The National Register. — London, England, 1818-09-14 00:00:00

OLD BAILEY. W,•doesJay the SPl•ions commenced before the Lord Mayor, Mr. Baron Graham, Mr. Jnatiee Bayley, end Mr. Ja.stiee Hos rmit:ls. Ali. Baron °arrow was also on ilie Bench, btu the Ic..rned Judge was only attending to wait the reunit of a prieseessiiosi in whicu it was probable Isis teNtielluily Mould be revirsd ; it w. e • the caw of lialloran, for forgifig a frank, purporting to Ise from Sir Win. Oarrow, when be was a N11.11.1,..i of Parliidaivnt. John roz v.; 4181 INAS the first prisoner pat to the bar, chem. e.l with lia%lll2'. ( n the ;it eh o f m a y last, Restudied George Das is on the King's highway, and taken from hint a watch, value 41., and twu seals value 21. The prisoner was a det...nt looking young man, 25 years of •ne, deaf and dumb ; an iu. est.' eter attended to esnlain to I the prosecutor's testi , and a1..0 to interpret to the Court the prisoner's dc. fence. The prosecutor stated, that on the night mentioned in the indictment, he was going along Georgt-sti cot, Bloomsbury, between twelve and one o'clock, when he observed some wo men gust retliug ; he paused to listen to them, and observed three men twining towards BIM; sloe of them, the prisoner, came up and knocked oft the witness's hat, nit at one of the lathers forced his watch not of his fob and ran off. Witness seized the prisoner and culled the watch, by whom he was •II eon-ell to he token to the vinteb house. The prieoni r, by signs', drided the charge ; lie stated by signs that on the night in question, hr Will going along George street, a woman had hold of hip arnt ; lie saw three men as described by the prosecutor ; lie supposed the watch might be rallied, but he did tart her- it, as lie is dears% Welton dumb ; the first know:* Eke lie•hail of the tiansaction wits the WHiCII- Pianroming np end seizing him. Verdict —Cittilly of stealing from the person. James Higgins and Wm. Mitchell were indicted for a isms glary n theliouse of Mr. Dawson, iu the parish of s'. George, Bloomsbury mud Sarah :Mitchell, Aim Higgins. mid Edward Mitchell, fur receiving the stolen propertj, Kell kuowing it to be stolen. . . . Mary Taylor, servant to Mr. Dawson, slated, thus she was vii_• last person who went to bed on the 21st ofJtely last.— About ;liree o'clock en the morning of the 2211, she was railed up by the watchman, and on cult: duo n stairs discovered that a hole had been cut in the kitchen Manner large enough to admit a person's band to unfasten the window ; that some person had been in the house, and the drawers and closets opened, and canons articles of wearing apparel and plate had been taken away; the hole in the window shutter had been stopped up with a table cloth, to prevent any light being seen in the street. Richard Lillywhite, a watchman, stated, that as he ass going his rounds about 20 minsites before three., lie discovered a liquor stand and a I,air of pantaloons lying on the ground , be took them sip, and on exami ii iii g them found a letter ad dressed to Mr. Dawson. 'Phis caused him to go to 3k. Daw son's, and alarm the family. James Smith, watch house keeper of St. Pancras, stated that he stopt the two prisoners, James Higgins and William Mitchell, in Skinner-street, Sinners Town, about 5 o'clock 1 . 11 the morning of July 22 ; they had each a bundle under their arm, which, on examination, was found to contain various articles talplate and o caring apparel, and some skeleton keys, and a chisel ; the place where he met them was about a poin ter of a mile from Mr. Dawson's house. Sir. Dawson identified the several articles found in the poseession of the too prisoners as being his property, and as being worth, 141. The evidence in establish the chary , of receiving against the other three prisoners failing, they were, mailer the direc tion of the learned Judge, Mr. Justice 11in-rough, 'ermined. The other two pilasters made no defence, and were found Guilty. Fonnian A FltANK.—Lawrence Hynes Halloran, alias W. C. Gregory, alias Holland, was next placed at the bar, cliarg. elf with writing and sending a letter by post, theseperscrip t ion of which was forged, in the name of Sir William Garrow, Knight, Member of Parliament, for the Purpose and with the intent of avoiding payment of the duty of postage, Meowing the same to be forged. The prisoner is a man of most respectahie appearance and demeanour, and a clergyman; he was dressed in black, and wore pow der, and is he eween 50 and 60 years of age; on en. tet ing the Cinirt he bowed first to the behch, and t h en to a ll aronnil. (In the question of guilty or not giiiity being put by the clerk, lie addressed the Court as follows: Mr. Lord, owing to the long period of nay confinement on this charge, upwards of 20 nmettlis,the death during thatpe riod of the only witness who conk, ;tore substantiated my innocence, the exhortation of my pecui&rry resources, and soy consequent inability to employ cociarel, or bate the ad vantage of professional ads ice, 1 have no alternative left pie but to plead guilty to the eflenee with which I am charged. Mr. Baron Graham -advised the prisoner to consider w ell the effects 'Otitis plea before l i e persisted i tt it . Primmer.