The National Register. — London, England, 1818-11-08 00:00:00

Nnv. in his side pocket, containing 1701. and in the morning it was gone. Suspicion alixliting upon the prisoner, officers acre• sent after her, and she %I'm at leo4th apprehended at Liver pool. Several of the notes were found in her pus-essi,in. interrupted, -c he said the prosecutor had given them to her. . . . The Jnry flood the pri.ooer flovilrv. It apprarc,l sn'aso gocody tlvit 361. out of the 1701. had only been 'recovered, and about 51. worth of clothe.. 2WEIML4DAY. r. Longlmrst was indicted ftit:stealing two doves and sel live pi g eons, the property of Mrs. Video' inc s now . Toe prorecutria resides at Sunbury ; on the night of the lOM o October, the t)ove house WAS broken into, and robbed as above stated, and on the following morning the prisoner of a number of pigeons ir sale at a woman': in Damp stead•road, but she would not purchase them ; anti it being a fterwards ttodetstood that they WPi e stolen, the prisoner was pursued anti taken in the New Road, and he then said they were all sold. It was afterwrails discovered that the pr i son e r liad left 29 of them at the house of one Stevenson, near Battle Bridge. Three of them were produced and sworn to, one of them tieing a carrier, and a fourth was pro tM which died on Tuesday night.—Guilty. At rots Iley stated, that now the verdict hail been returned, he stood with propriety inform the Jury, that the prisoner had tw i ce been admitted as an evidence in this Court. lie also stated, that Mrs. Stevenson had bought:it) of the pigeons fur stis. and 1,411 denied that the pigeons were in her possestiion. Tills was denied by Mrs. Stevenson; butt the ollieer, being railed up, positively said, that, out his going to her house, she deisiett that she load any of the pigeons. Mr. Alliy observed, that if lie had known this before, else should have been indicted as an accessary,—Mrs. Stevenson said, she had give,' eon amount for them. _ Mr. Alley thforino , l her, that it was not necessary, to sus tain an indictment for receiving stolen goods, that the person so receiving them should have paid for Owns. W. ilingley was indicted for stealing, ou the 1211. of An gist, three Bank notes for the payment of at. each, and other monies, to the amount 01'671. the property of --- I.)tiland. The prosecutor is an• Irish jabber, and on the day before oientlonett he sold six heiferste a Mr. Lawrence, at 110niford Market, for 631. rice prisoner assisted the prosecutor to (hire the cattle, mad on their return they laid down together, and the prosecutor fell asleep, awl on awaking, llie prisoner Was Witte and also his pocket haok. The prisoner was apprehended a fete days ayter, cud three notes for 51. .each, which were paid to the pro,e'ratitr by Mr. Lawrence, were found concealed in his breeches--Grility, AI. L.vv was indicted fur reee ivi:, ,mt the -Itli of October, algdeer coffee-pot, v line 201.; a tankard, rattle 101. ; 30 sil. vet spoons, value :1. ; and A Variety of articles of plate, kunwhia theta toil:see been stolen, the property of W. Chi. .tow The circumstances of this ease have been fully developed In the trial of FL Morris and J. Dennis, who were con vie tril of having stolen The articles. J. Braid, the aocottytire, who had !ter n three years ;n M r . clot o w s service, went o% er his Former evideoce,'and stated, that he end Morrii took the prate to the ptiSeliCr Pettienat-lane ; and that on the cttoie day. Levy met them at 111orris'i lodgings, and gave Alurris a banditti of notes, six of which Hottan rave to the witness, who spent two, and hutted Mott. The accomplice teas - corroborated In a few of the minor facts. Six lir seven, apparently respectable) people, gave the pri soner a good character, one of who.ii had known him for 56 years.--The Jury retired, and on their re:tau funiid We soner Nut THEMSDAY. Jaynes Ward was indicted jot steatiare 401. note, the pro" perty of A. tliscork. A tew da)s ago, Thomas Manic was eanyjetod or stealing - this very note from the relent prosee , itor, who is CO.schalall to a Mr. Gunter. By the evidence on that [6.'l, it appeared . that the brother of the prisoner Morris (JaineA Mori is) had been sent In get Alie note changed at a draper's shop in the Strand ; that the bllOrnati had peen ,eat to the Bank with the note, and that Ire, instead of bringing it back. atiieondeil with it. The prisoner Ward, now at the bar, is that very sliernati who ran off. Mrs. ll'hoia Simmons, the wife of Mr. Simmons, a draper in the :itrand, and J4IIIPS Morris, were again examined, and repeated their former statements. Smithers, the officer who apprehended Ward, said that the prisoaer hail informed him that lie had lost and spent all the 401 in travelling, and had wily a portmanteau, a silk hand kerchief, and two snuff boxes lett. 