The National Register. — London, England, 1817-09-22 00:00:00

SEPT 2?. ,ed to keep his change he was very regular in keeping it witness described. Cross-examined by Mr. nollanti.—Knew the prisoner from .is birth. lie was the son of Mr. Howard's daughter; the no• ier ot•the prisoner laved at Hillingdon; the prisoner is about years of age, and had been with his grandfather since the .ge of Ili; the deceased was very fond of the prisoner, ssho as very attentive in return ; the old gentleman had said that •a had provided for the prisoner to the amount of 2301. The eceased had said that he meant to increase the legacy by ;ving him the interest of 4001. in the three per cents , the pri •ncr was a careful man and never wanted money; the (b.- :awl idle, ed to pay the prisoner• his yearly wages at old Mi• iaelluas-day. In consequence of the blow, the deceased died ii the following day at two o'clock, but was never sensible: .1; prisoner wished Ins grandfather to keep his wages till he %Wed it the witness was several days insensible. [Herr paper model of the bureau was produced, and the witness .plaineil where the deceased kept his money.] Re•exaonued by Mr. Arabin.—The conversation about ai ling the will tout place only a few days before the murder; .! alteration wa, to be in the prisoner's favour. Thomas Ay re, was servant to the 'leceaseil; lie left the house out toIX o'clock on the e% ening of tile murder; the prisoner .1 gone to Mrs. Whyinan's, about a hundred yards distance ant roar o'ciock, prisoner was alone; all WAS safe at home ten v. itis •ss w.ntont, saw nobody about the house ; he left master and mistress silting by the kitchen tire, the candle ss boo king upon the table ; he left she door upon the latch ; ha returned about an hour after, and saw a stick called a swinging, lying in the room. Witness thought the stick was on the top of the bacon rack, where it was usually kept, when he went out ; a stranger coming in might have seen it; it was considerably above the head ; these was blood upon it when he saw it ; when he went out, he went to the canal bridge, about a hundred yards from the house, and met William Mer cer, and went wsth him to the Trout public •h ; he saw a person dressed like a millwright ; be was quite a stranger ; Ms seemed comiug front Howard's house; witness spoke to him, because he thought the mass had missed his way; he said, "Hullo mate, you have missed your way ," the man went over the canal bridge, but he did not speak to witness ; in about a quarter of an hone after witness had got to the Trout public-Louse, the prisoner came it.; that was a quarter before seven ; the prisoner said, `• for God's sake come, for somebody has almost killed the old lady and the old man ;" he spoke loud; we went several of us over to Mr. Howard's Douse ; I saw them both sitting in their chairs ; they could not speak ; they were both very bloody ; the blood came front the old gentleman's nose and mouth; there was a great deal lying noon the (loot ; the prisoner got some brandy, and rubbed the old gentleman's forehead ; the old man said, " Don't John, it is so cold ;" he said a few words more, but witness could not naderstand him : prisoner and witness helped the deceased up to bed; the deceased never spoke afterwards, but died the a 'at day, about three o'clock. IVitaess wmut for Mr. Curtis, the dictor. Cross-examined by Mr. Bo'' and.—The prisoner sent him to the doctor; the lane where he met the man only leads to and from Howard's home ; the man walked through some wa ter to keep as fir from witness as possible; there was a board to go over, but then the man must have passed close to wit ness ; the prisoner never went to bed at all, but did all lie could to recover the old man; prisoner always endeavoured to please the deceased if he could; prisoner was very active to discover the 'mutterer. Witham Mercer corroborated the evidence of the last wit ness, with respect to meeting the man in the lane, and as to what passed at the public house, and also as to the situation of the parties at the Louse of the deceased. lie further said, that when the caustic was found it was broken. Joseph Allen was churchwarden of the parish, went to 'caret' the deceased's house between sevcu and eight on the night of the murder : the prisoner was there, and asked wit ness to go up stairs ;rad search the bureau; witness asked pri soner if he knew where ~ he lock and key were? it was a pad - luck ; the lid attic bureau was open ; prisoner said he (lid not know where the lock and key were ; they were afterwards tumid in the well of the bureau mixed with some papers; no force had been used ; witness sear: lied all the drawers as far as he then knew, but having seen the bliredll since, it was not all searched at that mahogauny model of the bureau was produced, and the witness pointed out what part he did not seal ch.