The Statesman.
London, England, 1823-01-06 00:00:00

THE STATESM.

COURT OF 411'i13'S BENC 11. Ali. 4.

TOL IRNO, e. POTNDER THE ELDER.
Mr. ADOLPHUS opened the pleadings.
filr.Sca atervstated,that this was an indictment it sraitist
Mr. Thus. Poynder for not taking upon him the office of
overseer of the poor of St. Anne's. Blaektriars, he hay-
ing been duly appointed under an order of two instices
of the Peace. The question was' whether the defend•
ant washable he possessing but not residirig in a boner
in that pariah. Distinctions had been taken to per-
sons merely occupying a counting-house, and not resid-
ing in it. In this case the defendant had appealed to
thy Quarter Sessions, and the detection was removed 14
writ of Certiorari. • ;
Mr. Pritchard remembers the election of a Recent inr
the pariah of St. Ann, Id 1816; • 114011 hook bad heels
lost; witness, as Vestry Clerk df tfie4arisir, took the•
poll ; the defendant voted; the &Madsen has held thew
premises for 30 years; they consist of a wharf, a large'
yard, and a small house at the end inhabited by a clerk
or servant.
Cross-examined by the COMMON SERJEANT-arbEr•
was a scrutiny, but is certain defendant was allowed It el
good vote. The defendants, Pirtle? and Debtor, torn
lime merchants ; believes there is now a 'partnership I*'
tween Poynder and Son; frequently sees defendant
there and his carriage waiting for him.
Coxhall, collector of rites; produced the poor's'
rate book. The name of defendant is iri the rate Wok
from 1811; witness received the rates from Ofelidant•i•
representative on the premises: •-•
Mr. i.:011/110N &MEANT said', be did not Mein to silo.
pore the order of the Maglstratii,,mtdiVahtMfildef
at Clapham Common, and ii 70 yeah .•
Mr. Medlicolt, clerk to defendant, prertd
.fait ; the premises are leasehold defoliant* nester 'sklopo
on the premises, or any et hit %lefty ; fife crutdinglisktib
is the only room defendant occupicirieltrais eicupieslthe
bottle as defendant's clerk and sleeps there.
It was agreed to take a verdtbt of Guilty against
the defendant subject to the opinion of the I,l3eirt,
whether a person in defendant's situation is liable to
serve.
The Lord Chief JUSTICE observed, this was a very
important question to persons having counting-horses
in the city, residing themselves in the suburbs. and
having clerks or servants sleeping in theit counting
houses.

SURREY ASSIZES. n''
FRIDAY.

hl' .~Y••"I•

Before Me Bon. Air. BARON Omar/w.
John Lewis, a young man of great respectability and
property, was indicted upon a charge of having, on the
24th of March, feloniously ravished and carnally known,
Elizabeth Brackett, spinster, in the parish of •tia ilia.
viour's, in the Borough of Southwark. . • -..-..
Mr. Tucestamt conducted the case for the proatoilion;
and Mr. AooLenos and Mr. Law for the defence. , `..,••r
Elizabeth Dratkett, a girl about fifteen peal* ilf
age, deposed, " nothing loath," to the transaction
oat of which the present cue originated; the writ.
acts, at the tiara of its occurrence, fired sores,*
In a family in Union-strata. • The prisoner,. who
lodged in the same house, having some time pre-
viously
.broken his arm, was unable to,eitess. or un-
dress himself; the witness was shyster& bilber mistress
to assist him in se doing, and itint4a then moraing of
the 24th if March, that es site main prisons's be/I.room
for that purpose, he forced bet ots to teserbed„.sed ewe•
Witted the offence with wbieli heisorst sterod.eiterfrod.
Mr. ADOLPHUS croso-ezetedoed this vskistras, and
drew from her two Important facto:ltsit, shut Asset-
setter hod frirealtirlibralfillo% t; *l4.
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4014-4 likvagilliiiit doe •
bi-
musty times. Secondly, • that the primmer. .4s4priii
wised witness with a new gown; . wide:Oho neopoi: ,
formance of which promise witness wan oshismilpiestob
chagrined. These acknowledgeneuts, togeells
le
others of a like suture, created a stromrsteasa ,
Court; and the Learned Judge, addressiad she"
risen of the J my, said, that be thougllst,fronselne
of the principal whams the trio& sewed sot be preejeakti
in ; to which the
Formai of the Jury replied, that it bad-been tile *pi-
nion of himself and his brother Jurors some time, that•
the case was 'loch at called upon bas Lordship to pnj a
stop to it, aid that they had never witnessed a-baser At-
tempt to swear an innocent man's life away.
Mr.Taessicce, on the part of the prosecotion, ob-
served that his instructions differed most materially from
the nature of the evidence as it came out, and he there-
fore was convinced the trial could not be proceeded in.
The Jury therefore returntd a verdict of Not Guilty
and Mr. Lewis was immediately liberated amidst the
congratulations of his surrounding friends.
Before Mr. Justice BAYLEY.
Richard West and Samuel Storey were indicted for
havin,„ on the 14th of November, feloniously stolen, in
Croydon, a mare, the property of James Parfett.
Storey, (Witty, Death.—West, Not thrifty. •
Two convicts are left for execution, viz.:—Giles Mist,
for a rape, committed at Newington, on Sarah Porter,
the youger. ElizalWelib, for passing forged notes upon
the Brighton and Sussex Bank.
It is expected that Eliza Webb would be reprieved: au
conditions of her giving up the names of two men and a
woman, who were connected with her in the commission
of the crime; but this she has 'hitherto obstinatelrre•
fused to do, The youth of the two prisoners, neither of
them being morethan 16 years of age, has excited a eon.
' siderabla degree of interest: for tbe male convict there
is scarcely ground for any reasonable degree of hope.
The Gaol Calendar for this County contained St pri-
sooers, whose cases have been disposed of in the
following manner.—Capitally convicted 27; trausported
for life 3; transported for seven years 3; convicted of
minor offences 17; removed by Habeas Coepoirf r tra-
versed •to the Spring Assizes 9; acquitted 12; dis-
charged by proclamation IS ; total 92, , Of -these it•
will be seen that 53, above half of the entire•notalter:
have been benefited by the extra assize, in a• greater
or lesser degree, 30 of whom have bees discharged• and.
liberated from (as it is fair to conclude) an. unmerited
imprisonment of three months.

