The Statesman.
London, England, 1819-04-14 00:00:00

THE STAI ESMA!

gratero• ; soil I think it my bounden dirty to Worm
'on, that Ike woivne• which I ern bow about to
ps., slit he rerried into emotion. and that that* re-
twins no hope of mercy for you in this woad. As
for you, Jame, Grime the elder, who have been con-
victed of the some offence, it is poullge, but of this
I can offer you no assurance, that in your case there
may be some initigetien of your punishment. With
respect ion, We.. Smith, though yoe ere so young
in year' you are old is crime; yore hive been con-
victed of highway robbery, attended with circaim.
stances of greet egaravation, end of burglary; and I
have strong (emends for believing, that your have
been guilty of other heavy offenres ; for you, there-
fore, there minim in this world no hope of mercy.
As for you, Misery oncrie ff, Ism sore the Is w•inild
be reproached for losofficiency if you were suffered
to stripe its severest penalty ; you have !iodated by
force the cliestity of a female of tender age, and with
circumstasicee of the most savage barbarity. Nowa of
yes, therefore, hive any reason to espect the eaten-
sion of any merry towards you. And I moistly
admonish yes to prepare for that future state to
which you must isevitably be ciosigned. It *ow
only remiss for me to pass upon you the last, cad
I fear to all of you. the irrevocable sentence of Ilie
law ; and may the God of alt mercy have compassion
upon your steels. Ills Lordship the. passed testes=
of death upon them is the usual terms."
The Assizes did not close till half-pest one o'clock,
is the morning of Timidity. The Jodger, eu timer
departure, left the following sit Prisoriers for eine.
tenon :—lleory bloncrieff, William Smith. Henry
Entwistle, Jobs Kay, John Clarke, and Jobs 11.
Drake.

GLOUCIATER.

A nose. w►ich excited considerable interest, was
tried on Monday sennight, at Gleacester. ft was Sc
action bro.& t by Mr. C. Desly, Qurter. Master of
the Keynshene and Bitten Troop of North Somerset
Yeomanry Cavalry, against Capt. Log, of the Bath
Troop, for the ►eeovery of 701. whir► ores sobseribed
for the Yeomanry Plate, and which was won by
Plaintiff, at the lest Bath Races. Plaintiff was non-
salted, open the same ground of dirqualification on
which the piste was ',feted by the Regimental Coot!
of Enquiry, viz. the Plaintiff Not wearing his sword
upon drill days.
The same day t►e trial of Mr. Alezmsder Leo Keg,
for horee-steeliog, took place. The circumstances of
the case, which has recited considerable interest is
Ch. Orpheus sod its vicinity, are greedy as follow :
The Prlsisoaer, in November last, obtained from the
Prosecutor, Mr. Evans, a chesnut horse, on condition
of returning or paying for it the same evening. lie,
however, neither returned the horse, nor paid the
money ; but is a few days sod a draft to Mr.
Hum., draws on J. Be►nie sod Co. London. No
sac► Arm, it was substqueot ly discovered, then "listed ;
the house being shut up, and the parties having ab-
sconded siz weeks previously. The Prosecutor
traced his horse to Oxford, and obtained it from a
dealer, who had parcbased it of the Prisoner. A
warrant was leased by the Mayor of Oaford, under
which tbe Prisoner was arrested, and committed to
jail by the Magistrates of Cheltenham. The prim&
pal facts of the case were proved by the Prosecutor.
The Prisoner conducted his defence with skill and
ingenuity, and in his cross-elimination of the Pro-
secutor, displayed much subtlety and legal discern.
ment. The Jary found him gailly of borth.steoling,
sod the Judge condemned him to die. The sentence
was received by the Court with evident symptoms of
surprise. The Prisoner, a yoaag man of prepossess-
ing appearance end peculiarly fascinating manners,
had also to boast of a liberal 'deaden, and was en-
dowed by Nature with talents of a very superior or.
der. In the early years of life he was articled to an
attorney. Whatever property be possessed was
early dissipated, sod far the last eight or tea years
he has lived by sbast cootrlvaace sad his wits.

SOMIASETSIIIRE.
COOKS V. W. A. DORSTIO,

This was an action brought at the Taunton Makes
by Mr. Cooke, upholsterer, of Bath, against the De-
fendant, an Officer of the Guards, for seducing his
daughter, Harriet Cooke. The Counsel
stated, that Mr. Cooke was • respectable tradesman
of Batb,was father of a large family, sad fired Inc...
fort by his exertions in trade. Miss Coot, the
daughter of the Plaintiff, was an actress of some cele-
brity at the Bath theatre, and who, until her unfor-
tunate acgraintence with the Defendant, was of un-
blemished reputation. The Defendant, It appears,
became acquainted with the Plaintirs daughter by
attending behind the scenes at the theatre,_ in Janu-
ary, 1818, when be enacted the pert of Rollo, for
Mr. Coawsy's Waal; and he had succeeded in ac-
complisbing his designs. Miss Cooke wasozamined
for a few miaow, when Mr. Serjeaot Counsel
for the Defendant, offered 3001. sod costs, which
the Plaintiff's Counsel accepted; and the Learned
Serjeant stated, that Miss Cooke bad not appeared
to be otherwise than sinuous except with the De-
fendant.