The National Register. — London, England, 1821-01-14 00:00:00

111, 14 MIDDLESEX SESSIONS. MONDAY, JAN. R. The business of this Court commenced this rimming, before F. Coast. Esq. Chairman, and a full Remelt of Nlagir.trates. TUE USG V. MICKLEY, WALTON, AND STONES. Mr. Andrewb stated the fact , of this case to the Jury. It was • t indictment for a tior, in which the defendsnts, with other p loons not bef o re the Court. had, on the 13th of November last, riotously assembled, attacked the house of, and burnt in effigy, Mr. Jelly., a baker, of the town of Enfield. This riotous assemblage took place on a night in which it had been previously arranged that there should be an illumination. Mr. Jelly not thinking proper to join in that expression of pub • he feeling, took the precaution to shut up the lower part of his house, and secured the upper windows by hanging sacks before them. About eight o'clock in the evening upwards of 100 per sons approached Mr. Jelly's house, and kindled a fire a few yards front it, to which they committed an effigy, which was attired like Mr. Jelly; and while this figure was consuming, the mob sung the follow ing elegant couplet : •• Bum his body from his heittl, And then they'll say old Jelly's dead." When the figuru was partially consumed it was taken from the fire, and the door of Mr. Jelly's house being broken to pieces, it was thntst in the passage, the mob at the same time shooting and throwing fragments of burning materials apainet the upper windows of the house. In this outrage the defendant, Hickley, was conspicuous ; he was the maker of the effigy, and the leader of the mob. The other two defendants were also actively en gaged. The Jury found all the defendants Guilty, and the Court sen • tencssl Bickley to three months imprisonment in the House of Correction. and the other two defendants to one month's impri sonment in the saute place. The Court was afterwards occupied in trying for trifling as souk and other mutters of no public interest. Israel Alexander und Henry Moss were tried on five indict meuts, for assaulting James Holt, and four other persons. The prosecutor, James Holt, deposed, that he keeps a public house at Hendon; that on the id of August last, the defendants commenced running an Opposition Coach, called the Queen Caroline, to Uxbridge, and called at his house on their return to Town, at eight o'clock in the evening, when Mots had some thing to drink, and said to the prosecutor, that they would soon drive Torrick. whose coaches stopt at the prosecutor's house, off The road. The pro..ecutorin reply said, that Torrick and himself had been on the road before them, and would after, and offered to bet a guinea. Moss said, he bet tool. the new coach would Tun twelve months, which the prosecutor accepted, and both laid down a pound note. Mr. Norton, an attorney, who was one of the passengers, then came in and wrote an agreement for the wager. Moss asked where they should meet to complete it. and the prosecutor, said, it must be finished at his house, as they had come to him, and he had not gone to them; that Mors imme . diately took up his note, and tore tne agreement, telling the prosecutor he was nothing but a humbug, and had a great mind to punch his head ; dud he asked Muss what was that lie said, and was instantly struck by him. and knocked! down—that the other defendant then came and joined Moss in beating hint, and that one of the passengers having come into the room for the purpose, he supposed, of making peace ; and having with that intent held his hands, both defendants struck I • while he was held, and disfigured him so much that he could not appear for three weeks after. The prosecutor's ostler, and three persons who attend the coaches that stop at his house, who were the prosecutors, in the four other indictments, all proved, that at Mrs. Molt's desire, they went into the house to save her husband, and were all seve rally knocked down by the defendants, who were certainly persons of a most athletic appearance. Mr. Adolphus. for the defendants, made a very humottrous address to the Jury. The Jury returned a verdict of—Guilty on all the indictments. The Chu rman in passing sentence said, the Court considered that the defendants had been put to a considerable expense by by five indictments, the sentence therefore was, that they should pay a flute of od. each on the indictment for assaulting James Holt, and Is. each on each of the other indictments. TLLSIJAV. JAN. 9. George Davis was indicted fur a riot before the office of the Courier Newspaper, on the nth of November. Mr. NlinsMd. a Magi Orate of Bow street, proved that on the night of the I Ith of November lie was sent fur to the Courier Office, in the Strand, and went there with con• stables • that there was o great crowd of rioters assem bled, atrowing stones at the house, which broke the win- (lows, The next witness, on whom the case