The National Register. — London, England, 1822-11-03 00:00:00

OLD 11.1ILEY SESSIONS Mums st, Orr. VS.— desk. h Stone was indicted for stealing, tr 1111 l the person of George Wainer, a silk hand- Lei chief , value two sl iliiugs , His property. The pies, cubit, it appeared, was passing through Pies cadilly, when the pi isoner went behind him mid with iiinch dexterity mists:sorted the hauilkerilitif lions his pocket. lie was observed by a lad named Al n/hows , who iumlydiatrty seized him, and ease him in charge to an The hanilkeithief was found in his possession, wtsii li was swot II In by the prosevoinr. The Jury f I Min guilty, and lie was inimedistely sent...wed to be 'l - mop:laird for lite. (In healing his Pril truer, lie made a prof I obeisance to the Recorder, and eye' d , " Thank you, Stir " SArali Head wax indicted for b l e ating a silver watch, saute s., the pugierty of 5a11111..1 Vincent. The tit r and tits husband, it appeairil, were Indg ets iu the titoseenthi's house. The 041(11 in question was hanging in the bed-them adjoining the opal 11111'1115 nreupicd 113 Int poisoner, and during the absence of the piosecillot it was etelen, and subscipiently found at a who proved it to hat c been pledged by the 1111 , 11131 The Jury found her guilty, but strongly recommended lice to 1115nCy. Mt. Adolphus, en the part of the prosecution againat Thomas Feal by, W Haim Whitton.William Leicester,Jblin Chily, said S J Raven, who stood indicted lot stealing lb seise-miens. Once watches, Sic. in the dwelling-1 se sd .lame. (:urns, a 11111.111 Call al II low, applied 10 the coot I for Ike postponement of the tri•l nest sessions, Cit the 'impose of allowing time to bring furwasll MAIM! Alter a few ob•csvations front Mr. Alley for the pri soners, the it was ordered Mr Wednesday twat. Alexander Robertson was placed at the bar, charged capitally milli forging the Hall marks of the Goldsmiths' Company. tic applied to tin' court to have his trial 110,11- 110114 . 11 In the lit 1,1 sessions. Ilia request was g ntril. H. May, a Allan of very respectable appearance, was placed tit till' bar oil an it:diets:lent Charging Ilia) capitally se Ills selling ccitain pieces ol silver plate, bearing the forged stamp 01 the Goldsmith's C pithy, he will know log the same to beTtirged and comiterfeti. 11•allord opened the pleadings, and the Attire eery General stated Zhu ease fur the prosec.ration. The prisoner was a working silversmith, residing at Wilderness-row, Clei kraissell. In Maids, Ih2l, lie dealt with a silversmith in the Strand, named Jones, to whom lie 1.0141 VallollB articles of plate., oil which was impres-ed a toe:red stamp of the King's head. A bill of pal ce la wam delivered at the It 444 Well a certain sum Was Chars. d for duly paid to the (ioleismillev' Company. lie also in Ilse mouths of December and February lerd,solel to anotliee Tlr. Jun a, residing in a davit-sit part or the town, errtain articles of plate, also bearing Ilse sailor forged and come t/1 feit walk , . These were the facts oldie ease, and after seating the Ltly, and explaining to the July the di scroption of marks used by the Golit•metles' Company. 114 r Attorney Gem al proceeded to call his witnesses, wire deposed to the taets s m ith, inspector of stamps in the Stamp-office, unit at (ioliGneith's 11..11, loosed, that the nrerks upon the aprons and other alter les sold by tile pi isemei to the def t. sent witilegsell Were all 104,4411. The lumber of the prisuurr proved, thin the prisoner was dan,zee manly ill in ISM and 1-.41, and his lisiness was 11.illiair led by other prisons. A great lumber oe ve I) respectable persons weir called to character. Mr. Cartilage sworn. am a silver spoon maker. In my le ansaelions with Goldsmiths' Hall they committed a mistake. Last August twelvemonth was one rer.,sion. I Was apprehended on a warrant Ibr forging the Hall Mails ell silver spoons-1 was taken to the Mansemideriessr, and thare Mr. Miles, who was the inspector, discovered leis mistake, and the mat ks lto be genuine. 