The Statesman.
London, England, 1818-10-24 00:00:00

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SESSIONS, OCT: 21

Richard Groggait stood, indicted for onistently
putting hie hind into the pockets of several persona
with intent to.steah
John Sylvester, a constible,,stiled, that hot was
stationed in frOnt of the headily, Covent.garden,
during the late election. Hestia 'the Prisoner put his
hand into several pockets; another constable, Betts,
ohseried the Prisoner, who struck him two blows.
"liVitnen had no doubt the Prisoner was in Covent-
, gsrden foe the purpose of ctimmitting a felony.
The Prisoner cslOd no witnes'ses.
The Jury .found him Gbitly, and he was sentenced
'o silt months imprisonment in dit Mose of Cor-
rection.

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Win. Clark, en old man of very decent appear-I
ance, was indicted for unlawfully, wickedly, and
indecently exposing his person on the 24th of July,
in liple Park, to four male children, and divers
other persons.
Thomas Weston stated, that he was a journeyman
painter. On the day mentioned in the indictment,
about half-past five o'clock in the afternoon, he saw
the Prisoner at alum forty yards from Grosvenor-
' , gate, exposing his person in an indecent manner to
four children. The witness went up and lemon•
strafed with him on the indecency of his conduct. The
Prisoner attempted to strike him with a stick, and
afterwards said that if he would go with him to a
Gentleman near the Serpentine River, the matter
could be settled. Witness accordingly went, and
secured the Prisoner, as he attempted to escape on
the way.
The CmetustAN.—" Witness, how came you to
consent to go with him to settle it ?"
Witness.—" I merely went to see if he had any
accomplice."
CliAlltliAN.—" Ile said nothing about money r,

WiCIIPSS." Not a word."
The Prisoner, on beingealled upon for his defence,
said, he was a married man, and some time ago lived
.4 II land.eteward with a lady of fortune, in Cheshire.
He denied toe charge of having indecently espnaed
his person ; and complained of having been assaulted
ited +struck by the witness•against him.
The Jury found the Prisoner Guilty.
The ClieftlitKAN, in passing sentence upon the
Prisoner, lamented that a married man should have
been guilty of such an offence. The Court had taken
into its consideration the two months imprisonment
the Prisoner had already endured, and the sentence
was, that he be further imprisoned fur the space of
four months.
The Jury made a small subscription to defray the
Prosecutor's espences, as the Court had no power
to award the amount.
Win. Leach was indicted for assaulting Joseph
Shane, on the night of the 20th September last, with
intent to commit an abominable offence.
he Piosecutor was a private in the Coldstream
Regiment of Guards, and was on duty on the night
irr question, in St. James's Park, near the German
Chapel, bet weal 'Won mod imolai o'diaol. The,
Prisoner cause up to the spot, and behaved fiitosell4ei,
a manner which left no doubt of his intention,. Tire
Prosecutor upon this, seized him by the collar, and
placed him against the wall, observing to him, that
if he attemp.ed to escape, he would run him through
the body with hie irtayonet. ire detained him in the!.
i state until the corporal came round with the relief
I guard ; he was then lodged in: the•guard-house,
ant
the way to which he repeatedit offered money to be
allowed to escape.
This evidence was corrobwroted by two or three
more soldiers.
The Prisoner, Who yes fashiouably dressed, de-
nied the purge, and said that he was merely pasting
througli the Park in a state of ixtoaication, when he
was ,eized by the soldiers. Verdict, Guilly.—Sen.
trace, one year's imixisonment in the House of Cot'.
rectinn.
The Officers of the regiment defrayed the elpences
of the prosecution.
There were several other cases of misdemeaaour
tried, but they were quite devoid of interest.
A rumour prevailed that Mr. Hoot's case against
the iiigb Constable of Westminster, for an assault
(luring the late election, would come on this day, but
there is no such case set down for hearing.

