The Statesman.
London, England, 1819-02-01 00:00:00

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Daring the last Term a motion nes made to set aside
this judgment; but in ronsequence of there bring no
affidavit en the part of the Defendant denying col.
lesion •hh the bankrupt, this motion failed, end the
judgment r.-mainiti in force. In the cou,m, of the
last week, esecuti..n was !VA not upon ti.i.
inent, end the of ject of the present was to
venter up sati•faction to the judgment, upon the around
shut the damages had already been wild to Mr.
Wright. The Learned Serjeant gtootitle.l his mu..
Linn upon the prndection of an affidavit of Mr.
I.bahanes, in which he distinctly denied all tulle-
.ion obstever with the Plaintiff. end shit swore to
the positive existence of the deht, which Led been
admitted iu part lignidation of the damages reco-
vered.

The CovitTeelted Whether the assignees claimed
the *hole element or the &mime', or only the 5001.
cash paid by the V•fentlani ?
Mr. Serjeent ILEss ausytered, that the assignees
only cbinied the hum
The Cover granted the role to shore cause, epos
an ontiorst.nding that the ',sips's were to be wade
parties to the rule.

SHERIFFS' COURT. COLEMAN-STREET.
J011:43074 V. 11•1111011111.

The Plaintiff is • Cepisin in the Navy. sad Die
Defendant • tradesman at Plymouth; and the action
was brought to f•CieTP, *compensation for a quantity
of cutlery and pewter left in are of the Def.ndsm,
and reed to his own use. It was contaidedls
defence, that the geode were hroeght in • clog le
Defendant'. hoes. so for hark Si 1810, by tire
sellers, who left it without .aying to whom It be.
longed, or what was to be done with it. After re-
maining in his shop several months, it was stowed in
a cellar, and Owe moused upwards of 110,0 a yaks;
when, having occasion (.clear net the cellar, It was
discovered; but the 'best was in such a decayed Mete,
that, in removing it, it •fell to pieces. The cutlery
was entirely spoiled by rust, cod the pewter the De-
fineilant ordered to be cut up and sold as old metal.
Th. CHAMMAII that the Defendant would
have been Jet.tified if be bad ordered the chest to hove
Meru carried out inte the street, and left there to
cuance ; but is he had converted it into motley, he
had made himself responsible. The Plaintiff, bow..
ever, having neglected it so long, mss not entitled
to it, ortgitial value, as the damage was through
note neglect. The value song:4 to he recovered 11•11
261. but the Jury gave a verdict for 71.

PALACE COVET, .la■.°.!.

ARREST OF TilE KINWS.COACHMAL
LeomotuD D.

In a (armor P.yer we stated, that Mr Gmlo7
.wv.d tees ref• to .hew MOOD why a writ of coped"
tad ragesisiradirin. Weed easiest Ilia I)..fraliant,
"Snot. aid be quashod, aad
sp.", tho •64Iatit of the I
obtainod, sod • day Azad
ass.. F ore the

alit it •ppe•red, that en ti

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nobly to his 111sj-ity, 13)
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germts wit •UsaUral ii
♦bate recAred a er
of tech appuin
441) of January he was auroral" fay ar. a Mc., of
this Court, named ll.cks, for en alletrlli des.* of up.
wards of 181. eldi.tugS he laid the said snack 'bat
be was a pgiajlegeti 1.1111111.1( The 4 .1 MI. 40.16Pliehte
Pt. the 101. ; and the Defendant was crimpellad to fa-
rce* a 1.5.: hood. This alli 'evil baring twee tend,
and prittl4.:« hating been pl.atled, crientes
ridevits
of the Planet' Thomas Hicks, the siker, and
Thomas Turner, his follower, were pat is, and reed
by Mr. Hewitt, the Prothoh•ttary.
Atter the calor nit- argued nn bosh sides, that
Learned Judge (lit:Ruin biogice. gore his .10.
fission. agitated, that it it should tern net that the
!sir ass with the permits who applied, and that br
still c.ntittued to believe be be,' a plea of prirvege in
that Court, he might pursue it fosilser. If it had
been a profess from any of the other Cooks, he felt
no hesitation in se)ing, he would have been entitled
to his discharge upon common bail. But in order to
know the particular coostruttion of this Court,
and the foondstion ern which it lass erect.
ed, it would be *viewer, to tsac. Its origin
most minutely. In some cases it wss coma MIA
abe highest authority. With respect to its limit of
jerirdictien, it was established as far bask as
Stowe articili super (Audis, which shissiod
what the jurisdiction of the Mareial.ea rat. Th.
Learned Judge proceeded to take an htk ticat re.
view of the manner In which the ottrieut Court of
Marshall,* was created and established, watt's*,
*MA the opinions of high and learned sethorities,
open cases heretofore decided ; and in concluding
said, that there was ee doubt but other Coasts
would have been precluded the power of *vital
lik• party ; bet is. that Court the King hies
out the eery prudes the parties bad a right In. If in
Ibis case both parties bad been of his blajestj's
ineesehold, there might hare been an objection. lie
(the Learned Judge) huwerer was of opinion, that
the Defendant was nut entitled to his diachar_te from
Sift Court, although be omelet bare been entitled to
k boo any other—bole discharged, with costs.

