The Statesman.
London, England, 1822-08-21 00:00:00

Mir .STATESMAN

stripped of his only rocosopeose, hio prise.mooey}
Application bed been previously made to the laorti
Mayor 'grin the subject. add his Lordship snit a sem-
' moos to, the Army Argot, requiring his atiasdaoce at
the Justice-room.
Mr. Abuts waited modb beyond the time postal;
exported from the polities of professional moo ; bet
the Army Agent did not make his appearance to as-
Ewer the charge. His Solicitor. however, attended,
rand was very anxious to know the precise stature of
Ike imputation against his client.
Mr. Absax said he knew so Atioroey io this Cue.
It was the duty of the second to attend the summons.
That, however, there might be no mietalto lo this mat-
ter, be should lot hesitate to state that his client
charged. the Army Arent with barter defrasded bite
of 20001. Pies per Cent. Stock, a crime subject to the
penalty of trassportation. The presence of the de-
fendant watt the only thief necessary to eoalsie the
Lord Mayor to come to a decision on 'Ocean*, as the
depositions could now be made to the molt tirdsfactory
retest. ' '

The Solicitor wished to see the depotitioor which
were said to warrant the repreteutatiou that fraud had
ben committed.

It. ALLEY ridiculed such s mode of proceedieg as
wholly incompatible wit► professional practice, and
desired that the name of tie person summoned s►ould
be called.

The name basing been called, aid no answer re-
tuned, the Solicitor stated that he knew the object of
the complainant is ibis case wan to bold up the de.
lindens to public exposure. He added that he saw no
reason, except the Lord Mayor declared his opinion
is the affirma,ive, why his client should be present on
this occesloa, there being no distioet charge against
Min. If his Lordship expressly desired it, the de-
feedlot silesidonke his appearance at any time.
Mr. ALM 'said the defendant bad been treated
With fine levity in baviag received • summons, in-
it ad being compelled to attend upon a warrant ;
bet is Valid treatment bad no effect, and the authority
of the Chief Magistrate, so jar as it had beet exer-
cised, had produced no goasequences, another measure
should be resorted to.
The Solicitor here strongly denied that say fraud
bad bees practised, and that • lientletnaa was is the
Jnitice-room who was ready to be bail for thedefend•
11111 to say amount.
Mr. /lour said the cue was on. which could not
be balled.—He again sairsed up** the abuses
of the defendant, and deal thatr the unfortunate
genii/mu who had bees defrauded, was almost a
ruined mat in consequeate of Lis reliance upon the
integrity of the accused.
The Lose Naves said, that boiling could be done
withont the presence of the Army Agent, against
whop be could not certainly think of jesting a war-
rant without the regular allelarits, a represeatation
having bloc+ made by the Solicitor to that party, which
give the imputadoa a different cut from that which
'it bed just received.
The Sacker stated that be knew the complaisant
was a groat sufferer by the bankruptcy, but Le most
solemnly declared that the case was La from being
one of felony.
Mr. AlAtv thee gave notice that the afre.lavire
should be drawn up, and that the defendant might ex.
peat a warrant.
The case excited great interest, and will come on in
a few days for the decision of the Lord Mayor. The
complaitunt was ready to make his deposition biter,
his Lordship, bat it was thought more advisable to
ban the affidavits drawn up in the customary form.
and to compel the attendance of the defendant by a
warrant.

