The National Register. — London, England, 1818-09-28 00:00:00

I r OLD 8.11'4.Y. TUESDAY. • Itiiier*Weedtlard, senior, and Robert Woodford. junior, fifth* need sell, VI pre pet to the her, under an indictment ekeveing thetas vine erieite 4 , knowing to be stolen 10011.. of fat. the property of 3.‘1 , 11 liinsinan. It as ell *ss convicted last Seasitans, at the Old Bagey, for tar vuhbery. Mr. Adolphus opened the case to the jury on the part or tit, procreation. He very much orgretted. that the two prisoners at the bar, who were of so respectable an appear• ADM should have been plired in ,hot unfortunate situation; bat public justice rcluited that a guilty man, %%hawse* might be his rank in life, slottld not be suffered to .go un junished. A fattier and a son were now standing before a ury of theireottntry. who were to decide ureerding to the evidence iipint the guilt or innocence. "I lie either was tripe dealer living in Clare-street. Clareunarket, and carried ea a very extensive business there; and it was evident that the prisoner bad net been actuated to commit this heinous **fleece tin ough neceisity.as he had realized a considerable property. By the statement of the facts to the Jury by the learned Cemeisel, it appeared that the property in question had been left at the prisuuer's house, when Woodford, nen. was abseil', but the son was within, and absconded 'lkea .*lie fart Nam discovered. He then entered intira minute stale tarot of the oircninsiances of Hie ease, Witiell it is tinseers . nary here to relate, and concluded esith ol)serving alert the !avowable c ircamstatices for the, elder risoner, that he was out at house a lie/1 the piopei ty s left at his lionse.— ith re2aird to the 3 wing at the r , lie hayed that this wont,' It. a mull: u• lesson to him in future, and lie would learn, thr:t h tviuu cot *initiaPi a crime, it bens not advisable to fly Boon the iiiimlajir lice. He was sorry to see so yonew a person follow ine,.thr ,a4l of infamy and vire, and lie waiinest ans. ions that h.e+shnnhl knew, that if lie irontinned io that.course. the..ti 'Met WiLeld ultimately pet au end to his existeiter.— (Here the ysstallg lad began to ery "Sktetly, and showed the titans' coatation.)—Willt respert.jt tlle prosecutor in this 'ease, he could - amine the Court, that lie had been actuated in this prnsecortloti by no vindictive spirit; he I.ntertaineil an 41111110511) towards the prisoners, but was solely anxious that piablic offenders ihould not go napunished. Before any witnesses were called to make out the case, .the Recurttermittl, that lie very lunch doubted whether, if the evidelice was imie into., there was any fact which could induce a j.iiy%t-i pronounce the primmer% guilty. The elder pri- , loner, it appeared, wasamt present when the property was lilt at Ids house, and therefore it could not be said 11 141 l ie had a guilty knowledge of the f a rt. If, indeed, there had been a previous cm ttttttt nicatnm- between the thief and the prisoner, and it spas settled between them that the latter should not be am t Iroine al tier time, then indeed it 'night b e . . weld that he had a gstiltv knowledge ; hut here there was no proof oftlilt important jam. With regaul to the buy, lie had certainly behaved in a very stisoicjuits manner, hot st i ll there w.is mu sufficient cri ttt i t Ming pront; lie did not blame the proieentor feeling sore ill the matter, but the Jinige and the Jou y hail other consideration% ; the guilt or inno cence of the prisoners was to he decided upon the evidence adduce'', and, however ingt nions the arguments of the Counsel might be, and however liiimsitole his entielnaions, yet the inry was only to tar guided by the facts of the case. He complinwnted the karned Counsel upon the mawaer in which be had opened the raft fur the prosecation, and observed, that lie was happy when Counsel were enitil,.yeti by the pie. iteutors, as the ease was