The Statesman.
London, England, 1812-01-23 00:00:00

THE STATESMAN.

OLD BAILEY, Aql.

RAPE. •
Samuel Radford,and Elizabeth Radford, his
wife, were capitally indicted, the former for commit-
ing a rape on the person of Elizabeth Nicholson, and
the latter for aiding, abetting, and assisting the said
Samuel in committing the same.
Mr. KNAPP, as Counsel forthe prosecution, stated)
that having considered the evidence which could be
adduced, and referring to the examinations before the
Magistrate, those concerned on the part of the pro-
secution were of opinion they could not substan-
tiate the charge, he therefore should not call any.
witnesses, and the Jury would find a 'verdict of ac-
quittal.
The Jury accordingly acquitted the Prisoners, and
they were discharged.
The Prisoners were a very respectable-looking
young couple, the woman considerably advanced in
her pregnancy.
STEALING ON A NAVIGABLE RIVER.
Charles King, Thomas Culliver, and Geo. Hough-
ton, were capitally indicted, the two former for
I stealing, and the latter for receiving, a quantity of
deals, value 901. the property of Joseph Tucker.
King and Culliver were both lightermen, and
Houghton a dealer in timber, in the Borough-road.
Mr. Tucker, the Prosecutor, had purchased a cargo
of deals; about 300 were lying in a barge, called the
Union, at Rosier's Wharkßotherhithe. On the 23d
of December, he discovered that the barge was
Itaken from her moorings ; and on inquiry, food her
empty, and set adrift, on the opposite side of the
Diver, near Wapping. lie afterwards discovered a
part or the deals in Houghton's yard, who inform-
ed Wm he had purchased them from George Chap-
min, of Dover.otreet, in that neighbourhood ; but
upon being interrogated more particularly as to how
he had disposed of the remainder, he said he and his
wife had sold them in small lots to different persons,
but he could not recollect the name or place of abode
of any one of them ; however, upon further inquiry,
the Prosecutor discovered that he had sold near 200
of them to a Mr. Inman, of the Lendon-road, not
above three hundred yards from his (Houghton's) pre-
mises, at the rate of 361. per hundred.
It appeared upon the testimony of Chapman (who
had turned King's evidence), that he had been ap-
plied to by King and Culliver to purchase those deals,
even before they were stolen; that he mentioned the
matter to Houghton, who agreed to buy them at the
rate of 251. per hundred. They were afterwards re-
moved by King and Culliver from Rotherhithe to
th:. Anchor Wharf, Old Wapping-stairs, from whence
Houghton removed them by waggons to his own
yard ; he superintended the removal with King and
Culliver, paid the wharfage, turnpikes, &c. Chap-
man was corroborated in the greater part of his evi-
dence by other witnesses, and the Jury found King
and Culliver Guilty, and acquitted Houghton.

•
WEDNESDAY, J*w. 22.
William Turner was brought to the bar, to be
tried upon an indictment charging him with having,
on the 30th of September, 1811, at Abingdon, in
the county of Bucks, married one Ann Bignell, his
former wife, Elizabeth Quinn, being then and now
living.
The certificates of both marriages being wee:od,
and all necessary evidence gone through, the Prisoner
-was found Guilty.
Jacob Giorani, an Italian sailor, was indicted for
privately stealing in the shop of Messrs. Butter and
Low, New Bond-street,jewellers, some pearl, gold,
and other ear-rings, with other articles
_of jewellery
of considerable value. _ _

It appeared, that on Wednesday, the 15th inst.
the Prisoner went to the shop of the Prosecutors and
asked to see some stone ear-rings, when, on their
being shown to him, he took an opportunity of le-
crating the articles in question, with which he got
clear off, and the articles were not missed until a
workman belonging to the Prosecutor came into the
shop. The Prisoner afterwards went to the shop of
Mr. Hamlet, jeweller, corner of Sidney's-alley, Lei-
cester-fields, and asked to see some gold rings. His
appearance creating some suspicion, he was watched,
and on attempting to secret some articles there, he
was detected, and detained until a constable arrived,
when he was searched, but nothing 4as found upon
him : however, on the counter, near the place where
he stood, a tin-case was found, containing all the ar-
ticles stolen from the Prosecutors.

The Jury, who were composed half of foreigners
and half English (the Prisoner being a foreigner),
after a short consultation, found the Prisoner—
Guilty—Death.

PRZSENTMENT•OF DEATIL-4t would appear that
the gallant and for ever to be lamented Capt. Getort,
of the St. George, who so untimely perished with his
brave companions in arms, participated in this feel-
ing; for, on the occasion of the Diohise, Captain
PINION, proceeding with .s convey to England, ho
went on board that ship, and delivered into Captain
P.'s hands certain papers and writings, which, in the
event of his, Capt. G.'s safe return home, were to be
returned to him; but, should any mishap befal him,
they were to be delivered as addressed. The latter
part of this melancholy commission has unhappily
devolved on Captain PIPON to execute.
The following paragraph appeared in a Paper of
Tuesday :—We have been informed by a Corre-
spondent, that on Wednesday night the wife of a
respectable farmer at Terrington, Norfolk, the maid
and man-servant, and the daughter, only twelve
tears of age, were murdered. The man of the hem
horiag suspected an attack, had procured a soldier,
who accompanied him home, but the murders had
been committed in his absence. The soldier killed
one of the murderers in the house, it is added, and
he and the farmer secured another, but the third
mai
Dr. Cathrall, of New York, lately performed the
operation for the stone on a boy of seven years. The
operation was completed within the space of five
minutes, from the time of making the first incision,
to the extraction of a stone which weighed 1 os. 1
qr. and 17 gr. On examining a fragment
stone, a portion of a fine sewing needle, three
in length, was found in its centre:
A principal clerk in an eminent house
has absconded with property to
I. amount since Saturday last, t
of.