The National Register. — London, England, 1822-09-23 00:00:00

1 i If • • ,► lit 1., • r T. R! V "r P• - .. . . - speak ~... .as road ostl►• il idiot y--death—atted 18. itaggi i rroceeding at a very i J. Hargrave was indicted for taking from the person of strike the lady atuDitat deceased; and knock them 'both , Holloway, a chain and seals, of the value of 3m. (100.. The wheal paUell Ottsr the gentleman's body, : J 411 1" and the chaise proceeded with great' rapidity down the 1 On the King's highway. it appeared by the evidence, that them arti c l es o f pro oail. The prisoner, 'Who was Civing, woi throon out. 1 perry were taken f ront t h e p rosecutor ' s person b y t h e The deceased was lakin b itito the false, and surgical as. prisoner : but it appe are d b o th on the prosecutor's tes sistance immediately sent Mr, but the deceased thine. tummy, and on that of witnesses, th a t th e ac t was per that lie 4111Ist he si 7 tit to the Hospital ' lie was then funned without violenceust conveyeirto4liildlesex Hospital tot a shown Wutnets The Judge (Mr. Justice Best) noticed this citcums Ilia not Arent the Miter strike the horse, or use any I I stance to the jury, as one particularly essential, inas. : means 'whoever to mire him on. much as it changed the character of the offence from Fit Steed, a silversmith, saw tholiorse going at i highway robbery to stealing from the person. • foll nallop. lit went at that rate-from the turnpike-gate l The Jury returned a v e rdi c t o f gu il ty o f stea li ng f rom . 94 . Warremstreet till the-Buie the'acctieni *gem red. He ! i The Grand Jury, ha t in g gone through the whole of . saw thedriver thrdwu out at the instant the wheel passed the person to the value of less than 40 , . - over the body of the dt.ceate.d. Prisoner appeared in i o toxic:med. N'ituesa'alliked his tianarsaml *hires% H - the business assigned to th e m, a b out five 'clock were rough. oak' his name Nos Needham , and teresided in'the 80 -1 41i5e g ed • Henry Browne was indict e d f or s t e ali ng f rom t h e • rocket C. Angel, a pocket-bdok, value 11.6 d. Thomas Woodhouse, surgeon, of M iddlesex Hospital, i I a The prosecutor, it seemed,• lost the amide in question stated, that the deceased was brought into the house on t Bartholomew fair. - He was not;bowever, conscious the evening of the It hof August. Five of his ribs were 1 of having 1051 it till informed I t y a n officer, on the day fractored; he lived about an W U ( ; witness opened the I t custo Lady and found a considerable quantity of extravasated alluded to, that a person had beso the On se dy for blood itt the thorax and abdomen. lie believed the ac- another offince cot 1 111 l itt e d at same fair !akin into arch cident to have occasioned his death. I ing this individual (die prisoner), a pocket-book ws I found, containing letters for the postectitor, addressed to The prisoner, when et illed on fur his defence, handed in a w ti hiten paper, stating his most heartfelt regret WEDNESDAY, Soar. 18.---M ary A ntic L ou i sa Boiler, for 1 hint by name. The Ju r y returne d a ver d ict o f—G u il ty. the nforottiate accident which had taken place; lie said a female of extremely inter est in g a pp earance , age d 23, be had been in the Cay, on busioess,, the whole of the was egpitally indicted for stealing, in the dwelling-housa . day, and had called upon his daughter orrhis way home. Aare he had left her, and when near thiend of fo a l f• ilt R.'Cottereli, in Surrey -street, a p en k n if e an d seven ' 31. Bank of Hoglund notes, the property of V. Drew, hanocenrt.road, the belly.band.broke, thp horse beanie • Mr. Adolphus stated the case to the Jhry. • restive, and sat, off at full 'speed. Heat's(' his utmost exertion In pull up. but without effect.. 'fuse horse pro- Mrs. Eliza Cotterell resides in Surrey -street, Strand, ' ceeded rapidly along the New-road. He called out as and receives boarders and lodgers into her house. Ili loudly as he could to the deceased to get out of the way. August last the prisoner applied to come and lodge and The chaisaWat then loin; in P tigaffors direditnii. The hoard in her house. She represented herself to be mar unfortunate deceased was knocked down, the shock tied ; she said she was married in France; that her has. threw kiln out of the chaise mark his head, and dislo. hard was there, and that she was soon to return to him. cited two of his fingers He was taken up insensible She was received as a lodger on Friday the 2d of August. from the &retard the fall, which alo doubt induced the at which time Captain Drew, a commander of a West -witoemel to suppose that he was intoxicated. He con- • Indianian, was lodging there also. There was a com eluded by solemnly assuring the Count that he was per. 