The National Register. — London, England, 1818-12-21 00:00:00

snarl; write his - name- twrithiress on the note, butt he way not certain whether it wee the p r i soner or his corn passion, whit was with hint all the time, who signed the lime. The address. wrote upon it was, " MP& 011ire.—Mr. Kingston, Lombard -street." The corn pienisow of the prisoner said, they were well-known, and .nerd to the Hand - in-Hand Fire Mice, where they had tam s Me ',cite. The note now prodnerd was the same which the primmer and his companion tendered at the witness's Auction-room. Cross-examined.--Several persons gave him notes on that night, hut they all marked them. The prisoners eerie strangers. lie passed away the note after the sale to an e ming-lionse keeper ; and thong!' he sas➢rcted it was not K ind. he said nothing oboist his suspicions to the 1111111 to w h o m he passed it. The Bank certainly told him a man was ia custody, and they desired him to go and see if he wa , the same who passed the note. He 'lwo went to Marl. hotoogli.street Police-odiee, and identified the prisoner as being the man who missed the note at his Auction.rouoi. Re-examined.—Hr knew Hooper for a twelvemonth. The prisoner took the change of the note. Prisauer.—That is false, my Lord, I never saw the man before la my life. Examined toy the Jury.—l did not tell Hooper that I sns. petted it was a load one, although the baker had previously refuse:l to take it. It was a matter of opinion then, and I could rot speak decisively until I had the opinion of the Bank. . 'C. tisrrett said, lie was a Messenger in the Hand-in-Hand Vile Offiee. On the 19th of September the prisoner was rot employed i n that Office ; he had been in the service six years ego. C. Masters, a Collector of the Watch Rate for the Precinct of White Friarodiving in Temple-lane, said, that Cotnbaril..strert, Fleet-street, eonitisti of about 18 houses; he knew lionseleolder ; the prisoner did not live there on the 19th of September lest ; witness never knew that a person named Kingston lived i that street; witness knew the prisoner, and knew that he did lint live there. J. Wakely 'Owed, that lie was a cheesemotiger, living at No. 61, Upper East Smithfield. On the 21,1 of Jetty last, about three o'clock in the afternoon, the prisoner came into his shop and purchased 4 piece of Interns, whirl) came to 9s. 14.1. i n I,4ys,!ent of which he tendered a 11. note. Witness sus. peeled it n t 44 4 hail one, and in the front, on the right-hand side n t:ir, was the name of ' ‘l4eltay," sir some such name Witness went out under preleilee of getting it changed; and Mines, .1 neighbour, lent him his 111411, Haggerty, to take the note to an officer, and get I • to attend. The officer soon Feint with the nate iu his hand, and apprehended the prisoner. Tile note produced wile the same. On the prisoner being searched, he h id more silver than was 011101111 to pay for the barer, Cross examined 'my H . html, himself, frequently changed n tes use,. nail sil v , •ir iu his pocket. 111rAlley. yu.,t aitl recolleet,Grilliveine.i, that this is not the gat e svniru lie 41111.'1.10.in trsined ; lllet woe paid to the ire 4410 '4l lirer. J. Haggerty said he was a barker to Moses, the Jew; and corroborated the former witness. Hyde said, the note nrodueed was the ene brought to him by Haggerty. He &Aril the prisoner where lie got the stole, and be said, from two sailors lie hail t Ate') on hoard au India nian. Hatch, a ligkterman, stated, that lie bad known the pri soner 24 years, and saw him in the middle of tieptember, et the Hells of Fulham. He said lie had a barge of coals, and he would give witness some if lie came down iu'ilie dark. He asked witness to get him change of a IL note and he, witness, went to the landlord, gut it, and gave the change to the prisoner; the note was returned to witness. Cross.examined.