—The prisoner said nothing about the secret place ; wiint•ss did not know that all the bureau had not been sem ehed till the 4th of August last. Mr. harm; lirahaur here interrupted the progress of the trial, and idler consulting with the other Judges, declared to the Jury, that there was nothing in the present ease which could be Ovourlit home to the prisoner. If there was any charge against him, it must be fur having taken the notes from the bureau sin the very night of the murder, but on Ala point there was no e%idence whaler er, and it would bettirnissible for the July to liad the prisoner guilty of having taken the notes without judging lulu guilty of the murder. The evi dence which had been given respecting he bureau %vas rather in favour of the prisoner, for it was clear that no search was made as the time. nor for a considerable period afterwards, ~nd the utmost upon this case that the evidence could prove was that the prisoner at a subsequent period had possession of tae notes. lint this would only tend to spew that, he might ;:are abii•ed Isis trust as an executor, in appropriating to his own use what he ought to have accounted Mr to the residuary legatees. lie should be sorry that any thing should go abroad to the prejudice of the prisoner, which was eertamly not ef ie,-ied by any thing that hail transpired, or that was likely to 1- inspire in the course of the vial beyond the supposition of iving acted impropells in the appropriation at the notes, but vs en on that voila there was nothing else intended to be 'hewn tLau that they had been in his possession. The prisoner was immediately acquitted. THURSDAY, SErr. 18. . 1 01 m Simmons, aged 20, :mil Robert Holding, aged 17, were Indicted for a burglary in the dwelling house of James Week , . and stealing nine affects, the property of Catherine ?dills, and two waistcoats; nd two handkerchiefs, the property of Robert Lackitt. James Weeks was a broker, living at No. 44, Gerrard-stre( t ,Soho; be was in the praelice of leaving the sire et door upon a latch which opened by a potent key ; witiicss was alarmed on the bight of toe of Aug nst, ;Mont one o'clock by lice watch nian ; he got a light and went clown the In Mimi, vitae; the watchniau ieniaihed at the itior. Witi.CS3 saw both pr.- !Oilers stand lug against the• cull vault nom on the outside ; a Large bundle was iyillg Oh the ground Oct ween the too tied tip in a handkerchief; witness caned for .e.sistanee, and the pi euners were seized; witness tutu gut his clothes on and took tiseiu to the Willi It house, and the !Hindle with them; th e constable of the night rat:twilled the bundle, and found five THE NATIONAL UEGISrEIt, sheets which had been banging on a line in the yard ; the constable went to the house were Holding lodged ; tae prison ers mild not have gut in with a picklock; father was a distant relation to Catherine Mills. After the examination of several witnesses, botl as to the fact of the rohherry, and the character of the prisostrs, which appeared to have been previously unspotted, Mr. Baron Graham observed to the Jury, that it Might fairly be presumed that the characters of the prisoners were good up to the time of the offence with which they wen charged. The Learned Judge then summed tip the ca-e to th,Jury, en tering at COlibillCl able length into the several point. The Jury consulted together for a few minutes, aod found the prisoners Guilty of stooling the goods, but Not of break ing into the dwelling house. The Jury recommended the pi isoners to m•orcy on account of their pre% ions good charac ter ; this was backed by Weeks the prosecutor. John Davis, aged 19 and James Smith, aged 18, were in dieted for stealing a watch, the property of James Tassey, iu the house of James Harvey, io the pariah of St. Giles's-in-the- Fields, on the 9.h of July. Mrs. Tassey, the wife of the prosecutor, saw the prisoners look in at the parlour window, and then wa►k on ; by-and-by they came bark again : witness was then looking out at the two pair of stairs window; she drew hack to speak to a lies son in the room, and when she looked out again she could only see the prisoner Davis ; she soon saw the prisoner Smith run out of the house ; the prisoners then walked toge ther ; the prisoners saw witness looking out of the window ; witness ran down stairs and foam& the parlonr door broken open; the outer door was cut open ; when witness went up stairs, the outer door was latched. so that it might he opened from the outside ; the parlour door was locked ; winless missed a silver watch oft - the mantle shelf, the property of witness's husband ; witness had seen the watch about ten minutes be e)! e ; 51. 