Star. — London, England, 1816-07-18 00:00:00

OLD B.IILEY. Tuesday John Ilkley and M. Healey were indicted for robbing John Gardner, of a coat and hat, his property. On the nitzlit 14f the 7th instant, between eleven and tw.lve o'clocK, the prosecutor was coming out of. die Black Horse, George-strtet, St. Giles 's, when he met four or five fellows. They surrounded him, pushed him coq' the p tvement, took his hat off his head, and stripped lit% c 'at from his back. They slid not knock him due. n ; but he called ont for assis tance, and Cavanagh c. onoe from his house (the Black-. Horse) and seized Healey. His coat and his hat were never found a?ain. Hickey was the person that took r 4 the prosecutoi's coat, and ran away with it. The prosecutor was a litde in liquor. J. Cavanagh, who keeps the Black Horse, proved that the prosecutor left his house on the night in criestion, about hall past eleven o'clock. Soon after, lie was told there WaS a row in the street, and a man calling out for .assistance. Witness ran out, and saw Gardner, widi Healey, and four or five more about Lim. Gardner had his coat and hat off, and was calling out for help. Some watchmen observed Hickey ran away with a coat on his arm; but what became of it they did not know. The prisoners, is their defence, said, that Gardner pulled off his coat and hat to fight Healey, and some one ran away with them.—Guilty—Death ; but re commended to mercy by the prosecutor. J. Corry and U. Levi, were indicted for robbing' Catherine Lucas of a quantity of wearing-apparel, the property of the Rev. Mr. Parker. The prisoners were last week tried for this offence. but at that time acquitted on account of a flaw in the indictment.— The girl was carrying the bundle across the fields from Islington to Stoke Newington, when she met the prisoners. who took her bundle from her. They were pursued, and threw away the bundle. They were soon after stopped and taken into custody. Guilty— Death. Lewis recommended to mercy. . _ . J. Welling was indicted for stealing, on the .sth instant, 10 yards of floor-cloth, the property of J. Pigot, privately in his shop. The prisoner was ob. served by an opposite neighbour of the prosecutor, to go up to the ship door, and carry away the floor. cloth. He was pursued and taken. Guilty of steal. ing, but not privately. C. Norman was indicted for stealing a box coat, the property of the Duke of Portland, privately in his coach-house.—A woman, who lives opposite the Duke's stables, saw the prisoner carrying off the coat in question. She pursued him, and he threw the coat into a hroom.cart ; but he was stopped, and taken into custody.—Guilty of stealing, but not privately. . J. Donovan was indicted for stealing a dollar and a 3s. token; the property of M. Mead, privately from his person. The prisoner put his hand in the prose. tutor's - pocket, and took out of it the money in ques tion, with which he made off; but was apprehended by a young man named Joseph Losch. The prose. cutor admitted that he went to the prisoner's father, and off.:red to forego the prosecution if he would give him one pound ; but the father of the prisoner would not do so.—Guilty. Jane Warren was indicted for stealing 30s. in silver, the property of B. Barrett.—The prosecutor keeps i the Royal Grove, in Spring-gardens, and the prisoner was his servant Having missed money from his till, - he marked a quantity, and locked the bar and the till, in which he had put the money . he had marked. The next morning be found the bar•door and the till opened, and lie immediately missed a great deal td money out of it. On searching the box of the pri soner, the constable found in it a quantity of marked money, such as the prosecutor put into the till the evening before. The prosecutor offered to forgive }he prilioner if she would confess to the robbery ; but she denied all knowledge of it, and said, she did not know how the money had been put into her box. She repeated the same in her defence—Guilty. William Bowels was iudicted for robbing J. Pearce of a Ss. token, on the highway.—The prusecuto: is a boy in the service of a green-grocer. On the even ing of the lOtli inst. he was in the dark passage un der the Adelphi, when the prisoner and two other boys put a basket, which he was carrying, over the prosecutor's face, and took a 3s. piece out of Ins , pocket. He began tool, and Bowers said lie would Art a candle and look for it; and if he could not find -it, he would go to his mother, and get another 3s. piece, and sive it to him. But be was taken into custody on his way to his mother's.—ln his defence, the prisoner said, he had rescued the prosecutor from two others.