— My lord, I have no alternatise : I stand here mutinied and defeoceleas against a phalanx of powerful op. ponents arrayed againat me, and determined to pet s ee nt e .— It would be a waste of your Lordship's time to plead not guilty. I inti•t persist in my plea. Mr. Baron Graham o3served, if the prisoner persisted hi his plea of utility, it most be taken that lie was satisfied' it ith the justice of the eltaige. The only object which the Conti could hair was to brim.; truth to light. He might plead not guilty it he chose, and thus promote inquiry but he otaulit lot to plum' anil whilst glnitn.: so import. %ulit-five motives to those aho prosecuted. His plea IX guilty taus) be token as an arktimilcilcnient of the troth of the chorus'. A sidici tot who was to Coto t said he hail some know Irilge sof the pti-oner, nod iswould , wirlt his Lorthltip' 4 advise lii in. The Coort ticsii cal he la wird du it), awl be writ to the itt IstaMr for that purpose. 1 Ire prisoner, however, rein-cal his prof eredservie e , an d ob-r used, " I have derided to plead uttina." I tr, pica was then hal a. and he hoist at to the Coital and setirril. • Eitnite4 Kehler U. then pin in the liar 011 •i ge of haing, on the night if tin• t ih of Ant ulo entered the hiisme of Alt resin irk Milano . . in the Si stolen n %liver ten pot Anil other Artie*. plate ; %.111it• 101. On the morning in quelitioes, lietevi en 1 ;ilia 2 Tltilinci I. Alined lonic ittrtipoir 4PM lilt; soil, and, :is a. I ~,,, ititlt• . 11.tt se' vaid having tz , tit to bid at 11. entree(' Ilse pinions the, p , illlll 11 Ifr f Mrhind %%1111 :item; the lilt %%N• it, C.• 1,111,1.11, illllll Ih. ptilit . 1 . 10111 the . MI. iti 11111.1. J ill,. 40011 .111Vr !;111 n 111:1:1 it. the • 'Gov a. 114111 ills Wu ;mil k in' , the •. lug tell Ili.. (.;., li ol nOT. ,• CAI it lnut it. r. lA. • i•I tai t 11.(`.1. lin I , 111U:e 110%11) t 11111/' f.irttl door 4.liumell a itti;l•lmas, pi,o.vl a 1 J vend,. TTlr NATMNAT. ItEGISTEit man ; they proceeded to 114111711TP the shop and parlour s whilst doing this they dist-ore, eil tb , :rth stran:.9.l. Hailed to their number, namely, the prisoner. They iinto e 1113102, goes tioneditim as to who he was and o tante lee come said, he entered the house at the sante time tilt wntchm n end patrol did, hating heard the cry of murder, and et nileg to give his assi•taner, if stunting. Several suspicions eireion• stances attending Ilia acco u nt, hoot% Cr, lie was detained, Mid ISPXI dal .C11111404'11 fur trial. Mr. Balmer, his son, the patrol, watchman, and dm neigh , ' boor who entered with the waieltnian. alt swore to tiler ',diet . , that the prisoner did not enter the hone with them. The prisoner, on his part, called several pevsons to speak to his character, and also a o oinan of the town with whuin he was talking near 3lr. 'Sahara 's house when the alarm of der was give'''. 'ntts last witness deposed that shn saw the prisoner cuter the house at the same time the watchman and patrol went k r . Afire a stiniming Op front Mr. Justice Bayley, the Jury de liberated a few /4141111te24, when they acquitted the prisoner. 'THURSDAY. R. F. Thrompsow was indicted for stealing a hay mare, value 151., thn proverty (Whines and John Wilson, of Deacon-Nall, near York. It appeared from the testimony of Mr. John Wilson, that the mare in question was stolen oil the Bth of A itgirst ; tlre wine "Pa braid nothing of the animal till the 22.1, when lie was informed that she was at Deers' liverratables, Hart.stiret, Gwent Garden. He came to town, and found her the re. AL.. Deer's servant proved that he purchased the trier, of the prisoner for six guineas, nearly her value, and told her again for eigitt guineas andqv The prisotrer, in his defence, dill not deny having had the mare in his possession, but said he I ght her at Doncaster fair for 101'. The prosecutor, he said, had known bum for forty years. The prosecutor said lie haul known the prisoner for a long time; he was formerly a farmer in the neighbourhood uut York: Nut witness did net know when• lie had been for the