The Statesman.
London, England, 1821-12-19 00:00:00

to the plaintiff's reversionary interest in a Itollae situate
in Creosol's Inslassages 6 the parish of St Clement's
lases.
The plaintiffs case was enducted bA trio ...knLICITOII-
- Mr. Goan ZY, Mr. Cbawono, and Mr.
COMPTN ; and the defendants by Mr. SCARLZIFT, Mr.
MARISTATT, and Mr. LITTLID4I.I.
The plaintiff was landinrd of a lionel situate is Cle.
meat's-ian passage, and the defendants were brick-
layers employed under the Commissioners of Sewers
for the District, to repair a main sewer, under the
passage ia question, which had talks into decay; and
it was alleged that thedefendante bad excavated under
the plaintiff's house, without taking the necessary
steps to prevent the mischief of which he complained.
by means whereof the house had fallen to the ground.
The substantive issue in the cause was, whether the
defendants had been guilty of any carelessness or neg-
ligence in the performance of the work which they had
undertaken ?

Witnesses were examined on both sides, and after
several hours were consumed,

The Jury, under the Learned Judge's direction,
found their verdict for the plaintiff—Damages 175/.

OLD BdlLßY.—Yzersiser.

SINGULAR CASE.—Thos. Pates was indicted for
stealing two watches, value 21. 10s., the property of
Henry Bury.
The prisoner is a watchmaker, and the porseentor
had entrusted to him a clock, a time-piece, and the two
watches to repair. The two former were returned, but
the watches he could not get; and, after enquiry, it was
found that he had pledged them.
_ _ _

Mr. Ilnonzaten, for the prisoner, •nbmitted that
the offence was clearly not of the nature charged in
the indictment.

The COAIIIION SERJEANT thought differently, be
could, however, reserve the point for the consideration
of the Judges.
The prisoner pleaded extreme distress, and declared
it to be his full intention to have redeemed them.

The CosinoN-SalusANT charged the Jury. If they
thought that the prisoner had pledged the property
they would find him guilty.
The Jury, after some deliberation, returned a ver-
dict of—" Ouilty of pawning but nut with a felonious
intention."

The COMMON SERJEANT could not receive that
verdict :—it was finding him guilty of no offence.
The Jury then acquitted the prisoner.
The prisoner was again indicted for an exactly simi-
lar offence, under similar circumstances, and support-
ed by similar evidence ; and the Jury found him—
" Guilty."
Two or three other cases of petty larceny was then
tried, and the RECORDER proceeded to pass the sen-
tences, which were as follows

Death—Henry Thompson, for uttering three forged
checks ; John Chester, for a robbery on the highway ;
Thos. !)oaken, for burglary; W. Hall, for alike offence;
Wm. Percival, for ditto : Robt. Watts, for a robbery in
the day time; W, Page alias W. Warren, for horse
stealing; W. Cordell and C. Yates, for burglary ; Henry
Turner, for ditto; T. Bertrand, for highway robbery;
Rich. ago and Thos. Beck, for a burglary in Berkeley-
square; Nowel Wilkinson, for a robbery on the Thames;
and Joseph Marsden, tried at the last Sessions.
Charlotte Daggett was res ited until next Sessions.
To be Transported for von Isaacs, James
Hawkins, Johwilaydon, Samool GANN Sarah Stevens,
Caroline Butterworth, John Cook, Jobe Sullivan, Robt.
Wright, James Collins, John Moore, John Rhodes, and
Thos. Doran.

Transportation for Fourteen Years.—John Ashman,
Jos. Ridout and Jos. Weyman.
Transportation for Seven Years.—Thomas Nichol.
son, Eliz. Clark, Robt. Wilcox, Wm. Beathey, Sarah
Smith, John Long, Thos. Haway. Wm. Hilton, Ann
Franks, Win. Boswell, Js. Jones, Js. Davis. T. Taylor,
Wm. Mason, Robt. Clark, Michael Davis Eliz. Kinsey,
Robt. Perry, Susan Maze, Jos. Tubbs, Michael Roach,
Ann Jenkins, Mary Quinor, Gabriel Myers, Robert
Dorcy, Ann Jackson, Robt. Jackson, James Lubin,
Samuel Schofield, Thos. Williams, John Lynch, Samuel
Davis, George Warren, Mary Haddon, Win. Walsh,
Samuel Turner, Thos. Senior, John Cosgrove Morley,
Thos. Fletcher, Rich. Forrest, Chas. Brown, William
Wooilness, Henry 'few. John Lane, Janie. Bowles,
Thomas Wilson, John Bacon, Joseph Williams, Thos.
Flamannd, Henry Bryant, Win. Collins and George
Burroughs.
One was sentenced to two years' imprisonment, and
eleven to one years confinement, and a number.of others
to various periods of imprisonment, and the Sessions ad-
journed to Wednesday, the 10th of Jan. next.