'son room where the lodgers assembled. Ott a table in fectly sober at the time the lamentable accident took the ditiing'room there was a writing desk belonging to - place, soul threw hiinmlf oil their merciful consideration, i the captain. Ott the loth of Au tust last, Capt. Drew Witnesses were called, who moved the belly-hand of was out, and at the time of retiring to rest witness and the horse to have been boil:cloacad that the prisoner was y the prisoner quitted the diniug room together to go to not intoxicated at the time of the accident. Alining bed. The prisoner's sleeping room joined thst of the others, of most respectable appearance, was the Rev. Dr. i witness, and was hour pair of stairs from the dining- Draper, of Isliag 1111 l , who had known tom upwards of i room. Witness did not go to bed immediately, as she SO years, and who gate him a most excellent character had a child ill, and about half 311 hour afierwards, open fur humanity, steady couduct, and great benevolence of ing her door, she saw the prisoner on the stairs, cominj, disposition. I up. Site appeared very m uc h agitated, but nothing Ile prisoner frequently shed tears, and the Jury, with. I particular passed. Oat Sunday tentless went into the out a *unguent's hesitation, returned a verdict of Not dining-room about one o'clock. The prisoner had pre. (:oilty, to the satisfaction of an exceedingly crowded cloudy gone out. CaptsDrew's desk stood-in the usual COWL I place, and wittiest took it up, for the purpose of putting 1). Barnard, alias Barnes, a yotoh of seventeen, was it on a cloth to press it, when she discovered that it was capOally inflicted for burglary in the dwelling house of unlocked. She upon this discovery put the desk into a Alexander Reed, in the palish of St. George, Hanover. I closet and locked it op. Capt. Drew returned on Sunday. square, and stealing a tea caddy, four tea spoons, two bin witness was hi bed, ilia did not see hint, and she table spoons, a pair of silver spectacles, and other articles did not return the desk to him until .Monday morning. his property. I Sae gave him the desk, and in consequence of a disco- Oil the night of die 13th of August, the family of very wich took place, a Bow-street offic. r was sent for, Al r. Reed, of Flask -street, Pimlico. went to bed, tear. and th e l house was searched. The prisoner's room was Mg the house fastened. %Viten they arose in the morn- I searched, and in one of the onisments (the rosette) of the furniture. two five pound notes were found conceal. Mg, it was found that some persons had entered the house by cutting out a piece from the kitchen shutter ed. Other thiugs were found in her drawers which the tt hit a c.entie-bit, and thus unfastening the window.— officer would describe. 'I he property mentioned in the indictment was missing. Captain' William Drew proved that, in July, he re -On t he 18th of August, in the evening, the prisoner ceived 1801. part of which consisted of sixteen 51. notes and another lad, named Pearson, were apprehended in for a draft on Prescott and Co. He had some of those Ilehrietta-street, Covent-garden, by Morris, Lack, and notes in Ins possession on Saturday the loth of August. other Bow-street officers, with a centre-bit, a 'great mint i lie was going out on that day, and said, in the presence her of skeleton and picklock keys, ~ datk lantern, arc. of the prisoner, in the dining-room, lie had too much found 111,011 them. Imoney in his pocket to take out, and he deposited seven The burglary at Mr. B.'s having been communicated five pound notes, and locked the desk. At die time he to the officers, they tri-d the centre-bit found upon the put the mites iti the desk, a air. Driscoll and Alts Cot- 1 prisoner with the holes in the slimier, and it w a s found I terell were in the room, as well as the prisoner. On to li tl.eiit exactly They ascertained where the prisoner Monday 111011Plig Mrs. iotterell delivered the desk to lodged, and at his lodgings they found, among a great wittiess unlocked; on °prolog it he missed the notes.— ceal of niiscellaireous property, a teacaddy, which was He clewed all the servants might lie called up_. and tie tile summit SUJ:ell 40111 Mr. Reef:OS hoose. 1 tattled hi the parlour while lie went for a Bow-street The Jury found the prisoner guilty of stealing, but officer. All the servants and Miss Conerell were then acquitted burn of the burglary. searched, but nothing was found. John Levy was capitally indicted for assaulting Samuel Mary Anne Ashcroft. a terrain at Mrs. Cotterell's. de .l",.s, on t h e hi g h way , in t i le p ar i s h o f I s h ewort o, and posed. that on the Saturday night in question, the ph stealing from his person a watch, value 61. aria 14s. in soner sat tip half anittior after Mrs. Com:tell went up silver. , it stairs she rang her hell, and witness answered it. The Samuel Jones. a miller, deposed, that on the nigtrt of prisoner then said she had lost her pocket-book. On the Ist of July he was at a dance at a public nouselb . Sunday the prisoner again told tier she must look for her Isleworth, and danced with Sarah Spruce there. it was pocket-book, fur she had not a farthing of money except fair night, and he continued dancing until two or three what was in it. She said she had Mond the key of the o'clock, at which tune he went out with Sarah Spruce, drawers on the carpet soon after. She Wept out, and and walked up the town, and they turned up a tang.