The Statesman.
London, England, 1819-11-18 00:00:00

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On Satu,.Lti lost, the trial of Philip Neatest, I,
watch-mak.r' •Whitechspel, periled cossidorahlo iw
'crest in oar Borough Court. Ile was indicted last
greasier's for obtaroing money from Mn. Fos, pawn.
broke', wider lose pregame's. and his trial was post-
posed to the pigment time on his ••• request, he be-
Inn at large on bail.
It appeared trom the evidence. that the Defendant
was in the habit of peweing imitalow.gold watches;
staling them to "e gold. Oo the Bth of May last. he
went to the shop of Thomas Crank, in
Hishield-
street, took a watch eat of his packet, and laid it
on the counter, Pyle', I 'set 101. epos this
gold watch." Mr. Creek eaamined it. end remarked
that it was a French :be replied that it was, and
a repeater The pewebrokee gave 61. oe it, sod
the Nies . a ce.:ed blemiell Jobe Leigh, and said
,re bred I. Petee.street. He was afterwards seta
In a jewel:er's 'hop in Whiterbapel, ever the doer of
'alio, was the some of "Philip Nathan. "It also ap.
peered that at. the 1 lth of the sow month. the Dr.
(cadent, canal,' himself Jacob Waters, came to
Mrs. Foe's shop, in lir liboasas's.holldings, with a
watch to pledge. The person is the shop offered
him 61. for it, bet the sae said, 1, Do lend still. for
it is a gold repeater." This was feinted, and he
t oak 61. Dud went away. Ile was afterwards discovered
in his shop is Whiteehapol. The above watches were
produced in Court. They were traamised by several
watch.mskers, who deposed that lb. wises were of
metal, gad sot geld; that the dials were of metal,
gilt ; and that the movements were very bad, and, in
the opinions of the *itemisers, met intended to p.—
The eases were isegiseolsrami, sod the limes were
on enamel.

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The Defendant's Counsel celled several witnesses
to prom., that, in ether immures, he ►ad ant mated
the glitches pegged by him to be geld, end they agt.
leaded Mei is these cases it was morel, a asked
lie, .Melt could have deceived ao p►rsew of ordinary
motion, wed the►efore the offence did sot come withle
the Statute. Several persists spoke to the meta re-
spectability of Defendant's character.
The Jury remised a mrilkt of—Griliy, end the
Defeadaet twist thee tales iota comedy, the Re-
Gossett beamed his, that the Leftist had such
as Idea of t►e heinousness of this species of offence,
that it had empowered the Beech to imprisoa sad ine
him, or plea him le the pillory, •r publicly whip
hies, or trumped him. The meteor* of the Coat
was, that he should be imprisoned 12 (Booths at pre-
sent, and be Seed 1001.

A serious affray took place last Toesday sight,
between a party of the 4th Dresses Guards new
geerteted here, aaa a number of the inhabitants.—
It seems that a soldier weal with his wife lot* the
mat get-place, sod stepping belied for some purse,
the weans mended gloss towards a stall, whoa
eke ass bustled with the most approbrieas epithots
by Metal fellows who stood near and, we Were,
was jostled by one of them. The going to her
assistance was immediately knocked dews. The
alarm being glees to several of his comrades, who
wen at band, they the to his assistame, sod palling
a stall is pieces, fornished themselves with mamma
from thence, with which they laid @hoof them se
effectully as to clear the (wooed in a short time.—
We regret to my, that two of the soldiers were se.
surly hart. A stand of 101. is offered for the dis-
covery of the persons who commenced the affray.—
(Haddertjlield Gentle.)
ErinAuItSINAKT Ciacustrrawca.--Detiog the
late affair at Collentpton, tae watches were stolen,
one biilff sod the other gold, from Mr. William
Whitby, watchmaker, of that tow.. The usual
limns W.I. resorted to, as is cams of that Mod, for
convicting the perpetrators of the robbery, bat to
no effect. Os ErWey a men (a wagger), sib. was
serf in the fair, charred to be again iii the upon,
and callerl at the Thies Matinees Inn, shore, shock•
ing to relate, after being there bet a pew militates,
an empties of a blood vessel cussed immediate death.
when. an eitainimatiso, was found epee Lim the geld
•atch, with a quote') of kiss coin.