The Statesman.
London, England, 1821-11-03 00:00:00

MURRAT V. ELLIS MN.

This cue, which bad been sent from the Court of
Chancery to take the opinion of this Court, as we un-
derstood, upon the defendant's right to represent one
of Lord Byron's Tragedies on Drury-lane stage, was
called on.
Mr. ADOLPHUS attended for the defendant.
Mr. SHADWELL had signed the case, but not being
Ia attendance,
The COURT ordered the case to be struck out of the
paper. subject, however, to an application to have it
restored, if the parties thought proper.

OLD 11.411,EY.—Nor. 2.

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• Ana Davidson, an interesting female, only seventeen
years of age, was indicted for stealing in a dwelling-
house, a shawl, and various articles of wearing apparel,
the property of a Mrs. Thorn, and a Mrs. Stevens, with
the latter of whom she lived as lodger. She received
an excellent character not only from the prosecntrix and
her family, np to the time of the present transaction,
bat two most respectable females readily consented to
afford her an asvlutp in either of their families. The
Jury found her Not Guilty, and her friends immediately
received her.

SenTENCE6.—The Sessions having ended, sentence of
death was passed on—Joseph South, for uttering forged
Bank-notes; James Eddowes, for burglary; W. Grady,
for a highway robbery; Ann Norris and Mary Palmer,
fur a robbery on Jas Thompson in a certain dwelling-
house; Amey Steel and Elizabeth Davies, for a like of-
fence on John Disbury ; Samuel lfavward, fur burglary;
Edw. Hill, for stealing in a dwelling-house; Thomas
French, for house-breaking; Ann Turner and Mary
Ana Sullivan, for a robbery on Louis Baptiste in a cer-
tain dwelling-house ; Benj. Abbott, for horse-stealing ;
Jobs Sowerbv, for uttering forged Bank notes; John
Lynn, for a highway robbery ; Wm. Marrs, for stealing
in a dwelling-honse; John Jacobs, for a highway rob-
bery; Edward John Franklin, for burglary; and Wm.
Hicks, for a like offence. Mary Ann Palmer having
pleaded, in stay of mention of her sentence, that she
was pregnant, a Jury of Matrons were sworn to enquire
into the fact, and, her plea being found to be good, she
was respited daring pleasure.
.Sizteea werooriered to be transported for life, viz.:—
John Waling. Jules Smith, Robert Nicholls, Robert
Smith, John Leeiryer 'saw Penn, John Smith, William
Sawyer, Thomas darris, Charlotte Fletcher, Junes
Heady. George Draper, Vearles Smith, James Welsh,
Wm. George Lewis, and George Moore.
• Three were ordered to be transported for fourteen
years, viz. :—Thosnas Cook, Henry Drummond, and W.
Gee. Warner.

Thirty-two for seven years, vie. :—Joseph Gray, James
Hopkins, Thos. Johnson, Catherine Jones, Mary King,
William Joan, James Barrett, James Sanders, Wm.
Wilson, Thomas Battey, Thomas Dixon, Sam. Jones,
John aging, Henry Smith, Deborah Saunders, Walter
Hairy Alexander Cormack, Richard Vallar, John Tea-
ph\ JOhn Oisbins, Thomas Wood, James Melton, James
Morris, George• Wilson, Ann Wilson, Owen Powers, W.
Eaton, W. Ball, James Hopkins, Mary Burke, Thomas
Coleby, and James Jones.
• Eight were ordeated to be imprisoned In the Giltapur.
street House of Correction, five in Newgatei and twenty-
nigie in the House of Correction for Middlesex for va-
rious periedsogveral of whom were ordered to be pub-
licly and privately whipped.
Three jadgmeots were respite& several were fined Is.
each and discharged, and thirty two were discharged by
proclamation.—Sessions adjourned to the sth Dec.

THE

POLIO:.

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Yesterday t►tee au were Woe.%

before the Lone MATOR, on 11-charge of having attend
a bad sovereign at the shop et Mr. L. Hostess, law sta.
toner, at No. 117, Chaseery-lane.
It appeared that ono of the prisoners west*. Thom
day to the shop of the presenter, sad parchased a tos.
law stamp, in payment for which he tendered shad sove-
reign. From the clumsy execatioa of the piste it sous
instantly detected, and as Mr. Henke* had readvei
mach counterfeit misty recently in payment, be itw►
mined not to let any case of the kind oat of his stones'
without a rigid maths'% He accordingly seat Ihe
officer, on whose appearance the prisoner said he had
been sent to get the stamp by a man who was waiting
close by. The officer accordingly went there, when
they found that there were two men in waiting. One
of them was recognised by Mr. Moulton to be the man
who had a short time before passed a forged IL note at
his shop, and on searching him a bad half crows was
found, bat nothing was found upon the other prisoners.
An Attorney came forward and said one of the prison-
ers was a client of his, and that he had authorised the
other to buy the stamp in question, but he knew nothing
of the prisoner on whom the bad money had been foetid.
As the prisoners were not known as common utterer,
by the police, they were discharged with an admonition
that the present cue would be evidence against them if
they should hereafter be detected in similar practices.
Intimation was given to the Bank of the charge against
one of the prisoners for passing the bad note. but word
was sent that the Bank did sot now interfere In these
cases, and Mr. Honiton did not wish to prosecute.

