The National Register. — London, England, 1817-04-21 00:00:00

APRIL ff. tor, and he told then, it was for 1001. They returned to No. 4, star-court, where the prisoner J. Nathan was in bed they teld him shat they had got; be, in conaeiptence, - got np, and said he world go out and get the 1301. note changed, and be secordiligly went out. He returned between six and seven o'clock, and acid he could not get it changed any where. The prisoner then add he was going to shoed: the explanation of which site gave was, that he was going to the Jewish prayers. She denied having any thing to do with the pocket book or Bank notes after she bad taken the book oat of the proseen. so:'s side pocket, and said the prisoner, Setrkl:l Joseph, con. crated the 1001. note in her atm pit. Iletwcoa eleven and twelve o'clock on Wednesday, the prisoner returned to No. 4, Star-court, accompanied by a young man, whom he called his brother, and said he had got rid of the 1001. note, bat had only been able to obtain 301. for it, and that his brother had introduced him to a fence (a receiver of stolen propel ty). He told her there were only two 11. notes iu the pocket book, in addition to the 1001. note ; she was entitled to 161.; his bro ther was entitled to 11. from each as a brokerage for intro daring bun to the freer, to purchase the 1001. note. 'lbis she agreed to, and took 131. as her share, with whi c h s h e h a d taken clot hes out of pledge, and purchased others; she had paid a 51. note at Mr. Wises, a pawnbroker's, in St. Giles's. When Nathan returned the first time without bringing the change for the 1001., he said he dant get it, or they should all be hanged or transported. On Saturday night the robbery having been traced, Murray and Cooper. the constables, went to No. 4, Star-court, where they found upon the prisoner Nathan, and in a tin ease in a cupboard, Bank notes to the amount of 321., supposed to be part of the change of the 1001. mote. Mr. Isaacs attended for the prisoners, and contended that nothing had been proved against Nathan, and that he there fore was entitled to his discharge ; or at any rate he could only be made an accessary after the tact, and was entitled to bail. The application wag resisted, oo the ground that more evidence would be produced against Nathan at another efca- Initiation. The giving up of the notes found in his possession was also retitsed, it being supposed they would turn out to be the produce of the robbery. Joseph and Nathan were com mitted, and Sarah Cooper was detained to give evidence. Richard Tookey was bi ought from Union Hall, where he was in custody, on the charge of au assault, and was put to the bar on suspicion of a murder committed in heisted. He deities the charge, but in answers the description sent from Dublin sufficiently to induce the Magistrate to detain him till farther information cast be obtained. MANSION- HOUSE. A robbery of an extensive nature lies been recently disco vered to have been committed in the home of Sir John Per ring and Co. bankers. The principal delinquent, Batikes, long a confidential servant in the establishment, aJsconded, was pursued to Dover, and front thence to Calais ; but upon the arrival of the otfict rs at the latter place, they as etc in formed, that for want of a passpost and other cessary reccriimendations, hr could not proceed to the ititer,r of the French kingdom. Bankes accordinzly, in company with a female named Dye, returned with all expedition Dover; whence, however, both being as quirkiy followed by the offs cers, they were secured, said conilneted to London by M atm and :1111041tea city officer. Ram.es and Dve :aye since uncle - g the two private examinations at this office; and on Faid..y, pit the request of their solicitor, they were remanded for a giablic hearing on a future day. 01 1 ILDHALL. Mary Brown was oti Muoday brought before Sir Wm. Car tM, upon the charge of having attempted ti convey to a con vict, under sentence of death in Newgate, a rope, to aid hint in escaping from prison. Anne Summers, the searcher of fe scales at Newgate, swore, that sbe searched the prisoner on Sunday, in her approach to the convict's cell, and found, between her shoulders, a rope of length and strength sufficient for the Important experiment of an escape from any p Et of the prison. The rope was here produced, and answered the description given by the Witness. As soon as this detection took place, the cell of ths• convict was examined, and every thing there was found in a state of preparation tor departure. The fetters of the criminal were filed asunder, and he seemed to wait with impatience some additional means of getting rid of his imprisonment. Mr. Hardy stated, that the convict's name was Brown alias Ryan, and that he had been sentenced to death for committing a robbery, in conpuiction with two others, upon a man, on Finchley Common.