The National Register. — London, England, 1818-11-02 00:00:00

0 MW. 2 OLD B.IfLEY. WEDNESDAY, OCT. 23. These Sessions began before Mr. Justice Dallas and Mr. Baron Ouit row. John Brett was indicted fur potting in fear and forcibly taking from the person ot John Litchfield, a canvas bag con taining 30s. in silver. Th e prisoner is a comatryman, and told his tale with much simplicity. He was coining to London to the funeral of his son, wed met the prisoner on the road, near Barnet. The I " tri" wwi• said lie would accompany 111111, as he 5150 Was gain. to London. They had proceeded ou the road a short distance when the prisoner pulled out of his pocket a handkerchief, which he wanted to sell for a shilling, saying, that he had no money, and was almost broken down. Witness agreed to buy it fur a shilling, and pulled out the bag. contailling the 305., with which he hail provided himself for his journey. The prisoner remarked at the time, "CI , you have got ;lone h I - ve r there, have you ?" They went on to a place called Col. nee hatch, and the prisoner proposed to put up for the night et a pvldie house on the road side, where, lie said, a comfort able lodging could be obtained. Witness, however, war desirous of proceeding a little further to Hampstead, over l'ilichley common,. and the prisoner said he knew a short way over the I 'Amnon. -1 hey proceeded for a [tont a mile farther, an d i n getting over a able, witness, by accident, tell back wards into a ditch. Bef . ore he could getup, the prieonel began pullUng and rolling him about, and used threatening language, such as " your money, or your life," and snch like express -Cony. He then put hie head to witness's pocket, and having pulled out the bag containing the motley, run off. As soon as witness recovered hiu:self, he told his awry to a horse patrol, and gave au accurate description of the man. Tue patrol immediately welt alter hini, and witness saw him again at the Reheat/lan public house, cud recognized him, although in a different dress. The prisoner had a smock frock on when he ran away, but had none when he saw him at the Wel lington. Rice, the patrol, stated, that in consequence of what the last witness had said to him, lie went after tl:e prisoner, and came up with 1,1111 about two utiles on the road. 'Die prisoner had then 119 smock flock en, and had a bundle under his arm. Witness asked Win what he lot done with his smock frock.— " What do you. ineatv:7" said the prisoner: " I have no smock frank." Witness alien asked him what he had in that boodle. " Oh," said he, " this is soune of my linen." After 'eri oaating kiln us to where he came from, witness was: satisfied lie was the man ; and, fearing lie might throw the money away, said, "If you put your hand to your pocket, will blow your brains mit." 'Fhe prisoner was then taken to a public house, the sigh of the Welliegicie, by the side of the road ; and the property was found upon him, as well as a stick which belonged- to the prosecutor. Litchfield was immedi ately sent for to the Wellington, and was told to go up to the prisoner, and shake hands with him, if lie saw him. Fie Was introduced into a room, where. there were six or seven persons, among whom was the prisoner, aid, as soon as lie enteredohe walked up to the prisoner, holding out his baud and saying, " You did not expect to see me again so soon, I suppose.' In the bundle which the prisoner hail nailer his arm was a smock frock, which he acknowledged was his own. The prisoner, in his defence, denied all kno\vledge of the .prosecutor before be saw him at the Wellington. The Jury found a verdict—Guilty. George Beck was convicted of the offence of returning from transportation before the expiration of his term. In his defence he at first • said that lie had been improperly traiis. ported, and. afterwards stated, that hi proceeding to New South Wales, ashen opposite Rio Janeiro, a subtler in the ship fell overboard; and in endeavouring to .save him, he himself fell into the water, and remained there for six hours sue! a half with an iron upon • his leg. When at last he aid get on shore, lie was usable to stand,- and remained iu the woods of Rio Janeiro for three or four days without clothes or vielnals. The captain who could prove this was now at sea; but upon a reference to the proper office, all would be found to be true. ' Mr. Justice Dallas observed, that the prisoner had had abundance of opportunity of seating ter the papers, Vim had thought proper. HURSDAY. Thomas Morris was iudicted for stealing a Bank-note for the payment of 401. the property of Mr. Andrew Hiscock, in the dwelling house of John Gunter, Esq. 