CAUTION.—A woman, having the nppearence of a
laundress, called, about three o'clock nis Thursday
afternoon, at the house of Mr. 'iimmond', 25,
M a rchmont-street, Brunswick-,quire, saying she
came for the clothes to be mangled ; on which the
servant without hesitation gave her a large basket of
clot hes, containing sheets, table-cloths, napkins,
shifts, shifts, gowns, petticoats, and other articles
of wearing apparel, to the amount of 251 , with
which she made off, cod has not since been heard uf.
The'emlint had been previously with the mangle
womitt;to tell her to send for the clothes, whlh she
pr4aed to do in half an boor, within which time
the;thiet called, and obtained them. Several rob-
beries of a similar nature have•latels been committed
in that neighbourhood, sod it is supposed by the
same person.
DIKRADFUL Stitctoe.—Friday morning a riddle-i
aged maw, whose appeatance 'bespoke the diameter
of cc reduced tradesman, was found in Hyde Park.
with bit threat cut. in a rest frightful manner ; the
blood flowed in a stream from the wolinds there sp.
peered little signs of remaining life, and he was oar-
riedby souse paesengeri who diecovered-tha unhappy
mess to•Stt George, Hospital,. where he •svas recap
'deed to be'. person of the name crf James Gay, who
resided oft Carrington.street, Marfair, and was
forrnetly in good circatastences. A short timS age
hts,lostbis wife, and was lift with several small chil-
dren, without sufficient means of support, which
hasisterly eedeced•hisW to it stalls of the most delser-
able despondencys Having espooded all his mosey,
and dreiardweery resource, be, resolved to tennis
the crime of suicide, and, leave tinier* troobieu his
mired 'Was. incapable of bearing. Friday anorning,'
with, ttns last two.pence in the world,.he poschased
one penwpworth of twilit end a peanywurthoof bread,
and hoeing divided it mirestget his childrowq.bo kissed
them, and io his mind haling takvo•a sit living
leer*, bestidstesied tivthet. Park., iramb with a rater lie
cotainitt edthd,ahoe• acid Hd liee none wk,boregsibe
least chance of recovery in .tbelioSpitai.

