Star. — London, England, 1822-01-12 00:00:00

II .1' g OLD BAILEY SESSIONS. f Yesterday Joh* Lane, aged 19, for breaking into the housl sot John Goddard, and stealing twelve so va'figot, &e. and Jobs Redgrave, aged S 6, for a butglatyln the house of Edward Young, and steal ing seven hams, Scc." were capitally convicted: Thomas Stratford stood indicted for the murder of Mr. A. Slade, purveyor to her late Majesty. The pri soner was also indicted upon the Coroner's Inquisi tion 7 charged with manslaughter. W. Jones, a watchman of Mary-la-Bonne Parish, was toining down the Edgesvare-road, in the even ing orthe 29th of November and saw a gig standing alongside' the kirb, and a Ge ntleman standing by the side of the horse. Witness had gone on about twenty yards, when he heard the cracking of a whip, and soon afterwards saw a coach lying on its side in the road. Witness ran towards it, and saw a Gentleman dragged from under the coach. As he was going towards the coach, he met the gig, the horse was running furiously, and, the gig was tumbling to pieces. The road is lighted on the side where the gig was standing. Mr. T. Este, of Portland-place, Edgeware-road, saw two women looking in at a jeweller's shop. They went on, and a stage-coachman, who was on his box, invited them upon his coach. Having placed one of the women on the box beside him, he drove off ra ther rapidly, and' in a moment after witness heard a scream. He ran to the spot, and saw the woman who had mounted the box lying on the ground, and a Gentleman leaning against the rails ; he seemed in great agony, and was taken into a house. He saw a coach standing in the road, and was going to aster-, tain the name of the owner, when the coachman drove off at a furious rate, so that he could only see the words " Notting Hill" upon the panne'. W. Gosling, D. Griffin, and R. Saunders, con firmed the substance of the above evidence. Caroline Johnson knows the prisoner. She was a passenger on his coach from the Star and Garter, in the Edgeware-road, to Bayswater ; she was on the box. When he got through the toll-bar, he got down, and gave her the reins to hold. As he was re-mount ing, the horses moved on, and she dropped the reins. The prisoner got upon the box, but did not get the reins, and the horses went on. This was about 100 yards from the place where the accident happened. She cannot say whether he had the reins in his hand at the time of the accident. When the accident hap pened, the witness was thrown from her seat, and she fainted. Mr. Griffith, a surgeon, in Tottenham-court-road, attended Mr. Slade on the 29th of November, and until his death. His death was occasioned by exter nal bruises, but particularly by one on the knee joint, which mortified. Sir Astley Cooper attended with the witness, and everything was done that could be done for the deceased. D. E. Stevens, cle: kto a Solicitor in Po!and-street, was sent for by Mr. Slade. He said, "I am dread fully wounded, and am sure 1 shall die, and I want you to make my will." Here the surgeon underwent a close exarninwion as to the state of mind of the deceased before his death, in order to ascertain whether certain declarations v. hich he made as to the transaction, were made under the impression that death was approaching, without which they could not be received in evidence. The Learned Judges, after a consultation, decided that the declarations could not be received. Mr. Justice Bunttoucti summed up, and the Jury found the prisoner—Guilty of Man4laughter. The following were convicted of felony, viz. Robert Simms, aged 40, for stealing a watch; Charles Evans, aged 25, for stealing a bridle; Frances Sadden, aged 63, for obtaining seven by fain: pretences from the Church- Wardens, &c. of St. l'a.icras and William Rolfe, aged 23 , for uttering a counterfeit half-crown. • The Grand Jury returned true Bills against John Tamphetv, William Holmes, John Barclay, ..,George Clarke alias John Jones, and a man whose name is u iknown, for the publication of blasphemous libels, in Carlil&i, falsely called Temple of Reason, in Fleet street. These Bills, with the exception of that against Clarke (preferred by the Society for the Suppression of Vice), were preferred by the Bridge-street So ciety. It will be recollected, that three of the men committed from Guildhall refused to live their names, but sire that time Mr. Murray has succeeded in obtaining the names of twe, namely, Vamphew and Bolmes. Yam phew is the miserable shirtle.s old man, described in the Guildhall Repora. The third man persists in his taciturnity as to his name. Denis Mahoney was indicted for the murder-- ofl Richard Needs. Mr. R. Harrison, a pupil at the London Hospital, deposed,thai. he saw the deceased when he was brought to the Hospital on the 13th of November. He had a wound on the front of the head, but he did not dis cover that. his skull was fractured until three or four days after. Mere fractures in the skull do not in general produce death, and witness did not think at first that the deceased was in danger. He, however, gradually got worse, and died on the 9th December. The cause of his death was an ittfiam7nation on the lungs. The body was opened, and it was found that the deceased had been subject to pulmonary inflamma tion, but the fracture of the skull was the cause of the inflammation of which he died. Witness was of opinion that the man would have died of the frac ture of the head if he had not had the inflammation of the lungs, though the latter was certainly the im mediate cause of death. There was a suppuration and a mortification of the membranes of the brain. Could not say whether the lungs were actually in flamed before the fracture was given or not. It was three weeks after the blow was given that the de ceased died, and the inflammation of the lungs might have existed longer than that time. Witness could not judge positively from the state of the lungs. T. Staggs, landlord of the Green Man,Whitechapel, swore, that on the night of the 12th of November, about twelve o'clock, the prisoner and the deceased came into his house together, and after being there some time, the prisoner said to the deceased, "You know you gave me a slap in the face once, and I did riot deserve it." Deceased said, " You do not bear malice, do you 7' Prisoner replied, "I have not for gotten it, and you had better look out for yourself, tor I shall look out for you." They were drinking together before and after this conversation, and ap pesred friendly. Cross=eiansined.—The quarrel at which the slap 1 the face *as given took place sixteen Or eighteen months ago. 'The prisoner and two of his kapds went out - before the deceased. There was no attempt on the part of the deceased to detain them. De ceased was a lamplighter, and the prisoner was a la bourer in the Gas Works. G. Stubbs deposed to the same effect. • J. Harris, a cestermonger, was at the Green Man. Prisoner and his two partners went out first, and the deceased went out alone shortly after. Witness and Francis. went out behind bins. The prisoner and his two friends were walking before the deceased, and all at once he saw. Needi fall, and the prisoner and his friends run away. When Needs fell he was not above two yards from the prisoner. Witness pursued the fugitives, but could not . overtake them, and he returned and found the deceased in the care of a watchman. Witness, with the watchman and another, took deceased home to Catherine-wheel alley. 'He was wounded on the side of the head, and bled very much. He seemed very ill. Witness cut his hair off, and applied a plaister to the wound, and then went away. J. Francis lived with the deceased in Catharine. wheel-alley. Was in company with Harris at the Green Man. As they were walking along, after leaving the house, witness heard the prisoner call out, come along Dick" (meaning the deceased). — They walked on, and presently Needs fell. Pawner and deceased were about two yards apart when the latter fell. Prisoner and his companions ran away, and witness pursued and called out to have them stopped, but they escaped. When witness went home, he found the deceased sitting. in a chair be tween two men, bleeding. He was taken to the Hospital the next day. ' Crospesaminucd.