The Statesman.
London, England, 1823-03-17 00:00:00

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le mres.hriaar ,:wooltritt Rai inteir.-
. Ih.,Threasset Ode& thee Wilkes an settee Waugh' ki
a. tredelawhmea at Gilleoletedegb, -.14, mover : dessert
agaiastO prom else hid** a surgeon and imothawaryi
id** town; -for the the plaintiff!s deashow.
by• Old& she had iieflOsot. daulster's mashies, by hero*,
coming prepaid.. Teo Coosa, said that the young woo'
void was one if ievestibitdrtn.aadho deseantesl with great
fe*lblgi as. OM earOoge of de. Mother, who now *Ought
her -cut before a ;My.' • • •
The young 'Ohms, Elie. Maley, was then called
into therwitnistei bait: She Shia' dressed genteelly, led
lookeil Intricsdne - Sita:statitni follows :—My mother-
lives at.thinaborintirb. •••Sie dielsikl flax. I lived with
her. lem now turned tip an of are, and have been
for five years aiqttain4ed with the defendant. He livid
at Oainsbrirough; and atreidelthe 'es a medical that
left tAtinsbornugh four Yeah ago, and how lives In
London. I . went with bite to London, at his tugger
tibn. I first went to -Retford with bile, on a -doittdo;
boric, is tint Median of• IBIL " He was. not then goingl
it London. I-went with tillti,at bis olio desire, and was
to VW; as big sister. Retford it't,lght miles from Ositij-'
borough. •We arrived' at 'the Whitilimulni 'at eight i
o'clock. • Wbct.' we, mote withinllea:Miles df Belford, ',
. he said thi.fleettldiestibm* but we were man and Wife ;
l'retilled;theltroultlisobit two bed-Timms were ordered.
HiPtudd,ye*'4l.4l4 no Mori till yapper was ordered.:-
He importided one teallosC.Ritii tb 'steep in my' aoin-:.:.„,
to ObealdFuty- bed; Mid be gave tne his word a honor'
be would let get Icto-bed.' lie.oria reading a ticiok; add;
tort Is head At odd 44.44041 gin bellied theCur-
taio Mil undressed. I wan. fatigued tad got to sleep. At'
twelve IFeitsditt awoke 1)1, liddlig bite lobed. He took
me beak to.litnehdrongb Pelt ' maining, and I went to.
My mother * WO ditto,- about a'fottojabt'ilter, betook
in" t°""itttill°oirla. boat 20 mallet' off,' whirewe'stop-'
peal a*day.ritold-tny mother I *sat to see Mr friends
in the twittery, bed she did not -Ifoew 'env other. - lie-
canto pregnant, and lay lit at Stattettrd. Mr %Abet did
nor ttion'twas with child. He ptiraletter lo ' the post-
olficr as if a lady wished for The' as 1 compadiou, sod 11.
went 14 Stailllftitd: I morbid' after four months, aimi.
Mi. Snow renloved from Galoshortingh to 'Londoe,mit:',
took me with him.' My mother thbught I had got a id-'
tlt &don as a dress-maker there. AIL Snow' paid fur my
lodgings. I was a year in London is lodgings, and he
r}-iced me there. His wife is likely *lced. • ,
Justice Patin to Mr. Dmatax—Are you not doing io-
jury to morals. rather than guarding them, by exposing the
young woolen's profligacy ?
Here &Wynn:es faintod, and was carried ant igGite
This J y Itint—tpor y oung lady. lam very sorry ler r,
.hut's room r9roOlgate case I hardlyever hoard.
Mr. Minim •t-rhink of her Moihei, my Lord.
• a loviii-4 do not think.* more wicked act than se-
ducing a young woman hardly °Mini in the catalogite of
lanw‘alitica ; bat ainOther who takes no more care of
thMewel, a daughterly virtue, has no claim to consider-
ation. .1 wish to stop this disgusting recital altogether.
It was then *greed to withdraw a Juror. •
The JUDGB—It is •.virry wise resolution. Now I may
say. 1 should have uonsuited you, Mr. DIIIMAN ; her =o-
ilier does not appear to have lost ber services, as, from
ber own aroma, she was defog *Rhein her mother's. know-
ledge of theLway in which sbd spot her dins.