'The officer then stated, that the Bank clerk, William Hook, who had attended on the former trial, now refused to be pre sent, or to produce the bank note, unless lie received a gui nea or a -oubpecna. The prosecutor had been unable to give tile guinea, and the consequence was the absence of the rincipal witness. The Recor d er.— H ave you erved him with a snbpiena. . . Sinithers.-1 did not think it necessary. The Recorder.—You should have told me of the denim stance before the trial, or have sersed him with a subpoena. I would have seen about the guinea when I got hint here. Smithers repeated, that he dirt slot imagine it had been ne cessary, as be had attended on the last trial. He told me after the last trial that he would not attend without a sub- Ilona or a guinea. !Ilse Recorder then told the Jury to acquit the prisoner on .recount or the absence of tin. material WilllcsS. The July re_ United a ye:diet—Not Guilty. ltaehrl Alitehell was convicted of stealing a quantity of we string apparel, the property of Etizabeth Wilde. By tile evidence it appeared, that the prisoner committed the theft in older to obtain liquor; hut in her defence site said that tier husband was a great drunkard ; and that she and her children tail been left tivr days at a time without a morsel of bread to put in tacit A juryman obses cl, that a few months ago thr prisoner's husband threw he!, dead drunk, 011! of a ourpuir'ifstilts window. The husband teas a senor man, and had frequently vrot ked for The Recorder.—How long shall we confine her, gentlemen, to make her sober A Juryman.-1 think she may be sober in a imnith. The 'teem de.•.—Theis we will gibe her two months to bring her completely to her sense•. FRIDAY. John Harris was indicte4.ltorste. - g an iron anleirae and a pair, of otncli sprittAtt, on :be 12in of October, the property of John '1 he carts of the robbery were clearly proved. The pro secuter lived near Vincent Square, Westinittter. The tiny ..after the property was stolen, the prisoner was Wattled by THE ‘TIONAL REGISTER. an officer to ilin ' them to a indln of the name of Ogle, keeping an iron shalt initiaitton Groom), IVestinirster. '1 he o Fiver, acen , noanie.l bv• an ut into the shop, and laid hold of the prisoner. At this onorneat a whistle %, a, heard, anti in au hoilaitt 3 gang of a hivl t :10 or 40 per‘onv iislicd !Ilion the mfiems, knocked them d eon and re•ened the nri•ntier. Ile was afterward., however, apprehended mt un ani.ther charge, and taken to iiorsemonger Lune pri -on. In Ilk lilrrellCC the prisoner said that he knew mit hinz about the matter. Fonr witnesses gave 1,11114 guuii character fis r honesty. lie was a shoemaker by trade, audbad we ked very hard at his bn,iness. jury found the prisoner guilty without h -sitatiott. CounnoteSergeant —Prisoner, such a fellow as you cannot expect mercy. Yon .li4ll go out of the country. The officer stated, that the relations of the prisoner very It wished that he should he tranyouted. Common Sergeant—You see, gentlemen of the jury, what kind of witnesses these were who gave the prisoner so good a character ; the relations themselves desire him to be sent out of the country. Lucy Price WAS indicted for wilful and con npt perjury on the trial of Biotin! .bilk es at the (WI Bailey July Sessions. Richard Barclay stated that he was the ptort..entOr ”-!ainst Richa d Wilkes who had been trie I ri.;c: consisted. W stated, that on the aali of July lie was at Iliuhnitry 11 He was then robbed of his watch, and susite!ctoii, the prisoner Wilkes, lie laid hold of him, and had him put into the watch house. Oct the trial of vviike,ltt the Old Bailey Sessions, the prisoner at the bar had declared that he (witness) was croak at the time. He most solemnly declared that lie was sober, 44tking drank nothing but tea Nit day. latherlno Barclay, wife to the last witness, retneinhered the prisoner being called, on the trial of Wilkes, to g:ve him a character, and else then swore that her hustrand was not able to stand, lie was so drunk. ... .. William Owen, au otli...er, proved that he apprehended Wilkes at Ilighhotry, on the day mentioned. He heard the prisoner examined, and rho• swore