We are informed that there has been an extensive issue
of bad sovereigns from lliensiagbam, which have been
in ci renlation, in Loudon, about tee days. That uttered
by one of the prisoners was of this coinage. They are
very badly executed. The minis; is chum, and the
letters arc indistinct. The bead is very different, and
some think abetter 'ikons: than that on the true sove-
reign. The ring is also very had, and the imitation is
altogether so palpable that it is not to be apprehended
that they will be taken unless in the utmost hurry of
business. The titterers, we art informed, pay five shil-
lings and sixpence each for them.
RENARKAOLL FRAUD UPON PAWNIIROKERII.—A lad
was charged with having defrauded his master, Mr.
Reeves, the pawnbroker, under the following circam-
starlet%
It appeared from the statement of one of Mr. Reeves's
shop-boys, that the prisoner at one occasion celled him
into the shop to bear witness that he purchased a silver
tea-pot of a man, who was there, for 31. 13s. After
which, he told witness to make out a ticket for it for di.
This was done, and the prisoner took the amount out of
the till and put it into his pocket. Mr. Reeves deposed,
that the value of the pot was not more than 31. 15e. at
the farthest. Other cases were stated against the pri-
soner of his having purchased tickets, sad speculated
most extensively to the prejudice of his employer in
this way. For instance, it was stated to be the pri-
soner's practice to say to the persons who came with
articles to pledge, •,I can only lend you 10a. on this,
but I will buy it of you for 15s. if you choose. After
the seller was gone, he would pat the article-1u fledge
at a sum which would bring him a larger prob.
Mr. HARMER, who attended in behalf of the prisoner,
admitted that his conduct to his employer was most
dishonest and censurable, but said there was noshing
in it that the law could punish. Ile certaialy had,
however, exposed his master to a penalty under the
Pawnbrokers' Act, for buying goods whilst is his pos-
session.

Mr. Reeves declared that he had lost upwards of

3001. during the last year by practices of this nature.
in goods being received for more than their worth.
The tickets were regularly entered, but in other names.
He was afraid, however, that the money had not so re-
gularly entered into the till.
The LORD Mavou regretted that he was obliged to
discharge the prisoner, whose conduct was highly dis-
honest.
The prisoner was discharged with an admonition.

Bow-STREET.TiIe house of Mrs. Catherine Car-
ver, of No. 1N Duke-street, Portland-place, was lately
robbed by means of the following stratagem:—Sa-
turday week, two women knocked at the door, and
said they had picked np a letter in the street which
they believed was intended for that house. It was di-
rected to a female servant in the bouse,of the name of

Mary Garmel. On opening it, it appeared to come'
from her brother, who reside. in the codlttry, announc-
ing that it was his intention tobe kn tosittiin the course
of the following week. On Thursday evening, in
the following week, a man called at the house with an•
other letter, purporting to come from the servant's bro-
ther. De told her that lie should go to the Docks of
the Surrey Canal at Walworth the next morning,where
be should see her brother. She asked the man in the
front kitchen, where she left him while she meat up
stairs to write an answer to the letter, aad to get a
shilling from her mistress to give the' maw for his
trouble. She returned and gave both to tile man, who
went away. In about two boars after was gone,

she diseuiercd that the cupboard in the front kitchen
had been robbed of a number of silver:table and tea-

spoons, &c. The robber, wisose name proves to be
Samuel Davis, has since been traced oat. He was
yesterday examined at Bow-street, and also Charlotte
Doggett, Henry Bury, and Thomas Turner, charged
with being accessaries in the robbery. They were all
committed.

Scent tay.—Tom Woolley, or as he now calls him-
self, William Woolley, as notorious a eraeksinami as
ever wore a " Sherif* fogle," was brought up from
Covent-garden watch-house, charged with a burglary
in the house of Ilr. Ward. a tobacconist, in Russell.
street, Covent-garden.—The following are the circum-
stances under which be was taken into custody :--
Between one and two o'clock yesterday morning,
Sullivan, the watchman, stationed in Russell-street, per-
ceived ?dr. Ward's shop-door partly open, adld a man
leaning against the door-post. Sullivan instantly de- ,
mended, •• what brings the door open at this time in
the morning?" at the same moment stepping within
the threshold ; upon which the man at the door called
aloud—" Come out of that, -Tons I-L,What the d—l
are you about 7" Sullivan seeing a light at the back
of tile shop, rushed-towards it, ant in his way met
the prison, T, who made a violent attempt to dash to
the s net- leer, but be failed to do this, and a
desperate struggle mewl, during which the fellow at
the door sae off, leaving his compinion to his fate.
Sullivan had seised the prisoner by the neck-handker-
chief, inserting his hand between it -and -his throat,

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