The Statesman.
London, England, 1818-03-18 00:00:00

Willits' on a LIIM. It ,
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and taking _ ..ort a pocket-book, coat_ mg pro- . ...t.-f-a.„—„t atatmtng combi nation, sCht
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missory notes-to the amount of about 201. On Tue.- iii.rnglreAt ealPi°7"-in* different brs"ci!es 1)(10
day the Prisoner was plated at .the bar, and pleaded i true, which are very Timerous, has been for sot*,
Guilt and thou and, relocipally conducted by oil.
s ; gh Mr. Justice Bayley, with the lig
I " arranginarranging,humanity characteristic of a British lodge, adiised. individual.- —The first ender s the ille,galprO.'
hint to withdrawlis plea; and take the chance of a I ieedings which lave been;getecled to be cognizes'
trial, he persisted in the plea of guilty. , I the before the Megistrateggrite ,on to be heard yes.'
Mr: John Thornton, the Prosecetor, was examined ~ day4efore. itICUAnn IlUligt E/q's when rtai. 1
by his Lordship, as to the circumstances ti re
nder.which dSilvortsood,• James Parnes, the eider, hichard
the robbery bad been committed. He stated that the S ck, and John 'Kant, were broilght to this Office
Prisoner did not ill treat him, or use any violence by. Lavender, and placed at the bar,, and chnr4ed
with,stsls aridly leaving the employ of Messrs. Payne
beyond that of forcibly taking his pocket-booklro6
d W ooeat ln's intl.
him, that he had no fire-arms or other weapons, and,
an
ld
In conclusion, he recommended the Prisoner to the fies, cod, Of Orach-lace weivevsQueen-s treet,
, on WednesdLinco ay last, when
the left their work unfinished, and with being in
merciful consideration of the Court. y
Mr. Justice BAYLEY intimated that this recom-
combination with twelve other men to act in a simi-
mendation would be attended to. lar illegal manner.
William Mills, one of. the men included in the
warrant, was called, as an eviden,ce. He admitted
taking a leiter from. Mr. Silwerwood, the Prisoner,
on Wednesday last, to Mr. Payne, announcing his
and the other melt's determination to leave their
work. Ile asked Mr. Payne for a written answer to
his letter, which Mr. P. declined to give. He ob.
served that be did not know that the men bad any
grie%ances to complain of ; if any existed, and that
they came to him, he would mires' them. Ile then
left Mr. Payne, and they had not been heard of
since—so that it was concluded that nothingahort of
a compliance with the conditions dictated la the let-
ter would be accepted by the men.
The Prisoner, Stlverwood, who has been the
leader and spokesman upon all these proceedings, ad-
dressed the Magistrate, and solicited a prtstpoueineot
of the examination till Mr. Alley Could be procured
to attend for them, which the, Magistrate agreed to
do for an hour.
The Office was crowded sciet journeymen
ployed inithe coach making. business.
Mr. Hopkinson, the coarli-rnaker, of Holborn, the
Chairman of the Association of Master Coach-tnakers,
who have lately met slime the -combination of the
journeymen was discovered, wet present, also Nr.
Howe, and other master coach-otakere.

THURSDAY. MARCH 12.

Thomas Watt* was charged with borglariously
breaking ihto the dwelling-house of Mrs. Jane Riley,
shopkeeper, of Leeds, and stealing therefrom a cer-
tain book; another copra in the indictment charged
the breaking into the house to be with an intent to
steal.
The Jory found the Prisoner—Guilty ;. and fur-
ther stated, that they were of opinion the door was
latched.
The Prosecntris vecommeded the Prisoner to mercy,
on the ground of havitsg known him 26 years, and of
his always having boh►e a good character.
Matthew Todd, late of Leeds, chimney ornament
manufacturer, charged with breaking into the dwell-
ing-house of Mr. Robert Lister, cloth-dresser, in
Kirkgate, was found guilty. There are several other
indictments.against the Prisoner, for similar offences.
On Thursday the trials of Joseph Farrar, James
Wright, John Farrar, and Isaac Farrar, charged
with committing .divers robberies, in the neighbour-
hood of Haworth, &c. known by the name of
Ilarcorth Gang, came on, but all the Priioners were
acquitted, on the ground of the evidence of Utley
the accomplice, not being supported by any uncon-
taminated evidence.

