The Statesman.
London, England, 1823-09-17 00:00:00

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OLD Winn Sr" 16.

ilierriretterig,ekeditkilis Indicted for aesaOldng S.
"Porkies; and taking from' Mr pittoon 'l2 sovereigns and 12
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Appekrid from the cvsuesoo of the prosecutor, vs bo was
s farmer's servant, tbit on Abe 911441' August be leeemP.a-!
AderlortiOnsen whom be 'Met in the streets, to house is
prick Line.' After be bad entered the Lou.., IbePriemiee
ind twf Withien came in; and: the prison r drmanded some;
pin. • The prosecutor refused to treat them, and attempted
to leave the House, but one '4
the Women closed the door
!pill placed herself agaitint it:Whilst the others laid hold of
him,. and the prisoner. picked his. pocket of the money erred
in theliCkiatakent. The Jory found the priAoner Guilty.
Elizabeth Ames, a pretty wonsin,- about .27 ytars of
'iv. -was indicted. for Mockingly 'being it large before
the etpiration of her term of transpertatlon, is,aortidired
•bj, tlidthert..
7"111. thlifirate of the conviction of Susan Cootteney
he' itfiti,' of April, 'lBl7, .of the. crime of hiving‘ rorged
•)thres. in ker possession, and of her being sentenced by the
Voirt to lieiransported for fourteen years, vu put in, nod'
Peeled:
. le*lficbolls, a police officer, then proved that the pri-
soner wis at large in theconaty of Middlesex, on the 27th
-of Anitust,And that te4ppreherided her.
' 'One of theturnkeys of Newgate proved that the prisoner
was the person, who was tried and convicted in 18)7, under
the name. of Susan Conrteney_

The prisoner made no de6nce, and the Jury declared her
to be Guilty.
Henry Cockerel!, Sarah silloore. and James Thomas,
'tete, indieted„the first for stealing a gold watch and seals,
and other .articles, the property of Henry Booth ; the
second for. receiving the goods, . knowing theta to be
stolen ; and the third, for aiding and abetting in the
t robbery.
Thr• prosecutor stated, that he lived at No. 6. Old-sqnare
Lincoln's. Inn. He went out of town on the 6th of Aug.
and left a gold watch and male in a cupboard under a win.
stewollweetareed on the 11th of August, but did not miss
the property until the 14th, when the prisoner was taken
into !melody. He then found that he bad lost some mourn-
ing rialto, a gold musical seal, and other property.
Crabb, a servant to the last witness, proved, that
afterhis master had quitted town, Cockerell cause to the
chavnhers un Saturday, about seven or eielit o'clock, and
said that he wished to write a note. Cockerell then took
a candle, and remained fqr about ten minutes in the pro-
sreator's room. lie then went away, and returned on the
Alonflav folfewing, and remained in the chambers for a short
pme,.ishitdmitness was absent.
James Bunce proved that the prisoner bronglit a box and
.lisk to his house. Cockerell came several times with
Thoniss, and they offered the desk for sale together. Sarah
Moore often accompanied them. Witness carried the
desk and.box over the blidge, in consequence of a note he
. r eceived fr. ta Cockerel!. brought by Moore. Hr .-4ve the
a ttclei to twoloong women who wete on the other side of '
the bridge. lie received a shilling for his trouble.
Abts!' :mns shopman to Murray, a pawnbroker,
proved the;powning of a key and seal by Cocker. 11. These
• Here the pOeperty of the prosecutor.
pittibrolters, four in number, proved the pawning
of articles balongiug to the prosecutor by the prisoner
Cockerell and Sarah Moore. The prisoners were &pre-
bend/rd. and scone keys were found upon them. One of the
' +eve Ft:n.446 desk carried over the bridge by Boar,;
Mill in it were found several of the dupliedtr s girt n by the
pawnbrokers to the prisoners.
tnett4reiLld'his defence, declared the total innocence of
the femg'e prisonir.
Sarah Wore said. that she had gone from the Louse
of heementdrywhout she had been most kindly treated.
'She Wail *come acquainted with Cockerell, by whose
•sueaussillsi lead been reduced to this disgraceful situation.
•—tilte declared her innocence of the robbery, and said she
had pledged the articles believing that Alley were really
Corkerell'a ptepotY.'
• -The Jury found Cockerell and Moore guilty, and acquit-
tsd the, other prisoner. They recommended the female
prisoner to mercy. •
• ' •Mr. Justice BEST disehlrged the female prisoner, after
. suitable admonition, directing her to pay tile tine of a
&ajar. The aunt of the prisoner came forward, and
declared her willingness to take the girl back into her
house..
. *WORE TES RECORDER AND • LONDON JURY.
James. Powell was indicted for stealing five move, ,
reigns, the property of Messrs. Mills, wine.urerchants, in
Mark-kmse.
• - The prisoner was in the prosecutors' service, and receiv-
. md the aim in question tor dock dues on wine. These dues
only autonn'ed to ss. 6d., and the prisoner kept the rest of
• the" money. The prisoner gave the foor sovereigns to a
publican's wife to keep fur him. When the prisoner was
f,erwartle apprehended, he 'expressed great contrition for
r ' his conduct.
I.' The prisoner read a written defence, and de lared that
lie became intoxicated at the docks, and knew not what he
' did. ide had no intention to take his masters' money.
The Jury found a verdict of guilty. -
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.1••/ 411111..—TD1 SING V. LAWSON AND OTHERS.

