The Statesman.
London, England, 1823-01-28 00:00:00

'AMMAN.

never find Isis way back to hie lodgings again, mod aa
he'd oever get kis -bit of linen sad •things again any
-mores hut tltongh lie stuck as close to thaws as be could
be somehow or other *Mooed of them ; nod lest as• be
was looking about to, find them, a mats cause tip and
asked him, would he have a 'limp of 'phi's? 1 told
him, said he) your honour, indeed and I would, and be
muck obliged' to hiw too, and i thought him a very
good fellow, and so be put the bladder tato my bead :
and that's all I know about it, except that some gentle-
men that were locked op with me last nigbtj tol.l me It
was all a trick between that man and the officers on
purpose to get me in troub'e.
Mr. Alderman Vxxant.as said he did nut believe a
single tittle of his story, but as he was not known as an
offender to any of the officers, he should not send him
to Newgat.... but commit him to bard labour in the
/louse of Correction for one month, as a suspected
common pilferer.
ilenry Blythe, a Smithfield drover, is the employ of
a person named William Nicholls, who holds the badge
No. 231, was cmyricted in the full penalty of 'Ws. and
costs, for cruelty beating and ill treating an ox in
Skinner Street, at an early hour in the morniog. The
watchman on that beat, who witnessed the transaction,
was so shocked at the fellow's barbarity, that lie took
him into custody, and detained him in the watch boast;
and it was upon his evidence b'efote the Magistrate ye%
terday, that the penalty was inflicted.
Mr. Alderman VILNADI.IIII expressed his approbation
of the conduct of the watchman, and directed that one
moiety of the fine should be paid over to hiw, as a to-
ward for his humanity.

SAW STAN/CT.—Yesterday, Mile. M'Cabe, a lad about
116 years of age, was brought in curtody of Avis, one of
the Patrol., before TIIONSS HAILS, Ell., Magistrate,
for assaulting the Earl of Stratliniore, by throwing a
large mass of snow from the top of one of the houses
in Drury Lane, into his Lordship's chaise and over his
I person.
His Lordship stated, that lie was driving in his chaise
op Drury Lane, and observed the defendant on the cop
of a house, the corner of Russel Court, throwing large
lumps of bard frozen snow into the horse road. His
r Lordship called to him to desist, but when the chaise
hail got opposite to the house, on the top of which was
the defendant, a large shovel full of ice and snow was
thrown by him into the chaise, and part of it struck his
Lordship violently on the head. There could be no
doubt but that the defendant did it purposely, as he
turned round and laughed.

Mr. HALL' remarked, that the practice of throwing
the snow off the houses was v..ry dangerous, and would
be taken into serious consideration by the Magistrates ;
and in the present instance he should hold the defendant
to bail, unless he made a satisfactory apology,

The defendant expressed great contrition, and his
Lordship consenting, he was discharged.

UNSON HALL—D. Hoskins, a constahleofSaleorge's
parish, was charged with attempting to extort a sum of
money from a poor laundress, living in one of the Courts
in the Mint, ander the following circumstances :—on
Thursday last, the complainant, Mrs. Box, hung op
some linen to dry in an unoccupied rootn,ind a strange
map was soon after detected on the stairs, with the
greatest part of the linen tied ep in a bundle. He was
taken into custody by Hoskins, who also took the linen.
On Friday last the man warexamined, hut from a defi-
ciency in the evidence he was remanded till the follow-
ing day. In the coarse of the evening Hoskins called
on Mrs. Box and said that the man who bad robbed her
was in the greatest distress, aid that his family would
be totally rained if the charge was pressed against him.
He also said that the ..an weeld get a friend to give her
Ms., if she weuld not appear again at the Town ,Hall
Sbdconsented and received the money ; but oil Saturday
afternoon Hoskins again called es her, and said that the
man hag been discharged and that the linen bad become
forteiTed ta him. In contetivance of her non-appearance
Ko elabn it, and he threatened to sell it immediately if
she iid net rive him thirty shillings, and five shillings
as a remuneration for the trouble himself mad another
man had takes in the business. The complainant
consented to deliver tip the 'stoney she had received,
bat being herself extremely pour, she hesitated
in giviag the additional demand, and was fouod by Hall,
the head constable of this office, who accidentally called
at the bottle, where they were metsto arrange the affair.
Hall, on hearing the particulars of the transaction, took
Hoskins into castody for compounding felony ;foritwas
at. his instigation that the thief was liberated.

The Magistrates reprobated in the strongest manner
the illegal and unfeeling conduct of the prisoner. They
considered, him as unworthy to fill the situation
of a constable, and discharged hinslfrom that °Mee : they
also held him to bail for the offence of compounding
felony. The linen was ordered to be returned to the
complainant,
THAIIISS POLICE.—HENRY &CATON was yesterday
brought to this Office, charged with breaking and en-
tering the ►ouse of Messrs. Bourne and Holmes, grocers,
No. 3, Ratcliffe•Highway, and stealing 13 sovereigns
four pounds in old slyer coin, a watch, and other pro
perty.

