The National Register. — London, England, 1821-03-18 00:00:00

convicted to•dsy:—William Bowtle, Mary Cooke, nos Finch, and Thomas Judd, for burglary. The last men. cloned prisoner had been a servant to the Rev. J. Deedes, of Willingale Doe, and had broken and entered his mas ter's house after he had been discharged, and stole therein eight shirts and other articles. John Paul Gooch and Joseph Cooper were convicted of horse-stealing, and Wm. Carter, of stealing a cow. There was nothing of public interest in the above men tioned cases. Our. Sans.—The learned Baron Wood arrived here yesterday evening, and notwithstanding his severe attack of the gout, was able to preside in the court to-day, though apparently labouring under considerable infirmity. e cause paper in this court contains 29 entries, of which TIIo only are special jury causes. Of these, ten were dis posed of it' da principally undefended, and several of them went on reference. The wily case worth mentioning w STEADMAN V. ORDELL. This was an action for alanderons words, importing that the plaintiff hail defrauded the defendant of a If. note. Mr. Watford (with whom was Mr. Chitty) stated the plaintiff's case. The plaintiff was a young tradesman, and was overseer of the poor of the parish of Laimatich, where lie resided. In the course of his employment as overseer, lie applied to the defendant's father, a miller, for some poor's rates, amounting to 41. as. The defendant, • young man under age, paid the plaiutiff al. on behalf of his father. In order to get some Riker to pay the remain ing ts, lie left the room, and on his return the plaintiff counted over the notes again before him, and said there was only V. upon which the defendant gave him another note. It afterwards appeared that the plaintiff had mis counted the notes, in consequence of two of them having attack together, and he returned to the defendant the note which had been overpaid. The defendant afterwards circulated a report that lie verily believed the plaintiff had intended to cheat him, and publicly spoke of the mat ter in that sense at a Court Baron of the manor of Helling. Several witnesses were called to prove the words, but Mr. Baron Wood suggested the propriety of withdraw ing a juror, his lordship observing, that he never saw a more trumpery action brought in a court of justice. Mr. Marryatt, for the defendant, said lie hail no objec tion to adopt the learned judge's suggestio, althuugh lie was prepared to contend, with coritidenp hat the words set out Mille declaration had not been proved in evidence. A juror was therefore withdrawn, each party paying his own costs. M•itcit 14.—Charles Lingard, William Hambleton, and William Sans, wet e indicted for burglaiionsly breaking and entering the dwelling-house of Elisabeth Smith, a widow lady, residing at Springfield, near Chelmsford, in the night of the 4111 instant, and stealing a considerable quantity of silver plate and other valuable property. Ibis . . _ was considered the moat heinous case in the calendar. From the evidence of about 17 witnesses, the following circumstances were disclosed :—The prosecutrix resides in a detached house close by the road side, with a large bow window in front on the ground floor, protected at night by shutters similar to those of a shop window, and fastened ru the like mariner by a bar and pins secured on the inside. At ten o'clock on Sunday [rigid, the 4th inst. the family, consisting of females, reined to rest, leaving the house secured. About half past six on the following rooming, when the servant got up, she round that one of the shutters of the bow window had been forced from its fastenings, the room entered, the cupboards broken open, and titled of the articlea] ieutioned In the indictment. The circumstances adMced to affect the prisoners were these :—About live o'clockapf the morning of the 081, after the robbery was committed, they were all seen together in a lane three miles from Spriugfield, which led towards Billericay, two of them having a bundle each in his hand. In halt an hour afterwards they were seen together iu the same lane without any bundles, and towards six o'clock they were observed to separate on Galley wood Conunou, two of them going the road towards Billericay, and the other in the direction for Margeretting vu the London road. The alarm occasioned by the discovery of the robbery was soon spread in the neighbourhood, and the last mentioned circumstances excited a feeling of curiosity to search the lane whet e the prisoners were seen, fur the bundles observed in their possession, and the result was, OM in two dunghills in the lane were found congealed all the different articles