The Statesman.
London, England, 1823-10-10 00:00:00

Mr. Alderman Bitola—lron say you were there betwee
seven and ejght4,at..ethattime dad yen leave?
• Witness. ,—lt might be' hitif-piit seven.
▪ IffraAldermanßtacne—Did you leave hieetherit
- I had put on a shovel full of eats.
AM made up the. tire just before I left.
siaheswitoesa, aud•tertkor three others, spoke to-the maitre
11041seeheaelperpetaal annoyances the prisoner reoel*d
Ilmma these aniaters boys, and to conversations and alb.
1111ninfteena by them all, tending to show their dispodtife,,
haweide, hem ; ore .of them elms going so far as to. etcy
that be.erould attend at the Guildhall, and give any eel-
dence, for.that he should like to thei•him melted up.; bar'
nothing at all appeared to attribute in any month+
them the settipg fire to the premien-
Tise.ptisoner was about entering into a vehement
ii-of the injuries and annoyancia into.
was *perpetually
miliettisgi when he was warned by the Alderman of tho
*tiger of making any defence. in the present stage disk
baked ; and a soliciter; who happened to •be in,
Madancf, joining in this` advice, Marmon desisted, eithoht•
made,eielser aeknoWledgment or denial of the'eff-
•f .lAN to his chargeoind was committed for triat'for
ffistreepieal- offence. under the statute 43d Cleo. 111, cap. 58.
Bow STRECT.—Yesterday Mr. Jews .Bolf, a hay mim-
es/I- at; toaddington, appeared before Sr 'lt. lliststat to
wastmels4is information preferrettagainst him by Meows.
Davey and Kruse, of Chelsea, coal merchants, for selling
86 trusiee of straw, the inside of which trusses was of
inferior quality totter entside;contrary to the statute. ,
The Solicitor for the defendant took two' objectieiss Ira
&tine to the information : the first was, that the venue
was laid In Middlesex only, whereas it ought to have been
": Middlesex and Westminster," the offence being alleged
to have taken place in Westminster, apt that city having
separate temmiasion of the peace; the wood was, that
in describing the offence, it was stated to:bave been com-
mitted "in the Hiymarket, within the city of. Westminster."
;New there was no hatmarket within the.-City Of West.
minter, It being without the city, although within 'the
liberty.
After It remark or two from the iolielter,fie die corn.
plainants,
Sir R. BIGWIG said he knew that the "sedan boundary
lof the city of Westminster was a gate which was placed
•aeross Parliament Street, near the present office of the
Home Secretary of State, and the city consisted only of
the -two, parishes of St. Margaret and St.'John ; all the
test, as far as Oxford Stteet one way and Temple Bar the
ether, having been added since, and called the liberty.
He should, however, consider the, words " the city of" as
surplusage, and it would then din " within Westminster,"
which he thought a sufficient description. With respect
to the other objection,-Westminster was aeonsponent part
of Middlesex, sad the magistrates at that office were in
the commission for both the county and Ott. Hi over-
ruled both the objections. •• Ott
.Hi
witness called was a clerk tifiteWits* . Davey
emdliruee, who stated that on' the 23d of SePtinther he,
by desire 'of his employers, went to the HaYmarket to
purchase some hay and straw. He bargained with the
defendant for 36 trusses of straw, at 46.5., the latter
aesnring him that all the trusses were as good throughout
as they appeared outside ; adding, that he had been a
salesman for 20 years, and would not take gin in, but
'deal with him like an bonourableman. They were deli-
vered at the Old Swan-wharf, Chelsea. and witness after.
wards saw them, and found that they were not of the
same quality inside as outside.
One of the complainants said that some trusses were
brought •to the office as specimens, and Sir It. titaNts
desired they might be broogiterin. The first brought in
sod opened did not appear at all to bear out thecomplai at.
it seeming to be fair straw, although short. Mr. Ball, in
a loud tone, desired his Worship to look well at it, and
then say whether lie had actedletiterwise thaa, in an he-
nourable manner. It was' ,be. added, all 'spite,, sad nothing
eke. Another 'truss Was'llien brought in, and when
opened, the inside appeared as though it had been taken
from a danghill. It was completely black, and smelt most
offensively. Mr. Ball did not call the particular attention
of the magistrate to this truss.
