The Statesman.
London, England, 1818-09-01 00:00:00

POLICE.

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GrlLDllALL.—Yesterday urtle, Kelty, Ilayes,
and Palmer, were put to the bar, charged with be-
ing reputed thieves. •
Branscombe, an officer, stated, that about one
o'clock he met a person on Ludgate-hill, who in-
formed him that he saw the. Prisoners trying several
Gentlemen's pockets,.,end, en. their perceiving him
watching them, they crossed Arer the street to him,
and told him if he did not walk off they would do
for him, that is, they would do him some bodily
harm. He (Bran,combe) on this information, got
the assistance of !tome other officers, and followed
them into Fleet.street. When he came up to them
they were trying the pockets of two Gentlemen. He
took them into custody, and on searching them
found four handkerchiefs. Several of the °Meets
stated that they knew themes reputed thieves.—Ttrey
were remanded till to-morrow for further examination.
ll nt. Letzis was charged by Mr. Wm. Richards
with attempting to pick his pocket last evening of his
handkerchief in Cheapside. The Prosecutes. said, be
felt the Prisoner pull at his handkerchief, and he
turned round and took him into custody.,
Alderman Coz.—" So you have beeu at year old
trick again Lewis:"
Prisorser." Yes, your Worship; I sew the
handkerchief hangieg out of the Gentleman's ;socket,
and i only had a pullat it."—He was fully committed
for trial.
QU/F,N.SQUARE.---, .110 men, earned
,Neale and
Bruce,and a woman whose name we could not learn,
ware charged with robbing Mr. Salem,. the beat-
Ifeilder, of Millbank, of 1171. in Houk notes, nod a
bill for upwards of 1001. under the following eir•
cumstances:—
About the begining of August,-the ProsClAtne tool
a place in the llaniersersuvith stage at elepiwiarrore,c
St. Martin's-lane, attd observed two pe tafg
in front, Ilfar the coachusait's boa. That.etens
Welled him to take a seat by them, to.villls hat,ron.
seated, and felt nothing till they stopped omsr.,llftt
chest's Hotel in Here one ofobe men
that sat near him asked the other if he woold,bing
some beer, to which he assented, and they, 0,40 :left
the coach for that purpose. After ts,sPitaptume
time, the coachman seeing no likelihocel..ef ritetr ;re•
turning, drove off. When they7cautellio Hammer-
smith Mr. Sawyer missed his property, illvd opt 4vall
doubting but the men who left the co4ch,sse,re.ll4
thieves, he gave information of his 10,sagod.e,aefierjp.
lion of their percons.to Cooper and.Gilestef, the mi..
kers, who, after much difficulty, traced Otero to
a house, No. 1.3, Carlisle-place,.lientheth,,.wheti
they were first denied to them. The,s4rfis.,,ll.4We
ever, suspecting the truth of whet they laggs:t 04.
journed with the Prosecutor to an npposite,gtalilic:
house, where they .could rabser.ve any onrthat came
to No. 23. Soon after they saw the prismuF,Acapee
go to the door and knock, and in a few millucee:he
went away end returned with Neale ; but as,tbey
approached the door, some person put their bead out
at the first-door wiudow, and said the runners had
been after him, upon which; bout the Prisoners ran
away with great speed. The officers pursued, and,
after a hard race, took them into custody.
In the meats time Milk, a
,constable of Westinin,
seer, having received information that a woman was
passing some notes at .a shop in Tothill-Gelds, pro-
ceeded thither, and took the female Prisoner into
custody,• in whose possession he found several 1%)1.
notes, which she accounted for by saying, they were
given to her by a Gentleman as cotes for the value of
11. each. •

On Gillmore and Cooper searching the lodgings of
Nell@ and Bruce, they found some new hats, which,
on enquiry, were tli.corpt.,(l in have been purchased
at the shop of Jay and Co. in Westminster, with •
ICI. note. The note was p►rudoced end identified by
Mr. Si %yet-.

!loth the Prisoners denied the robbery, and Nellie
said that it the Limit of the robbery he was it Chats
barn, but neither called auy evidence to prows the fact.
young Gentleman who was on the coach at the
time spoke to the persons of the PrEsonera, es being
on the coach on the day of rho robbery.--They .were
Itl2)3tided. ..