'Flo prosecutor is coachman to Mr. taunter, and the pro perty iu question was placed in a trunk in an out house be longing to that geatleman. The prisoner lodged ir. that on . house, and was a carpenter by trade. Oath.. 12 t h i nst. the wife of the prosecutor having occasion - to go to this trunk, and not being able to get it open, asked the'prisoner to open it for her. The prisoner complied, awl a shilling was taken -cut by Mrs. Hiscock. In about a week afterwards, ll4Villg 0131/4011 agaiu to go to the lox, site ;Waged the 401. note in i o n. Junes, a salesman, living in Holyviell-street,Strand,stated, that on the Smidey after the 12th inst. the prisoner came 1 , to his shop and purchased a quantity of wearing apparel, amounting to SI. In payment he tendered a 401. saute, giv ing the name and address of " Wallis, Fulham." 'Flits was written upon the mute ;but witness suspecting something was wrong, asked the prisoner if he knew any one in town. The prisoner referred him to some ene in St. Clement's, lot refased to go there with the witness. 'fhe prisoner was then ullowed to go away with the 401. note. James atones, brother to the prisoner, staled, that on the rith of October, he was sent by the prisoner to get change of a 101. note, but did not obtain it. Mrs. Simmons deposed, that tier husband kept a woollen draper's shop iu the Strand. On the lath lust. the last wit. • :less came toiler shop :ur change fur a 401. note. It. suspected that it was a haul note, and promised to se nd h e r young man to the Bank toe change. To this the prisoner's brother consented, and Cie young Hata went to the Beek ob twined cheiuge fur the note, sad himself auseunded with the motley. The note was produced by a clerk of the Bank, anti was completely identified. The piisonei, who appeared to be a very respectable man, said nothing in its defence, tan laid himself toms the mercy of the Court. A great her of witnesses of reepectobillty gave the prisoner an eaccioesit character for huuesty ; some of them haul known Win for 515151,11 years. Mu. Baron Garrow said, that the capital part of this charge was done away with in this case. The property Misstated in the indictment to have been stolen wan mit house, If to Nlr. Gather, attached to the dwelling-house. It this were really the case, the capital charge would be made on; ; bin -it appeared Sisal the builthug, ceded an out house, *45 ItO THE NATIONAL REGISTER. distant from a dsvelhng house, that it could only be consi dered as a separate building. The prisoner had received a a.lod char4cter,lnit character could n:y have its weightnbcie doubt exists of the tact. The jury found the prisoner guilty. FRIDAY. This morning the following prisoners were arraigned at the Old Dailey for forgery, and pleaded Guilty to the minor offence of haring forged notes in their possession. James Tumor, James Clo.e, John Carpenter, John Eagan, George Baker, Mary Ilartnell, John Leonard, Susannah Leonard, David Crawley, Susan Narnti , r , and Thomas Kirby. They were sentenced to 14 years' transportation. MURDERS. Wm. Losch was indicted fur murdering his wife, Mary Anne, on the 9th of October. Anne Daman was the first witrie. , s called. She lived at No. 7, Lawrence-yard, Chelsea. She lodged in the same house with the deceased. She knew the prisoner and the deceased about three weeks beforethe murdiz. It was on Friday night, gth of October, between the hours of seven and eight, when she was going out with a candle, the deceased Caine out, and ir..ked her how she did Them was a man behind her, and witness asked whether he was her husband. The deceased replied in the affirmative ; and the prisoner then came for ward, and asked the deceased, whether she would go home ; she pushed hint from her, and made no reply. Ile said, "Go home, Nance, for you are drunk." "If I am," she said, "it is prostituting my body tbr such an old fellow as you are." Witness observed some thing in the prisoner's hand, with which he immediately strack her in the side. The deceased cried out, "I am murdered, take the knife out of me." The deceased pulled up her clothes, and witness saw her bowels gush out. The prisoner said, " Here I am, take me to pri son it' you choose." Ile never ran away. • Richard Clarke was a tailor, living in Lawrence.yard. At about eight o'clock, on the gth of October, lie was standing about a yard and a half behind the deceased; she was speaking to the last witness. The prisoner was standing on the right side of his wife, talking to her In a low tone of voice, which witnes, could not hear. The answer the deceased made was—" If I am drunk, it is who.