The Statesman.
London, England, 1818-08-26 00:00:00

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bay in them, but the right more than the other ' • they;
wife richer wet; bad riitiedikat night. ilefoonii
a good deal of the winch'''. :taken out,. quite enough
toudmit a man. Under the window he also found a
towel, with tiO pieCes of stolp. InSitioAtirifoole'be
found, near theliiichen fri,' a' per of ;gtey crawls,
atockirigii-very dirty itl thitTmit, with laFgii•hnlel;.bB
apPeitid ai if 'striped by'lettlir of bide tititssete, and
marked with tbe ietter'S. nest ihe'tnp. On 'the sop.
ptftabli-wai -a candle, which he' had thenight before
pot on-a- shelf. It bid been whole'the night before;
and now it *was mach spent. Ile.fnund on thelabfe,
breed, parts of some tarts, Tort of a bottle of wine,
the remains of some cheese, knives and forks, •arill.
plates. There was the appearance of Mori than one•
havingbeen eating there. Two razors were on nye
table, the property of the wittiesi, which he had used;
the meriting before, • and left on a very high shelf in.
the pantry : the shop door into the street was un-
barred.; he love the stockings to 100 y, a constable.'
The declaistion of the Prisoner before the Magi,.
strafe was'put in sod read. it gave a minute account'
of his movements from the etd of Match, when bei
had been discharged from the House of Correctiowi
to the ltth of May, when he was taken into custody.
He had been in Liverpool in the mean time, an oat-
patient in the Infirmary.
Jaynes Smith, it; Pre,ton, saw the Prisoner on the
flth of April, who applied for labour, which witne.es
avisto give him, but refused, on learning that he had
Wein in the House of Correction ; he ordered him
oat Of the house st seven in the morning. He had on
light.coloured trowsers striped with Wee. His shoes
were patched. He has seen them since.
A daughter of the last witness saw the Privatier in
her father's absence going up and down a ladder.—
He had on a pair of light stockings, very dirty, one
of therii having. a bole on the heel. There was a
small capple (a patch) upon the heel of one of the
shoes:
Mrs. Smith saw the Prisoner pull of one of his
shoes; there was some bay in it. She siw a towel
k,ltis kat. She opened it out'; there was nothing in it.
Walton produced the shoes, the towel, and the
two pieces of soap, which were identified as those
found in Mr. Clarke's ; attd the shoes and towel were
identified es those seen with the Prisoner at Smith's.
Rigby produced the stockings, which were identi-
fied as those found at the kitchen five-side, and as
those worn by the Prisoner when going up the ladder.
Ile also stated that the Prisoner his had his right
foot great toe cut off: In the part of the stocking
correspondirig Was a pitta of cotton, and a quantity
of hay was found in the rightshoe to fill up the

cancy..
James Hutsall, innkeeper in Liverpool, taw' the
Prisoner a fortnight before Chester races, which be.
gin in the first week in May. lie changed a 101. note'
for him. He also saw a 51. note with him. He bought
new clothes while there.
Thomas Barrett, a constable, apprehended the Pri.
Boner on the 2let May, at Bolton. In his pocket he
found a piece of paper containing a memorandum
of
clothing..
Samuel Clarke proved the paper to be in hia hind-
writing. He believed it had been in the desk in the
shop, but could not swear to it. It had been writ-
ten snare then its years.
Prisoner in Lis defence saki, 66 Please, my Lord,
I know nothing of the shoes no more than you, my
Lora, esor of the robbery ; and as for the thoes,
could irit;wear sash a pair of shoes, not for the
"rejt Lord.
His Lordship ordered the shoes to be tried to his
'feat. The Prisoner hustled mightily et this opera-
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tion, and at last presented his foot to the Judge and
Jury, giviog a history of his having been wounded
and taten prisoner of war in his Majesty's service.
Rigby repoitCO, that the left shoe went on easily,
hut thwrigat would not go on with the hay, and on
rie'ieitit of the stiffness of the leather. The bay
rolled ep rind presented its going on the foot. It
SA Wei *it When Grand, and it would easily go ass
if diet; or ai It was without the hay.—Gdilty. -
Mr. titilitait, the Counsel for the prrisecotida,
applied fM mull ieirldnerrilion to Ihe Prosecutor
ibbvii tlie Orditulry cats; si the espencei had heirs
very great, ind the late Aot had abolished rewards.
lijl Lerdihip said, it was not in his power to give
estigordliiiry costs. He allowed the ertpences of
bbd ippielleitslan beside' the ordiniry Costs.
H113131V AY ROBBERY.
Heap, aged 17, arid Jacob Butter, aced
42, *ere charged with Waving robbed William Tho-
mason, on the King's highwiy, at Manchester, of
a pbeftlit-book containing 351. in Bank of England
It appearbd that Thomason, the Prosecutor, hid
abicofided on Wednesday hit, and being now called
on his recognisance, be failed to appear; still the
projectilion went on.
John Brooks, a watchman, whose best was
Hanower.street, klinchester, saw Heap on the 3d of
Jane walking side by side with Thobision. There
*ere other persons with them. He taw Hemp again
in gistody that night. They had walked by the
Pipe-entry.
James Andrews taw Heap in the morning after in
custody. He told Heap that they had been robbing
a man in the Pipe.entry. Heap said he had been
With none but a girl. He saw him again nest day.
He said to witness, Mr. Derbyshire being prevent,
" I should have told abottt the robbery that morning,
only the watehmin used me to roughly." (Ming
asked where he had seen the old man first, he said he
was Attu* rip in dome wood near Mille:lane, and
asked to be pot on the **y to Pendleton. Thiy
!teem]; P. !lively and Bonen got bold of bins by the
arths;. be rind Jacob Butler followed behind when
'they'it to ail entry in Hanover-street, Hardy and
Hulled vrinted to teke him op the entry; but thb old
man wound not go. They. took Audi dolts into
Pipe-iniri, then hi, (Heap) taw what they *ere for,
and told:then% if opy did rob him; hi would tell of
lie eland At 'the and of the 'entry, and aaw
them slti tniee running out; add beird• P. 11hrtly
ivy Vo 'Butler, "'hob Ilia got it, and have
wltilted Xifivlded) fair." Wil Dna alat after:
wartlit aftei Buirer tit Liverpool; and took him
there. Ale hid thrown his Orsini eery will:--
13644 pia bartie Solth Oakley, his Ira& a
ieeiferf, and the place he had Conte from Bury; and
lad It *wit a fortnight since he was in Manchester.
This was on the tits of Jane. Witness said, t. 4 Your
name is Jacob Outlet) your father is a hatter; and