Thomas Clarke, a porter in the employ of Messrs.
Bourne and Co. said, that on Sunday night he was left
in the care of the house ; about a quarter before six in
the evening he went out and returned about seven ; he
left no one in the house ; on opening the side door on
his return he saw a glimmer of light up stairs ; he called
in assistance, got a light, went up and saw the prisoner
trying to get out of the front roots first floor window;
when he found himself so closely pursued, lie returned
from the window, struck the witness, and endeavoured
to rush by the hole, in attempting which he pushed
one of the others through a glass door, and was then
laid hold of, and taken to Shadwell watchbouse, with
the help of some of the Bow street Patrol. On their
return from the watchhouse they found that all the
room doors had been opened, the locks of the boxes and
trunks picked, and the contents strewed about the
rooms, On one of the beds they found a crow bar.

tt Edward Whit said, when the prisoner cause outside
the door, he fe.L aed drunk, and tumbled in the snow,
where he fell * eu found a watch and a skeleton
key.

Spooner, beadle of Shadwell, on searching the pri-
soner when he was hronght to the watchhouse, found
on him a number of matches and pieces of wax candle.
Jelin Avery, c►nductor of the How street patrol, went
to the house of Messrs. Butane and Holmes, and on
searching found another' skeleton key, which unlocked
the front door, together with a wards ; on searching
the snow where the prisoner fell, he fouad eight other
skeleton keys, with a number of centre bite, picklocks,

- Dickinson, smother of the patrol, produced a dark
Isathorn, which was taken from the prisoner.
Mrs. Catherine Dale, widow, occupied the first goor
of Messrs. Bourne and Holmes's house. She lost a
silver watch and two silver buttons, 13 sovereigns, 41.
in old coin, and other valuable property. The watch
and buttons produced were her property. She was out
at church, and on her return found her room had been
'ransacked.

Captain Rtmfirat.t. (the Magistrate) observed, that
the collection of skeleton keys, &c. &e. exceeded any
thing that had ever bees brought before him.
The prisoner deelinid` malc!nr 'any defence and was
conimited fortrial. ' • • • •

CORONE lI'S INQUEST. '

A Coramer'i Inquiet was held oa Saturday night et
the Constuittee-room of St. James's Infirmary, on the
belly of Joh, Empson, aged 46. It was reported thst
the deceased had died from starvation and want of
medical aid, having bad no Ogee to sleep in for same
months, eacept on straw id a apipl?l*. James Tweedy,
coachman to Mr. Brodie, stuagaima, of Saville-row,
stated that he had known the titoossed for two years ;
he was a belppr to the stables to the different road-
men in Marlberotigh-mews. Blenheim-steps, Ogre„i.
street, and for a considerable period had been reduced
by disease to a state that rendered him incapable of
attending to hnsinoss. lie had formerly been addeted
to excessive drinking, but had not been able to dose
for some months, having become greatly ertiaciattaii
and do weak as to be searctly able to n ON. (He wit.
nes') had allowed him to sleep at eight in the stable,
—Juror: Was not that sufficient to occasion l,is death
during such severe weather? Witness continued: he
had covering to put ever hint at night, and the stab!e
was not very cold in consequence of so many horses
being therein. On Monday last the deceased greif
tsars', aad he sent tithe Infirmary, and the .oversters
being informed of his condition, he was removed to
to that place on Wednesday. morning last. On thd
preceding night (Tuesday). the deceased was quit dea
ranged. Ifs had not lain in bed for some
Thomas Aleock, surgeon. Piccadilly, stated that he
was surgeon to the parish of St. James. He warm
the Infirmary oo Wednesday morning last, when the
deceased was broucht io ; lie was vite insensible, but
breathed a little. and occasionally inovod, there wzs
also api rceptible pulsation. He was divested of it's
Crags, and put to bed. Cordials wrie administered to
hint, and the body was rubbed ; in fact, every tbi'tt
that humanity could prompt was done ; but he was too
far gene for human aid to cave him ; he expired at
three o'clock the same afternoon. The diceased was
the picture of wretchedness and starvation, and ap-
peared to have suffered greatly from befog ex-
posed to cold, and from want ; lie was quite a ske-
leton, and there were many sores un hit b oly.lieing ex-
posed in a stable to the incteme•.cy !the stestio,l,
was likely to accelerate his ile;t11. See .rill of the
Jurors expressed their nihilism that the pour wretch
had Mlle to his death Irons exposure to cold, and
want of nt its, though they were of opi
there could be no blame fairly attributed •• Tw ed
for be had gratuitously given the poor mail a shel-
ter in his stable. After considerable discussion t.e
Jury returned a verdict—" That the deceased , i
by the visitation of Bon; and they were gen. ral!y of
opinion that exposure to the severity of ti e weather.
and want of proper food and medicine, had accele-
rated his dissolution."