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LIUNTINGDONSIBIAE• ASSIZES.
Thomas, firrixit was pot It; iMbit.iirsichirged with
tie tnurder of his wife, Ain trrigllLa• Parent.
WM. Bril knows the prisoner; thin oiglita previous
to the 10th of February slept hi his hoes* On Sunday
eyeeing he went to bed about ft o'citick; betweeo 5 and
6.1'10 morning.be heard Oniof tII children Crying for
fie-Mother: Wright- eem out and called out, " Bridles,
net op.!' . Whin.witeera caMe.doko, be found tbe•cdald7
fen dress4indatiadieg round theLOre, one or Iberia cry.
ini,:: piisouee 'Ws§ not. there. ' On going out be Observed
the deceased) TegwAiltino..yordpf die doori *thee .on
f
]]ter fiee.tiith , . _eh 'Mb aide of the, head. The body
14 across to. .4v.,t , i 1 1
,144 04 sett It. . tie then went
!Ind calle4 asslAeye. • ~ .
. Elisibeth'PliMaps • lives le 'Farrel *Fen. About six
clock on the morning. of thetenyilar, Abe won to pr
O'
goner's house. It bring deak, sho.pasied the eocpte,,but
turning round observed it:. Sa IM laf dremt!, one . hand
on her body, the other stretched nut ;.sbe was without a
ran : 'and blood lay near her head and at her feet, Abort
Iwo yards frees her was found a Cale-knife. one 'of half
*dozen keptisy the prisoner in a drawer, and which -had
formerly lieerflorrowed by witness: Mr. Boiraley picked
It no, and -give it to bey ; ithejaid .ii 'by the-corpse"
'Which She belpmrio.caery into the law,e ily ouli-whince
it was taken by Halkthe eonetable,....o,tl a question .by
14e Jodie, • squaws said. sbe had galled. the preceding
day and found idie•prisoper fondling his ckildren. One
eat oil his kamosnother stood between his legs, and the
• *bird was-. elimbing up • the chair he sat on.- She his
known Weight att-itts latawife 5 years. Went Itf by
baphaised-te See theistAosi the dar. •'Prisorter 'blade do
•a, tempt ow ids 'oltifille Orfund" fie bad•giVeithlinkeift.
wound two iinebelt Ibbis.'diAtcside of bpi Tiede.. it Welk
told he had dose OL •Itinantlfs, the sarroo :attiodea. kith
al.:tint a had
1 spw.ifiuseveriday; be ne ger Spike
unless li spoke to Wall Ito wia- Tory. low.; about a fest.
ttight .before •be seemed .to:ovjoy good spirits; in the
opinion of wi•uess, thokeifecislmos be dropped by the
&erased ; latterly•be has acted very diffdrentty from bis
firnver behaviour ; eight week* limb lu4 Saturday she
called,. when he appeared likestininsensible tote; 'found
Vet tin his knees fietpg tbentii, rfittbilig his hinds, 00
erylpir. `!.-Ort :MY heart! Oit heart' Will j times gut si of, nil
lade*. His- wire' Stood .by with a child to .hie arms.;
Witness reasoned- with itint, and gat bite. into "the 'Mints.;
be then took off if.a all .clotbes. except breeches. shwa,
and stockings; mid bdometedi to wash his hands and his
heir!: a basin with water was brought Lim 12 ; he
osaid he
,would have cleasitaints•sed. ifektia Mort- y'lock ;
he washed his hands, avid MOO - des'bed the water on his
Doily; witterieshints lie 4visido Whit right mind, amF
knew not-wbat hdlas:dalligildwinfir told ber he'ds.
qqes, nd comical. irsotipareittilii -*bat he baa for
oftee.
inert), erns
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She said he by no meattoilt4ired. now as ho eyed est. 40,' .