10s. had been paid for the watch about two years before ; it was a very good going watch; the watch at the time it was stolen was worth three pounds at a low estimate; the parlour door must have been opened by a false key or a picklock; witness heard no noise; site then went to Bow street, and went with the officers in search of the prisoners; they were fonnd at a coffee-shop in Belton-street, St. Giles's; witness did not see that the watch was found upon the pri soners. William Jones, one of the Bow-street patrols apprehended the prisoner; observed therm going into a coffee shop, at the corner of Belton-street ; the prisoners said they knew nothing about it; witness hand-cuffed them, and took them down to the office ; witness found a one-pound note upon the prisoner. Smith; Jefferson the officer , found upon the other prisoner Davis a one pound note, three duplicates, the money had been returned to the prisoners William Jefferson the other officer, deposed to the same effect. The prisoner Davis said, that they were innocent ; they had been over to the other side of the water, and, on corning back, they had gone into the coffee-shop to get some refresh ment, and that they had been in prison ever since the last Session, for a thing they knew nothing about. Mr. Justice Holroyd then summed up the evidence. The Jury returned a verdict of Not Guilty. William Drury, aged 20, was indicted for breaking and entering into the dwelling-house of William Hill Nixon, and stealing one table cloth, one flannel waistcoat, and saber articles, on the 22nd of July, at Turner's-square, Heaton. ot Guilty. FRIDAY. CUTTING AND Matsitno.—Marraiambers, aged 28, was indicted for fcloniousty stabbing her husband,John Chambers on-the left side of his body, on the evening of the 18th of August, of whisk wound he died on the day following. Mary Swain knew the prisoner and her husband ; saw them together on Monday the slath of August, in Norton Falgate ; went into a public-house with them to get something to drink; they hada quarteru of gin and bitters between the three, and a pot of beer ; they asked witness to go home with them and have some supper : witness did so ; John Chambers appeared to be in liquor; he asked to go to bed; his wife and a young man undressed him and put bum to bed ; that was in the man where witness war; he said hewould have something more to drink before witness went; witness took a bottle from the tadle and went out as if going for something ; wituess asked prisoner to go with her ; prisoner said at the door that she thought her husband would be asleep when she got up stairs ; they determined to havesuo more liquor, but prisoner asked witness to go up with her and hose tome supper; prisoner was the first that went up, and she sat down on a chair ; the deceased stood iu the middle of the room ; prisoner took a knife iu her hand to cut a bit of meat; time meat was on the dresser ; the deceased struck her on the head with a weaver's rod; as soon as he struck the blow he fell backwards; the rod was about two inches and a quarter round ; he struck her as hard as he could; pris.,ner had her bonnet on her head ; witness did uot see the cause of his fall until she saw him bleeding on the ground, and heard the pri,amer exclaim— " Good God what have 1 dour !" they ran to can the neigh bours to come in, witness then went out and returned in about halt an hour ; she then found the deceased lying on the bed, and the prisoner leaning over him trying to stop t h e blood, prisouer appeared very much distressed ; witness staid with him all night till six iu the muraing; the deceased was then livtng. Several other vritnessess were examined to prove the fact of the prisaner haviag stabbed the deceased with a common knife. Onilty—Mauslaeghter. Frederisk Dancell, aged 3e, was indicted for stealing a quantity of sugar, the property of Messrs. Craven and Bowman, sugar boilers. Several rrsons deposed to the premises of Messrs. Craven and Bow man having been entered into • and it was proved by several watch men that the pri , oner had, on the 20th of July, between the hours of twelve and one in the morning, a bundh-, which, on being pursued, he dropped, but he was apprehended, and with the bundle t eken to th e watch-house. The bundle contained two loaves of sugar, and on the prisoner's house being searched eleven other loaves were 1c ttlui theft which were all itlehtilied by a pewit in the employ of the Mtn. The prisoner made a long eroas-exaroination, to the amusement of the court. LI answer to one question put by the prisoner to the eon stahle, we to whoher he knew him bdure, Vat: latter raid, he had long known him to be a bad character. . . . Tne prison,..r mail,: no defence, lint gilled wit.lesses to his cha racter, none of whuro could say how he g.t his livelihood. The Recorder summed up the cose to the Jury, end suid, that the conduct of the prisoner tirecluded aU doubt of his guilt.