1 Was el 81 Ithelly, and have never heard oh the tramaetion liner, A Juror observed, that when the goods were sent by the prisoner to the 11.11 to be masked, it was pussitile that his messenger might have emit:lngest them, and put a (urged mat k upon those which he suls.titsited. The Judge slillsoloed up, and the Jury retiiined a verdict ti but r veutninemled him to theory. "Iltere was ;smoker indictment agaui►t him, on which Mr. Alley said i 1 was out inleadrd to proceed. Throdure Constantine, a genteelly stressed young Frei°.ltmaii, of remarkably prepossessing countenance, was capitally indicted for stealing a gold watch, and seals, and three gold seals, the wive' ty otlla Jars in, in his dwelling-house. Fur. Jai sin (alto a Frenchman) stated, that the pi isomer was the son of a soy war by and respeetattle old gentle- MAO, who paid him (witness) a guinea a week fur the use, and the land called every week to receive it. Upon one occasion. when witness was Isom home, the prisoner called, and went up into his bed• 100111, and when Lr wa• gone the as tides u u •ulioned, which had been des pot •ited there, wets. missing. They west! a fter wards traces, to have been Imo Led by the pi isoner. 'ri t e poisoner, in his deldtee, said he pmehased these articles flout a French gentleman, with whom he dined one day at a re.iimareteu. , iu Leicester-square. The -Putty found she pi INUIICI Guilty—Death. Mr. Jae iin handed in a left, r which he had received from the prisoner's father, in answer to our infoluting him of what had °edified. The letter stated, in very moving terms, that the prisoner was totally in eclainiable, and that lie had, by a long tontine of depravity, almost broken his lathers heart. He could du no uwr e list biro, and the law nova take its 1 ourse. There was anodic,- indictment against the prisoner, fur steiling three gold brooches lium Jonathan That tie, but lie was not tried upon it. J. Josephs, a very well-dressed Jew, was capitally its • sl:cted fat stealing a *dives tea-put, and a at eat quantity of other plate, the property ul Sir William Duff Guidon, io his dwelling house. Sir W. 1). Gui,lot. lives in Hanover-square, and in July last the place below, in his house, atone the plate was told, was entered, and 4.0,1.'31 01 all it edit:fined. An set vsiiisenient was 1,111..110nd in one of the daily 'tape's, in dames'''e lice id vs Melt a 11.411 tittincti JOIN) N 4 % 4 0141 Into. memo, that n 11411 of the stolen plate was deposited at the shop of a Mr. (attest, a save: stiatit. A search war toot was issued, and pall of the stolen propert y w as t•uued at Dlr. Guest's, and he was taken into custody, but it iiiii ediately declared that lie bad purchased it openly iu I lie way of butine , s, tall the prisoner Ju•ephs, Jusuplis, VIE NATIONALSTER REGI when taken tip, firmly denied ever being at Guest's loons° ou the day stated by the latter. Mt Guest. and Ills wile mud dauchter were called, and all swore dial the 1. , kolier sold the plate at his shop nu the evening of the day when the subuery was stated to have taken place. After a toial, which lasted several hours, the Jury found Ilse prisn u er Not Guilty. Turinitir, Uer. Vu.—John was charged wills burghs,' sly entering the dwelhog house of Mr. Skelton, of Upper iiiifig-sheet, tilswatslutty, and stealing then hum various articles of plate watt jeweili ty to a very truce amount. The following is the substance of the evidence whirl, ens adduced for the prosecute ,t—Oat the night of the loth jut September, NI,. Skelton, who i. a jeweller, lurked up hi, shop a, usual, 41111 lehi. dio rest. On Casing the swat 1111• c he I I the shop door open, and discovered that lie had been robbed. 'lr. Shelton slated Isis loss at Fluty-curet, aad watch we'. Millie for the robbers. In Oetulwr, in consivience of illiorlll/11i011 Which lie receiv ed. NI.. Skelion proceeded eta' an ottieer towards Ora in•r's place, Mi. loin.cie ,, cent, where the prisoner and his wile lodged. Near St. Pancras churl h they met the pni sonrr 111111 Isis Nile. The officer told them lie wanted them, and that lie war going to watch their lodgings. One of the psi nom, r, said, We du not live heit. ;we live at Alia) lel ." 