—He expected the B.uuk note would be paid to him by the Bank : he had nut been from Fulham ; tint, upon recollection, he had been six months at sea ; but there never was a charge made against him for stealing tim• ker. It was six weeks before the note was returned to him. He knew tlr. ; he lived at Fulham ; he had worked far {tim fur Id years, and be was absent fium him fur 18 months. W. Evens, the landlord of the Bells, at Fulham, proved, that sow the prisoner there in the middle of September, and that lie elianged the note produced ; it was given him by Hatch, an .I he wrote his name and address on it. 511441111411 Harrison. wife of T. Harrison, who keeps the Clown and Anehor pnhlic•huuse, in Seven Dials, proved, that on the Id of November, a companion of the prisoucr passed a forged note to her in payment of some pepper- Mint. _ . _ T. Harrison confirmed her testimony, and said they were apprehended, hull the prisoner made no resistance. Mr. J Lees, Bank inspector for 20 ye:trs, proved that the notes passed by the prisoner were forged in every respect ; they were slot of she Bank paper, nor the water marl, and la Id not the waving lines. In genuine notes the words " Basalt of England" were made in the original fabric; it was dune by comprehension and composition. Cross-examined by Mr. Alley.—He had had great capes rienre, hut once in his life he was deceived ; he knew there Lad been several forged notes paid at she Bank, dun ng the list year; he could not say there had been 80. The paper was manufactured in Hampshire, but he had never been at the manillas tory ; he had never compared one of the forged notes with the Ilassk of England plate; the Bank clerks bad been streets ed ism some rases. &•-ex: • .d by 311. nerjeant Busasupset. He should think the inking of Inrgest 111/11.11 at the Batik arose lions neg. 1,11, and the clerks and inspectors were always made to pay them, if they were nut so fortunate as to find the person who Lad passed thesis. Peter Lister, °sae of the signing clerks of the Bank, preyed that the signateire, purporting to he his, was forged. Cross • .d. He knew that some noses lied been is_ sued will t the 'diming clerk's name to them. Mr. Alley.— Suppose a Knot] note hail been issued without y.suss signatotre to it, and this 1101 e was that good note, to Which a signature nut your own had been put would you have known it nut to be your hand wining ?—The witness gave 110 answer; bait list Jury having requested that the piestion might be put again, it was put by Mr. Baron Wood, and Ilse witness said, he should have known it to he a forgery. Question of a Juror to Mr. Lees.—Has there ever been an instance where a genuine note has been rejected as forged, and stallipell so ? Mr. Lem—There has one, but the note was sit or seven 31rals1.1d,ssessl it was by a yorsog Inspector. One of the Joiry.—After the scene of yesterday, time feel.• 1 0 0 of the Jury 1111: very great. and they shwk that Mime the life cf it pi ',otter is in danger, silty sleren it necessary that Me fullest rents or e should be given. .; • 11 . 11 ‘ it 4 11/11 A i ' 01411, Yon have hail the Ii iko evislcurp in thA:atia at. vine'. row' web ye.' tom TIO: REGIS' • , This closed the case, and Mr. Baron Wood summed op at length. After shout live minutes consultatiou, the Jury returned a verdict of—Guilty. Sir R. Wilson, Mr, Alderman Wood, and Mr. Alderman Waitliman,were on the Bench tinriiis the trial. J. Hefforl. end W. King, were convicted of a similar of fence, and ordered to be transported foe 14 years. R. Cooper, for steeling 4* bottles of wine, to be transported for 7 years. W. Williams, fur stealing a watch, to be transported fur life. J. H. Foreman's judgment was respited, his former sentence of transportation heing revoked. When the verdict of Guilty was pronounced at the close of Heffot t's trial, he said, "I hope I shall go to a country where I shall have more justice, fur I have had none here ;" and on receiving sentence Kingston used the same language, when HelFert (pulling hint Irons the Dock)said," Come away, there's no use in talking to NM about it," (meaning the Re corder). Thomas Daniels, a clergyman,who graduated et Cambridge, of very respectable appear suer, and about 32 years of sae, was indicted fur picking the pocket of a coach maker, in Bridge Street, during the procession on Lord Mayor's do. The prosecutor felt a push at his pocket as lie walked alone with the erowd.,and was immediately after asked by a gentle man whether he had lost any thing ; on potting Isis hind to one of Iris pockets he missed his snuf box. An • hoer who had watched the prisoner pointed• at him as the thief. The prosecutor took hold of him, and told hint to give up the snuff box, but the prisoner denied that he hail it. The prosecutor persisted in hii