The Statesman.
London, England, 1818-02-21 00:00:00

OLD BAILEY.

FRIDAY, Fes. 90.
In the course of the mornin. Samuel Finney. William Green.
J Henry Searesbrook, and ohn Stevens, severally pleaded
Guilty to an indictment for having (urged Bank of England
notes unlawfully in their possession.
Mr. R evsozos stated to the Jury, that be was instructed by
the Rank nut to produce any evidence against the Prisoners on
another indictment, which was of a capital nature, for 'uterine
forged notes. The offence. to which the Prisoners pleaded
guilty, exposed them to 14 years transportation, and the Imnk
hoped, that this punishment. together with a late dreadful ex-
ample, would be found sufficient to answer all the ends of pub-
lic 4ustice.
'I he Prisoners pleaded Not Guilty to the Capital indictment,
on w hich They were pro furma arraigned, and no evidence being
adduced, they were of coarse acquitted of that branch of the
charge.
TRIAL OF EVANS FOR MURDER.
David Evans, a wretched looking man, aged 35 was indicted
for the wilful murder of Elizabeth his wife, by striking her on
the back part of the head with a poker, on the 14th of January,
in the parish of St. Anne's, Suho. lle pleaded Hut guilty in a
very weak voice.
Mr WALPORD opened the pleadings,. and the case was stated
at some length to the Jury, by Mr. A apazvrs, ho observed,
that the evidence being wholly of a circumstantial natitre,would
require their most serious attention. It rarely happens that in
murders such evidence could be procured as was done in other
acts of felony. He then stated the es idence which he should ad-
duce in support of the charge.
The circumstances of this case have already been published in
this Paper. It appeared that the Prisoner. with his room dour
lucked, was heard vi.dently striking the deceased (who was all
the time imploring his inerey),and that in the morning the woman
was bound dead. The panics were of the lowest order; and
the Prisoner was staled to have been somewhat in liquor.
After hearing evidence for the Proseention, the Prisoner was
ea'led arm for hi. defence, bat declined addressing the Coors.
Mr. Dimon GitAn.ist, at half. past four, commenced sump ging
up (Ito evidence, and in souse preliminary observations, dedned,
at great length, and with much perspicuity, the distinction be-
tween manslaughter red murder.
The Jury having reared. remained in deliberation for nearly
an hour, and then returned and pronounced a verdict of Guilty.
The Prisoner, 'who had throughont the day laboured under
the greatest agitating and exhaustion, upon hearing the verdict,
nearly sunk. He .gbibited the greatest wretchedness during
the is hole trial.
'Ube Recorder, in Impost inspreesive spanner. immediately pro.
nouucecl upon the wretched culprit, the dreadful 'vacate ot the
law, which wa.., that he be hanged, and that his body be anato-
mized, on Monday morahg nest.

A poor Irishmaii, nailed Deois Nagratb, arrived
on Tuesday, for the first time in his life, in London,l
by the Liverpool coach, to the Saracen's Head, Snow-
hill. Ou alighting, he was accosted by a fellow in
the garb of a porter, who offered, fora trifling re.
muiteration, to procure bim a good lodging, and to
carry his bundle. He consented; but they had not
proceeded far when the villain darted off with his
trundle, containing all his worldly wealth, leaving
the poor Hibernian to lament his credulity.
According to a French Paper there arrived at Ca-
, Isis from Dover, between thelOth nit. and the 3d
instant, two Eng!iQh transports with 15 soldiers, 19
horses, and baggage; and 29 packet-boits with 334
'tang the
36 horses, baggage, and carriages. Dor-
mg the same period, there left Calais for Dover,
three English transports 'with 120 soldiers, three
'women, and biggage; ontl:2§ packet-boats with 395
pusebgers, emu boriciitrzage, and carriages.