The Statesman.
London, England, 1820-10-26 00:00:00

POLICR,

MANstox-Hovic—Rotherg of the Pais
--Jabs Pearson, and Hrisrp, Hart Scynimir were
brought up, and underwent a second examination be-
fore the Lord Mayor, on x charge of having rubbed
the liover coach, called the Paris ltilii_rnce, of up-
wards of 540 minces rtf gold.—Mr. Alley and Mr.
!farmer attended on belmlf of the prisoners. Mr.
Andrews and two other Gentlemen conduced the 'pro-
secution.

It will lie recollected that on Ufa former ',tansies*.
titbit evidence was adduced to prove that the prisoners
and another Iverson started oh the nay to Lover is
company, awl that they had returned ta town iu mom-
patty in the Ihiver roach, on the day of the robbery.
The evidence of 31r. Alderman Cox, Mr. Merle, and
Mr. Wah!war, gulf( refiners. was also matins-4.d to
prove that the tau lerkolliT4 had taken upwards of
*.:(111 ounces of gold to be 'hilted and assayed at their
shops within a few sL a after the r .Idiery of the
roach. Hart, on that ovcasion, denied 11.avi.tg kern
out of ton n for three weeks. he pold had been con-
from Paris to-Mr. M. J. lierts, merchant, in
Nt, !Idea's Place, but it had been insu.e.l, anti the
Imo ronseptently Gills on the coach proprietors.
J. Ilallyer, tbr kook-keeper at the Saip-h. tel, in
Dover, deposed, that the prisoner Pearson came to
tbe)r oust ott the jth of October, and hooked himself
in the name of Brown, to go into the Eiligcnce to
Grailsentl, and paid 1-Is., the outside fare. Ile got
up sad salt on the near aide of the box. It was the
Jay on which the treasure was stole hr .eliir pri-
sorter, !tart, ranee on the same flay, and him-
self for London, in the name of Warr, mid cot lip
an the hack part of the coach. The prisoner had nil'
bin, a small pair of saddle hags. The wipers saw the
wart, loaded and the gold dei.osited in the f...c-bunt
before it started.
,e-1/Ir. ilAastgu asked the witness how he came to have
so strtm; a recollection of the prisoners at so great a
distance of time ?

Then itness replied that he had seen them before,
and had particular reasons for noticing them.
W. Slade, the coatliman, who drove the roach from
Dover to Canterbury, said that he had so faint
recollection of the prisum•r liart's being on at road,
/011 the day of the roldiery ; but he di:l nut tie to
swear positively to him. Ile deposited four parcels
of gold safely in the bout, nearly at the IrAtioni. (Inc
of the parcels was a little cask of about half a gallon
nit asure. Ile hail seven passen!.ers tall the outside
of the coach, which was taken charge of by anodic:
coachman at Canterbury.
'I. his was all the additional evidence offered yester-
day on the 'mart of the prosecution.
'Mr. Aso. ;sus applied to the Lord Mayor to put off
the examination for another week, in or•ler to give
the prosecutors an opportunity of bringing forward
witnesses to prove that the prisoners had leen down
to thover often 1 elute, watt king and malting enquiries
respecting consignments of &old sent to the same
coach office.

he Luau 31. t von acceded to the application, and
remanded the prisoners for one week.
IlaamEl4, on behalf of the prisoners, requested
that they might have permission to see their friends.
The application was t strennonsly opposed by the
Solicitor fur the prosecution, on the grounds that the
priptiers might then see tho it accomplices, anti con-
cert means tor eluding joslice. Mr. Harmer con-
tended that one week's solitary confinement was
amply antfirient f r e'irry purpose of justice, and that
further solitary cool:nettle/It would be illegal. There
was no Act of Parliament which warranted tlre keep-
ing of pers.ors untl.,r charges of felony from veiling
their friends. The Common Law allowed the pri-
easier every facility to make the bot defence he
could ; and a man might be unable to make his de-
fence, uttl..ss Lis friends wenr allowed free access to
him. Prosecutors were not to be allowed to torture a
prisoner, by solitary etorlinensent, until a confession
was obtained.

The Loan Magna said he certainly should not
think himself warranted in putting so harsh a re-
straint upon prisoners, unless upon occasions of an
extraordinary and peculiar nature, :mach mare so
than in the present instance. Ms Lordship ordered
that the friends of the prisoners should have free ac-
cess to them.

A poor man, of the name of Parsons, who got his
livelihood by gathering samphire, having, on Satur-
day, u usual, driven a stake in ground, and at-
tached a rope to it, by which be suspended himself
d.iwn the Cliff of Dover, the stake broke, when being
precipitated some hundred feet to the ground, he was
killed on the spot.

The Overseers of the Poor for this township have
Eisen public notice of their intention to make a re-
duction in the scale of relief. The cause assigned
for this alteration is the reduced price of provisions
ands desire to relieve the rate-payers from a part of
those harthens, the wriest of which has been so
long sod insupportably oppressive. The reduction,
which has the conrurrenee of the Magistrates, will
take place on the ad irritant—(Selcid Iris). •

DIED.
Oa Tuesday last. at CuHand's Grote. Southgate, Alesair.
der. the infant son of William Curtis. Esq.
At the Swan Inn. Mansfield. Lott•, on the 2311 instant, na
his way to town, John Waite, Esq. of Old Burlingsoa-
street.

1.1 London. on the 14th inst., in the prime of life. after a
few days illness. Mary Stewart Mackenzie, youngest daugh-
ter of Mr. Mackenzie. hanker in Inverness.

On Tuesdes% after I frirda's illness. Caroline. the eldest
child of Mr. V. Raldwyn, of Newpb•street. aged b
On Mandan. the lbad instant. at 111.9,44er'. llerefossishlre.
hrr Oren the Dadsess Dowager of Norfolk. in her serent}•
first year.

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