demand, on whiel, the prisoner presented it so hint, saying that one of the crowd had , jus4 put it into his hand. The officer took the prisoner into custody, end brought him before the Magistrate at Guildhall, when a con fession of the theft was made, and distress pleaded in ex. eiisr. On the prosecutor's erose•examination. by Mr. Barry, lie said he had ascertained that the prisoner was what he had described himself to tie. The officrr who apprehended him stated, that on search. ing him he found four different handkerchiefs, a 11. B4uk of England nose, three good shillings, mail a counterfeit shilling. No witnesses appeared to give him a chareeter. The Jury found him guilty. The Comtism Serjeant said the crime was greatly aggra vated when the situation the prisoner held it life was consi dered. " Religion, morality, nod law," said be, " demand that ilie most severe humid that can be inflicted fur this offence shall be d-alt to you. Yon have rendered yourself 'unfit to mix in society again, and it is necessary to send you nut ot the country for ever." The prisoner was sentenced to be transported for life The Sessions bring ended, the Recorder passed ',valence of dee h on the following prisoisers—vis. T. Pearkes, for home breaking ; H. Parsons, J. Corderoy, G. Wool, J. Pidgeon, and J. Fellows, for burglary ; W. Maithigley, for bone. stealing ; J. Egerton, fur highway robbery ; R. Evans, G. Belli:nor, R. Thrower, J. Moon, and H. Itceilliisin, for stcaliug goods, disc. in dmelling honses ; J. 11,1siiii, and W. Balilock, for highway robbery ; Sarah Thwaites, fur house breaking ; G. W. Handy, fur stealing in a dwelling house and afterwards breaking out of the same and W. Smith fur stealing privately in * shop. The Court then adjoartmd to Wednesday, the alb of January nest. POLICE. GUILDHALL. Thursday, Elisabeth --, a young woman of vary decent appearance, was brought before the sitting Maginitate, Al derman Magna), in cicitody of Snow. the officer,charged with obtaining goods tinder false pretenses, From the circinustancei detailed is evidence, it appeared that the prisoner had formerly lived servant with Motors. Leach and Dallimore, at the Loudon Coffee Howe, Ludgate Hill, and in that capacity had an opportunity of acquainting herself with the different tradesmen in the neighbor's hood.— On Wednesday evening she called at the shop of Ntr. Comfort, butcher, in Fleet Market, and obtained two pounds of elution chops and one pound of suet, in the name of Mrs. Ratwpell, one of his customers ; from thence she proceeded with her basket to the shop of Mr. Todd, cheesemonger, 78, St. Pani'a Church Yard, where she represented herself as servant. at Mr. Harvey's, the St. Paul's Coffee HOllde r and 'index that pretence procured from bins two pounds of fresh buttes bud six eggs, giving an order at the same time fur a quantity of cheese, to be sent to her master's, at the St. Pant's Coffee House. Her next attempt was at Mr. Sparrow's, tea dealer, in Ludgate.hill, where she vied the Dame of her late mailer, Mr. Leach, for the pnrpose of obtaining come tea and cigar; here suspicion was excited, which the wontair's coulusiom, when questioned, traded to cumin is i an officer was sent fur, and the girl couteased the impOsition. Mr. Leach nad Mr. Harvey stated, that the prisoner bad not been employed, or authorised by them, to procure the articles in question. The prsioner acknowledged the charge, and begged for forgiveness, urging that this was the first odrnce she had ever committed, to wheels she had beeadtiven by distress. She had been funr months out of place, and had endeavoured to maintain herself by taking to washing and a little plain wank ; but bring unable to procure any employ, and destitute or all means of sub►istence, she had been tempted to commit the off. nee. Mr. Jackson, bricklayer, 49. Brunswick-street; Simi rey road, said the pri✓oner and her sister lodged with him; they were both hardworking inilii.trious young women, and can. ducted themselves with great propriety in his berme: be be. lieved they were very much distre.sed is circumstances. Mr. lrodd and Mr. Comfort nut be is I; ilea4rommorprosecur ing,thr primner was deli% ered to her uwtltrr• dud sitter, after a suitable admonition from the wormy Alderman. Bow sm Ert. W. St.ievy, who was only aia.clarged from Neweate