The Statesman.
London, England, 1823-01-17 00:00:00

OLD BAILEY.--JAN.

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' 41rooterdty, Thomas Clifford was put to the .bar,
urged with stealing a sifter tea urn, the property sit
ontague Leryson.
By representing himself as a journeyman to the pro-
secutor. who is ',jeweller and silversmith, the prisoner
obtained the urn in question, in Order to do some work
Ll* it. Ile made away with it in soiny way that bad not
lleen discovered, and then ab.cunded.
Mr. Lute, fur the prisoner, asked the prosecutor if he
iras not a Jew ?
The prosecutor replied by avewinz his belief in a
Supreme Being, and stating that he had 'fever renounced
the religion of his fathers, which was that of the rear
Rant of Israel. _

On being asked, whether he bad been sworn on the
Testament or the New ?

He replied that be had been sworn on the New ; but
he considered himself equally bound to his t►►cker,
whatever he iniEht be sworn upon. He had doubts as to
whether the Scriptures were s revelation from God and
also with retard to the existence of a future state of
rewards and punishments; but he hoped and trusted
that Almighty tiod had some 114/ of pcintabing the
wicked.

This, the Racotosa said, was the foundation of all
I he prisoner was found Guilty, and sentenced to seven
years transportation,
Thomas Berwick, a boy of IS, was Indicted for break •
iog and entering the house of Thomas Walker, and
' stealing therein a metal watch case.
Verdict—Guilty, Death. but recommended to mercy.
ern. Joie* alias Giblet. was found guilty of Meeting
three gold seals, the property of W. Reading.
itas Williams,. for stealing 41. Ills, and some wearing
apparel in the dwelling house of .1. Mattison, also was
found Guilty—Death.
R. Stewart was indicted for stealing ;n the dwelling
house of George Silvanus Underwood, 28 soyereigns,
and other property.
The prosecutor stated that she was his servant, and
had seen him take the bag of money from his desk to
pay her predecessor. The bag was soon afterwards ab-
stracted, and at different times, among others when the
prosecutor was attending worship at Cuapel, he missed
articles from his house and shop. Mr. Underwood
found some ;rail of the property in the prisoner's hoe,
which prisoner said she had purchased in Pore Street ;
prosecutor, however, compared it with a piece of flannel
belonging to him, and found it to correspond. Prose-
came advised her to confess.

The constable who apprehended the prisoner, asked
her what she had done with :he money and shawls
which she had taken from her master; hut he held out
no promise to her, neither did he hear her master hold
ont any, although her toaster took her apart for the pur-
pose of speaking with her. A number of articles were
brought to the constable by the girl's mother, and
stated before the Magistrate to bare been taken from the
prosecutor's shop. But the prosecutor did notpreviously
know tbat he bad lost them.

The prosecutor stated, that the goods were fury worth
two pounds one shilling..
Several witnesses spoke to the prisoner's character.
Mr. Justice linattouuns summed up, an,i left it to the
Jury to say whether they thought the goods worth more
or less than 40•.

In answer to a question by the Jury, the prosecutor
said he hail stated All the articles at the cost price.
Verdict—Oullty of stealing to the value of thirty
nine shillings.
Mary Firtom. aged fifteen, was indicted for stealing
in the dwelling house of Edward Bishop, a pocket hook,
a MI. bank Dote, and 4 sovereigns, the property of E.
W. Bishop.
The prosecutor went to visit his father, and put the
book in the breast pocket of his upper coat, and on his
return he discovered that the pocket book was gone.
Mary, the wife of the last witness, accompanied her
husband to his father's house on the 2d dims. she saw
the book put into the pocket; said nothing shoat the poc-
ket till she came home; would know the note because
ber name is on the hack of it.

A shopkeeper, of whom the prisoner purchased 8 otn r
Roods, in pa;ment of which she tender d a 1411 im4e, a. d
to whom sue gave a false adduce, got the mite into hi.
possession. The prisoner would neither take the goods
nor the change; and the witness, suspecting lier.wa!eh-
ea her home, and found her enter the house of 31r. Ili
shop. Tue same night he tuuk her to the watch-
house.

