The National Register. — London, England, 1823-01-19 00:00:00

r 1. 'li. t ( i i r. , T' - r - - • • • :'2 MIDDLESEX SESSIONS. 10.11690114".-11.AMOIr r 1A - - - WESTMINSTER SESSIONS. SATO' DAY . JAW. 1 I.—George Smith, a middle aged • man of respectable appearance, was tried upon an in dictment, charging him with having defrauded Messrs Roberts and Co. of Chit nth's-street, of a piece of silk, value gul. by falsely pretending to be the servant of Mpsrs. Harding and to. silk mercers of Pall Mall. Mr.-Waltord stated, for the prosecutors, that the pri soner, on the the 43il of December, walked into the shop of Messrs. Hobart* &Co. and addressed the shots. man, and said, with the air of a 111311 of 1/1113111t$S, that he wanted to borrow a piece of silk for his employers. It was the practice of silk mercers to bonito" quantities of silk from each other, when they had any order to execute in a hurry, and he prisoner applied under these circumstances ru the prosecutors. The shoptuan Itesi. tared; but the ingenious oft hand address of the pri soner soon prevailed over his caution, and the silk was given, never to be paid for, returned, nor. in an a ty ways made amends for. Witnesses having proved the case as stated, The Chairman requested the Jury to examine the evidence with their usual caution, as the punishment that must await upon a conviction in cases of this nature was extremely severe ; the Act having directed that out 0' the country the convict roust go. The Jury without hesitation roomd the prisoner guilty was 'einem* Ito six mooths imprisonment in the I louse of Correction, and to labour in the Tread-mill. MONDAY, JAW. 13.—John Cane was indicted for robbing his employer, Mr. Humphries a bricklayer, of au. only of lead. In his defence the prisoner said he merely was remov ing the lead from one place to another, and (lid not in tend to steal it. The prisoner was convicted, and sestenced to impri eo ttt ent fur six months, and hard Labour at.the tread mill. A young man, named Rogers, porter to Messrs. Barnes . and Co. of the Old White Horse Cellar, Picca dilly was indicted for leasing stolen a I be of tickets, which were not filled up by the clerk. The salve of the tickets were laid at two-pence. The public will be able to trace in this prosecution the cause of the numerous impositioirs practised every day, and unjustly attribined to those who are in respect able situations at the various inns of the metropolis. It was the first case of the kind that ever was brought into a Court of Justice. It was stated, the proprietors of the White Horse had with much care kept the printed tickets out of the reach of the porters of the house. A number of the tickets were, however, missed some time ago, and imiumerable complaints were made at the Cellar that the porters demanded touch more than the Act of Parliament allowed them to receive. In one day there were no less than seven or eight complaints, and the proprietors sent fur a police-officer to assist in clear inkt up the matter. the officer went to the prisoner's lodgings, and found there a bundle of the Inn Ticket', which were not filled up. He also found some tickets that had been regularly filled tip by the clerk, and were no doubt, sob sutured by others, in which the porter exercised his pen manship fur his own benefit. The proprietors, deter mined to snake a , puldic. example ' prosecultzd hint for the robbery, the extreme penalty fur which Is transpor tation for seven years.—The prisoner was found Guilty. The Chaiimun, in passing sentence, raid that the peddle were much indebted to the prosecutors for pro ceeding against a person, who was doubtless in the habit of imptising upon them every day—the sentence of the Court was, that he should he imprisoned in the House of Correction for three months, and kept at hard la - .• boor at the tread mill. MONDAY, JAM. I3.—This morning the General Quarter Sessions of the Peace for the County of Middle sex commenced at Ilicks's hall , Clerkeetwell, before Mr. Coast, Chairman, and a very full Bench of Ma gistrates. John Peddar was indicted for assaulting John Spencer, in the parish of Isleworth.