The Statesman.
London, England, 1821-12-28 00:00:00

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Mr. Alderman TIONTION Wormed bib .let "OM
be committed mail he procured hail I at "tits jai*
time latimatim to him, that if be intended Itelilitils
bail it wa losh, st absolietehy necessary far Ms to gl*
in his use before it could be sosepeed. -1 wit.: .
Daring the examination of this pehiolsor% Al a&
beater, the other Marshalman in attend." ITO*
patched to Carliles shop, with a warrant for 1110 AP
prehensio• of his successor, fosimilar stead; slid
shortly after arrived with a very &coot lashing yollallr
man, scarcely 20, in his custody. The name of this
prisoner was also unknown ; the warrant against his
being granted in like nutmeg, epos oath this his per•
son was well known, and meld be identified. When
placed at the bar, he declined giving his name. His
person was identified by the informer. William Smith.
described as of Cardigan-street. Kenoiogton. yeoman;
ilto deposed to the prisoner having sold him. on that
esterday) morning, a copy of tke " Address to the
formers."—The information stated, that the said
work had been found to be a libel by the verdict of a
Jury ; but no evidence was tendered to that fact.
The prisoner, in reply to the questioa whether he
was prepared with bail, replied he bad bad no them to
procure any, and desiring to know what amore* wield
be required, he was informed, himself he OA. whore
sureties in 201. each. .-.:- -t -
He persisted in refusing to give his mute. anll was
committed, like his predecessor. upon the proof of kii
dentity only. .
ULTIMATZ DECISION in THE Lanal. DITTICULTY
—John Paints" and John Nightingale, whose ease
was stated in our paper of Tuesday, were again
brought np. Upon investigating the facts of the
case, it appeared by the evidence of Drinkwater, that
he bad taken them into custody by the direction of
Mr. Wright, the solicitor for the prosecution. ppun
the charge of having committed perjury, without any
other warrant or authority whatever.
The City Solicitor obrerved, that the Magistrate
could have us authority to bold them upon this eel.
re, the offence of perjury not being within his
nuance, The certificates, signed by Mr. Cox, the
associate, of the direction of the Judge, that they
should be prosecuted for that offence, gave us autho-
rity to detain them, and were merely such as were re-
quired by the statute for the prevention of offenders
escaping from punish•ueut through the unwillingness
or poverty of persons to prosecute.
A gentleman who attended fur Mr. Wright said,
that the prisoners had been by mistake given late
the custody of Drinkwater, when they should have
been taken by the officer of the Court to the Fleet
prison, the fact being that they were committed for
contempt of Court. An officer, from the Fleet prison
was now in attendance.
The City Solicitor replied, that if that officer would
take them into custody the Magistrate would make no
objection, but he could make, no order or direction in
the matter. A
The Tipstaff from t Fleet prison, ho
dined to interfere. H Id not, be *Mt .. .
of the prisoners witbo , some warrant or . •
Under these circa stances, there appetising nil
authority whatever fo holding the priso „the,
l,
were discharged ; nor c they be again app. stied
(unless the charge of felony be preferred against . eft),
except upon the warrant of the Judge. which cannot
now be procured, it seems, before the Sth or 10th of
January. By this mistake, therefore, a sufficient is-
terve' is afforded them to abscond, if they are desirous
of io doing.

