The National Register. — London, England, 1811-10-27 00:00:00

- which money had been paid, and should have a receipt stamp - upon it, it being signed by the defendant, acknowledging t e receipt of the amount by the word o" settled," with the defend ant's signature annexed; this he conceived as a traud upon the revenue, and could not be received as legal evidence. He ur ther ob jected to the evidence of Mr. paids he could not specify in what description of money he the defendant, whether in dollars,_ bank-tokens, or the legal current coin of the country, contending that in order to support the indictment, it should appear that the defendant was paid in the current coin and no other. Mr. Gu Rig EY as a bl y contended, on the other hand, that this was a mere adjustm ent of an account, and did t not defendrequire a stamped receipt, and that it being preyed tha the ant was paid in money was sufficient to sustain the indictment. The Court was decidedly of opinion, that the weekly return was legitimate 'evidence, and ought to le received, and that the indictment was sufficiently sustained by the evidence before them. in examined, stated, that the de fendant Mr- Arnold being aga rev i o us to his apprehension a nd called on him the Sunda y p asked him of what he stood accused ? he answered, that he should know all in due time, an thing about a d the intervie mistakw termi e. nated ; but the defendant did n Mr. ALLEY then addressed the Jury on behalf of the defend ant, urging the impo,sibility of so respecv.hle a man intention ally committing bitch a crime. He years in the ser vice of the Drury-lane Theatre, with an tiuitu'7 , eached character, and he could not but conclude this matter 'funs. have originated in a mistake; nor could the Jury convict him upon so slight evi dence. He appealed to their feelings, whether they would con sign to ignominy and disgrace, a man who had lived so long re spectably, and he the means of tearing him from the bosom of his wife and family. The CHA IRMAN having su mmoned up the evidence, the Jury retired for about quarter of an hour and then brought in a ver dict of Guilty. He was next indicted for a similar fraud in charging three nights work in the same account, for a man of the name of George Franklin, an assistant scene-painter, upon which he was also convicted. There was a third indictment for a simiar offence, committed on the preceding week, but the Learned Counsel for the prose cution would not press it. Mr. Co NEY then addressing the Court, said it was bat jus tice to the proprietors to state, that Mr. Arnold had detected the prisoner in similar frauds two years ago; but on expressing his contrition he was forgiven, and reinstated; that some months ago he was again detected, and again forgiven; but finding these frauds continued rd committed to an alarming amount, he felt it necessary to appeal to public justice. The Learned CHAIRMAN, in pronouncing the judgment of the Court, exratiated on the necessity of making some signal example of offenders of this kind, not unly for the sake of the public, but ever?) , tradesman would be at last plundered in this way with impunity , He then sentenced him to sewn years trassparta:ion upon the first conviction, and judgment was res. Rited on the second. POLICE. Bow-STREET --A notorious character, called Old Pullen, was this week taken into custody, on a charge of robbing the Aalisbury coach, in travelling from thence to London, Tuesday aunight, of a paper parcel, to the amount of about 801. in Bank notes, and a check on the Bank of England, directed to a clothier's it, Cateaton-street. The check stolen, drawn on the Bank of England for 371. was presented and paid on Wednesday morning about ten o'clock .by a man, calling himself John Marr, and residing at No. 40 l'unhill-row ; but, on enquiry, no such person resided there. On the investigation, it was f , .untl im possible to make a case against Pullen. He was therefore discharged on the zsstirance that he would appear again on Thursday, to answer any charge that may be prt ferren against hint. On which day, however, the old fellow, to avoid the recognition of hi' person, s..nt the Soiiciior who was an swerable for his a; pearance, to say he was in the neighbour hood, and would attend if the Magi-trate wished it. The gen tleman from ..aiisbu i.y attended, and produced ale: ter front the coachman who drove the coach out of Saiisbury, wnich stated that the plat es or Pullen anti his two companions were take n at the same times aria that the old man. meaning PO le n, paid or at their fares. This was a contratii‘tion of Pullen's statement, - - - who denied any knowledge of the men; however ths did not prove any thing more as to the criminali'y of Pullen and his companions, as the letter which was in the parcel . ilk the Bank notes, which were stolen was not found anion* the s raw by the coachman who drove the coach into London till then( were six passengers in it. The attendance of Puilen was not thought necessary in consequence. At the Police Office, Marlborough-street, Tuesday, John Rose and John Lewis were charg' d with defrauding the had lord of the Bull and Axe. Upper John street, Oxford-street, of 101. It appeared in evidence, that the prisoners went into the public-house in question, and call. d for some porter, when the one observed to the other that he wished to pay him the 101. he was indebted to him, and at the same time drawing from his pocket a Fleet note of twenty pence, lie asked the landlord, by way of favour, to change it for him, or to advance 101. upon it, and he would call again for the remainder of the change, as it was a just debt, and the man was pressed for money. The trick was so well managed that the landlord went up stairs and brought down 101. which he gave to one of the prisoners, and received the twenty-penny flash-screen, but he discovered the fraud on looking minutely at it, and detained the parties, who , were fulled committed for trial. A man, named Clarke, was charged at Marlborough-street, on Tuesday, with having in his possession sloe leaves, or other substance, in colour like tea, but pernicious in its qualities. two pounds weight of it were found upon the prisoner, and he was in consequence fined 101. which not being able to pay, he was committed to prison for six months. ACCIDENT', OFFENCES, 4c. A few evenings sine.. a gentleman was robbed by a tingle footpad. near the two ar.d an half mile -stone, on the Fulliath road. The robber wore a soldier's great-coat and cap, and was unusually successful in his predatory excursion. He com menced his operations early in the evening, on Wimbledon common, where he met \\Pub the hone-patrole, whom he dis armed of his pistols; but, that he might not totally disqualify him for the employment for which he was mounted and, armed—the protection of his Majesty's subjects—he allowed him to retain his hanger. Thus equipped, on his road to Put ney, he stopped a gig, and obtained considerable booty. ts.veen Fulham and Walham green, a day-labourer at the sight of the patrole's pistols, was fain to purchase a few years longer existence by the surrender of half-a-crown, the wages of the day. Before he reached Chelsea, he stopped a clergyman, and took from hiM 31. in cash and his hat, in return for which be complimented the reverend gentleman with his soh ier's cap. A drover was convicted on Saturday se'nnight, at Guildhall, in the penalty of one pound, for cruelty t o four shee p he was driving in Warwick-lane, he having.wantonly killed one oft.lie poor animals; _this species of brutality is almost daily practised with impunity in the above neiabbourliooll. On Wednesday evening, about seven o'clock, Mr. Green hill,of Stationer's-hall, was stopped in Duval's-lane, near Crouch end, by three footpads, who dragged him out of his.chaise, and robbed him of his watch, and between two and three pounds in money. On Wednesday evening as two gentlemen were travelling in a chaise near Hornsey, they were stopped by three footpads, who, after robbing them, dragged them out and severely ill treated them. BIRTHS. Last week, at Knightsbridge, a Mrs. Bunyon, the wife of a tradesman, of two fine boys, both likely to live : however joy ous such an event is bi high lite, to a man in nano v circum sta ces, with four small children before, a scanty trade, and the loaf at 17d. the blessing may at best be looked upon as ques tionable. MARRIED. --- At St. James's Church, William Jones Burdett, Esq, brother to Sir F. Burdett, to Miss Brent. DIED. On Tuesday morning, at his house in Bedford-square, Dr. Iti:ynoids, one of his I•4lk4ty's Ph• sicians. 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