that Barclay wean') drunk at Hi:., , libury that lie could not stand. Henry Buckler, the short hand writer to tl.e Cuitrt,was next examined, and read his short hand twirl. By them it up, prayed, that the'prisoner swore that the prosecutor appeared to be very much in liquor. The jut y after a short consideration returned a verdict— Nut Guilty. POLICE. GUILDh ALL. John Prince, porter, in the service of Mr. Lloyd, wine mer chant, Iti.f, Fleet -street. underwent an examination on charge of robbing his master's warebonse of a quantity of wine, and other articles. The prisoner was stopt in Lone. Lane, Smithfield, by one of the city officers, abort 7 vet oe k un Fa itiay morning, with a bag mil I ; ; a.. sami.i.ers. which w,as seeueted a large stone bottle, -coat g,111011.4 air Vol I wine, which it appeared he had stolen from his nnntcr'seel lar, and was conveying it to his own lodgings in the neighhona. hood of Bethnal Green. 13eing unable to give a satisfactory account, of himself, ha was lodged in the Compter. The - cer proceeded to the house he said he lives'. in ; and on search ing his apartments, another stone bottle was found foil of red port wine, besides two or three single bottles, &c. Mr. Lloyd not being in attendance, the prisonerWdi remanded. li(iw s'rß Err. Tuesday Win. Gunn was charged with def, onding Jams - Rennet, of the IViiire Horse and Plough piddle 11011. r, Of 31. by means of a forged certificate. The prisoner came to Mr. Bennett, in April last. and prodneed a pa:wr purporting to be the certificate of tV Kempt borne, ('aptaiU of his Ma jesty's qhip Queen Charlotte, and stating that the pri , oner had served oil board that ship, as au armourer, and was entitled to prize money, in consequence of his being concerned at the attack on Algiers. The prosecutor, in consequence, gas , e hint 51. ; but soon discovered that the certificate, and also au order signed with a prize master's natne, were both forgeries —Committed. Ducky Wells was brought to the office by two of the Deal constables, charged w ith being coucerned with several smug glers in murdering four of the Fox Revenue cutter's crew, about three years ago, in resisting their seizing a vessel laden with smuggled goods ; and two of the smuggling party had been executed for the murders. The prisone r was identified a$ the man who stands indicted for the murders, and was coin. mitted. MARLBOROUGH STREET. Sir Joseph Banks was fined in the mitigated penalty of 101. for his servant removing his own ashes from his house in Solao fpiare. The servant of the contractor seized the cart laden with ashes at Sir Joseph's dour, and took it to the Green yard. Magistrate observed, that this was an Act of Par. liaanciat which many of the Noblemen and Gentlemen who passed it were unacquainted with more than its preamble. He was bound to convict upon it ; but Sir Joseph had an opportunity of appealing against the conviction to a superior Court. An appeal was accordingly entered. Brawn, a Life Goaralsman, was eliar;zed with wounding R. Hadley, a watchman, on ,Monday night. The prisoner masoning; disorderly with a woman in Portman's! reel, at one o'clock in the morning, and as the watchman could not pie %rail on ti n •tn to depart, he sprung his rattle; when the pri soner drew a short bludgeon from under his jacket, and knocked him down by a violent blow upon the head. He bled copiously ; and the call of murder brought another watchimits to Isis assistance, ;mil lie was secured.—Toe prisoner was committed. He said lie was to have been discharged in the morning, in the reduction of the troops. 314g,istrate, "Nu doubt the must rues in every regiment will he sent off in the reduction." We are authorized by Sir Stewart Bruce, Bart. to state, that the persoa who presumed to call herself Lady Bruee before the Alagistratcs at 1S:1w-street, has no right whatever to assume that name. At the lee Stafford Ser.sioas it was directed by the Court, " That the order in cominoin eas,2s of bastardy be in future made for the payment of iwJairiiiiugs we:l4ly by the reputed falter, and one n; by the mother, in caw she shall not herself nurse the child, to long as it shall lie chargeable to the parish." The Reverend Giles Powc:l, of Acrice, was lately convicted before William Leeds, Esq. in the ptnalty of YUL. for snaring a hare au a Sandey,--Cun , str i mper. It is in omit:awl:titan to form a new line of road from Bristol to London, through Acton Torville, by which a considerable ;iist4r.c; wou ld be saved, hilis