always st.tted fairly; their own &mot:ter depended npoit it. nide, these eirennistances be advised the gentlemen of the Jnoy to ileirit the prisoners. • Huth the prisoners were intinelli.itel, l'uell. awl liobr rt Wynn, ere mtfir•red for steal ing sr% ar icfu of plate, the property of Janie{ Ludforol Bellamy._ Mary Buller, formerly in the service of the prosecutor, who lived at Cmisea, was assisting her feilow_tervant on the rttli June, mid hearing 4 noise in Ihr parlour, she left the kitchen. A , thewat going up stairs she saw Puell running .out of the pit , loni, and she fouu4 that the sideboard had been biripperl. The other prisoner, ‘Vynn, W4ll also seen in the parlour, and tics obsei veil iu his aelreat to throw something GM orbit hand. Other wore sees corroborated this testimony. The 'teatime, •, hn their defence, tit mud baying any know. ledge of the i °low ry. The Jett found the prisoners both guilty, and they were reeommetittyil to merry by the prote-ator. 'Fite Camino,' Sergeaut then adtlret.sed the prisoners:- 1 ' Von hate both been must properly found Rnilty of thit °treater s and it is only through the limmtne elieposition of your proteetitur that your lives have been saved. It appears that yon have not been 449(11ft-it by necessity to commit this oar, cid tbh refore von must quit the rotatory. 'fire prisoner* were then sentenced to seven years' trans. portat ion. WEDNESDAY. Robert Jona% aged 13, aid' Rupert Mason, aged 14, were pm to the bar tinder an indiettneett, charging them with st et ting* wai t 's 'dine 1314, the pro licit) of" Thomas Li 10,., These two tiltto depredators pie:a:wed a most tatker.ible *pct.:m.le. Thrir haggard countenances evidently t.110%1C11 the sort of trade tht v had lived m; they had scarcely a rag on /ho t . I„ l ,ka. and Although placed in that a a Ita sintanott. thee s. ea... 4 to tare very little whether they mete cutout gtilit! J 1 issisuerrit of the mime laid to their ch a r ge , ap, thn ;deuce. that ashOe the prowrit tor, *who I-. .i:ver.miti, old jeweller, was :ilisvot it few snohat i .. from pia Ow l .. the Iwo pi istat.is entered it, and when Is, setunerd he wood that, theto. Jottes hisaa•iltntely askutl f ar a , v ill dial plots! for a watch, but the pi som•ualor mist alt the to are!,, at them both. Upon Living taikvd with th e roldiet y, Mtioan maid, " Seareit sate, btam di me." The watch was 10a5.41 %trots Joites, and Mason then 841.1 Illest hr k nothing at Jetties, a n d that he was in the Shop helots e Its. They or. e taken into esisti,dy. s lier fatia•l Jones ttitil!., and acquitted Masan. The Contotion Se rxeont cant i , ./114,1 I Ile pa isoner disarm from kee pla it h toad comilatt%. ed. that he had oar Cutely eNcapv,l pliakiim. tit. .I , .aun it tall: I certainly be sevetr. pllsli shell. Sri b jii , :l•4l; depredators should not ha suffered to commit r-ow•ties upon the property of Whets wit!* iml "3. %.cre then taken Irma the bar, and the Common erime4l. , 4 , ke.t Mr. liromi, the kre.pwr u( Ncwiptte, wiettlics kitew im thong of )t , , icy Lord, he bar been he castoff) bt Vre. _ ( Limb, an infirm 0111 n ()man, WAS indicted for 011110/11111 treatitity 011,1itt4; mut c..il tug - appett el, the pruperty 14 Min Airy . tfisuauu. THE NATIONAL REGISTER 'Flu farts of the - ease' were clearly :iii.ove'sl in evidence; awl the prisoner gave In a •written defence, ih whiel l sh e stated that %helves servant to the i•roseenti is:, who was a lady wenstomed to' rrevive the visits. of gentlemen at her !tome. 'i lie pruperty in qnrstion she hail been ilts.iresl in I .s wit by her mistress briar , to great distress at the time. She as,isred the Court that this west not the only !lute she had pawned goods as ths• it.