The Statesman.
London, England, 1815-01-18 00:00:00

OLD Bat LEY.

_, TU Mita Y. J tiv. 17.
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Thomas Roach was indicted for uttering certa'n counterfeit
shilliegs, L lion in., t • ern to be bin-h.
Thomas lA:tnni. a tailor, residing at No. 4, Queen's-court,
Holborn. Ort!3 employed by Hu •, Mr OMCer to plir,ilabe bud
moue, irons the Prisener. whom he to. t in Wept oniti.lield, Oil
the I:ah of last Decemb r,-and agreed 10 Meet 'fist ail the en-
suing day, which he did, accompanied by his and the t'risaear s
wife, in Esser-street, Whiteehapet. Vthefes to a I"blic hone,
hr purchased eleven counterfeit shillings flute eh.• Prisoder, for
which '..... gave him three good WWI,.
. Agnes Dobson. the a ife or the hot A ille-i, corrobrirated the
fact of his buying the counterfeit muttey from the in LOnef 00
the Jaye stated. . .
ILictiard Burt, an offirer, belonging to the Mirlborhugh s rect.
Otter, stated, that Dobam had given l;Tei inforimstimi of the
Pristont.r's peactires, and was empto,,ed by him. to hey cmintee-
frit titonel fr.iin Roach, for nhich . pus vase im r.:ITt hint three
shillings, and Dobson ofterwhtvb itchy, red him same enunie,-
reit shillings, which lie had ree..ive'd frau' the Prisoner. and
whirl' were proved by Mr. Parcel', Solicitor to :be Mint, to be
eotutterfeits.
Mrs. Dobson admitted, on he; cross•esamination, that she
had been impoisnia il fur ellecting illegal insist mires is the Lots
tery.—Artisitted
James M iyhask was indicted for stealitsg four eleko of
emus .the property of Mes•rs. Wood.; :lad Co. c 6 I merchant&
nod Thomas Hill, for receiving the same. It:wising them to
be stolen. Mightn't, k appeared. was cannon in :.he .q.ry tie of
itileAs. 11 dads and Co. and on the day ,:iaiell, aat sent With 1$
I sacks of cools to Mr. Numbers, one of the ''ages in Stable-
' yard, Elf. James's, where it was proved he delivered only 14
sacks, aaJ tdok the otter feet to 'till's. and delivered Owns
! there. Mr. Hanna, anat.; •ir of the Pages, . bserved the i Id-
! soaer Al iyhatik delireriog tht pints-it Mr. Atairahers, and hi,
• slesPicion, ',dott• excited, follovred Mai to IrtirW, tnhere he tow
two of the sack, at-coals-le.; at the, priente dour of I! ill's goose,
I who kept a castles shop, in Snell fit r. nanna+ n cat
into the shop, where he saw 11111, nod eforptired if Mr. Woods
west is coal merchant ? Hill appeared • staggered, but said he
was not, but that he had just bonett fir rr seeks of coals of a luau
at the door, Mr. it ;noes Mid Min he t,„hoseg,';• hit conduct im-
proper, and that he wrmitt hear more of it ; when alit! replied.
'that be had a right to hay his coal( ii here lie could best get
them. Mr. amines then went to Mr. Marra be,. told himahe
circumstances, and the cools were in conseepence measured, nut
only fourteen instead of eighteen sack) found. The . Premeer
Maybank &Aconite(' three dsys nf,er the nitthery. v, hie' inns
i committed in April last. aad teas not apprehended un:ii Oerein-
her. Hill was ad • inert to hail, and whilst at 'urge wrote a
note to Mr. Woods. b^g,ging he world have mercy upon hi. i, and
permit him to see him. %%Mi. li request Mr. Woods did wet comply
With. A number of %%knew"; gave butte rrisam:rs excelient
character:. —tini lty.
Mr. Common Serpant lis.vowl.tat observed.' that this Ivosa a
very useful prosecution, and floured the delinquents !hey .should
slitter as severe a punishment as it was in the power of the Court
to inflict upon them.
The.. Reynolds was capitally convicted for a burglary in the
dwelling-house of 'Thom ‘s Satchel', and stealing his goods.
Au important case of bigamy came on fir derision.
The trading facts were as follow : An Officer. under W year;
of age, qesartered with his regiment,at Londonderry,.iu Ireland,
. bad a ceremony perfortnel between himself and a lady of that
' place, by a Idr. Black, a Presbyterian Minister, in a prise lie
room, without either banns or license. 'EI is event .took 'mace
• near 40 years ago. lie afterwards married in England about I l
years ago, and he was now indicted for bigamy.
it appeared' that this prosecution was instituted by a person
totally unknown to any of the parties interested. As, however,
it was a Crown prosecution, this circumstance was-of no jut-
; portance.
No individual of the second marriage appeared against Oat
I Prisoner; and Mr. Mittman, Me. Amer, and Mr. Aisoseites,
, contended, in the ablest manner, for several hours, agaiast tit,
legality of the first marriage, .celebrated, AS it had been, in tit.
presence only of' the family of the lady, without a single fritad
of the Prisoner being prrsent,
Mr. Gomm* replied at great length, and argued in favour of
the first marriage.
The itecott DKR. as we understood, having a served a point
for the opinion of the 12 JudgeF, declared himself decidedly is
favour of the validity of the dna marriage, oanbe ground diet
by the 1 nth tieo. 11., marriages in Ireland, celebrated by a Dis-
senting Teacher, were good under iusy einseasolatatela
The Jury found the Prisoner guilty accordingly.