Mr. ANDRXWII said be Lad a motion to submit to the
Court, in the case of a libel, and it respected three
indivi-
• -duals 9f great respectability in, this city, against whom
4. bench Warrants had been issued, and who were to give 48
• hours' • notice of bail. Hr now moved that that notice
•" might ho waved, and that.the bail might be received upon
• :notice given to the prosecutor. • The prosecutor in this case
"'was a hfr.Duno,and the defendants were Mr. Lawson, Mr.
Onlek, awl Ma. Oottchman.
, s.The Rcbtignea asked if the bail was in attendance.
- avr.,,ANDitaati replied is the affirmative. Their name;
1 .01nm Mr:Jentes sod Mr. Wilson.
The fliCeltalta inciaired whether the prosecutor was

present.
Mr. Dunn thee appeared, and being asked by the Court
11 wki•thei he had any objection to the bail now produced. he
':'• said that he bad but a very short tiwe ago received notice
• • that bail was to be produced.
The alternate-asked if he had any objection to the
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Mr. Dunn said lie had a right to 48 hours' notice; and
h••••••• be badimother objection—it was.uriconstitutional. ' •
The itcconosa.—Don't talk to me of constitution, that's
1• " • nonsense: The question is, whether you have any sound
• objection to the bail now produced. . •
-I • Mr. Donn then proceeded to state to the .Co4rt the sari.
1-%p Ina eapfnws belied incurred in fees to counsel, &c. lie
3' ethougbt it was +trey bard he could not have sufficient notice.
1, The Recenosa said,. that he did not sit there to sell
• to deal jnstiee to all parties. He would not al-
anion, to exercise their passionsor private animosities
Ilithis:eiturl. • • • • . •
Mr. Aavaccs then called Mr, Jades as one of the bail.
‘irt a .7. Tipeittitrittnt• asked if the pewees**, had nay
tail olludisirrio the gentleman wititeow cppearedtaitablr.
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• and only came fotivard to privent such a scandalous fraud
beineprartised against die other enitiftevi: •
alseVousre vomited foe seme time boo the ineolverit's
meditated fraud could be best prevented ;.. the malt was,
ibe inielvedt was ordered to coma op Kiln on the 3d of
November,ond to rodnee his sister, to whom' he bad made
the sale, and eli dkpapers in any way convected with the
transaction. • -• .•
James Betebriek, a horse:dealers was opposed by James
Malcolm, a gardener, at Brentford, who stated that he
bought a horse from the insolvent in Smithfield for 161.,
which the insolvent warranted to drair well; but on trying., '
him in the market, he found the horse woos roarer, and not
worth mu manyabllliegs as he bad given poiseds. lie laces.
sequence returned him to the insolvent, and demanded his
money. The insolvent refused to retwrn the money, but
said' he shook! have another horse; and he certainly seemed
to have plenty of the same sort. Witness finding he had I
no ebance of :big money, took another horse, of which the
insolvent gave a high cbanicter but on trying him, he
proved to be a kicker, that would destroy the cart and kill
the driver; of course he was returned. "The insolitent then
gave him a third horse, which he said no man alive could
find fault with; but the very first trial of him in the cart,
showed be was a slicker, that would not drew at. all
(laughter). On inquiry, wiiness found that some of these
horses had been sold by the insolvent fifty times over, and
;delays returned ; still as he could get no money from the
insolvent, be thought it better to tile the first, which be
considered the best, and asked ilia hisoleent for it, who
promised to give it, and brought him to town on five suc-
cessive Fridays to get it. At length, seeing no chance of
getting any horse, he had a writ served on the insolvent,
who immediately said to him—" Very well, I'll soon pay
you; I'll go to prison for six week', and live uzi your
money, and that is Al you shall ever get."
The Cour CommissioNsa, in pronouncing the judgment
of the Court, said it was highly necessary to show those
fraudulent dealers in horses that they could not escape so
easily as the present insolvent seemed to expect, when he
wastlefrauding Mr. Malcolm. The judgment of the Court
was, that he should be imprisoned eight months from the
date of his Petition.
William *Berea was opposed by a creditor, named At-
kins, a cabinet maker, who stated, that the insolvent came•
to him, dressed in mourning, and told him that his mo-
ther had died the week before, and had left him 4001.
which the illness of his brother, who was ber executor,
preventing his receiving for a few days; in the mean time,
he wanted some furniture, which lie would pay for the
moment he received the money.—Witness believing the
story, gave him credit fur furniture to the value of IV.
and soon after learned, that the insolvent had sold his
interest in a small sum lie was to receive on the death of
his mother six months before: had spent the money, and
was not entitled to any other property. The insolvent never
paid for the furniture.
The insolvent, who stated hii age to be 23, attributed
his creditor's loss to his own folly, in giving credit to a
nild young in tit that had run through all his property. lie
also assured the Commissioners that he had enough of
being locked up in the walls of a prison, which it was not
natural that, at his time of life, should be agreeable, and
lie hoped they would not keep him there any longer.
The Court said, a clearer case of obtaining credit on
false pretences hail never coins before them, and adjudged
the insolvent to be imprisoned nine months within the
walls.
Wm. Osborn was remanded for 9 months within the
walls, for putting his his creditors to unnecessary expence,
under the Nth section of the Act.
Jarvis Baker was railed, as he stool on the list for yester-
day, but it was stated that be was dead.
Mr. I'OLLOCK—I was to oppose this insolvent, Lot I ap-
prel.end it is of no use now.
Mr. Commissioner IlevNotos—This Insolvent's affairs
it would he roll to enquire into, rumour having reached the
ears of the Court, that when be died a considerable sum of
money was found concealed about his person.
Mr. Pounce—The subject of inquiry was to the amount
of seven hundred pounds, therefore nis affairs will be strictly
looked into.
Wm. Augustus (irobacker was opposed by Mr. HEATH,
for several creditors, but it was arranged between Mr.
Meru and the Insolvent's Counsel, Alr. Porzocx, that as
the Insolvent had a salary of •tpwards of 250/. per annum,
he should apply 251. per annum to the liquidation of his
debts. Ile was then discharged. •