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FRIDAY, Ai ARCH 13,
The following Prisoners were arraigned on charges
of wilful myple,r :
/trakclla. and Mary Watson, of Ripon, charged.
with the wilful murder of a new boon illegitimate
child : and James Chceseborugh, of Whitley, near
Wakefield, charged with the wilful murder of his
mother, Sarah Cheesebrough.
The Court first proceeded with the trial of Isabella
and Mara Watson, end the indictment stated the
death of the child to have been occasioned by the
wilfully omitting to tie up the navel-string, in conse•
quence of which the infant had bled to death, and
further, that with the view of accelerating the death
they inflicted a wound on the back of the child with
a sharp instrument. Two difficulties presented them-
selves in this case : the first was the want of satisfac-
tory evidence that the child was born alive; and
secondly, supposing the child to have been murdered,
the difficulty of proving whether the act was perpe-
trated by hoth the Prisoners, or with their joint con;
currence, or whether it was the deed of the mother.
or the daughter, and if only one of them, of which?
The Prisoners had no Counsel, but Mr. Justice Bay-
ley took great pains in cross-examining the witnesses
for the prosecution, end in summing up the evidence,
brought into prominent view all the circumstances
favourable to the Prisoners, both of whom the Jury,
without re!iring„. found—Not Guilty.
James Cheesebrough wa.: then put upon his trial
for the wilful murder of his mother. It appeared
front the evidence that the Prisoner had been in a
complete state of idiotism for about twelve years, and
Wei subject to 401eikt paroaisms, in one of which he
attacked the deceased, and destio)ed her. The Jury
Acquitted the Prisoner on the ground of his being
insane at the time the fact was committed.—llis ap-
pearance exhibited the must sinequivocal symptoms of
idiocy.
Matthew Stephcnson, of Gildersome, was found
Guilty of Manslaughter—six months Imprisonment.
The trial of Mtn Squire, the late Treasurer of
the Leeds Workhouse, fur embezzlement, is espect-
ed to come on this day.
The Grand Jury were discharged on Thursday af•
ternoon.
A bill against Thomas 7'albut, charged with cut-
ting the pocket of a person in the Crown Court,
during the present Assizes, with intent to steal his
pocketbook, was thrown out by the Grand Jury.
I There are 196 causes entered for trial at the As-
sizes at York, of which have Sirecial Juries.

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On Mr. Alley -coming into the Office, he bad
a consultation with the Prisoners mod their friends.
—The Prisoners were afterwards placed at the
bar attain, when their behaviour was quite chang-
ed, and they acknowledged their guilt and the impro-
priety of their conduct. , •
Mr. Payne said he should only agree to withdraw
his prosecution on condition of their agreeing to re-
turn to their work without loss of time, which the
Prisoners agreed to do.
The Magistrate addressed the Prisoners, and told
them the Prosecutor had acted a deal of lenity
and mercy towards them; he wss glad they had con-
ducted themselves in the way they had been advised
by their Counsel, Mr. Alley, which, no doubt, was
the best that could be giveu them, and hoped their
escape would be a warning to them uoL to euter into
similar proceedings in future.
Mr. Payne said, he hid been informed they had
all bound themselves by an oN4li to forfeit a one
pound uute each if one returned to work without the
whole.
The Prisoners all denied this, as well as all those
who thronged the °dice.

THE GREAT FOOTUACES.—No matches since the
days of Captain Barclay's, have excited so much in.
terest as those fixed for to-morrow, between the
celebrated Rainer and Old 'l'nm (15 miles), and
Brazier and Appleton (4 miles), for 100 guineas each
reel.. • Mr. Jackson, who was left to name the
ground, filed on the place yesterday, with consent
of the parties. The ground named is Maidenhead
Thicket, (Berkshire), over two miles.—Thousands
are depending upon the event, as the four men are
decidedly the fastest in England at their matches.
'Betting 5 to 4 on Old Tom, and 5 to 4 on Apple-
ton ; 3 to 1 is betted against naming two winners,
and 4 to 1 that Rainer and Brazier don't both win.
In the tremendous night of Wednesday se'nnight,
three men set off from the Hotel, Cleathorps, to walk
to Grimsby ; on leaiing the house they went upon
the Sands, with intent of proceeding 'close under
the shore; unfortunately, the hat of one them, Mr.
Wm. Dunn, grocer, of Grimsby, was blown into the
Humber, and he pursued it, followed by one of his
companions., until the latter was up to his middle in
the water, when he lost sight of Mr. Dunn,
who met an untimely slid watery grave. The
other with difficulty reached the shore, having the
painful task of communicating the dreadful fate of
his companion. T!.e holy was found on Monday,
and interred on Wednesday following.
The burial-ground of St. John's, ilorsleydown,
was robbed of four bodies, in the night of Wednes-
day last.
Vegetation is making a rapid progress, notwith-
standing the late severe weather. In sheltered iitua-
1
films the Alec, the Pear-tree, and other early plants; ,
ate already bursting into leaf.

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ton of Ceitiefold, on the King's highway, '
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