—Sir Win. Curtis, Where did you get that rope, Mary ; and what were yeti going to do with it? Prisoner, Your Honour, I found it in St. Giles's ; and I was afeard they'd take it from itte, and that woe the reason I hid it.—Sir William, You found it, Mary, did you ? Pray, what relation are yon to the convict now is Newgate?—Prisoner, I am his wife, your Honour; I am Paddy Brown's wife.—Sir William, You area very fit subject for Botany Bay, Mary ; and so I shall commit you for trial. Take her away, and swear the witness against her. I think Paddy Brown will be obliged to me for this. They will pro bably see each other there.--- Au Officer, Your Honour, the two confederates of Brown will certainly be hanged.- —Sir William, How dare you. to attempt to decide upon so impor tant a!) event ,as the life of a fellow creature? Why d i; y ou presume to question the mercy that lives in the breast of Kings ?—Mary Brown was fully committed. She is about .20 years of age, of very interesting appearance, and had Paddy Brown's and her child in her arms. MARLBOROUGH STREET, Day° Coppin, 50 years of age, was charged with attempt ing to violate the person of Farah Davis, 13 years of age.— Strati Johnson, of New• con rt, St. Johmstrvet, said, that it hont eight o'clock on Friday night she was in Kiug•strect, Holborn, and SIM the prisoner address the child, and lead her ilowit M Suspecting his intention, she spoke to A.lr„ lt r i g d e , ; , the landlord of a public house, who went and hooted hint ont ; and lr then went into another yard, nearly opposite, upon which witness a.,priseil a watchman of the transaction. 'l' its watchman said he went down a yaid in Kigz.sirerl, 4ll ,4 iliseoversA the pnsons in the corner. The girl's apparel *se disordered, and he took than both to the wateh•heuse. 11e did not hear the gill scream or make any resis;anee.— tia;•ali D.. viv, the cid, said that she was going on an errand for her mother, to Dr. Cleverly's, in Bedford-square, and wag met by the prisoner in Kiug.sereet. He asked if she was le•gaing; she answered, No. He took her by the liand and 1.41 her shown a \ lews; she did not know his object, but he proaii‘ed to 4ive her :money. A 6iitlettsiii thin went down Ow! Nlews, hooted him aid, and he led her down another Mews, where he began to take indecent liberties with her. She would have railed for vsistance, but for the timely ar rival of w tteleman, to wham the poisoner reproomted ;ter es his prisoner acknewletl.red the fief, sad was ordered to give 24 hours uotice of respectable bail. THE NATIONAL REGISTER. LAW INTELLIGENCE. The busbies% of the Court of King's Bench, (listing the last week, has not presented say rase of sufficient interest to oc cupy the columns of the present Number; and such abridg ments of cases of local interest as our limits would allow, would neither gratify the curiosity of the general reader, nor satisfy the parties immediately notarised. We wish, there fore, that the TCOders Of the NATIONAL REGISTER would bear in mind, that whenever we are silent respecting the Proceed ings of Public Bodies, whether in Pailiament. the Courts of Law, the Police Offices, the Old Bailey Sessions, or other places of pnlilic business, our silence implies that we have nothing of importance to communicate. Our readers will not estimate the usefulness of our Paper by the her of pa ragraphs it nay contain ; but by the value of the informationwhich, from time to time, it is in our power to convey. In this respect, we think, we may sentare to stand the test of comparison with any of our contemporaries. COURT OF CHANCERY. Tuesday, in the Court of Chancery, the