The National Register. — London, England, 1821-01-21 00:00:00

MIDDLESEX fsslO VS. TUESDAY, JAN. 17. Wililin Gorge Julia Want, and Mary Butler,a , c iiidieted for coovii jog to ctiarge Gaze with &limy. fill. Alley open, d the case. The par lit 'thus have liven detailed ou tau former trials. The cir cumstance arose out nf Elizabeth Gaze having been ham' up on a charge of frlony by Wilmot, and it ultei ward. • turned nut that the articles ss ere put in her box. Wilmot at the last SCVNUIIa arts found guilty of pt rjury, and was non with Mr. Wald charged charged with conspitin, with Want, but Mr. Alley left the MUM:1110W of the case. Toe pi battier, Want, addressed the Jury nt a speech of veal length, at: WWII 6r uudertook to disprove by evidence, the charges alleged ap,alost him. The toad having lasted eight hums it was adjourned until EDNESDA Y, JAN. 17. The first witness by the defendants, a as Mrs. Payne, lady at silics,c lamse the pruseciiti ix stated she had ire c, ived the mahogany boxes, fur stealing which the defeit- • dams had prwecatad her. Mrs. Payne stated, that the prosecutrix bad lived with her near Yarmouth, fur fourteen years, and had left her set vice about four or six yeas s since ; said she had hot given ber any mahogany boxes or tea caddie,, bat could not say that her father-in-law, who lived in her Infuse at the time, and is hoar dead, had not given her such al tiL les. She gess, the prosecultis to excellent character. Rhoda Hall was then called fur the prosecution and de• posed, that the proseeterix lett alas. l'a) He's service six ` years ago, and that she had at that time tea caddies such as site bad described. Caroline II igeins was servant to IVant,'n November, IS 19 . "'Wilma Gaze's boxes were Minieht to Witait's house, she put them in a lumber-room, of a lieu she kept the key till the boxes were taken nee), and withal:4 tmalal have been put 'lnto 'them a hale t hey were there. On her cross-examination she denied that she had ewe said to Sir Robe. t Wilson, or • any other person, that she ea•uld hang her master. The defence closed here. Mr. Alley addressed the Jury on the evidence. Ile said (t was now the pi ectice with profligate wen, who knew Icy could not get legal advowites to violate all the rules of leis and decency, ill undertake to defend themselves, ia the 111:111. leer that Mr. Want had done. The Learned Gentleman then proccedvilto comment on the evidence with great zeal had • erect ae econcluded by Saying, that, if the Jur) simuld ma bud at* jeisoner guilty, it must be his fault in conducting the prosecution, at there certainly never was more conclusive kiidence or a conspiracy. The Chairman recapitulated the evidence to the Jury, es plainiug the low as it Lappin? Ito the facts pored. . The Jury retired n few minutes, and retweed a verdict of Civalty against both the de:raid:tads. The Ma:esti:des retired to consider of the jaidetweet, and on their return iniu Court, the Chairman addressed the pia miner Vs ii nut, lie said, when he had the painful duty, the ' last Session, of pronomicine the jud anent of the COW t on him for the perjuay of nhitb he was then found guilt), it nits distinctly staled, that the cause of the inadegitac) of the punishment to which he outs then sentenced, was, that be has to llildrfgll the ordeal of u it ial on itemiser charge.— The present verdict proved that the measure of his guilt was fall, and the judgeneut of the Omit therefore seas, that after the expiration of his present imprisonment, he should be fur ' their imprisoned for the space of fifteen months, w hick time the Court ',Natal he would employ in sincere repentance or the heinous crimes he had committed against God and his fel low creature, The Chairman then :addressed the prisoner Want. lie skid, that when ignorance and brutality were convicted of ' henioue crimes, their feeiitigs must be painful ; but %shoo rank, tulent, and reputation, acre proved to have become so degraded, as to water Wm conspiracy vs ith