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MART LenostrEOrvics.—Yesterday a tradesman, named
J. Scott, residing in Portland Town, Regent's Park, stood
charged with having stabbed his wife with a scissors in her
eye and many other parts of her bode!
The poor woman was unable to attend to give evidence
against the prisoner, the a ounds she had received being of
a desperate nature. It was, however, stated that she had
experienced the most inhuman treatment from him for a
considerable time past, and had frequently been obliged to
seek the protection of the Magistrates of this office from his
creel behaviour. The last time of his being brought before
them was about six weeks ago, when he was committed
to gaol for want of sureties, and, not being able to procure
the required bail, be remained in prison till Monday last,
when he was discharged at the Middlesex Sessions upon his
own recognisances. After being discharged he went home,
a here be arrived shout lialf•past six o'clock. On knocking 1
at the door be found that his wife had gone out. He In-
stantly
broke open' the door, and provided himself with a
pair of scissors that had been recently ground, and were
left by the poor woman on the table when she went
Having ascertained from some jof the neighbours that his
wife had gone on a visit to a friend, he went in pursuit of
her, and reconnoitred about the Regent's Park for two
hours. Presently the poor woman came up with him, when
he rushed forward from his hiding place near the Alpha
cottages, and thrust the ninon Into her eye. He then
drew them from the wound and repeated the stabs in 20
different places about her breast and body, till she fell
exhausted to the ground. Her previous cries* for help
brought some persons to the spot, who attempted to secure
the prisoner, in doing which several were severely cut and
maimed by him. One gentleman received a severe stab in
his right hand completely through the palm. At length
he was secured and tied hand and foot, in which state he
was carried to the watchhouse. The poor woman was con
veed to the hospital.
Tne Magistrate inquired if the woman was in any
I danger 7
Several replied that they bad made inquiries at the Hos
Ohl that morning, and were told that no hopes were enter-
tained of her recovery.
.The prisoner offered nothing is hie defence, and was rp.
minded for further examination, till the fate of the poor
woman is ascertained.
The prisoner is about fifty years of age, very genteelly
dressed, but behaved in the roost 4134aive manner while
under examination. His conduct, Sifter taken final the bars
etas Ks outrageous, that he was obliged to be ironesi
baud and foot, and confined Swift imp ,4? of prisOwere.
TRAM. POWs Orrica—Sirnarroan Teaseig*—•
Yesterday tiro keeper atlas gate, was again brought be.
fore .1. L. IiALLANTRITR, ES* eat seavaon* :filed
him by Mr. Wm. Haut, for extorting:tin illegal
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he frequently travels thlit-veld; -and at times has paid 9d.,
Trot generality 61.1 c. which, as mime on the toll board, is
legal.
Itir. Levey, the renter of the giltN teetended, that the
tact in question did not tome within the meaning of a
market cart as the complainant did not take goods to mar-
ket,'but went thither and pirchaaed pies; sheep, Ste., load.
tog hie cart Ileum beyond any description of weight that
could be carried in a " light market cart."
Magistratel have taken great pains in looking at the
Aet of Parliament,and shall be guided by my own opinion:
The cart comes witbip the meaning of the Act of Perlis-
ment. as a " light market cart," and subject to the toll of
6if. only, and not 9d.; the latter haseenseqaently rendered .
you liable to cooviction, bet as it has beep a question of
law, and not a wilful acrof extortion, I shall not press the
conviction, ui I,as a repetitiOn should conic before me, and
then I shall enforce it to the utmost.
Mr. Ham applied to the Magistrate for expenses.
The Magistrate said be certainly should not allow the
solicitor's costs, but all other reasonable expenses most be
paid by the defendant, who readily complied. observing
that be (the Magistrate) bad that day decided for convic-
tion, whereas 67 other informations en the same subject had
been oared. •

