The Statesman.
London, England, 1812-02-20 00:00:00

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The son of M. .§t • . rong, who had been the pri i.
pal evidence,. now begged to state, that the P.iivner
hid come Into hip father's service with a g 004,64-
iiieter, and, eircept in the transaction now.. before
the Court, had conducted himself with strict pro.
Pak'''. • •
Sir 0: Woos said,. notwithstanding the ntrncity
of the Ptisonei's offence, lie conceived it prohnhle,
Mat the .'"Attement of the' witness might go to prose a
mitigation of ptinishment:•

Mary We don, a girl of sixteen years elf age,
stood charged with havinitstolen caps, and sundry
other articles, to the value of five pounds, the' pro.
perty of Charles Robinson, a stationer, in Red Lion.
street Holborn.
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Mrs. Rotitvzon, the wife of the Prosecutor, de.
posed, that the Prisoner had been for a short time id
her service, when having missed the articles in ques
tion, from a chest of drawers in which they were
deposited, she bad set on foot an investigation' the
result of Which was, the commitment.urtne Prisoner.
Three pawnbrokers, with whom the property had
been plAged, gave evidence to that effect; but the
only one who received as much as could be valued at
more than forty shillings, not being able to identify
the Prisoner, the capital part of the charge fell tithe
aivcsall a called
ve on
ground:
A respectable looking woman, whol was
ay
by the Counsel for the Prisoner•said, she had known
her from her infancy, that she was
industrious, and a very well-behaved girl, ic
that she had been quite astonished when she heard.of
the offence for which she was now arraigned Win,-
impute& to her.
lAnother person, 'who had known her for font
, years, also gave her an excellent character, and in.
deed, the violent agitation in which she appeared to
be during the whole of the proceedings,. indicated I
beartby no means inured to vice.
The Jury returned a verdict of—Guilty of sreali.n,
under the value of 40s.—but in consequence of the
youth ofthe Prisoner, and the excellent character she
had received, recommeiidetlher as a fit object for the
lenity of the Court.
Welli was arraigned on two indictments;
by the first he was charged witb havingstolen a coats.
waistcoat, and-otter articles,ritini-the house of a 'per.
son named Green, in which he was a lodger. On this
indictment he was found--Guilty of dealing under
the value of 40s.
The second indictment charged. him with having
stolen a boat, and other articles, the property of Wm.
Hoare, a tailor. The Prosecutor proved the pro.
perty, and
Benjamin Moses, a salesman, deposed, that the
coat had been off. red to him for sale by the Prisoner,
and that conceiving him to be iu distress, throu,a
motives of pure benevolence he had purchased it fur,
one guinea.
James Folger, a person who deer in clothes, sat'
lives at No. I'2, High-street, deposed, that he had
bought the coat.from Benjamin for .11. 18e. and it
was with much dijficulty.lke could get it for salon:I.
a sum.
'Sir G. WOori,:isitil charge to the Jury, animid-,
vetted pointedly.ldn the conduCt.of the r itness, Bee.
jemini'anddeeh•ed.them to consider swell as to the fact*
of *he Prisoner's haring at one time takei goods
amOonting to more than 10s. in value, and re•gno
verdict ascortgly—Guilty of stealing under the va-
lue of 40s.
On an applieation by the Prosecutor to have the
expenses of the Witnesses allowed,
Sir G. Wont) signified the acquiescence of the'
Court, with the exception of Benjamin, on monad
the extreme impropriety of his conduct.

Tuesday night an Inquest was taken at the Harrow,
Poplar, before NAVIN, Esq. Coroner for Mid-
dlesex, on the body of Fredetlek'Kellier, who was
found drowned, last Friday, neat illackwall. The
deceased, it will be remembered, absconded frees the
Post-Office about six weeks ago, after having dis-
charged a pistol with an intent to destroy himself,.
and was traced from the Post-Office to Lombard-
street by the blood, but all farther onqulries had bra
fruitless, till he was found as above stated. A M's-
senger from the Post-Office was the first witness exa-
mined : he deposed, that the keys found iu the
pocket of the deceased, were tla keys be.
longing to, the Post-Office. He recognized the
clothes of the deceased—hut the body, from havi4
been so long in the water, was disfigured too lunch to
be identified.
Mr. AL Strout, the master of the Virginia Cocl'er-
house, Cornhill, where the deceased lodged, statee,
that, from various incoherent actions of thedeseastd
for some time precious to his absconding, he had co
doubt of his being in a state of insanity ; he eamed
one instance of the deceased haring cut his clothes
to pieces, and this conduct so impressed itself ea
the mind of Mr. Strout, that he sent for the de-
ceased's father to come to town, in order to cell-
! verse with him on, the subject.--The Jury, witlicA
hesitation, brought in a verdict of Lunacy.

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M A RATED.
On Tuesday, Sir Alexander Mackenzie, of Aroch,
to M tkdAleS Mackenzie, eldest daughter of the late Ceoro
M zOn T atkentle, Es q. o
St Mary, burin pslington. Mr. T. C. Smith. of
lace.
I(ttspel-street. Rnssell-Nuar4 to Miss Abbot, daughter t.f
kbb4K, Esq. of Isliagtoa.,
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PR IllandaY last, at his hawse in Castle-court, Strands ]llr.o
r, bookseller. '
Op Monday, in Gloucester-place, Kentish TO%O, Mr. Jeans,
of Walsall, in tho counts of &Mined.
Pashwo
'Lately, at Cliftim, Diana, wife of l'huries Yoreo4'
TO.; and on the lids isistantb Charles Armand Dastiwood,Esil•
r eldest son. .

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