perjury, it "tnust solely indict oil the per:4)llSO eonsieted,t4e most ping. Jima sullering. The wily excuse, hoarser, that the Court • mold make to itself for the vei y sli4iit ;famishment lee was goi h g to pronounce, was, the hope that the prisoner might have been mode the dupe of ;soother ; lie then sentence d the prisoner to pay a hue of 290 i. and to he imprisoned till the title seas paid. SURREY SESSIONS. TUE,DAY, JAtf. 17. RECEIVING STOLEN COODIL—The following case ex cited considerable interest in cinacqueuee of the acethed hissing been for a long tnne a preacher, :ant having had chapel of his wan in Lnck'-field,, at which he had pit ached mad withi❑ the liet (anise mouths. The prisoner, baac 'lappet . , mos iiiii.eted for haying re ceived tell bout:sand a taMe cloth, kitoa tug theta to he stolen. The articl. sin question a ere the pitiperly of Mrs. Al. Schroder, of Clapham Rise The cif, ani timers of the case were shortly these. Oil the 14th of October last the house of Alit. M. Sciiiiider, German lady, residing ut Clapham, was rubbed ui coosirit r uble propert),anani, , ,t which Mere ten volumes of a German work, " Mai tin I.lllber's Commtnentary on the Bible," and stone table linen. One volume uf the work in (pieta i sas lett behind by the thieves. 0.1 the 4th of December the btoleti work has offered lot' sale by the prisoner, in company with a •on.ua %% ghis loon lie cohabited, to Malice, tt bookseller, in York-Ai eet. Covent-garhen. The sun, de nraudedb)thepiisonerfortheMillk %%al 71. Ile bail he had it in his family for 50 ) ears, hut the act omit which he gave of the possession being dishelievtd lie was taken into cit.tudy gave a false act:omit of himself, and letused at first to &sr lose his residence. An officer searched the residence of the primmer in Temple-street, and found there a tabie cloth and harp cover, the lieupirt) of the pluatcutria. The J or> fond the pi isttiols Guilty. The Ciptitt, ill , ehtence, observed, that they never saw a stroager instance of determined deputy it) thin the Cabe of the prisoner at the bar, aho had been before the Court Ito less than live times fur lir Muir. offericts since lblb, and it was no later than July last since lie was tried before the Court, a hen he tc.s cautioned and partitilltaly admonished against couthining in is iniquitous mine of life ; hut he hid dist egsided those urlannittious. Ile was, hiuever, al list within the meshes of the law, trod the Chairman regretted that In Its case it did not go tat then than it thd, for certainly the prisoner had been fur) tun out. of the most tlazraiit and successful receivers of Stolen goods it. the Borough of South wark. The tut ;mode of his course of lite was par ticalarly PA: vated by his s, it ing his:well up us the promulgator of t! it law which said " shall not sti al," and thou shah hot do any minni r of litiory to thy height/out," ;nal upon a Itch they had now ills, pnrcticul CUillaillite Tue Court set mired the prisoner to be imprisoned in the coin' MOll gaol for the term of t went)-four culcudar months, the fall punisLau:nt allowed by the law. TIIE NATIONAL REGISTER "."" " _ - . Jones and Dunn in Newgate this Beek. They were too of the pelbOllS rescued from him. Oilier is itnesses confirmed ;his evidence. Wnt. Kil,by, landlord of the St. George's cofrec-hour de posed to seeing the prisones, Stanley and W. Jones at is house. The following day, W. Jones said to the wit .ess, that he would hear of something tu-itiori ow ; that they had us.embled in three parties; one at Durk-lane; anoth r ha Charles-street, Ornry-lane, and the remainder nt fl 11.111SV in !