--g for you all day." He observed the prisoner put his hand up to his waistcoat pocket, and he walked towards the deceased. He then saw the pri soner wilt:: the deceased, who staggered back, crying, " I am mur dered." She then pulled up her clothes, and said, "0 my God, will no one take the knife out of me ?" Witnes saw a quantity of blood How from the wound. The deceased then fell first on the left side, and then rolled on her back, and made use of the former expression. The prisoner did not attempt to go away. The deceased still remain ed on the ground, and he saw the bowels protrude from her side. The prisoner WAS called upon for his defence, but he said nothing ; neither were any witnesses called for the prisoner. The Jury without hesitation pronounced a verdict—Guilty. The Recorder immediately passed sentence of death upon the pri soner, and he was ordered to be hanged (to-morrow,) and Iris body to be given to the surgeons to be dissected. Pbe prisoner :,eemed to be completely resigned to his fate, and re tired without emotion from the bar. John Daley was put to the bar charged with the wilful murder of hones Learwutwd, a tailor, in the Fleet Prison on the toth of Ueto. ber. - fire rrisoner walked up the Dock with z firm step, and an un changed countenance. The witnesses were all sent out of Court upon the suggestion of the prisoner. Charles Johnson was a prisoner iu the Fleet on the lOth of October. The prisoner at the bar was also a prisoner. Learwoel was aLo a prisoner in the Fleet l'rison, about 50years of age. About 5 o'clock on that evening. lie was walking opposite Learwood's room, and he saw through tile window deceased fall from the shop-board. The deceased cried oat murder. He saw Daley beating I carwood with a sleeve-board. The dixele.ed was lying on his side on the ground at the time, and cried out, as if tor help. During this time the. win. dow was shut, and witness opening it said, •' Don't kill the man." He called some people up, and saw some blood or black on tile lett eye of Learwood. The deceased was lying on his back at this time, and the prisoner turned hhn oa his belly, and slapped him on the breach 6or 7 times with the sleeve-board, saying, " D—n your old eyes, I'll teach you, I'll hit you on the rump." The prisoner was in a terrible pa.sion, anti jumped out of the window, saying, " D—n his old eyes, I have not half dune with him yet." Witness called a man of the name of Graves, a powtrful man, to go in to Learwood' assistance, and lie went in. Daley rat irned in a few minutes, and. again jumped through the window into Learwocd's room. William Graves recollected being called up by the last witness. The first thing he heard was Daley complaining that the deceased had ,riven a letter belonging to him away. The deceased said that Daley had pulled him Whirs shop-board, and he would not finet that in a hurry. Witness remonstrated with Daley, wilt) had jumped through the window again, dad said, " I have not done with you yet ; and I will serveyou out again, when I prove shat you gave the le ter to Lewis." Letrwood s oil he knew nothing about it ; and a person standing by said to Daley, " I think you have pretty well serial him out as it is, fur you have almost broken his leg. Thomas Hunt stated, that on the day. mentioned, he hearth noise in the deceased's room ; witness went to see what teas the 'water. hearing of what passed. Deceased said, " Daley has been beating ins." At this time witness 1).:. - cei ved black getting round his lett eye, and deceased complained of a pain in it, and said," I shall have a black eye ;" to which he said, " You have got one already." Mit Hargrave, a surgeon, was called in to see the deceased, on the night of the 10th of October. He found the deceased lying in strong paralysis, and totally insensible. .Witness took blood freely from the temporal artery, which relieved him situ h. In one of his visits in tile morning, a man mire into the moue whom witness did not then know, but. whom he afterwards knew to ix the prisoner. Witness said,." The man will nut live 48 hours, he. has received some severe injury :" and added, " I should not like to be in the situation of the person who caused it." • Prisoner replied, " lam the pew on who caused it." Witness remarked, "I len very sorry for it; to which prisoner rejoined, "so am 1, but what can I do r''. Witness advised him to procure the hest medical adsice he anal, immediately. This the prisoner seemed very anxiour. to do. In another conversation he had with the prisoner, he (tile prisoner) said he