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to be ltobert!Copley Rainer, Montague, a Captain in his Srs
je-ty's service, was brought be ore ft. S. CRAM 6,,,' -.
charged by 'five iratchmen of the Surrey New-road, • -3.
, with desaidt;
log them:
Sunday .night Captain Montague was walking arm in area
at
the end of ‘Veadmiuster-road, with Lientenaut Beathain, ilf illo-
goth iteg,iment, and pushed againa a Genilemao veiy rudely' ,
the Geoileinati spoke to him of his improper conduct, asses;
immediately,raised his fist and knocked the Gentliatian diasa,
The latter got up and called Watch, and another tientleati,
passing, merely Ipuke to Chiptain Moctakne of his behasi";
wheu he received .it violent blow. By this time Smith, a water
man, caine, and asked the former Gentleman who had aseukei
him; Lieut. Bentham came forward and said 1 a:.anited him
and advised Montague to go off, and he would settle ermine;
The Gentleman could not my whether the Captalifor Li
Mint assaulted him, and the watchiriautadvised the Ca ,Icin too
home, he immediately knocked down the watelituan,and kieka
him. Newstead, another watchman. then came up, age here.
ceived a terrible blow on one eye, which used it up and sass
him down. Another watchman, named Itlatthews, then node
hag appearance, and he received a blow so violent, that well
almost seamless gear hiscolleagaes. One of the watchmen mild
do no service in securing. the Captain, he being "
blind of,
eye, of d the Captain'having doted the fisher. fhe other tag
watchmen were kept by hind at bay until another walehlso
!tearing the ratites stirring, cawr up; be boldly seized the Cap.
lain, and secured him, but the poor old fellow -,uffered fur hit
temerity, the Captain haviag got the watchman's hand bite his
mouth, bit a large piece entirely off the side, which fa ~,is et
his month upon the groan& The poor fellow by the ewe")
pain was compelled to ionse him, and received a kick es oet,
eye; another ..utehman who was on the ground was kidisd
*lona the face and head mail he eahlititerl-o sharking apr.
once; another watchman was kicked in a very ilanKerotapsa .
of 1 hotly,' another
hat by the tosis ance' of Lietitenaitt Qs,sin
he was tulc'eti to tit.. watch-tttese. M bile he was is then Ai
I litinse..he arm& attacked another wateltimaa by bait* in,
Ithe head ; seized Schrty tier, a pairole, by the urea-daft.„4
nearly vtrangled-hiM;; and threatened to slay Mr. lialike, Ne
wateli-house keeper. He -aid he was Lord --, Ind ain„,
iher of Pai,liatnent ; be Wit! superior to the law, and the limit,
Crates might --. He haul lolled one watt:Wass, imi
thought no. tnore of woe than a dog.
The above being sworn to by the different witness's., end COT.
rohoratef by I rotenatit Bentham, cap oil 111"roague (I he
termed himself) said, " I suppose you iii4iti l %r at drunk Rhea
I dud this?"—" Yes (replied the Glagistraie), or 1 *mad
think you
.would not have acted so in.airmos y."--" N;.(tla
'Captain said). I was quite saber, and I will explain, if yet
allow me." The Captain then said, thitt be did khindi dime
the Gentlemen, the former having o tfromed li m, and the Ininv
basing ts»pct bitten( ly interfei ed. Ile had lent his horse on San,
day to h s friend Colonel —, to go to Lord ---'s, and am
to have dined himself with Lady —; he did not go. holt ter,
and accidentally met with the Gentleman that had arrested
Wm, and be knocked him down. He was not altar; 'd aith ale
watch, and he believed that they had no I ight to in.erfere. Out
of the rise,ils impudently told him to •, walla on." To bespoke
to by such fe,lows he amid tfit bear, and be knocked that
down as FL...4 as they approached him.
M AIIISTR ATE. —Andlt id yen bite that poor fellow's band?
Montague (Coolly ) Yes. I did. they interfeted improper/4y,
and I naant,' ledge I b:ssit them all ; I :4,11 a young Cellicerjaa
arrived from abroad, :Ind my habits there, where I Wee est
down black men like wheat, may not have impressed me iiits t
much respect b,r stichlellows as these. But lam ready to*
bail. I haye nee thing to say, and that is, when 1 was boa*
from the watch-house this morning I was clapt into a dark cill
at the back of the Office amongst felons.
The MAGISTR ATE bald, that he regretted the eirencostaises%
but they had but nue place in which they cuuld scenic Pri!
sanuirs. _ . . ..