last six or seven years. The jury found him guilty, but recommeuded him to mercy. The prosecutor joined in that recommendation; on Ate grounds of hi, former good character, and for the sake of his lanai uy. which was most respectable. The Judge, Mr. Huron Graham, said the recommendation sl t Id be attended to. George Bays and Alexander Stewart were indicted for stealing a quantity of gig Farness, value is., the property of George Gooding, in the shop of Charles Tapp, and 11114iy Stokes for receiving the sante. knowing it to he stolen. The jury found the prisoner Bays guilty, hot acquitted the other two. The prisoners flays and Stewart were. again nit to the bar. charged with having, on the `7th of Aney last, broken and emceed the coacir house of the Right lion. the Earl of Den bigh, and privately stealing th.refrom a hammer cldth, ■ pair of cushions, a pair of coach glasses, and a piece of car peting, value ss. and upwards, and Mary Stokes was again charged with receiving the said articles, knowing them to he stolen. In the inclienntirt the articles were stated to be the pro. petty of Wm. Basil Percy, Earl of Denbigh. On the part of the prosecution there was no evidence to prove the Chris Sian name of Lord Denbigh, which Mr. Dhisting, avec/unser for the prisoners, contended it was necessary to do. Mr. Justice Bayley said it would have been snliteierd for all purposes, that the property should have been set forth as the property of the Ear+ of Denbigh, without any Christian name being mentioned. but be was not prepared to say whe ther, the Christian name having been set forth in the record, it was not necessary to prove it. He would reserve the paint for the consideration of the 12 Judges, and should the pri soners now he found guilty, they should have the benefit, if any, which might hereafter arise out of the want of proof. The jury found the prisoner Bays Guilty ; and the prisoners Stewart and Stokes Not Guilty. Isaac Samson was indicted for 'dealing a silver milk pot, a wine strainer, and various other articles, the property of George Burling. The prosecutor stated, that he lives in Buubill row. On the Intl) of July prisoner come to his house to look at some aparturents ; he said he liked them, and would conic in the evening. W asked him for a reference; he gave one to a Mr. Neville, 27, Itishopsgate.street; but on inquiry there, no such person collet be found ; 11w prisoner did not come aga i n . On th e A s t of Jilly witness siw him in the sir Pet; mid having ;OLSON to suspect lie had robbed hint, called " Stop thief;' the prisoner hearing the cry, ran away, but was secured. Mea. Ratline recollected the prisoner ‘tallin; a second time on the 2S h nt ,Inly atter her husband win. gune She beard him talking to the servant, 09 , d guing to the door, saw him running away. Witness Went into the an:lllmila where the prisonttr had keen, and immediately missed r. silver intik poi, a wine sir aisle:, A !Mir nt sugar tongs from the side board, and limn a drawer its the bookcase two silk shawls, a silk ess, and ether articles. Hannah king, perrant to the proserialr. recollected the prim - tool . coming bark after her master was ont ; lie said to nitawa,n hr hail met hi...master in Fiushnr)•squatr, wlw had desired him to curve and wait his retina ; witness howeei hitu tip stairs; he mked if she %AP the mistress of the house; she told him she way only the pert ant ; lie said if lie t•atilo alt reside there and she was attentive, he would lewarit her.— She left him in the tonsil, tie fluor na• slot quite shut : lie ie. unlined about fire taint tes, when she heard him coming flown stairs. She went to meet him, a't++ tonna Into near the sure' doer. Winless asked whal lie wanted, he. said stinti.— Wittieps offered to Au for it, but lie said he wound go hirmelf ; lie went oust, and winless pan , hint aon away vt•ry 640. IVA. sit sa tans eettiin the plate ‘t as on the stileboaid heti sire 'honed the prisoner up the second time.. After he ran awe), ilitepp w slit up immediately and suiesed ,its No prison ball the priaorter had been in the room. Armstrong apprehended the pothunter, and found several 111.011 him tot articles of plate pledged by him. --Cli.irk, Ali, ot:in in Mr. Pearl, pawiihruker. of White. eli. pal, i.roted that tun of tip. ilisplicatis foetid on the 'all. snu••l welt hi. hand %%tiling. Tht•y were fun a w htr sirniner, milk poi, Ethic spolin,allit IC* Willal. These articles nett not 1.1. . 1 l.eut by the pi isuner. butt by a woman. Tlie sign les %%el I: produced. The wine strainer and spoon he twain pupitively 34 ear to. The other amides lie bought at 4 !