—Guilty. William Dmin, a black, was indicted for stealing in the dwellio; house oi Jonathan I )orker, in fluty-street. A.l.lgate, sundry articles of plate and Bank-notes, above the V4ille of fixtrshillings. Mr. Adolphus stated the case to the Jury, it appeared that the prisoner was servant to the prosecutor ; lie c:une up stairs to tell his master that the tmuse nut been robbed; tin V:O4 on die 3d July ; ti.e prisoner said mat the butter in the parlour had been broken open, but on examination it was found that it 11..13 inoperaible for the shut ters to have IX= taokenfrom without pi there was Tau:tidal shNles to the outside of the window, the inside fastenings of which remained ur • broken. The prisoner had taken the greatest part of the prortety to a favourite lady residing in Mary-le-Bone. The ptoperty of which Mr. Dorker was robbed consisted of 3tiL in Bank-Lots, fourteen knives arid ten torks.—Guilty, Death. Benjamin Harmer was found Guilty of being at barge before the term of his transportation had expired. John Howard, aged 24, was COosieted of stealing sundry articles .1 jewelry above the value of 404., in the house of , George Harris, is Xing-street, Seven Dials, on the 24th of July. POLICE. MARLBOROUGH-STREET. In consequence of various complaints made by the killable' tants of Oxford-street, that a number of stalls and barrows were placed in front of Grosvenor-market, and tieivards to Hyde Park Corner, thereby rendering nn entire obstritet.eu to the shops, &c. the beadles received peremptory ceders iw remove the same. Accordingly Mr. Eddington, surveaor of the U est division, sailed out with a waggon and I 2 reins t Mole s. when all those who did not remove their bat rows were seine!, and their commodities put into the waggon. Several of the women refused to move their stalls, saying, that they were tolerated by the parish ; and many of the men encouraged them, and evinced a determination to oppose the oficers. At Hewnh one of the offenders had the tercet ity to strike one of the beadles, which seemed to be the signal for a general en gagement that succeeded in a moment afterwards. Fruit, fish, and all other articles, were thrown down in wild confu sion; and a crowd of about 1500 persons now aelembled. The surveyor and his party succeeded in carrying off their wag gon full of fruit; barrows, baskets, &c. and also the instigator of the riot, a smith, named Oihbs. This man advised the wo men to throw down their stalls, and then they could not be seised ; he also obstructed the surveyor, and assaulted one of the constables. For the offence he stood liable to a penalty of 201. and not less thao 51. in whkh last lie ems convicted. Ile however, put in bail, and gave notice of appeal to the Sessioos. The old women, whose cargoes were taken, refused to claim them, except three, as they were not worth the penalty they would have to pay, and the fruit was made into pies by order of Mr. Smith, one of the Overseers, and given to the children in the workhouse, who had a rare treat. ROBBERY.—Wednesday, Alexander Rutlidge (brother to Happy Jack, now ruder sentence of death), was charged with robbing his master, Mr. Bass, grocer, of Shepherd-street, May-fair, of 351. 7s. tinder the following circumstances :—Oa the 17th of June the prisoner was sent with the money to the banking-house of Messrs. Birch and Co. in Bontl.street, but absconded, and was not heard of until he was apprehended picking pockets at Bartholomew fait : he was taken to the Mansion House, but ebe Lord Mayor understanding Oat a charge of felony was against him at this office, sent him np in custody of one of the City Marshals.—None of the witnesses , being present, be was remanded. BRUTAL ASSAULT UPON A FEPlALE.