Bow-eraser.---We hive seldom to record a rob-
bery of more aggravated circumstances than the fol-
lowing :—Mr. John Frost, s jeweller, residing at No.
33, Arundel-street, Strand, some three or four solsotbs
back hired an errand-boy, named Henry Brown, with
an eight months' good character, bat who was con-
nected with a desperate gang of thieves, and had been
once tried at the Old Bailey, for stealing a pair of
shoes, the property of his former employer. On the
morning of the 20th of November last, &bona 20 mi-
nutes before eight o'clock, the prosecutor insealarined
by his errand-boy, who came to the door of his bed-
chamber, crying aloud, e• Master, master, get up, you
are robbed ; every thing in the shop is turned topsy-
tarry." With that Mr. Frost went up stairs to his
workshop, where he found a cabinet, containing the
chief of his stock in trade, completely ransacked; the
doors were broken open, and gold watches. diamond
rings, and jewellery stolen, to the amount of 2,300/.
He gave information at Bow-street, and Davis, one of
the officers, accompanied Mr. Frost to his house,
and strictly questioned every one of the workmen and
servants. The suspicion fell upon the errand-boy.i
who denied all knowledge of the robbery. Davis not
being satisfied with this, put him into the Watch-
house, bet.still tbps boy would not acknowledge any
thing till he was taken to Bow-stmt. where he told
the gaoler t4at he wanted to speak is his tosstara
accordisigly. Davis and Mr. Frost went with him,
when he tonfessed that he let three young men into
`Mi. Frost's house, on the morning of the 19th of No-
vember (Monday) and that they. remained in a cock-
loft over the shop all the day. In consequence of
this, one of the young men, named John Brown. was
taken up. The ease being here at a stand still, it was
thought adviseable by the Magistrate to allow Mtn to
turn King's evilleoce, and in consequence of his reve-
lation, 'Henry Brooks, John Stokes, alias Williams,
Moses Soloinon, and I. Nathan, aid Mary Ann Sates.
were apprehended.
The witness Brows stated, that several days ph-
vions to the roblpery„ he, H. Brown, C. Newan, and
James Thomas. proposed to the prisoner. livery
Brown, to hello ipto his master's house on Saturday,
the 17th ult., after the workmen had kft their week.
They all assembled node; a gatewep, next Mr. Roast's
house, for that purpose, where, after wadaiag ahem a
quarter of, an hour, the prisoqer, Hwy Brown, cane to
them, and said. ths kg could not let thous in is that
evening, but that he would meet thew at the Whit%
'Hart, Swen-yard, at seven o'clock the Watley
.morning following, but instead of seven :he wear at
six. They were all there, with the exception of pew,
Brooks, Who'had promised to meet them et two.
not !tiring to wait for him, they went On. ;ltd, h
mined under the same gateway until they ;rev lei. Aft
by the prisoner. Brown. They hid themselves 6 thw
cock-lort, not forgetting to regale theuaseb;eli• for they
took care to be provide& with part of a leg of mutton.


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About 014 o'elpck In the moaning be got dues the
faddist; and ;tat kite: the work-sitept where was a ea-
Meet *IAA r,entained the treeeetre; they endeavoirsd
to pick the lock, bet not succeeding, they get the
pins from ott of the binges, and by that meats stole
the jewellery; they this proteeded to ransack the
werkmeo's drawers, where they pot sheet $OO.. worth
of ,;finished work; they got down to the grated door
with Marty, but could sot get out of the house by the
street divot... After some little consideration they got
through theparloar window heated Thomu separated
from Clutch* Newman, who had the property, bet
took a dictatione raise to his house in Wiudmill-street,
where they remained e atil six that morning, nod west',
Witte piisoner Stokes's hoes,, who calls himself t ma-
otractoree of watch keys, where they melted down a
great part of the jewellery, and for the tee of On-
gilder, fire, &e., Charles Newman gave Stokes two ele-i
gent snuff-boxes lined with gold, and two gold seals,
• pile of ear-rings for his wife, and some Anger-rings,
and two sovereigns. Stokes told them the property
ought to fetch 1,0001. They all afterwards went to
the hoses of a Jew, named Solomons, a most notorious
receiver of stolen goods, and then took a coach in Ili-
shopsgate-street, and drove to Doswell-street. Stokes
bad some conversation with Solomon and Newman,
and they west to the Star public-house in Doswell-
street, where Salmons bought halt of the property
for 2001. ; he said be weeed get his partner (Isaac
Mabee) to buy the other half; he took the • whole of
the property sway, and advised the witness to go to
sea ; some time after be brought the prisoner Lyons,
whom Its called Isaac Nathan, who gave 2001. for his
half of the'property ; the only evidence against the fe-
male prisoner, is her carrying the property to Wil-
liams's house in a bag.
The witness said, he bad often been to the prisoner's
(Lyons) lodgings in Widegate-alley, bet always un-
derstood his name to be Isaac Nathan, -and they bad
.reed bin; other stolen property.
John Davis, one of the officers, said, he found the
prisoner, (Lyons) concealed under the heel.
The Solicitor for the prosecution wished Sir R. Bit-
'ale to postpone the examination until Monday.
Sir R. Mum said, he could have no objection if it
would forward the ends of justice; but, as there bad
been so many examinatioas, he had male up his mind
to commit for trial.