—The Jury acquitted the defendant. Charles Virley, a Frenchman, was indicted for as saulting Mary Reason. The defendant was found guilty, and sentenced to 14 days imprisoLtimet in the Home of Correction, and to enter into hia own recognizance to keep the peace. T. Quigley, the father of Thomas Quigley, the son, and John Hunt, were indicted for assaulting Roger Chittley—and the same Roger Chidley, John Skate, and Si.. %Veil*, were indicted for. assaulting T. Quigley, senior. This being a cros indictments, all the parties, de fendants as well as prosecutors, and all their witnesses, were examined, before the Jury decided on the case or either defendants. The evidettee was very contradictory, and The Chairman shortly charged the Jury, that they must make the best way they could through the mass of ccidence they had beard. The Jury, after some consultation, returned a verdict of guilty against Quigley the father, and acquitted all the other defendants. The Court sentenced Qaiglev to pay a fine of 40s. TUESDAY, JANUARY 14.—Williaita Hodson, Edward Davis, mid others (not in custody), were indicted fur riotously assembling, and committing au assault, &c. riotously detailed the case fur the prosecution, which lie stated was instituted by the parish of Bethnal Green, in consequence of the repeated and daring out rages that had lately taken place. The riot and assault in question took place on thebt h of November last, at Cornwallis Arms, and arose out rtr an ;memo of the officers to disperse a disorderly col l• ction of individuals in that house. Tlic Chairman (F. Const, Lsq ) in particularising ti..videt.ce, dwelt at sonic lengtli ua the nature of the THE ONAL REGISTER outrage, and the serious consequences that mieht have ensued, Irma the bad example of Hudson striking the officer. Against Davis he did not think the evidence conclusive, and he was entitled to so acquittal. The Jury acquitted Davis. and pronounted Hudson The Chair said the prose- rman, in passing Judgment, cotton had beets directed for the public good; but the defendant tint being one of that depraved class who had so often broken the Kink's peace, awl as it did tint ap pear Mat ite was in the house for the purpose of rioting, the Court merely sentenced hint to pay a fine of 40a. and to enter into securities to keen the peace. SWUM Y S ESSIONS S. F- _ttIDAT, JAN. 17.—Ccol*U.e Cain and Edward Poole were indicted for felottioissly s•ealiug a silver watch, the property of James Holland, a watchman. The Jury I I both prisoners guilty, and the Court sentenced them to transportation lot life Cain, who has been a mast notorious thief on the town for a length of e, on hearing the judgment of the C mrt, looked towards the Chairman, and exclaintecl " Well. I hope Y • ou will be ' a stilt one' by to.morrow." Gl6lOll and Brown, two men well known to the police, were indicted for stealing a watch, the property of William Norman. The prosecutor had jos( arrived in town from Sheffield, and in his rambles through the Borou‘th met the prisoner Brown in the London-road, who came up to him, and and claimed bum as a townsman of his, and wanted him to go to a public house and have some refreshment.— Norman accepted the invitation, and they retired to a public house in Garden-lane, Newington, where gamb ling was going forward, and a quantity of paper money floating between the gamesters. 41 length Brown, who appeared to bean utter stranger to the company, com menced play ; and, after ne had lost what money he had about him, he requested the loan of Norman's watch, and staked it on a bet oral. with Gibson, who won it, and got the watch into his possession.—Brown desired the prosecutor to accompany him to a friend's house in the neighbourhood, and he would borrow the money, and' redeem the watch ; however, the moment they got into the street Brown took to his heels. The The prosecutor mentioned toe circumstance to Hall, the officer, who apprehended the prisoners the following day. The watch was found in Brown's coat pocket, who, it appeared, had changed coats with his companion Gibson. The Jury found the prisoners guilty, and the Court sentenced them to be transported for seven years each. OLD DAILEY' SESSIONS. WIIIPNISDAY, Jan. la.—William Pearce stood in dicted with having, on the 10th I),veniber, feloniously stolen 13 pieces of silver, value 31., the property of the moneyers of his Majesty's dint. Mr. R line and Mr. Law were for the prosecution. Henry William Atkinson, the senior moneyer of his Majesty's mint, had frequently discovered considerable deficiencies iii sincoined metals anterior to November last; on the 10th of 13ecember silver coin was being worked* knows prisoner; on the above day he was em ployed in. cutting the silver into blanks, ready to be stamped ;Ate practice its the mint is to weigh the gold or silver when given out for work in the morning, and to weigh it at night when it is returned. Witness was present when the prisoner was searched; a sin box fell billil his person containing a skeleton key, and another key in preparation for being made of a similar description —l3 crown blanks were also found upon the prisoner; the business of the day was over, and the prisoner was on his way home; the blanks weighed lull 11. ounces, and were worth at least 31. Richard Franklin, jun. also a mnneyer in the mint, was on duty on the 10th of 1.)