avoided, and the arrival of the Mails between tbo two Cities accelenit.al at least un hour. Within the last form glit, 4,(100 bushels of onions, from Portugal. France, :and Hull:aid, have ben imported into Hull. The price has in eon:.eiunee been very Greatly reduced. A girl, aged 2a, now exhibiting at . Brussels, is said to weigh isolbi. She islix feet 'nigh , and be; arcurnecrence 13 quad to her heiglit. • CORONER'S INQUESTS. Wednesday an inquest was 11.111 at the King's Arms. Newg.tte• Market. en Ow body of Elliott. who put a period to his exit:ence by cutting' hi, th7oat at his lodgings, 31,. Puernoster-row. It will perhaps b.: revollected by our iTaders ' that this person took tut part in the lat.? %Westminster EleLzion in the honest of Mr. ; hut in conr•quence of the " Orator's" gross behaviour, he disclaitt..d all further connesion with him, The deceased lodged with Mrs. Thompson, and aecording to the evidence of several witnesses, he had been a Commission Agent for two houses in the wine and spirit trade, tut ItaJ been for some tune depressed in mind, in c msequence of not being able to get into business. I its wife had died about ei;:ht or nine months ago, which seemed always to have preyed upon mind, and when speaking of h er to Mr. Want. of the Saturation Tavero, Nesvgate Street (one of the witnessesl, he shed tears. lle also told Mr. Want that he wa , very uneasy about the non-payment of some hand bills which Mr llnnt had ordered him t get piinted, and which net haring lava paid, application had been made to him for the money. On Sundays medical gentleman was called to the deceased. whom he found in a high fever. Wednesday he saw Lieu again, when he complained of something pushing him to jump out of the window. On Monday night the deceased sent to Want, who came to him ; and he s id to Mr. W. •• I have got cheeks for thou sands, my boy, and I want you to do something for me in the City to morrow. They arc things, von know, which ought not to besut fercd to lie by."—Verdiet—lnsanity. On Wednesday evening an inquest was held at the Crown and Cushion, Little llossell-street. Covent Garden, before Af. Lewis. Coroner, on the body of Mr. Chailes M•Carthy, formerly an oTc r in the service of the Emperor of Austria, who tell down dead in the Pit of Drury Lime Theatre on Monday ni;;ht last, awl expired j st at the moment Mr. Kean was representing the dying scene in Ridw rd the Third. Mr. James Cole, surgeon, corner of York Street, C went Garden' being sworn. said as follows :—" I was sent for to attend a gold...man who was said to be dying of dead. in the Pit passage of Dimly Lane Theatre, about half past ten o'clock on Monday night lust ; I at• tended immediately, and found the deceasedsupporreil on a stool, near the money takers' office ; life appeared to be extinct ; nevertheless, I thought prof er to open a vein in the arm, and al u the temporal ar tery, but could not produce blood ; and I found it useless to attempt any thing farther. My opiaion is that the deceased died in a fit of apoplexy ; and since I have viewed the body at the request of the jury, that opinion ia confirmed." Henry Edward Church, 29, Devonshire Street, Enrgeom'attended the deceased with Mr. Cole., and confirmed in ,every repect Lis evidence. James Davies, constable of St. Paul's, Covent Garden, sworn, said, " I was on duty at Drury Lane Theatre on Monday night, and was standing in the pit-lobby at about 20 minutes past ten o'clock, as the curtain fell at the conclusion of the tragedy, and was inforeavd that a gentleman had fallen down in the pit. and appeared to be dying. I went to him immediately, and wuud the deeca-ed in the anus of seve ral persons who were supporting him ; I a.sisted in carrying him into the passage of the pit, and a female, who appeared to feel in terested for the deceased, and who, I thought, beloaged to him, ran forsome water. The surgeons arrived shortly after, and after attempt ingto bleed hie:, ordered hint tube removed to this house, arts there they tried farther means, but tone effect. I examined the tleceaed's pockets, and found the envelope of a letter, on which was written— ' Chas. M•Carthy, Esq. Bull Inn. Bishor.gate Street.' Upon ap plying there, I found that was the place of his residence. The - sealed packet now produced is all the propeity I faand upon the du. ceased." Major Albeit D'Alton of the army, residing in Conduit Street, stated, " The deceased is distends related to me, he had been lately at Paris. and was on his way to his fatuity at Dublin ; bat remained in 1.0 idon tier a law days for the parpose of se...Mg a few friends. . I received a letter from him a few days ap, itilinanM: me that he had a fit of the gout. Deceased was not a married man ;he was a . gentleman of a highly respectable faufly, and formerly was an officer in the Austrian service." Verdict—Died by the visitation of God. Thursday. evening an inquest was held at the Golden Lion. Dean Street, Soho. lst:esire Hugh Lewis, Esq. Coroner, ua the body of Jahn William Nicholls, 23, Cerrard Street, Umbrella maker.