-liiiressgertlens, They were about 35 iu num ber. allii a pal t of Ile plan was, that every person who collie out to look at them should be thwirei (knocked (Mall) Tills 114/11e. Every p. rsini who was Well to look at all pat- Ocularly at them in their passage, was 'loured. They went os er Blackiriars liaidge to the house of W, Jones, ill Dover sticel whemc the irons of the r.seued pi isoners were knocked off. Tucy then came to witness's house. Jones, in the course of his story, said, " Stanley is nothing but a good one ; lie floored M usdrn, the gaoler. ' Rutin:ea, the Itow-street officer, and other members if the Pulice,sw ore to the apprehension of some o f the p r i so n ers . The w ere apprehended stb,eqUent 11. r Jiistiee ke, w siimmieg up, said, that with respect to the 1,&u• iu the caw., the c char,,ed against the pri sinicis was at common law a felony, within the benefit of 'flit; Jury retired, and after en ntNence of about ten inioutes, retuiliecl u vertact of Guilty against all the pnaouer MONDAY, JANUIRY If. Faint, a Well.kno n character was indicted for stealing a chest of tea, ♦alue 931. and upwards, the p ro p el ty of 301 in Coles Newberry. It appeared in evidence, that un Monday, the 8111 inst. Mr. Newberry had °tarred three chests of tea to be sent trutai the Kist India !louse to his shop, and while the puller was going w with two of them some person earned oil the thud, which had been left outside the door on the II tick. Alayliew, a How Sheet Mikes., met the prisoner in the same street, with the third chest on his shoulder, and fancying he did nut carry it like a regular porter, lie stopped him, and asked where he was going with his load? lie replied,with great sang froid, " only to the next grocer's slop here i" pointing to one a few dooms ME, Mayhew, however, snick close to him, and he then threw down the chest and endcavonied to get away, but was beenrcd. In Ilk defence the prisoner assured the Court lie was a very humid 1141'il working m ro, and that on the day in quesiitm he met a man in a state of CXII4IISIiOII with the kit chest ma his shoulder, and the promise of a shilling induced him to undertake the task of carrying it to the next go ()eel's shop. l'ileJoiry found him Guilty. The Recorder Said the officer had brought an old thief to justice, for this fiillow had been tried before. Mayhew.—•t Yes, my Lord, he served out one seven years to any know Is age. ' Tile poisoner called out to Mayhew.—" I say, Mister, give me my knife and key that you took from ine." The Recurot.ir.—" COWIN come, Mr. Faint, you know as wool as I do that those things are furfcited." The pa isoncr mattered an 'mill or two and retired. Margaret 's arren, a pour L islow moan, teas indicted for stealing two koliockies of bacom, the property of John Hawley. The prosecutor is a cheesemonger, and proved that the prisoner had taken the bacon out of his shop. In loci defence she said that 'he never took the bacon ont of any sloop, but that she bought the knuckles of a woman in the stied, and cave 18d. for them. The Jury found the prisoner As soon as the prisoner had retired Gorr the dock, a countryman of her's said lie came to give her a character. He stated that he was in the shop of the prosecutor Isefoce the lady just now at the tsar came in, and lie saw her take the bacon and pay ss. for if. Ile did not know who took up the money, but sure lie was that she paid it. The prosecutor being asked whether lie saw the witness in his shop said hr load never seen him in his life. The Rtrortler 11,1(1 the Irishman that no one would be lieve him, atol that he had better g 9 about his businebs. . . The Irishman said he Caine [hare to speak. the trittli, and nothing but the truth. The Recorder.—lf you don't go about your business, I shall have you prosecuted for per,ii.ly. The 111,11111.1/1 i mmediately slunk out of Court, amidst the laughter ut all present. TUESDAY, JAN. Id. The trials having tiiiisheil this day, sentence was passed upon the ',Timmer,: convicted dining the ~..., 1 011S. Three were senteheed to I.e tiansporiell fur life; 11 for tout teen years, all charged with the felonious posses- SiUll 1/1 . forged Bank of England tupes; and fur seven years. Several were sentenced to term* 91 confinement and hard labunr, souse to be publicly, and utdets to be privately whipped. The Recorder then passed the aw ful sentence of death upon the following unhappy persons capitally convicted dating the sessions, viz. Julia 31.11101 y, Mr returning tr o ut transportation bet ore the expiration Of the term fur which lie was 'rheum!' Elliott, Joseph %Voutten, Bullock, Michael Harley, and Michael Sullivan, fur high way robberies ; '1 homas Pratt and James Ityeall, fur burglary ; alld Joseph l'alinet. James PaliesCr, John Pop kins, Joseph Perry, a:4l Mary Gayes, for stealing to dwelling houses. Tit t: Roscoe; GA \6.