..c, tither; witness weighed the silver delivered out that morning, which was 5391b5. 10 oz.; when it was re-weighed at night there was but 5311113 z. 6 oz. 10 tiwts. leaving a deficiency of 1 lb. 4 oz. John field.—lit consequence of the itiscovely of a deficiency in the silver MI the bill of December, witness stopped the Mell as they were leaving the mint ; prisoner was one es' the 'somber, and wiliest seeing his hand lit his great coat pocket, separated him from the rest, and on ;militia I is hand out, a tin box dropped on the ground, which opened to its fall, and two skeleton keys fill out; neither of them were quite finished, Lut were in progress, being waxed tar that purpose. NVittiess has applied the keys to the locks of the strong holds in the mint, of which there are several, and in which the bul lion is secured, and the Lore of the keys is exactly the ,ize of the pivots of the locks. As witness was proceed ing to search the prisoner lurther, three or four pieces of silver fell out of his waistcoat pocket, and immediately afterwards, as his coat was being taken off, a bag, also containing pieces of silver, called crown blanks, fell on toe grcond ; there were ..ltogether 13 pieces—privo:ter Said lie stippos:Al somebody must have pot them in his pocket; lie gave the same account of his possession of the tin box containing 'lie skeleton keys. William Pithier was formorly a silversmith; attended at the mint on the IMII 01 December, With his son in law, the preceding wittiest, whose evidence is correct. Mr. Powell, solicitor to the mint, was present at the examination of the prisoner before Mr. Twyford, the magistrate. Prisoner said, •' Sant Marlow gave me the keys." Mr. Twyford asked for what purpose; prisoner pose of op e ni ng t h e swing holds." replied, "liar the pur This was tint taken down in writing. The Lord Chief Baron charged the Jury at considera ble length', and they returned a verdict of—Guilty. Mary Markham! Lowe stood indicted for having. on the 4th of Oetoher, stolen two sheets and other articles, value 235. 6J. the property of Hobert Turner. Mr. Alley %vet I . ol' Ike prosecution. The prisoner lodged in the house of the prosecn'or, and absconded with the preperty in question, which she pledged at several pawnbrokers' shops ; but it appearing that she had been cu iiiiii ati.d at Hamm Garden tiolice• , . office under the Pawnbrokers' Art, and that she had consequently suffered an imprisonment of three mouths for illegally pledging the articles she was charged with havitia stolett, Mr. Justice Milroy:l charted the Juicy, that under these circumstances the learned counsel for the prosecu tion could not proceed with his case. The .Tury thelefore returned a verdict—Not Guilty. John Barnes and George Seabrook were charged with having stolen an ass, value .ss. the property of James D..acon Hume, of Pinnvr's Park. Mr. Andrews stated the case in the Jury. The ass in question was turned into a meadow, out the evettina of the 98th November, the gate of which was afterwards locket' ; on the billowing morning the ass was missing, . the gate having been forced open ; about 3 fortnight after the prisoner sold it to a sandman, named Buff, in whose ; . ion it was found by a servant of Mr. II Mlle I the ass was identified by a sore on its tail, and three wipes across its off fore P a nt Mr. Justice Burrouah slimmed up the evidence, and the Jury returned a verdict of---Guilty. John Davis, only eleven years of age, Joseph Fromm, and George Midler, were indicted for hiring, on the ful of January, borglarionsly entered the dwelling-hou-e of Montague Let Vboll. 125, Pall-mall, with intent to steal. Davis aod Foram, not g uilty. George Clay and John Smith, two young men, were capitally indicted for borgiariously breaking and entering the dwelliug house of Catherine Dail, and stealing a cop• per and other articles, her property. The evidence was conclusive, arid the Jury found the prisoners Guilty—Death. THURIDAY, JAN. 16.