The Statesman.
London, England, 1822-12-16 00:00:00

KENT ANgIZEE.

The ether witnesses
as to all the facts.

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'The eniwitler at Slsiditone contains a citatory, atty.
wards of a handre4 prisoners; nianytof whom sea tintrpl
tit citfitiil 'offeaces. Amongst •the' -latter is tie
tis;• of a mph mimed 'Robert Hartley, who stands in-
dieted limier •LOWl'ElleolgornogiVa Act for maliehissly
*fibbing ValitalliOiren, of the Belltrophoh *Movie ship,
atSileerrieis;Wn fhb r•lth Aneusr. Where the prisoner
Witigeonilned b wittansport after having bee; eoositted
ifs capital offence. lie had ob:ained a commutallon
of the peniehMlnt of 'Jest; to Ml's( troaspoitsting
foI•• life, under priitence-of giggles Benue 'lmportant !is:
fifrisithon geiVeiting the • uterder the Isis lin. DO.
silty; •• ' •
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-0411C-111TRICT.--08 Sie4t4fiy. lord, a• ;Odle-
aged man, who a short time aria; a respmable
way of business as a working silversmith, in itedOss-
square, Jets in-street, and was employed ',by many of the
Est silversmiths and jewellers in the trade. warbroaght
Wore tbe Magistrates at this Office. haVlog been lappet...,
Iteudell upon a warrant at Marlborough,' on tchargenf
'felony, preferred against him by lel r. Levlson. goltran44.
_silversmith. in Poll-mail. There weracotkee, ebergtes, Of
a similar description, against the prisoner. The felony
alleged by Mr,Letlion watt committed some months ago;
anti Mr.L. a few days since. having lorard of the prisoner%
titreet, applied to theMpgietrat e fora warrant, upon st at-
ingthe following fiCts : In August last,the prisoner was
citiying oh his basinomihr his residence bove mentioned.
and
.ontoogst other, of the trade, be (Mr. L.) sent the
prisoner articles Of silver plate to clean and repair. The''
last lot' of goods he sent to him consisted of a silver are, I
a silVer tea.pot, and four silver ewers, which were the
property of a man of ;rank and fortune. and were of the]
value of about one hundred pounds.—After the prisoner
had kept these goods fur a notch longer period than was
necessary fur performing the work that was to be done
to them. be applied for them, when he discovered (1111
did also others of the trade, who had been robbed in the
same way,) that the pr ironer bad disposed of the pro-,
petty, with all his own goods, working tools, Oce. and
had left Landon with the proceeds, and was gone no one'
knew whither. A reward Wes offered for his apprehen-
sion. by those who had suffered from his dishonesty, but
no tidings were heard of him till last week, when infor-
mation was received that he was at Marlborough.
The.prisoner, after he was seamed by Mr. Levison,
stated, that the charge amounted only to a breach of
treat.
The lilagistrate.(o. Meatball, Emu) told the prisoner
that be should commit him, upon Mr. Levison% cbaege,
tot " felotiloisiftaking".the property ; and he recess-
mended a
,sllverstnitb from 'the city to go to the Old
Bailey wit flessiooi. and prefer a against the pri.
toner for the offence be bad tamiittad against film,
willab be promised to do.
The prisoner denied ever Inkdillitillpilteidbe property
knentioned bj the proseealisir,s ''"l "
.Tbe Magistrate saittPrellial=l
1011 ialthlie offence was oolia Now, Too:
epf itiosoirsihir.
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the
ta'sasgeeted or .- of ra.'
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isadt and the other ,
. re-collected
a red a man of suspicious appearance loitering shook
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Donotty's house, sod standing at the censer of
, hty-tnetts, on the eight of that horrid deed, went,
• eas House of Correction to view the prisoner, but
we not able to recognize him, although they thought
he correspooded in height with the man they lied sees.
The prisoner was also suspected of being concerned is
robbing the public-house in Rosemary-lane. for which
Pardon and. Watson suffered death at the Old Bailey a
few days ago. When the prisoner was put to the Bat.
the Magistrate ordered two of the officers to hold scats;
die on each side of him, and all were ordered to look at
him to see if they timid recognise him, which was dose.
The office was then ordered to be cleared of every one,
except the Magistrates, clerks, witnesses, and prisoner,
and a long private examination took place, the panic..
Lars of which were not suffered to transpire. The pri-
miser was again committed for further examination on
Saturday next.
MAIIL101101:GII VtalgT.—Satartiay, Mrs. Moore, re-
;pilling at 27, Judd street, Brunswick-square. appeared at
this uthoe before Sir G. FaazlNl, and Mr. Dran, to an-
swer an informed°n laid against her (under the 32d of
George 111.. sec. 2.) by Mr. Nelson, of °rove-place, Lap
ton-square. for wilfully giving a false character to Ellen
C•nher. alias, Crimes, whom be took into his service.
...f malty *oder the statute is MU ; the parties are
' respeitablF, is 4 were attended WI a usher of fa-
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Mr. Tomes,•aolfetter, Lincoln's-ins, seated the peed,
cubits of the case'on the part of Mr. Nelms., end assert!'
the Magistrate that that gentleman was solely influenced,
by the public good in bringing forward this informatics,
is lie was. quite shove any beutAt be might lee supposed
to derive from half the fine, to which We wonld be ere"
titled upon conviction, and whittli, should he 'succeed, he
tooled to leave at the diepn•al of the Magistrate. for:
some charitable purpose. Mr. Tomes then called Mrs,
Nelson' to Oast the caie. This lady stated that on the
ifith November last, Ellen Conner, es she then called'
herself, bat afterwards Cosgrave. applied for a situation
Is her service, end referred -her to Mrs. Moore fur a the-
Suter. • The next day she waited on Mrs. Moore, Ow
gave the girl an excellent character for sobriety, honesty.
and cleanlinees; in short a character-superior to that
Ily given to servants, and said that the girl bail
lived with her two years up to that time. In boner'
retire of this account Mr. Nelson hired her at Mille
I guineas a year ~ages. In three slays, however, she had
reason to find fault with the girl's conduct, and again
called on Mrs. Moore, who now, for the first time, said
that fur ten months past she bad seen nothing of the girl
until the IStli, when she called to reqnest Mir. M. would
give her a character. Mrs. Nelson was now about to
state the improper condnet of tbs girl, when ,
Sir U. ]Anew' said be feared there was a fatal
error in the information, which was state,' in the
body to have been '' taken and made before us the said
Jnsticer," and appeared to be signed only by one.
After a long discussion, in which Mr. Tomes combated
this objeclion. Mr. Dyer agreed with Sir 0. Farraut that
the information, in its present shape. was untenable, It
was then withdrawn, but Mr. Nelson declared his inten-
tion of laying another.
La la atall•STßElT.—SaturJay. a Broker, residing at
Shadisell, appeared to an Information wherein he *as