- yiest of her mistress. To aupoill tise.e atleg.ohni-oo witnesses were called, and the prisoner was friend —GliPty. The proseont -is is an interesting youeg lady, anti del-I'l the whole trial re waned in tears. The Common Ses.;;esust told the prisoner that the manner fie which she had framed her defence had meet] aggravated the sidi.tre,aud that she would meet with-a suitable ptioish- Sarah Spencer was indieUul for stealing from the person of Jobe Orman 14 sue pound] Bank Notes, and some other artioles. The prosecutor is a poor iltiterate Irishman ; the money of which he had been ruLbed had been the savings of 5 years' hard labour, misled' he imettiled to have sent to his faller in Ireland in a few days. Ist ing in warier of a lodging, he was induced by the luisoner le ga Menu with her to 4.1, Charles .Street, Maul Lane,* lash no' been s.shitiutea in bed before he WWI robbed of all the niont y he had ii the world.— Fre losinediatety called. Oct t'or the 4ateltman, and several persoes botlfsexes resheil into the room ; among them was Mr. Wellirce, landlord of the house.. The privmer was se. mired, told searched, hilt no Batik Notes sere :mind mom her; a pootii and a shilling itelongiug to the prosecutor were however di- coveted, and she was taken !tau custody. The Jury found "verdict guilty. The Coalmen Sergeaut irquired why the ltmtilord of the house iii Charles Ste eet had nut been evitnined before the Magistrate. The officer who took 11 e weinan • esistody replied, that the landlords of this sort pelcloia liked to appear before Magistrates if they mild avoid it. J. Winch was convicted of stealing a quantity of bean., the property of W.. Mellish, Esq. M.l'. Benjamin Bruce and John. Neale. two young men of 's very re specteble appearance. were indictee fir stealing ftorn the person of James Sawyer a pocket-book, containing Bal.k notes to the amount of 117 L _ _ _ The prosecutor stated, that he resided at Hammersmith, and that, on the 6th of Angus., in the evening, between 4 ands o'clock, he got upon the roof of a fiammersruttli stage coach at St. Paul's to go to his own house. He foetid the two prisoners already seated on tie roof, and when he got up they very palitely allowed him to siatt hau -1 self between them. When the stage arrived at the White Horse Cellar the prisoners got ()fraud went away itneeediately, Th e y h a d not been gone lu minutes before he missed his pocket book. lie was quite certain that he had the rocket-book when he got upon the coach. Immediate information was given at the police office, and in about a week afterwards he saw three of his notes again. Mr. Joseph Foss, who was also on the rot of the stage on the day in question, continued the prosecutor's statement. One of the prisoners sat on the left. and the other on the right of :dr. Sawyer. Jacob Cowley proved that on the istli of August the prisoner Bruce paid him two 101. notes. and wrote his name" 137111.:l . visit) them at the sante time. These notes were identified by the prose • tutor. Other witnesses were then eriled, to whom some more of tbe notes had been prod by Bruce and Nate, and by women ker tby both the prisoners. These were also identified by Mr. Sawyer w be those notes he lost out of his packet book. Gilinose, the officer, was next examined. Hes:wed, that on the 29th of August lie went, in company with a fellow other, to inquire after the two prisoners, at their lodrings, 2:t, Carlisle-place. lie knocked at eiti does, arid upon its being opened was told that they were not at home. It o then said that he would probably call again at 9 o'clock in the evening : but instcad of going away, witness and the other otHccr concealed themselves in a passage where they had a full sight of the hnu,e , Tie .!), had not been long there when the tiro O wners carte up, walking together, are) knocked at the door. Same. body 'Fake front the window, and the prisoners immediately walked away. Upon seeing the officers they rim oft' as bard as they could, but were pursued and overtaken This evidence was fully corroborated by the other officer. Neale said, in his defence, thr.t. was at Gravesend