William Johnson is iettrycon,nod resides at Prtetbal
rough. .On the 10th ••• of Tact February he wept to
Weight's house. and found the body of h s nil,' .Iyinte Mt
the bed, with a large wound in the neck, six, iticims lotiji.
and three deep; the windpipe was completely „cot
through, sod must Anise. occasioned immediate. death,
• Mr. Johnson tbee,:letechnical "terms, gave bis reasons
whv, in his opinion, the detested coald not herself have
indicted the wound. About six .wgeki previous to the
murder, he bad been sent for, aod found tha prisoner ha
given bintklf a slight wotind on the liana. lie
limit
p(ed
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to in a vary etelanciAly state of Tilsit, and was
opinion he kg iv net right from wrong. About a fort
night Otte O'sright• aod bis wife called on Mr. Johnson
at Peterbor.iiigh, when tin:tatter requested. that tier' li at-
broil might be admitted as as out patient snite Dispen-
an y, %viand► was optuplied With ; theistic scented anxious
about hie health. ' • • •
Williaru•Wfigke is heotlniv to Om,
,priscmer. Ile was at
his h0u.g.164 evening heinre the.eatormuate affair
),roes,.hap-
Ile awl•Ms wife ware togetbei; lie. bad a book.
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po bit hand .reading prayers, which. Us wife repeated
after him : l Ilia b 4s.ll44•liiin .bow be w.s? lie said he did
not know, it. olltlay in his heart and rad! The
afterseito ef eta% dpi 1 went.into Me. ,i'darls'o hate, sue.
heard a, ros'iletteoise, hut saw nobody., :rewards egos,
jug- feet akOn tO the harn,..aint •AheacAL my. brother's.
voice come from kite maw; 11,P 7 Od., "sila alaY, 1 ga4o-
- rl. I geiti ;s:, 4e.in,ro-itsjoigitt :.Ithen asked him how
tie erne to 419, tn.?, Me waiyLhe.did not know„until. after, .
lie bad done.it.. Witeate,Mid litety done. hie Mother's•
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stilt Mt itakt.alibyeldbliffilesffit4abthifilithliglite Me
roal the grease with a bollkin his hand. . .o 1 son arty
kitten dieGidethlthlfe laricA•ll.." Af lihkeduislablit Ishh#r*,
ti;ifei lionli• aterflistitlllfrr! "41r fieritligyilltelevel_ hie .11;14 411111ri
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death, he ippisatred nlthrot;- th.`'eletatlalaed 'or igr: -
lAN head anti& Iseeirt..' 'r "! ' •," ''' -- 5 i '' ' ' '1111144015.
Other evidence arathitalutifiest toPrOth the unsettled, i g Mi. llces -
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state Of mind-of aliti stria:Met, .at, i 'after all. Olt 1161 't yi the mcadaN
Ittnnane address free, the Mgt to the Jury, *bite Mita'. f; tag itiptudently 'ported witislis roil** • • ; --sr v.. ...,,_
aunt op the eVidettea, ifter`hhout threaMialites"wionfail- netttly'thei ease was not withiu the elanrel....Valliscts
tation, s verdict of 0 NOt Guilty, being, -trittif the Mete Ni" Ottall'•
der was committed, in a deranged state ofnihed," Wks Charles ralkan, abouta b 3 years of age,Vai iodieted
retarned. ' ' ,• -
—"gin"— ' * ' ' - ' 'tbelifith year of his late Majesty's refill (I7S7y by itrik-
STAFFORD NISI PRIUS COURT, Sums 14. WE hilt' On the head with an trots erow-har.. Ihis case
m.sits TO vas sasowv ow araotonn....llll 610841 tea- excited considerable interest. involving kis it did, an iUs
NINGIIIII4. WAIT.. T. iteCii. coney into the mysterious death of a reepe,ctable. miller,
This was sit -action of trove by Sir (*corgi Jutting- after a lapse of 35 yraia. The Coast wee crowded to
ham, the proprietor of Stafford-cantle and of large aces%
estates in its vicieity, &Oast the defe'odint, a timber- • Mr. Knox openeilthe rase for the prosecution, and re-
merchant, in the borough of Stafford, to recover the quested the patient, impartial, and discriminating atten-
vales of au ash tree, and two alders, his property, which fisa of the' Jury to the mysterious cue wldeb was not
bad been wrongfully converted to the defendant's ale. the subject of investigation. About 33 veers deco. the
The following are the circumstances out of which this Oldie mind stDoleLester bad been greatly • agitated, hy ,