An officer stated, that the prisoner once admitted to
hint, that she had forted the noon in the back yard,
together will, the 'tote in it, and a .ovcreign.
The Bank note Was produced, and immediately
sworn to, hush by the shopkeeper and tilen hy Mrs.
Bishop,
The Chief Baron %named np the evidence, ami the.
Jary found a %cr.iict of —Death.
The lam:ern-4a them secommeimed the Prisoner to

In the present slippery state of the thotrmihA. we wont,'
particularly rico 1111 l wad la oottsricrtpers, to strew !tithes or
sand in (rood of ih •ir resat-wive himsce. From the %nut of
Leis (million several accidents occurred %esierriny evening.
Ua Titraday. a MIN who sold ',laic ice. Mee found dead
on the Oil Itrolle, near L•wrs. supposed to hare perished
from the seserily of the weather.
For these last four ur dye days the frost has art la very
shay, many wild fowl have been shot on the lima 01 our
canal. end ■ swen wee killrl 41 pmdl (Nay, Sues.; weig,..
ag upaar.ht of twelve pounds.

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)1 034RROLi *tete eT A FORRIGNInt.--Aketore
was rid before Mr. STI R LING , yesterday, at the
ish Arms, Mabledon Place, Burton Crescent, on view of
the body of an unfortunate Frenchman, named Jolla
Llieu rent, aged 63.
The circumstances of this man's life are extremely
per ohne.
11 r. Tavlor, landlord of the Kentish Antis, stated that
~'ceased rodged at his house. On Monday erening last.
he cline to the bar the ulnal hoar far a light, saying
he was going to rest : at that time there was a some-
thing different in his behaviour. Ile took the light
with an air of indifference that was not usual with bite,
nor did he wish good night as formerly. He pro:strand
to hii bed tooth and locked it in the inside. Not gettink
np at the usual how. on Tuesday morning that he wai
aricostomod to do, the servant tame to witness, stating
she could not make deceased hear sr/Ueda iregled
the door as loud as he could, bat could obtain we ag-
reer he thew burst spewing door, and found seteral
chairs placed against it to obstruct the opening. He
' went into the room a short wa, and being almost satis- .
' he was dead, it so affected him that he could pro-
coed no farther, but his wife passed him into the room.
Witness further stated, deceased was a professor of lan-
guages, and bad lodged at his house about two months.
He did not observe any alteration in his behaviour until
last Mondayevening, nor did he seem to labour under
any preaniAry distress. Witness could not account for
his committing the act. Sometimes the deceased wotild
sit for hours and speak to no or.e, and if any one ad-
d d him he would tell them he did not wish to bold
any ronveriatiou with them.
Sarah tor, the landlord's rife, proved having goes
into the room and observed deceased, as she supposed,
sitting upon the foot of the bed, and thought be was
ill ; but upon further inquiry she found be was suspend.
ed by a silk handkerchief from the bed post, with eine
leg bent natter blot on the bed, and the other resting on
the ground. Witness, assisted by the servant, cat him
down ; a medical gentleman soon after arrived, who
perceived some warmth in his chest, but life we* totally
extinct.