—Wednesday, SVni. Disbace, who keeps two houses of infamous character, one iii Porto-Bellovmsage, Lisleistreet, and the other, No. le, Mose-street, Covent garden, was charged with a violent and unmanly assault upon Ann Gwinn. The prosecutrix stated, that on Monday night, she, together with another female . named Deborah Fisch, went to the house of the prisoner, anti . their beds being paid for, they signified their intention of re. mainiog until the morning, as they were at *erne distance Reim home. Dobree being in possession of the money, in- sisted that they should immediately quit the house, and Ann Gwinn refusing to comply with this demand, he pulled her down stairs iu the most inhuman rummer, struck her with all . his force, and kicked her in beveled parts of the body. For this assault she took out a warrant, and the prisoner heing informed of her intention met her on the &Rowing night at the corner of Lisle-street. He came up stud asked if her name was not Owing'. Terrified at this threatening aspect . the poor creature answered in the negative, but this ruffiaa, without any further preface, clinched his fist and struck her with such violence over the left eye, that the woman imme diately fell in a convulsive fit, and the prisoner was taken . into custody. The evidence of the prosecutrix was confirm. ed in all its parte by that of Deborah Fisch. They were both bound over to prosecute, and the worthy Magistrate said, • that for so brutal all outrage he should require very substan tial bail, and A hours' notice before he would accept of it. . This infamous character, Dobree, appeared in his dress to be a buck of the first water; but his face, like that of many a buck, wore the livery of a blackguard, scars, patches, and court plais ter. TLC DEVIL AXONE/ THE TAlLol6.—Wednesday, an opulent and respectable wheelwright, in the parish of St. Giles's, was brought beam Tarrant, Esq. charged with a violent assault, and coal mittinges flagrant breach of die peace, in Broad-street, St. Giles's. It appeared that the defendant had been to the English Opera, with ' a Mr. Dennis, his friend, and about one o'clock in the monitors was returning home, when, seeing a public house open in Broad -street. they went in to have something to drink. There were several others . in the house; and the attenuant said to his friend. e Let us get out attir e fur it is full of tailors." Several gentlemen of the stitching comma laity, being in the place, took the words as a personal insult, and made them ttte leubiugers of a general row, in winch the prisoner mcasurid live or six of them for black eyes. Magistrate,—. Well. prisoner, are you such a good judge of tailors when you see them c" Prisoner,—.• Why, I am not a bad judge, Sir ; 1 can tell a tailor at first sight."—Magistrate, (pointing to some persons). e Cats you tell how many tailors there are in the room, do you think those gea. demon are tailors r Prisoner,—" Yes Sir, I think they are One of the pen ors alluded to, named Junes, made a charge against Mr. Detmis, the prisoner's friend. lle stated, that between one and two o'clock on Wednesday morning, he and several others (tailors) were at their I ouse of call, in Broad-street. Bloomsbury, when the defendants came into the house, they passed some reflections on the tailoring business, which was taken up by the rest of the company, and a general row ensued, in which the prisoners were very hasp—. hlaeistrate,—.. Call your witness." A Mr. O'Sheut,messy, an Irish snip, et:me forward, and stated, that he did rot see any thing at slim ea of the row; but there was a great fighting. and army gentlemen got hutted very belly.—Mr. Tarrant... Well, 1 weatil advise you to fine-draw this matter; and you, prisoner, never inter. fere with tailors again ; for they may some time or other sew you up. I assure you they are valiant men. Prisoner,—" Well, cis, I U snake any remuneration; but, surely, If I struck a tailor, as only obligee, to make tile ninth pars el a recorapence."—The case was diseharryd. IVORSHIP-STUEET. AMOROUS AS6AIII.T.—Monday, * young man of the name of - Samuel Jones, a clerk in a city countini;.house, charged Mrs. Kelly and her si.ur, two clashing tool intere.Aing females, with scratching his face, turning lain outof doors, and ill using him ; but Miss Kelly, tti rebtuting the charge ag.iinst tier. wi.sert d that the complainant had so pc.tered her with love-letters, and other stuff. that they we'll mutually compelled to chew him the door, though without the con*. mission of an assault. Some of Mr. Jones's loving letters were paw. Ouced and read, to the sumitsement of those who heard them. Al. though Mrs. Kelly was ittlehxl to compromise the chime, she rte.. feered the finding of bail, in miter to vistlicole be: ;WNW. is a (:011.3 of Justim.