The Statesman.
London, England, 1821-12-17 00:00:00

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and Ms wife.
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the defendant's seas only a peaty.
Other witaseses also pr,llo tlh• eireemetaseltebf
tbs. case.
Aline' Doswell, a ctschmairev, repaired the plain-
tiffs gig ; the expense was nearly 141.
Mr. &beast VAVSSAN, for the defendant, con-
tended, that the circumstances which had been proved
certainly did not entitle the plaintiff to any heavy
damages. He admitted that the defendant was at the
time inebriated.
Lord Chief Justice DALLAS, observed, that drunken-
ness was so excuse for criminality, nor any defence,
In civil cases, except where the validity of eontractl
was the question for the decision of a Jury. The
Jury, considering all the circumstances of the ease,
would be governed by sound discretion In their verdict.
The Jury consulted for about five minutes, and then
gave a verdict for the plaintiff—Damages. SRL

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Against, 'Or rOtedirem %SAMAR
eight eassaiS in eitrar, wateiiested In
occultist, UT Thorn and •:tho frheSeti
owed that she roceitrad the. mossy
from . _ ilskraskosr. • Moog other things *silted by
the *Meer, were two•smill aceottet hooks,. "Wok hod
Wort, to Thera. In one of.thetn, Thorn's baud-
writing, wee gauntry of INK in one liar, eilditlitest,sr
fear assailer _*ass written underneath, inahlag altar-
ther about 1241. These asides are dated the Ist Det
camber, mid to account for so mush ready, mosey
baring been fonad his room, his stopfather,proved
his payiagitha 1001. at various thews, la thrtarmittual
November. on account of legacies to which' •lte-Willia
eatided Antler two wills, in March next, *hes • he bir
comes of age. The woman was remanded•until In&
nimbly, by which time the officers hope to be enabled
to bring Thorn forward.
Mr. Smith, the landlord of the 0. P. .and P. S. to
vera, 1n laussell-eourt, Drury-Imm brought are the
dice a woman, rained Silva Efewkins, charged' with
,passing counterfeit silver. Mr. Smith stated, the she
came into his home that morning, had a glass •
and teddered a half-crown, which. ea exami

proved tole spurious ; and as she appeared to
be the muse person who had a few days ago been in
the hoses aid patted eounterfeit silver, whleh Mrs.
Smith and the waiter corroborated, he thought it his
duty to take her into custody. She colid not give any
satisfactory account of herself, and the worthy Magis-
trate reminded her until Monday, in order that Mr.
Powell, the Solicitor to the Mint might ►e able to at-
tend.

Hmox-Oannere.--.Saturday, John Crooks was
brought op from the House of Correction, in the cus-
tody of William Read, the officer, for final examina-
tion, charged with inflicting several stabs with a knife,
on the person of Mary Anne Nelson, with •intent I.
murder her, or do her some bodily harm.
The Magistrate asked the officer if the parish in-
tended to bear the expense of the prosecution ? The
officer said they would not; but that if he was acquit-
ed of the present charge, the parish intended to prose-
cute him for bigamy, as there were then three out of
the seven wives living, sad two more of whom it was
not known what bad' become of them. ff he prisoner
bad debauched tone of his owe daughter., who was
thee in the Penitentiary in St. Pancras ; sad to ag-
gravate his crimes, be had his daughter then present
living with him in a state of incest.
• Magistrate—Horrible, horrible ! Young woman,
you bear what you are accused with, what du you say
to it?--She hesitated, and confessed it was se. He was
then conveyed back to prison.

A cask of gold, in American, British, and Portu-
guese coin, worth between eleven and twelve thousand
pounds, was saved from the wreck of the American
brig Elizabeth, and placed in the cesetedY of the Rec-
tor of Wallasey, by whom it has been given np to Mr.
Hughes, of Liverpool, agent to Messrs. Thomas Wil-
son and Co., of London, the owners thereof.—(Liver-

pool piper.)
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Per 100,1104.9 it .T•titior moo wiao bad brooebt woo
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