Thomas Dykes. Esq , of 15, Drummond Street, Somers
Town, being sworn, mated he has known deceased for
ten years past, and has been in the habit of seeing hint
very frequently; they spent the evening of Monday to.
getter, and at that time deceased appeared to labour
under great depression, and seemed entirely to be a lost
man, which in witness's opinion arose front the treat-
ment be received from some friends in France, respecting
a sum of money the deceased ought to have recetved.—
Witness wished him to go to France to settle it, and
offered to accompany him; but deceased declined it,
s.ying he would use a power of attorney and other
thing's, which clearly showed the state of his mind.—
Deceased and his brother bad had a contest for some
tiusr, and it nas at last settled by allowing him 41. per
month ; Orr DIM had been so deciied, deceased hail
had 31$)!. left him, and bad given a Frenchman a power
..f attorney to receive it ; but he had never seen him
from that time to this. iVitness has frequently said to
him, if he would go to Fratre: and claim his mates, he
(witness) would accompany him; but he refensed to
listen to all entreaties of his friend, although he bad
plenty of money. Witness bas frequently seen deceased
in the street in a state of aberration that no man would
he guilty of had he been in his right senses. Witness
inquired ot hint whether he was married, to which he
replied that I:e bad been, and that it was en unfortanate
marriage fur him ; but IA certain that the deceased bas
no friend in England. Witness end deceased frequently
spent the evening. together: indeed, his manners and
learning were so choice and superior to any man the
witness had before seen, that he considered it absolutely
a pleasure to be in his company, but lately he has been
quite a different person ; he would frequently vilify the
Scriptures ; and when witness remonstrated with hint
as to his impropriety of so doing, be would reply—
circumstances made a man different. . .

The Jnry upon tbis expressed themselves satisfied ;
and after taking a view of the body, returned their vet-
diet That the deceased, John I'Heureux, pet an suet
to leis existcnce by hanging himself, being at the time
in 4 state of temporary mental derangement."

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Wednesday evening, sn inquisition was held at the
Marquess Wellesley Tavern, Crown Street, Hranswick
Spar , betore Thos. Stirling. Esq. on the ►ody of Wm.
Cress ell, a.-ed 33, who put an end to his existence bt•
plunging a knife into his throat ; indeed so determineA
was the unfortunate man on destroying himself, that he
made several dreadful gashes in Lin arms, a deep incision
is his neck, and another in his right side.
Frances Qressweil, wife of the deceas►d, stated, that
her husband was a wheelwright, but had been unable to
procure work since April last. He had been since that
period very low and agitated. Verdict—Temporary
mental derangement.

Vesterit sy, an Inquest WAS held at the City of Here.
forJ, New Norfolk Street, Hanoter Square, before Mr.
Coroner, on the body of Tlioutra Moore, aged
sixty.

The deceased, for many years, was employed as helper
at different Livery stables, and going on messages ; h•
no lodging, but slept un dunghills, and in the stables
when he fould them open. Tuesday night be was at the
City of Hereford till about the time of shutting up, hut
be only took half a pint •f porter and went away ; next
morning bee as fonnd in the stable In Adam's Mews,
covered over with a horse rug, qiti:e dead.

Verdict—That the deceased met his death in COMIC.
gimes of the severity of the weather.

ELUTI Poe GOVCRNOR OF Till HOUSE OF CORFU-
stertlay, the Election of a Governor for the
Middles.: House of Correction, in the room of the late
Mr. Adkins, took place in the. Colowittee-roosn, at the
Sessions House. Precisely at 12 o'clock the ballot corn.
menced. The principal Candidates were Vickery, of
Bow-street; Hassel, the Clerk of the House of Correc-
tion ; Mr. Field, of the Navy ; and a Mr. Frnshard, a
Clerk in the Secretary of State's Office. At two o'clock
the ballot closed, when the Chairman (Mr. Cons?) de-
clared the numbers to be as follow:

Vi 4 krry, 4S ; Hassell, 22; Field, 21 ;—Frush.
ard, I.

Vickery was of course declared dilly elected. He was
called in, and the Chairman addressed him. He con-
grienlated him on the favourable result of the contest
He impressed upon his mind the necessity of a strict dis-
cipline bring observed. as well amongst the inferior offi-
cers of the prison, as amongt the prisoners, because the
who'e aright of responsibility would in a great mea-
sure fall upon the guvernor. Vickery returned thanks
in a Terry neat and respectfitl manner. assuring the Ma-
gistrates that be would endeavone by his future conduct,
to evince his gratitude. He assured them that he would
pay every attention to the suggestive of the worthy
Chairman.

The Dotes of a Retlhrend eet-vni..ert the ntrae 11401.
choir, et the Church of flezhem, on Booby es'aftisit.