last week, was eoisitnittvd nu Monday as a reputed thief, charged w ith gurcriug the house of Mr. of CrliViell.llllllcet t Its - curl, with intent to commit trines. On Thursday Henry alias Tueky Wells underwent an rumina tion, on a charge of being concerned with a number of smugglers in the wilful murder of six of the revenue offizers belnogiug to the Fox revenue cutter, of Deal, between two and duce yeats since. Gilliam and Brock. two of the smugglers conr.eitied m Ow murders attic revenue tinkers b:hiahrin4 to thi Pont` revenue cutter, were trial at the Admiralty 5C6 , 1011/4 in the 014 .Bailey. and daring their trials the pnsoner alas hay/wady afforded to ait 'rushy With.. lie had then abseo.aled from rals rtilAtellet at Deal, and no doubt wasenter tr.iiwa but that Ike was then out of Mrighuid. Ile lately returned to tVtal, and Wa, taken Mko custody.. and brought to Condos, Me tiee led edge charge. Mt. KX, - ..t4iti to the &Attic, ,attchueu ; utittl, Ail the 407 - prisoner had no legal adv:ser present, humanely advised him not to make a defence then, but to reserve it till the time of his trial. A bill of indictment was found against the prisoner at the time Brock and Pelham were indicted. MT. Mayhew informed the prisoner, that his trial would take place on the 11th of January next, when the Admiralty Sessions would COMIllell CY. On Friday two men were brought up by two of the patrol belong• ing to the Mice, on suspicion of hdng concerned In the ►ate horrid murder at Hornsey. The particulars which transpired are for the present withheld from the public. They were both committed' MARLBOROUGH STREET. - - - - On Thursday an information was exhibited against Mr. Fames. •• of the Waterloo stables, in the Haymarket, for driving a lath of horse, in the Haymarket, and Pall Mall, for the purpose of breaking them in. on %Vain/relay the Mb of November last. Mr. Eaines sub• mined that he had a license of 251._per annum ; if the practice of exercising young horst, was to be presqntsd, the stable keepers mini discontinue their business, and every Keitleitem be liable to have their carriage destroyed, and perhaps hi. neck broke, for want ef the hones being properly trained. The Magistrate said, the practice complained of was notorious, and he was compelled to fine the de fendant in the penalty of -sot. and costs, winch 11w defendant imme diately paid. ,11•Vey, late the servant of W. Parkins, Esq. was fully committed for robbing his master in February last, of a quantity of diamonds. pearls. guineas. Napoleons, Etc. an ac count of which we gave at the time of the robbery. The pri souer, during the absence of his master, in February last, .. pretended the house bad been robbed, and affected to fire a pistol after the robbers, but that was disproved by the neigh bours.—lie had got away, and escaped to Upland, where lie was apprehended at Rostrevor, and confined in the house of a constable, mid notice sent to Mr. Parkins, who immediately umbel keel for that country; bat previous to his arrival there the prisoner hail contrived to escape in a manner which does not reflect much credit on the pat ty monceresed. Mr. Par kins, however, porsued him as far as Glasgow.; but not ob tainine" any intelligence of hi m th ere , h e retunie d to I reland, and a hue and cry being raised, lie was again taken by the Postmaster of a town called Banbridge, and condeleted to Downpatrick gaol; but when brought out to be shipped for England, an armed mob came up to rescue him, and iis the. scuffle hir. Pinkie's found it necessary to resort to his pistols, . and to call in a military gnard. When he had crossed the British Channel, he was very heavily ironed, and tied ua the 'nail coach. Mr. Parkins carnet with bins till they were set down at the Peaeock,al Islington ; when the passengera went into the parlour, ands the 'prisoner was for a moment disen cumbered of his irons. Finding himself at liberty, he seized a poker, and swore ho would kill• Mr. Parkins; but that gen tleman presented a pistol„and• threatened him with instant destruction if he did not submit, which had the desired effect, , and lie was again secured, and lodged in the watch house. UNION HALL. Mr. Frederick William Sounder., of..the 7th Regiment o f ' Dragoons, applied to the sitting Magistrate, and requested • that he would assist him