— did not return until about ten at night. White there he heard footsteps, stud presently saw three James Dili, the officer, produced the desk. and proved men coming at a smart run. When they crate up t o that force had been applied to it; but he could not say lion one of them pitched his head against wittiess'a sto- whether it was opened with a false key or any other ilia mach, and knocked him back against a brick wall.— struinent. After searching the rest of the family, hail To is of them then seized his arms and held them down; went to the prisoiter's room, and told her what had GO while the third " orawed" him of his watch and to o. curred. and that he must match her. In the top &twirl! oey Having done this. they made off. 'file p r iso ne r of a chest of drawers he tumid fodr sealed parcels. one was the man who "drawee Ins watch. He had seen of which contained twenty sovereigns, one twenty the prisoner two or three times before in the course of shillings, the third ten shillings, and the fourth ten six the night. Witness was quite sober; he had drank IselAces• There were also its the drawer two loose suer. stunt four pita/A.of ale s and not any spirits, in several reigns and tour shillings. He war requested by Airs. li surs. s " CUtterall to search the bed furniture ; he heard it rustle. . Sarah SprocOrlosegot Hounslow, and was at Isle. Mrs, CLAterell said " wheals that which rattles ?" and worth fair. *lt minijhowed the testimony of the pm. put ism. gaud outside. Miriam put its his baud and ... . • . . ... . . . . .. ..... . . ..• - • • .. - • ~-i. . . •.. , _. g .. , took ot4 the" Two .61. notes proshierd. He alika - prisurwe if sift knew how th e notes came then, and she said s h e knewnothing ationt them. The other money she • slid she had hail by her for litres weeks or a n 1111 l th. On the 27th of August ;mother 51, tote came into,the hands of the witness, and he in constlpteoce went in Tothif h 1(18 prison, accompanied by Mr puler, a medical gentleman. at Ketisiuton. Cross ex niiined.—.When witness went to the pri soner's roam she was lii bed, and she W 3! nut apprised why he came. Mis. Cotterell knocked at the door, and after some time was admitted, .11(1 soon after witness also went in. Witness did not search the bed h 111 l iture the hist time; some one else did, but he could not say who it was. ‘Viteti before the Magistrate, she said she sealed up the money to take with her to Fritter. Mr. Newport, clerk to the house of Presscott and Co. proved the mindsets of the notes,paid to Mr. Drew her his draft of 1801. The two 51. produced were two of those so paid. The third note produced by Ellis, was another of Ike notes paid 4o Mr Drew. Mr. George Price. of Kensington, a surgeon and drug. gist, deposed, that on.Suntlay, 11th of August, he whit a bottle of lavender water to a woman, whom he believed to be the prisoner. The price was 2s. 61 and she gave hills 61. note to pay for it. tie asked her address, and she said," Nu. B,'St. Jaines's.place ' St.James's-street." —When asketther name, she 'Ai she would name the lady from whom she received the note, and gave " Mr.. Gray. at au academy at Brook Greets." Witness saw her afterwards in Tuthill-fields. This clewed the case fur the Crown. The prisoner was then calllo, upon by Mr. Justice Richardson to make any observifusis • which she might be desirous of offering to the Jury in her defence. She requested leave to sit while she addressed the Jury, . and commenced reading (rout a paper which she held in her hand. She appealed to the Jury to pause before (upon the evidence which had been adduced, however strung it might appear to be) they made up their minds . to convict her oldie felony with which sites:tau charged. ...Was it likely that she would have staid in the house after committing the robbery, when she had an ample opportunity of going away t Was it not absurd to sup ra s; st o lent `' at sl : s its ewn(t)PuldTTet so h a v v e e re g , ( g u n rids (as o f thee would toles oula i i i iro sh ve e by evidenc:) were sent to her by a gentleman who had been kind to her for some time past, but whose name she she must be. pardoned for withholding. Mr. Alley then called Joseph Stugletion, a porter, who swore, tiso about three weeks before the prisoner was taken into custody, he took a letter containing money (root a gentleman at Iti.odle's Club-house to the prisoner. Mary Ashcroft re-calle .