principally de pended, was Matthew Redmond, a private in the let re giment isf Guards. lie dowsed that he had known the defendant for two years, during which time he had been a private in the 3d regiment of Guards, fs which lie had been discharged about Once months previous to the inn, at the time that some discontent had manifested itself us that regiment. The witness proceeded to say, that lie was present when the crowd assembled before the Couri,r Othee on the evening of the i Ith of Nuvember, and that he saw the defendant, who was among the crowd, take something up and throw it towards the office. He also stated his having seen the defendant at a public-Imam! early that eveniiia, when lie said to witness, (lint if people would nut illui ll ill ale, many windows would be hi uke that night, Uu his croseekianiaation by Mr. Alley he said, he SAW the po ismier at the Ctoureer flice about eight o'clock; that lie st dyed there but ten minutes, and was in Isis b•irrack Leto e u gum ier past nine. He also said, that ne did nut mention to any une that he hail seen the defendant amongst the rioters till a week after, when he saw a hand-bill ofi•ering a iew ard of I', I. to 1114 uppi tittn. Sion, and &set ibing Ins person, ss lien lie iminedistrly took hiw and brought him to Bow-street. Two other wit. nVIiSeS were called fur the prosecution, but they could out identify the defendant. He then called 31r. Harding, a surgeon of the West minster Dispen.ary, who stated that the defendant was under his care, as en wit patient, Irons t th October to 20th November, and that he Wall in such a state as Intuit make severe euereise ur much walking very painful to hint ; that he was ill ill that the witness, only allowed liiin to come to the Dispensary twice a week, when operation was necestairy, and sent a j 1111 l ur surgeon to Ititu on the ether days. Four other witnesses, who lived mar the defendant, proved that they saw 111611 trolls six till near tress, on the evening of the llllt November, in the neighbourhood of Lis lodgings, looking at the nuiltitude that passed, and silting in a public-house. Verdict Nut Guilt f. Mr. Adolphus said these was another indictment against the defendant for an as-cult, bet as the evidence was the same, he would not press it. Samuel Newman was lieu put on his trial fur a riot and assault at the tuurirr Office, on the lOth of NO% (Aid, I r. Mr. Alitt,holl, the 'Magistrate, proved die riot, w litett lie said was Ibe• :;realest lie had ever is itLes , I, e read tiae Riot Act at groat pet sonal ital., but it had HO lilt LI en the tintetai -~ •TIIE NATIONAL REGISTER Cleosge Spurry, a porter at the Courier Office, proved, that as be came out of the office about eight o'clock in the evening, the defendant, who was in the foiemost rank of the rioters, struck him with a brick-bat on the head, and that lie instantly took him prisoner. The defendant called no witnesses, and the Jury in stantly bound him Guilty. WEUNNSDAY, JAN. 10, John Mason was indicted for keeping u brothel. Mr. Ailey stated the case to the Jury—he said the defend ant kept it hat was called it coffee-shop in W hitemnb-street, in the parish of St. Martin in the Fields, but Ilse feel was, that his house was it common brothel, which was resorted to ut all hours of the night by persons of the very worst des cription, of both sexes. Mr. Alley then call, d Richard Mountain, he lives in Whitcomb-street. The de fendant keeps a collee-shop hi that street; the house is coil tinuLlly open, nail resorted to by the worst of characters, both men and women. Witness frequently gut up at night in consequence of the constant disturbances that took place at the defendant's house. Charlotte Delany . , a cousin of the defendant's wife, lived with him for a length online, and frequently saw the defend ant's n ire take money for letting beds to cominun girls and men who came with them, and that the defendant some nights sat up, to allow his bed to be so let. Anuth r witness, who kept livery stables in the neighbour hood, pi used, that the defendant's house was open all hours •tube night, and was the scene of constant disturbance. Mr. Barry, fur the defendant,ssid, the defendant's coffee shop was asorderly kept us was possible, and that no such conduct at had been stated was allowed to take place iu his house. The Chairman told theJery tle.re were two counts in the indatineut—one fur keeping a common blothel, the other for keeping a disorderly house—find it ea; for the Jury to say, by . their verdict, under which description the defend. ant's house came. The Jury, without a moment's hesitation, found the de fendant guilty of iseeph: a brothel. Mr. Alley culled fur the judgment of the Court on the part of the prosecutors. He said there were no Iris titan CI such houses, under the name of t otke-shope, in the parish. The Chairman uddressed the prisoner on the enormity of his offence, hut said