The Statesman.
London, England, 1820-08-11 00:00:00

SURREY ASSIZES.

GUILDFORD, AVG. Iruedrard was hi-
dieted fur feloniously killing and slaying ticorgy Wil-
son Stevens, at Clapham, on the 45th June, was found
Griity, and sentenced to xis months imprisonment.—
The prisoner was the driver of a brginge-waggon of
the Royal Artillery, on the top of which was the de-
reasedoan infant, and his mother, and by thepri.oner
whipping his horses furiously the vehicle was drives
furiously against a lamp-post, and the deceased thrown
from the vehicle and killed.

MA:emme-Hoves.—.Thesid Simmoade was charged
by Mr. Mills, of Bristol. and of Winchester-street.
Pentenville, with haring ribbed bins of seven pounds
at sheet sous ***look in the day. The prisessetsuld he
had digred the gentleman. bet set rubbed lam, mid
that the trick he had practised was the sold one se well
known to the Palk". He was discharged. •
UCILDIA LL.—William Reid, describing himself as
porter to William Simpson, jeweller and silversmith,
No. 62, Fleet-market. was brought up yesterday fur re-
evamivation before the Sitting Alderman, Sir JAMS!
SHAW.

The prisoner,• who has previously undergone two
examinations, was apprehended *boat a week ago, on
the pr mises in Fleet market. nothouse, it seems,
was literally besieged by great nunthen of tradesmen,
from whom property had been obtained, all clamorous
fur their goods or the money. Murphy, an officer,
was called in to prevent the disturbance, and the pri-
soner being the only person to be seen, and having
appeared in most of the trausactions himself, was
given in charge, upon suspicion of being a principal in
the various frauds that had been praetimed.
The system pursued to obtain the property lu this
instance was by no means new ; in general orders for
foods, signed William Simpson," war written on
the back of the card of the shop, and sent to different
tradesmen ; the prisoner in some cases was the bearer,
and directions were always given that a bill and re-
ceipt might a.:conipany the delivery of the property,
a ready money payment being promised upon the de-
livery. Different excuses were itigeuiously contrived
to induce the parties to leave the gdods without pay-
ment, and from that moment neither the goods, the
money, or the customer, could be gut sight of; the
only person to be seen was the prisoner, and the ge-
neral answer to all applications was, that his muter
was not at home. In this wanner, besides the cues
of several other tradesmen which were not goae int%
a linen•draper, a hatter, two shoemakers. a sturegraie
maker, a cork-cutter, and a stationer, had se
rbsopere-the dupes of these nefarious peacticeev.en.iftit
Ithough in all these cases the prrsdlent cads
.pt be carefully bad he contrived to act the'
of servant to Simpson, that it was very Mika
Implicate him as a principal. The usual caution had
ast, however, keen adopted in the eased Mt. ret-
hink wholesale stationer, No. 196, Upper Thom
Meek from whom a quantity of paper had been pse-
eared ; in this instance the order for the goods was
brought by the prisoner, who himself gave the as-
sistance that they would be paid for, ready ameney oa
delivery. He received the goods when bissught to
'the eltep, in Fleet-market, and induced the carman to
leave them, his master being out, ky aseatitsg him
that the money was quite safe, and would be sent
when his moister returned; that it would have been
left with him, but that it was not expected that the
paper would have been delivered that day, as it was
so very wet a day, and when at length lu the evening
Mr. Perkins sent his servants with the cart to insist
'on baring the paper back or the money, the prisoner
was the only person to be found, and he declared that
the property had been taken away and was no longer
upon the premises.

urns tu. .c=vvvali imez
Mr. Chester. who attended as SoHeitor for the pri- ntanntn* they had been it
sonar, urged that this transaction wag a bargain aid Wednesday evening, b
sale, and that credit was given to Simpson t- jut at an broke t•ztt in the prank'
events, the prisoner had acted under the. Ova, sad, Bicknell. oil-merchants, 4
as the Servant of Simpson : stiseldt burts)o,__".alin Ma. ton Batts. wtrch, with
gi,trste think otherwise, and cilapfy ' 'orally consumed.
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