—Site made the prisoner's bed, and the door of the room was never fastened. She did search, as the prisoner desired her, for her pocket book, but she did not find it. She did not search the rosettes nor the 1.):.(1 furniture. Alt. Justice Richardson summed up the evidence, and directed the Jury to acquit the prisoner of the capital part Mille charge of stealing in a dwelling-house, as it had been proved that .he name of Mr. Cotterell was strongly described in the indictmetip Ile was there called Robert Cotterell only, whereas his wiie had declared his name to be Robert Donner Cotterell. The Jury found the prisoner guilty of stealing, but not in a dwelling-house. The trial lasted six hours, during which the Court was crowded to excess, and the most intense interest was ma nifested. William :Leading, aged 26, was indicted for burgle firmly breaking and entering the dwelling-house of It. Westwood, in the parish of Set Anne,Sisho, on the scot of Jitly-last, and stealing thereout watches. chains, seals, talc. to the ansount of upwards of 1,0001. Beojansits Solomons was indicted as an accessory, he having received the 910101 articles, well knowing thew to be molt n. __ _ ..... ... Mr. R. Westwood stated, that he resided in Prince's. street, Soho, where he carried on business as a jeweller. On the day in question he went out and double locked his door. On his return it was single locked, and the bar down ; and when he went iii, he found that the place had been crane ransacked in his abscrice ; WO watches. a great number of ;odd pills, seals, ear-rings, silver dant- Ives, spoons,a quantity of coral necklaces, six sovereigns, a 101. note, and 3.. in silver, were taken away. The sovereigns were marked, two of which hecould swear to. Crour-exatitined by Mr. Alley.—Had never seen any of the Watches or seals since. Beading was searched tit prison, al, er being taken to Marlborough -street. A witch was found on him. Wit ness did not claim it, but it was returned. Witness could swear to the two sovereigns. Left no person in the house when he went out. Be.ex 4 mined.—Hire sovereigns were found on Reading in the House of Correction. Several witnesses spoke to the identity of Reading, and to having seen huh on the day in question near the pro. setanor's house. The watchman who secured Reading found on his person a watchiseals, six sovereigut , and two shillings. foe clerk at the House of Correction proved a paper, discovered about the person of Reading, directed to his brother, and requesting that certain amulet there named might be pot out of the way. , 7 , The prosecutor swore to thetwo sovereigns. Three witnesses, Cope, Alexander, and Green, prorod, that Alexander obtained many gold pins from Solon on& wh*h he sold to Green, in whose shop they were found. kaft lexander, in his cross examination, persisted in o r eating Mat he did not know what price he gave Solo nslor the pins. Mr. Jositce Best said. that the only esidence affecting &Amitosis (namely, that of Alexander and his family), was not sufficient to convict hint. With respect to the other prisoner, he feared this would not be the case. The Jury acquitted Solomon*, but found Reading Guilty—Diath. THUKSVAP, Seer. 19.—T. King, a man of very re spectable- appartitice. WAS tad coed for stealing a stlvet spoon, value Ws. the properly of James 'slits, Esq. . . c .:+; . . -..:; ' • A?..4 .titer 49 ' • •'• ,- • • •:• - • 301 .e. . .** • • • . THE NATIONAL REGISTER .._ . ....,.. , wecutor, and swore firmly that the prisoner was the Man OLD EY SESSIOV. :: whit robbed hint. • The prosecutor was perfectly sober. s.i, , , 4 R... e , man every Webb, a constable of Twickenham, deposed, shat he MosroAT, -•• ••n aN eillutstl*• ' apprehended the prisoner on the 4th July on 'fwicken- respectahle •• • A?' .'wan placed at Mbar, charged, 1 discus the :• 4 '; ')at. iiition, c ol at kng ham Common, where he lived. The constables of Isle- and eavitnr Ja%rn. :.f 11, on the ii mi.rx„„,..„ u „, in worth mentioned his name, and deacribed his person, before he was taken. Witstebs had understood that the the New.roall, no the Regent's Park.• prisoner Fad been to his house to offer to surrender him- John akleiander Fisher, gate-keeper of Niarylebone self, previously to his b r i t* taken. I.ntlite4/4/11,, that on the Itels.of August last he was Two witnesses were called to speak to the prisoner'. sitting , i'dßte . rail of the Regent's Park, and saw a lady character, and gentleman es crossing ibe road opposite the Park Cr• Mr. J us ti ce Ri c h ar d son summed up the evidence, and cent... They had allsitOrd about a yard in the road, the Jury found the prisoner guilly--dealh—aged 18. when he ehaerved thlliaproceeding at a very rapid pace, ..