A oother clerk to Messrs. Davey and Kruse was then
called, and stated, that he examined the straw when it was
brought home, and finding the &stunts wet, he opened it,
and saw that the inside was black, and it smelt badly.
Others on examination appeared to be stuffed with
old thatching : 35 out of the 36 were in this bad
condition.
Mr. James Towers, clerk in the Haymarket, also stated
that Ise examined the straw, and found it in the condition
described by the last witness. Most of them appeared to
have been soaked through with wet, and others seemed to
be stuffed with old thatch. They must have been in that
state long previous to sale.
Crosa-examined.—The damage in most of then; appeared
to have arisen from inclemency ‘vesturt:
The defendant's solicitor Oala,Ahlit such wan the fact,
and no human means could Itivint straw from'spoiling
on
its way to market, if a heavy rain happened to fall.
The complainants stated that. Mr. Ball lived, only at
Paddington, and therefore the excuse would not avail.
Sir R. BlRNlE—Liesidea, theraeller is responsible if be
sells bad straw, even if he has bought it of another person
beforehand, becauie it is his duty to examine it. (To the
witness.) Must not the inside of these trusses, from the
beginning, have been inferior to the wade ?
iVitness—Certainly. It never wailike:the outside from
the first.
The defence set up was, that thitaigaw-wasiold as of in.
terror quality.
• 'Sir K Blame convicted the de-Wad:no le she pooalty
awarded by the statute—namely, 1.. uposi each tress.
A second information against the same defendant was
then proceeded on for neglecting to mime the sale of the
same straw in the market-books on the d,ay of sale, as. re-
gnited by the statute. This is a repletion established for
the detection of any. persons who may offend by selling
bad hay or straw.—The defendant was convicted in the
penalty of al.
?A third information against him, for (on the same day,.
and to the same person) selling 29 trusses of bay short of
the legal weight, was quashed, on account of an info
niality.
Notice of appeal was given in the two first eases.
HATTON GAGDlCN.—Yesterday the clerk to a solicitor;
was broeglit op to this office for' final examination,
on a charge of felony under the following circumstances:—
, Mrs. Hardvineent, residing at Battle Bridge, and appa-
rently-upwards of forty. years old, stated, that on Monday
evening last, about the hour of 7 o'clock, she was passing
from Holborn through Gray's Ino,towards her house, when
the prisoner accosted her in a very familiar manner. fur-
ing the whole of this conversation, the prisoner bad fast
.hold of witness's left hand, and on his leaving his bold a
,guard to witness's wedding ring came off. Witness consi-
,dering at the moment that the prisoner had wilfully got
posseaNion of her property, seizei him, and called out for
the teetch,mpon, which the prisoner knoelted witness down,
.and ran away. The prisoner was pursued an.l taken, an t
'given into custody of Liusbrirk, of the above office. Wit-
ness added, that ou her return home, she found the ring in
one of the folds of her gown, it having been pinned up.
Mr. LAING—Do you believe that the prisoner intended to
rob you? • • .
Witness—l cannot ,sefa the riot is .rathe.r.too large,
;and might have come off on the prisoner shaking hinds
with me.
, The prisoner in a most solemn manner declared his inno-
cence. • ~ • .
Mr. Lama said. , under the tintemataotes of the case, he
should discharge the pisoner. . Although a degree of sus-
plebe attached in consequence of his running away. he
limped the present case would tend as a caution to the. pti-
soner in future.

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The prisoner then left die-Offioe, evidently overpowenid
'snit, his %VIP- . ..: .. .: wri:r.i.- - .i: .-,. I`, ,', ..; .
Janice. 119a,a publievt in I:tewort mettle!, ;ad /Pt
Nam 'Chip's; a drover: appeared to a, summons on iti-
*grottiest byMr. William Mirrie,optietati,lligh HirlbOrn.