—The deceased had a bad cough for a twelvemonth before he died ; but it had got ' better lately. Witness did not think the prisoner and the deceased likely to have met often in the last 16 months; but they might have met. There was no quarrel before the deceased fell. The only words spoken were by the prisoner, " come along, Dick." Mr. Harrison was again called, and examined by Mr. Justice PA K IL— The fracture on the. skull might have been occasioned by the fall of the deceased against the pavement. J. Partridge, a night beadle of Whitechapel, ap prehended the. prisoner, about seven o'clock, on the morning af.er the affray, and took him to the room where the deceased was in bed. Witness asked the deceased to look round and say, if he saw the man who threw the stone. The deceased did so, and nodded to the prisoner, and said, " 'That is the man." Pri soner muttered something, in which the words, "am sorry for it" were heard. On the 9th ult; the day the deceased died, witness went to see him, and found him in bed, surrounded by his friends. .This was about four o'clock in the afternoon, and deceased died about six or seven. IVittress asked him if he was aware of the situation he was in? and he replied, " I am, I am." This was the only declaration made by the deceased as to his own state. The Surgeon begged of witness not to disturb him. Mr. Justice Panes said, the declaration " I am, I am," was not. sufficient to shew that the deceased was aware that he was dying, and the inquiet' as to What he said afterwards could not be pursued. T. Yearley, a watchman, saw the prisoner, the de ceased, and the others, going up the street, and heard a voice call out " Needs, Needs, come along !" and almost at the same instant Needs fell. He fell on his left side, :rad his head was mach cut. Witness, after taking the deceased home, returned to the spot, and about seven yards .ftom where the deceased fell, he found a large stone, which he produced.—{lt was a stone eight inches in circumference).—There were no other stones but a very large granite stone, lying in the street. John Sansum, a patrol in Whitechapel, produced a hat given to him on the night in question. It was much indented on one side. Witness was present when the prisoner was brought into the deceased's room, and the latter identified him. The prisoner, in his defence, said he knew nothing about the matter. Several witnesses gave the pri soner a good character for humanity. Mr. Justice PARKE summed up the evidence, and the Jury found the prisoner—Not Guilty. Thomas Coxwell, aged 23, for stealing a piece of timber ; and Joseph Capper, aged 28, for stealing several decanters, were also acq.litted. MIDDLESEX SESSIONS. !iilih. FURIOUS DRIVING. This was an appeal against a conviction and pe 'ftalty of 1:10 given against Thomas Hall, the driver of one of the Paddington coaches, for furiously driving, by whieh the passengers lives were endangered. Mr. ALsaIN, for the appellant, took several ob jections to the form of the conviction; which were answered by Mr. WALFORD, for the respondent, and over-ruled by the Court. The following evidence was called to the facts : Mr. G. Grove, a shoe-maker, of Tower-hill, stated, that on the 27th of September he got up on the out side of the mid), at seven o'clock in the evening, at the Star, in the City-road. Another coach happening to pass that of the appellant, he called out—" soon catch you, Jack." He then whipped his horses, and they galloped on about 100 yards; he passed then at a moderate rate till they got to the Blue Coat Boy, when they stopped, and the appellant getting off, jumped up upon his box, and said—" D—n me, Jack, 111 cut his ear off." He then pressed his horses on at a gallop again, till he came opposite Claremont Chapel ; when,. in the act of endeavouring to avoid another coach and a chaise, he gave a sudden turn, which caused the pole to break. It was answered, that this was from mere accident, occasioned by the . coach going down hill, and the weight of the passengers pressing on the pole. The conviction, in the sum of £lO and full costs, was affirmed by the Court. There was another appeal, from a conviction under The Coal-meters' Act, in the