The National Register. — London, England, 1822-11-04 00:00:00

its r '* 9 1.7. sgo Of, I) 13.4/1.1:)' S RSS lON S. T i , v1).4 V. OCT. 8 F.. devil k Stone was indicted for tram the 1 , 1 , 1.011 0t . 61.01ge %Val net, a silk band kes ehiet, value la •billi ng .. his property. The pie., CIIIIIT, it appeared, an. passing throng]; Pic cadilly. a hen the pi ismier writ L, hind him a n d with much dexterity aos,tarted the handkerchief hon. his V4'1.0. lit' was slow rved by a lad named Andrea a, a Ito t , tliately seisrd him. and gave him in charge to all e'r. The handketchiel was fostini iii his possession, was Aeons to by the prosecutor. The Jury ram., 11i111 guilty, and he was immediately Fr men, ed to be transpai tett for i it.. On hearing his sl.ll - he made a rob, ))))) I obeisance to the Recorder, and reclaimed, " Thank son. Sir " S wish 11. ad wax indieted for ft/eAlille a silver watch, %wee s., twat properly of Samuel Vincent. The. r and het husband. it a,-peared, were lodg ers in the proseentoos I. um-e. 'flit acts II its rine-sliest was haul lot; ill the lull-. oom adjoining tic.' moo intent. oeciti ird by the 'whetter, and rhiring the alisenee Of the it was stolen, a.iil soltsuplently fawn, at pa+ ntiroler's, alio paved it to 1::..e been pledged by the prisoiler. 'I he Jury found her guilty, lint strongly recommended i.e. ra wet ey Adolphus, on the part Of the proweittion "ignited Wirt ietWhitteen.Williane Leiresti . r,Jolin Unity, and Samuel Raven, who stuml indicted for waling lb sot Cl rien•, three watches, Kr. in the tits ..... se •1 - .latties Curtis, a polblican at lionnslow, applied to the • forrlie pOilponenwrit of the trial moil next sea/Omni, for the pot pronfti allowing time to bring fora:oil some importato evtilvtire. Alter a 1 . .. w observations from Mr. Alley for the pri sm.. t•. the trial was ordered for ‘Veditesday nest. Alexander Robertson was !dared at the bar, charted capitally a ith forging the hall oust ks of the (ioldstni.l.' t'cnlpuuy. He applied to the rout tto have his trial post poned to the next sessions. His request eas el anted. H. Day. a man of very respectable appearance, was plac.d at the bar on an ii.dielineutt charging :tint capitally with srlliug certain pieces of silver platy. beariueg the forged stamp of cite Goldsmith's Cumpututy, lee well know he the sitille to be forged and collide' frit. Mr. IVallord op..rwd the pleading., and the Attorney ()emend stated the ease for the prosecution. The iwisoner was a aoe king silversmith, residing at Wildmiess-rew, Clet k vowel!. In Match, 11121, Ile dealt with a siSseismilli.in the Strand, named Jones, to about he' road 'tuition. articles of plate, on which With impressed a fots:ed stamp of the King's head. 41 hill of ',stele was delivered at the in which it retrain sum visa charged f or di t ty paid to the Company. lie also, in the months of December and February last,sidd to an o ther Air. ..10111 a, tesidisig iut a dilTrleut part of the lowa , certain articles of plate, also hearing the astute forged and coon el fell walk.. These were the farts riffle.. a:i.e.:m.l after statiur the law, and esplai vin g !el 11.1..11113, the disc. ipt ion of mink. n.e.l by the Gold•miths' Company, the Attorney General pu °reviled to call his witnesses, who sit pu-ed to the tarts jospretOr of stamps in the Stamp-00%re, nleJ at Goldsmith's flail, p.oved, that the nisi ks Nam she 'poet's and other articles sold by the tit istaier to flue dif 1. ent witnessu s wet e all Mt grit. The btother of the po proved, that the prisoner was dangerously 111 in I S'rn and 1.21, cud his lisine•s was transacted by oilier persons, A great nombet a vt ty respectable persons were called to character. Mr. Cartelage swern.