'..Mr, Berrie 'toted,. Abet on Tnesday last, the defendant
Clijiti, who wore, a drover's badge, wapdrissing.five bullocks
t
ftp Holborn, when ba of thin rah up Brownlow Street ;
ith. Prisoner raw to-tern him .baeler. el id instead of turning
4issiantsnal.ageinat the dqad wall pf ida,beuse‘be turned up
sgainst his shop window, and broke two large squares of
plate glass, value 2/. 15e. each, seri hisd the sash been wood
' instead of brim .atnt iroh., the' dinsage would exceed a
inindred pounds... He took Uliftw' number, and. .applied at
the office telic.co. the'riumbers are vetoed for his ,DilPet Loh
order io summons tins, ind they gave him the . name 01
James Mason,' Of Pleieport malket, It lielnklikin ' out`
him for.the Wee of thedefendaat LIMN lot . whose " ,
gence and misceodpos he was accountable. ;I - :41
The Magistrate Wormed Mr. rris that the Act i
Parliament limited the power of Magistrates to 'Mahar
higher peolJay thaw twenty shillingat: if..lllr. . Harris ii
satisfied with that sum, he would convict the defeadaecto,
that amount.
Mr. Harris stated that the two 'pant, cost him 51. 16.;
if the defendant Mason would pay .6114 be • Would out up
with the losa_of the other half, bpi, certainly he
would not accept of twenty shillings; and as his Worship
could not inflict a higher penalty's ha would withdraw the
ioformatipo ,without 4014 sfeejodgment,. and couunencr.
an action against Mason for the. fall 'mount, if Ise,did pot
call at his bigot 'end settle it.—the infortintioti wait,-
missed.
Qucers•Scullin.-ss.M. A: TATUM. Biso.'e 'flcr.--Ifiiten..
day Mr. Brooks; linest-driper. in Bridge Steal. Weeleiii'
stoned before the Magistrates at this office forltangli*Car-
tain merchandise outside his shop seindow.,Vrre4 to tAss
provialook of the Act.of Parliament, which offence sabiecied
him to a penalty of 40a. and costs. . . -.:-.
On being asked whether be would or would ..east plead
guilty, be replied; that he was sorry to say this proceeding
was 'instituted agaiost him by certain 'persons, out of Malice
and spleen, who wished to injure him In his business ; he
did not intenctlti impeicb any of his neighbours, but it was
weirkattlea ~sari dthers exposed their for sale at their
shop tin bio Ili Olt 14 :he (ha.. ,
bir f..ll4elMtialio mild the existence waa conclusive; the of
w ;
fence wee weed.; and lie. remedy against the Ant, would
be to gat it repeeled.. Coovietedi is dits. . .
Mary .Jonsa. as .elderly decent-lookinc woman • was
brought to this lam, ()barged by Sasannals Wilson with
having robbed her of three Sovereigns.—Contautted for.
trial.
MARLBOILOI7OII.IITREIri. William Clarke was yesterday
placed at the bar, before Mr. Roe, the magistrate, at this
office, charged oa .suspicion wish havine committed the
following cruel.and unfeeling robbery:—John Calthorp,
the son-of &respectable farmer residing near Saxmondham
is Suffolk, and who has lived in the service of several no-
blenien, and afterwards kept a public-house in Clare-mar-
ket, from which he retired sometime ago, and went to live
near his father, stated that on Wednesday afternoon last
he came to town upon some business, and went to sleep
fOr that night to a lodging-house, Queen Street, Seven
Dials, kept by :linen named Hogan, He was shoWn into
a bed room by hialself, in which be was locked op by the
landlord, isecorditfoe to his usual practice towards strangers,
lest they shoold decamp in the morning without recollect-
ing to pay for their bed/. Here the conspiai dant slept very
soundly until nine o'cloik yesterday morning, when, on
getting out of bed, he found his room door open. and file
,coat; waistcoat, pantaloons, : hat. 'bees, nod stockings.
together with fifteen sovereigns, seventeen .shillings in
silYer, , and a cheek oo Gm b.mking-house of Messrs.
