The Statesman.
London, England, 1823-09-04 00:00:00

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Ifswerdsillioisa.—t• Luria,' the Tete trader Sheriff,
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few days ago, attiiidetrififfore the .Lolto NATOI4 in: be-
half nrt widow, lented•tivison, to prefer a charge nader
ciresonstances,•againet *foram, nomad CIO.
Ili neat of Mr. Lee. who &lots the baron), of !Loney
illithey,,aiettlie title of Lord Loe, or Leigh.. • ' .
• Mr. Turner stated the case, *bleb wit-.as far le laconid
wteeollecr, in substance as fellows :—Walait, wird woe Meted
I'l6 be the `of Mr. Lee. ✓ 'claimed the shay "-

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3•••••llknetttirleind-ostateo. Opl-rilod. tbilmigh . Ai; 10Wallit if ill
Mr. Campbell, toMri Tprelm, td sitt twit bills disied/'
•• - oath to Um amboltY of /OK Mr. Ol^lll9ollwPti 441/illte°
' -•-••• T Mre,To- ' limy agreed to
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With thiiiigetiL Old /I_slltrisn,loolo i"teir `-- *4.
vance 2001. upon the UK ills. god it was 'imaged 64,
the reerideder of theiestittet shOtild be iglitee 11. M rs. Tow'.,
'see in begdthiblkeeettrittel m, _Site milt,
boobs-red.' • This 'lit nsactipe ,'k, ;gone thus, far.. mitten.
Wallah eseiti 'enditi, that Ale. ;Lee would not be, !edified ,
' lie thew t there Fist Ittikiee ime.ttrAtt for the pall
meet if the bile epee IsisMeg__.,. ieLtlmPbell• per.
. • elided MI Toweoo to dreii bllle 'fer • the Ittnonat of the
lijance, that he night:she, them. bathe agent,. sod co"
'Niece hint that they wield be foßbodedner to Mr. LID; Vier
the bottoming of bu bills. Thewbills were given by Mrs:
. • Towsen to air. Ca. bells who was her agent, pus the
.untlerstanding that they were net Se be ;riven but
• merely sheen for the satisfaction of the other party. The
• agent of Mr. Lee saldi however, that Mr. Lou would-not be
satisfied n ithont serial( theta himself, and also seeing that
. they were endorsed. Mr. Campbellpen intrusted the bills
to Mr. Lee's agent, epos the positive assurance that they
should not .be negotiated, batrettireed Immediately: Thb
promise had been violatede sad the peeled tilidleld *eat
could not be found. It appeared that the bills had been
converted; for one of there was lately pretested for pay-
meat, and proceedings bad been threatened against Mrs.
. Towson for the other. The two bills of Mr. Lee for 3001.
each, hut been shim dishonoured, and thus she would be
deprived, not only of the saw she had first advanced upon
Mr.. Lee's, bills, but be obliged to pay up the balance, with-
out having received a firthing.
Mr. Turner argued upon those circumstances, that Mr.
• Lie's lent having received the bilk for a specific purpose.
• namely, to thew them to Mr. Lee end return them, had
been guilty of a felonious conversion in not doing so. He ,
considered the act as nothing less than stealing, end re..
e vested his Lordship's warrant for the apprehension of the
agent of Mr. Lee.
• '.. Safficieut erblenee of the conversion of the bills not bust
Ong been given to the satisfaction of the Lord Mavori-blo
• Lordship declined granting a warrant, but Issued his mph,
clans to Mr. Lee's agent to appear and show cause why
nolawfolly detained the bills to question.
• Mr. Turner stated that Mr. Lea's agent could aot be found.
''get the bills were in possession of a person at the steam-
tte-bolt offiee, Regent-street. This person promoted them,
J•,• refused to mention his name.
A summons was issued to this unknown person. Ho *Mad-
• ed promptly, and said that his reason for not telling his mime
was, that he did not wish It to be mixed up in the public pa-
pers witha transaction id which he was not concerned. He
merely knew Mr. lee in consequence of that gentleman having
submitted documents oa the subject of the title to the barony
to him for proper arrangement. Mr. Lee bad casually request-
pd Marto present the bills In question for payment. He had
done so, but on learning that there was suspicion imputed to the
transaction by which they were obtained. be bad slice re-
' turned them to Mr. Lee, and had nothing more to do with
them.
