The Statesman.
London, England, 1823-10-24 00:00:00

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OLD SAILEY.—(Ttas Mointsc.)
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Biibeibisi Jodi:sou was indicted for stealing ow the toilt
Septeedlir lattk-s silver watch and appendages,.vaiste 4V.,
the preperty of ltOhereGiblie. ..
The prosecutor, a gentleman's *twat, atateis that 6
was pastor the ma of Itextrot Street, Oxford Street, 4a
the eveaog i* (Oath:in, end was accosted by a fatale; *he
requested its to give bee 'aeutetbittg .tet drink. Witness
passed cm without making any reply, and- observed the
demote sitting on a heap of rubbish, who immediately
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from her seat, and made' a switch at his watch.
v Wiese caught hold of bar, and after I short straggle,
threw her o the pavement, and called .foe the assistance
of the 'stamen. The watch was foetal: on the paveinent
underneath her clothes:
Thelma Piper, the w.tchman, heard the last witness tali
law aosistaoce —found the prisoner lying on the flags, anti
mode her get up, when site kicked the watch toward* ihe
fublAsh, .tying it was her husbaad's watch, and desired
witness not to give it to the proseeeter.
Tile watch was here produced' and sworn to by the
prorricinot. .
Mr. J mai ce Pa a a riadod up 1 and tlie Joey
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&anti her Guilty.
Ilkarsor rll'o wry was iodieted.for. stea/Migotte•ifit•
molts from the person of.lifillines Collate. ".
The prosecutor, it appeared, had mei Out prisetkee •-..
Tottenham Lau litesikwhe previa • . ...
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pause to •M` loirgistleti where she contrived to abstifici • .
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the issoney front bis pocket. • r
The Jury found her guilty: ' 4 .->
Atter the verdict had been reformed; the
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addressed Mr. BARON IIARROW - Alylnglis II
ship_ would allow him his expense& .ir ' .
Mr. BARON GARROW.—For what ? .
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• Pritereator replied for haring entailed ftfpr4lindk - -
1111e.liaroatiAattow said he was afraid it mead
the morals, if he was to *low apses." to any
tailoPilto 'night choose to pas% Lis • petestrend, eta ;
in the care of a persoitof whom be knew lirsttftig. • / O.
chose to pass his limo in a commas Brothel, be mast 111 his
own insurer. 4n A.
The fellow was piiteNietif • 'as this ' I?
reproof and denier, and made o best "(his way oat f
court amid the titter of the a rv:
Thorne, Skaller teas indicted for'stealing a *etch, value
2:is. and 17-Sovereigers, the property of Patrick di'Keevor,'
'slim 17th of August l;at.
The prosecutor,' lad sheet 17, deposed that he is • taitor,• .
roaldie*Queen-strost,Ogelen-square: The prisoner was in
the . of a neighbouring publican, and occupied part of
• witness. room, and slept in the same bed. with hits. On tie:
Morning of the day named in the indictment, prisoner got e p
um* earlier than Jima!, saying he felt veryill. and quitted din
most ;Anthem fell asleep, but awoke about 8 o'clock. sad •
Seiliew the prisoner hid not returned. exirminat ids- drawers, .
1 aiddleavered that the whole or his hard earned savings lia.l
boo carried of. Two months after, hearing that a person
answering the inscription of the prisoner was in custody on
' another charge of used, lie went to Me thee.? at Marlborough-
street, to view his person, and immediately recegaised him.
The Jury instantly found ids Guilty.
hir.Justice PAR.: observed, that it wRIIIIIMOSt creel roliberrt
end lie was extremely sorry he could do. do more fur the pro-
*mew than to order his expenses to hi paid to Use utmost, .
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Charles Lidyard, aged 14, and Thomas flare*, were els.
'detect of stealing from. the person of Robert Stuart, a 41;k
ban It rebief, ',sloe 4s. his peso:arty.
Mr. Jurrum PARK asked Mr. Woatner, the Governor sir,
Newgate, whellter the prisoners hod ever been in his ce y
before. Mr. Wormier replied that the prisoner Lidyhed likd
been once before convicted of a similar offence, sod ainfriltd •
tree menthe noprisonment. itehad also a bcolluvitranspirt •
el a few Session* ago. The yoaoger pi isonet had Dew,Oren
c wiricted, but had been in custody several time*, sml
tell known to the Po ice as a notorious pickpOcklit.
Ale,jereiee Phut Wrierretl, that it ought.to
skinder.llllo4ersoatiabo bad been once eoceisteW' I e
ds y inots d' mot again pray benefit of clirg7,4' rtrii -
framed eirduel aho appeand for the prosecution: trite.' ' •
if &ream, nor put In 'slut is termed amooellat
a counter plea, atm in that case he (Mr Justice • PAR k '
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Abouhl be boned record the sentence if 'death. 114
iearaed Judge said he did not now recommeed such' '
slonte, but he had, when at the b tr,s exercised thil 0"
itg•i'mit a notoriously wicked offender, in order to OreYent4:
-.am Public being again subject Pe his depredations. r tit .
rat Mr. Justice PARK yesterday, qn rising, addressed the -I
14.44.0, of the Arraigns as follows: —Let the cases which ' • "
11041 be subtaltted to our consideration to•lnurrow be of a •
. more important nature than those with which we have Ise•rn . tg• . •
decupiet,l today. It is very extraordinary that such triffilit ''.. • ,
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climes should be brought before us. r
The Clerk of the Arraigns. —My 1"M, it is the fault of 1 . `.
the witnesses in not going before the grand jury at an,
earlier period.
Mr. Joistice Paten —Then in future I will take care titsto....
each ,witnesses shall not recelve titbit expenses. Ancientlyy
the prepuce of the Judges as never reinired at the Old
Ralleyt-tiiicept on special and Important occasions; but •
whcn they regu'arly attend, their titpe Is occupied way -
with the moat trivial rases, and. all the trials fur capital - •
offences ore reserved for the last days of the session.
practice must not be allowed to continuo,
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Mr. Baron tisnnow.—l wish to add drew words to *l4: ,
has fallen front my brother Psnn. I know that there try ,
persons who, to suit their own convenience, presume to .1
I marshal the order in whirls bills shall be presented to the
grand jury. If that practice obtain, it will be found Mot
the Court ita• strength enough to correct it,.

