The Statesman.
London, England, 1821-01-15 00:00:00

J. Stanley alias Jack Jolly, M. Herd, IV. Walls,
J. Harris, alias Reylark, G. Harris alias Keyloek, R.
Al•Dride, W. Jones, and IV. !lardy, were indicted fur
rescuing- S. Jones, W. Dunn, and two others, who were
charged with a felony. The circumstances of this flag-
rant %mirage have been already before the public in all
the papers. The prisoners were all very young men.
Chief Baron Bitumens and Mr. Justice lioanovn
presided.
Mr. REYNOLD% and Mr. BOLL %ND conducted the pro-
secution, anti Mr. 1. to- was fur the priamier Stanley.
The record of the conviction of Dons. anti Jones was
read, as was also the warrant of commitment, signed by
Messrs. Farrant and Conant, Magistrates at Marl-
borong li-st reel.
John -Marsden, the gaoler of Marlborough office, de-
posed, he was taking the prisoners, Dunn anti Jones,
and three others, from Marlborough-street to New-
gate on the 211 of November last, about tire in the
afternoen. At the end of tieorge-street, formerly Dvot-
street, he heard a whistle, and immediately received a
desperate blow on the head, which knocked him down
and rendered him insensible for sevaral Jaya; he ee as
besides dreadfully bruised in various parts of his body.
Ann Maxfield knew the paiater, !lardy, lits'o M'Bride,
Herne, anti the two Keyiocks. The witness went on
the day of the rescue with Hardy and others to the
public-noose the sign of the feathers, in the Broadway,
%Vest 'Muster. Hard:. Warts. and a man named Scarruw,
reqsiesteti her to go in larthoriingli-strPrt Office anti see
Jones. who wet loArii np on a clinrge of stealing a
watch ; when she returned, she told them that Junes
had iitiorissed her that Ise was to he conveyed to New-
gate, neon which stir sent lionsetliately hack to JOlle% to
tell him 4,11 nil account to have a coach ; she then met
some of the prisoners again at the Ship, in Durk-lane,
with other persons. 3lark Herd, Wm. %Yams, ant! Wm.
Searrow, had got sticks of a large size; she afterwards
saw Jones in custody of Marsden the gaoler, with others,
coming from Niarlhorisitalt-street Office, near Blenheim
steps; she met Robert 3I Bride and Mark Herd, who'
asked her if alas hail told Sam. Jones' about The coach ; I
Raring replied, to their yiestions, she followed Jones to
sir where Its was going; at the end of Oxforil-atreet,
it•adinK In Ileorge-street, slue saw several of the pri-
soners whose she identified; heard a whistle and saw
souse one fall. She then went hone, hat saw Jones
afterwards at Kilsby's, a public-house in tieorge-street
in the Borough, with many of the prisoners who were •
playing at dominos.
geveral of the prisoners asked the witness questions
in erota-examination, which did not impeach her testi- ,
loony. Elizabeth Joni.. saw AIDS 11axlield with two i
seen at the Feathers in the Remote% ay, when stan Mat- i '
field informed her of Jones being in custody, and that
she, Ann Maxfield, was then going to him to convey the .
message about the coach. The witness observed that i
she thought it was better let alone, for it would bring
her into trouble; she heard smile of the prisoners car,
that if they could have ninisteretl strong enough the night
before. they could have gat 1111/1 out of the watch house.
She !lien heard the prisoners make arrangements for
meeting at the various public houses.
John I i oulso it,i lie landlord ol the Two Brewers,George-
street, remembers the prisoners coming to his house on
the :lath November, some of them had sticks, they were
all strangers to hits:.
Thomas _pianos keeps an eating-holm. at No. 10,
Ileorge-street, St. Mile.: remembers Hardy and Stanley
going up the street on the till of November ; Stanley had
a thick !dirk with hint ; theiie was a great rush at the
time in question; going towards Russell-street, his at-
tention was attracted by the crowd going in that di-
re cti on.
John 'filthy, a baker in filnseum-street, saw above
twenty persist's on II r day in question about a quarter
before four, mostly armed wills sticks, going in the direc-
tion of Oxford-street. Ile afterwards saw them return
about 2fl minutes before fire, and ran out to see what
wa; the matter.
John Bird, bookseller anti printer, Somers Town,
was in Bell Yard on the 2:111 of November. Saw a mob
coming down that place, anti was struck by one of them.
He took bold of the coat of the man that struck him,
(Wm. Jones). Worn hr received a second blow from
someone of the party. On the apprehension of Jones,
the coat he had on was examined and proved to have
been recently nitimied.
tornelias toyer, porter at the Exchequer Office in
Chanrerv-lane, was in Elect-street, near the corner of
Bell 1 and ; observed a number of men coming down
Bell Yard, anti crossing to Temple-lane. lie ran t fter
them, anti received a desperate blow on the face and
arm from some of the party; followed them to the
treasurers office in the inner Temple.
James Sheffield, a lamplighter to the Temple, saw a
crowd limning flown the steps near Lamb's Buildings;
' on going near to see what was the molter, lie was struck
with the bludgeons with which the prisoners were arm-
ed. The brother of this witness, who was with him at
the time, corroborated this evidence, and was also ill-
used.
! John Ilitchin, porter at the Temple, hearing a great
'1 noise, tient out and was immediately knocked down,
upon which he called out to close the gates.
Elisabeth Kilehy is the daughter of the proprietor of
1 St. 4 itsurge's Coffee-house, in the Borough ; remembers
j about twenty persons coming to her father's on the 23u1;
j it was the liadger night, and some of them were armed
I with sticks ; remembered Junes being apprehended at her
I father's house. I
William Kilsby corroborated his daughter's evidence,
and delivered the stick Stanley left with bins to the offs- I
cer Jeffreys.
; Jeffreys here produced the stick, which the witness
1 identified.
Vim. Jones had told the witness that lie would hear
something; that they had three parties in the affair, and
they met at the ship in Duck-lane ; lie had told him that
was nutisiag i.in a good sec. and therefore he (the wit- I
neva) hail ask-el bins to poillt hiss' out to hint. Prisoner
I informed lona they hail liberated the prisoners byfloor-
la' the keeper, and every out who cause cat to look at
I thew, so as II .t to give a chance away ; that they took
j the prisoaers to Wnt. Jones's in Dover-street, where they
knocked their irues of.
IRottiven the oftier. took Jones and some other of the
prisoners into custody,