The Statesman.
London, England, 1809-09-28 00:00:00

OLD BAILEY.

Wednesday, Sept. 27.
Anne Newman was indicted for assaulting John
Thowpson, a Swedish seaman, putting him in fear
of his life, and taking from his person three bank
notes.

The Prosecutor, who speaks the English tan..
guage fluently, deposed, that he arrived at Green.
hithe, in the river, about three weeks ago, when
he and one of his messmates met the Prisoner's
husband, who proposed to them to go and lodge
at his huu'e, where they had formerly lived when
last in England. They consented, and agreed to
assign the wages which was due to them for their
board, and the necessaries wherewith the prisoner
and her husband were to furnish them, and a debt
which they for:nerly owed. On Saturday week,
however, whets the assault took place, thcy went
to the India /louse, and drew a pact of their we.
sus, which they kept to themselves. %V evii they
w, ut home, 'the Prisoner asked them whether they
meant to pay her I which they answered in toe af.
Imitative, but declined doing it at that time. The
Prisoner, Mho is nearly 60 years of age, now
became much enraged, locked the room door
upon them, and threatened to send them both op
board a malt of war, or to Newgate ; and finding
that that did nut *fleet them much, she took a
stick. and brat them both. At last she put nee
hated into their pockets, cid took three one-pound
nett* from the prosecutor, and tau one-round
notes, a half.guines, and a sixpence, from Come.
lie. I{oases, the other seaman, tild compelled
them both to sign bills of sale tor the remaindei of
their wages. Tney then continued in the ti.Juse
with the Prisoner and 'her daughter about three
hours linger, when they went out together.—
Hostiles,. nutuitlistanding that treatment, cond.
titled to beard and lodge in the house, and the
Prosecutor went back nest day, and received a
suit of seamen's clothes, which he had ordered,
and which were of more !Mlle than the money she
took from him. About three days afterwardt,
some persons to whom lie had told his story, advised
him to prosecute the Prisoner fur robbing him,
and that he would then have the clothes and the
Money together.
The Prisolier, in her defence, stated, that they
were both indebted to her fur necessaries which
they had ordered; and as they had draesi a part
of their money, she was afraid they neret would
pay her. She theta offered to produce witnesses
to her character, and to prove that she had nut
imposed any thing on thesis for more than its value
—but

Tbc Learned Judge observed, that the evidence
did not prove it to have been a robbery, as they
had promised to pay the Prisoner, and she never
had denied She sum which she had received. They
might have prosecuted for the assault in another
place. •
the Jury immediately acquittedlter.
Hownts had also•ipdicted her for robbing him,
although he was beatiling with her at the time, and
si►e was paying a physician for attending him is his

The Pt isonec was likewise acquitted on this its..
dictoient.

The Court 'reprimanded, in strong terms, the
conduct •of those who thol advised the prusecu.
lion, and refused to grant the Prosecuturs their
eximices.

CLERKb: tififla4 SESSIONS.

IVednesdast Sept. 27.

The Court was occupied the whole of this air
in heating aid deciding the case* of a great nom.
bar of persons committed under the Vagraut Act,
a number of wham, being incorrigible, mid. old
offeuders, were committed to prison fur dyfereut
periods of time. • •
The Grand and Petty Juries were discharged by
the Chairman, who, in the name of the Court,
thanked them fur their attention and conduct dur.
log this laborious Session, the longest ever known
at Cle, ken well.

The Court was then adjourned to Aim:dab-the
30th October nezi, for traverse trials.

An interesting scent., which iracted the notice
of numerous passengers, presented itself ins Tues.
thy, in Fleet.street and Cheapside. A number of
young soldiers, who were wounded at the battle
of Cortinua, paned along the above mentioned
streets, on crutches, most of them having lost a
leg, which excited the commiseration of all wito
saw smelt a body of no young men so badly
wended, none of them appearing to be mamas'
ty years of age.