Lord Chancellor heard Counsel in a private room in the case of a marriage of a ward in Chancery. It was in the form of a Petition front the father of Maria Hookham, an infant, and a ward of the Court, who, on coming to the ace of 21, is entitled to the sum of 20001.; praying, that a person of the name of Charles Town!'bend, a journeyman silversmith, who had carried oil' the infant, Maria Hookham, and married her, might he com mitted to the custody of the Warden of the Fleet Prison, for a contempt of Court. The clergyman who had married the parties, attended; and, after several questions from the Lord Chancellor, his Lordship observed, that it would be a great happinessfor the country, that all eentlemen in orders were ac quainted with the provisions ofthe Marriage Act. There appear ed nothing improper in the conduct of the father; and tinder all the circumstances of the case, his Lordship thought it to be his duty to commit 'Fownsliend to the Fleet Prison, until an arrangement took place with respect to the property in ques tion. Townahend was accordingly taken away, in the custody of the officer, and lodged the Fleet. OLD BAILEY. Wednesday the Sessions commenced at the Old Binley, be fore the Lord Mayor, Barim Wood, Mr. Justice Dallas, the Recorder, &c. &e. G. AVelela was indicted for stealing a large quantity of bed and (rode linen. and other articles. the property of Anne M. Thomson; and a lar2e qnantity of wearing apparel and a ...atilt, the property of W. Gunn, in the dwelling house of the said Anne M. Thomson, who kzepa a loslging-house in Suffolk sheet, r b firitvz cross, and the prisonzi• lodged in it. Guilty —Tlea".. vines„ I. Grev, and 11. Ronse, for a burglary in the hoe Want, and stealing a w atch, five 101. Bank notes, tee. hi. prmierix. were also capitally convicted. When the verdict was pt onnunce4i. 7 1Ir. Want pepped For ward. ;id felt it dm , to the pristmers to state, that whilst in hi. house on the night of the robbery. they did not attempt any personal aljnry on his family, which they might have (1' ne (burins , the hones of sleep. Mr Justice Da!!as observed, that he would take a note of Mr. Want's oliservatioti. J. Jones was 41(1 , r-fed for robbing D. Jones on the highway of a watch, 1.'1'1(.301. hi. property. Mr. Jones, the prosecutor, deposed, that be is a clerk in the House of C mmons. On the evening of the 20th of February, he had been dining in the city, and nut his return about eleven c'r'ock at night, tw o men ran against him near Round-court, in the Su rand, and brought him to the crown!. He pat his hand to his pocket. and found his geld chroonnieter hart been taken away. lie then seized the prisoner, but his companion excelled. Witness had never recovered his watch s i nce . W. Nettleton was constable of the night at St. Martin's wateh.honse, when Mr. Jones brought the prisoner there.— Mr. Jones appeared a little elevated, but perfectly collected. Witness said to the prisoner, the watch was a valuable one. and he might as well tell where it was, that the Gentleman might get it again. The Prisoner hesitated a minute or two, and then said, " No ; that will never do."—Verdict—Not Guilty. CHARGE OF MURDER. On Friday, Jane Wild was capitally indicted for the murder of her infant child. Mary Walsingliarn lodged in the same house with her. On Friday, '2lst of February, Elizabeth White came to fetch her to go to the prisoner's apartment. Witness put her hand on the prisoner's shoulder, and said, "Jane, you were in a fa mily way ?" She said , " Yes." Witness asked, " Are you so now?" The prisoner answered, "No." She next asked her where she child was, and the prisoner said she had got it. The prisoner then went into her own bed-room, went round the bed, turned hack the pillow and bolster, and took the child np in her own arms. It was naked, excepting a piece of flannel on its body, a cap en its head, and a hand kerchief across the month. Upon seeing this, witness said, " Hussey, you have murdered the child.". The prisoner said, " No, I have not," and appeared much agitated. Witness asked for what the handkerchief was tied oil the mouth in that manner, and she said it was to keep the jaw from fald ing. Witness said, that was not the way to tie it, and the prisoner