in regaining possession of a young lady wl he had married, but who wax then detained by her flicieds, and was by their means deprived of the hakw- - new and comfort which had been by him and Iteraelfainticr" pa tett from the matrimonial state. He further *talc diet the inarciago took place in a clandestine manner, at a church in • the eity, about five years ago, that lie went to North America with his regiment two days lateral's ds, and subsequeutly to France, from whence he had lately returned. He had de manded his wife from her relations ' who were persons of &resit • respectability at Camberwell, without success. She was en titled to considerable property;, but it was not her fortune that lie was deeiroua of obtaining, herself alone was his object. lie had. applied fur advice to a Proctor,: who.recommended bins Stioblein a Magistrate's warrant. - The Magistrate intiumed the applicant, that ha had no in- - risdiction iu this case, aud consequently could render bins no assistance. He retirediapparently much di. appointed. A constable of Lambeth apprehended four men belonging to a gang of disturbers of the dead. In ronsespience of in- - formation which had been given that a plundering expedition was on foot towards some place in the lower part of Surrey, the officer coacealed himself near the tornpike to the Kent. load, and coothitied to watch till between five and six o'tdock oat Wedoesslay mew • g ; when observing a ha.iuley coach, he (NAr ed the to atop, and enquired who oo what wattles the coach. The coachman replied, that three 'calif men were his passengers, whom he had t a k en to at the As sembly House, Blackheath, where they had been at a ball, , and that he was conveying them to Charing Cross. The offi cer opened one of the doors, mud observing three mess dresses, with ropes, spades, and other articles, used interring bodies,elosed it again, and with a pistol isi.psteltaisst • and a cutlass in the other, threatened instant death if they attempted to escape. The coachmen, obeyed his directions to tutu roam) and drive towards the turnpike. On his arrival there the officer proenred.aseisemsee, and conducted the three men, who were Inside the coach, and this•dei ver, to• • watch house. The coach was searched, med in the bout iu a sack the body of an unusually tall man was found. The pilsoneis • were brought the same day to this office, followed nearly I.v 1000persuna, who literally covered them with 'lindens' filth of every description. l hey stated their talnell to be R. Tour Unison, J. 'Dumas, W. Davis, and J. Bedell. They were • committed for further examination. Os; 'Thursday they were apia brought to th e office to un- . dergo *nether examination,. in consequence of further evi deuce sashes! them haring been produced. Wortley stated, , that on Wednesday tweeting lie ascertained that a grave lead • been opened and plundered in Plunsatead churchyard, in . Kent. Mrs. Mary. Ann Pienherry informed the Magistrates, , that on Saturday atternoms her deceased husband was in terred in Plumeteati chisrohyard ; having been ineorined that a grave had been opened, she went to the burial grunted, and these observed the coffin in which her linstemil lied been de pneitest 'Oen and empty. She bad subsequently been to the bone bonne, to which the officer had taken the hotly famed hs the coach, and immediately recognised it es the corpse et bee . deerneed lets•beini. THe Minist.•r of Plornstesof attended to prove the bacilli . of Mr. Ponaherry. The pariah officers of Pionotoul wets oh* in tutesolst ce, awl stated. their tlotertittec.t..•u to prose. _ cute the prisotoets to the oslsset of the 14M. . . 'Der ilisinterineni having tahrn place in Kiln, the priaosiers - were committed to the grid.** Dartford, in Ands, to takit.titett • trial at Use Maidstone Sessions. At 3 o'clock on Thursday afternoon,. as some boys were Pmki,irg therusclves on the ice, in the Car..l in the ltegeney park. thee di. • - covered something under the ice. which thtt thought was t':,•ctre,.a or a dot; ;. but on putting in some st eks ihty hmtight i• on tic sun tree tithe water...when it proved to he the b a:trltenfly new bora male inkant, conmletely naked r on. U: them 410111C4 it to the Jews' liarp public boson. vim it raw remains. It appeared gum; Ectfect,.with the inception of aeretel bra :a on the