Child and Co. for 501. (sellichlortunately, however, is not
payable for a fortnight), bad been carried off. Upon
inquiry being made of Hogan, the landlord, he immedi-
ately said, 00 the robbery could quly have been com-
mitted by one of two persons. The prisoner at the bar,
and an Irish bricklayer, both Of whom were regular
'lodgers in the house, and not being locked in, as all the'
others were, were the only persons who could gain access
to the complainant's room-door. Andes for the bricklayer,
Hogan said, that he had such an opinion of his honesty, that
he would trust him with untold gold ; but what made the
suspicion much stronger against the prisoner was, as the
bricklayer stated, both of them slept in the same room, and'
he afterwards heard some person go out of the house. The
prisoner was absent about an hour &stria, half, and then ra-
tioned, when he again went into bed, so that when the
alarm was given he was found apparently asleep. Mr. Roe
stow asked the prisoner to account for the time that he was
absent, which be attempted to .do in a very unsatisfactory
manner. He said, that be went out to take a walk, but
when he got some distance. he found it began to rain, and
again returned to bed. Mr. Roc said, that this was a very
lame statement, sud remanded the prisoner for a future
examination.
The complainant appeared7at the office in a most pitiable
plight,haviog no other dress on than his shirt,a pair of this
drawers, and a pair of slippers, and wrapped up in a bor.
rowed hackney coachman's box coat. He had no bat, nor
a farthing of money left to buy one.
The parties who give such positive testimony, as far as
assertion, without being sworn, can be called so, against
the boy Charles Ney, who was charged some days:aye
with having fraudulently obtained two bowe'ram the
shop of a Mr. Davis, in whose em t' irsl uad been, came to
the office to read their meeeratton,and as'positively assert the
lad's innocence seamy before did his guilt. They have now
discorpred,that this bonnets, which haw been recovered,
tad been seat by another boy, who leil them at a wrong
place. • This ihows how just Sir Geo. P'arrant's opinion was
at the time, as to the strength of the alibi stated, and
ready to be sworn to by the lad's parents.
M A RVIABONE-07110E.-I(esterdiy spent men. of very
respectable conoesions, named Anderton, with his wife,
were brought up ip custody on the following charge of
felony, made, as it subsequently appeared, falsely against
them.
. ft appeared Mr.. Anderton. the accused, bad lately, in
consequence of losing his situation, become embarrassed,
and his wife being near her confinement, availed himself of
Ithe kind offer of a lady, a member of the •• Hinsle-street
Association," established for the purpose of affording relief
to reduced married women, and obtained a box of baby-
linen, &c. for the use of his wife, . having procured his
landlord, Mr. Anderson, of Parr's-buildings, to be his
security for the return of the limn, and his child having
only lived ten days, the box of linen was washed and
taken back to the society's house in Hindt-street, by Mrs.
Anderton, with her acknowledgements for its use. An
aged female received it, and admitted that every article was
returned ; but by some mistake the matron, Mrs. Green,
was not aware of the return of the linen, and in a few
days after, mentioned to ihe landlord of the accused that
such was the case. The Andertous had left his house,
and were then lodging in Gee-court, Oxford-street, and be
said that he would cause them to be taken into custody, as
he did not doubt they bad made away with the box of linen;
consequently, on Wednesday, he and two constables seised
Anderton as be was walking through Oxford-street, and
having him 'secured, dragged him through the streets; ,
finally lodging .him in Marylebone watch-house, on the '
!charge of felony. His wife was also placed soon after in
.durance on the same charge.
On being conducted before 'the Magistrate, they pro-
•teatedtheir innocence, declaring the linen had been re-
!
turned.
i The Magistratecquestioned Mrs: Anderson very cloielO
ion the subject, and. it appeared she was not on good 'terms
,with the accused:persons, and had made the charge, having
,only heard.the.finen wad not returned, not haying taken the
trouble to inquire whether it was or not.