The Statesman.
London, England, 1823-08-20 00:00:00

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Ilanstoahnottse.—Yesterday two boys, named Samuel
and Ryan, underwent a final examination on a charge of
bating stolen, and a woman named Mary Ryan, and a man
named Nathan, were also charged with having received
icnowingly, 27 sovereigns and 21. in silver, the property of
it blind pensioner, named *Dale. This was a case of a
most complicated maitre, and has been under investigation
upwardsof. a morth. IPDahs, who had been a soldier,
came up to town with his wife and son, to receive his pen-
sion and buy something to tura to account in his own vila
lagi. Having got his pension, he was rimming through
'the town, when, not knowing the way, he asked a man Who
sweeps the streets to guide him and treated him with beer.
• The blind man, unfortunittelv.got drunk and tumbled about
the streets. The guide, thinking the blind man,would lose
his money, took it from him and put it in his awn pocket;
but when he was requested by the blind man's wife, who
met them, to deliver it up, he declared that be had lost it.
This story was not believed: the guide was taken into cui-
tody and examined. 'While lie was in custody, Bye's was
taken up on suspicion of having stolen some money. He
had gone to buy a hat, and displayed 5 sovereigns on the
occasion. He declared that a bag of money was dropped
by the leader of the blind. and. was picked up by a boy, who
gave him U. for crying '. halves." The case was remanded
from time to time in the hope that the boy named Sathuel,
whodtad.picked up the bag, would be found. The female
prisoner, Ryan, and Nathan, with whom she lived, attend.
ed from day to day, in behalf of her brother. As there was
no evidence against the boy, as the innocence of the guide
was established, and as there was no hopes of getting hold
of Samuel, who had the remainder of the money, the five
sovereigns were given up to the blind man; and the whole
were discharged. • .
The day after, however, to the surprise of the !Notice, the
boy Samuel surrendered himself. He said that be had
picked up thehtirse, bill did not know the owner, and was
about to lay out the contents. when Mary Ryco told Lim
' that her brother was taken, and that i: be (Santee') did not
set, le with the blind man, her brother and himself would
he transported. Samuel said, that as soon,as he found an
owner for the money, be gave it to Mary Ryan and Nathan
to give to the blind man. Mary 'Ryan then told him that
he must-be kept out of the way, and actually concealed hint
in her house until her brother was discharged. Samuel
was surprised upon_guing abroad, that the blind man hail
received none of the money he had sent, and gave himself
up ; and npon this sta.eno to, Mary Ryan, her brother. and
Nathan, were apprehended. They all denied that there
was a word of truth in the statement that they had received
any money from Samuel, or 'men him within their ,doors.
Samuel, however, was seen by a butcher giving the money
into Mary Ryan's hands: he was seen often in her house,
and new furniture was seen taken into the house, although
Mary Ryan and Nathan were just before living in wretched
poverty:
Under these new circumstances the question arose, what
offence Mary Ryan and Nathan were guilty of in appropri-
ating-r the money
.teltich Samuel sail he bad delivered to them
to give to the right owner. Aftera long consideration, it
has yesterday ilecla,ed npon the whole evidence, that no
offence bad been committed of which the magistrate could
take cognizance ;• and, to the regret of all lovers of justice
in the Justice Room, Mary Ryan and Nathan were neces.
eerily discharged with the other prisoners. The blind man
eauld not be made ta believe that the law allowed such
offenders to escape. He hoped to have them before twelve
honest men, and until then ire could not be satisfied or
believe that he had jnstice. He whs told that he might
prefer bills against them, and he left the office determined
to do so.
GLILDRALL —Ccorge Day was charted by John Proud-
foot, son of 51 i. Proud foot, of Red Cross-street, Cripplegete,
with stealing and secreting a quantity of soap from their
manufactory, where he was employed.