'the officer, however, took them into custody, end proceeded with them to Drapers'place. When alley sawed there the prisoner's wile said she had never been there !Jelin e. officer knocked at No. 27, and the W 1411411 Who opened the door tat since said that the prisotite ;old his wife lodged there. On searching the I e, the officer found 20 pencils which corresponded in size with som e which had been stolen hunt Mr.Skellon iu silver cases. 111 Ilse ears of the prisoner's wife were a pair of drop ear.rings which the prosecutor believed to be his property, beranse they corresponded in pattern with some which lied been stolen from him. On the first floor %vete linnid live skeleton and several other keys. It was not, however, clearly proved that the prisoner lodged in this part of the house. Twenty-four skeleton keys, four of Itrulimalt's, and many others, were found in a closet at the top of the stairs. A small crow-liar and three phos phorus boxes were found in a closet in a bed. The Jury found the prisoner Guilty of privately stealing to the value of 40s. Julio Lambe was indicted for stealing the sum of Y:101., the property of Alessrs. Leighton and Co. pinsecutoil are manufacturers at Manchester. The prisoner was in their employment. The case was so clearly proved, that the Jery,wittiont permitting the Re corder in sum up the evidence, I d the prisoner Guilty, and tlie‘uurt sentenced him to transportation fur fourteen years. John Walters and John Lacy, who were convicted last week of stealing soine barrels from their employ et s, ?fiestas. Mole and Co., were to-day tried on 811 indictment 14 a similar offence, with a view to hereafter using their conviction on the present indictment upon the pi oseentiun of Rich/id Clarke, a brewer, reeiding at Bethnal-green charged with receiving the casks, knowing them to be stolen, iu case he (Clarke) shall be thken. He bas Millet to succeeded in eluding the search of the officers who are seeking ter him. The prosecutors, it appeared, have been plundered in fine way to the enormous extent of I,gool. within twelve month:. The Jury . timid them Lint' and they were sen tenced by the Court to traospitt whim tor seven years. AI r. Alley said, that it was illlllol - 1:1111 for servants to know, that had the word " Nl . tratit a" not been omitted iii the indictment, the sentence would have been 14 years' transportatiou. WE111.4,2:.•&y, (les% 30.—Genrge Ilrlotion was.inilicted fur stealing Iwo h •Is ' the property of John Shaw.. A constable ul St. Luke's. took the prisoner mitt cus tody, on Saturday the Ilth, about half pest eight in the evening, iii Garden-lane; ou !Wing asked what he had got, he answered •• t wo bonnets," which lie said belonged to his sisters. He arierwiti de said, he hail got them from a pet owl named Roller ts, residing in New Compton sheet, St. Giles's, mill was going to submit them to his sister, for her approval ; the witness enquired whether Isis sister knew he WWI to li ell the bonnets t lie replied " yes." This proved to be false,_o n iity. Thorn:is Feat by, William Whitton, William Leicester, Julio Cory. and Ss.n. Haven, were indicted fur stealing in the dwelling house of J. Curtis, a publican, at Houns low, 16 sovereigns, three watches, Ace. his property. James Curtis keeps the White Hear ' 1101111 , 10 W. On the 113111 ot Septembet last, Fearby and Whitton, came in about half past one. They had slept Ode once before, and had been fiequently at the house. They came toge ther in a gig, and had dinner, and went away about 11411 past thee. At half past eight in the everting they re turned; the oilier prisoners throve up directly rifler. A sixth person, nametPWllite, (trot in custody) was diet e at the same time ; they all appeared acquainted, and sat iii the same room 1111 the gimend Hour. The tones Unit gigs Were drawn lip in a line in the trout of the house. Alter singing two songs, one of wines was the " flay at Biscay 0," in which they all joined in chorus, Ibt y all went off like a shut. They went of the vs-1y moment the last song was concluded.