—Not Guilty. The following were also acquitted, viz. Aaron Dil. lon, J. Dillon, Charlotte White, Sarah Lockwood, and W. Peacock. Yesterday Janet Ilay, 35 years old, was indicted for ravishing Elizabeth Pike, a child tinder 10 years pf age, the 4th of last January. Mr. ALLEY stated the case to the Jury. The father of the child was a person employed at the Water-works ; he had three other children. While he was out about his business, the prisoner, in whew house his daughter lived, sent the child into the cellar, where he treated her in a manner which the child her3elf would presently state; not content with that, he took her afterwards into his bed-room, and repeated his brutal - pleasure. The prisoner soon alter that absconded, and was not to be found for a fortnight. It was proper that he should observe to the Jury, that the offence with which the prisoner stood charged, ivas different from the generality of such cases. Where the complainant was an adult, ti was necessary to shew that the act was committed against her will, and by force ; in the present in stance, where the child, as would be proved, was under ten years of age, consent, even if it could be admitted, would be no plea. Elizabeth Pike examined.--Lived at N 0.9, Black Horse-court, in the house of the prisoner. Her mother died about a year ago. Her rather used to go out to work, generally at six o'clock in the morn mg, and returned about six in the evening. No per son took care of her when her father went out.— Used generally to be in her father's room. About a fortnight after Christmas, prisoner sent her down into the cellar to feed the dogs. It was about two o'clock, and after she had eaten her dinny. Pri ironer went down after her.—[Here the child related liras clear And distinct a manner as could be expect ed, a series of facts, which decency requires the sup presdoaof, but manifestly fixing on the pribouer the crime set forth in the indictment]. After what bad passed in the cellar, prisoner desired witness to go bp stairs, which she did. Crarpexamtheed sy Mr. Astamme-AVent ,to live at No. 11, at Mrs. Bell's in Black Horseloom Went of errands for Mrs. Bell. Rad never said Mrs. Bull had shut her up with a Gentleman; had never told Nicholson so. First told Mary. Bell, Whit-Monday, that she was not well. Never told Anne Nicholson that Mrs. Bell told her she must lay it to Mr Hay ; was never in a room with a Gentleman who pie vested her from calling out, by putting his hand on 'her mouth. WAS met one Sunday by two or three little boys, who pulled up her clothes. Knew Mr. Edwards, a surgeon ; remembered talking with him; never told him that four boys had taken liberties with Two boys pulled up her petticoats, and ran down Fleet•street. Miry Bell" perceived that some thing was the matter with her. Whenever men came to the house, Mrs. Bell desired her to go away, and she did so. She did not bleep there ; did not light company up stairs; Mary-Anse did. Had been ill ever since before ChriStmas; did not like to speak or tell her father. She had, when at Guild hall, told the Mag;strate all he asked. Om:timed- 6y Judge PAHKE.—Prisoner's wife was ' out all that afternoon, while witness was in the cellar. Prisoner's wife slept at home. B.tween January and her going to the Hospital, she lived at Hay's. John Pike examined.—Was father of the child ; his wife died July the 10th, 1815; lived with pri soner; was a pipe borer ; meant to go on the 9.b January, 1806, to see Lord Nelson's funeral, but did not go ; went to work at Sir Charles Price's ; n his deliter. Elizabeth Pike, was not then born. The Verger of St. Paul's proved, that Lord Nel son was buried the.9th of January, 1806. Hester Lawson, a nurse at St. Bartholomew's Hospital, stated, that the child, Eli's tbeth Pike, came to the Hospital in a bad state of disease. Mr. Colbig, a surgeon, or rather a student as it appeared by his testimony, gave a general confirma tion of the nurse's statement. The prisoner having been called on for his defence, denied the whole charge. William Payne, clerk to the City Magistrates, stated, that at the examination at Guildhall, on the 20th of June, when he was present, he put nothing down but what the girl sail, and did not think it necessary to put down all she said ; he did not put down any thing respecting what had passed in the Anne Nicholson lived in Black Horse-court ; was a woman livin on the town. Elizabeth Pike did work at Mrs. Bell's; smut of errands, and some times lighted visitors up stairs. One night Mrs. Bell told the child to go up stairs, and she remained in the room three quarters of an hour. Child told her that Mrs. Bell desired the child to lay it to Mr. Hay. This was the day before the child went to the Hospital. Knew the prisoner about nine months; was never in company with him until last Saturday; had allowance from prisoner since then ; she had her meals from him ; never sa 1 that prisoner should be got off by her, whether she took a false oath or not; only said she would speak for Mr. Hay; did not say 44 By I will get him through at all events ;" had lived with Mrs. Bell eleven months; child slept at her father's, two doors off; knew father by sight, but had not spoken to him; had never seen Mrs. Bell and Hay quarrelling. Wm. Edwards, surgeon and aprnecary,in Guild ford -street, near Russell-square, knew prisoner for a year and a half, who appeared to live on good terms with