QCLEV•IVAIIIII.-••PARSOI4O4I GIME): Fats —Re-
peated complaints have been made at different times
of the disorderly conduct of crowds of• idle and dis-
solate persons of both
the statements of the inhabitants sad the reports of
the police officers concur is rep tug the fair of
this year, %%hick commenced on Saturday last, to
have far exceeded in tumult, disotder and mischief,
say other within their memory. A strong party of
police officers and Bow-s patrule was therefore
stationed in the fair on the looltirut. Yesterday three
girls, named Calks: lac Green, Mary Smith. and Mary
Boarae, with three moo, aimed Peter Carlun, James
Fattier, sod Jolla Jcnaiags, were.brought up to this
Office by Popies, on a charge of,slisorderly conduct,
and were all committed for one math to the House of
Correction under the new Vagrant Act.
IlaaLootenouatrairr.--Yesterclay IV.! km Clif.
ford was charged by Plank, the officer of this office,
with creating a riot at the funeral of the Marquess of
Loudoaderry.
Plank stated be saw the prisoner haranguing the
mob ; and oa the movement of the precession he be-
gan to bum aad clap. On hie remonstrating with
him, he said be shoulddo as he pleased, when be took
him lots oastody.
' The &readapt said that having laid a wager of a
drop of sons that the body would be removed to town,
he clapped for joy because he bad won it, nut oat of
any Ul-will to the Marqaess.
He was ordered to find bail to keep the peace.
UNION HaLiYesterday 1.120t1448 ee *MOM. Bastard
Rash, sad Thomas Brown were brought ap, charged
with hreakitag and entering 'the dwelling house of
Mrs. Conde, in Parkplate. Peckham, sad stealiog
quantity of plate, cash, and wearing apparel to a con-
siderable amount.
Jeremiah Harwood, a labouring sea, was at work
at the back of Mrs Caada's bone*, sham five o'clock
on Monday evening, whey he saw four or five men
larkiaq about the premises. lie mentioned the cit.-
cuinataace to a person standing by, and expressed his
appreheosion that they had committed a robbery.
Whilst witaess was talking, be beard a thisCs whistle
and a cry of " Carlo r• spin which signal, the pi-
sutler Wilson came ruining out of 00 bons. with his
pockets loaded, and scaling I Inc.,a they at; walked
away deliberately. Witness, is oompasy with the
man to whom be had made knewa his conjeetarts,
without delay Forayed theta half a mile on the Loudon
Road, in the course of which Wilsoa threw away a
browa lionised bag, 'kith was afterwards picked sp,
sod wu found to cestain a tutosher of skeleton key.,
Witham succeeded ii gittiog up to the three prisoners
who *ere, with farther assistance, secured. sod
brought back to Peckham mid delivered over to the
custody of Harkin, the Coostiffsle, *lto searched their
pockets, bat Ruse of the stoles property was team!

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spelt them. lrbrywrs'itiolegtds lOW in Peck-
ham Cage.—Their two •anspaolues affected their
mespeo—lfintirestesetreles punitive NM tio the-identity
.f the three primmem;
Mr. littadey, a gentlemen Most *.s on a visit to
1141. Cootie. Noted, that at theotiale the robbery was
slimatitted. Aims,lf sad all the fishily were oust ear
ling is the &meg Canal. On leaviog law. they sc-
ented every teem Is tits honer, and the out r doom
wets also made fat. Out their retort' beetle they
beard of tbeltabbery, sad on examinstiti-, consider-
able property was found to have been carried off, con-
sisting of plate, mosey, sod a earlntr apparel.
Bakes, the comitable, said, that after be bad lodged
the prisoners in the watthorse, be went to sirs.
Cooden hones, and found the back door wide open ;
oa plow op emirs, two teems bad been entered, and
every drawer -4- h -WI
broken open and ransacked
apartments were strewed with dresges.—
About half pat fuer o'clock that morning, an attack
wits made on the cage, by the remsinder of the gang,
who bad Dearly saeceeded in releasing their associates.
They wrenched off a very large iron bar ,chief. is
&dosed with a padlock outside the cage du,,r. On
going' in, part of a small crow was found lying near
the door. - -

The Magistrste inquired whether any of the stolen
property had been found so that it could he identified
and 00 being answered in the negative, he SAi I it w.. 0
of no consequence, as the prisoners would be diwposed
of for the mere breaking and entering. alone, which
would be quite sufficient for the ends of justice.
The pri being called oil for their defence,
hung down their heads, and said nothing.
The liaecrate then committed them for further
examination.

Ran Jones was brought up by one of the officers
belonging to the Mettlicity Satiety, charged with an
act of vagrancy, baring been found beggirg is Cam-
berwell. _

The officer stated that the prisoner bad heeo seven
Of eight times apprehended before, neon charges si.
'atlar to the present. She was in the receipt of
ls. 9d. a day pension, and yet she asked alms in the
street.