—l ant a silver spoon maker. In my transactions with Goldsmiths Hall they c ommitted mistake. Lase August twelvemonth WWI aide' ne,, is j.m. was apprehend. on a warrant for forging t l it . H a ll mas k s uu silver SprionS-1 was saki', to ilie Nlausion•lionse, Heil there Mr. Miles„ alio was the inspector, discovered his mistake, and the mat ks were t dto be genuine. I was set al I.bet ty, and have never heard of the tsairat Sine.. A Juror oh d, that when the goods were sent by the prisoner to the Hall to he masked, it was possible that his ors-eager might have exchanged them, and putt a forged mark upon flame a hich he stilisitinted. Tut Judge amine, sup and the Jury relit, ned a verdict of Gi mit ulty, but reconwied Itim to men y. Th. re was another indictment ags•iiist I.ltn, on which Th. Alley •aid it was not intended to proceed. Theodore Conatantme, a genteelly de essed young Ft Forbin:in, of remarkably plepUlltening countenance, was capitally ii•dieteul for stealing it gold watch, chain, nod ...Ids, and three gold seals, the plow:at) . of Gotha 1111 l e J Mitt, ht his &aching-house. Mr. Ja. rite (ulls() a Frenchman) stated, that the I,lisetter was the son of a cety abslty slid respreta`de old Man, who !mid him (Witness) a glli ll ert a ',seek for the pri seams% use, and the latter called every week to r. ceive it. Upon one or elution, alien witness was trout home, the prisons r called, and aunt tip into his bed roam, and a hen he was gone the articles mentioned, which had b. en de posited there, were missing. They wet e after% at ils it aced • to bay,- been ' , hawed by the prisoncr. 1•1,e pris o ner, in hi, defence, said he plirchased these articles trout a French gentleman, a Itli whom he Jilted da y unr at a rev arratear , Leiri star-square. TheJnry (onto! the prisoner Guilty—Death. Mr. Jarrin handed in a lett. r wl.cch he had received few% the prisoner's Ruttier, in answer to one itiluensisig I of what had occurred. The letter stated, in very moving terms,tleat the prisoner vba totally it reclaqsaable, and that he had, by a long comae of di pravity. al t broken his tatber's heart. He could du file mane ht hiw , and the law sated take its l'OlirSe. There was another indictment against the thiamin', for Pleating three gold brooches hum Junatban Tllollle, but he was not tried upon it. J. Josephs, a very well-dressed Jew, was capitally in. dieted fur stealing a silver tea-put, and a great quantity of other plate, lle property of Sir William Don Gordon, in his dwelling house. Sir W.l). lives in Hanover-square, and In July last the place below, in his I se, whew the plata was kept, was entered, and robbed 01 all it contained. An tolvtertsentent With IlUblklltti in one of the daily papers, in consequence 01 which a man stained Jupp fns warded I .furaialion, that a part of the stolen plats was deposited at the shop of • Mr. (}asst, a silversmith. A watch war rant wa. hatted, mid past of list stolen property ass I•xusd at Mr. Gaeta's, and he was taken into custody, but iwme slight) declared that lie had poichased it openly in toe any cf bc,icca, how the pi ismer Joepla. Joseph,, L 1 4:"wei 001 pe 7' THE NA' REGISTER when take**, firmly denied ever bring at Guest's lionse on the day stated by the latter. Mr. Guest, and his wife and ilaneliter were called, and allswot.' I the prisoner sold the plate at his shop on the evening of the day when the robbery was stated to hare taken ;gave. After H trial, which lasted s I hours, the Jary found the priser•i•r Not Hy, Tu rs DA V, OCT. W 9.-301111 was charged with bitrel.:l iiniov entering the dwelling house of Mr, Skelton, itt . l.; King•strert y, and stealing the rt fruit, em tons at tides of 'Sate and jewellery to a very Int_e amontit. The following it the sebstance of the evidence which was adduct II for the proseentioto is—On the bight of tlle Inds of September, Mr. skeltott, whin it a jewel!, r, locked tip Ids shop as iistial, and I rtiled 10 rest. Om tissue, the next mot Mos; its !Omni the shop si•iiit opett,and discoveted that he had been robbed. Air. Skelton stated his lust 81 Row-street, and watch was 111:111C Itr the robbers. In Oettilier, in irmistspienre of information which he receiv ed. Mi, skellon proceeded etait au otlicer towards Dra per's place, Iturime-cteseent, whet,' the prisoner and hot will' lodged. Near St. Pelletal , ehnnrb they met the pri soner and his wife. The officer told them he wanted them, and that he was gOilie to sear ch their lodgings. oug of ;he pt kolor is said, •' 11 r do not live Inge ; we live at Mary lehoete." 