The Statesman.
London, England, 1823-01-18 00:00:00

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MITDDLESIX AESSIONS.

Oar readers will recollect that os the 40th Deeetabee. Mr.
Hallo, the Magistrate, and some of the Bow.street ofteers,
apprehended a nratber of gamblers at No. 16, Bery-street,
in the pariah of Bt. James's. Weston Jester, gad on the fol-
lowing day several of them were convicted by Mr. Halls as
rogues a a d vagabonds.
-Mr. Cunween yesterday appealed against tGe conviction, I
sad Mr. Animates appeared in favour of it.
'lt. Axseawe moved that, on account of the absence of a
material witness, named Philips, the ease might be per-
adtted.to stand over till the next Sessions. in sepport of
his totilke he reduced an eflidavit from Mr. Stafford. the
principal Clerk of Bow-street, which stated that the wltntias
Philips had absented himself from the place *here be gave
his address, and that although two of the patrol bad been in
constant search for him for several days, they bad been Is'
simesesfel la lading him oat. The efildevit concluded with
stating the belief of the deponent that Philips had been tam-
pered with by some of the appellants or their agents, to keep
Min out of the way, and by such means to defeat the ends
ofee.
Mr. Coalmen. for the appellants. argued that his
Learned Primed was hound to produce his witnesses In fb-
voer of the conviction, failing whereof the same mast be
soirtmadhed.
The Coon, ruled, that as the witness for the conviction
was eel now 00,6110111111 g, it would be a hardship upon the
appellants to bare the ease put off to the sassing Sessions,
and gnashed the oonvietion.

, POLICE.
Eleven.—lt will be recollected that a fellow
habstil Thos. Atkinson was some time ago committed to
Neergate.frun the Jnatite Room for trial, upon the
charge of having robbed a young man, named Mitchel,
to whom he was indebted for sopport on a long journey.
The prisoner had mot only stolen Mitchel's watch on
the read, but driven up to London and stolen the poor
tnink of death's, at the inn, to which he knew
thee were directed.
• Hr. Hobbler, the Chief Clerk at the Justice room,
Was somewhat surprised at receiving, through the Post-
(AC?, a " returned" letter, to which his name was sign-
ed, It was direcled to Mr. IL A. Mitchell (the prosecu-
tor la the above case) near Leased, at Mrs. Mitchell's,
St. Anat, near St. Ire's, Cornwall. The Clerk at the
Peet Oaks mole, " Dot found' intim it,and Mr. Nob-
ler for the first time read the following words :
" 30th Nov. 1822.
" Sir-1 am requited to inform you, that on account
of the prisoner, Timmer Atkinton, not being able to
bring his friends forward by time of trial, it is consi-
dered unnecessary for you to attend at the present See-
u the prisoner has. traversed his trial until the
nest Session,. Proper notice .0 be given you when
to attend. " I am. your humble Servant,
" FRANCIS HOBLER, Clerk at Lew."
• The Lord Mayor said he feared the cause of justice
alas often impeded by the practice just exposed, and he
hoped all proiecutors would regard with great enspicion
any applications or directiOnsaffecting those whom they
were bound to appear against. The influence of such a'
eorgery upon the lower orders would, is many cues,
be effertnal in bringing about icqnittah.
Luckily, the prosecutor was in London when the let-
ter reached Cornwall. Hr. Holder did not receive it
Midi the fellow it was intended to bearfit was on his
way to Botany Hay.having been tried et the appointed
time. and sentenced to transportation.
Octumitt..—Rosearte 011 1311 Lem
&taint.* If'olkertnd Jeato Crick. Who had come pp pas-
ty:igen in the Leeds waggon to Leaden, were brought'
no before Mr. MAMMAS WAITIIKAII, by Breach, • City
flacon.. upon suspicion of being concerned in a robbery
which had token place is the coarse of the journey. so-
meal bales of goods having been either hmt or stolen out
evil& warren.
Lowe, the wargotret took charge wf the,
wriggort from Hatfield to London, stated, that capon its
petering the inn yard at If aillehl, a hate of good* drop.'
rid out ftom the tail of the waggon. This occasioned
an examination by himself and the driver of the waggon
ftom -Leeds, when ft was found that the ropes which
confined the goods at the end of the waggon bad been '
eat, and that part of the cloth which closes up the tail
e the waggon was unskewered. HP questioned the
driver as to the passengers he had had in the waggon,
ho informed him he bad taken up three men, 'pp:t-
reed", in Company together, oti the road, near Stevenage
taropike I two of them (the preens% prisoners) were then
In the waggon, and the third he had missed at Broad-
water.—He was in the waggon when it left Welling,
abbot ten o'clock at night, and front thence to Broad.
water they travelled without a guard, anti it must there-
fore have been between those two places that the rob-
bery (if any) had been committed. It was two o'clock
in the morning, Lowe said, when he took charge of the
wargon; he wished the prisoners to get out then, hot
they refused. on account of the hour and the eold, and
he had no conversation with them on the subject of the
supposed robbery till he got to Holloway; on their ar-
rival there the prisoners were both about to quit, but be
Begged of them, as he feared there had been something
wrong, and a great deal might be said about it, to goon
with him to the inn, and state what they knew of the
circumstance., they having. disclaimed all previous keel,.
iv,lge of the man who had left the waggon, or of each
other. • To this they both consented very readily, bet
ti'elher wished just to eell upon a friend in Islington,
and left the waggon for that purpose. He, however, re-
turned again einem immediate/v., and both the prisoners
itorompenied the waggon to its final destination, the Ball
and Mouth Inn.

Mr: James lt.nspe, the clerk at the Hell and Month
lon,. -who is himself a proprietor of the Leeds waggon,
exemined the contents of it by the way bill, and disco-
vered there were five bales missing. He west to the
pnesani to whose it appeared from the way bill the lost
psekagee were directed, and learned from them that the
preieny consisted principally of clothe,, and that the vs-
Ire of them was to a very considerable amount.
Walker said he was a market gardener. and cultivated
three acres of ground on his own account, about four
miles from Bigleswade. He iiad sent up, by another
eonveyance, a quantity of onions and cabbages, to Spi-
talfirlas market, and came up himself to superintend the
sale of them.. Hr had walked to Stevenage turnpike
Where be tonnd the two other passengers waiting, and
they all got in together. He hal no conversation in
the waggon with the man who left it ; did not see him
*et our, and therefore *opposes Le must have been asleep
at that time. He had many opportunities, he said, to
have made his escifpo,lat he willingly awaited the issue
of the business.
I;s4ek describ .11 hitaseires a hawker. and residing at
Old Weston. finals. The ohjert of his j.otrney to Lon.
,ten was to see his sister ; he knew nothing of his fel-
low passenger,. nor had any thing occurred in the course
bt the journey to excite his suspicion.
Mr. Alderman WAITII/1414, addressing the prisoners,
Said th circumstances of the rase warranted their being
taken into custody fur esatninatinn. They appeared.
km/ever, to be honest men, and, from the account they
hid given of theuiselvee, he believed they were so; he
therefore, discharge them, at the same time
trusting they would render every assistance in their
vivre for the detection of the th:ef.
How STASIT.—•• Yesterday, .cfswefd Hst, a notations
character, underwent a final emanation before
Thfolll/ill HALLS. Esq., the Sitting Magistrate, charged
ibi:ll bring concerned in gobbing a public house, 61the