sat down and took the handkerchief off. The cloth came up a little above the mouth, and was tied several times rotund the head. It was a silk handkerchief, it was not in the least net. Witness left the room to get an officer, and the prisoner sat down in the chair. The child at the time witness saw it (about 3 o'clock in the (Ely) was quite warm. The prisoner passed as a single woman, under the name of Jane Wild. Witness saw no marks of violence on the child, she knew it to be a custom, after a child is dead, to tie the under jaw up. Elizabeth White corroborated the last witness's statement, %slims-. saw no marks of violence on the child. The countenance of the child was perfectly calm and pla cid; it seemed as if it were John Porch, an Os( vseer of the parish of St. Andrew, lhalhorn, was bound ()see to prosecute. On taking the pri soner to the worklmese, witness risked her why she tied the handkerchief roti;:d the chilli's head, and she said " I did It to prevent its jow from dropping." PPOli asbsing her what these she war delirrred, sille said, " Between :, and tt o'clock." Ile asked her if. when the child was delivered, it cried; she said, " No, it did mt." Jatnes Taslor, surgeon, examined the child carefully, the and lu.ad kerchief having hi en removed. Their were no marks of violence apart the child. Ile e.taitiii..retl, apart one tin, the child, that it sever could have h4tethed, as the lung acre collared. John Peter Vincent perfectly concurred in the opinion of the lan witness. The functions of respiration bad never been duly performed. 'the prisoner said nothing in bee defence, and so witnesses were called by her Counsel. Mr. Baron Wood, in slimming up to the Joey, remedied. that in order to convict the Prisoner of murdering the inten k t the jury must be satisfied of two things: Ist, that the child Wrl% horn alive, and if this be distinctly proved, then, Silly, whether, after it was se born alive, she. wilfully sturderedlt. After a abort consideration, the Jury sequined the priso ner of the whole charge. Saturday, Richard Gatlmrne Batt. who Is now eenfintid in Isiewgate, having been committed for publishing a certain wicked and malicious libel. imputing to Edward Lord El. lenborongli the crime of r ; and another libel,impnting to Robt. Hen. Lord Castlereagh, that he 'had stated a gross falsehood in the House of Commons to answer his own per. poses; and a third, charging the said Lord Ellenborough. that he had unjustly convicted him, the said R. G. Butt, to make money of him—was put to the bar. Mr. Walford. on the part of the prosecution, moved, that the prisoner might be detained in custody, notwithstanding the discharge of the Grand Jury, and the circumstance of a bill of indictment not having been preferred against hint. He made the present motion upon an affidavit of Mr. }lab house the solicitor for the prosecution; in which it was stated, that a criminal Information against the prisoner wax prepared, and only required the signature of the Attorney- Generul, and that the said information would be filed on the first day of next term. He farther moved, that the prisoner might not be admitted to bail, unless on 48 hours' notice• thereof to the solicitor for the prosecution. The object of the motion, the learned counsel said, was to prevent the poi soner from being discharged by proclamation on the last day of the sessions, u hich would be the case in consequence of no indictment being preferred, if this motion were not complied with. Mr. Justice Dallas asked Mr. Shelton, clerk of the arraigns, whether he had ever known of such au application being made or granted. Mr. Shelton answered that he never had beard of web an application before. Mr. Hobliouse, the solicitor, observed, that a similar amp& cation had been made m the case of a prisoner committed by the Duke of Newcastle, on the charge of publishing a libel. There the Court had ordered that the prisoner should be detained until he foetid security for his appearance he the Court of King's Bench on the first day of term, and that be should give 3 days' notice of his bail. Mr. /Limn Wood thought the application a novel one, and desired that the matter might stand over until Monday tsext, in order to give time to search fur