—Thomas Beswick was indicted for burglariously breaking and entering the dwelling. house of Thomas Walker, and : stealing a watch. value bl. his property. The Jury returned a verdict of guilty, but recommended him to mercy on account of his youth and pies ions good character. The prosecutor also joined in the recommen dation, which the Chief Baron said should certainly be attended to. James Thomas, a man of colour, aged IS, was indicted for bioglanously breaking and entering the dwelling house of George Pawson, and steeling four pounds in copper, four half crowns, and other monies, his property. Dorothy Pawson, the wife of George Pawson. stated, that her husband is landlord of the Angel, public-house, in Back-lane Shadwell. Ott the night of the 1 lth of December, after having shut up the house, she went round, as was her usu3l custom, to see that all was safe. On entering the parlour she discovered the prisoner lying on the table. She asked what he was doing there. lie replied." I am asleep, and very sick, don't disturb me." She told hint it was time to go to bed, and desired he would go away. After some hesitation he went away. She fastened due door after him, saw every thing secure, and went to bcd. On coming down stairs the following morning, she found the bar door open, the till forced, and its contents carried off. A pane of glass haul been cut of the wash house window, and was suliciently large to admit the entrance of a man. A pail haul also been taken away. In the course of the day she was infionnal of the prisoner having been stopped by a watchman, with the property in question. The pail produced is her property. Joseph Kendall, a watchman of die parish of St. George in the East, stopped the prisoner about five o'clock in the morning, about one hundred yards front the prosecutor's house; he had a pail on his shoulder, which he put down on seeing witness A large piece of flank of beef was in the pail; when asked where he had got the beef, he replied, that he had bought it th it morn ing in Ratcliff Highway, and said he belonged to the ship Hope, then lying in the London Docks. and that he was going to have company—wiittess attempted to move the pail. and found it very heavy ; upon lifting up the piece of beef, he discoaered a quantity of loose copper, amounting to between four and five pounds. Suspecting from his evasive answers that he had stolen it, be seized him. The Jury found the prisoner guilty. The wife of the prosecutor recommended the prisoner to mercy, on the ground of no violence being offered to the inmates. This the learned Judge said should be attended to. Mary Ficton was indicted for stealing a 101. note arid four soverenns, the property of E tward William Bishop, in the dwelling-house of Edward Bishop, the elder. The Jury found the prisoner—guilty—death. Jane Moore was indicted for stealing several beds, a large quantity of linen and wearing-apparel, the property of Capt. Samuel Roberts. The prosecution lives in Margaret-street, Cavendish square. Ott the 14th of December the primmer entered his service, and quitted it without notice, tin the 26 , 11 of the same month, when the property in question was missed. Westcott and soother appothended her, and found duplicates for the stolen property upon her person. The Jury found her guilty. Anti Williams was indicted for stealing 41. 18s. and some wearitia apparel, in the dwelling-house of John Maritime—Guilty—death. Elizabeth Stewart was indicted for stealing 214 cove. reigns and two pieces of flannel, the propeny of George Silvanus Underwood, in his dwelling-house. • ; lite prosecutor resides in Bateman Place, Stepney, and on the 10th of December the prisoner came into his service. She stood by the prosecutor's desk, and saw him take the money out of a hag to pay the other ser • Tam that he had discharged. In the course of that week he missed two silk shawls front his window, and when they came home from chapel they ft ttttt d the shop door open, arid many things displaced. She was asked about it; but denied that any one had beet, in the house, Of that she kiwis how the shop door came to be open.— He insisted on searching her box, which she readily al lowed, and a piece of Irish linen and one of flannel belonging to 111111 were lound in it. lie admitted that lie told the prisoner it would be better G r her to confess before she was committed--but the money was not found. I ~~ f 4t~ ~-. • I