—Joseph Stanley, alias Jack Jolly, Mark Herd, William Watts, John Harris, alias Keylock, George Harris, alias hillock, Robert APBs ide, William Jones, and William Hardy, the gang concerned in the rescue .of the prisoners from the custody of Marsden, the gaoler of ,borough-sti fief, here put to the bar together, and informed that in their ease the judgment of the Court was respired until the next Sessions. The :;essiunii then :adjourned until Wednesday, the Ilth of Feuruary next. A new and complete French translation of the works of Sitakspeare, front the linalish, is now the subject of comerfation in Paris. The tint volume, Ornalllt'llied with a tine portrait of our immortal bard, is shortly to appear. This edition, according to the French papers, is to be edited by the writer who recently translated Lord Ilyron's works : and the most important plays are to be revised try M. (imam, who is to add notes, historical •nd Another portion of Dover ChIT, but fortunately a small one, fell on Smiday last into the stable-yard of the Paris Hotel, at that port, in consequence of Ilse late heavy tains after the Irual, but without doing any injury. - •air— PIM A girl, apparently nut more than 15 :tears of age, was iti dietea fur stealing 1,0111 the person of Peirre Louise Lambe 351. in bank notes. The prosecutor is a French egg-merchant, and he stated that uu the ::7:111 embv r was introduced to the pri soner LI a house of W.f . :line nein LSI. George's fields. lie bad it hen be went into the house bank-mites to his pocket to a considerable amount. The prisoner during his stay at the house, coattivea to steal from his person three kindles of notes, to the tnuuuut of 3.:1. w ilh which she made tilf.— The prosecutor said. " the prisoner put her hand into his packet, took out the notes, snatched up the ritually stick, and ran ❑uay like a snake.' She it as bOOll after upprehetTed, but nothing was found ul lit-r. Aim °dicer corridoitated the statement of the prosecutor. Tile Jury found the pi i:0111.1 (h 1111), and the Court hen teuced her to be transported tar life. FRIDAY, JAN. 0: ASSAULT UPON TILE SuitaaY YEOMANRY.—A carman to Sir J. Alderwuod and Co., lead merchants, in the Borough, was tried for 11.v:tug assaulted a deacit mein of the Surrey Yeomanry Cavalry. Corporal Turner, of the Yeunir tiny, stated, that on the 529th of July last the Surrey Yeomanry had been at Wormwood Sernblis to keep the giound lot their brethren, the City Light Horse, who were on that day reviewed by the iung. A detachment, consisting of I men, of whom the witness was one, were returning home in the evening, and were riding on the near side of the road, close to ute pavement in Parliament -street, when the defendant, who was in a caravan, with a stout horse, rode between them and the pavement, although there was not room for him to pass, and drove in amongst them, deranging their ranks and running the wheels of the caravan against the legs of the horsemen, much to the injury of their bouts and breeches. Tile dCfelldalll CI ii() ed the confusion, and laughed in a very nubs:cons manner. 'Pie detachment, however, passed him, but they had scarcely got oicr the bridge when witness heard defend.iiit•s carat :income thundering hi their rear, and on turning round saw that he was again amongst them, and that all it as iu confusion. i'ittiess rode up to him and endeavoured to stop his career by taking the horse by the bridle; but a mob had collected on the pat einem and cheered the delentlent, with cries of " Cut away, d—n them ride over them." The defendant did cut away, and having a powerful horse he forced that on which witness was mounted on the pavement, and placed him in • nt danger. Not the slightest pro vocation had been given to the defendant. Not one ol die cavalry put a hand to a sword or other weapon.