case of Cooper and Green against Mr. Smart, the purchaser, for not al lowing the meter to measure when he came. Brad ford, the informer, was objected to by Mr. ADOL• Puna, on the ground that he paid the expenses of this appeal on his own part, and was interested in the pe nalty which he would receive if the conviction was affirmed. He was examined touching the service of , summonses, and the evidence being held insufficient to Rapport the conviction, it was accordingly quashed, Mawarces-Holulad—Yesterday the drieer gi e of the Camberwell coaches was summoned, before impeded the the for having LoakeepnerMofarishaoapitsdgefite.nedsttleetOs: on the charge of a shoP• business of his shop, by blocking up the access to it. Gutt.eihau..—Yesterday, John Fleming, Es i ct Kenningtoni-attended to prove his property in a ew foundland dog, which had been called in question by a Gentleman of equal respectability. Mr. Fl emin g on stated, that it was lost by his servant the 28th of May, and recovered on the 28th of Aug ust from a baker at Camberwell. He bred the dog, and was as children. .to Th hi e s i c d o e m nt p i hd ty naasnhte, on n cou th ld e b e e th t e o r o h n n e nd o , f his pro duced a diary of the principal events of his life, in which was duly noted the receiving of the dog from Mr. Chinn, of Gravesend; his being lost on the sth of July, and brought home on the 28th; and being a m g et ain th l e os d t o o g n i t n he T 7 oo th iey of: men and stSreeeptronberthe ,t ' T wo in o s t f a h n i t s , took the direction of Mr. Fleming, but mistook Ken nington for Kensington. On seeing him again, he was put into the hands of an officer. Mr: Fleming rejoined, that . from the statement it appeared that the dog the claimant; had lost was in his possession from the end of July to the 7th of September ; now the dog produced was in his (Mr. Fleming's) posses• sion from the 28th of August, and therefore could not be the same. He could produce the baker who brought hint back, and a saddler who fitted him with a collar on that day ; the butcher who had supplied him with meat, and a host of other witnesses. The faith of the claimant and his witnesses, however, was not at all •shaken ; when Alderman WOOD erderedthe dog to be restored to Mr. Fleming, and said the only remedy for the claimant was an action of trover. Bow STA 'MT.—Yesterday Mr. Lane, an attorney, of Warwick-street, Golden-square, was brought to the Office on a peace-warrant, granted against him by Sir RICHARD BIRNI6 on Thursday, on the com plaint of Mr. Coppinger, a merchant, residing in Duncan-place, Leicester-square, charging Mr. Lane with challenging him to fight a duel, and threatening to horsewhip him. On the investigation of the cir cumstances before Mr. HALLS, the Sitting Magistrate, it appeared that the parties had dined at-the Blue posts chop-house, in Col k -street, on Wednesday, and, after ail the company had left the room except them selves, Mr. Lane charged Mr. Coppinger s;ith having spoken disrespectfully of the character of a Lady to whom he was attached, and for which he demanded the satisfaction of a Gentleman, throwing down his card on the table, as a token of a challenge to fight a duel, which Mr. Coppinger did not accept, but rang the hell, and, on the waiter answering it, he desired that his master might be. sent to him : on the land lord making his appearance, Mr. Coppinger claimed protection from him while in his house against any act of violence threatened by Mr. Lane, which the landlord promised to afford him. Mr. Lane, how ever, persisted in giving his challenge, and assigned as an additional reason, that Mr. Coppinger had spoken disrespectfully of - the character of his (Mr. Lane's) mother when they had met at a boarding house, they having been acquainted previous to their meeting at the Blue-posts. Mr. Coppinger persisted in his refu,al to fight a duel, assigning as a reason, that he did not think Mr. Lane was of equal rank in life for him to meet him. Mr. Lane protested . that AS Mr. Coppinger would not meet him to fight a duel as a Gentleman, he would post him as a coward, and horsewhip him whenever he met him, as soon as he was provided with a weapon of that descrip tion. Mr. Lane replied indignantly to the observa tion of Mr. Coppinger, that he thought the profes sion of the law quite equal in rank to that of an Irish merchant, or dealer in fat bacon. Mr. Lane admit ted that he had committed a breach of the peace, and gave bail, himself in 1.7.50, and two sureties in 1.:2.5 each, to keep the peace. TOWN-HALL, Sournwanz.