The prisoner, who is about 33 years of are, on
being called on for her defence, stated that her hus-
band bad been a private in the 7th Light Dragoons,
and served node:, the Duke of Wellington, and that
she herself had followed her husband through Spain
and Portugal as a private soldier, and had done ma
tary duty. She was at the battle of Waterloo, where
her husband was slain. sod on his falling from his
horse, she mounted it, joined in the battle, and suc-
ceeded in saving the life of Captain Lance, in doing
which she was severely wounded. It WAS at this time
her sea was discovered, and she came to England.
She was allowed a shilling a day by Captain Lance,
and aloe-pence a day by Government. She there-
fore thought it very hard, after serving bur Kithg
and country, she should he now locked up in a
prison.
Mr. HUMOR. the Magistrate, asked the of6:er if he
was positive she was begging, because the money
might have been. given voluntarily, as a reward for
her exploits at Waterloo, which the richly ilo,erre.l;
and he himself, if she -had asked him, would most
willingly have made her a present.
The officer said she was a comeliest beggar, and Lad
been frequently committed as a vagrant.
She was sent to Brixton mill for a month.

The following ease is that to which e.s referred on
Monday :—A shoemaker was charged with the el-
, 'eget! warder of his wife. The prisooer lived in a
court in the Borough, and was always besting his
wife, who was much addicted to drinLing, and soh
ject to fits. Some few days ago the prisoner h. at her
uumercifnily, hut no bad effects were produced at the
time, till Saturday night last, when she was tal.ms ill,
and died nest morning. A report having spread in
the neighbourhood that she Lad been murdered, he
was apprehended. The prisoner was remanded till
the Coroner's Inquest has sat on the body.
Wonsiiir-sTaskT.—Tma Rcr. WILLIAM EVIIC
In pursuance of his commitment on Monday last, the
prisoner was brought again ibis day before S. Tier-
/ono and J. filmwaan, Esqs., for re•eaaminatinn.
No further testimony as to the facts was prodneed
or required, for the prisoner was reansoliel upon a
doubt which arose in the mind of one of the Worthy
Magistrates, Mr. Twyfurd, as to the extent of his
Jurisdiction to commit for trial in a case where all
the facts proved were done in Buctiughamsbire, a
county over which his commission, as a Magistrate,
did not extend.

Mr. Wilke appeared again on the part of the pa-
rish, and urged the co:npetrncy of a Magistrate to
commit to Nuwgate for felonies, althou;l1 the farts
proved took place in another county, for which the
Magistrate could not act as a Justice,
Mr. Heritage, the Chid Clerk, stated that the prac-
tice of the Woe had always Leon that the Magis-
trate, in eases similar to this, hsd s:onnuitted to New-
gate, and then the prisoner had been removed for
trial into the county where the felony WAS COM-
mined.

Mr. Twyford said, that be bad no doubt of the prac• I
tics pursued at this and the oilier Police Offices, htt,
be very mush doubted of the legality of that practice.,
'fits cdice ofJustice of the Peace, as ante constituted.
was created by statists, and therefore, in his opinion,
the regulation of its duties could lot depend upon ens
tom. It was his wish in this, and all cases of a pub-
lic nature, to suit by his conduct the convenience of
parties, but in a case where he entertained and; doubt,
of his juriadictiou, he feit bound, as a camel razor of
the peace, to send the prisoner to a Magic. rate in the
Couutyof Ilncliughaw.
Me. Mu..l-anti concurred in opinion with his
titer Magistrate as to tie principle of law to which
be adverted ; but if the facia of this case had coal,
originally under his own examination, le shoal.: have
felt warranted, groin the practice so long pursued, and
easel:llrd to by higher cothoritirs, to have committed
the priest:melt, Newgate, in order that he might be
afterwards removed for trial into Buckinghamshire.
Mr. With. then suggested that he had eorutuuni
cated with Mr. Minahull, the Magistrate, who was it.
the C 410014406 also fur Buckinghamshire. Mr. Min-
shalt hid expressed a degree of surprise that she la-.
gallity Of thy practice •ehonld be doubted ; but it
necessaiy, be would attend at the office on a futon;
day, and on the evidence Wog adduced beforj,
him;And he should think ir sufficieni he imp totem'