•Ie only Jars before, but he btlivved 'hear pro. dn. w. re tht ;•411il• hit list. The VIIIOIV iy• a , ea in 31. Flcti , lfic, mind hirt rot% sibs oker, prod tierd Ihirs 4itiwls, 1? 1 , , d %t vino, at hi%Slwp sill Mr 29111..11111 a rlll. pru 1.1.1 b, 'lse %+M' ti. 1111.111 011 the Stith; imftvgialiel IL¢ 11'0 e. Thr l tit'o.., I, in ticti.nrc, gala, the smirk?' la, que•lf, writ. L .vvt: him iu bed pci - si:ti lie diduyl loons. Va• AV.PT 1 - - rha the isioth , ll ter Ms.% t, the trial of Adam., with fin zery, n 46, at 'di bite of the parties, Postponed WI acct FItIDAY. At the sitting of the Court. the bar and dock were fill, d with inf. scoters to be arrai ned for passing forged bank notes. in the wiiole 34, The first, who was a youth, pleaded guilt) to the capital charge ILA not guilty to the indictment. which only subjected him to transport s . Lon, and appeared to he in evident confusion. Mr. Harmer. tb t . solicitor, seeing . the lad's embnrrassmem, went to hint, and otter A 611nrt conversation, informed the Court that the prisoner had attsti sunder a mist/eke ) and wished to retract and reverse his pleas, if Coort would allow him the indulgence ; his application was in:rae die tele granted, an I different pleas recorded. While this was going ail, Mr. Brown, the keeper. went on the n.nl ; and informed the Common Sergeant and the Aldermen. that he mired a note from the Bank Solicitors at o o'clock the precedirq night. to bring the prisoners into Court that morning to plead; at'' th a t th e greater part of them had not been acquainted with the fact ci the indictments being thund against them until that morning ; they were consequently in great agitation and indelsion as to the cour_e they ought to adopt, and probably wished to consult with their solid. tors or friends, betiTe they risked their lives, or subjected thernselt to certain transportation for 14 years. IVitercupon the Continv7 Sergeant, with great humanity, desired the arraignment of those pri aoners might tit* proceed, but stand adjourned. John Totter, aged 32. was then put to the bar, charged with 0::' wilhal murder of Amy Render, by striking her several blows with Us futon the 44th of Jun e last, in the pat ish of Islington. Mr. Arabin stated the case on behalf of the prosecution. 'flee le arned counsel observed, that in con:'cting this prosecution, tl ;- most painful part of his duty would be done away ; for although ti:e prisoner had been, and that very properly. indicted for wilful murder. yet if his instructions were correct, the .lut of the jury would only rem- e them to find him guilty of Manslaughter. They would, however, have the law on the subject laid down to them by his Lord ship. when they should have heard the evidence. Thomas Fisher, father-in-law to the deceased, proved that his daughter-in-law and the prisoner, who is a razor-grinder, had cc. habited together as man and wife for two years and a half. On Mon day. the 40th of June, they were at work in a brickfield, the witness and his daughter.. In the morning the prisoner came to them ; Ise gave th+ deceased some money to get something to drink t prisoner contifftred there through the day, and towards evening they were both much intoxicated, and a quarrel arose between them ; ti.e prisoner *anted Or get away, but thd deceased would not let him go. She' caught held of him and tore his shin down. and still kept him fast. At length witness saw the woman on the ground, but witness could not tell whether she fell down or was knocked down by the prisoner, but witness saw the prisone' strike her whilSt on the ground. On the following day she died. Witbess could not say whether the deceased hail hold of the prisoner by his shirt and waistcoat at the time he struck her. Ann Fisher, wire to the last witness, and mother of the deceased, corroborated the statement of the former witness ; they quarrelled because the prisoner would not let the deceased have more beer; they were both intoxicated, but he was most so. James Parkinson, a surgeon, was called in on the Sd of J u ly t o examine the body of the decea sed ;he &covered ne ettemal marks of violence; but on opening the stomach he discovered (hat the blad der had been ruptured, and the bowels were consequently in a high state of inflammation. He could not swear poutiveiy, but he had every reason to' believe, the iniury arose from vaunt' violence. It might have been caused by a fall, or a bloW ; most likely by a blow ; but in the state in which the detested tras, a much less degree of violence than might be imagined would have oc6ssiettal the rupture. The rupture was the cause of death. In the state in which she was. het hdling on an