— Whitton threw three pence into witness's hand for the ostler. I"..at by jumped into the gig anti they drove otf eitiately, lie lord been walking lip and down the passage for sunny minutes, iu the course of ten minutes after the prisoners had lett,his wife informed I that the bed room hail been stripped. He went lip and found the door had been unlocked I the bureau forced open, appa rently by the means of a small crow bar, ur some steel instrument: live or six boxes were also broken, and a quantity of paper thrown upon the bed. There were sitissitig several table spoons awl other articles ut plate, among which were a ;mock ladle , at ven riugs, three ail cur watches ' several Arun...A ut Jewellery, three five pound Batik of England mutes, one of the Abingdon llaitk, 16 sovereigns, and other , aulouutiug to neatly luol. lie sent his wife fur an officer, and lii y went in pursuit. Ai Kensington they f d the pu►uue is —llllltV were 111 1111 . M•1111111s, ul Granby, and tau (Ands near the gateway of the Palace. There were 'Our gigs, and tine perom on horseback, who all took the riiillll . iii recti lrvin his house. Has it-coveted the note Eve pound notes, but 114 other pail ul the property. He was ettiss•exat 1111 l ed at great !cowl' by Messrs. Alley and Plait. but 110111111 g material was elicited in tit runt ut the prisoners. James Ilatuptun, ostler to the prosecutor, swore that he recoilected all the live pi isimei s hiving been at los toaster's House He saw by and Whitton there us the mtut nine. Wheat the party Caine in the evening, tne lato•cs were by order kept in leo lif!sli at the door, ready to start. Witness was at the door, where lie could see jii.o the passage, and doling the time he Was loos , n o . body besides the party in question entered the pa , stige.- -:‘t half past • they all came out, and went away together. flue appeared to be sober. Soon after they were gone sinless heard of the robbery. lle set off with his master in puisiiit of the thieves. Saw the limo:n.18, together wOh a man nut now in custody, at Yetringloo. They were at two dale' ent public lionst•s. Mary Simpson.—ls a servant to Mr. Curtis. kemein. bets the party canting into the house rn the night in question ; witness waited on them; dolt wet e all in the parlour when she began to wait MI 1111 . 10; they were len 1.1411. Frailty and Whitton had brandy and water. Mr. ('ook, the high constable of Homedow, Staines, a hot se patted, and other w it ott•sses, deposed to having put surd mid overtaken the prisoner , ' and a molt nam.ol 11 into lit K en.hogion. Fear by and Whitton were at one politic house together. Curry and Raven were stopped ;Ii Palace gate by the horse patrol. Leicester shut W the WeltiOditll on the road together. When they hod ht•ets in custody abut au hour, White connived to slip out to lii house, owl has never been heard 411 suttee. A ' , emelt was tumid near where Currey and Raven were stopped. This clobvtl the case for the prosecution. Tile Recorder ol up the evideoce with lt mi nuteness, and left it to the Jury to say whether the rob. hely could have hews coutntitted by any other person , than the plistmers. The Jury retired for about a quarter of an hoar, and tenor:led with a verdict, finding all the prisoners guilty —deatli. Titeliecordcr, addressing the prisoners observed, that three other persons were now ler sentence of death in Newgate fttr the saute species of offence of which they had just been cstivicit d, and it was a kind of crime %hire' had of late become so prevalent, that severity was neves wiry in check it.—Publicans were compelled by law to keep their houses open to all persons who chose to enter them for refs esliment, and their property was necessarily vet y much exposed, and they must be protected. 'nos house had been robbed by as deeply laid a plait as could have been conceived, and it was impossible to say %hat might be the decision of his Majesty upon their bestial eases. They had better pi 'vase for the worst that could happen. Fearhy was a very respectable looking man, and seem ed possessed of considerable talent.—The trial lasted all day. ~'PnrnsesT, OCT. 31.--Sti ISIDLING.