action arose.:—ln December last, a prim, calling him- the death of Mr. Daniel Holt, a respectable miller, who
self the Hon. James Stamp Sutton Cooke, arrived in bed lived at IstldtU, hear that town. The deceased-0e
Stafford, and laid claim to the estates of which Sir Ueorge suddenly missed from his family, and so traces coulelin
Jataiaghuut and his istedeassal" have been In possession found of him, until about the end of a fortari night his bode
for more than a century, on behalf of his brother, to was-found in the River Comae, in the psh of East
whom he gave the title of -Lord Stafford. He loin in- dylantl. Upon examining the
theybod marks of injwry
terested a number of the populace in his cause by the were visible upon the Lead, and prevalent .opiutort
boldness of Ilia measures end the liberality of his pro- was, that Mr.. Holt died a violent death ; and down to
aims. He appointed gamekeepers to the manor of Fin& hood. resent hour soch Was the belieflo the neighbour-
bridge. in which Stafford-castle is situate, and hY a Tilt probabilities of the ease, stroogly supported
Mummers obtained a few bones' possession of the castle that opinion, for had the deed been a suicnie, the marks
ltseif, which is usually open to the inspection of thing- o'l.l4oca on the • head would be uoaccountahle. The
rious. Notices werelsaned on the tenants of Sir Ueorge irresomption was, that he had been first murdered and
Jerningbam, requiring. them to pay their rents only t' Ithod thrown into the river. After the lapse.of thirty-
Mr. Cooke, the authorised agent of his brother, and five years, which west have swept
kway half the race of
threatening thentwith distresses if they should refuse to moulded then living, it was not liely that there ebould
comply. In order to induce them to attoru to the new he many witnewes now alive to give any account of the
• claimant, leases were offered them at low recta, on the transaction. A coronet's hiquest had berm summoned on
payment of a preualuns, and a day appointed to receive the the hoek..sartewasafees ea„mined.aaa other persons had
routs in arrear, half of which only were required in eon- seen the remains of. the deceased; but of all these but
sequence of the pressure of the times. Oa these repre- one individual son-teed. The corimer. the jory, the sur-
sentatiens, Some of the tenants actually made payments, aeons, all were tired, except one pemon, to give evident*
and receipts were given them for the sums. In the mean open a transaction so niviteriosts mid importscit.
tiny:, Mr. Cooke proceeded to employ men to fell timber This witness, Edward' leadbrote, said that be saw the,
on several parts of the domain, which they did, attended body after it was taken from the wmer—was present
by a rabble, and in the whole felled between 70 and SO when it was examined by the surgeons; and the head
trees. Although a band-bill was issued, lied served on of the deceased had such visikle injuries visible upoo it,
all timber-dealers in Stafford, not to purchase any of rendered it probable that the unfortunate titan bad 'hems
these trees, the defendant and others became possessed
of some of them, and obstinately detained them from the murdered.
"William Leicester, fhe principal nitness to peeve the
owner. confession, was then eaantined, and lie deposed as fol.'
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' The defendant in this action was one of tbe persons lows :—I Lave known t'ee prisoner these twenty years:.
who were thus deluded. It was proved that two alder I have oever qaarrelled with him. It, tween six and sr-
trees and one ash-tree, cut on thellsods of Sir tieerge ven•years ago I met him at the Fleece tap, at Culchester.
ihroinghani on the dth of January in this year, sure It was between six and seven in the evening. He was
conveyed to his premises, and that he refused to deliver drinking a pint of porter, and I was drinking a pint of
them up when demanded by the agents of Sir tisoree &llrter. He came in and eat alongside of we directly.
