The Statesman.
London, England, 1820-02-24 00:00:00

THE STATESMAN.

POLICE.
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POST-OFFici: RottREVIE4.

navy, to recover of Mr. Coperand a stun of 1,400 L,
which it was alleged had born lost to the estate of the
deceased through his negligence. The facts as proem'
were shortly these. Mr. M`Killough in his life-time
' effected a Piney of insurance at the Globe Life Office,
upon the life of a gentleman named Riddell, for 1,4001..
'fur which the yeailv premium was 971. 16s. Some time
in 1518, Mr. 111•Killongh died, aid the defendants,
M . Copeland and Co. of Surrey-street, navy agents,
who acted in that capacity for him during his life-time,
continued to pay the yearly premiums en this insurance
regularly from the time of his death, until 1816, whea
failing 'to do so, the policy of course, became void. Is
the mean time the assured Mr. Riddell died, but as the
policy became void through neglect of paying the pre-
minm, the executors of Mr. 111•Killough had no claim
against the insurance of 6re. But they now contended,
that as it was through the defendant's neglect this was
occasioned, that they should have a remedy against
them for as large a sum as they would against the in-
surers if the premiums had been regularly paid. The
great question, therefore, in the case turned upon the
degree of responsibility which blessrs. Copeland were
under to renew the premiums.
A great deal of evidence was offered on both sides.—
It was admitted, on all hands, that the defendants had
been regularly renewing the premiums until Isl 6. Rut
on their part, they put letters of Br. Beatty to them,
dated the year before, desiring that they would, at least
for that yrdr, pay the premium, lint giving them no in-
structions fur the following year. It seemed, from
some dispositions of the testator's property, that it be-
came doubtful out of what funds this premintu should
be advanced. Coder these circumstances, the defend-
ants dill not rare to risk their money unless they 11411
the consent of all parties ; and as no special retainer or
power was given them subsequent to the letter which
begged of them to do it the year before at " any rate,"
they insisted they were not empowered afterwards to take
any steps.
l'he Cuter JUSTICE summed up the evidence, and, in-
der his Lordship's direct' s, the Jury found fur the
plaintiff, as to the 1,100/.

flow-Synarr.—Late on Tuesday night, a young man,
not wore than 21. of very genteel appearance and most
respectable rontiesions, who bell: a situation in the In-
land Oflice, was brought before IL lit a,ta, Esq. by La-
vender, on the fallowing charge:—
IN the 13th instant, a letter, containing a 3411. Bank
of England note was pm into the I Iwlnosiord Post-office.
and, its the re,:nlar ronrse of hasiors*, it wonld pus
through the bonds of the prisoner. 't he letter did reach
its destination, ba wryer, lint wi:hotst the Bank-note:
it appc4t ril to 1.4% e been opette.l .Lnd robbed of its con-
tents. Notice etas instantly given at the Bank, and, in
the flute was traced to the prisoner, who
had entrusted it to a permoi woeir.l Jones, an attorney's
clerk, and residing in Bray's-inn-lane, to get changed tut
him. Jones's wife paid it away to a liners-draper in the
neizhhourhood of Illoomsbury-wpiare, and from thence
it was sent into the Bank.

The worthy Al•giatratr, after forewarning the pri-
souer of the awful sitnation in la hull he stood, very hu-
manely reC1111111111.11,11.11 Lint to re lay thing he alight
liA%a• to say fur Ilia future examination, especially ma he
dial not appear to bar, any legal ad% iser present.
The prisoner, who fireined very lithe ronrerned at the
eltaree. thanked the AlJgistr.ate for his advice, but oh-
served. that when a matt felt conscious of his infineenre,
he need not he afraid of telling all he knew ; and he was
proceeding to Atittr aottirthing, when the Magistrate
again eantiameal him to forbear. lie persisted, however,
and requested that the witness, Jones. who had stated
dut ter prlewirr pre !kr thr note iinivierre for tnonow.
he h—ad hini, might he asked whether the debt 1: ad
601 in fin Laun paid hing, ago.
Jones, who, together with kis wife, continued throngli-
ont thr examination to weep most audibly, said that his
first deposition was not true, for that tbie kriipmer did
not owe him auy thing at the time he gave him the note
to get clumps!: maul -added, that the prisoner told hint
he had found the note.

Th. prisoner appeared very well utiafied with this
alteration of the evidence, anti said it was Very true ; he
hail ltuleed room, the money under the ti udder, at the
Item rut Poet-lA:T.
The ilagistrate, after nhserrinf that this would not
justify hint in Appropriatin, It to his own use,eossioitted
hien for further examinat►on on Tuesday next; and or-
dered the witness Jones to stand committed also, upon
sultieion of his having had a guilty knowledge of the
that.