The prosecutor stated that his father and himself had re-
p atedly missed soap and other articles from the shop, and
*1 nigh tho.r hniiness haa increased within the year. three-
fold, st.ll tic Returns:tie:tied so little profit, that they de-
termined wtrt,%Aly to wat-.11 the prisoner. While* in a
back part of the warelertse, on Friday morning, the pri-
soner came to his work alioat a quarter past sevea o'clock,
as usual. He hal not remained lung before he (Mr. P.)
heard the actioa of cutting soap, and the noise of a knife
dropping. He then ran into the shop, and in order to as-
certain what bad been stolen, by searching the place, be
sanaiDay out upon some business. He then bad a thorough
search, and fonnd large pieces of soap hid in various places,
the cellar, the dust-hole, &c. Previous to this he had re.
ceived privilte intelligence of the depredations being car-
ried on °pan the premises, which stimulated Lim .to a
s.ricter lark out, and before retiring to rest on Friday, he
minted the pieces of endplaying promiscuously in the slap;
the number was then fitty.two ; but on Saturday morning,
on again egsallotng them, fifty only remained. He then
taxed the 'prisahei with the robbery, who did not deny
it. but confessed when and where he had secreted the
picas stolan.''
I-tarragon; the officer, to whom'a sa-areh warrant was grant-
ed fur the purpose of searching the house of a receiver in
Field-lane, James Barnett, then stepped forward along
with Burnett, who sias immediately ordered to the bar.—
This witness stated that he bad proceeded to the last pri-
soner's horse, an upon searching it, discovered four
.sanares of Windsor soap in a drawer. and under the bed a
large-hos of 'honied soap, which he seised and carried along
with the receiver tothe office.
Tbe pros,cutor said he would swear to the soap, and
tharefore the Magistrate, SIR JAmEs SHAw, said the pri-
soners bad beitie not say anal thing, though. called upon,
io their defence tilllhorsday, as the case was too Weir i
to admit of say doubt.—Remanded till Thursday next.
Boat STRIIRT.—PRIVILEGES or THE WATERIIEN'S
Cestrawrkt--Yester,lay lieorge Heath the elder, and tieorge
Heath the younger, father and soh, appeared before Tito-
was Rallis, Esq. the' Sitting Magistrate, ,on sutnmunses,
to answer infririnatrlt! Waited against them by the Over-
seers and linferi of ,Orr Wateribetd.s Company, the former
for refusiogowd'neelecting to appear before the said Over-
seers and gultra when duly atituntoned, an I the latter for
au offence gam. eimilar. asliire...afßi also for nealecting to
pay a certain irate culled quit Wage, which had bei ontealne
A fro= bite 14,01. climpAnylirripbt of his being a flee wa-
tediasC,
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•al 1. 'ln /What Pot Clerk of . the -Company, at tended on
their behalf and : bk. Angus* for Alm defendants ; when,
on tbelorsratatiVer being mil over, Sir IttouaßD liißsil,
who wairon the Bench, took an objection to those con•
taining thectiavgetiof the nou-ah Parente of the defendants,
the place at which thee Were te ivelpersonallyt6 ap_pear,
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being in. Streit? of Lender; ale * itonseptemtly the offence
Was committed Within that juria*fiChion,. and therefore the
Mafisystes of 11hitei.county of Middlesex were got etanspetent
to bear ainedecit neon the iidarinasiosa - 1
After, amps dist:ammo on the 'object. Me. itaLIA *mi.'
eseed its opiuiun It i,k Sir it icifasta ataxia, and the inform-
ations were aecortfinely disnsissed. • a '
The ioformation against George Heath, the younger, for
the non-payment of his qttsrtetage money, teas then gone
into, and Mr. Animism took an objection against the in-
formation, 'on the ground that the bYe-law which thaved
this coistathation to the funds of the Society was not
shewNin evidence, to have been made in pursuance of the
ACt •
Mr. Suetarow admitted that he was not prepared to prove
that fact, but there could be no doubt entertained that the
bye law against which the, defendant had offended was
suede in' pursuance of the stiltittea es it enforced some of the
provitiohs. an that Act.
Mr. MrDREws contended for the validity of his objection,
and httaiHiat.s Was of *opinion that the proof of that fact
was inditpentabli necessity:
This inforintitiOn'ina ITsb di.stnissed. We should have