The Statesman.
London, England, 1818-09-12 00:00:00

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FiMow Stephens was indicted for receiving a
desk, ceotaining money to the amount of 51. knowing
the same to bare been stolen.
John Angleton, in whose possession the property
tad been, stet'ett, that the Prisoner at.tha bar had
wen brought to his house by a watchman, with ,the
strolen goods.upots him. I'4
DiZ t and Anne Higgieton, is vette. John Paul,
the uatchman, deposed to the.seme effect. ,
The eIIAIRitAN regretted,, hat the Prosecutor},
had mistaken the crime, inasmuch as Or indictment
set forth the receiving of stolen goads, while thoori-
&nee had established quite a different allegation. ,
The Prisoner was consequently discharged.
George 117.hettenhall *as indicted for conspiring.
smith IV-taint's Buzzer, to Oulu money by fraudnient
means.
Ma. Ar.r;EY, for the Promeotnr, shsted, that in the'
.February of last year Its advertisement orisiesroft ihsl
one of thaTat.ers, offering a marelor .Ire eon.'
sequence of the &trains description rt animal. his
induced to make -k, The silver..

..ent sr as .._ application
titer, and treat with binufor the parches,. Bower.'
who described himself at the.genamotmSrusted with
the charge of the mare, demanded forty.ive guineas,
but said that his master, perhaps, benso heitirfined
to lake less. The Prosecutor, at tingly „went to
the-Master, who was no other iltitn the Prisoner, and,
Armed to pay him thirty.ais poen& for the mare.--
The money was instantly paid dowel, and areceipt
given by the Prisoner, which, he said. would besntii,
•cieut authority with the groom for- thedelivery of the
animal. When the Promoter, however, went to*
look for his property, he discovered that neither
Swan, nor mare, not master were to he found. Some.
time after he met Whettenhall in &titer 'Chance;
and. demanded an explanation of his conduct. The
Prisoner made some apology, and concleded by up.
pointing that-evening to meet hint at a certain coffee-
. house, for the purpose of refunding him the money.l
...This, however, proved only a trick. A Short time
bark, he ( r• Alley) happened to be at BOtt• so reel
where the groom was brought for a charge of a simi-
-tar nature, and the very Prisoner at the bar tame
. forward as his witness. Mr. Alley directed him to be
&rained. •
The Prisoner pat off his trial last Sessions by a

certioFart.
.Here some conversation took place between the
Counsel and Chairman, when, in contequence of
.some defect of evidence or informality, it appeared
that the prosecution coold not be sustained.—dc.

Brown, a servant, was indicted for as-
. inviting Mts.*, nen Lady, also a servant, with intent
to commit an unnatural crime, in the twighbourhood
.of the 0111 lists, no the Usbridae-rosd.
On the 31st of July last, Brady weld to the Old
• .11-111 Inn, on the Utbridge.rnail, on some hu.itiess
hie mover. He met the Poisoner in a field, who
occompanied him to the above fin, about ten &cluck
In the the morning. On his going oat from the Inn,
the Prisoner called out to him, with s pint of ale in
his hand, and asked, would he not drink ? Witness
went back and drank the pint of ale, and called for a
quart, which he and the Prtsnoter. and, • fellow.
*Pima of the Prisoner's, drank. After that they
had lour quarts between. Witness gat itick.and re.
riposted that some other liquor might be introduced.
Accordingly they called for cy&r, of which they
drank four bottles. The coachman then retired, and
witness and I tn. priunter drank het %Pen them two bot.
ties of cyder, in addition s• the other four. Witness
partook al.() of heef tul*itles. Ho was persuaded
not In mind his no.in as, fur that day, hut accom.
panied the Prisoner to his master's, wirer, they were
to be treaferl with some choice ale. On the way, the
Prisoner made use of certain familiarities, and pin.
ceeilsti to a mode of conduct that left no &els' of his
intriviim on witness's mind ; witness, however,
knocked him down, and heat him severely. He its•
formed kis master of the outrageous assault, and by
his 1:)?ans he was conducted to a Magistrate, before
whom he deposed what he had now sworn to.
Oil his cross-ezamination, witness said be was a
servant for fifteen yea's; was in India, a stottrant to
Lieut.-Colonel Graham, upon whose death he re.
turned to this country—was a seaman for two years,
never was charged with any crime of an imitators'
tendency, though punished ta ice. He lived four
.years sod nine months in his last place; is now eight
inotithstm WI Mr Spencer.
Mr. A soacwa spoke in the prisoner's defence.

The CHAIRMAN Shortly recapitulated the evidence.
and was of opisitiin, that the assault was sufficiently
sub,taiitiated, and that the with's'. during a smote
but necessary scrutiny, bad, in his opinion, put in
considerable claims to crodie ; the validity of width,
however, the Jury would determine.
Toe Jury, after consulting for eight 'skint., no
turned a verdict—Not Guike.
• A young msn, clamed Fisher, ator.sd Indicted for
a misdemeanour, in obtaining 11. 13e.,freat Itsehard
_Biker, a publisher of periodical bombs, Ihrgnigge
The D.fi ntlant went to the Prosecutor on the tith
of June, and sold-him what is called • book walk.
Ile fold him floes ho had eighteen sebecribers, who
reg.ilarly took in Jennings' Bible and Geography.
Ile neat round to the poisons, whom he described to
be purchasers, and artfully contrived to wake each
take one of the Prosecutor's books and pay for it.-
11ii hail previously taken a lodging at the several
houses without intention to occupy the 461M11, • and
with each person he left sispence, requesting, they'
would take in about that would come, and pay for
It with the sixpence so left. The Prosecutor, ,de-'
-iirOd by appearancesk paid him .11.455. as part of.
Which he was to gore for the book walk. Op
ing the second supply of botrivi no person would
them, and the;Proeor discovered that hp
been duped: "(0
rerprciablelbifsigxeepers, of *brim the
'dant herd hired lodging!, appeared against him,
to Tol, on the blearest proof of (rand, found
oasorsieece to be transported 'for seven

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- of leather,
.11 fraudtarntly using his waster's
The Prisoner pleaded guiky, and, in visa-
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