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a blow in the face. , Witness was satisfied thst.ho(ahe ii;; itiiingnihu. .
defendant's vrvant) could have paued the 4segfieith ''lle. Lerison said Out be bad Oki bait complete hvi-
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ease, if be had taken proper care. i 1 p p .
0-1 ' P -'-.1... dente of the offence.
The ether witnesses corroborated AistiLWlS II trisiminpi
The Magistrate earomittid the prisoner for trial. •1
as to all the facts. '• l' c " it h , ' = • - - .. i
fbariftei be
Two medical gentlemen were CAW, QM Of . , ' - .. '. ', . a • I 0 a very dissipated and
ad pliiothlielireetleneitt .$4. Tib•Ortfal .
Mirditive Ihstwer, and • seen spent the whole that he
'the other afterwards. They stated ,Ike native 00,,,„411, ilia 'Whited into Mailed Regiment of Foot j
injury. Plaiatire arm was now. recovered in's great ofedWhen Mr. L:hylleoluadied hiss, he waft lying with
degree, but it was still stiff, aad it might be a loft Pa time et of that regiment at marihmangh.
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before be recovered the use of it.
I_, ' flarrow-Gurnis.—Saturday, WM. Gerrard Wei
Mr. Sergeant Vauesew, for the defendagt,huasetaml •i, •
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foe second esa•qoation„ charged by Sam.
that a verdict oust be given against his clieats bet he 6 -;a7efibe City Pollee. and Terrnhey in Newg-ate,
trusted the Jury would be teuwerate in afgarAing da• N. ' sr from transportation before the term of I
wages. No personal blame could attach..gr.was jet- ..'d.
Puled to the defendant, but' it was his slis(uttaue• to 6 remit ‘iii'prisooer answering the description of the
responsible for the act of a negh
geotservant.
Lord Chief Justice DALLAS summed up, and the Jury teliiirspected of the reurtirr of Mrs.Donetty ; ales.
lisildh and the other females, who le will be recollected
gave a verdict for the plaintiff—llaiu.,ges, lOW. o ved a man of suspicious appearance loitering about
Two other causes werethey triad; but were of no par-
Donetty's house, and standing at the corner of
'fouler interest.