'I he officer, however, took Owen into custody, and pont-retied with them to Drapetie-place. %Viten ihry strived Uccle the psis is wile SAW she had never berm there heroic, other knocked its No. 27, and the woman who opened the door at since said that the risotto and his wife lodged their. Ott settrettitty the house, the officer found YO pencils which corresponded in size with some which bad been stolen limn ilr.Skelton im silver eases. Iu the ears of the peisoner's wife weir a pair of drop cur•riu; the lints; color believed to be his propel ty, because they corresponded in pattern with some which had been stolen from Item. On the first lloor were buret, five skeleton and several othrr keys, It was not, however, clearly ',loved that the prisoner lodged in this pat, of the house. Twenty font skeleton keys, four of lirahmati's, and many utters, were found in a violet at the top of the stairs. A small crow•har and three phos phorus bones were found in a rlo•et in a bed-tooni. The Jory loopd the prisoner Guilty of privately stealing to the valne of 40s. John Lambe Was indicted fur stealing the stint of 1901., the property of Me,• , is. Leighton and CO. The prOSCIrIatOIN are tuataitactureiv at Manchester. The prisoner was employment. The case was so cleat ly proved, that the Jiisy, without permitting Re corder to sum up the evinesiee, found the prison. r and the Court sentenced him to transportation fur lota tent rases. John ‘Valtars and Julio Lacy, who were convicted last week of stealing some bands from their emps..yers, klessrs. I hale and Co., were to-day tried on an indictment lisr a similar °flown, with a view to lierealter using their conviction un the present indictment upon the la oseention of Richard (lastk,, a brewer, residing ut Bethnal-green charged with receiving the casks, knowing them to be stolen, in case he (chi ke) shall lie taken. tie has lathes-to succeeded iii eluding the search of the citficeis who are seeking tut hint. The prosecutors, it appealed, have been Islamic ?Pi in this way to the enormous extent of 1,20411• within twelve mouths. The July found them both Guilty, and they were sen tenced by Ili, Court to transportation for seven years. Mr. Alley that it wits ultimo !ant for aro rams to know, that hail the Nord " sets a tit a " not been (milted in the iwilictisicsit, the sentence would have been 14 years' II envoi fiti , .n• WEIIIVE , DAY, ("xi. 30.—George Ilrindon was indicted for stealing two bonnets ' the properly of John Shaw. A constable of St. Luke's, took the prisoner onto cus tody, on Saint day the Nth, at t halt past eight in the evening, in 6 , 1111.11-1411..; being asked what he had got, he 7111 A N creel two lomm•ts," which he said belonged to his sisters. lie afterwards said, lie bad got them from a ;seism. named Rohm is, resitting an slaw Comptomstreet. St. liiles's„ and was gouts; to aubmu them to his sister, lor lies nppruval ; the witness cottoned whether his sister knew he was to filch the b Is? lie replied " yes." This proved to be false.—(guilty. "tionias Feat by, William Whitton, William Leicester, John Only. and sam. Raven, were indicted for ideating in the dwelling house of J. Curls, a publican, at limit's low, in sovereigns, note watches, etc. his property. James Curtis keeps the White R. Hounslow. On the ISIls of .September last, rearuy and came in al t half past one. They had slept thou e once before, and had been fietptently at the house. They cafes togs , ther in a gig, and had dinner, and went away about half past three. At half past eight in the eveaing the) re , turned; the usher lalstilltril ditty e tip directly utter. A sixth person, named While, (slot in custody) was !Mete at the same these ; they all appeared acquainted, and sat in the .4111 r room on the ground Ihior. The limses and gigs went drawn rip in a line in the front of the house. After singing two songs, one of which was the " Bay at 'heresy 0," in which they all joined in ehorits, Illey all went olf like a shot. They .rent the rely m ttttt ent the lust sung was eutirlinled.