The Statesman.
London, England, 1821-01-17 00:00:00

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COURT OF KING'S BENCH.--./Aw. lt

(Loudon Adjourned flittinav after Michaelmas Term, before
the Chief Justice and Special Juries.)

A great number of causes were set down for trial
this morning, but the Court rose At •ne o'clock, almost
all the cases being referred. There was n• case tried
of general interest.

OLD D.:IILE r.—TUNIIDAr.
The above Sessions ended this day. The Recommit
was occnpied the whole of the morning in hearing petty
cases, and at three proceeded to pass sentence on the
prisoners. The following thirteen convicts were eon-
(tenoned to death :—John Murphy, for returning from
transporta:inn; Thomas Elliot, Joseph Wootton. Wm.
Bnilork, Michael Batley, and Michael Sullivan. for
highway*robbery ; Thomas Pratt. for burglary; Joseph
Palmer, James Palmer, James Ryan, and Joseph Peril..
for stealing in a dwelling-house, and Mary flays, fur'
hi;rhway robbery. The latter pri•nner, who was w•arce-
ly able to support herself, was remanded in stay of ewe-

Transportation for life—Wm. Carroll, Wm. Ellis, and
John Jamei.
For fourteen years—William Lewis, George Wriflit,
Robert Cohen, Thomas Lewis, Thos. Lltn•d, Peter But•
cher, Charles James, Win. Bell, Maria Brown, Wm. Ro-
berts, Juhn Cooper Murphy, Samuel EVAIIS, Thos. Wil-
liams, and Win. Hearn.
For seven years—John Neale, Francis Angell, Thos.
Bolt, Lewis Bennett, William Smith, William Thomas,
James Potts, Antonio Paraliss, Mary Knowles, George
Smith, Jonathan Cox. James Ilunday, Ellen Robinson,
Joseph Thorn, John Wright, Stephen Reynolds, Juba
Bates, Wm. taint, Mary Evans, Edward Shore. John
„lames Sinclair, George Shepherd. Robert Mil-
ler. Wm. 117110161 M Isaac Ballard, Wm. Cooper, Siloam:l
gill, .lulsn Dean, John Dance. George Smith, William
Richardson, John Jewett. Henry Bateman, Edw. Yates,
John Downe, and Wm. Blink.
The sentences on the Rescue Gang were put off till the
nett 'Session.

Joseph Sewell was sentenced to eighteen months' irn- , Woman. Oa the second charge being made, their was
prisonment in the House of Correction. some other property in the boxes, and he contended it
Adam ltagg, Henry Turner, Thomas Dunn, Thomas , must have been pet into them by the defendants. It
rotifer, Margaret Kelly, Mary Roach. John Pearce, ' wonld appear that ensue of the things which she was
Catherine Winston, and Charlotte Tititits, were sen- elliecre I tree seenn.l time with stealing, and which were
tenced to one years' imprisonment. put into the indictment, had been in a basket in Mr.
thigh Burgess, Esther Moses, Margaret Warren, Isaac ll'iltrtot's house, and not in the girl's boxes, at the time
Johnson. James Tulfnel, Thomas Godfrey, James Dressy, the hest charge teas mask; ‘0 that it was impossible
I lenry..Liecees„ Mary Jones, and Jan. Heckel, leers sea- t 'meld have bee% put into the bocestie the prows'.
toners! to is months' imprisonment. lir as )6 would appear that Wilmot find sworn to
Several other prisoners were sentenced to various lOU Ail, which he should prove to have been her
short terms of imprisonment, and to be publicly and pri- ; own pwerty. It might be asked, what motive they
vately whipped. conkd fiarelall in making a semis' charge? He would
The judgment on Antonio Da Costa, Charles King, :tell the Jtiry what the motive was. On the girl being
and tiascnigne Crab tin, was respited. discharged, Want and Wilmot were threatened with an
The Sessions then adjourned to Wednesday, the 14th action for their conduct to her; and to save themselves
of February. from the effect of that action, they made the second
charge, in expectation that she might be prevented front
suing them by action, after she should be convicted of
felony. After stating the other facts which he said he
should he aide to prove, he said he could not conceive
what sort of slefrire was intended to be set up to a charge
which he pledged himself completely to substantiate, or
in what manner these parties clthd exculpate themselves
from the imputation of the foulest business that any par-
ties were ever accused of. To give the Jury an idea of
the temper and disposition of these parties towards the
IMO( young WOllllll. he should slc.w that when her trial
came on at the Old Bailey, the l'onnsers brief was
drawn up by Want, who gave it to his friend Mr. Harry,
without !he intervention of an attorney; and the gene-
rous heart of his friend would not allow him, at the time
of the prosecution, to press the ease against the prisoner
more thin Isis duty as an Advocate would admit of, so
soon as lie perceived the suspicions circumstances hang-
ing upon the case ; and had good reason to he assured,
that the poor girl was completely innocent. This would
appear by the evidence of Mr. Harry, whom he had
caused to be sulycened fur the very purpose. Mr. Alley'
then proceeded to call his witnesses, whose evidence oc-
cupied the Court for several hours ; after which,
Mr. Ceawooo, as leading Counsel for the defendant',
asav hlred the jnry. Ile contended that the prosecution
anis* the girl for robbery hail been carried on by the '
ilef ants from a thorough conviction that she had
things belonging to her master ; and it was not
I after an action was threatened against than, that
thick resolved to go on with the prosecution. The pro-,
isechtrix had sworn that the boxes were her's, and it' in
that instance there was proof of gross perjury, no credit
I /raw tin given ho any other parts of her evidence. Be-
oiles, he should prove that she had never received her I
14tro limes from the female she spoke of; for that female
wa.s now in Court, and would contradict her. Ile should
.also prove another gross contradiction and perjury on
abe part of the prosecutrix.
Mr. Want now addressed the Jury in his own defence.
He said, he should be able to prove that the witness on
whom Mr. Alley mainly relied, was at once a thief, and
',silty of gross perjury. Ile next pros-ceded to make
some statements, when be was interrupted by Mr. Alin'
anal the Chairman who said that such slanders were not ",
to be permitted. In the course of the speech he alluded
to the brief he had given to Mr. Barry, when (laze was'
about to be tried ; and he declared that Mr. Barry Re-;
gleets I his duty on that occasion ; because, if helms,
culled the Witnesses named in Ms brief, the woman I
must
evidently have been converted of robbing her master..
Ile next asked what was the reason he had not been in-

dieted for perjury along with Mr. Wilmot--such would
have hives the proper ronrse of proceeding; lint that
would not hare suited the views of the prosecuting so-
licitor.
It was ahont hilt-past sic in the evening, when the
Chairman (Mr. Dicsissos) said, he understood the wit-
nesses on the part of the defence were so numerous, that
they would occupy the Conn several hours more ; and as
his state of health rendered it impossible for him to sit
so long, be wished the trial might be postponed till to•
morrow.
This proposition was readily acce►ied to 4r the Coun-
sel on both sides, waft ecptelied a con6Jeat lelief that
ds* Jury would rot work, thoiloriettes to be Intlnigheed
say use ons of doers. They uteri, therefore, snowed et;
to their respective homes ; and the, business was so-
l'journed till the following (this) morning.