precedents; and also or , dered that the prisoner should have due notice of the iatendsa motion. The prisoner was then removed from the bar. LONDON SESSIONS. Clare, who had been convicted at She Nit Sagas of keeping a disorderly house, in Black Horse-alley, Fleet— street, and whose sentence had been respited, in order to give him an opportunity of abating the °nuance, by giving up the key to the landlord, was brought sip for jodgnumet appeared by the evidence of the Ward Beadle and the neigh bours, that the house had been conducted by his son eves worse than it was before ; and that the defendant was sup. ported in gaol out of the profits of the concern. The Cosset, taking all the circumstances into consideration, and finding they had been grossly trifled with, when so fair an opportu nity had been ()tiered of escaping the punishment dote to such a violation of public decency, sentenced him to six months imprisonment in the House of Correction. The COllllOlOl3 Serjeant also inforined the prisoner, Ins son would be indicillid for continuing the house in the sante disorderly conduct. WESTMINSTER SESSIONS. Saturday, Wconnt Chetwynd took the oaths in the anal form before the Chairman of the Westminster Sessions, to qualify him as a Magistrate. -- Burroughs, Esq. who was lately appointed one of the Police Magistrates at litarC• borough street, went through the same ceremony. H. Williams, a man of creditable appearance, was ea ‘iatarday put to the bar, and the Jury were sworn to try whether he was of sane mind or not. It appeared, from the testimony of Mr. Nodder, the Governor of Totbill-Schis Bridewell, in whose custody the prisoner bad been, that be was committed on the 14th of February, charged with having assaulted a person of the name of Noble, who bas not since appeared to prefer a bill of indictment before the Grand Jury. Soon after hh arrival in the Prison, he exhibited evi dent masks of a deseased mind. He refused to tell who he was, or from whence he came, railed loudly, and in most indecent language, against the Prince Regent; and on bciug asked how lie obtained a living, he said, "he was a manufac turer of ornaments for Pagoda bridges." Mr. N. having furnished him with paper, and a pen and ink, to write to his friends, he wrote a letter in broken and unintelligible French, , and addressed it to " Maximilian Habeas Corpus, . 1 / 4 c." When broaglit into Court, and liumanelyqnterrogatrd by Me. Watson, the Chairman, as to his wishes, ee said 'be did not want much, and only desired a eOaeh to the coast." lie de clined giving any explanati,ns as to his mode of life, said ha had nothing to offer in the enquiry which was going forward * and desired the Court to manage it as they liked. Under all the circumstances, and in the absence of all in• formation as to his chat arter, situation in life,or connections. the Jury found that he was " nut of sane mind ;" anii was remanded to Prison, till means can Lou found of disposing of chin in some other way. Tint Sessions then ended, and 10 prisoners were dischar ged by proclamation. DEATH OF BARON THOILCON. Died on the 15th of April, at Bath. in his 731 year. the Right lion. Sir A. Thomson, Lord Chief Baron of his Nlakiesty's Court of Exchequer. Ile was in point of yews, the bather of the Bent:. having sat as one of the Judges nattily years longer than any of its pet:teat occupants. His reput..iion a Judge was of the highest order, in point of legal knowlalg:, of perspicuity, and arks integrity of decision.—A few yesist beck the lon.4crity at our Judges was pre. verbbil, :ad a vacancy on the Bench WWI a rare occurrence. Death, however. hrs hurl) , made a great swep in a quarter which he had previously 60 lunch sparest. He hat taken away not only Heath. Rooke, Grow, Ashhurst. and otlieni of the old school, and Lustily. Chief Baron Thoutsun; but ril,o timer free with their junior brethren before their ermine had tort its fre,hners. Chief Berlin Mailmen vas the intimate i) laid of I.ord Thueow, by whom his talents *ere it Id in the hi rifest esti.aauon. Hi; samessue in the lucrative ri era Lion of the Chiefs ;ip is said to be turd is the person of Met Iliac& Rietaids: and the vacancy in the l'itisioe Bend', it if tgreek'd, Inti f be filled by Mr. Dummy.