—The de ceased was between 50 and 60 years of age, and was in the habit of coming to my house the last 14 year:: ; he held a situation in the Barrack Department, tinder General De:auncy, and retired on half pay ; he held some freehold in his native country (Cheshire). to which he retired ; Mond..y last, about 12 o'clock, he came to my house and sat in the front parlour in the chair. He said he was going to Paddington. lie sometimes dined with me. in about 20 minutes after he came, I heard a noire: as it' he was rappit):4 with his stick. I sent up the servant maid, who soon returned, read I went to him, and thand hint lying upon the floor. I sent for Mr. Dickson, a surgeon, who came directly. The deceased oak' uttered a ie., Oh dear I 0:i dear ! what is the matter ?" Ile was dead before the surgeon arrived.• Mr. Edward Dickson, surgeon, 66, Warilour Street, Soh- stated, . that he was called upon to attend tile dr - Teased, and fieind him at the house of last witness, lying upon the floor, quite sen.edcss ; he cues ceived hint to he in a lit, and he got hini on a sofa in the room ; he made an effort to get his aim out of his coat. hut it was deemed • proper to cut it, mad then he opened a vein in the arm, and gni about four ounces of blood; bled him behind the neck, but cualdl not get a nv more blood ; apolital leeches, they took hold, hut got no blood ; pulsation diet' ceased, and respiration was very short ; died in five minutes afterwards ; conceives that lie died in a i; of apoplexy. The Coroner and Jury expressed themselves satisfied with the ca dence produced, and they returned their verdict.—Died in ait apoplexy. A Jury was al , n summoned at the Cmoked Aillett, Ratchtf way, to hold an inquisition ledore .1. W. Unwin, Esq. Coroner, on , the romans of the unfortunate sutte:ers, Mr. John gunner, and his son, John Bonner ; the hunter aged 4, and the latter aged 4 years, who were burnt to death on Monday morning last. There s. caned to tbe no , ero mils for supposing that the prenuses were set fire to .n any other manner than by pure accident, and accordingly the ver dict was—Accidentally burnt to death. The Surrey Adjourned Sessions at Newington closed on Monday. _ In the numerous calendar of offenders was a man named Chairs Brown, sfl year: of age, who had been brought up to the sea; he was found guilty of an asiault with inient to commit a rape on I .0 ijsa Murehey, a child seven heirs old, the iiiPuit daughter of a labeor man living at Rotherinthe. The child, from us i.delligent • - plies, appeared :aware of the consequences of an oath, :md was there titre sworn : her evidence dbelosed such a scene of brutal condtict on the part of the prisoner, that the whole Court was moved with int!i! , - nation against him ; and the worthy Chairman intimated, that had he been capitally indicted, he wouldjustly have had to pay the for Lit of his lik. lie was sentenced to two year, impstsonmeat. Among other cases of peculiar depravity, develol.:4 at these -Sessions, was that of \lary I'oole, who was tried anti ip•quitted on a charge of stealing a 31, note; it appears that altheitJi she is not twenty years of age, yet she has been upwards of fifty tinsel in custody !—Eleven prisoners, convicted or picking pocket., and other felonies, in Cam berwell, Lambeth, add the Borough, wcr sentenced to seven years transportat4m. A few nil .hts since, the house of Mr..l. el - aprrian, of llolyfreld Ilan, in the parish of Walliato limy Cross, in the county of Essex. • was broken open by a very nuta.rous an I during gang of robbers, amounttng to ten or twelve men, Untied and disguised. They plun dered the house and premises of property to a very large amount ; :ining it were Bea notes to th e amoun t of lad four watchr , with a va • ivy of seals, cha ins, .'cc.: one of the w atches was a valuable gold one. The gang made their rw.ape with the whole of the vaktable property, and remain still undinovved.