rious impression on their minds a it a respect to the visa-
tacter ..f the esmblishosent. Two girls nen, sled by
Mrs. Newton, whiestafed that they found the defendant
engaged lit positing Mr. Newton shoot; one of them'
stooped to lift op his hat, and be iosta,ntly shaved her!
down and trod on her foot.
Coleume begged to state the whole pm* from the
commencensent. tin the 9th of December last his wife
went to tbe-offiee of the cemplaisants, sad asked if there
were any servants disengaged, as she.wisted a maid of
all worst ? She was received by Mrs. Newtos with
great politeness, sod she r.-tt up stairs to a room in which
there was I good fire. Mrs. NesitOn then expressed
rtat lejkliik that she had come so late, al all their two.-
rants'wFmrone, bait site had several, some of whom
wonid no doubt suit her. She then stated the rules of
hereinee, which were, that Mrs. Coleman shook! pay
:is. 611.j0 have brr name ?ti the hooks, and being thus
registeri4 elm might either come there to •ehp.ose for
ilerseir'ef sitrants'iltOtlld hi sent to her house, and no
rlinibt irer Watibat woeW be immediately supplied. Mrs.
Buboes seeordingly paid her 31. 611. and was duly re-
Niotered,, ..On the nett day. and other successive 113 y!
;she attenged the office, coming all the way from Mary-
blyt not a single servant was forthcoming.—
:She theeilesireal•that some might be sent to her house,
:whieb•was proutisird, hut this promise was never fulfilled
—no servastnlfnatne. lie (Mr. Coleman) becoming
impatient; of tats delay, resolved to go to the office hisn-
astif. Mn. NeWson,"after some word's, accnied him of
MIMI* thereto hurt the respectability of her concern.
'He Hoinied, that she had forfeited her respectability by
.eitteriggipto Pagagementcwhich she could not perform.
:Mrs.Newlon then said, ',Oh, ish your character is up ;
the fact is, the reason yeti have not a servant is, that
anhoslY *lli live with roe, and if you don't quit this
hostel thiseerywohe off your face." She then
kan'tedsthe OW. aild, sent for an officer to give him in
stems fpc,tp The. ouster refused to take the
c ergs. He attempted to. take the bar of the door down
to pt'ontL4Pott which the fait lady rushed upon him
like letigreis—seiged his coat, and was 'piffling him in
when-be pushed her from him. At this moment the
other twolirls came down stairs, and knocked off his
hat. He solemnly denied ever striking any of them;
and the only violence that took place, occurred when
he was endeavouring: to escape from the clutches of Mrs.
Newton.
cf J ise result was, Mc..Minsinutt said he declined giving
IA opinion as to the conduct of the one party or the
other ; but as an 'assault hail been sworn to, it was his
dnty to hold Mr. C. to hail, lb answer at the Sessions.
• Mr. Coiedran was allowed to go in search of hail;
with which he promised to attend is the evening.