The LORD NAV(); ordered the statement of this witness to
be taken down es evidence of the conversion of the bills.—
Ilts then seat a sammoos to Mr. Lee to attend yes-
terday‘
• Mr. Lee did not attend, but Mr. Turner stated that he had
Teethed the bills, and that his Lordship would not be troubled
turther In the ease. Mr. Lee bad given up the bills, and dis-
eisimel ail snowledje of the manner in which his agent bad
• obtained Them. As a report of the complaint haJ eppesred
• from soother office..ittr. Lee was very desirous that it should
' he publicly known that the bills had been delivered up in the
proper (purser. • Here the matter ended.
.(iust,oliau..—The depredations committed by the 11-f-
-iintoi* Messrs. I)allimore, the carriers, Doctors' Commons,'
leotieed in our paper of Saturday last, underwent further'
inseatigation before Mr. A Iderman Cox,yesterday, on the ex.
Imitation of Solomon Briton, the yard porter ; the lad Thee-
otosnatod the two fetnales, Weston and Gibbs. Against the
-.two end Weston, the west-end carrier, the husband
ief one of them, there was already a sufficient case to go to a
'jury, and tnost probably enough fur the conviction of Wes-
too, the husband, at least ;
,but no search or inquiry has
produbetl any trace of him since he absconded. .Additional
. evidence was tendered as to other property stolen out of
packages, duplicates relating to which had been found at
. Weston's lodgings, and the prisoner Gibbs, who appears to
have been the. general disposer of the booty, again identifi-
• eri as the pawner. All this, however, only affected the
Weston!, and furnished nothing to implicate Britton. and
. Dlr. Humphries, who attended- fur him, again urged his.
tolse discharged.
Mr. Young, Messrs. Ddlimore's solicitor, allowed they
lad no evidence to produce against Britton bet time conies-
Mod,of the lad. Thuslow, whirls, from the incautious man.
tier under which it bad been obtained, could not, he feared
be made evidence Sale agalnit himself. His testimony
„worild prove the guilt of Britton ; and he (Mr. Young) was
wilting, with tike , permission of the Alderman, that he
should be mad, a witness.,
Mr. Iluropbrien asked who, even in that case, was• to
conflrmlis testimony, No part of the stolen property bad
been traced to firitton; add all that 'f harlow could state
would be nq more than the unsupported account of what
one thief said of another—evidence upon which no Court
would recommend a jury to convict.
- Me-Young had no answer to this, and the Alderman
felt himself obliged to discharge Britton for want of evi.
thence; and thus ap offender, of whose guilt no rational
doubecould be entermined, from the want of a little pre
's nide of tilled and cautious Management at the firm disco-
very of the rolibery,lescapes the punishment of his demerits.
Iltwlow and the two females were again remanded.
The caseof &Minh ilte journeyman printer, for the rob-
bery eurniaitted upon his master, lir. Hensley, whose tempi-
nanon at Union Hall has already appeared in the papers, is,
It is to he feared, from what occurred at this office, likely,
frool similar want of caution at first, to terminate nearly in
the someway. No proof ean,be &dilated (except the evi-
dence df Cabuac, the alleged receiver, who is himself in
custody) that the property found in Surrey wan stolen by
Brousso, or Lad ever been in his possession. No Bill,
therefore, can be preferred against him there; the Court,
. on applicatsoo, have refused to respite the recognizance.
until the next Session, for .want of sufficient ground shown;
awl the prisoners would in consequence be discharged on
the proclamation day. •
In this dilemma, Mr. Butler, Mr. Harmer's clerk, applied
to the Alderman here to allow a detainer to be lodged
againit Beeman in London, some one or two printed sheets
being found in his possession when he was first taken into
;custody in the City; but aye a long consultation with the
City Solicitor, Mr. thimphries, attending for Beeman, the
application was refused. At the close of the Suriey Sessions
he will therefore be entitled to his discharge, if no bill is
preferred and thus another culprit escapes justice.
' BOW•DTRI RT.—Samuel John Chef/oat,- en elderly-man,
residing in a cottage in Moroington-gardens, Hempstead
'road, was placed at the bar before O. It. Mittenuth, le-sq.,
*yesteTdaP morning, on a charge of horse steeltior.
Op. the 22d of Animal last, the prisoner hired a horse for
dey of Mr. Gouts, • stable keeper in the City Road,
Memiffiasisarrsseesee, hat 'lterative returned it; sad. on
• shlondey last, ,Ilea Osites diectiseered that wi thin. a /MP hours
after he hired he Mid 11Pilo another stable 11111100111
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