his wife. Had seen him between the Ist and &I of June. Did not know that prisoner had any disorder. About a year ago he delivered his wife. About the 2.1 of June he was called on by the child's father. Examined the child the 2d of June; she was then afflicted ; he asked her how she had come so? the child answk red, through Mr. Hay ; that two ur three boys, near St. Bride's Church, pulled up her clothes and ran away. W. T. Hester lived in Black Horse -court, knew Nicholson ; she said to him more than once, that she would swear, whether false or not, to any thinx that would get the prisoner off. She eould swear that the child had accompanied a Gentleman to Shire-lane; and that she did not mind the taking of a false oath; that it was not the first, or second, or third time that she had taken such an oath ; and that she was deter mined to get Hay through. Witness warned her of the consequence of a false oath in case it was found out, but she said, 66 I'll be d—d it I care." Taxis was about three weeks or a month ago. Judge PARK then summed up with his usual per spicuity and invariable candour the general evidence, and , after an admirable charge, the Jury retired and' remained an hour hi consultation, and brought in a verdict—Guilty. James Irelion, aged 45, was indicted for marrying Jane Flemming, his former wile, Hester, being still living. James Barlow examined.—He was Deputy Clerk of St. Giles's, Cripplegate; was present the Ist of April, 1793, at the marriage of Mr. Weldon with Hester May. John May, father in law to the prisoner, was pre. sent at his daughter's marriage; his daughter was, still living ; they had been separated twenty or twenty. one yobs, and witness had not corresponded with his daughter for fifteen years. Edward Price, Clerk of the Parish of St. bun stan's, Stepney, produced the parish register of the marriage between Jas. Weldon and Jane Flemming. Ridge ABBOTT, in addressing the Jury, observed, that both the marriages were clearly proved. It was nuusifeit, indeed, that the first wife had misconducted hereellvery much, by the evidence of her own father, who for 15. yeara had had an correspialdence with his daughter. But the law in the present case was absolute, and neither he nor the Jury could alter it. A marriage regularly solemnized, could not be dis solved but by an Act of Parliament, and Mr. Wel don, under the solemn bond of marriage, could not, without violating the law, enter into a new marriage. The Jury gave a verdict of—Guilty. liar 4 was capitally convicted of stealing a mare, value Ar3o, the property of J. Paynter. Wednesday se'onight, about midnight, an attempt was made to break into the hoist of the Widow Juan, in bleadow.lane, Leeds i but the villains being dis. covered in the act, we:sired at 4 Mrs. J 44, and there is MUM to suppose woe of tbaltl were wounded. POLICE. whale MANSION H"n ,t.—Tur CONSPIR ACY.TIT of the plot respecting the conviction of the three men is now likely to he dtveloped, and, from the la- Norions private as well as public investigation >f the LOUD MA TOR, A shocking scene of iniquity is shortly expected to be exhibited. Many facts of a criminal ' nature have come to our knowledge, involving par ties hitherto engaged in this practice ; but we forbear mentilning names until the circumstances are de taileJ in evidence. Brock, (the companion of Pelham, Barry; George Browne, and Vaughan), was yesterday morning ap prehended in bed, at a house in Fell-street. He was brought before the LOUD MAYOR at an early hour, and underwear a private examination, which lasted two hours. In the course of this proceeding his iden tity was clearly established ; and he offered to give certain information to the Lotto Mayon. upon the sub ject. Pelham, already in custody, has also confessed his guilty participation sett!' a number of other con spirators ; nod, in a lung letter, detailed to his Lord. ship some of the principal facts in the system of his partners in guilt, and promised to disclose the whole. White, the officer, also, who apprehended Brock, gave some important information, in consequence of which the LORD MAYOR ordered several other persons discovered to have been connected with the parties at present in custody to be secured. Brock was after wards brought to the bar in a public manner, when he was informed by the LORD MAYOR, that he Was in possession of sufficient information to shew that he was not only a coiner of bad money, but that he was a principal in employing the three men who had been convicted for that offence on Saturday last, with a view to the obtaining a reward for such Pre tended service to the justice of the country. Under these circumstances he felt it his duty to remand him for further examination.—Brock then begged leave to state, that he had much information to communi cate, if his Lordship would suspend his commitment, and hear him in private. The LORD MAYOR said he could not hear him at resent, but that his offer would be matter of consi deration hereafter.