stolen from the prosecutrix's house. In one of them also were found a dark lantern, a pair of pistols loaded with ball, a pig-killer's large knife of tumor iiiiii m sharpness, a picklock key, mu Large gine blets, a prizing crow-bar, and several °tiler instruments of house breaking. In consequence of the informetion that two of the men sa seen had gone towards Billericay, they were followed and traced to that town, where they catered a public-house ' and, with the assistance of a con stable, Banibleton and Sans were taken into custody. About two o'clock the same afternoon, shortly after the soave mentioned articles were found iii the dunghills, the isomer, Ling:rid, was seen to drive into the lane in a cart, descend, and begin to switch one of the dmighills. The persons who observed the transaction Caine up and asked him if he had lost any thing; he replied that he had, and on being asked what lie had lost, lie said," some thing that lie could not find.' At this moment lie appealed somewhat agitated, arid lie joinped into his cart and drove off at a furious rote on the wail towards Billericay . . A titan on horseback followed him in hoot pm snit, and with the utmost difficulty came up and desired him to surren der, and upon his refusing, the mall drew a double bar relled pistol, and said he would shout hint it' he did not stop. Thin had the desired effect, the prisoner surren dered, and lie was brought hack in custody to Billericay, where lie was searched. On his peison were found a silver scoop, to which the.prosecittrix swore as being het property, sonic tea and sugar, mixed together loosely in a handkerchief, some gunpowder and bullets, a skeleton key, and two giiiiidels. The three prisoners were taken to Clielinsfou d, and committed for trial. The Lord Chief Baron summed tip the case with great miuuteness, anti the yury, after a short &lint:ration, tumid the prisoners Godly—Death. 'l•he Lord Ciiiet Baron then pronounced the awful sen tence ut death in a feeling and nnotasoinc manner, telling the urisoners not to cote win the slightest hopes of mercy, but to prepare for execution, which would in a few days inevitably follow their sentence. George Soles and John Brilliant were al,o convicted of burglary ; and Henry Hunt and James Horn were con victed ulsberp stewing. CIVIL Slue.—Verdicts were obtained by four inha bitants of Ilford, for damage done by a riotous mole, for relosiog to illuminate ou the 13th November, Lit triumph THE NATIONAL REGISTER for the rejection of the BSI of Pains and Penalties against the Queen. All the verdicts put together did not exceed thirty pounds. SAUNDERS V. AIL.RSDIM—This was an action by a jour neyman printer against his master, re.itling in Cheluwfurd, for an assault and false imprisonment.—The jury foand for the defendant. MARCH 15.—George Archer was indicted for trio. loniously uttering and publishing as true, at Harlow, on the 9th of September, a certain bill of exchange for the sum of 1751 purporting to be accepted by the Right lion. Lord Viscount Montague, payable at one month after date, knowing the same to be forged, with intent to defraud one John Hanle. John Haine, the prosecutor, who is a drover in a large way of business, stated, that he had a drove of cattle with him at the last Harlow fair the oth of Sept. The prisoner came to him in the fair, and said he wanted to purchase a score of beasts for Lord Montague —he had another person with him. Witness uuder. stood that the prisoner was steward to Lord Montague. He bought of hint 20 heads of cattle at 151. each, amounting to 3001. Witness agreed to bate 51. for luck. The prisoner told hint that Lord Motisgite had sent hint a Lill, which was not large enough to pay for time beasts. lie produced a bill fur 1751. and gave the witness 41. in batik mites. Witness told hint thst if he would pay tire remainder of the motley, amounting to 1161. into a banker's in London, so that he could draw out the same on Monday morning following that would do. The prisoner agreed to do so. Witness saw him a A ain on the lath of September at Mahlon, and asked him if he had paid Bic money in at London for the check. He said he had not, but that he had brought another acceptance of his Lordship's to cover the check. He produced a bill for :161. Witness took it to the bank at Mahlon, and in consequence of information he received there he caused the prisoner to be apprehended. lirisoner had told him that Lord Montague had bought corn of hint, for which he gave lion the acceptance of 1751. He said his Lordship lived at Storriugton-hall, Sussex. The bill was made payable at the Bank ul England, and witness went thither, and was told that no