— Deiendent reused to make a public apology. A number of witnesses corroborated this statement. On the part of the defendant Mr. Dowling made a speech, and produced witnesses to prove that the Yeomanry had been the offending party. Vcr-ict--• Guilty. Mt. Tinton, for the prosecnt:on, stated, that all that was wanted upon this OCCiISIUn WaS the public acknow ledgment of ttledefemiant that lie had tone wrong. This the defendant was now ready to say, and sen tence was not therefore passed upon him. E. IViliiams, J. Chick, W. Gurby, J. Miller, P. Cas tle, end J. Goodwin, who have long infested the neigh bourhood of St. George's-fields, were indicted for as saulting, with intent to rob, Mr. Rhino. 'lire prose cutor stated, that he was, to;ether with the prisoner, and e,glit more, who belong to the same gang, in one of those receptacles for thieves„ a cam-shop, in Fryer street, when IVilhams sttempted to steal his watch ; a a disturbance immediately took place, and a wateninan, named Lee, being ou the spot, took Williams Otto cus tody. lie was rescued by the gang., and afterwards the prisoners were all apprehended at the Dover Castle, in Dover-street. '!'hey were all Ibund guilty of the assault, and the Court instantly sentenced them to seven years' transportation. On hearing the sentence, one of the prisoners' female friends screamed OM, and fainted, which seemed to be the signal for a revolt among the prisoners, Ibr they iminediately became most vociferous in asserting their innocence, and attacked the gaoler, who was about to take them out of the dock, swearing they would not go, and attempted to get over the bar ricadoes. The Court was instantly a scene of uproar and coafusion. A regular ti ht took place between the atilers, constables, and prisoners, winch ended in se curing the whole, and placing them in prison After silence was in some measure restored, (Arnow, an officer, was called upon to state how use outrage com menced, and whether any attempt at rescue was made by the persons behind the dock, which dud hot, however, appeal to be the case. The Chairman then gave di lemons for the prisoners to be double ironed and placed separate cells, and signified his intention of sending then) out of the country immediately. 01.1) 1 L SESSIONS. SATURDAY, JAN. 13. . - TUC SianleY, alias Jack JoUV, 11:o MMus Watts, John Morris, alias Geo. Morris, alias halloch, Robert M Wale, Wm. Jones, and m. third), a ere indicted for reseicog onllllll let,al cus tudy, Samuel Jones, William Dunn, und htu utilers, oleo were charced with a burglary. Cienige Brand, tiornkey at the house of correction, Colds bath fields, swore that he was present %ilea the of death wus 4444444 IUIICI . II upo.. Jones and Dunn. Jllllll Mult , lvir. gaoler of Marehorowli-sto eel ()flier, who p pearl. d wrtb leis brad still tied up, swore, that oir the of Novenibeo he was entrusted with Janes, Grady, I)umr, NI leo on , and another, with coo 1111 l ifloments delivered to hiin by Mr. Botlioop, the l'ol:ogi,trates' Cleo k. The Commitoneuts charged the tour persons monad with the offence of burglary. The 10111111i1110•11'b ant directed to the (iaver 11111 l of 1 gale. Ile hawk the prisoners together and the wa , ile were braked togcllo•r n chain. He proceeded ins urds Newgate, tinotiglo Hanway.)aril to Hussell•blrel t, and who oi he arrived at the earl of George-street, (counionooly cornea Ii nit-'lnset, h.: bead a whistle, and m u moment he was knocked down %%Ira blow on the head. Ile was most severely beaten rind cut, aud was not sensible fur several days. Ile recollected nothilyienore es.eptthat lie %Hi in doetor's shop, and that hi. illibtlibelb acre rescued. lie bad seen ,