Jerninghatn. The value .of the trees was proved to be ere:were t great many people passing backwards and
21. lbs. forwards in the room. lie asked me if I did not know
The Learned Judge, in his charge to the Jury, es:- old Idr. Holt. Ile said Mr. Hutt was killed at-the Bloc
pressed his strong reprobation of these proceedings.— rig; *thit he (the prisoner) ha I bees drinking with bim
Wbe the party promoting them was, or what his claims there, and theft he (the deceased) west out at the dead of
might be, he knew not; but it was impoadble not to din- gild, and sat down to sleep on the.steps atoirtg up to,
approve of the course which he had taken. That morn- bed 4. Sinythie'e house, which adjoined the Hlue hot that
log he had himself received II paper addressed to him (tlic pr loner) and one Roger 3lundsey took ito iro9,
respecting this claim ; if the party had brought it per- crow, and bluncluyaent up to him and leeched the
annally, he should. have known how to deal with Rios i deceased on chested'. Tbe prisooer ailded,'' iht I. did
mit as this was not the case, he had immediteely cool- not do 'it; but I helped to pas lion inuk {sack, end
tattled the paper to the flames-=
.To try a claim of right, dragged him into the Cellat of the Ries Pig. The blow ,
it irrauld be enough to cut a twig or take "way. a clod killed him, and we aekteted him is the old.poachWey in
of earth ; and therefore this system of depredation and the Cellar. We Theo wept, and Were forced to .go and
violence wit eutirely without a:cue!. Tha.pnly doubt get i tack or two of naw-ditttkitiitdp, the blend, I.
in-the case was, whether the conduct of the defendant helped $. setajka laiookedf s Jast we could not
did not gee, to felony :to this point the evidence did do` .1. tire prisoner said, that,staihmt time be lived,
cati:
guitar come, but it was extremely near it. It was right wl
,oga4•Usoacd, 4:Jodie. Ile did •rweeterilone what be-
the people of this towu should be mai*. that it trees " . cif, thelsody after Wards. We were boils as sober ai,
were wrongfully severed one day, without a shadow. of ,Ism sow. i,ta,ibio 'ton wife twee weekaafter. The.
excues,_aod taken away the next, the parties wins lent, cerise weats mile from the river- I told Sir. Hill, land-
themselves to such a taliiog would have to owner at lord 9f the Fleece. two !years ago of it. lam not the
prosecutor of this indiciment. The prisoner met rue ft.,
felons in another Court.
The Jury found i Verdict for the plaintiff—Damages ter lie had been.to. the JpstiCes. lie stopt me in the'
21. Iss. street, and asked sus if 1 would have souse beer. I arid
" No." He said "What you have said about'Holt has

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This wasniso en actitip of *over by Sir George Jer-
oinglottn, to v,.ecciwer the value of ftees felled under the
same tircnessiapena an tbose.witlch gene rit
cause. .. • •
fhe defendant in this ease was an. innkeeper residing
in Stafford, on who'll' a hand-bill, warning all persons to
refrain from aiding lr. Cooke's proceedings, had beau
served. Two persons employed to watch on behalf of
the plaintiff, traced four ash trees, and the tops and
heanch'rs of the fifth, tO the yard of the defendaot. he
deutantletl these la 4ir Ueorge Jerningliam's name ;but
the defeadantsaiflt, they were not his trees; he had given
Ur. Cooke liberty tOplacethem in his yard, and he could
not_suffer them to be removed without his order." The
witnesses repliedwthit they knew nothing of Cooke, but
that..they insisted on haring the trees, or the defendant
must Ate answerable for their detention. He still hok•
ever refused to deliver them, and they were left in his
possession. The value of the timber was proved to be
11.18.
Mr. TAUtitoN, for theftlefendant, submitted that
nd hehnd
teen guilty of no. cenversion, as he merely r etaie *the
goods till the owner 'should establish his right to
itpnesses ossene
them. He was dot booed to .Ituoir thai the w
were the -authorised :agents of -Sir George Jerningbam,
-aodthe ow* might et *ay anksespient pert* have Woo
.
them aw.ay, 1
the learned Juno: ruled shat, as the original taltins of
the trees was wrongful, Sir. George Jerninghtun tu!glit:
proceed to recover them againstany one wbe ho thedile de-7
nt ID
Parsvion, tvitlioiti..a.demand. The condtict.Of
fendaat was not,„nspially considered, so bad as that etfilier
defendant, in site.taat-,ceose ; bathe bad leak himself to.. the
inegtajOyi
.ostatootis coOtct of :others.,:aml bip past
beer_thp neeces of itte-fary. . ~
anool,,e verdict for the plaintiff.--Damagee
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lii t .0 the 'Sheriff of Stafford, inquisitions
iviie ar, .vs of inquiry in casee arising out
of the _ .af -Mr. Cooke, in each of which he-
of
ass ilesPire. •
• CHELMSFORD ASSIZES.