—Yesterday, Mr. appeared before Alderman J.J. Sanest, to strew cause why he neglected to maintain his wife. The proceed ings were instituted by the parish officers, from whose statement it appeared that Mrs. had applied to them for relief, stating her abandonment by her hus band, in consequence of which they granted her pecuniary assistance, by which means she became chargeable to them, and still continued to be Her husband had been applied to, and although not averse to allowing her a settlement, yet he evinced so much indecision upon the business, that they were compelled to resort to the usual process in such cases. Mrs. was then called forward to prove her desertion. She was accompanied by her sister, and approached with art air of humble modesty that at once excited sympathy and respect. Her eyes,. however, were red and swoln with tears, and she no sooner reached her husband, than she suddenly seized both his hands, and then dropping on her knees, cried in convulsive accents—" Oh ! dearest, forg—:' A violent rattling in the throat told the rest, and she dropped senseless on the ground ; but still she re tained her husband's hands with the grasp of death ! The scene was pathetic beyond description, and much more affecting than any tragedy of fictitious woes.— The vulgar crowd drew back in amazement, and even the constables, who daily behold human misery in its most hideous and heart-rending forms, and whose hearts (generally speaking) are steeled against every impulse of humanity—even they were moved almost to tears. Mr. for a moment surveyed the deadly object before him, whilst the big drops forced themselves into either eye. He evidently held some violent conflict with his feelings; but, as if re collecting himself 311 at once, he dashed the pitying tear from his eye, then exclaiming—" Forgive ! oh ! no more! no more I" and violently disengaging him self, walked to the opposite side of the Justice-room, whilst the officers gently carried Mrs. into an other room; where every means were used for her recovery. Shortly afterwards the defendant, who had by this time suppressed the violence of his feel ings, again came forward to assure the Magistrate, that although his behaviour might appear inexpli cable, it was not the result of hardness of heart, or want of feeling, but was founded on a thorough eon viction that his wife had wronged him in a manner which it would be criminal to pardon. He had mar ried her with every p r o s p ect o f happiness seven years ego, and she bad borne him two children, who were 'MU living under Ms own observation. His conduct , cowards her was neither harsh nor Illiberal, and during that period she had squandered away the sum vce w l'lt h i ii reeit i l lar ha v a d • of.rsooo, respect i ng . which he hi paisr d edi tz not ti"e c d ireu her m ' sta and nces n" recen er w tl u y id tra for ns his dishonour and her perfidy beyond a doubt. fi e had in fact discovered, by letters in her po ssess i on, that she carried on a criminal correspondence wi t h another MAO, and he then most certainly did e xc l u d e her from his house, but he was now willing to a ll ow her any sum which the parish officers might nam e , as sUlficient to maintain her in a secluded and r e . spectable manner; but to forgive her.the crime, a n d again to take her - to his bosom, was what he knew no law, human or divine, would recommend, an d what he, consistently with his notions of honour a: 4 morality, could not consent to.—The worthy Magi : . trate appeared much affected by what had pas et', but although he seemed sincerely to pity both partie s , he offered no suggestion on the case, except advising the defendant to settle the matter with the pa: i,h , ft,r which purpose he withdrew, and Mrs.