The Statesman.
London, England, 1823-01-02 00:00:00

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lINGSTO/h-DiCIMBID 31.
llfforethe icon, MG llatintAltahatn.
r Catroill was. Whited for receionspiej
set 3". Pe. lasts five:howls. the prepatir sot,
',Tarter, ko aethess
.to have been iaghtitb,,
I el icoasl acted the .plitetentliteffrtilittl eolg
•,c,tlsitcl stooge... • •
It ap , isas,..a, the lam 'tent' Assists fee AM
• - moot y, pimp; sawed Brooker hid been :convicted op*
evidence.pfatlacgaopiice, named Weller, of a .beirglary
in the dwelling house of the prosecutor, :and. steeling
therein the fowls in aeration. The present prisoner •waa
•
. now indicted for receiving the suns fowls, lutowio
them to hare been stolen.
To prove the prisoner's eilt!it was propoiellift
. Weller, the accomplice in the original felony. neuldtts
confirm his testininny ; the Consul for the proseastioel
• relied upon the record. of Brooker's conviction; an.,
the siuestion "rev, whether Weller Ws, a competent "Ur'
turban lhipreseet vise, being confirmed by no otiaet
. evidence than the record of Beeoker's conviction.
31r4linciatosost objected that such evidence woe
insdotipsihlo. to cosine Weller. insomuch Ws the par
. ismer noftspportanity of bearing the whole of
the evidence upon which Brooker's conviction was
founded.
Mr. &mining, in answer 6; 6. Objection Welted,
that the recorriorßrooker's conviction was the best cone
firrnatory evidence which could be prothiced.to support
the evidence of the accomplice. because the Jury in that
cause must be presumed to have given* cull credence to
his evidence.
Mr; Baron GRAHAM thought the evidence was admin.
u tile, and for this reason, that Weller being now free
from any interest, be had no motive to state that which
was untrue. The prisoner was on his trial for an offence
' committed after the principle felony, and Weiler could
n'er've no advantage ftom his acquittal or conviction.—
He was, in fact, now purged of guilt himself, and
needed no confirmation, if the Jury were disposed to
believe his naked. testimony. Undoubtedly be was a
competent wi !nese without corroboration; and, although
his testimony might be questionable, still his evidence
was admissible without confirmation.
• IVilliim IVeller then deposed, that in a night in De{
cember last, its and Brooker broke open tha bonse of tits
prosecutors )tole five fowls, )Which were cartietto
the ofdcottegv holtleouer st.IL tee to the morning, and
there Mitered to him; 'Se Wing ilatanbet,..lhlit 11 be
could get any slihep he had an opportunity of ;41spo•
sing of them advantageously.
'the record of Brooker's conviction was pot is to COO-
firm Weiler's evidence. •

The prisoner made no defence, but two vitamin
were called to bls character, who were constrained to
sp-ak of him Indifferently.
The Jury found the prisoner Guilty, and he was sea.
fenced to one year's imprlsoament, autl bard labour to
the House of Correction.

• Estate Mr. Justice BAYLIT.
Pule! Pickett was indicted for assaulting William
• telling Lupton, on the King's biglAvity, at Croydon,
~ on the Id of -February last, and forcible taking from hill
person a metal watch, chain, and slier seal. • . ,
i
. The prosecutor ween.little boydabout, teadveyettreo4l{
the son of a farmer in the neighbourhood of Croyden{
On the Ist of February lambi-seta the psisoner at spots{
tic-bonne its Croydon, who prevailed upon hits to $k
•part of a pint of beer, and wait till he should ace
bias house, the pilaster being shepherd to a gentlel
it the neighbourhood. The prosecutor acceirdf
•watted until the prisoner left.tlie publichonr
biol. On the way, the prisoner knocked him
• and forcibly took the *3lO in. ' loislion
'his person. The prosecutor pnrsuerflim a coal!
distance, when the prianner-thesakned to mur(
if be followed him goy. further, Me ..caVr op ,t
snit and went home Whiie hiteilif his f '
n maner le whiels he'laid been robbed. Th-ei fit,
stbe
.in pursuit of the prisoners but; Ise abscontielle i
• not heard of until the montleof August leet.i.--,,i.