as the Court hoped he felt contrition, and was determined to abandon sit vile an occupation, the judgment should be the lightest that was possible for such an offence. The defendant was then sentenced to three months impri sonment in the house of correction. . . Robert Jeffery and hector Jeffery, kis son, who keep a cabinet warehouse in Wells-street, were indicted for assault ing -Schofield a constable of the pari►h of St. Mary le-bone. _ _ The Jury found both the defendants Guilty. The Chairman expressed his regret that persons of the defrodant's respectability should have :Mussed the hasty im pression they had taken of cruel or improper rconduct, on the part of a con-table, to cause them for an instant, to give their countenance to a mob opposing nu officer of justice in the discharge of his duty. Ilad the constable been really guilty of any improper conduct, It was their duty to com plain of him toil Alagisi rate. 'flue sentence of the Conit was, that the Either should be fined 201. and the son. fir bd. FRIDAY, JAN. W. John Hridteman was indicted for ass.iulting the Rev. Samuel Blackburn. The prosecutor is a Trustee of the Poor of the Parish of St. Leonard, Shoreditch, where lie keeps a seminary; the defendant is an Attorney. Mr. Blackburn depos,d, that on the 3d of October a Vestry wes held in the parish, for the purpose of agree ing to a poor rate at which the p sues attended, and the defendant opposed the passing the rate, in favour of which the prosecutor argued, when the defendant ac cused hint of having been guilty of indecency towards a female. The prosecutor stated, that feeling himself aggrieve I by this accusation, lie wrote a note at the mo ment to the defendant, saying, that if the defendant would make known his annual ity fitr the imputation he had east on his character, he the defetalam, should be exonerated, but the defendant, he said, relused to give any explanatiois On the ,tiliject, in consequence of which the prosecutor said to hno, " then by making a false charge, and refusing to give any authority you could have lilr it, you virtually acknowledge that on are a liar;'' immediately on wnich the defendant struck him vu,lcn ly The prosecutor was cross-examined by the defendant, who acted as his own Counsel, The object of the cross examination was to prove drat the prosecutor had sata rised the defendant in the CLAlrse of several speeches he had mule at the vestry. The defendant addressed the Court. He Silt! Mr. Blackburn was stated by his counsel to be a respectable clergyman, and that he the defendant being an attorney, had assaulted him—hut were he allowed, he could show series of provocations of the most irritating nature. — He also produced a Mr. Sell, a gentleman who was pre sent at Ihr vestry when the assault was given, who said that the prosecutor had spoken satirically of the defend ant; and after he had been accused asked hint, would he give up the authority he had :Or making the charge, or would he admit that he was a lying scoundrel? The Chairman charged the Jury, that no words could be a justification for a blow on a criminal prosecution, the king being though nomittilly, the prosecutor for a breach of the peace ; but said there was a great provo cation on each side. Tite Jury roomed a verdict of Guilty, and the Court fined hint 6.i. Bd. Joseph Ahoy, a stable keeper, at Kingsland-road, was indicted itu having bought hay, the property of Thomas Rust, knowing it to be stolen. The prisoner called several witnesses who gave him an excellent character, and the Jury teturned a verdict of Not Guilty. SIRREY SESSIONS. Yesterday the Surrey Sessions were opened at the Ses sions House, in Horsemonger Lauc, by the Chairman, William Harrison, Esq. assisted by the High Sheriff of !he County, the Comity Members, Mr. Holme Sunnier, and 'lr. Denison; Sir Thomas Toorton, S‘‘ an, M. Mr. Shaw, M. P. and upwards of twenty other Magistrate:. When the usual Proclamation against Vice and Pro. faneness were read by the Clerk of the Peace, the Chair. , au charged the GrAnd Jury. The Grand Jury then retired. There are I 3 cases in the Calendar ' • they chiefly cont. preheml the depredations of fellows who cut awe) trunks from candle/1, and thefts upon farmers in the county. Of course the pickpockets are also represented in the Calen dar, and there are some cases of bastardy. Mr. Gaitskill, the Magistrate, called the attention of the Bench to the inefficient state of the Police of the Borough of Southwark, and that division called the East ti Ired of Brixton. lie commented on the alarming increase of robbers of every description, and the unpro tected state of the inhabitants, and moved that a Commit tee °Magistrates should be appointed to itionire into the evil state of the Police in the County of Surrey, particn larly so far as regards street-robbers and house-breaking. A Connnitiee was accordingly appointed, including the County