Unequal surface might have occasioned the rupture. It was a matter of doubt with him in this case, whether the rupture was occasioned by a blow or a fall. Fish( r, the father; was called back. and stated, that he considered' the conduct of the deceased as very imprar ; he could not bear to see her behaviour, and turned his back on her. She was very much given to drinking. Mr. Justice Bayley summed up to the jury, commenting on the evideece, particularly on that of the surgeon, who had declared his doubts as to the cause of the death of the deceased. If the jury should have any doubts, they would give the prisoner the benefit of ' them. Verdict—Not Guilty. Henry Nash, a respectable looking man, 3? years of age, was next put to the bar, charged with the wilful murder of his wife, Cathedhe • Nash, on the nth of Aug. last. Elizabeth Nash, an interesting child, apparently shout 12 years of age, daughter of the prisoner, and step-daughter to the deceased, was the first witness examined. Her father and the deceased lived in the tenter ground near the Shepherd and Shepherdess. 'fitness recol lected going home with her fatherahout three o'clock ia the afternoon of Sunday, the eth of Augusta *hen they went info t..e house, her mother, the deceased, was in bed, undressed. She to abuse the ' witness very much; amt. getting out df bed, came up to her, and airiest her two or three times. Her father interfered to take her part, and gently pushed her mother away ; her mother fell down and in her fall struck her head against the bed post. Witness offered to help her up, bet she said she would lie where the was. She efter • wards got lip without help, and again went to bed. The prisoncf I slept with the deeeased that night, and the witness in an adjoining room. Next morning the prisoner went to woth. Witness went to her mother, who complained of a rain in her head. Witness sent for a neighbour, named Bennett . anti about 10 o'clock she went to' desire her feller to come lame. He cahae immediately, and was entering the house to go to her rilether, whets he was stopt, and taken into custody by nn offiser. Her mother died next day. Her mos. tiler was in the habit of drinking a good deal. Witness did not tLilik she was quite usher on Sunday afternoon ; when her father attempted to prevent her mother *hiking the witness, her mother seized her father by the shirt and waistcoat. and tore them. Mr. Ha a surgeon, stated, that be was called in :a the deceased on the Monday, about noon time. She was disci scarcely in her causes. She complained of a violent pain in het head. Witnesse examined her head, and discovered a slight contusion over the left (erotic, but he did not consider it of sufficient ceitiscauence to require any surgical applientien. He visited the dictated again in the evening, she still complained of the head ; irlttiess bled her, and applied A bout half past five on Tuesday niarning he was again called to her .- Ile found her labodring under slang aemptoms of apoplexy. She continued ro till even;fig, when the died.lahouring under those sympa toms. Witness ant man% opened the heath of the deceased. ser4 rolled a blood vest tl on the Intim ruptured. This, iu his opiniftd, canard her death ; it was on the opposite side to that on wdich end bruise on her fete pie appeared. Justice Huirough here stearpcd the ease. observing, if the jury believed this et:Hence of the surgeon, the push which the piisener gave the deceased could not have been the falls! Of her death. The • Jury immediately acquitted the juisoner. Francis Coats was indicted for stealing a Inl. note of the Bank of , England, the property of die Hey. George AN'llitticy. There was another count, charging the rote to be the property of the :flavor and Corporation of Bristol. It appeared from die testimony of the diffivent witnesses that the only proof against the prisoner was his having changed the. note in e,ueston in LtilltlOP. This the prisoner did tact (fitly ; he confessed t iring had the note, but raid he reciiied it at the 'Wit:rester Bank fer meal notes paid in there by him. It was proved that he raid the local notes described into the Worcester th o lk, t d otigh the Hank did not recollect having had the to!. note in their possession. The Jury, without hesitation, acquitted the prisoner. It is said to be in eonteniplation to employ a certain number of naval officers. with men under 11 tie erders. for the 1 urpose of pre venting the landing of contraband t cc c's., cnd to be stationed at such distances along the coast. front tic I.le of Wight to 11. c 14c or Sheppy, as will made thole to keep up 11 Ot.a:;.-Int cuirintmication. • !-14