—The prisoner was therefore re manded, and ordered to be kept in 'a separate apart ment front all other persons. • Bow.mterr.—Yesterday John Brown, Elizabeth Raffan, and Elizabeth Gibson, appeared to summonses, charging them with opening their shops and exposing. their goods to sale, contrary to the Lotto's Day Act, last Sunday, in Covent-Garden market, for which they were severally convicted, wit costs. Mr. NARES, the Magistrate, then pioceeded in the investigation of the case of Vaughan, late a p mole belonging to the Office, and those concerned with him. Mr. NARES devotes a considerable portion of Itis time to the investigation of this extraordinary and infamous business, not only on account of the exa ruination of the charge being before him which led to the investigation of the . conspiracy, but it so hap pens that he recommended George Vaughan to the Office to be employed as a patrole on the streets and roads in the env:rons of London; and he has now been employed at the office in that capacity for up wards of two years, and during that time has been very active in discovering coiners of counterfeit coins, bank vows, and the utterera of them. Tile !slag's trate was justified in his recommendation, as he bad been employed by Mr. Christian, the Judge of the Isle of Ely, we understand, in the capacity of clerk. After his employment at the office, and attached to a party of the patrole who go into the neighbourhood of Islington every evening, he got connected with an infamous set of men, who hang about the different Police-officers and the public houses near them, called Noses : from their connexion with thieves,' they give information of robberies that are to be ccm matted, as well as those which have been committed, for the purpose of reward. Among these was Mackay, of whom so much has been said; this Mac kay was the Nose in the discovery of the extensive silk robh. ry which was committed upon the River Thames some time since, and it was thiough ht.si the perpetrators of that robbery were discovered, and brought to condign punishment. George Browne, who was connected with Vaughan and Mackay, was apprehended by May, the (Acts-, belonging to Union Hall Office, on Tuesday night, and brought to the office yesterday morning, when, after undergoing an examination before Mr. /sTA acs, he was committed for further examination.— Mackay has made interest and applied several times to be appointed a patrole attached to this office, but he has always been rejected. Yesterday Mr. NARES received a letter from a man signed Hubbard, who proies to be die same man who was reported from Hatton Garden Office by the name of Herbert, and for whom Vaughan gave Mr. airmer's clerk a guinea fur Mr. Hat mer to go to Union Hall Office to defend him against a charge of felony. In the letter which Hubbard sent to Mr. NARES, dated from Horsemonger-lane prison, wilt re be is confined on a charge of stealing a watch, chain, and seals, he confesses himself t:► have been guilty of a burglary, and accuses an accomplice, ata,ther of the patrole belonging to the office, of the name if Archibald Kuthen. Mr. NARES sent for Archibald Ruthen. who has belonged to the office between 15 and 16 years. He stated, that in the month of March last, he received information from Hubbard, who acted as a Arose to him, that a watch and clock maker's shop in Bermondsey -street was to be broke open at a certain time : he went accordingly to way. lay and endeavour to detect the robbers, taking with him Mackay. The robbery was perpetrated, as Hub bard had informed Ruthen, by three robbers; and on Ruthen and Mackay endeavouring to secure the robbers they only succeeded with one ; two made their e►cape: one of the tw•o they apprehended a few days after. Their names were Mats and Flanagan ; they were tried, convicted, and condemned at the last i Surrey Assizes, but were not hanged. The reward j for the conviction of these two men was divided be tween Archibald Ruthen, Mackay, and Hubbard the ! Noss. It now turns out that Hubbard was not only the Noe, but that he was actually the third robber i in the burglary of the cluck and watch maker's, and received part of the money for convicting Mars and Flanagan, whom he had assisted in breaking open i the house t it appears also that Archibald Ruthen knew. that Hubbard was one of the robbers, he having since the robbei7 received information to that effect ; and for this neglect of duty Mr. NARES ordered hip) into cuitndy, and enmmitted him. Vaugh, attend the office yesterday. nor can he be UN lON HA IlannaA ieloqy, a miCer.ll female pauper, was yesterday brought tip stable of Newington, as a vagrant, who st the prisoner was in the 'habit of begging ' to house. On inquiry, it now tut rm! out dition to an allowance of 2s 6.1. weel palish, she was possessed of an annuity of op left her some time since by a dece.ised brat' Magistrate committed her to the House of for seven days. MYSTERIOUS CIRCOSISTANCE.