. ROBBERY
OF MIL.DEAKIN IN. THE MINNIE= NO SAW-

IIEaDESS-IfELDS.

CIPURTRDIR PARTICULARS.]
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Yesterday Mr. Deakin, attended by several frienels, was pre-
' sent at Worship-street, before S;r WM. PA auras. at an etoprlry
into his most singular and mysterious case. The examonatiost,
however, was a private one, and we cruinot help segretting the
eircumstance, as expel ience has proved that a true avid fatly
detail of the leading farts of murders and robberies thrnegh the
press, Ms alinast inineiably been attended ai:h public good.—
The detail ,;f the robbery and ill treatment of Mr. Deakin, in
the Shepherd and Sheets -rdess field., en the night of the 12th
inst. and of his having been found at day-light on the follovilug
morning, is, we understand, nearly correct, a ith the exception,
• that instead of his being found quite naked, he was only iu such
a state as a person would most likely beater a despev. re ornEgle
with a determined robber. Mr. I).'sco.,t was torn fr his hack,
leaving oily the collar and sleeves ; his hat and neckcloth acre
both off ; hi. Ra i atom, though left on, was torn 4)11..11 the front,
and Ins shirt nearly t,.rn to ribbons; his midi chili es were :11'9
much torn, but the drawers he had under them Were untouched,nor
were either of his stockings removed ; he lost both him : ems-, nia
one of his gaiters remained on when found. 11'hat has throe
the case of Mr. Deakin into much mystery, is, that a person ex-
actly attired as tier. I). may be supposed to have been after the
affair with the robbers, was seen by the watchman a the corner
i of Tenter-row, City-road, at two o'clock in the morniag. a hrip
begged the watchman to see him s:.fe to St. Paul's Church-yard
(nearly at the corner of which, in %latling-street, Mr. Details
resides). Yesterday, we unaerstand, this a atrium:l, a patrol
was first examined before the Magistrate. He stated tbat a
man, aunt two o'clock on the morning of Fri ay, came to
him a ithout hi.: coat or hat, nod his clothes much torn, nor had
he any shoes on; he begt);ed the watchman Co conduct him to St.
PaursChurch-yard; he said he bad been robbed in the fields, and
was then very ill; the watchman offered to lake barn to :be
watch-blame, which he declined. The watchman then offered
to conduct him to the next watchman or palrnle, and that he
might get passed from one to another until be got to St. Paul's ;
to this be contented, and the watchman set off with him. On
their way to the second watchman, they met a lads and gent:e.
man, who entered into conversation with the object of pity
that stood before them, and recommended that he should ha
taken to the watch-hottse; 'Mike: still refused to comply with,
and the watchman passed Min on. The second watchastin was
examined, who, it appears, passed him to a third; and the third,
we understand, lost sight of Pica aitogethcr at the top of Grills-
street. The last 'watchman, we be trd, passed him, until he
came in sight of a watcb-box, and ea:led out to take care of the
man, and here all trace was, and rendras lost.
Sir WILLIAM Paasoxs, before whom this case was yesterday
heard, we were given to understand, expressed his firm belief
that Mr. Deakla bad been robbed and 111-treated, ns previoindy
stated, and that there was every reasob so suspect that th • per-
son seen by the watchman was one or Hie party; for Vie proles-
siOnal Gentleman who first attended Mr. Rankin, states. tint
Mr, D. after declaring that he had little or Immo .t.abornt him,
when robbed, observed, that one ofabe fellotts Oho attarkoe
I him must be nearly as naked as biased% sit they /lad a terril4l4:
struggle. Mr. P. appears to be about 40, is flash( feet high,
and uncommonly strong made.

Rear-Admiral Sir Creoact Bunt.Toyr, K.B. hoisted
his flag on Tneshy on board the Cornwallis, 74.,
COM. BAYLEY, at,Spitheatl, under the usual saiatcs.
The Cornaallis st‘d -Amphion. take itiler pro.
tectio.n..any ships that may he at the port hound to
the Brazils, the-Cape, and the Frtst Indies; but we
do not understand .that the silt China ships, wl.ich
am under orders to proceed on their voyngn to it
Downs, will sail in. contrast. the iburhinil izors
to the Brazil station. Captain Gron..r. FIT/.
CLARENCE and Lieutenant. litxnv 1 r rzct tny!ICC,
who are going out to join the icspertivo St..U's of
Lord MOIRA and Sir T. frit,r.nr, nt Calcutta and
Madras, are arrived at Portsmouth, to µmime for
the voyage. ••
The Neva was. navigable at Petershargh, during
9.34 days of the last year; a much longer period than
usual.

A new musical entertninmmq is in rehearsal at
Cnvent.garatm Thevre. The music by Mr. [limos.
find Mr. REEVE.