—Thomas Berry was indicted for stealing a quantity of plate and linen, the property of George Gotford. The prosecutor is employed by Messrs. Weale, Cordon, and C. nand, to keep a warehouse fur letting nut goods, in 8.1. ward-street, Portman-square. Ile was sent to No. 2, Park- Street, Grosvenor square, to a Mr. Thomas Berry. The house was lit for a nublemars,and Mr. Berry had taken it fora twelve• month certain. Ile made inquiries into the character of the ••artier, which were answered satisfactorily. He then sent sheets, damask table cloths, half a dozen silver tab's and :s dozen tea spoons, fur the loan of which 10s. 64. per week was to be paid. They were delivered on the Sth of October, 1821. lie 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 thrned, anti an order given for six more table spoons, for one night's use wily. lie sent three days after bur the spoons. list they were not returned. In fise or six weeks afte► be applied to Mr. and Mrs. Berry fur the amount of the bill, but eot neither money nor goods. Ile called in a few days after, determined not to leave the h nese until he saw the prisoner.— He had beets there about an hour and a half whets Berry came in, purl the servant said I. him. '• I am glad you are come, Sir, for this man has got into the house, Hied has behaved very ill indeed." Her. walked up into the drawing room, and asked him to follow. Witness told him he wan come fur his employers' goods and the hire of them, and that he would Dot go without them. Berry said his wife Wall in the countr►, and had the goods locked up, but she would return on the Itaturday, when the goods should be nest back, anti the hire paid. He felt dissatisfied, and *till said Ise would not go away ; on which the prisoner produced a proultot-losok, with bills to the amount of 2000 f. Ile 'Malted out one of the wettest, which he said was only for Ilia and which witness was to bold as a security until the following Saturday. He tool it and went away. The hill purported to Ike drawn by Thomas Coates, and accepted by John May, of Trinity-square, Aldersgate-street. The psi :outer wished to endorse it, but the witness avid he would nut put it in circulation. lie called on the Saturday, sod several times afterwards, but never saw the prisoner until the 3.1 October this year. There is no 'trinity-square, Aldersgate, but a trinity court, and at No. 6, there lie found a John May. lodging in a garret. He saw Mrs. May, who had been scrub bing the stairs, but she would not let him go up to her husbaud. Ile found the prisoner at a furnished house, in Edgware-road, which he had just taken for a twelvemouth certain plait. Ida had hire taken into custody. Mr. Berry insisted then, sod before the Magistrate, that he hail never seen wilniss bet'are• until the bill was produced. and then hue jraultered and he only then believed that he bad seen witness once before. VII hen Mr. Berry was searched, [some waste paper, kower's-a half• penny, and a metal chain, with no watch at the end of it, wet e found upon hint. The prosecutor's porter proved the delivery of the goods. Mrs. Arnie Sawyer sworn.—She is proprietor of the house, N 0.2. Park-street, and had the good fortune to let it, in Oct• 1821, to Mr: and Mrs. Berry, at 1001. par annum. They said they came from Worcester, and referred her to Bull and ll,ook bank, at Adam- t, back oldie Bank, whom they represented as their ageuts. Berry solid be was a gentleman, coutieg In reside in town, with his aunt. She went to Adorn-court, Tisrugmorton-street, and Bnll anti lirookbank gave Berry as excellent character. They had chambers. She never got her rent, tow could Mid Bull and Brookbank afterwards. Betty mill his wife tied before quarter-day, mid only their maid ser vant wus tln-re, who left the house alit is witness came there. This was the case for the proseentimi. The prisoner in his defence said, he never saw the goods, never ordered them, or caused them to be ordered. and Mrs. Derry told him that she had never seen nor ordered them. lle c.alleit no witnesses. 'the Recorder was about to stun up the evidence, when the Jury wished to save him the imolai, ; but he told him lie must make an observation on the law of the case. Here the goods were delivered up wills the knowledge and consent of the owner . and if (lie prisoner did not at the time of hiring them contemplate the making nwsy with ;ben', lie could ant be Mead guilty of stealing. II they thunAt tied he intended to dispose " them. sad with that VI sioph.) pretences to