The father of the prosecutor and anotletwilipei.-
firmed his teetimonv,
A man named Syhun, was called by Mi. Atetertivoott
behalf of the prisoner, and swore that in the Month al
August last, when he was in the service of Mr. Lupton,
the prosecutor's father, he beard some of the farming
men in Mr. Lupton's kitchen. talk about the number. of
men's lives sworn away fur the lucre of 401. This was
In the presence of the prosecutor. who immediately
• esid that he would swear .tray the lik of any rogue
for 40/. i
This witness bring examined by the Leatialedg%
srasf a very lame
accountitif the:Manner fp ellMik,hhlpat
as livelihood. He fainlo4,lo Court Iltrik? Alai 044IIIF•
. of his examination. . .
Te prosecutor was again called. OnCbe seriously
denied that he had ever used such expres4iOns its thew
attributed to him by the prisoner's witness, aid said
. that he never had been privy to any such converactioa
as that mentioned.
Mr. Lupton alto swore that his son had
been it, I
brought op. and was incapable of using suck language
as that mentioned by the prisoner's witness.
Mr. Justice BAYLEY seamed up the evidence, sad
the Jury immediately found hint—Ouilty.—Death.
James Sparkes, a respectable miller and farmer, reshbli
• ing at Shalford, near Guilford. was indicted for malicie,
ously shooting at Henry Harrison, a boy about 12 yews.
of ageionthe Path of August last, with the intention of :
doing Lim some grievous bodily harm.
Mr. A Nmsaws, for the prosecution, detailed the case at
• considerable length, and proceeded to call the following
witnesses :
Mary Harrison, th emother, of the boy, deposed to hav-.
ing gone into a barley field belonging to the prisener.,
about 2 o'clock in the afternoon of the 15th Angus*.
last ; she was accompanied by her son, 11. Harrison, sod
. a woman of thmeame of Brims t. as they wars junkt.
through the disifieldovitnes. saw prutiner giiXcOsk,
.the adjoining barley-6514 towaVe„ thc.,..honse ; '
witness Ikea went into -the . • eel*/ ;ley, •
bpi* not . been there long
.'When t• ober
I'er son cry ont, and at the sametiote heard tisalepsree ,
... a coo ; a line's rim to the assistance efhenoon,whortete
Heeding very muck at :he right eye, Witness 'went's'
-te the prisoner, volfaired him, and- chargird'hissi Wit i
' having shot the bor. Pelsooer replied, " I 'nth It ha i
' been you. The Hid e:boy, Wounded
wasaiso Wd ?a the 01 1
1
• le,.
11. Harrison.conirmed the testimony:of itiaAotherAllt
did not see the prisoner when; -fit, knit, • :Winne,* wait
stooping when he was wounded. • ,•,-!:. . •
• Mary Briggs confirmed the. foregoing twitionser+
r Witness thought the orisoner suirlsts•hte. heasatahatisl
• forty yards from the hoy a hen he fired. He pat theirs"'
up to his shoulder as it he was taking . lbw Mole*
• srtd lint call out, !wettest she did mu expend:a primeneir
• would fire. • ( •: •t. - -,..1.1•• o, I
• James Steadman. a stirgrowilwandentliemeneitlawd din I
• boy : io the afternoon of the Ikh-. of Asayeati le•he «4
'piing to him, he met the prisoner, who said • birdied a
in wen plucky accident ; be chewed,' him ,topayewery
%rondo* to the boy t the lad had a, bruise nearthe fir,*
simple, it Had the appearance of a• small shot having'
passed into thoeltin ;:thobruisoosavoeneideraide,'aadab
the • oboe had hit a vein; .tbere. was a. tensideraile
etfuelob of blood; witness did• sot- thistle. it (noceseary to
'extract the Shot. as the boy was of a Augur isereAtiona
. habits; them was a similar woantlon tut absentehe his
kg, tiara which witness extracted. afehnem(obnanikt
v 14.04640 in Conn. It was hf ails 110011 W tilitl4)lllis
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to the
and found him playingrioitoess has known the prieseee,
r yeate% 441 slings Ilion gird: hassfinhtaillifeol,
nstuus.:ste:ll.) .411 i .1111,1
eeredal.hideshais; teithikpireascalleak?wateattist
examined at lengtlf.by •M. 41 not, hums AA*
'prisoner a but the,eabs importent. fast elicited. ftomedbes
was that the prisoner was known to have foseliklillelli
gieseecra to go upon lils.grilonds. •
is his dehisce the prisoner .said ,hadid:net. itesa!te
shoot the boy; he did not kora- the- gun was Leaded,
nor did be put the butt to his shoulder; La ftwel it
loosely, and in sonsequence of its reoollorissoer's &eget
was wounded.
