The Statesman.
London, England, 1819-08-09 00:00:00

POLICE.

bllaostoo-noutz..—Sttorday Mr. S. all SOCtinflW
in the city, cornp!mined against Mr. R. a merchant,
for threatening his life. The Complainant said, that
in the coarse of the last year Mr. E. had become a
banttropt, hot from motives of delicacy the assignees
declined petting any one into the home. It earn. to
his ears, however, that a quantity of wine had been
removed, and shortly after a fell table service of
plate. Ile received information, by a letter, that
a number of valuable pictures, belonging to the
Defendant, had been sent to an auctioneer, who was
shoot to sell them by section. Of all this he informed
the assignees. On reirlay Complainant hart a vise
of arbitration from It • King's Bench to attend to
at Johu's Coiree.house,where he met the Drtendant,
who, is the presence of a foil cofrest•room, called him
a liar, a villain, and a thief, and said he woolti have
his life. Alarmed et this violence, he ordered his
books to be pecked op, and was about to depart,
when the Defendant soid, " Now, you villains.
thrash you through the City of London. Yrs, you
cowardly rascal, I'll do for you." Ile then cried
out, " There goes the villain ;" and coentinued to
threaten and obese him in this way until Contpkin.
ant sent his son to procure a peace-Ater. Ile
shortly returned with one; and an attempt being
made to secure the Defendant, a seral. ensued, in
the course cf which his son, irritated at the tan-
ager used towards the Complainant, struck the
former. Ile now begged the Lord Mayor would pre.
vest farther violence on the port of the 1)efeo:11ot.
and give him (Mr. S.) personal security. Mr. r.
said, that the charge ts:ns almost wholly f 'lse: as to
the infamous imputations respecting the p! it., he
could assure his Lordship it was only sent to Isis jesol•
let's, but not fir isle ; nor was there a airgle bottle
of wine removed improperly from his hoes*. As to
the pictures, he had sold them previous to the claim
rustle by Mr. S. through the Assignees. The tccosa.
!inn of having used abusive language Fe admitted ;
nor did he think any thing too harsh for a also who
!tad
conducted himself so towards him. If Mr. S.
woold swear that his was in danger, .41 would he
1(11r. E) saes, that be was similarly circumstanced,

sad be woold moreover swear that Mr. E.'. •oo had
committed vim him a want..n smelt. Toe I.oid
Major wished them N compromise the asst:er, bat
they did sot.

I3ow•.TOEET•—Satordy the remsining P. 11011P11,
litin stood charged on suspicion of being concerned
in the strocioos depredations cornosittrd st IYe,t•ends
•rre brought t•p for another elimination, Ingeahre
with a young man, nimerf Frank Purdetam, who
was brought from the Mansion-loose.

M. Keeling, an herald painter, rebi.ling in Francis.
street, Tottenharn.court.road, deposed, that on tho
second day of the fair he was s rrrrr oiled by a gang
of about 40, and had a gold seal broken from Ma
watch chain. The Prisoner, Partition, was on• of
the most active in the gong, end was clew to Mgt
but be could not sw►ar positively that he eas tko
porton who actually stole the sell.
Purdhant bed previoasly denied that he was at
she fair at all, and said be could prove an
lle was remanded.

Another Prisoner, named Brookes, was nest
spoken to by Mr. Humphreys, oh,. stated, that on
the To►ador ariettinnn, as he sos standing at a stall
in the fair, porchasilig some nuts for some childrest4
gang r.f fellows approached and took away the
children. fie of coarse followed to protect them.
and they then seised and dragged Mm to that back
r•f Smith•s booth, where they satiflied his months
covered his eyes with their hands, and robbed hist
of s watch and gold chain, and his hot, and basing
beaten him severely, let him go. lie recovered this
children.—Brookes was committed. The remainder
of the Prisoners were not identified.

UNION-HALL —On Saturday last, a man named
Gideon Yates, and who stated himself In have bee■
aa officer in the army, was broaaht before 1.. lin
At.t.rx, Esq., th► presiding Magistrate at this Ace,
by Holmes, the High Constable of St. George's,
charged with having attempted to commit murder the
preceding evening.

Mr. Wm. Cotentin, the Provaceter, stated, that
he was a shoemaker, and kept a house in the Lon.
don road, aid that the Poisoner, with his wife sod
clad, had lodged *ids him for several months, daring
which time many guru Is had taken plate betwinna
them. On Veit's), night last the Prisoner shut his
wife oat of the room, and she remained en the stairs
Sri Oral hours yrs hag. The Prosecutor went op stairs
and asks() :he Prisoner In open the door sad let biro
wife in ; bat he declared he would not open the doer.
Some further words having pasted, the Prosecutor put
his foot against the donr, and shored it open, apes
which the Prisoner instantly rushed out, hawing is
large cars knife in his hand, with which be struck
at the head of the Prosecutor, who then closed
with the Prisoner, and endeavoured to get the knife
from him, in which attempt the Prosecutor re.
ceired several wounds In the head and neck ; I. the
train• both fell, and when down the Prosecutor
ob.sined possession of the knife, or he bad no
doubt, he stated, be should bare lost his life. Some
neighbnor at last came and rescued the Prosecutor
from the Poisoner, took hint down stage, and mot
for a surgeon, who dressed his wounds. This eel.
dense being corroborated, the Magistrate asked the
Poisoner whit he had to say respecting the charge,.
Ile confessed be bad used the knife, which be mi..
digitally bad in his hand, having been eating his sap.
per at the moment Mr. Coleman broke into his room,
bat had no intention of injuring Mr. Coleuses with it.
The SI AGISTRATZ said, the evidence being so clear,
i he felt it his duty to commit the Prisoner for trial as
the Attie's, which be accordingly did.

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