did not strike the deceased on the head ; but he supposed that he gut a hurt by a fall from the shop-board. Tue witness replied. that could net he, es die floor was tnickly cr.rpeted. (He explained this by saying that there was thick hop-bagging under the carpet.) Pd. goner then said that perhaps be had struck his head against the bed post; to which witness replied, the bed-post was not near enough to fall upon from the board. Witness saw the Way opened Whir death ; there were 3 or 4 miners of extravasated blood on the brain, and he had no doubt but his death was caused by an internal injury of the brain arising from an external injury ; the only external violence which he saw was on the left eye. A severe blow on that pa:t,.if given obliquely, might nave -caused the injury which prcduced the death. Mr... Baron Garrow *eked the witness whether he had said all that he; now swore before the Coroner; to which he answered, he had to the hat of his knowledge. Mr. Baron Garrow said that there was not one word of a great part of it in the Coroner's report. Here the case for the prosecution closed, and the prisoner being called Open to make his defence, said, " My Lord, what I wish to impress upon your Lordship and the Jury is, that the room in which deceased was, was not carpeted all round, as was stated; but there we:e during the whole of the 11 months which I have been in prism, ' Ifrom four to five feet from the wall cn all sides only bare thiF,s, and not a bit of carpeting ; the carpeting was only in the centre. The prisoner then went into a detail of the circumstances of the case, which were in substance. that having beers informed by a fellow pn -ones that Learwood had picked up a letter. whir.) he had lost arrow tune betore, he went in company with Dodwell, his inkpunts 40 351 Learworal's room. nod well had before this told him that Learwood had given the letter tit On going to the room he upbraided him with having acted so unreefully to hint who had on so many occasions screened him. Deceased said, he thought it no harm.— Prisoner asked him to go and get the letter from the person to whom he had given it. Some angry words then arose between them. Pri soner called him an old rascal, and tit.' other told him he lied. The deceased then attempted to get oft the board, end in doing so he tell on the bare flags, and hurt his left temple. Pt isoner helped him up. and asked hint if he was hurt, adding, that if le: were, lie &served it. Deceased then sat on the chair, arid some angry words arose, on which prisoner said. he would " serve hint out," and cub hint with the sleeve .board. He then took him by the ann, and struck him three or four blows on the breech with it, but never struck hut ws any other part ; he had on all occasions been very kind to the de ceased. Ten or twelve respectable witnesses were then called, who had known the prisoner for various periods from one to twelve v.:as. They all concurred in giving him an excellent character, for a hu mane and kind hearted disposition. Mr. Baron Garrow summed up the evidence withgreat perspicuity, and souse lengthened continents on the several points as they ap • pearcd for or against the prisoner ; and the jury. after deliberating in the box about ten minntes, returned aver diet—Not guilty of murder, but guilty of manslaughter. Eleanor Bryan was indicted for manslaughter, in causing the death of Johanna Duggan. an infant between five and six year, old, by administering to her, on the Lath of &Timber last, a large and excessive quantity of spirituous liquor, viz. a hall pint, which the said Johanna swallowed, not being aware of the on t ie,i t woc t s and of which the died—Guilty of Alanslaughtex. POLICE. M 1N Si ON HOUSE. An elderly woman, whose name nearly all the duplicates in her possession, amounting to 17, Slated to be Elizabeth WI I. son, was charged by .Mr. Godfrey, owner of the Saracen'..• head-inn, Aids:ate, with having stolen a quantity of feathers, on Frk'ay night. The prisoner, though a weak looking crea ture, about fio years of age, was stated to be capable of stripping an inn in a very few hours. A. lar4e bundle of keys, son:: croekztil nails, and other instruumbis, by which. drawers can be opened, were found in her pocket. The waiter who brought the feathers into view, upon ex amining the bed on which the prisoner la, , found that it was half empty, and that the bolster was in a similar condition.