• • Taft-ICING V. JAMES, FULLER.
This was ad ihdictment against the defendant for a
frond in obtsining a geld broach, balfa.crown,, a bottle
of currant wine, etird other trinkets, from Thomas Plume,
under pretence of obtWning foe him the honourable poit
of guard to the Warwick coach.
It appeared that the prosecutor had placed himself un-
der tlie ton of the def-nlant, noted for hisharmonions
powers, fur the purpose ef perfecting himself in horn-
blowing, in t:,e hope of being. an eligible candidate for
the -office of mail-gnaw d. TIM terms of entrance did not
appear, bat it-was said that the prosecutor in a short time
was enabled to Mow a h horn-wit great etlitct, according
totliit Clatisietit phrase. By way uat the
defendant het& out to him Aim prospect of an appoint-
wientitith Hors,
the coach proprietor, with %how
he seal great influent., and promised to use his patronage.
'in ?Vattern.' Mtn. the nest vacancy in the guard depart-
ment:: • %Hating obtained possession of toe property
' intlitticheiditbnge,• the defendant made off, and it was
dietkiStatki 'that 'lsis' opposed patronage was a mere
a toisatio :. ; .t..; - /.1........: ... . .
It .4iisgelgested'ln.defeteetliit the prosecutor WU $
most in . iftil pupil, fort at the expense of a Grp,

put my life in (ranger."
Cross-examined.—The priaener lf believe has lived at
Colchester ever since. lie DAM ian away that 1 know-of.
Elizabeth Buckingham, depoted, that her father for-
merly kept the Blue Pig 4j (291Cheart. She had seen
Bolt there about half-oast eight of the night lie was
lust. Tbe deceased had come there with two bad women.
Did not see the prisoner there that night. There was a
grating to the cellar where her father kept beer, Wood,
and coals. The door was never left open at night.
Thinks there was a door within the grating. Never
heard that there was a body found there.
John Storrix knew the deceased. Remembered bis
being lost. Saw hint the night before at the Blue Pig.
Me alkyd witness to drink with hint. There were women
with him. The prisoner was not there. Knew the pri-
soner from his infancy. The dour of the cellar was ne-
ver open at night.
The Learned Judge here interposed and expressrd his
.opinion that there was no case to go to the Jury, but for
the satisfaction of the public mind, he would leave is fur
their determination.
Mr. Jasaor said he had a body of evidence to sbow the
utter, impossibility of the prisoner having any thing
whatever to do With the supposed murder of Mr. Mt,
:beshie the improbability of the evitience.of the witness
Milled to ptore a confession.
Johns erlande.r, brother to Mrs. Buckingham, corn-
borrjted the evidpnce of the preceding nitnesses, when
The Learned Junta again interposed, and expressed
his opinion that there was nothing to atfect the prisoner,
,but the strange story told by Leicester, ohich, even
it
probable, was rebutted by incontestible etidence, that no.
bert'cOliteeless "Hie" lasii4PrdP"ship4 to
rep
capitulated the:leading circumstances of the case, and the
Jury immediately found the.prisoner —Not Guilty.
• tit six o'clock ,tp,the evening the Assists ended. None
of the capital convict, were left for egecntion, but the
four soldiers of the 4ltli regiment, for the rape at
Nearly an hundred peOiddi were collected for the
unhappy victim of their brutality. The health of the
Lord- Baron was greatly' amended on Saturday
evening, and it is expectod his Lordship will be able to
resume his judicial unties at Maidstone.