— was shortly after conveyed home by her sister. A curious theatrical-looking, man was charged un. der the folloWing circumstances :—About two (Aleut: yesterday morning a watchman in Tooley-street roused from his slumbers by some one solilo4uitit!, 7 by the side of his box. The first sentence he heat,i was—" "pis now the dead of night," to which he very naturally replied, " Why to be sure it is, and the devil a'nt you in bed?" The prisoner contin,,,,i his speech, and presently he said something a1),),, r 4 4 graves yawning and giving up their dead," which the faithful guardian, is the simplicity of his heart, mistook him for a body snatcher," and pro ceeded to take him to the Compter, wl:ich he accom plished amidst a torrent of poetical imprecations. Here he was recognized as a constant customer, and locked up in a cell, but before lota o'clock lie Lad so far undermined the wall, that it fell with a terrible crash, which brought two of the turnkeys to the , pot, who seeing the disaster, said—" Why, d—n it, old Eh.% , you've knocked the wall down!" To which the pri soner replied, " Aye, alone, too, I did it—boy!" lie was then safely handcuffed : during the operation the prisoner raved about eagles and dove-cotes, which gat e rise to a suspicion that be had been concerned in tl.e pillage of some hen-roost in the neighbourhood.—it stas now ascertained that he nas a person who had suffered a length of impri•onment on account of v.- cuniary matters, and that his intellects were nct quite sound. The Alderman ordered him to be kept in the Compter until he could be passed tt . - his parish. Sunday morning, four prisoners effected their esca t e from St. Augustine s jail, Cantcr!)ury, by forcing opei their cell,. and making a breach in the walls; o❑e, however, shortly returned and delivered himself up. Tuesday, John Fuller, a coi.v:ct, escaped from the Retribution hulk, laying at Sheerness; several solcars and guards belonging to the ship went in immediate pursuit, but without success. Thursday se'nnight, the counting-house of Messri. BURGESS, corn-dealers, of Maidstone, was broke opev. The property taken away was between El. and L. worth of copper money. BIRTH. Jan. 7. in Little George-street, Chelsea, the wife bf.Tostph Risk, a Chelsea Pensioner, of three fine children, une boy two girls. NEWCATE An° LEA nr.xli Au. MARK ETS, JAN. (By the Carcase.) Beef c's 01 to Ss 0.1 I Veal 3: Ott to 54 ld Mutton.. ......2s Ott to 3s Chi Pork 0% Od to 4s ts..l PRICES or HAY AND STRAW YESTERDAY. ST. 'AIRES ' S. WUITIAMAPEL. flay 31 6s Od to 41 4s Od Hay... 31 10$ to 41 4s ni Straw 11 is Od to 11 16s Od Straw 11 12. to 11 16, 01 Clover 3112. Od to 41 10. Od Clover 41 Os to 51 51 0.1 PRICE 0 HOPS. WIW BAGS. Kent Sussex Essex foreign sow rocs:mtg. Kent Sussex Essex Farnham 7l O .101 Cs SOAP, &c per 11111. Ditto rough ..... Yellow Soap Mottled ... nos Curd ... 444 s Palm PRICE or. TALLOW, Town Tallow 46s 6d Yellow Russia 46% Oil White ditto Soap ditto Melting Stuff 58s Od PRICE OF CANDLES—F Candles, per doz. 9$ 6d--514 allowed for 1.4 From Tallow Chandlers' WIL Enulds, tls utl; 6d. per dozen ready nanney. RAW 111 DES. I Best Heifers and Steers (per Ordinary r... 25 4d to 9s 53 stone) Ss 2d to 5 4sl Market Calf 104 od to Os 0.1 Middlings 2slod to 2s od Mag. Horse Os ud to Os uJ Ships at Market. 48} Nevrcastle 1 Sunderland 1 Cinders COAL MARKET, J. li. Ships Sold. Price. 17i 392 Od to 4's 61 1 --s Od to 44s 94 1 --.4 Od to 24s od COURSE OF Amsterdam l2 C.F. Ditto at sight 12 Rotterdam... l2 10 2U. 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Od--Beaus, es. 04. 64.—Vetches,4s Os Od per bushel.—Barley, 14s to 116,-- Oats, le Od. to 26. Od per quarter—Bread, Is od half peck and smaller in proportion. Floor 545. per sack. MAILS TIAO .DA T.-.—. 4 aa. DIM •IM DM Dublin • 1 0 France 1 0 Waterford 1 0 Hamburg 0 0 Guernsey andiersey 0 0 Flanders 0 0 Lisbon 0 1 Jamaica 0 0 Holland 0 0 G ottenbu nth ff New York 0 0 Leeward Islands 0 HIGH-WATER at LONDON MUDD' TWIROM Mt - wig • • 41 oelonese after Afternoon - 7 LONDON: Primed and published by Lam Kiln, place, Tempic.bar. 1 0 HUN • 6 7 .=:=1: 1 11