The Statesman.
London, England, 1819-05-27 00:00:00

THE STATESIIAN.

The names of ell persona diseberged is be jowled
in the Lando,' Gins Us. This Act to centime, ill
in he year bet It say be
repealed or altered et any tin•.

Cross-easeilatd by Defeedant.—Previoas to this
witness bad been pelt! by Mrs. Themes. Ifs void
not say whether Airs Thomas was or was not the
ostensible person, bat be applied to the Defendant
when be mild find nobody else in the hoese. Wit-
ness admired that Defendant did not pay 'betas.,
until be was made to do so.—( Laughter.)
The Defendant bete eery warmly asked wirers if
he meant to insinuate that be cnold not pay the tears?
and whether payment was not refined upon the groond
of as attempt et estortion, by charging four win-
dows more than the proper number ?
The Itacounce said, be must not abase the

The Defeedant," ido Not wen to ohm Mm,
nor do shoe friend Snootier abyss we!—(tergh.
ter.)—Let the grimes. speak Ike troth, end try if
shoe emu's be more liberal. I ask nothing bat jos.

'rke llscoaDea now called upon him for his de-
fence, and
Mr. '4 ATER! addressed the Court at considerable
length, protesting, as by did at the commencement,
against the illegality of the proceedings. Ile cowed
into a review of the various Acts of Patlissnent
wlticb recognised the establishment and office of high
and petty constable, commencing with the Lord High
Con.table, in the trigs, of %Volition, the Conqueror to
the 3.1 Ed. I. Ed. 111. 13 Hen. Viii. to that of
William and Mary, sad finally to 10 Geo. ll.
Upon this letter Act, cap. r 3, were founded all his
objections, and while that Act remained the low of
the land, the iodides/at against him moat be illegal.
The It;th, and mere particolaily the 1-1111 sections of
this Art, gave to the aggrieved subject the absolute
right of appeal at the Seminal, in met where lodgers
not paying " sent and lot" or •re elected to the olive
of constable. The whole Act, in fact, was governed
by appeal, and throughout there was not even men.
tion made of the word •' indictment." Ile teed se-
rious extracts from the Act in support of this state-
ment, and which proved that small levies only slid
moppet were alone eontempletetliby or laid dos n in the
Act. at the whole, he contended, that the indict-
ment ebsa•st never have been laid, that it was against
the taw of the land, and by that law be would stand
or full. He %eolitht nothing bet justice, but it the
Court should press the can, upon the indictment, he
should most assuredly bring the matter before ano.
Cher arid higher tribunal.

Simnel firmer was then called and esamined by
the Deresidrat.—He said be knew the latter occu•
pied the upper part of the house in Scot's.yard only,
and which apartments were held by fem.

Ti. CovoT they coeld hear nothing or & lease,
ohl.“ it on• protioced in evidence. _

The Doren() ant isiotodisto:y palled it forth, and
bogged the Court would peruse it. It .noel deafly
shows that he was but a lodger, and entitled to hi.

appeal.

One of the Counsel said it %MI not stomped. The
D•feedant said it was, and Widmerl th► stamp!
Thu. Cuter, however. now said it could not be
received. Oue or more of the •aboctibing wituesses
should be there In prove the deed.

The Defendant said, he had neve.? contemplated
the necessity of such a witness. haying come there
' open en appeal, and not an indictment. If justice,
however, was the real of of the Court, he
could procure one of the subscribing wirno,..es to
I. lease in a few minutes. Ile was is be found le
'Change.alley.
The Cowry refined. They were not to become
subservient to his ign.trance of the forms of Lie, and
he should hare come prepated with tits witnesses.
T!,e Defendant complained that .#lre Court bad
onkel, 'advantage of him in every shape. Ile bed
known Courts of i.rw constantly admit of a short
delay in order to the procuring a witness. Ile impinred
the Court for an order to bring the writhes., nr solder
him to obtain the party himself. Ibis could be done
is, a few 1114101.1.
Th• Comotort ScoirANT said he had know. the
Courts. even in cases of life end 4e h, to refeCit
such applications, on the ground that the parties
should be prepart:d. A deity ofpiljlic justice would
give Si', In difficulty, if not 'linger.
'nip COUNT finally said. there was other business
to he attended to, end refused the epplieatinn.
The Defendant then said, " If l am p ted ilia
course I melt close myna*. I declare most private-
ly I am but a lodger, end I consider the whole pro-
ceedings against mess illegal and oppressive."
The COMMON SNNJ 14 NI replied to rite observatinns
of Mr. Waters, and said, that inasmuch asthe was
protected by the Common Law, and that an offender
found guilty of a burglary in kit house would be
liable to suffer death, so he was bound to give hi, aid
In support rf that law, end was therefore liable to
serve the office of constable. The Deleorleut vies
wholly mistaken in the Acts of Parliament he hod
pirated, and it was well known that a little learning
ens a ding thing.
The Ileconnen summed up the evidersce to the
Jury, observing that the ease was one of the clearest
he had ever known.

The Defendant teat foond Guilty, and the Cocas.
after a ronaCerable conference. adjudged him to pay
a fine of 101., and to becommitted until such fine be
"aid.

Mr. Waters putt] it instanter, hut stain Folpenly
pledged hinp..l( in being the *hula ef the ratter be.
loge, superior tribunal.

The wages of Ilitt best wearers in Glatigner, after
paying deductions, do tint averse 4s. a
Un Nlontlis, • man of the name of &bor,/ •as
.aamin►d it lnw.strert, who had been found to the
1)..10 of rode. Ito.n, near his bed.rltoshrr, after
;,,, 11,1141 Mahn's, hail retired to rrst. lie sr.%
cnrer►al lay the Pate as hp was also pit:, to bed, and
had he ►ol.-tell only a minute later, Fe soon! hare]
get •ninietruptell, In the I)..ke's eh•.mtrer. lie had
Handset/ ever she gatden.wall from the Green Pork,
by moan, of it lora. stony IA to • top., which he
I Ilf•WIP OfPT lIIP call. Ilia l.i►a oat, OM he had
writien in Ppio to at. Doke, itsforoscig hill► of his
'loot►'!; aria baring hoeta denied admittance at the
front IlOtif, be had rtroo.,e to ow eapediont described,
Ili 1-1111.1. In 101,PM 811 T 1.14 nith his (loyal High-
-0,114. The Luke bad roo.-tot•-.!, in the first instance,
to 111 liberation, tnisco•ion of h:s returning to
114, horn.•, which, ilisterf•r, not hard• Y t!..op, he ws9,
3 tctti.y t .intnintt: -t:c4 ell as s