Mr. AXDRIMS, who appeared for one of the pri-
soners, asked the Worthy Magistrate, whether he
thought the evidence of the witness (Brown) sufficient
to send them to trial, as there were no other corrobo-
rating circumstances.

Sir R. Rrestrasaid, the boy's evidence was given
very clearly, and he thought it quite evidence enough
to commit ; hut, however, he would, under existing
circumstances. remand them till Mondey.
(huVANNI IN Inxt.arrn.---Thomas Baker Cox, Esq.
of No. 1. Soho-square, attended to prefer a complaint
against William Bond, a Constable of this Office,
who does duty at Drury-lane Theatre, for assaulting
him. Bond having been sent for, by order of the
Magistrate,
Mr. Cot stated. that he went en Wstltestlay evening
the Pit of Drury-lane Theatre. and darts sit Pape_
part of the repreifentation a the pieee.—called Gi.vaem
in Ireland, be thought proper (as be conceived he bad
an undoubted right to do) to express disapprobation in
the usual way, by crying OF, off," and hissing.—
While doing so, the defendant seized him by the collar
dragged Lim from his seat, and In doing so, tore his
shirt. He remonstrated, and the defendant produced
his staff, said he was a Bow-street officer, and gave his
name. But for the interference of the audience, who
cried " Shame," at the conduct of the Constable, he
would have been put out of the Theatre, but the latter
let bimgo. He should observe. that he had previously
seen Bond applauding very vehemently.
Sir R. BIOME—WeII, there is no great harm in
that, sorely—one man may be much pleased with a
piece, with which another is highly displeased.
Mr. Cox said, that war, undoubtedly, true, and by
that very rule, the officer ought not to have interfered
with bin].

Sir R. Bitola_ said, Bond was there to keep the
peace, and he was right to interfere, if he saw any
conduct which was likely to create a breach of the
peace.—Mr. Cox said, he was expressing his opinion
ouly in the legitimate way.
Bond, in iris defeat', said, Mr. Cox bad no sooner
taken his seat than he commenced hooting, and crying
Off," before he could have had time to know whether
there was any thing to approve or disapprove, and be
continued so long and loudly, that many of the audi-
ence cried " Tarn him out." He was the only person
who so hooted, and cried " Off." When he took him
into custody, he called him (Bond) a rascal, &c. ; he
denied tearing bis shirt. _ _ _

Mr. Cox declared, that a great number joined in
the cry of disapprobation ; the scene which particu-
larly disgnsted him was that in which singing was in-
troduced in a Court of Justice—a thing, which, as the
worthy Magietsato mast know, was never yet beard of,
and was a grass outrage upon propriety and decency.
He applewied some scenes, though he expressed hii
disapprobation at others ; he begged to deny calling
Bond a rascal, and to assert that he did tear his shirt.
Bond said, he bad witnesses who would bear him
oat in all he had said.

Sir K. BISNIII said, be was desirous that the charge
should be fully investigated, and he would, therefore,
postpone the hearing until eleven o'clock to-morrow
(this day), and then each party would bring what wit-
nooses he chose.

111ARLsoaouammreszT.--Yesterday T. Cribb. the
hexer, appeared to a peace warrant, to answer a com.
plaint of exciting riot at the Tennis-court in Windmill-
*rect. There is a subscription Sparring Club there.
and a public day on every Monday. The complaint
was. that Cribb waited about the door, and told per.
was who were going in that it was a hoax altogether,
and this oratory of Cribb's not only sent some away.
but created as assemblage of persons. Another charge
yes, that he bad threatened to throw the Proprietor
of the court under the wheel of a waggon, and to
gin his son a manser. The defence was, that Cribb's
imams hid been put into the bills of tae entertain.
inens without his consent, and this the Magistrate
thosght likely to breed riot. when it was fossil
that Cribb did not spar. bet, on the other hulk,
it was not the way to remedy it to excite tunmit,
'and the complaiit was dissnissed,on Cribb promising
not to • molest the proprietor, and the latter eagaging
not to use Cribb's name again.