The Statesman.
London, England, 1820-09-22 00:00:00

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TRIAL OF SAMUEL WTAT, FOR FRAUD.
Mr. Amateurs opened the case to the Jury.
U. Sewell being sworn. stated that hr is collector
:tie the western division of London, foe the " Bene-
t tient, or Strangers' Friend Society," and in that
ran:wiry he received a letter frum Lord Milton, c At-
taining a petition, &c. sent by the prisoner to Earl'
• Illiwilliati, his Lordship's father. His Lordship tie-i
sire.) that the alleged distressed state of the prisoner)
might be inquired into. The witness further stated,'
that he made some inquiries, and found that some part
LA his petition were not tree ; that on rite 2341 June!
List deponent called at Earl Fitewilliant's, in Drone-1
li/r-square„ and met the prisoner there. Deponent 1
tri.ptired if be had a wife and 6 children, as set forth i
in his petition ? 1-le answered, " Yes."
Was all your furniture sold for arrears of rent in
June last ?--It was. I
111 ye 3 of your daughters hail the typhus fever, and ;
hs en ill fur 9 weeks ?—Vas.
Your petition states that you are in treaty nith a I
p nun for a school, fur which he asks :WI. fur desk ~,
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t.utius, &c. ?—Yes, I am.
Do you think he will take the 20/. ? - Not if paid!
L. instalments.
lint suppose it were paid all at once. how mark do i
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itaoliaw.ar?ds tPleteris'ault'tst 215I.
—Nearly 111.
41 ' - .‘re all those signatures on your petition ?—Ycs.
%Where is the school situated ?—lit Charles-strurt, •
Hatton-garden. •
Well, I stn- sure your petition is re•pectaltly signed ;
I. will give you this pound uote anti tal.e rare tit suer
petition, and make further inquiries to srr what oar
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t Lc dote, for I belong to a public (-kiwi . I hind.
you, Sir. •
a • Mr. Butler being sworn, stated that the prisoner
r. nted a small tenement of him, ronti-;ttoits to his loco I
duelling, eonsistiwi of two rooms: and he ha• not a
Inil', and six children t that he never seized or sold a
Angle article belonging to him ; that he had no! t hirer
Jsnghters ill with the typhus fever: that he IVI4. ill.. I
toxitated every slay, and lived Trianon .nslr on the
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0:114 he had made on the nobility ;•nd sentry by fa-
bricated petitions. He and the is omen hr eo•liabited 1
is ith were a imi•ance in the neiehbouthooll. Der,.
tient had often gut out of bed to quell their riotous
1 ondnet.
Mr. Roberts, constable, brine. morn, profit's-est the 1
l'. note, which the prisoner haul nhtisined from 41.
Sewell. ,
;it Here die case closed.—The prisoner had no witnesses
. t•- call. hut attempted to deny what Ir. 'littler alleged
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.0-ainst him.
:,I he Calmest 1N addressed the Jury. rei apitttla'ing '
r e evidence, null lamenting the frequenry t.f sorb
rtes. The Jnry immediately pronounced hitu--
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;try.;
• The COVAT on pascing sentenee. observed, tkt the;
Feist:mer hinl-esstmnitted an offence for which hr tan- i
.-s d to be transported for sere* years, when's* his'
( - alajos.y. by the "deice of hie Privy Contwil, than ht
i proper ; heft, from his age, the Court indulged a dis-
t..nt hope that he would amend. The sentence of the
/ s'..urt was, that he should be further imprisuued tine
Year.
The following signatures were attached to the pri-
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s tier s petition :—W. Wilberfurre, 11.;
71.0 rd Dudley
a• d Ward, 'V.; Alex. Baring. 21.: Sir U. Statio, •
ten, 11. ; J. J. A., I!. ; Ilarrowhy, V.; R. Ryder, 11.;
.t!ii xattreni. It.; Countess Dowager Manvers, I/.
TRIALS FOR SEDITIOUS LIBELS.
Yesterday, Clerkenwell Sessions House was erewded
• by Reformers and others, anxious to hear the eloquence
0/ ant late of the celebrated little %Waddington, wbu was
AsS putt to the Bar to take his trial twos the charge of having
leublished a wicked and seditious Libel, for the purpose
to exciting million amongst the soldier% and alienateng
1 . them from their allegiance to his Illakstr.
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Waddington hating been arraigned. pleaded Not
• 1 Guilty, and then addressed the Chairman, requesting
that the Jury should be sworn in his reverser. They
I. til been sworn before he entered the Cone', hut he
stid it would be a satisfaction to hint to see the thing
done. 4
The CHAIRMAN immediately directed that the book
4 mid be handed to the Jury. The Foreman having
trisen it, Waddieg o 1 is was called upon for his objection,
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if he had any.
4 Weddingt'on then said—" If any tax•gatherer, or per-
son employed by tiorerinnent, ur contractor for tiOtefn-
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r ent, is in that Pas, I obie tto his being sworn.
fhe PORSMAI said, e believed that there was no
person of that description in the box.
The ::ttAtattAx put it to the lientlemen of the Jury,
whether any of then answered the description giveu-by
Air. Waddington: if that was the case, hr was convinced
those so described, would have honour and feeling now
to retire from the box.
! i 3 The Jury, after a short tsinversation amongst them-
v•lvea, declared that no person of the kind objected to
i . o-as in she boa.
Waddington said, he bad no further objection.
As soon as the Jury were sworn twend time.
.. . 1-c applied for, and was instantly accommodated with
"- • pen, ink, and paper, for the purpose of taking ootes.
Air. Mr NOLDS then rose, anti stated thecae& in a speech
i el coosiderable force. lie said the offence with which the
defetrdaot was charged was one of the most serious de-
s:-ription, being no less than a deliberate attempt to
a. ensue the affections of the military from his 3lajesty,
I.) the publication of one of the most gross libels that
1..-re Appeared before a court of justice. The learned
I ••ansel thee proceeded to state the substance of the libel
t eLlrh he said Waddington had thought it to publish at
a period when the public mind was in a state of great
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asiitation, is consequence of the proceedings which it
Lid beet' deemed expedient to institute against her Ma-
j.-sty. The libel was in the shape.of a placard, Ind it
' s•atettfliat the soldier's Were the friends of the injured
tjdern, that they-would support her rights, and then a
I dependance might be placed upon their equal eagerness
to support the rights of the country. It tfien allotted to
tie revolutions in tipaintand Naples, and called upon the
people to love the saddlers who were allfriends to the
14deen, but who ster# rut off from all, communtration
witkthrl rest of tP public, and, in fact, prevented from
,ply/be. facra of Om country men. rm ept with bayon-
ets Need, or drawn swords. - The learned counsel dwelt
upon ober sentiments as peculiarly calculated to ineerste
bet he thanked lloil that the loyalty of •the soldiers was
Alive the weakness dr being shaken by stitch an appeal.
geideneiseas called, proving the publication of the
Vila, and it was pit lu and read by the Clerk of the
tale.
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.S. LeotTlise. hrser . is. hi t y arum" heather.
1. r'olves WIEi Lime renotrt...,s . erers as tirr %lane tie.
latuttitie. They List ictiessii %irtorier st loch nu soldiers,
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