The Statesman.
London, England, 1818-05-29 00:00:00

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dole, enquired how he could reconcile this admission
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with the following atitement,to which be must swear
in the written document .41/ havelino books,. pa-
pees,' or tiANOttindoliii
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The insolient sild•hi'forgat tdltitiert the book"Of
acreOist.
Mr. *BARRY had Mut-tentaindedltri 014ititi'ea (MOM.
Mr. Po LLOCK hen "proCiedett n(oposie Ibis ftilthl-
vent on behalf of Messra...Blani,'Saitileribti.,'lttid'Co.
of Lieerporil, fora debt of 4401.-ifoi'barlej,lhettought
from them. • t .4
After a long etaibinatfo.
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BOARD of Ritaß .Iter tB.
SPURIOUS COFFEE.
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Mr. Edward Fax, grocer nad dealer is tea and coffee, Gray's
Inn-lane, was Marg. d with li owing a large quantity of sham
coffee in his possession, and with selling the siime fir itelouine
coffee.
Commtsstoitta.-1)a yea plead guilty or not guilty?
Defendant.—l plead my "rd.
Another Comsfissusivali.h,This it a case in *Mel the Dei-
fendant chooses to plead. gaiky, for the pitrpose of i dotting us
to mitigate the penalty; but I think proper to h=ove the case
heard, as it is one the wo.st dc.cripti. that has come be.
-for.- us.
Henry Spencer, an Officer of Excise stated, to :t an the 21st
of Febrnary, he and Lnrd. ano.her °Meer. went to Ilse De-
fend tlleb 0101), and par. hawed an hung. of coif e, fur which he
paid Ore. h.lf-penee. They examined it, and he was stitisiled
it was not/gelatine coffee; thee purchased another ounce (welch
he produced to doe Commissiotter*.• who examined it). and were
.convinced it consisted part of coffee. and beans and peas,—lie
(Spencer) ask.d the Defendant if he had any vegettibts powder
In his tiolsee.ion. and hedeclarrd that he had out.

liefeadatitp— I deny that I ever said so.
Witnes•,—He looked iota a mill, and found it contained a
small quantity of vegetable p asder and coffee. The De►
feadaist asked his dustman if rbey•h found any vegetable
powder in theoolli ? The sluiptwm replied its the negative, and
Defendant said. " Then Ido ant Me for Cheat." Upon search-
ing the thi4i, he found 61 pounds of coffee mixed with fie►
table poweffir, which he then produced.
The Ctimusissioners and the Examining Officer viewed the
sham coree seized, and it was dec.ared to be part genuine coffee,
and part bean. and peas burnt and grimed.
The Defendant, iti bird fence, said, that poor people wanted
a low•prlced article. and by mixing.tlip vege•able poo der and
coffee together, he was able to sell it at three half pence as
solace; he had ►old it for pars. but newer had so large a quan.
lily as 611 b. in his prealises before, at one time; he.did lost
think he was committing a. frauds he did it as a matter of ac-
commodation t•t the Pour, who eould not give a Isigbel price;
be did not sell it for genuine coffee.
Commissionaa.— then you have been defrauding the Public
for many years, and injuripg the lieveuse by your illicit prac-
tices; the poor have an equal right to he supplied with s get-
ovine article as the rich. In my opinion it is a greater crime to
serve the f .rmer than the latter vi it h Luis infamous col;
The Defendant was convicted in the penalty of 501.
REX V—ERADT.
The Defendant, Mr. Alexander Brady. grocer and dealer io
tea aloe toff e. Gray's Inn-tame, was'eharged wit► haviag. on
the 28th of February last, in his possession 18 pounds of ►hart►
coffee, called vegetable powder. and with sellirg the same for
genuine coffee.
Lord and Pearson. Excise Officers. stated, that they par-
chased an ounce of coffee of the Defendant on the .Bth of Fe-
bruary, and, upon examining It. they dischvered that it was
made up of peas and beans, ground with a small quantity of
coffee. Upon examining the mills in bis shop, they found both
coffee and vegetable powder in them. They also found 18
pounds of vegetable powder mixed with coffee, in a state pre-
pared for sale, wrapped in papers.
One of the Commissioners t.oted softie of the 181hs. produced
by the Officers, and declared that it was most it:l4olm stuff,
but to the mouth, nod unfit for hemou food.
Defendant.—Why. I have sold it fur±U years.
Commtssiosen.—Then you have been for twenty years act-
ing most dishonestly, defrauding the revenue. and the health of
the poor most have suffto ed very tench by taking such an stn.
wholesome article. Your having dealt is the article so long
aggravates your case ; you hays been for twenty years selling
burnt beans, peas, and I know ma who: other articles, far ge-
nuine coffee. You are convicted in the penalty of 501.
Charles liosvo-r. of Ozforri-street. tee an I eoff-r-dealer, wait
e ;timed with a like offence, and lipon the 'wise es idehce.
This Defendant said, he certainly kept the coospositioa for
sale, but he never di-posed of it to respectable persons. He lived
in the aeighbourbood of St. Giles's, and be sold the sham coffee
to the poor !nob people there at a very low price, as they could
not afford to purchase the routine.
One of the Coststisstoa Las observed, Putt he ktiew an realms
why the pour should he poi,a,ird aoy inure than the richer part
of the community. The Dein:data shined flit, at• all everts,
that they were equally entitled to the protection the proper
authorities, when any attempt was made to impose Nom them
and to injnre their IteaLls.
The Defendant was convicted in the same penalty as lbt lad.