such person as Lord Montague kept cash there. The bill in question was in the following words— " London, 9th September, 1820. " One month after date pay to me or my artier the sum of one 1 (red and seventy-five pounds value re ceived for coru " GEO. ARCHER. " Td the Right Honorable Lord Viscount Montagne, ( " Accepted, Montague, SIOI rington Hall, Sussex. payable when doe at the Bank of England." Mr. Samuel Clearson, a Clerk in the Private Account Office of the Bank of England, deposed, that in the month of September, and at no other time had Lord Viscount Montague kept a cash account at the Bank of England. No such name was to be found in the books. Mr. J. Nixon, upholsterer, of Great Portland -street, knew a person of the name of John Brown, who, for the last four or five years, had assumed and passed by the title of Lord Nlontague. There was a farm house in Sussex, called Storrington-house, in which he under stood that person had an interest. IVitness was there three years ago, and understood that fur the last two years it hail been uninhabited. Cross-examined.—The house was called Storrington ton-hall, or Storrington-house. It had been a mansion, and was now, he believed, occupied by !antlers. Look ing at the supposed forgery, he believed Use acceptance to he in ►he hand-writing of the person styling himself Lord Montague. Unfortunately for many persons, there had been scores of that person's acceptances sent forth into the world. This was the case on the part of the prosecution. Nlr. Adolphus submitted that there was no case to go to the jury, for the supposed forgery was proved to be the acceptance of the person calling himself Lord Mon tague. Tne Chief Baron was of the same opinion, and di rected the jury to acquit the prisoner. Verdict—Nut Grplty. The prisoner was ag.tin put on his trial for uttering, at Harlow Bush fair, a bill of exchange for the sum of 501. purporting to he accepted by P. 11. Harley, and to be payable at Messrs. Hankcy and Co.'s, bankers, Fenchurch-street, London, knowing the same to be lorged and counterfeited. It appeared in evidence that Thomas Edwards, a cattle drover, living hi Denbighshire, Wales, had sent his Mreinan:John Davies, with 152 sheep, in September last, to Harlow 131'01 fair. A person named Church drove into the fair in a gig, accompanied by the ptisouer. Church descended from the gig, and bargained with min for the 152 sheep at 15s. a head, amounting to 1141. lie pioduced draft tor 501. and gave ii to winless, and iheu asked Arciivr, who remained in the gig, to give Hint the draft ht question, which he had in h is ket book. The prisoner pulled his pocket-bif ow, took the bill for 751. in question out, gave it to Church, and the latter handed it to the witness. Witness said, lie concluded his bargain entirely with Courch, from whose hind he received the 751. bill. This being, the case against tile 'mintier, • The Chief Baron thought the evidence was not suffi cient to convict the prisoner of the charge, as lard in the The pry, therefore, under his Lordship's directions, foauJ the prisoner Not Guilty. lie WAS then ordered to he detained for the fraud. There were several other indictments against the pri soner, under the like circumstances. wai in the calendar as a stable-keeper. A few evenings ago two gentlemen's houses were burnt to the ground at Clapton-pond, and on Wed 'testily a large chest, containing 70 guineas, quite unhurt was found among the ruins. It is supposed the conflagration to have been occasioned by the curtains of w bed taking tire. Police. MANSION HOUSE. A lad about 17 years of age, named Moses Alexandea,. was brought before the Lord Mayor, on a charge Jo having maliciously stabbed a youth named John Levi, on Monday last. Sarah Levi, the mother of the youth who had been stabbed, said, that her son was declared by a surgeon who had attended him, to be itt a must dangerous state.— She produced the surgeon's certificate, certifying to the fleet stated. The friends of Levi requested of the Lord Mayor that the prisoner might be remanded until the unfortunitie youn g man should be pronounced out of danger. The Lord Mayor acceded to the request, and remand ed the prisoner until the surgeon should speak with some degree of certainty upon the wound. BOW STREET. On ‘Vednesday Anne Weston, Elizabeth Gordon, alias " Old Betty," and James Guratt, were brought up, charged with a rubbery and attempt at murder. On Tuesday night it appeared, about twelve o'clock, a genteel looking young man, of the name of Pain, met the prisoner, and was persuaded to accompany her to a house in ng Acre, where she said she had a psi vale lodging t but when he came there he found it