Members. FRIDAY, JAN. 12. T. Risbuther was indicted for stealing eleven planks. the 'novelty of Mr. Turner, of Ryegate. The prisoner said he had confessed having stolen five of the planks, and asked Mr. Turner's pardon, which was granted. Guilty, but recommended to mercy. Two men, named Rawlins and Robertson. were in dieted for having stolen from the shop of Mr. Gray, a shopkeeper in Farnham, a her of brushes. It appeared on evidence, that Randall' was seen steal. in:4 the brushes, after having bartered about them for some time. Robertson was acquitted—Rawlins was found Guilty. The Court sentenced Rawlins to be transported for 7 years, observing, that he was one of the gang of thieves who infested Farnham, and that it would be a charity to send hint out of Om country. Prisoner.—" Then I'll ask yon the favour to send me for seven years more, for if ever I return I'll do that man (the principal witness) an injury." _,W. Hutchins was indicted for stealing some brass cocks and a quantity of lead, from the house of Mrs. Smith, in Gloucester Place, Kent-road. A sast number of houses in Gloucester Place, having been robbed lately of their cocks and pipes, a constable was on the 100k -out, and saw the prisoner with a basket in the neighbourhood. It contained the cocks and pipes. The prisoner told the officer that if had gone a little further up the road, he would have caught two others with plenty of pipe upon them.—Guilty.—Transpor tation for seven years. - --•4E OLD BAILEY SESSIONS. WRDNESDAY, JAN. 10. This morning the Sessions commenced before the Right lion. the Lord Mayor,Chief Baron Richards, Mr. Justice itolroyd, &c. Sze. Joseph Woollen and W. Bullock, two smart looking young men, were capitally iudicted for assaulting John Hall, Esq. 00 the kings highway, and stealing from his person a gold watch, aunt, and seals, his property. Mr. Hall stated, that lie is the Hanoverian Consul General, and resides in Russell Square. On the even ing of the !nth of November, as he was going up Drury( Lane, and was pushed by some person, and was forced into Charles Street. Another man met him in front, and he received a blow on the head front a third person behind. The blow forced him agaiost a man who was standing with his back to a wall, and who cried out, " Halloo ! where are you pushing to?" and snatching his watch from his fob, endeavoured to make off. Wit ness seized and held him for a moment, but became giddy from the blow, and fell. Recovering speedily, however, he pursued the Icllow•, hut had only got a few yards when :mother blow was aimed at him, which he warded off, and then he thought it prudent to retire.---• tic found, on his resurn to the gass•light in Drury Lane, that he was severely wounded, and he got medical as sistance, and was conveyed home- He was confuted to his room for a fortnight. Here Mr Hall produced his hat, a piece of which was cut with the violence of the blow, and there was suit blood upon it. A portion of the scalp was torn from his skull. Having been inform ed that there was a boy who could give important testi mony, lie wcut as soon as he recovered in search of hint and found him at his father's its Charles Street, Drury Lane. lle took hint with some police officers to a pub lic house in Belton Sueet. The boy was left in a coach outside the (loin, and the prisoners being brought out, he immediately declared mem to beltte - men who com mitted the robbery. They were afterwards taken to another public house, laid the buy Scist into the MIMI, mid again identified them. This was on the 2d of Dec. ‘Vittiess could not spear: to the prisoners. He did net sec the boy he had spoken of Dear the spot when he was robbed. G. Margate (the boy alluded to by Mr. Hall), deposed that he was near fifteen years of age. He knew the prisoners at the barjperfectly well, having seen them a gieat number of tonnes ns company together within the last year. Ile remembers the night of the rubbery of Mr. Hall: he was in Charles Street, and saw the two prisoners come from the Coach awl Horses public house in that street, :mil go towards Drury Lane. Another man was standing with his back against a house at the corner of Charles Street. Witness heard a whistle, and at the same moment saw NI r. Hall pushed into Charles Street, and the prisoners seizing him by the arms, drag ged hint farther into into the street. Bullock struck Mr. Hall with an ash stick, and he fell. The man who was standing against the house took the watch. lie was quite positive of the idetiiity of bo.li the prsotters. Ile had often seen Bullock with the same suck with which he struck Mr. Hall. Jeremiah Maiditiont, a constable, deposed to appre lol:ling the inis iners, and produced a gold watch he mood 'moil Bullock. A watchmaker looked at the watch produced by M aid moot, acid said it was the aaitie lie had lepaiicd for Mr. Hall ut October last. 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