at the time the robbery took place, and called Janes Hutchinson to swear to the fact. lie stated that he was a waiernian, aid lived with his father at Stanzaic. Westminster. On the Sth August, he %%atom all night with a fare atVauxliall, and on the morning of the eth of August, about half-past 4 o'clock, he saw the prisoner Yeahe on the Surrey side of M'estintnster Bridge. The prisoner asked him to take him on board a Graveseodman. ice gut into the Kett, and helped wlness to row through London bridge, as the boat had already started. lie put the pi isuner on board the Kirot George Graver.nd packet, which was then on the starboard tack, and witness sew him sail off: Two s itnessta to character were allied by Bruce, and both of them swore that they knew no harm of the young man. Upon th. it cross. examination they both cleared that they did not knew that Bruce ever went hythe name of Jones, no. did they know that he wad taken int, (mtroly fur a felony iu May LA. Mr. Alley, tin tl:e part of tae prosecution, then called Gilmore the officer to rebut t et idence of good character. Gilmore stated, that in 31 ay 11.5 t the two prisoners at the bar were in custody open a charge of felony, and that at that time Bruce went by the name of Jencs Cross-examined by Mr. Adolphus.-1 believe, in point of feet, the apprehension of these two men came to nothing ?—The prosecutor got his money back and did not preseetne. plow do you know that fact pi - or:tutor told me so. Then that is no et idence at :111. Mr y.—You have no ribut to comment upon the evidence, I not alhiw it. 31r. Adolphtts.—T say, t have a right to say that it is not evidence. If the officer had thott,.;!.t 'metier to give a uh.in answer, yes." or " no," to the 11... t question, I should lot have made the re mark. Mr. repent you have no right to do it, and I appeal tc the beach to ticrttk. The Recorder was clearly of opinion that no such observations were allowable. The Jury found both the prisoners--Guilty. Eli4abeih Barnett aml Steplienst n. two young and interest ing girls. were iitclietz.4l for in..,alir g four shirts . a gow n . Anti t.:iiet irt' , le6 of wix.-ing apparel. the property Or John Iletthanl. Th. prosvcatur lives in .Thtncite,ter-,trot. is a captain in the East eqinely's service ; and cite of the viz. uers. r•qcplicwon, lived wit?: him co herValit 3 the ottiv.r, wilt/ r..e •:•iich Voting-Ir. was received into the fatiily, in consequence of hot frissitis haring fallen into decay. On the rub of July. the articles in question were missed, and part of them was found under the N d the room in which the prt: otters ettel port bt•tween the b, d aced sacking S.:veral highly re.pectithle Ir mons •the prisoners an excellent charzeter ; one of wi:om mai 1 lie wire with Stephenwa beeausu she dre.setl rather ino w.. 11 for her comlitirin in life. The .Imy teihul troth e•e priruntle Not Guilty; and 'Alm Nl:as w,ll. one of the witneasto, ia 1410,4: rkrviee Stephenson had liv•rl, she weeld take her hue 1,,e ear; unul she could proce,e L.:r a sauce. (ion. llecorder said, by s doing she would save her from the jaws of n-rditieNts. One or thi ether persons w7ics had Risen int c: ter poster a good clla.isct,:r, winral to WA bir land - _g 112 S SF,PT --- ----; "TheY thus then ordered to be given up to Mrs. Maxwell 'and t:.e i gentleman. i doll) Bishop, a respectedy dressed man, aged SI, of very geataol I appearaaae, and whose. daportatatt was that of • gentleman, ass i indicted for an as ... a ult meet the person of Elizabeth. the wife ve Jos3l,b Hos:, and with taking from her person. on the nigh; of the. Sth of Au our at the parish of St. Marvh' b one , a pocket book, c on . tutteing tbu t oti notes, iris. in silver, and a brooch, the property of izot husband. ania a asan nos e said, she was the wife of Joseph float., and up '-o the Bt's of August (the day in qoestion) had lived servant with h4:3. • Daniels. of No. O