Havirow-Ganosx.--On Saturday, Joins Sabery,
pressmen in the employ of Air. James Males, a respect-
Male printer in °retitle Street, Hattoa Harden, was
cbargl with robbing .16la 'master to a very extensive
amount. The folloileg' eh the particulars:—About
one 04lock oa that day'as the•Prisooer was going home
to gliuttre. it Was noticed, that all his.pockets appeared
8;44 with.soutething ; information being given to Mr.
&toyer, be sent after the prisoner, and had him brought
batik hod searcbed; when bit coat, waistcoat, and
breeches pickets; s» well as the trews of his hat, were
law with coals: Limbeick the officer waviest for, who
took the prionterin custody. and locked him .n in sae
of the etrpag rooms at this-.cafftce, after which I.inibrick
Went and Marched the Prisoner's' lodgings, at No. 1,
Dove 'Court; Lowther Lune, where liefoubd betneen three
sad four hundred weight of knee icquart and pint pots,
large tin repellant% easi Waal up is paperetian immense
quantity of paper, several quires of large pAper for cop-
per plates, itattcpsires of paper for boot printing, an
• inanteuse qaantity •of :rioted paper lo Ores, several.
.mioilideAmoloktomitalishokisiosteilaits *WWI&
far.pri,ttic and otberiaroperty to a very large aamoutt
A coeds fU ed with the property .teat brought. to t!t
D
!OS e. an! the Prisoner was thee put to the gar.
'Mr. Moyes deposed • to the articles produced to be Ili'
ropeiq, and' eschew kw, hint 4.6cithumktbst the pri-
jamor.amts a,, pressman. and in his employ about two
years, be had constantwart.o4earued about 21. a week,
;and iiad a wife, acid Only one child. The charge
being taken, the prpsoser item eotutoltted for farther ill-
anaination. -. •
Ureter 11;114,L.Loillailiet, Mitgarit Denerin.Was
charged by draper, the' dt ter of the sloop Worn;
with robbing him on the highway.
'Mr. Draper was pass's* near St. Saviour's Church
yard, on Friday night, between eleven amt twelve
?Clock, irked the prisoner accosted him, and
prevailed upon him to cross the road with her. • At her
• persuasion he removed his watch from his fob, and while
be was thus engaged, the girl drew from his pocket ms
parse which contained several sovereigns and 15s.
in silver. He instantly accused her of the robbery. and
ultimately the purse was found in her hand. Thesowas
• amother woman at a short dietetics front the ;admirer, to
• whom she made some communication, upon whith they
were both taken to the watclalsouse. Donovan was cow.
milted for trial, and the other girl was connuitted to
Brixton House of Correetion for one month.
WOMMIP-STRZST.-06 Saturday, James Bateltelet
was brought before, ft. &mitt, S. TWTTORD, and• J.
Bussesu.. Esqes. • foe reexamination, on a charge of
basing defrauded •Mrs. Julia-Smith of 17s. 6d. under
presence of being au. agent for the Norwich Union In-
sarasieeof6ee.

'theSecretary-for the Norwich Union also appeared,
de obedience to bie•enunnoes. He admitted that the
:prisoner bad fosessely effected policies at their office,
latadthat-ireregard to the eosaplatnant, though only part.
.4 tharsesiley had-been received, twill the Company bad
considered themselves: resphasibie;end had granted her
the policy, • : AO •.: • .
Mrs. Smith arlenoveledgedelite receipt of the policy,
but a paeans from the Norwi 'Union bad assured her
theist the policy bad ant-iseeti paid for, it was worth
Wising.. .
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lidijStri zt.i. sald;,thiti ;oder tit elrcustancrs, there
Wes Iff tblecaee, dtl'abfelitieg by
Mr. Rultwail.Kthiliegleteste. a Director of the
Hope lesnraeceleald, it was certainly the duty of the
of to heveWtteeided;et, Ilse
,former examination, It
Ohs not with" 111101 iiiiprian be saw the prisoner first
!brought up endeMin charge, for he had known him
. ,
. when a messenger: for the Hoye insurance, and after he
qUitted tbet-71oireelit be 14 reeeleed,Money,fritin
Sir. Diced 4" liege, for the !neilcinckef MN. which'
he nevolied netutfc'srasij? eettideek"the, fraud watt de:
tented, olVerailie the fitibii , tie taitift hire still ceiti• otied
,the risk of beat ueletered.. , • ' " ' , •
1. rt ' . ..T.l L..
The Secretary ellike• Nitair`. ‘,.ityp. so.. A... Tenon
he did not attend the first examination was,' that they
klety the complainant bed the policy, which was h'er
indemnity, and as to what bad been said by their niei-'
.enger, it was' hie Own misapprehension, and by no au-
thority of the Company.
• The.prisoner was discharged from this accusation
*hen •('*". •"' ' .-
lier.jamid Teener, of the Mulberry Tree, Mulheirj•
street, Stepney, made enother, charge. lie said, about
two years ago, lie celled upon a-friend at Lambeth, and
the prisoner then received from him ds. 6d. jn moiley,
and a dinner ticket, value je:6i. Orr a policy itt fish Hope,
but w!lich policy was nester obtalited. .
Mr. Jane"; of N0..47,-St: Join-street-read, said be
gave ti,e prisanal ,11.. 12s. 6d. for insurance in the Hope,
hut a errr got any thiug.for his money.
On these eherges the piletwier was ordered for farther
examination ttutorrow,• when it is understood. ether
charges will be preferred against bite.