. The neighbourhood of Brogaden, Heels, was thrown into
much alarm on Saturday evening by a fire breaking out at
Sion Cottage, the residence of Branseomb Herrn& EN. •
It was occasioned by a pitch kettle boiling over in the kit-
chen, where some workmen were employed.'and the flames
spread so rapidly, that in less than two hour* nothing but
the walls were left standing. A range of alibiing, with
spacious corn granary, well stocked, were also a prey to
the flames, but fortunately no lives were lost. The damage
sustained is very great, and the insurance said to be
trifling.
CANTIRMICRT, Seer. 16.—About six o'clock in Om
morning of Friday last, the inhabitants of St. Peter's-street,,
this city, were aroused from their slumber, by the
ports of too pistols, immediately succeeding each other „-
and upon enquiry, we found it to arise from the following'
eause:--'lwo men, belonging to the Preventive or Coast
Blockade, had decamped the preceding evening from thee
station, at Whitstable, taking with them a quantity of ar, .
ticks which they bad abstracted from a trunk, belongieg
to the commanding Lieutenant, and had come to this C;ty
with the view of sending them by the herniae otorni.4,
coach, whither they intended to proceed, by the same
co t-
veyaoct; but, as if the demon of ill-luck was to arrest their
progress, and their ill-gotten treasure to be restored to i.s
proper owner two men of the same service, who had beee
dispatched after them, pounced upon tho to ()luckless Will ei-
daals at the time when their plan was nearly inatore4.l,of the
thieves was immediately secured, and held fast in distance,
while the blockade than attempted to secure the other ;
in this he was not quite so fortunate, anti his ntan had 131.4 iy.
got out of sight, when he fired his pistol in the air, r.s
signal for him to return ; bat not obeying the summons, tot
ironsediaiely drew another from his aide, and while in tt,e
act of so doing. the trigger caught his liandkertriief, en
went off, the ball passing throng!) the thick part of his hand,
perforating the door of Slr. Hegel!, pastry cook, from tliero
to the staircase, which tree servant wan desm:dding at f,,e
time. awl then entered the parlour door: he iminediatety
gave up all pursuit, and his hand was soon after dressed at
the Military Hospital. and we understand the wound wag-
ing well. It is hardly necessary to say that the man es-
caped, hot the articles they stole were snared: Sorely •
these people, though they may be hammed with aims of
this description, when on immediate duty, might not to he.
allowed the use of them when dispatched upon a service of
this nature, and especially in a populous city ; a more in.
'nocent weapon would have answered every purpos., end
the lives of the more peaceful inhabitants would not be en•
danc:ered.—(Kentirit Chronicle.)
UptADFCI. ACCIDIENT.-011 Wednesday evening, (filth
instant), as two poor women, one aged about 70 (sexton of
the parish of Itingmore), the other a
.young woman chant
20, who lived with her, were gathering sticks on the edge
of a tremendous precipice near the Ness, at Sheldon, the
younger one missed her footing, and her aged companion.