a Devonshite-pluee. On that mornin g site quitted her rtavice , and on the night of that data at 9 o'clock. sae was going through Mary lebone-street. having a bundle of clothes, soul son.o. potatoes %halt ithehad purchased in her way, in her bands. In Up. per Wimpole street the prisoner came up to her and said, ot It is a pity so slender a darer should be heavily loadd." Sloe had nett, seen him before, and made no Kramer. Fie then said, •' iladao:.. e allow me to treat you to a roach." Upon which she said, " 1 delta. want you or your coach either." Ile replied, " Doh% he frightened. I am a gentleman of unlimited property „ and you nerd not be efrx:4 'to go into a coach with me; I will not hurt you." She said, " I will take cue you shall not." She had in her pocket a pocket-book. Catitltifling tour 11. :totes, a brooch and ills. in silver. On getting to the edge of Portland-place she thought she would not go across as wide a street with a person like the prisoner, and she turned to 43 through Weymouth-street, when the prisoner took hold of her Lana, and forced her down Weymouth -stews. The prisoner fureatt something jute her hand, and said, "There is a purse with a tat:. note an d a sovereign in it; take it an d s t o p w i t h me but two micateta" She instantly refused to take it, and he took hold of her in a sexy indecent manner, and pulled up her clothes. lie then forced big hand into her right hand pocket, but seeing some person comingahe ran away. Site instantly felt her pocket, and missed tier posket-book, and she cried. " Stop thief," and the prisoner was pursued and taken to the watch-house, where lie wanted to make it up. At Marl borough -street she saw her property. 11cr husband was servant to Mr. Cooper, of the House of I.ottls. Stephen Liddeott, a stable-keeper, was coming by the Weymouth Mews, and heard the cry of " Stop thief:" and. on looking rotarl be saw else prisoner r unn in g as f ast as he towards Davonsliire-pl aee , could towards witness. Ile atopped him, and he put his hands behiad him, and said, " INliat do you stop me for;" in a minute or two the pros .cutor came up and said. " You have robbed me of my poelzet book." Witness gave hint in charge of two watchmen, to take hire to the watch-house. Wham thenasong t h e bell °fen, in Weymouth • street (the house against the rests of which the prisoner stood And put his hands behiad him), and in the area found a purse, is whicat were three or foot soft piece* of paper resembling bank rotes, and a counterfeit rain, resembling a sovereign. At the watch-house the prismer mot el to make it up, by saying he would pay the proiecu trtx whatever Ale demanded. Samuel Britton, a watchman, saw a man and woman standiag together, about a minute, iu Weymouth-street; and he saw the man part from the woman, and she called " Stop thief !" and lie ran away as fast as he ; but lie was stopped by Alt. ',hide-tau Cross-exatnintd by Mr. Alley.--They appeared to part Irons each other quietly, oat' the proseeutrix said, " Give me my pocket book Spain, thet as all 1 want of you." Williain Sellers was constable of the night when the prisoner was brought into die watch house; he produced the pocket book and the purse coatai Mo b . , the soft paper and th e f a l se sovereign. Charles Wild, sergeant of the night, found the pocket book pro-. ducett by Sellers, in the area of No. 49, Weytnouth.strect, at tour o'clock on that morning of the 9th—it contained four 11. notes, a brooch, and sonic silver. The ad, mer must hav e run b y taat d oor. Mrs. Rose, being again called, said she knew the p seket book pet). duvet to be her property; the brooch and memorandums were bus also • bee she could not swear to t h e n o t es . Airs. Mounter proved that she paid the notes produced to the pia s.ecutrix. The prisoner, in his defence, called God Almighty to witness its innoce.nce (putting his har.d to his heart.) Mr. Recorder.