The National Register. — London, England, 1812-11-08 00:00:00

1 11 702 this extraordinary circtinistmce, would cause a much Llcscr investiga tion iino insurance causes, than wai f , rinerly useful. Michaelmas Term commenced Friday.—The LoisnCitANcrt,Loit is indisposed. MIDD ESEN SESSIONS. Thomas Light, a RESURRECTION man, was indicted, having been fou;:d hy two ‘vltchnien, in James -street, Brdford• row, yvith a tru,k, containing two in one of which was a dead txxiy. The body not heivg traced, i.owcver, that a theft could he proved, the de fendant was a. quitted. Thomas Kerns, a young man, ‘v as indictca for a erirninzil on Ann atchill.., but thew being no other evi dence than the prosccuttix, whose tender age precluded her te,timony being received, the pris•sner was of necessity acquitted. je,se lA , ebb, an old mis, reant, 70,•Was found guilty ut a like oKnee, on the person of an infant only nine years .old ; there were also tiair other charges a)..ainst him of a similar nature. The Court sentenced the prisoner to one year's confinement in Cold Bath I inida, to stand in the pillory, within th: first fortnight, and at the expiration of his impri sonment, to find sureties t r his good behaviour tot two years. OLD B.4ILEY. The trial of Cooper, Allen, Knox, Winter, Harris, and others, was on Monday resumed at nine e'cleck. The evidence being closed. Ma. Baron TnomPsoN then addressed the Jury.-1 he indictment was laid against five persons as principals in the felony, of whom only three were new in Court, Joseph Sim mons Winter, Benjamin Allen, and William Taylor. These three were indicted for capital felony. The prisoners, John Ivey and Jo seph Knox, were indicted as accessories before the fact. Another pri soner, Robert Cooper, was indicted as an accessory after the fact, for receiving the goods knewing them to be stolen.—George Harris was also indicted for receiving part of the goods knowing them to be stolen. The offence imputed to these four was not of the same degree as that imputed to Winter, Allen, and Taylce, and was not capital. This case, in its investigation, had disclosed a scene of the greatest iniquity • ever before laid open in a Court et Justice. The story told by the ac complices was indeed a most dismal one. I t Appeared from them that this robbery had been the fruit of lung preconceived schemes, and that the parties concerned were not intimidated by one failure in their de signs, but determined at all events to accomplish their purpose. The eatabiishinent ot the charge , would in a great measure depend upon the credit given to these accomplices. It was always necessary that a Jury should receive the evidence of accomplices with great caution, and to lreik for other evidence to confirm the main point of their state ment. His Lordship then proceeded to recapitulate the evidence at considerable length. The Jury wit ndrew at about 20minutes past nine, and remained en closed till past I'2 o'clock. They then maimed a verdict of—guilty agaitist Jostyli Wieter, Benjamin Allen, Wm. Taylor ; John Ivey, tai . bight: accessory, end Rohert Cooper, of receiving.—The prisoners Jo seph Kw ec and George Harris were fottee—Not Guilty. Tuesday Thomas Slater and J. Crane, for forging bank notes, were acquitted. The prosecution Was dropped, because they hal previously pleaded guilty to having forged notes in their posse.s:ion, which subjects them to transportatien for 14 years. Thomas Kelly was indicted fur feloniously uttering a quantity of forged notes, purporting to be of the Bank of Feelaed —From the evidenceit appeared that the prisoner was the middle man who pur chased notei ot the fabricator, and sold them to the utterer, and his long impunity 'educed him to believe that his crime was not punish. able ; au accomplice, however, named Taggart, having impeached Kelly, he was sent, accempanied by police officers, to purchase notes ot the prisoner, who immediately tell into the snare laid for his detec tion —l - la was found Guilty—Death. Wm. S it h was capitally convicted for assaulting Mr. R. Batcliellor on the King's highway, and forcibly taking from his person, a watch, and other oracles, his property. Wednessiq Prances Sage, a young woman of the town, of an interesting appearance, s , as capitally indicted tbr stealing two gold seals and a gold ring, the property of J. B. Jarman, privately hi his shop. The prisoner went into Mr. Jartnan's shop, uniter pretence of exchaneeng a ring which she had ter another, and her conduct whilst rimer-inn; the rungs set 'adore her raising the suspicion of the prosecu t she was ,teoped, and the property hound upon her. She was fAilid Guilty—Death. The poor unfartunete creature was taken frool I iv, bar in a state of ioseesitnlity. 'fire toleAvieg were also capitally convicted; viz —T. Deacon, for sterling 131. iii hank-nets, th.• roeerty of S. It:Az:ley ; Martha 11.niry and Bridget Bays, for asseurtine J. Mecklio. rid stealing from h i s peteon it silver watch ; Mary Price, for steeling 56 yards of shut e,.4. th e property of j. 1 itwaites ; and Sarah ifew•yer and Sarah Gain::;, for robbing J. Lowin of tour 1 1 . baok "lows, a 51. note, and a Inlnt'lcachief. C liEds was found Guilty of stealing a pocket-hook, the property of E. Evans —l'ke prisoner was one ot the numerous gangs and th faroi but s .rret hosiers who so dareigl infst the metropolis, a t )(nti, bed befute been under y the e eoenizance of the law e f t ot- THE NATIONAL REGISTER. NOV. 8 fence of considerable magnitude; the Common Serjeant, i n cun , e, qufitce, ordered him to be transported for life.