— W Minn' threw three pence into witness's hand for the usUc r. Ennio jumped into the gig amid they drove Mt ri ttttt ediately. lie had been walking up and down the passage fur some minutes, iu the course of fro idler the prironets had lefi,lsis wife informed him that the Iced room bad been ',ripped. lie went tip and found the door had brill oisiloKed ; the bureau forced open, appa rently by the means of a small crow bar, sir some steel Mist, ttttt ent ; five or six boxes were also broken, and a miantity of paper thrown upon the bed. There were missing several table spoons and other articles of plate, among which were a pooch ladle, al-sell rings, three sil ver watches, several articaes of jewellery, three five poised Bank of England notes, one of the Abingdon Batik, 16 sovereigns, and either monies, amounting to I nearly lINIi, lie sent his wile for au officer, and they went in pursuit. AI Kensington they homed the piousness —thine were iii the Nlaripless 4i; Granby, and two unless wear the gateway of the Palace. Theme were tour And one person Oil 111,1M:b4CIN, who all took the si • do , ree•tints front his house. I las es-cost-sett the three live .pound notes, boil no other putt of the property. lie was muss examined at great length by Wrists. Alky and Plait, but uuthing material was elicited in la trines of She prisosiese. James Hampton. ostler In the prosecutor, swore that he retollgcled all the live pi having 1•1•E•11 at kw tuastst's boast. He raw .teat by mid Whitte' there in Try 't the tnorning. When the ilarty'eame in the evenisg, the Imre, weta byvalter kept in 11:1111e0 at the door, tra,ty to *tail. Witness w ar at the door, where he eastl.l MIS into theilaaaage, sod doting the time he INAll . there, no. hotly beaillow the party in gttettion moored the paava ge ...„, —At I: ill past nine they all came out, and went away together. The appeared to be sober. Soon atter they were gone ua ite.. heard of the robbery. lle act off with hit master in pursuit of the thieves. Saw the prisoners, together with a maw not now ha et:slimly, ketilingtute. hey were at too different public Molars. Mary Simpson.—la a servant to Mr. Oath.. Bement_ hers the pat iy cooling into the how.e n the night in (omelet.; witneka waited on then.; they were all in the parlour when she tiepin to wait on di, in; they were ten ill all. F. übv and Whitton had brandy and waive. Mr. Cook, the high constable of Ilutni.low, Stainev, a horse patent, and other witnesses, tlepu.e.l to having pia tined and overtaktio the pt ' , meet s and a man tiane , tl White at Kensington. Frarby and %V ilitton were at one pit bloc hints.. tn r ther. Carry and ICivrn weft- stopped at the gate by the hot so panel. Li.icevter an 4 Whil e wereLtakt uou the toad together. When they had !treat iu etyoudy 40,0 an hunt, White ronilived to blip oat iit ilia boost., and hay newer been heard 4.f aim.... A watch was f I near where Cutrey and Raven were Mopped. . .. This closed the Case fur the proaectition. The Recorder summed up the evidence wills much mi. mitenesx, and left it to the Jury to say whether the rab bet y could leave been co 11111 l i l led by ally lather pursuits than the promisees. The Jury retired for about a quarter of an hour, and returned with a verdict, finding all the prtsuncis guilty —death. Tile Recorder, addressing the prisoners obaerved, !lett three other pereinis Wert` 110 W tinder sentence of death iii Neergate for the same spectre of offence of whirl' Ila y had just been cstivicteal, and it wan a kind of crime which had of late bee .O prevalent, that eevet ity wan neves. nary to check it.—Publicans were compelled by law to keep their louses open Its all persons who chose to rater them fair reit estiment, mid their propertf was meessaiily very mach exposed, and they mast be protected. This limier had been tubbed by as deeply laid a plan 45 COlll,l have been conceived, and it was impossible to hey a hat might be the decision of his Majesty til their several Cases. They bad better prepare fur the worst that could happen. Fearhy was a very respectable looking man, and /teem.. ed possessed of considerable ellent.—The trial lasted all d a v. , 4111'RSIItY, Ocr. 31.—SWISDLIFG.