— The holes through which they had been taken were, however, carefully stitched up. and every thing in the 'onto appeared, on the entrance of the waiter, in complete order. entering theollE,:e Mrs. Wilson was chewing an apple; She said it wits to keep her from fainting. She was committed for further examination, when many are expected to appear against her. (UII.T)Ii;ILL. Monday Miss Elizabeth Walker was brought before Mr. Alderman Gooditehere, on the charge of Mr Hill, a tailor, who described 1111115dr:is residing in Fig-tree-court, Barbican. The complamant, it appeared, had been dining at the west end of the town on Tuesday the 13th inst. On his return homewards, he was accosted by Miss Walker on Ludgate-hill. The prosecutor offered his services to the lady, and retired with her to the ldolphin 'tavern to procure some refreshment. . A slipper was ordered to be prepared, and sent with the tweet.- - sary accompaniments of wine and ale, to the lady's apart ments in Dolphin-court, whither the prosecutor and the lady proceeded. The slipper passed off very pleasantly ; but a quar rel afterw.aals ensued; and the lady accused him of being w dressed up Dandy, anti desired him to leave the house. The watch was called, but the Constable of the night dismissed the lady's charge, and she left thewatch-house with great celerity, seemingly touch pleased at getting rid or her companion. As soon as the prosecutor had recovered trout his surprise aud , disappointment, he missed his purse, containing six or seven . 11. notes, anal which he remembered having in his possession . when lie paid fur the sipper. Search was immediately made fot the lady, hut she was no where to be found. Resolved to • have revenge, not only for the loss of his money, but also the in. stilt aud disappointment he had received, he had watched for her every evening since, and on Sunday night had the gratifica. - tion to lodge her in the watch-house. The lady, ou her part, at... knowledged the meeting and the supper. She said, from his appeal ance and Coneeriation, she thought be was a f<ue gentleman, and was much disappointed ; she denied taking his money. As no part of the property was found upun the lady., and complainant could, not swear to the notes it' traced, she was, dismicsed. BOW STREET. Lady Bruce wss on :Tuesday, after a third examination, . cuinpletely discharged, none of the transactions winch were imputed to her-us felonies amomiting to more than simple debts. A clerk of Messrs. Harding and Cu., of Pall-mull, received intimation that he would Ite prosecuted ; lie having. it was alledged, taken most extraordinary pains to the . different tradesmen of Lady Bruce to prefer against her charges of , swindling. One Jiipp, a hatter, of Bond_street, who bad preferred a charge of felony against her oil -Ft iday, did not attend all Monday, and the wine-merchant now with drew his accusation. *eying, that he had been provoked to make Pis charge of feiony against Lady Bruce. because lady Bruce's female servant had insulted him. The proceriliugs ['live had the effect of producing offers of immediate payment . to all the trndesineu. tier Ladyship left the office amidst the !limas of the crowd, who, probably, would have evinced equal tlthosiasiu, had the event been difkrent. It did not dead, appear whether Lady Bruce is the peasen she assumes to he. One person said that lie knew Sir Stewart Brace, and that she was his wife; but the evidence not being the best on , nth a 'mint, was not taken. Tile vehement deft . of Messrs. !larding swore that a Colonel Hollis had claimed her as ltis wife, but this hear—say declaration avas not con- - sidered admissible. Iter Ladyship had claimed acquaintance • with the Earl of Harrington and family, who, however, • . deuied alkktiowledee of such a person. NIA - 1?1,110ROU611 S'FREET. Mary Carr was charged with robbing a woman named Carter, of a 51. note. The proseenfrix acknowitalged that she had assenibled a patty together for the purposiva treat- _ ing them with gin. Hrr hnslwad, who is footman, as ...he said, to a General Officer, flaying given her a Si. note oa Saturday, Several pints or gin were had in, and at length Mts. Carter fell down, so drunk, that site lost her recolloction. There was a 0 pretence to charge the prisoner ; and on a guy...lion from the Magistrate, whether she was certain that she had rot used the note to light her pipe, she replied, " NO, pry , Lord. other Ladies might have smoked, bat 1 did not."—ls i s. charged. Thursday an application of rather a Angular nature was -. Amide to the Magi•t atesat this ()trice. 'file arplicaoi slit d, that he. appeared on behalf of Win. Na, they, 3J.q. H stirl that Mr. Northey'a cart bail bet n taken fram ht. 9 ,, •,1 :ts sL hapector .of Fa , Meat& ortanse the ashes tit. Lit at' Ur..