—The prisoner, win before appeared the picture of innocence and humility, Millie& ; r e ly 12.!.iing the sentence, vented his rage aganist the prosecutor ie the try ,1 horrid imprecations, and was with difficulty dragi,ed flora tr:e Col I, ) the turnkey and his assistatirs. Friday the Sessions ended, when Joseph Simmons, I'l'i:.!er, cr.,J Benjamin Allen, two of the men convectrA of having r o i,b e j Hof( lunis's hoy, were brought up to receives-ntence. W: o ,f !1 terd.eil that the delence heletd made on Ins trial was the midi ; he was innocent of the crime for winch be Was convicted, ;11.0 ti.:l his life was 'sworn away by a most abaildu:;ed character. Ai!el 11.. d tirliiing to say. The Itycorenza passed the sentence of the law upon them:— " You ale to be takeu to the place trona whence you came, J rld thence to a place of eXVlttion g and there hanged by the neck ti!i ‘,OO are dead, and the Lord have mercy upon your souls." 'to nia write(' sentence, Winter bowed ; he eyed the Court with a ib lu o, t , Jul,- but a resolute countenance, and walked away. H: is a y„1!.11 man of great strength and agility of body, with a face fa!! of intei, licence, dark eyes, end a well raised forehead, shaded with dark out) hair. William Taylor, their companion, was so ill that he could rot br brought up to the bar. Robert Cooper and john Ivey, convicted, the first of feloniouslg receiving certain quantities of silk staler from Mr. Ititchons's and the latter as an accessary, were likewise brought up to io.eirf sentence. Cooper was ordered to he transported beyond sea.. 1,4 1, years, and Ivey was fined one shilling, and ordered to be contiaW !u one year in his Majesty's gaol of Newgate. Sentence of death was passed upon Kelly, on James Kenyon, fol a robbery on the King's highway, on William Smith for a crime, and oti several others. It was rather singular that •I‘rn women were sentenced to be hanged, but respited till the pleasure of the Court should be known, for having assaulted and robbed twi men of their watches and money. Twenty-seven persons, men and women, were ordered to be tans ported hzyond seas, for seven years, for felony. Eight persons were sentenced to 14 years transportation, who ha‘ been convicted of felony, and a great number were order ed to u,aki atonement for their crimes, by enduring rigorous confinement Jill wholetorne chastisement in tite House of Correction tor ra.ion periods of six and twelve months. POLICE. UNION HALIMUTINT and Mosinee . Our readers will r:cn lect the deposition which appeared in our paper st A w id lae: made before the Magistrates of Shad well, by a boy nameti who Ibretly belonged to the Adventurer , S outh Sea Whaler, Ca l ee in KLITH, which ship, it had herto hcen supposed, wos tit t:: S Seas, but which it now appears from Mattes's deposition, s izcd by the crew, who murdered Captain Keith, and Mr. brew the Chief Mate, aad afterwards scuttled the vessel. In ceastaiocia of Mattes's statement, which was originally tleen at this othe Glennen, Wortley, and Gofl; were sent down to Livereoti: d.o'e for Charles. kretlarick Palm, a Swede, who was Second M.;e: et t: Adventurer, and Samuel Telling, the cooper ; both of " •a cording to Mades's deposition, were deeply pec.ated relici tie- el pehnal a; By the activity of the officers they were both app ffi brought to tawn, and on uesday evening they underwentthe ll a 101 . 0 minanon betore Mr. Bute:is, when Telling gave feowie,; count cf this atrocious transaction, which fully corroborates Mad testimony : The Adventurer, of which the deceated Captain Keith was Coo mander. and Mr. Smith, Chief Mate, sailed hfront Londoucut al te Eee: 1811. The deponent sailed in her as cooper - tey had !seen six months, when the Captain and Chief Mate were munieletl. could net recollect the day, hut it was about four o'cloek in morning. The Captain and Chief Mate were in b ed ; a hey reel. anti P George was at the helm, Ralm and the test of the crr.e, ee forward on deck. Palm was sulking a light, when the Ceptria on deck in his shirt, and said to • Charles, what. are y e us!teut Palm made no answer, hut immedi atel y struck him wItl: cri*.. hammer which he had ready in his hand. The Captein excLitne " Oh, Charles, you have done me." Mr. Smith had follow:II i. Captain upon deck, and was attacked at the sash' !line by anoili Swede. since dead, who struck him several ti mes on the head with cook's axe. Beth the Mate and the Captain keoelted do% two other S %mdks, who ate also siecc deal, assisted by Palm , 11 ° 1 the bodies over'eoatel. The ielote cai:ed out " boat, hcat," . was in the water, hut they heard re-Ailing mete of the Cipto:il. et •‘•. afterwards. After this, a.; hands went below tleJt, eed O t ieett a Bible, upon wriie.!l they taok a soieeen o.th tieeee to wire had passed : the iety who w a s left at the hem wa s at run sworn also. Some time previous to this, thy., 1)0 1:0011t: two Ha. k men on board, and after the bodies of toe Ca l re, and Mate were hove overboaro the two swede: , Pr°" 4 , each of them, a pistol and a gl'ass oi rem ; the rum met it to the Meeks, and whilst the poor fellows were in the drinking, each of them received the contents of a pistul in his boll