Aims In Ocenber ISt, two [tire'', of timber, one 33
feet, end the other 16 feet in leolath. The as w-dast
was fre.h were the pier. of timber bad boon .awed et
Mr. Doe's wharf; the ends were cut off In a berry,
sod in a eery bantling ao.onsoer ; still he knew the
timber, mad was positive that it was the Proseeetors
T. Hollingsworth, timber.inessarer to the Water.
loo.hi idea Company, proved that the piece of timber
was on the % aterlou wharf on Weineaday meriting,
the 13th inst. and it was never sold to the
W. Brian', foreman to Messrs I•oo, at their
wharf, Narrow-wall, I Am..h .L., proved, that the piece
of timber stolen was brought on their wharf, after
dark, on the night of Wednesday, the 17th inst.; be
NM ltd. soon alit was light on Thursday nsoraing,
and thefrvisoner said it was his property.
The Counsel for the Prisoner called
F. Hawbooly, ■ lightennan, who stated, that be
was pith the Prisoner in October last, when he per-
chased of the Prosecutors two pieces of timber ; one
of the pieces was 10 feet, and the other 43 feet long ;
It was measured by Ellis, in mistake for 33 feet
ably.
Caps•-ezaminod by Mr. CowLtY.—Ho is brother-
in-law of the Prisoner. Wes In the employ of the
Prosecutors at the time the timber was posrettaosd by
the frisuotet ; bet bed webergeeeetly been discharged.
He did not wirteliew the cireetrostance to his employers
of the piece of limbo/ being 10 feet longer than it
ought to be.
Mhakes, a lightening's, swore, that the piece of
titr alleged to have been stolen, was purchased by
the Poisoner is October last. He was sere it was
see of the pieces Hat be witnessed sold to him ow the
Prosecutors' trbarf.—Upes croes.exantiaatlon, he
admitted that he had bees discharged about three
ateaths age by the Prosecutors (the Court stopped
him from stogie( the reason of loi• being discharged).
W. !kiwis, a poblican, residing in Ilnefeterry.
road, examined by Mr. Tvaron.—Swore, that he
bad pw-chased thnher of the Prosecutors, which was
meosored by Ellis, mod that it oicisedesi the measure.
wont by a very considerable quantity, so that he got
;Paper rest. by the mistake. Upon being cross-os-
issnined, be admitted that his never told the Pros&
colors of the mistake.

Mr. Previa, • mast-maker, said that the Prisoner
*old his lb. piece of timber 16 feet in length, and
that Ow large piece was taken ep to Battersea by the
Prisoner. Upon eress.essmination by Mr.Cornew,
he world Not positively swear that she large pitmen(
timber was ore cot up within a few doors of ►b
hoes. by the Prisoner's directions, soon after it was
purchased
Mr. COWLaY rPcalle.l the wit° far the pro-
weans', • ho, in the nine' direct terms, contradicted
t►e evidence for the defence. _

The t u.itta ,ommed op the evidence, remark.
fug op n th• nt.st prominent parrs of it; and tee
J, just, I, found the Prisoner (a respectable.
ps.sing sentence, dwelt upon the
rues of the Prisoner's alma ; re.
being is • respectable way ef
P pr.poi ty. to coesesit seek • &roe.
reoegli uelli is the era of the Is.),
has iudste•d by want to do such
ice esei, that be It. transport's'
.411a44"
GMIRGE OF MURDER.

Carom' es 1, Jill '27.—Abrmt four 'earl ago, I
cur metiers , it recollect, a mauler was committed ,
at Herten, ~. Essen, by • gtns, of miscreants, five or
sit in Rairiber, who first broke into the house of a re-
spectable tratiestoso, untried Henry Digt, sad af-
terwards m•rtlered hie. P.M: and Tamer were two
Of the gang : tbry were tried at the ensuing Asstises,!
at Ci.elmsfiod, convicted, arid hanged. One of them, I
prestos% to undergning his sentence. rienird that be
was implicated in the warder and robbery, anti per-
slated its that declaration to the monseut he ass turned !
of; the niter scknowletige.l that ha was one of the I
gang teat committed tie murder, but refused to maks!
any farther disclosure.
A few month* ago throe men, named Thomas!
Corby, John Deans, sod Timothy Hammond, were i
apprAendad 'won a charge of carrying iosniements
for poaching upon the grounds of a Gi-ntieroso in
Erma, and *Ph •aaaelting the gamekeeper in •
breast manner, leaving him on tits ground spree.
hter
ready dead. These men were trial last Sessioss
the ottnce, and heing convicted, Deans was son-
eated to or transported for woes years, aid the
other two to imprisonment for different terms. During
their confinement • *trona ti•spicion VMS.) that they
were the p.,rti•s concerned with Pratt and Tenter, in
1 the murder of Mr. Tricg. The Mtgistrates of Chelms-
ford rustled themselves to obtain ',ideate as le the
guilt or innocence of the *dosed. They have bees
frequently esamined, and such evidence has at
length Won elicited, which, though circumstantial,
)et, in • considerable degree, ripens what was
1 before suspicion into certainty. Tilt only circum.
stance allowed to transpire, relating to the guilt of
she parties, is the evidence of the niece of Deans. It
appears that he resided at Argoden, near Clarering,
and was f.etptintly visited by his companions in itsi.
toity. One night, during • carousal, Dran's niece
overheard the intaticatett party coagratulatine each
nth'r upon their fortunate escape from the fate of
'Verner and Pratt, their companions in the horrid
clime at Herders. She disclosed the sornrds which she
overheard to some penes, by whom they were com-
inenicsied to the Magistracy of the county. The lat.
tee were barn inducted to investigate the affair, and
at the final rumination this day, th.. Prisoners ware
brought imp to the Shirt Hall, bents Sit Tuoss IS
T 111161.1, Bart., and other Magistrates for the
entinti, sod the evidence being reed, it was of such
a entwine'se description, that it led the Magistrates to
roily commit the parties to take their trials for the
murder at the nest Chelmsford Agile's.

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