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The Iblngifitrate ordered the Captain to find bad, tno Woe-
keepers iu 1011, each, to ausuer fur hia appeal:lt:cc at the Sere

EXECUTION.
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On Mend tv Morning at seven &clack, tie Cherir for the
county of surrey, accompanied by pis officers, a:tended a
the Jail in lit-brsemonger-lane, and proceeded to Cernand the
bodies of the several convicts who lohtl' been • tried and left for
execution at the last Guildford Asei;es, lova the follussittobi
fortunate criminals were sammoned •froat their cell., to sanity-
go the sentence of (ha law :—W. West iaged *A), far uttering%
true, a ell konsving them to tre forged nod croionterfe;r; two
Bank-notes, nurportine to he those of the Governor and 4.1
pony of the Bank of England, to Mr. Philip Butier, oYZane,
In the emonty of Soucy ; W. Park, a4ed .;.S. for a burglary a
the house of Mr. ilroomfield. at Lambeth, with whom lie tired
is journeyman trioker, arid steiV brig 3241. in Hank-notes; “:1i
Conk, aged 40. for breakitir, and entering the cln ebb ne.-Itooire of
'Mr. John Dudley. at Leigh, hod stealing ;talons articles noder
itireettnionces of Recoil:a outwit y. Oo ,heir reaeftioc,, the plat-
form, West was find. placed under the gantows, Cook nest, set
Park Caine op last. The Rev. Mr. himitt and the Rev. lir.
Knight administered the consolations of religion to tlie unfortu-
nate men, a for all hehaved w ith great stesoiliiieeS Dud composer*.
and “elinotvled•!ed Cry
.itatice of their foe. At a few minute
pact nine the fatal a: u.,1 aa. given, the drop fell, and they were
I..onehad ioao coo ernit y. An inotneo;e Trim sty of versions attends
col to a i;oie,s the melancholy ecvem soy. The Unfortunate mac,
% ill iota .Wesse, %vas born at Kingston, of poor but honest parents,
ho brottrht Ilion sop to the hoositiess of A butehe*, at which cult.
iag be for some time procured a relievable livelihood, ho' ar:-
fooeinnately gettiogiinp;leated in the criminal traffic of dealing
in forged linleS, It 11•Mill:1' him to an ignominious chain
W. Park, alto war retnarkable well-looking young man. he.
longed to a very respectable. Inanity, and has been lonx known
in the neighbourhood of Newington, Lambeth, &c., %%here be
blways hotethe'cliar'ecter of ao nom till the unfortunate
stair • for Whieh he tud*ered. Milian Conk appeared to bale
1 been a labstutiogruln. • .

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NI Aft !SO Ittwcp. ern sxv.— On, hi nein), Bryan, a noted
Character, wlis 0:1%1'041 with breaking into a neniletwinshome,
snowed. 'nem 1.. .1,444 tlarroort's, with intent In The
rj,,erkez Isad,oirc43,4 as entrance I:iy the street dour, but tic
was lidnitulintely secured, and fully commit ed.
E SAGIACIT Y.:— Last week a Indy going over.
Latisdp%tp was overtaken by klarge doe, n CIA had
left two men the/ were ttivr:lling the same road with
i horse and cart, and 'foltowed by the animal for
etoree distance, the creature endeavouring to make
her sensible of tomothill; ''hy 'looking in her face,
and then' pointitg with hicbdie behind. Failing is
his object, he neat pine& himself so completely in
froist of the ;Oldie -of 1.4 SediCittltle, as to prevent her
procerdirrig'any farther, sift loOking steadfastly is
her faeC'Thartailftecame.rather alarmed ; but jag*
ingvirgOr tlisMAsiser of the dog, who did not appear
'Wows:* ilksit-litee.:wis something about her which
engweettkii"ittsiiidoe, she examined her dress, and
found that.ber lave shawl was gone. The doe, per.
eceiving that he wits at length understood, immediately
turned back ; the lady'followed him ; and he coo.
ducted her to the pmt where her shawl lay—acme dis-
tance back in the road.• Ca her taking it op, sod
replacing it on her person, the interesting goad, iyed
instantly ran off at full speed after his master, ar
rerently much delighted !--:(Rath Herald.)
Ifnp.-picking has generally commenced throughout
Kent' andigossex : the number of hands employed is
beyond precedent, and the hops are finer and
in rzPr than ever renietnhored.

M MtILLED.
()a th.?Bih ult., at Christ Church, Surrey. Mr. 13
.luu. of Great Surrepsireet..la 'fanjet, eldest dlughtel
Davies. Esq. otSuuthusuistouplace, Eu.ton,q,i,Lre.

WED.
Ou ihe titth silt at her house, itt Lambrlrige Ware. 'teak
at a rely lilt wanced tire, Mrs. htargnret
Philipps, sem Esq. formerly of St. George's East, M
and of Chigweil, EAsex.
03 the 7111 ult. the Her, James Wm ilodd, tiihcr
minster School.
On the '2Vd ult. at his house in Baker street. Port tran-stratet
John Vincent Caodolfi, iu the Cith year of hi' U.
Un du' 30th al). at his house. Snaresbrook, Lae:.
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