The Statesman.
London, England, 1809-11-25 00:00:00

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It hat since been assertaittad tbey went up Drury-
lams' and stopped at 'the Black Boy 1)0;11C-house;
the Prisoner and .tis companion had three half
Hints of gin ; the Prosecutris did not take any
liquor, but got su•!,c milk of * woman at the
door. •
After the Prisoner and his companion had
draiik their gin; they
.Conducted her to the Cock
;tubtic-house, in D:rot-strtyt, St. _which
they told her was the last place the
.coach called
at ; and they asked her to treat them with some
boor, uhich she agreed tn.. She put her bundle
on the hat:, in expectation of the coich coming
up. 'The Prisoner's companion took her handle
oil his back. she supposing he was taking it to the
coach. In a few minutes after, the Prisoner told 1
her the other man had run away with her bundle;
'this very much ahrined her. The Prisoner said
he would rim after him anti bring him back ; he
then ran out a f the house, but never returned. In
this forlorn state, the Prosetutrix was left in one
the must shucking and dengerons neighbour-
hoods in London, without knowing where she
was, or a sioglo person in England, and robbed
of the. whole of her property ; this hrought her
into such a distracted state of mind. that she
took a penknife from her pocket, said cut her
throat ; however, a surgeon was procured, and
it was discovered that the knife Lad no. Ilene• rated
deep enough to ristl.miter her life. The St ermil
was sewed up, aid she is in a fair way of doing
hell. She laid, in justifiration of her rash
art, that she might as well lose her life as her
money and clothes. In Alp; fort,,ro state, an ho.
omit sailor took coinpassion it on her, and In ought.
!ter to his a 1 artinents, *hers •t fared as he on;•
his wife did daring Sunday, and they made up a
bad for her.

On Moutlay morning, honest Jack went with
her to several pawnbrokers to inquire after M r
lothes, which had been gluten. The wife of the
:ailur reque.ted her nut to retitrh there to sleep.
as they were in such a had neighbourhood, lb it

lises would be in &niter, and .he would nut won-
der 111 the house being set on fire. After 11. e, sailor
had made many hellfire' eutpstries, he conducted
her to the above utli ..e, w•iet e Tree (betty, the ton.
stable belon4in4 to St. Gile”'s, undertook to in.
resikate the husits•••• for her, and took her under
his protection. a:ed procured her a habitation.—
TreaelMay triad out the two pu I lie hou%es lb herr
thoy -topped at, and learned, at the Cock pubtie.,
honor, in D.yot.strect, that one of the men's statutes
was Daly, and that he wag a watchman, but dill
not knee* the parish he belonged to the other
man who was with hint they only knew by 1401.
Freed way iogoired at sevetal parishem, and
tt tench disco; reed hint to belong to St. Mary.

le-StrAnd, aiiiirehended him un hlonday
iiis Iny4l, in Fotintms.court, in the
44trai,(1.

Y.oierilay, the prisoner underwent an examina.
•is is, when he acknowledged being one of ,the men
was with the pru►ecutr►x, but denied know.
inA who the other mast was, or where he was to
foontl. flu was entnitiitted fur further esan►i.
nation.

ATTON-G A RDEN.- Yesterday a carman of the
name of Perpel, was cli.irged by two Officers of
Eaciar, nalw Whir head, nith obstructing thein
•n the oiecution of theirs duty. It appeared, upon
evidence, !sat his cart was loaded with unlicensed
stows, going from a place near the Philanturopia
Building., St. Georges Fields, and was stopped
in Wii.mlbridge.street, Clerken well, by the above
officers, *hero the Pririoner made a resistance,
%loch, in part, he acktiou 'edged. 'ffiis being a
Strong idetice• against the Revenue Act, lie was
held to biii t i ao.wrr to the eharice at the ensuing
Old Buds:). Sessions ; his employers he would nut
disclose.

THE .31.41tKETS.

PRICE

F HOPS.

POCK
Kent, 41. 1„*. to 61. lb.
%time , S. L. to N. 1%.
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