• POLICE.
HAM'S. nAitotte.--Ylisterday a daring vagrant, of
the came of 'Monter Jane*, was britegist up in the
custody of Michael Connell, a constable, assisted by
the beadle of Lied(ord-row and others, on the fol-
lowing charges :—Crinoell, the constable, stated that
he received informatibn fitter a Lady of the name of
Duff, residing at' No. 4, Great Ormond-street, that
she was accosted in the public street by a man, in
every respect answeriukthe deeeriwion of the Pri.
goner, asking her foe money, and threateuing heel
life if she refused. Yesterday morning he saw the
Prisoner stop a Lady in the •street near Bedford.
row ; the Lady seemed much terrified, and witness
'took the Prisoner into'custody. and, with the assist.
'ace of the beadle end others, forcibly conveyed bitn
.to the Office; but the Lady mimed to attend to pre-
fer her charge. The Magistrate sent for Mrs. Deft',
wlso came, and gave the following evidence:—That
about two months ago, as she was coming out of
.Gat.e-street Chapel, Lintoln'd Inn-fields', she was
;.accosted by the Prisoner, &skilg 1* for charity.r—
She put her baud in her pocket ; Ant finding she had
-no small change, she told him she had nothing about
her less than a 11. note, or she would give him SOW.;
thing. She proceeded along Lincoln's Inn-fields,
wheat lite discovered the Prisoner wes.fotldwing her;
on her asking him s hat befollow.ed her for ? he swore
with the most horrid imprecations, that if she did
not give him the note, he would use other means' to
be revenged. A Lady of her acquaintance came up,
'and they both took refuge in a neighbouring house.
Witness had since frequently met the Prisoner in the
street, where he always threatened, with dreadful
oaths, to be revenged of her, if she did not give him
money.
On the Prisoner being asked what he had to say
for himself ? he answered with thekreatest effrontery,
that he had been 10 years in his Majesty's service,
and was distressed.; and it was hard he should no*
be permitted ter starve. The !VI auirrnkre stated,
that if, through bodily fear, the Lady had given the.
Prisoner the pound note, it would have been a capital'
offence, for which he would have to answer with his
life. The Lady nut wishing to indict him for the
assault, the Maci,TnATE stated, that he conceived
it dangerous to let such a character loose upon the
(own, anti committed him to prison as a rogue and
vagabond.
M Ant.entioton.sTnEET.—A mast singular case
came nt;lote the Magistrates yesterday, in a charge
of stealing plate; there wets second'charge for sew
duction.
Tile Prisoner charged was Sarah, alias Samuel
Watson —A Gentheto,ii of fortune, residing at Bays.
slater, had complained to the Magistrate, U. FAX•
RANT, Esq. that rue Prisoner had got into his sew-•
vice as a female servant, that he turned out to be e
man, and'lrad seduced the female servant, with whom
he slept. *"
Plank and Jefferies, officers, went to apprehend
the Prisoner at Strettoti.ground, Westminster, when
she made her escape out of a window of the height of
15 feet from the ground, but yesterday she resigned
herself up titi justice...
It appeared that the accused held a correspondence
in writing with the female servant of a jeweller in
Gerrard•srreer.,..Solro, to whom she pledged her love
and stated herself to be a sailor. These billets dour
were produced, amid were acknowledged by the Pri-
soner to be in her own hand-writing.. At length it
turned out that the accused was in reality a female,
notwithstanding her bed.fellow had positively per-
misted in the charge that she had seduced ter, and she
reported the same not only to her master, but to a
respectable young MU her suitor, whose jgalousy
was excited in a most extraordinary degree.. The
master, it appeared, had forgiven the accused, on
condition that she should quit the country; but he
afterwards discovered that some plate was missing,
and he caused 14. e Prisoner to be apprehended.—See
was committed for further examination.
UNioN•nALL.—Joseph Burton, an Officer of Es-
cise, and Surveyor of the district of Camberwell,'
was charged by Mr. Buckland, a tallow.chandler,
with stealing three pounds of candles while in the
execution of hi: duty.
Mr. But klaml said, ho carried on his business at
Camberwell ; and the Prisoner, as Officer of the
district, frequently came upon his premises to make
w survey. lie had a suspicion that the Prisoner had
frequently robbed him, and he determined to watch
him. On Thursday night the Prisoner went to in-
spect the workshops, and take an account of the
stock. Mr. Buckland secreted himself in such a situ-
ation as to observe every proceeding without being
discovered. The Prisoner, after making his surrey,
opened a chest, arid took out two haudsful of can-
dles, put them in his pocket, and went away, has-
preciously shut the door of the workshop. Mr.
Buckland followed instantly, and observed him throw
something over•the garden wall of Mr. Pennington,
the neat door neighbour, which was afterwards dis-
covered to be a paper parcel, containing about 3 lb.
of candles. Being closely interrogated by Mr. Sec.
jeatit Set.Lort, Mc. Backhand admitted, that when
he came from his place of concealment, be went to
one of his shopmen, and enquired which road Hor-
ton had taken; that he afterwards dispatched the)
some shopman after him, to bring him back; and.
that the Prisoner returned with the shopman on being
told that Mr. Buckland wished to speak to him. It
also appeared, that when Horton went freer Mr.
Buckland's home, be took the road to the left hand;
whereas Mr. Buckland pursued him to the right.---
Mr. Buckland admitted that the Prisoner shut the'
workshop door after him, and that be lost sight of
him for a short period.
On the part of the Prisoner it wss contebded, that'
Mr. B. could not possibly have seen him throw aoy7
thing over the garden wall of Mr. Pennington, which'
is only about nine yards from the door of Mr. B.'s
hoosei• llorton having shut the workshupAoor 'flee
him. It was nine o'clock at night at the time, and it
was seasonable to suppose, that if Mr. B. felt so cer-
tain that he had been robbed, he would have seized,
the Prisoner at the moment he observed him throw
something over the wall, and riot have returned for
the purpose of enquiring of his shopteasi which triad
the robber had taken. The Prisoner said, the whole
business was • conspiracy for'the purpose of effecting
his ruin. Ile had been compelled, in the course of
his duty,. to prefer an information to the Commis-
New,* of Excise against Mr, 6. ftir makir'g end