of the latter, and as registered owner the ac- Fuller Harnett, for forging an
tion was now brought against him. Exchange.
The CHI eV JUSTICE ruled that the registration alone Edward. Chtarthles Titwney, fa
was not sufficient to make the defendant liable, for vestsveilielr lose' Iph gEirntroefr.l:°4ine4`l
that act might hare been done by a stranger. ln this Webb, Sarah Price, John b
ruse the question was, to whom the credit was given ; Henry Harris, and Thomas Pu
if not to the defendant, he was entitled to a verdict. eti for execution on Tuesday ne
The Jury found for the defendant. spited during pleasure.
Wm. Sidney Smith and TI
31•81(11 b. coLestax.
The defendant in this case was the proprietor of a robberies, were not reported.
cook-shop, in which be bad placed the plaintiff, to
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f curry on the business for a time, at a weekly salary,
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and in the mean time to try and dispose of the con- 31 issioNmor„._3l,.. lit,