Mr. ADOLPHUS then tailed James Bershaw, a servant
in the employ titan prisoaer. Sands's master take hid
gun out of the house, and followed him to see the
gleasers ton when the gun was irtii ; priennet
did
.not shoulder the fowling-piece, nor take aim : is
eoneetioeseef et-dot doing • so; •be wounded-lb-gager
severely. " •• • "
John Sparlies, sett to tbe Prientese.4epeited tithe die
being kept bi:thekitsintk ; it Was' veily *ea. sad
was kept brit's !Abet /Of the purpose of frightening
the birds away was only-loaded with peerdet ter that
purpose. • About a fortnight before the 15th of August.
witness loaded the gun with powder and shirt, r the
purpose of shooting rabbits ; but net meetle With
any, he did notfire off the gen, but hung it uploaded
in the kitchen. Witness did not tell his father the gas
was loaded. •
The daughter of the prisoner deposed to the circum-
stance of her father having wounded his ogefi: wit-
Bess dressed it, on his return home, with some Friar's
Balsam.
Seventeen highly respectable witnesses thee came
forward,sand deposed to the uniform humanity and
dindness of the prisoner, from his childhood to the
present time. •
The learned lodge summed up the evidence, aid the
Jury returned b verdict of "Not Gritty, tisw f
not knowing the gun was loaded with shot it: SSW
he fired it off."
His Lordship said, that it wis highly esti
know the grounds upon 'which the-m jury h:ll2na
at the conclusion expressed in their verdict; slid the
prisoner, on leaving the bar, was received by his friends
with congratulations dpon his acquittal.
This case bad excited a considerable degree of in-
terest.

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' Illaritrol Housa.—k,
.440P1‘irt wig-. filiii*Ltlr 0.
filming. Esq., of thv 100 m osf..citristoPiit, 'l4.agnay,
:askiiCit. of Vollege-Isif44alist.tbe servants Of. Mr. Ws-
tollionee, of the Soso wjps,.T.4' Neck, Inn, Lad-lane,
foi.heving charged owl-Ask On Mated price for
the porterage of A parcel., , . •
The porter who appeared te,aisswer pi Suleimona, said
the overcharge was mere metier of mistake, The dtket
'clinging the. greater amp tees' intended for the two par.
eels; and the second ticker lad been um otitis:the
rel
hurry of Christmas. whirl vraa.kncuco to produceett
deal. ofextra business. 'Tle port added to thin, that Is •
was not-tlis person win, iisliy,nr
.fke pArgilptin; that Ili
walk virfitlcenkketi on the dal ii cettts n pup vial
r m 400,„ 44 the heavy work. ~.• , .. .1,,, ~ .
Thelop ' *Aro", repobatesl solo 'it, snug
.doing
busines?7 arranriefti abode '9,a tkliof nlf:10
direct OppopAnp bibs Axt Orykisisiinit, • . nue-
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