was a common brothel, and refused to stay. She however, demanded motley, which he refused to give, an 1 she having first bolted the front door, called out loudly, " Ned, come and see inc righted," and in a few minutes the prisoner came front a bed-room, and going up to the. prosecutor, swore he would stop his wind, and gave him a tremendous blow on the stomach, which knocked Into against the wall almost senseless. The prisoner Watson alma continued beating him, and swore that she would tear his limbs from his body. He called loudly • for help, and endeavoured to get to the front door, but " Betty," who had meanwhile been called, interposed and prevented him. He continued to call out, •upon which Garratt placed his hand upon his mouth, and " threatened that he would stop his mooth• effectually if he did nut hold his tongue. The prosecutor was then dragged through the passage into a small back yard by Wahota and Garratt, where one of them took oti his hat, and " Betty" having bolted Inc door leading to the yard, on the inside, they were proceeding to beat him, and would, in all probability, have soon deprived him of the power of telling the tale, when fortunately for him, Mr. Bartlett, the watch house-keeper of Covent-Garden, iu going his rounds, heard the cries of the prosecutor, and having in vain demanded admission, he and some watchmen burst open. the door, and found the parties in the situation desribed. 'inc prosecutor was nearly insensible, and his hat was. • found squeezed underneath a water-butt in the yard. The prisoners were all fully committed to Newgate for trial, and Mr. Minshull tookoccasion to commend . . Mr. Bartlett for his vigilance, telling him he had its all probability saved the life of a fellow creature. R chard Ward, Jane Ward (man and wife), and Charles their son, were brought up on suspicion of being the receivers of an immense quantity of stolen property. I On Tuesday last two women of low chavaeter were brought to this office on a charge of stealing a counter pane, and suspicion being entertained that it had been sold at the house of the prisoners, who kept an old rag. and clothes shop in Great St. Andrew's -street, Seven Dials. Davis, Lee s . and Read, were sent on Tuesday evening with a warrant to search the premises, and they found au enormous stock of property. Having secured the prisoners they brought away part of the property, and took an inventory of the remainder, among oilier things,. 12U dozen of china plates, all bearing the names of Spode and Copeland, in. Portugal-street, 120 silk hand kerchiefs, a great number of stiawls of various kinds, snull-boxes, superb carpeting, books, elegant fin Mune ornaments, a dial, several richly framed portraits, and. other property of almost every description that can be mentioned. China plates were identified by Spode and Cope. land's foreman, who said they had been stolen from the warehouse. _ _ lne two elder prisoners were ordered to find bail fog their appearance for limber examination, whenit is :petted that a great part ofthe property will be owned. The officers were engaged the whole of IVedoesday in bringing away tile proper.) , found on the prisoners's•pre mists. it was brought away in cart+. LAMENTABLE CATASTLLOCHS.—Ors Sumlay mo iii i i sg,. Robert Dalrymple, Esq. a gentleman ot windy and extensive property, residing, when in town, at No. S" Maneliester-square, having taken hrealibst, and dressed himself for the purpose of going lit eiiiircis, in a RAW tg a , delirium, with a large ' ,isn't, blew out Ins brains 111 his, IF dressioL.,-rooni. Litorniainni was sent to Mr. Stirling, rile e‘ir ,,ner, an d on Alonday night a jury was Saipan nelled at tit: deceased's noose, and the affair was xept a. prnale as liob,lidc. A:ler hearing evidence, the jury took a view 01 the eOl - 11,e; it w..* lying in the same IS. SIII+III.IS When first seen by the Under; toe pistol lay out the gromid deceased's side, who, belore lie shot had attired LIMA& In au e:egant suit of elutts,s. Some of tile jury expressed doubts 01 the deceased being in a state of lunacy. Al.er saute dISCUSSIOII the folioss 111, verdict was recorded—" deceased caused his u‘lli death by shooting himself with a pistol, being at the time in a state of temporary derangement." Lord Rohl. Seymour, and several noblemen and gentlemen, were present to give evidence if required. but it was 111014;111 ninsecesssiy to exat • C them. The deceased has lea an income of 10,0001. per annum. Till eight o'clock in the evening the new comet is now visible to the naked eye in the West. It is a little to the W..,tw..ed of Algenib, and nearly the height of Saturn, at a distance to the of him. PM * 1 8?