PULiCE.

Manstom.noctsr..-11. Frazer, a young men in the
garb of a sailor, was placed at the bar; when Me.
Pullen, a Solicitor, in Fore .street, stated, that the
Prisoner informed him he had been recommended to
him by Jacobi and Co. merchants, in Jewin-street,
end that he w. la the youngest sun of the late Gower.
nor of Bermuda, and brother to the late• Major
Frazer, who died on his passage to England in the
Calcutta East Incliaman, in 1809; that he had ab-
sconded.from Bermuda at an early age, in copse.
quence of some family pique, and proceeded to Ame.
rice, where he got married, and had two children. He
remained there until a few months since; when his at-
tention was dra wn:toten advertisement in a New
York Paper, stating, that the nearest relation of the
late Maj6r Fritter, &c. would, by applying to U.
Stewart, of New York, hear of something to their
advantage. The advertisement further offered a re-
. ward for the discovery of one Robert Frazer, sup.
posed to be in New York. He waited upon. Dr.
Stewart in consequence, who expressed himself wis-
hed of his identity, and paid the espeoces of his',
voyage to Ettglatid. lie hail been in England three
days, and wished to employ the witness to adopt
measures for the recovery of the property bequeathed
to him by his brother, amounting to *bout 30,0001.
Witness proceeded to the East India-House tolnaki
some enquiries, where he saw' a copy of the loin or
the late Major, framed exactly as the Prisoner bad'
described ; and every other part of big relation was cor-
roborated by the infor mission he obtained. The Prisoti.
er, on his return, requested the witness to rem:o4oW:
him to en inn, and furnish him with a small sem to•
get his boxes from the ship. Money was accord.
ingly given him, and he was taken by witness's.hro-
ther to the• Swwn with Two, Neeks, in Lad-lane,
where every accommodation was &Worded him.—.
The following day, however, witness having called
at the Inn, he learned Olathe Prisoner had•not been.
there all night ; Oath,/ had bOrtewed•money of the
landlord, and had persuaded hied to pay for • a hat
and some wearing-apparel, upon the strength of the
fortune he was oboist to receive; and on enquiry at
the New York Colfee-house, he found that the ves-
sel 'ln which the Prisoner said he had arrived only
three days before, had been in England. ffse mouths.
Mr. Eickey, another Solicitor, deposed, that the
Prisoner had imp.mod *pots him with the same tale.
'it was also mated, diet the Privotier laid so 'far
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• imposed epees ,otte Attorney, as to induce him to (del
a bill iti* charger, Agaialt the executors of Major
Frazer, who, he pretenkls4; %,unjetstly withheld Aloe ,
property. The Ptituner, with great firmness, per.