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Oppattupier, !VA bone Ask Dili
shown; tell, to, and behold! the Solicitor and the cum: -
,staPte denied-that this Meted man was Mr. Stamford, the
svhom they wanted, or any thing like lain, fur
'WO Air. Stamford was a little puny man, and the corpse
hiders them ,is of such stature as to require a coffin
Mx feet three inches in length! Brit Ins object at pre--
isept sves to submit, that dead or not dead, the lasi depusi--
aloe of this Winless was legally available fur the prosece:
don. If he were teeny aiallochich they denied, for they •
heileved if to be a inerei on'rivance, then his former de-
oeition was receivable in PVitirllCe; if he were not dead
it was equally admissible, could they establish at the trial
that his absence was a surreptitious arrangement to dt-
feet the pufpoes' of justice. What he wanted, therefore,
was, for the Magistrate to produce and take doe care of
this witnesses fernier depositioa, that it sloald be avail-
able iu I Court of Justice.
Mr. A DoLgum who was Counsel for the Prisoner, said
be did not care whether the us as was dead or not, the
pertieular circumstance was quite new to hies. But to
what depositions did his learned Friend allude? He
had no recullection that any bast been taken.
• Mr. IL:0111NT and Mr. FITZIPATitICK (the Clerk) said
that a depesition yeas pot on the hooks, hot it was not
signed', the.eitamination not being at the time closed. •
-Mr. Aeltostees said, that it was no deposition without
signature.
The blauts-resTa belleved that it was, and that it was
sulfa cleat to prove the deelaaatioit of the party.
• Mr. hte:e remarked; that by the statute of
Philip
end Mary, the depOsitioas taken in the presence of the
parties sere evidence, whether signed or not. By the
nay, where, he asked, was the Prisuut r line ? Let him
be produced.
A constable went forth, ant) returned into the room •
with Mr. Needham, srlio is a person of gentlemanly
ap-
.pt•aranee and middle age. He was fashioeahly dressed.
Jordan, the et:mistake, was sworn, respecting this wit-
ness, who seas said to be s' dead alive. His evidence
was as follows: —" I. went to the WWI'S hoes-, in Ni rtis
Street, Cavendish Square, and saw his wife, and upon
I lay oath, the man she showed me dead, was no more like
jibe witness Stainfunt we bad here on the former day,
than black is like white.—(Aleget is she office.) •
bli.Cope,thesolicitorkraa likewise examined touching
the same ',obi, and he said that the eiPIeSS (Stamford)
was a little man, and the •idead ten.on shewu him lay
very tall us a coffin. •
Mr. ADOLPLIV6 rentipded Mr. Alley, in the presence
of Mr. tineear, the* the latter, op the former occasiug..
adatted that the Prisoner hod indorsed this ha;
scStamford and Co." in his (Kinnear's) presence, at' the
time, and that Kinnear had taken no pains to ascertain
at the time whether he did so by the due authority of
nay body.
' Mr. Am;et left his Learned Fared to take the benefit
'of this adin4siou.
Mr. A Pousiies said, the maoner of signing bills,
,where the parties wertha Prissy twit, :eras not new. It
w the old Banker's caw in 1 ps.
Mi.* A ifte;.seos Aye ;that Caw reported.by Henry
Blackstone, ant it wit decide* to he the aims for:
ems" "! ' ' " •
Mr. Anot.rnerse—," moo, it warnot; Lord Kenyon and
Lord. Thiirlow give strong oeiniens upon it in the House
Of Lords, bat they were overrated in the ultimate 'lee; -
eion. Thousands of signateres were put upon the bank-
-ere bills discounted at the time, to set them afloat, -with •
*cognizance of all parties.
he *Mr...ALLEY said, that notwithstanding committal..
fished to add'another charge: it was upon a bill of
3ISI. purporting to beer the eignistere of Mr.* Jerin tine,"
House Agent. 27, Carnberland4treirt, New-road, who
'View nothing about it: .
The:priaoner was then fully committed for trial.