—ThOMII4 Berry was indicted for stealing a quantity of plate and bow., the property of George Golford. The prosecutor is employed by Messrs. Weate,Cardon, and C. Ward, to keep a waretitiuse for letting out goods, iii Md ward-street, Portman-square. Ile was sent to No. 2, Park - street, Grosvennr- square, to a Mr. Thomas Berry. The house was lit for a nobleman, and Mr. Berry had taken it for a twelve month certain. Ile made inquiries into the character of the parties, which were answered satisfactorily. He then sent sheets, damask table cloths, half a dozen silver tabla and a damn tea spoons. for the loan of which lOC COI. per week was to be paid. They were delivered Oil the sth of October, Itell. Ile had not at that time seen Mr. and Mrs. Berry, but only a woman, who called herself the housekeeper. The next week the hire was paid, and a pair of sheets and pillow-cases re turned, and an under given for six more table spoons, for ono night's use only. He sent three days after for the spoons. hut they were not returned. In five or via weeks after he apphed to Mr. and Mrs. Berry for the amount of the bill, hut Cut neither money nor ;tomb. He rolled in a few days after, deternsined nut to leave the house until lie saw the prisoner.— Ile had been there about an hour and a half when Berry came in. and the servant said to him, .. I am glad you are come, Sir, for this man has gut into the house, and has behaved very ill indeed." Berry walked up into the drawing room, and asked him to follow. Witness told him he was route for his employers' goods and the hire of them, and that lie would Not go without them. Berry said his wife was in the country, and hail the goods to up, but she would return on the Saturday, whey the goods s hould be 'wet back, 111111 the hire paid. Ho felt dissatisfied, and still said he would not go away ; on which the prisoner produced a poileadaeok, with hills to the amount of 201101. lie picked net one of the smallest, which lie said was only for 150/. and which witness was to hold as a security mail the following Saturday. Ile took it and went away. The hill purported to he drawn by Thomas Coates, and accepted by Jolla May, of Trinity-square, Aldersgate-street. Thu !in stiller wished to endorse it, but the witness slid lie would nut *put it in circulation. lie called on the Saturday, and several times afterwards, but never saw the prisoner until the 311 of Oetaber this year. There is no Trinity-tepnere, Aldersgate , hut a Trinity court, and at No. 6, there:he found a John May, lodging in a garret. Ile saw Mrs. May, who had been maul/ bing the stairs, hut she would not let him go up to her hesitate'. Ile found the prisoner at a furnished house, in Edgware-road, which he had just taken for a twelvemoutla certain also. lie had him taken into custody. Mr. Berry insisted then, and before the Magistrate, that be had never seen eitness !reline, until the hill was produced, and then the jfaultered ; and he only then believed that he had seen witness m before. When Mr. Berry was searched, isome waste paper, fourpence half penny, and a metal chain, with no watch at the end of it, were found upon bits. The prosecutor's porter proved the delivery of the go, Is. Mrs. Anne Sawyer swarm—She is proerielor of the house, N 0.2. Park-street, and had the good fortune to let it, he Yet. 1521, to Mr: and Mrs. Berry, at 1001. per annum. They said they came from Worcester, and referred her to Bull and B out:- hank, at Adslieuourt, bark of the Bank, whom they represented as their ueents. Berry slid lie was a gentleman, corning to reside in lawn, with his aunt. She went to Adam-owl, Throgutorton-street, and 801 l and Brookhank wive Berry an excellent charaeter. They lied chambers. Site never got h e r relit, nor could find Bull and Brook bank afterwards. Ilcily and his wife led before quarter-day, m u d lady their Maid wen vast was there, who left the house when witness came theme. Thin was the case hoe the prosecution. The prisoner in his defence said, he newer saw the goodd, Het er ordered them, or caused them to be ordered, 21111 Mrs. Berry told him that she had never wean nor ordered them. lia celled no witnesses. 'flue Recorder was about to sum tip the evidence, when the Jury wished to save him the trouble i bull he told him he must maku au observation on the lam of the cane. Here the ;tee." Iwere delivered up with the knowle , :ee mid Cllll,l'lll .it the owner . and if the pris o ner did not at the time of 146'1 , 1 them 1 ,ontemplate the inakiug uvray with them, he could not be 1.1..4 guilty of stealing. If they tl 1111 l gid that he intended to 41,spaie. of them. and v.ith that slew employed II radakut preteu‘co to V ; •k