-TW O ne since an aged man and woman arrivtd Cornwall, accompanied by a temale Odd, not three years of age, and commenced the town. The iweresting arp e , the age of the parties, at e that it had been smlen, and t h e man KR thei th r o u ghetl d, and cum t h c a woman were questiored respecting it. Thew ant was, that the infant WAS their own ; but being pres se i upon the subject, they replied in the most evi l i s , way to every interrogatt:ry. The child was 4, 0 examined, and at first said her name was E x 44 Liner, and that liarpapa and mamm a pliyeJ um, the piano-forte. No satisfactory account, heae, er , could be obtained from her of the residence of l er parents. The chld, ho is desct ihed as one of 4 most delicate complexi . m, with light hair andu, eyes, has been humanely rec,!ived by Miss KM., Lady residing in Truro ; and t!,e old man and 'comes have been committed to the cnsinty gaol ti aside their trial as vagrants. a!),ite account hc,lctn transmitted to the 1..!,nt0 Misvon. We learn from a person recently returned f rom a trip to Paris, that that metropolis resembles an Ens. lish town, Iron: the tornsber of our country with which it is crowded. The streets and publi; walks are full of theni, and,tl:ey are as little satistiei with their reception, as the na:i yes ate with their ri. sitors. Being chiefly there with views of 11404. ment, the Parisians say, that they only enhaiice the price of the necessaries of life, and spend no money in luxuries. So the Arts are not benefited by thei r presence. Such of them as go to the grand Hotels, are of course made to pay handsomely for their plea. sure. Nothing can exceed the impositions that are practised. The hest prudence is to retrench at home; and nest to that, if families must roam, is to take apartments, and to stay no more than one night ina hotel. The French are equally displeased with the economy practised by the foreign troops. Insteadd laying out their money among French tradesmen, they have at Canibtay, and elsewhere, brought their own artisans with them, tailors, shoemakers, black. smiths, Ric. and Lave erected Boutiyar: ilne6Nlanter, for their own snpply ; so that they buy scarcely any thing but Eau derir, beef, bread, and vegetables ! What a difference, they say, between the present race, and mi I.er ! Then, as they always con. chide with a compliment to them elves, they shrug their shoulders, and say, " We brought diem to it !" The following curious circumstances lately came nut on a tr,al at Paris. T:ie French Papers do ra.t give the .Lady's name :—" Mrs —, the wife of trader in Paris, in the stonnltr of 1814, met at tl.e Thitilleries a very agree.tbk yiling man. whose erie. rior, as she thought. announced the most titlark! breeding. This man visited her, and even pi-est-tad to her one of his friends, named Hohlin. One errs. ing they went to the Theatre de la (;.bete, to scene D og of Moritarges:—Leiranc, who escorted her, as comilaisant enough to take also the maid serrate, for whom he paid, and as the husband was absent, there was no one It.tt at home. Mrs. ----, on her return, asctrtaiFed that she had been robbed of a considerable sum in specie, of her plate, and jewels. For eighteen months all the searches of the police were vain. At last a fellow named Calma t sentenced to perpetual forced ialsour for other robberies, thought he s.hould do hons.ill no harm by contessictv; this.• He declared that I.elranc and Hnblin :mein; accomplices--the forrn:r having furnished to the two others all the r, quisite information. These tan men fashiwi were nothing but liberated gailry. slaves. Oa l'hu:sday last 1.. v franc and Hnblin stere co:Kiev:met! by the Ass•ze Court to pt•rretn4l forced Libentr, Aid to Le tvi t ! l t h e l etter; T. I). The disclosturs on the vri:ll wtre, of c,urte, very painful to Mrs. 1.1.11.4t1C defended Inmsell nt the most scandalous manner, and heard his seine:lre with rare a-thorn, Iy." A dashing swindler (an Et , glisi.man), Rsturning the character of a man of falhe al, !lab I )er% quartet irg himself lately on the innkeeper I-Javre-de•Gracr. Owing to some very high ei•corniums Which he passet', in a public room, on die character of the Et. Emperor, and corn,• of a very opposite tendency to. wards the existing Government, he was apprehended by the police, and imprisoned for seven or eight days. On his release he made a precipitate retreat from the town iusTiNs, of the Hotel de Bien Venn, aid Waxixs, of the London Tavern, are the prititipti buifert rs. DIED. April 26, on bin passagr from CJIco-r.t, J. Sineeton T-illrfirs, E.g. April 24, at St. Itlairto.'‘, P. P. 1../r.p..rd, Esq. Collccv3r Islati•L July 12, at Nottingham place, In his 6:1‘1 yehr, Vice-Admiral Sir Yens. Essington, K. C.ll. July .5, At Clamart, near Dublin, Maria, wife of Sir W !dart &glut.ll Btirdet, 13rt. July 3, a: llotatleaux, Sir John 1 lunter, his Majesty's Co' sui- Ceneral at Madrid, on his return frum again tor :he r‘covsrj aE his health. July 4, in 1..-Indon.strect, rk7rny •quare a•-t! 63, Carain W. Story, fiumetly a Commander Su the Lion. Last 1:14:ta C.lnp::y shipping service. 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