A melical plaintiff lost his cause OR a trial ift-tilse Coln .
of Kind's beech yesterday, Weeds,: he made hls patient a
worse than be found him. If tbh; be taw. let the fatuity --.
look to. If all their patients were to refuse payment on •
that ground, many hundreds of " very clever men' would
be. quite ruined. •
A Aloruing P tree says it would he quite avi well it .‘
people al'. I not look up to lawyere, in must things will' etti t .
mach regeratiaa: We were sot aware that they slid, .
though there is -often a degree of dread inspired by their". : .
bias.
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will be in the recollection of enr readers, that Mi. 4,, • •
W. Pike, dso solicitor, who was forcibly expelled irdna . • :1114 J. •
Matter-Gordon public office, immediately commenced itc
against the police officers thalsexpelled kilni and -.. t
Wed his inteatido of procimaing against the ildagis.
ttqbet Mr. Laing, at whose order the officers acted. Yesterdsy
110,Friee gave settee to the two police offimis (Limbrick .
lad lteml), that ME record agpinst them was withdrawn ;
sod it is uoir understood to be his intention to proceed
against the Magistrate only. .
Tbe banking office of Messrs. Oldaker anal ICAgpaAtees- .
ter, was, ou Friday. enterelby means of false keiKituring .
the hour of dinner and teturnary absent/ of the clerk,,und
robbed of various cash notes to the amount of two tboinetiod.
ponael The notes afterwards recovered in a Most mira-
culous manner, haring been dropped on the road leading
from Attester to Snitterfiuld, is-the county of Warwick,
from the pocket of one of the thieves, in his haste to escape,
and immediately picked up by a labourer, who carried them
to a neighbouring magistrate.
LtdrAilts--We understand Dick Defoe, the Westuilnster
chatniftin, is ahead to be matched against Ned Turner.
f r lOU a-side. The money is ready. The mash, in point
of weight and science.. is thong lit 'to be equal, both being
about eleven stone; though soniu fears are eotertaine'l that
Ned may have affected his stamina by copious hbatio.is. of ,
Seeger and Evans Moe emirs.
Th. ~ma trk.eam , at present,• wry prevalent—%
Oo Widnes4afa ..4"L"rwas killed in. the raiittis road • •:,,
the *haat, it was !opposed. came from Battle Bridge.-. 4 • '• -
Neae•Pancras church, it bit a young girl in the allele. Is.
medistely an alarm was given, when a general pursuit tisk
place, and the dog was killed.

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