:About eight o'clock oa Wednesday eight, a wontanc
apparently between thirty and forty yeers• of ige, wen
into the llatellffe Arms, ie Turncalt-alley, and baying sat
down, requested. Mr. Lac, the landlord, to warm her half
a pint of ate. *Sr.he bad losnething in her apeor, anti heat- .
i M
ng a sonoise.Lee demanded to know what the had
there ? She replied. pothipg, and seemed anxious to
'mold observation; t4lis; induced him to question her
Iliore cionly, and atlast 'tuning doe n the apron, a fire
femalechild appeared in view, quite
.naked! Some
inquiries naturally followed, (rout which it resulted;
that her name was Elizabeth; the wife of Thomas
Mamtield. Of Newhall, near Burtomupor-Trent ; that-she
bad for some time resided at New Radford sepitrec
from her husband, and was in the habit of going about
the canary, pith a basket of tapes and trinkets. As
she was coming home, about hale mile on this aisle of
tiamston toll bar, she was taken iselaiseer,sand defitered
herself ef the infant in a lane, .13y the assistance of a
man who crone by. she got to Gamstumbridge, and there
met a woman; who helped her forwent to the Tient-
bridge, where her Ltskct was left at Mr. Riches dee.—
Conceiving herself able to reach. New Radford. site had
travelled forward, Ind turned Pito the Ratcliffe Arms ii)r
a little refreshment! Titus ended her extraordinary tats.
The child was‘telceo care of, and was soon after, aluo,
with its mother, cotaveyest, in a sedan, to St.litory's work-
house. List night, the H.otiter was very stout, and ex-
pressed her intention if leaviog the workhouse; anti go-
ing house —(Nestringham Review of Friday.)
tirsaTusn..—This week has been remarkable fur bar-
ing had three tarifa& in succession—Tuesday, Wednes-
*del", and Thursday. Sunday had been cold. and the lat-
ter part of blonday very wet. On the former *ley theie
bad been a fall of snow at Edinburgh, and on the latter
diore efsteesett ilins ;ea, however, appears Yo-hare
b Mroken up lathe Sound, andeives us hopes of unite gent-
al sveat4er. Thesiatterpart of the weeklias been rather
mild. 'l lie quant)te of Iwo Wien here, since Saturday
last, is one 11/th of an inch.
Strand, Merck 15.

TWISMOMETER. I
SAIONLIVIR.
O'clock. o'clock, at night.
March
b 33 43 . 29,38 !sir
9,
to, M. 20 49 17 .1776 It;dY,
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I~t4RLUMOUGH-STREer.7--Satufday. Mr. Ellice Need•
ham, who. stands charged by. Mr. Kinnear with has;
in passed upon him, in certain alle,getl mercantile trans-
actions, several hills of exchange, which were afterwards
dishonoured, and witieh (according to the prosecutor)
hore.the names of fictitious mercantile firins, in Jenks
and in the metropolis, this day underwent a final exit-
Mination. Bat a curious discussion arose before the Liu-
eitaMs nsa entered upon. •
Mr. A.Ltsv, upon entering the
_private room of the
informed sir. CON Arf.T (the Magistrate who heard
the cal that rather an extraordinsey circumstance had.
occurred since the last examination. It was is the re-
collecii9n s$ the Alsgistriste that souse of the bills • passed
by the Pris.nuer npon. Mr. Kinnear,.bore, in the shape of
acceptinces atid indorsements, the name of. " Stamford.!'
Tills Mr, Stetufard had Iseemezatalued ors fotmer ern.
PIPIO9a 9f 14 PrilsoP.e!, su4. halt sworn thas.the naafi.
upon tie bills was not is his band-writing, er ssudktaeil

Do3o.—On the 13th iost. 10 Manebtanne-agreets Mr!, ‘I.
Bizeit, aged 83.
Oa Friday, the 14tit inst. W. Hersthll, Earr•or Noyfoa-
street, Middlesex Hospital, aged 81.
On the 13th inst. at his halm, Pleasant-place, pasha',
Mr. T.llarkworth. aged 114, ajtaards of 30 yari ashes',
Apothecaties'-hall. . • , .
Oa Saturday last, at bite honso at Mardtgay, ;. Alrk
in the 73ths year of Ms kg!.
On the 4th last. at'Wetithaiv, pear Ttrtatol, of a rapid de-
cline, la his 28thiteltr, Hruyilyedetiek Haaat, lane nn. En-
sign ill hiss dtateaty'a goaitinstrit ar the ftt.ll
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