—Calling on God Almighty will do nothing fur Ans —ii you have arty thing so say for yourself, say it now. i te ' rac r z ts . onsa m—l a really innoeent, my L or d. Mr. Alley now proceeded to call witnesses to speak to his cl:a. Jeremiah Moore, a publican, residing in Newman-stieet, Fglg ware-road, was called to give the prisoner a good o.•arictor ; but in his moss examination he ssid, that all he knew oft a primmer was. that he had serv.d him midi beer for 4 Capilths,, teat :1: buil,. eel lint to bea gentleman living on his fortune. Win. Fletcher, a :latter. of King-street. We - am:aster. said an prisoner lodated wet.. o..!in about a year and a hal: . aiaoe, and he be. lieved him to be eat ntietnan of good charrtao :. Mr. Recorder.— What part of you hoe ,e, did he occupy? Witness.—An upper die ;,. (4 Av i v..) Air. Recorder.—So I.: is a item-lemm a and he lodged in an upper atno ! did lie ? Mr. Allay.—Yes, 4 get,lanan who did not like to run into nano. ma:teary expenses. Tian nail Vincent, a:retinal pianoforte manufacturer. of liill's.g tr dens, Lisson-green, knew him two yearsago ; he tamed a small house nest to him, tin which he paid Min 13!. pet annum. Ile believed bun to be en tamest nian. 'Piet Recorder summed up the ev!dence, and the jury instantly pronounced the primmer Guilty. Tic prisoner gaittod toe duck apparently much diaappointed at the verdict. On Friday nothing of importance transpired. - --- Wednesday afternoon a roost ilfamous " Placard" was posted in various parts of the town : and a i lalfpenny Pamphlet was forwarded to various parts of the country. Guth the one and the other beginning with thew wools—'• The ttights of the People—! or Slavol." The manifest intention of thew publicarons is to prepare the lower classes fur a gcrier..l insurrection. They aro told that they are She:es, that the Borough Junto has invaded their rights—that a Crisis is miproae , ing u Lich n.ijt for has st al their fate—that they m o at ba cutler cowl or Slaves—that they niest be prompt and buld, v 1 that 'Aber.) , would their reward--All these viol( nt aypezils to th it pas,i.,ns are ti ni . ) by a int re direct appeal to :heir pocket% They are besought to subscribe One Penn.. , per week to a fond, of which Watson is to be the Secretary, mar ilunt the Treasurer I Iv ..ant of the him] I,r miles of arithmetic, tio..se bright geniinal, diK•ovensi;, that t. 24 soot) persons sub , :rining t.i.ch Id. per week, would produco a fund of eGoostol. per year; and inch a sum, cr the two litintlrtd and sixtieth tof midi a b ,could be a giuriotts prize to certain person, who would doubtless he glad to get it into their hands, wit:ova r : tight be its ultimate d cstinhtion. The I , n. drolighe of the pi (owlet 7 , 11111110•1'105g created it great %emelt,/ of p0t , 11 , •e% in %mewls parts of the I.lng,l , con, meni oer.ealc:Iool ecol•Werably gstmestities to be Itilirptil NI Pet • Caner for the eastern eotonlieo. It k aired !het wane teern 10,000 Intolerk of 2.1 gdllona resell have been thus ex po. it..l, a,.d ilii• um-11.1 article ...t%ln coroolori:co thico bur. el'll , lllly f 55. to V*. p. r i e 5114.1. The, eirencteatatiee preot elisoatiohea eon 11.11011tt lint grow or P. 1!.:311Ve. 1111, re, 011 Tut...a lagt, a member of „ lln. •ta-t• paraded ose ..tee eta %We a 111 MO. i5/111 5 0410 COliert4A a WO) eonroaroe ut proole, who proeoucteil to the pies to 1111. 11VIs .thy truth. aleipmenta. The )1:1)or being informs-el of their imeet.ed to the vino, owl exp..tootme , l'ui It the oo the of !brit t otscltict ; btrt fin•lneg his argue. cooc.i% of no as 4.1, lea hail lei.corse to •of an .iter %tight, to react the Riot Art, onel in commit evei v peony, aliaal l not Ilepsrl *titbit. the time jell %el els lane, 1,. Rekindle Gaol ; to take. their trial for a capital offence. 'fee 5 meek:lee hu.l the (lc - hired client ; the crowd end the shipment of potatoes Was resoluta( at ithout nontataceon. MO