The Statesman.
London, England, 1815-02-20 00:00:00

SATURDAY, FEB. 18.

rieit..rtl Thomann. aged 15. John Thomson. aged 10, and John
Sabdifopl, agt.d 14, were indicted for brelkang ,a (uterine
alac ilwelting-honsc of illary Doyle, and stealing a pair of
shoes.

—The Jury toturnod a s 41, finding liandiford Guilty—Death;
and the two Tt,,ote..nr, Nut Guilty
Mr. justice Ilk ern onsersed. that it ow' unfortunate they
had not consisted than also, as they were young hat notorious
characters. They h•td been twice tried before for similar of-
fences, and would. no doubt. return to their former Is ick d
habits. If they had heels convicted care ty. uld have born taken
to have prevented that, and tiley might have heen recovered to
soc,i et y,
The-fury then expressed a wish to amend their verdict.
Mr. Justice IiEITII told thew that as heir serdict was now
tecorded, it nos norms-dile to allow it la he altered, Ile had
'mentioned this for their coa•ul'ratian future.

itniert Taylor was indicted fur ittealing n feather bed. value
the property of L. koffemoti, pritately is his dwelling•

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The Primner, either belt ,o Oar as not to h.. Mlle to Plead,
or pretending to be so, the Jury is rre Morm as au inqueld to try
ii ?water he W:i., deaf or not, ttft.,r the .Judge had endenyintred to
make him understand that if lor ii mild not plead, it would he
1, m.o. for hi I Ca ,Se 41i. his ',log convicted.
Pro.
The Pro or ed, that thr Magistrate asked the l&lim
Pri-
soner why Jr *lc the bed, and lie answered that a man gave
hots si s voice:to S:atrY it.
Mr. JflbliArATlf said, the Jury were to try whether the
Prignner orn tie by the act of God, or from contumacy 111
avoid punislogrut:
The Jut y found that he stood mute by the visitation of God ;
and

Mr. Justice 11 EATIT ordered (be Prisoner to he retnaadetl, and
the Prosecutor's eccogetizituees to be d.scharged.

Mary I. Turner was cup:tally indicted Car stealing. n lace
Shari I, of the value of 31. the property of Ebenezer Rennie. pri-
vately i.
. dimes .lice s nal capitstlly convicted of stealing a coat, vane
51. the property of M. li. Mendez, Esq. in the ,doelling-honsc
of Mr. Delawnyne.. . _

'nowlay Demiond 'gab indirtrd for Iv-raking nod en'ering the
dwt llir.R ho -t of Elizabeth Tennant, and robbing Mary Sur-
tell of a It. noir.

The .lury, o knout much hesitation, found the Prisoner Guilty
Deal it.

I:pon un application to the Conrt, the Crawl Jury summoned
under a ‘occial rtamminian in the ease of King r. Sasvp•r,
charge wish thr. murder of a Lady in Spain. aa. adjunrned to
W. dne=day, to give time for the arrival of n ituc3.cs for tae pro.
s,cuti iiii .

Jane 'smith wan'convirted of stealing a lace veil in tit,
sLop of• Mr. Cobb*, in Wintrchapel-road, on the .nth January.

F ITIf IN DRE tms.—About eight years ago, Jens
SMITII, a baker, at Southampton, dreamt that a par-
ticular Number would be drawn a Capital Prize :
although hot in moderate circumstances, he came-to
London post, and bought a Share of the Ticket,
which was, the same Lottery, actually drawn a Priie
of L1P20,000. The two brothers, Jost ors, of West-
minster, each got a. part of a 140,000 Prize 'in the
same manner; and in the very last Lottery drawn,
Two Shares of the 119,000 were gained by a dream.
These extraoldinary occurrences, which stamp the
truth of the adage—" 'Tis better to be born Lucky
thins Rich," may • accotint for the unprecedented
number of bespoke Tickets, at the Bank of England,
for the present-Golden Lottery, to he drawn the sth
of Aeitrz., containing Thiess Prizes of Thirty Thou.
sand Pounds, with 5,000 Gelinefts) to be paid is Gold).
as soon as drawn.