The Statesman.
London, England, 1821-10-31 00:00:00

lostrtetion is vice.—The Jury. wi
found the prisoner Guilty.
Mr. WiL7O2D informed the Court• than wart -
indictments against the prisoner for similar offetscvs.
which did not vary in the least from the on. proved:
and be submitted whether it woold be necessary foci
him to proceed to trial.
After some consultation on the Bench, the Quit-
man informed Mr. Walford it was sot considered ne-
cessary to proceed farther. He then sentenced the
prisoner to twelve months imprisonment In the House

of
o Correction.
Elizabeth Lane, a pretty interesting girl, about 17
years of age, who came into Court attended by her fa-
ther and mother, exhibited articles of the peace against
a woman named Reardon. This woman, it appeared,
being the mother of a child belonging to lik Mr. Leslie,
who bad at one time lodged in the bonne of Mr. Lie,
the exhibitant's father, a respectable man Brine
Pentonyille, and not having seen this child for sty
years; since sbot was only 5 years old, Money eittek
eared, from some resemblance whichshefencied thettn-
hibitant bore to her, that Mit* I 4 *at her ount
daughter whom she had been WI anxiously inquest-of.
In consequence of this niiseoleeption, whenever the
exhibitant went Out, she was 'mete be aceosted,by !
this woman, who upbraided her with not sekiewledr:
ing her as her mother, and threatened to take her away
,from Mr, Lane's protection. Mr. Leslie, and not he (elm
said,) being her father. These addresses ito the it
being extremely troublesome, and the young los,
coming terrified lest she might attempt to pet Z isty
threats in execution, she wasinolaced to wake the .
sent application to the Court. . Mrs. Weed, !
i
r
in expressing it as her op!niou that the. i
yorat
was her daughter, of whtee features'she had as d
#
but being actuated by no feelto but affection tow,aisiv
her, and seeing that she was

she said she should not give her or Allr.l;ame any um
trouble. She hail no .wish but to be_ acknowledl
by her own ebiltl. Mr. Lane informed the wool

that he could not say where preciselyitev danglitee,“
for whom she had mistaken the eshibitant, at present
was, or he would tell bee; hut be could assure bevy
that she was placed at a respectable seminary by In
father, where she received every attention.

The Court bound Mrs. Reardon over, in her own re-
cognizance, to keep the peace towards the exhibital
and her family.
The (hand Jury, haring finished their business, re-
ceired the thanks of the Court for their attention to
their laborious duty, and were discharged at shout 3
o'clock. The petty Jury was also discharged is shoot
an hour after, the Sessions haring terminated. .

POLICE.

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IlLoratow-Housc.--Illonwafltoonstec.-- Yesterday
a man named Jainex Pearce WA% brought before the
Lord Mayor on a charge of having robbed an elderly
and infirm old gentleman, named Dom wf NO watch
early that morning. The break of day now appears
to be the time selected for robberies: whoa the wale4s
have just departed, gangs sally forth, and waylay
such busy and stirring old tradesmen as they may
catch abroad at that hoar, and whom they rub with
the

etikile mere; sad when
- b,y-44Sr jabs ass peeler. • 11. ea. tine
(on the day iikseatiiii. a daunt ^op dreeted W
I:hie:et, Heeded him as he was an ibelook-oat fir Work
italit ' is Pleet-nsarkst, and giving him the Rote shred mosey,
Liss to go ais directed and brings Little of liqeor;
II he must get the change, sad return to No. IL,
' ' • Verie-street with it, where he worilii be paid for
H' lib troubbi. The prisoner, who is a detest looking
n, thee said ke could refer any one to a somber of
persons with whom .he, hod worked, who Hal give
him the most satlifaetory character.
The person who attended os behalf of the Bask
said, they would make inquiries ikto dil character of
die prisoner, and if it turned out to be a good one, he
would doubtless derive advantage film It. Thu the;
case stood until yesterday, when the parer yetis
brought up again for a second examinsilms.
The gentleman from the Wink
.atteaded, and said
'they certainly had heard a satisfactory ammo% of the
prisoner. ito had hitherto borne the clisracter of as
industrious, regular; and honest man, w' wed
the Sank to thiak it possible that he' atiEld have
:Seen the cat's-paw of some adroit utterer. Under these
.eireetaateeces the Beek would consent to the ?rieoner's
lielvig discharged. The prisoner was accordingly dis-
charged.
.1 (ICILDIII4.—A fine looking young fellow, a sailor,
lelitrgsree tite Hine James Green, was brought up yes-
ierday before Sit RICKARD CARR fiLTY. the Sitting
Magistrate. by Smith, theoffieer of Blackfrian'-bridge;
la ii dreadful state of despondency. and half naked.i{
havliag nititinig ou him but his shirt, trimmers. mit)
shoes and otnekings. Tie poor fellow, it appeared,
had been watched upon the bridge between nine and
tea o'clock that morning, by two respectable looking
*mien, whose suspicions had been excited by his
strange coaduct.. Scarcely bad they they left him a
minute before he attempted to throw himself over the
'bridge; one of them caught him bf the foot and
pull...llllin back, so as to cause him to fall upon the
coping of the balinstrades. The •asitistance of some
passengers, and the arrirsl of the bridge-keeper, pre-
vented a repetition of the attempt, and he was sob-
veyed to the Contitter. By his discharge, which was
found ablest.hisn, it appeared that he had lees pald'op•
from his Majesty's sloop Scout, on the 17t1 of the
present month, at Chatham; and the account I e gave
.s.
of himself was, that at that time he r.-ceived 32 sore-
reigns, that he proceeded from thence to Woolwich.
where lie expended a great part of the money in new
clothing of iliffereit kinds, someof which he pest on,
and the rest he hail in a bundle when he left Wool-
wide, on Sunday evening, having the remainder of Isis
money, amounting to I: sovereigns and 1 Ss. to sih•er,
in his pocket. On his. arrival in town that night, he
went into some house near Charing-cress, where, over-
come with fatigue, and the Minor he had drank anon
the road, he goon fell.sound asleep, and knew notleiv
that had happened to him until the next sniveling,
when he found himself in the street at Charing-cross,i
with no other clothingileeps what he stood upright is'
before the Ilagistrifeeslid tubbed of all his money,
with the exception of Is. which had accidentally fallen
into his stocking, lie had been wandering about the
whole of ilenday in such distress of mind at his loss,
know what he did. or where be had
despair he had determined to drew:114in-
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Irian him
.t t great humanity,
mg. Illis not la Its.pitio-of mind tali. trust-
, gave directioni.that he should be fur-
. some clothes. and takin care of in the
Compter till lee bad become more calm.
Bow-eraser....—Yesterdayiames Lefevre underwent
an examination before Sir R. Bassin, the sitting Ma-
gistrate, charged with robbing Messrs. Honlditeb,
coachmakers, in Long-acre, with whom he was
an apprentice, of several articles of harness, and sliver
table and tea spoons. He was committed for further er

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