The Statesman.
London, England, 1820-12-14 00:00:00

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LONDONI TritinsuAy, DECEMBER 14, /820.

" The Covet for which HAMPDAA re-: s die Field, dole, SYDYEI' died ola the.Stafoki."'

OLD BAILEY SESSIONS.
Before the the it Penalise nod a London Jury.
On Tuesday. evening J4lrres Tobin was put to the bar,
upon a capital indictment. charging him with as-,uniting
Charles Overall, en the highway, putting him in fear,
and taking from his person five shillings in money. his
property. There was a second indictment charging the
prisoner with robbing4lr. Overall of 101. in Bank-
notes, under the woe' circumstances, but this was not
tried.
Mr. Cherles deposed, tha! lie is itn assistant to
his brother, an olden: traileiman, residing at 122.
Lower Thames-street, and en the 2-Ith of October last,
while in the warelionsatt Ban prisonecearne matted begged
to speak to him oittattle. Witness stepped pat, and fins
prisoner. first looking carefully round, said, "yon don't
know who I am, do yoo '!' 'Witness replied in the ne-
gative, and the prisoner then said, " my name is John-
son. 1 am a Bow-street oflieer, and have a warrant
against you fur an unnatural offence." Witness was
horror struck at the rharge, but replied that it was
false, and demanded to know who 411114 his acraser? The
nisoner said; that did not matter, that his brother was
an attorney; that they had often settled affairs of this
kind between parties, and he asked the witness if he
would give a $llllll of money to 'mike it np rather than
have his name and character exposed? Witness asked
the prisoner what sum it would require, awl he said that
the last " job of this sort " that he and his brother (the
attorney) had, was for a gentleman at the west end of
the town, and be gave them Kr guineas. Witness said
he could not raise so much, as lie hail little more than
his regular earnings, upon which the prisoner asked
him it he could raise 501. and bade hiin remember that
his character, nay, probably his very existence depended
upon it ! Witness sail he would try what he could do,
and ims appointment was made for them to meet in a
neighbouring street the next evening. As the prisoner
was going away, he said, "Oli! I want saint, loose sil-
ver, give me what ynti have about yon," sail names'
gave him live shillings, and returned to the warehouse.
They met the following evening, and the witness gave
him hut with this he seemed much dissatisfied, and
another appointment -was made tor the following nights
at an adjacent public-house. Witness, scarcely knowing
what steps to take, mildly,' to a voting woman, named
Catherine Thema, with whom I;e had formerly coha-
bited, and relating. the eircumstattees to leer, slur agreed
to aceompaoy him to the public-Muse. They had not
been long there berate the prisoner rams in Anil beekon-
ed the witness to folliiw him out, bet the young woman
desired him. if lse hail any thing to cuunusieste, to soy
it there. He srem..d angry, and a sharp iltevation en-
siled between him and Catherine Thomas. He at length
said, it would hit the worse for the witness, and he de-
sired him to meet him the nest morning at Bow-street
offsee. Catherine Thomas said, " So, he shall not meet
yon at Bewsatreet, lint at the Mansion-boast." To this
the prisoner seemed to agree, and went away, and wits
swim and the tritium' were waiting is-early the 'whole of
the Itfoft dip, but he did nit make his appearanee. In
the evening. however, another fella* woe to him with
Atomism.* from the prisoner to demand Inure money,
hie Ise nifilsed to girt him Inc, said his lienthev, Mr.
---- Wont to Idiom lie had esitnswenleaterl all that'
had °marred, caused this messenger to betaken into
easterly, and conveyed to the Mansion-house. Two or
there daps afterwards the prisoner was taken into CM-
tide. H. parted will his money frumps no other cause
hot the feqr of a public exposure, sad the consequent
ruin of Mb character.
Catherine Thomas corroborated the statement of Mrs
Overall, as far as her knowledge went.
Mr. Overall, brother to the prosecutor, wascalled
in corroboration of his brother's statement.

Anthony Hannon, the City Marshals:lan, deposed that
on the !29th Oc:olier, in COUSIVICIICC of an application
from the prosecutor, he proceeded in search of the pri-
soner, and on the Thursday evening following, Mr.
Overall cams to the Mansion-house, with a man named
Simmons, in his custody, and witness the same evening
apprehended another man, named Johnson. They were
examined the following day, and in eonempwnce of fur-
ther information, witness went with Mr. Overall and
Catherine Thomas on Friday evening to a public house
in Long Acre, where in a two pair of stairs hack mom he
(wed the prisoner and two other men. Ile took him
into custody! and informed of the nature of the offence
with which he was accused ; npon which lie said lic cer-
tainly had the money, hut it was not " that," meaning
that it was net obtained nude. the threat described.
Simmons and Johnson were discharged.
The prisoner made a very long and artfnl defence,
which consisted almost entirely of horrible aceasations
against his prosecutor.
Harrison was re•ealleti, and declared that the prisoner
when at the Mansion-house, made no aectis:ation against
the prosecutor, nor slid be make the defence which he
had new made. Witness heard the prisoner say, as be
was leaving the Mansion-house, " I dare say they'll hang
me, bat I don't care for that; I'll open each a scene when
tome to the Old Dailey :"
The Hecoenra se:trued up the evidence, and the Jury
merely turned round in the box, anti pronounced the
prisoner Uailty—Death. He heard the verdict unmoved.
Mr. LAM then rose and said, that although he had de-
fended the prisoner, as he was tonna to do, to the hest
of his ability. he felt himself called upon to declare (now
that his.client could no loafer be prejndiceal by such a
declaration) that be most perfectly concurred in the pro-
priety of the verdict given by the Jury. It was in justiei
to the prosecutor abd his own feelings, that be made this
public statement.
The Heconnea—No reasonable man could entertain tt
doubt open the subject.
l'Aestai Uffc was convicted of stealing from tire
person *1 jobs Fulham a watch-chain and. seals.'
The 'progenitor wits s•andinr on ,the Fulham-road,
on the Stith Notember, and while looking at a pro-
cession going eta to Branden:vir,4B..huasc, tilt an at-
tempt made by the prisoner to carry iet his Watch, whop
hoirever,..enly got-Posaelsion of the chafe and seals. ••
Severn! telipeetabie trisoessee gave the prisoner's
goad eharifsfir, and the prosecutor recommended hint
to mercy. under, 41se persuasion that it was. his first
offplice.
b.
Sammel Aerie win put to the bar charged filthtet
last stolen floaithe petson of Henry Porley a wadi
arel malt. -IT
• 11/wrporeeesstom trio is a man of. an infirm bmb:t
Imlay. Salmi shawl the I nth of Novena's* be wan got
in4urra Imoslair,„ when he was met by three per-
sons one of whom snatched away his *atilt. am! b.in+
ad it..tit ars accomplice. The prison*' was that
.pe-f-
-libit, and the penseAtof iittmetflatety h4rr,qad
brwl We smog, • . . .