her nurse and friend from intancy, caught hold of her Itsntl
to save her, but, shocking to relate, both were immediately
hurled to the depth of 200 feet'. The only person near was
la woman, a neighbour of the unfortunate sotferers, who pro.
cured assistance from Sheldon as soon as her emaciated
frame, rendered doubly weak from terror, would suffer her
to crawl so far. Some honest sailors, ever ready in the
hour of danger, immediately' got off a long boat, and with
great exertion brought hei round the Ness, though a strong
east wind was blowing upon the rocks, and the snrf ran
high ; when at last they reached the objects of their com-
passion, and were getting the young woman into tie host,
a high sea washed her out of their arms ; in a second 'at-
tempt, both she and one of the seamen were washed d own,
anti tl.e poor fellow in struggling to save her was nearly
lost himself, bat happily two of the other men succeeded
in getting them out of the water ; they were thin all com-
pelled to return with the boat up the Teign, leaving the
bleeding creatures on the rocks. A number of people alga
had assembled on the cliffs, watching the event, sew that
the only means of saving them was to !Let ropes and
blankets to draw them up, which, with the assistance of
lights (for it was near eight o'clock), and at the risk of th-
lives of those who ventured in a circuitous way, descending
from craig to craig, to
.get to them, they effected. They
found them living, but in a dreadfully mangled state ; snit
the poor sufferers are now lyiog in one house near the church
in ltingmorc, abort; a mile from Sheldon. The poor woman
who was with them when they fell, lives also just by ; she
is tire mother of five children, and has long been in an ill
state of health. The humane efforts of the sailors, too, who
evinced all the kindness and fortitude of lomat* nature,
will, we hope, be effectually remembered. The lice. Cler-
gyman of itingmore, or olany neighbouring parish, would
doubtless. receive any sums for the sufferers, or for titose
who rescued thorn from their perilous situation. 'fhe wo-
men are yet living, and the younger one may possibly re-
cover.—(Ender Gazette.)

MARRlED.—Yesterday, at Braniff Church, Sanader% 719.
Captain in the Regiment of Royal Horse Artillery, to Silas uerirti -
daughter of Walter Boyd, of Plaistow L. 4 go, Esq. AL P. •.—and s
Barry Baldwin, of the Inner Temple, Esq. Secretary to the CfMllllliStion !or
Clem en 'ranee, I. Frame, Lydia, third daughter of the said Walter
Yesterday, atlbe new elinreh. St. Pancras, Charles,Bllis, of YertilM
buildings, Gray's-Ina, to Maria, the ally daughter of Tik mat Reilly, Esq. u
flolly-terrace, Highgate. -
At Westbury, near Bristol, on Tuesday, the 16th Instant, 14V. Jobs 134 s
of London, to Mtsifiarriet Sarery, youngett daughter .ef J. Salem E-41
BristuL
DI ED.--Ou Satutday,the 13th instant, Chariest Strifes, IluverMestietts•
street, Bruuselet-equare. , •
On Sunday last, at Camberwell, in the 37th yeat of bet agittalMbeth, tit
wife of Joseph Arnnuld, M.D.
Os Teesday, the ISM Instant, Margaret, wife of Mr. Weateer,of Idingaa
is her 76th year. .

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