The National Register. — London, England, 1818-09-20 00:00:00

~T •••,, "Mot **Or never t• r nr. Prerions to this transactioh, he had fregnently Been 111 prisoner. who formerly lived in the it-i!thltonrltood. Ctnistns Seward was town clerk at Giandsom, and formerly eferk to Messrs. Lawretiee and Welbiti, who in Ifil6 were bankers r• Grantham. He moves' the note to be a forgery. %Edward Nate prove,. that tho prisoner moved fro ti the Kent-toed, on or about the 10111 of Aug. hit, to his present residence. The prisoner gr as then called ripen for bib defence ; and he . 'stated, that he had received the 2- guinea mite or his mother 'to boy the boots in question. The name he gave to be written npou the note was Graery, anal not smith. When he and th • boy were opposite Larkington's, lie recollected he had to call at a house ne,tr there, 41111 he therefore sent the Isorhack. He observed, that it was a very Surprising thing 'that he should have gone to pass a forged note, knowing It to be forgtil, in the neigithoerhood In which he had resided for 14 years, and %%It( re he was well known to the Inhabi tants. One Witness was culled to his character, and the jury found a verdict —Guilty. ,Fonoentes ox Till DAVI or ENGLANo.—John Jones was indicted thr having put away a forged 11. note on the IGth ofJit v, knowing it to he farged, with intent to defrati d the Governor and Company of the Batik of le,eglititt. Ano titer count charged the prisoner with intend ing to defraud &rah Ti y I or. "'litre!, Taylor kept the Ilmich of Grapes, puhlir.honse, at Jewiti-street. On the 9th of July, anotit 11 o'clock in the nrwiii ig, the prisoner e aate to her *lv », awl asked for a Attartern anal a half of gin. A 11. Batik of England note wits tendered in payment, and he gave the address of Johnson, Hate-conit. Aldersgate,street. The circumstance of his coming so far fur the gin raised her sitspielon ; but sue gave the change 0119.. ad. for it. Before the prisoner went out of the shop, witness commentented her auspicious to a Mr. Cornish, who was there. As soon as - the prisoner went out, be was followed by Mt Cnriti4ll, and brought back in eboul a quarter of•an hour. Witness asked him what be had done with the saver, and he replied, " It is no matter, it is no btisiliess of yours." Mr. Cornish thought that it toes t gond note, bet witness was not convinced, and still entertained suspicion. Mile sent her daughter out twice, pretending to send tor ei.ange for the note. Edward Cm nod), a butcher, residing near the last witness's house, was .n the public house when the prisoner came in.— At the request of Mrs. Taylor he went after the prisoner.— 'Wheit Junes raffle nit of the public house, be was joined by another man, 4111 they both went down Aidersgate-strect.— They passed ilare. emir!, and in a court beyond it, he saw the prisoner give some silver to his companion. Witness iy writt up to the prisoner, and said, "I went to ktlnw something more about that note ;" the prisoner only realre I. arc!! me." The co.ripitei, , a iin nediately ran otl. The pi isoeer was searehe I, acid smite liatilience, a comb, and a•keife wi.re toile open !aim. Jo'm K in„ a elieeseiiiiiii4er, in 17 , 11ington-street, Colwell street, proved that un the lath of May last the prisouer came to his shop ihr some cheese, and gave in payment 11. with the name: and addicts cf t' Cimpple, Mitchell street." That 'note was a forgety, and it was traced back to the hand of the witness. _ _ Mr. Pas tar, clerk to the magistrates at Cnildhall, Traduced the examination of the prisoner at the otlire. tie then as. Betted that he took the note of a Mr.jOisosOO, who stated that he lived in Ilate.euurt. The prisoner, upon Seine asked, said," 1 du rut Ilse any where at present, I slept last night in Drair . t .lettr." Ile did out deny changing the note, but said he Vida aware that it was a torgeiy. lie took itof a Mrs. Johnson itt‘ii intlifield market. On a toitosegiientlsamination the prisoner denied knowing any thing of Mr. King, anti as. art-tint that Oa the 10th of May he was at wor k all day making taruris. Ile said also that he lived with his father, hat re fused where he lived, fearing the circumstance should come to his ears, The note was proved to be a forgery in all respects by Mr. Christmas, examining clerk in the hank of England. Souse witnesses were ceded to contradict the evidence of King, the cherseminager, bet they entirely failed, and the jury, with little hesitation, fount'. a verdict—Unilty. Richard iiislinct Was also indicted for having filtered a cne pound Bank of Etigland note, on the Stith of Auga:t last, with intent to deft and John Pickens. . . . ..... Ginn' the evidence of Mr. Itielsetts, a grocer... Urine inWest Unitlitield, it appeared that the Irisoner cause into his shop 14 buy some grocery. The sliopman suspected it was a fur- Ivry, and went out of the shop to etiainine it. The prsouer immediately surds off, saying he would cad again fot the shange. An officer overheard the prisoner talking to a companion relative to this transaction, and statism' that he intended to abscond in consequence. lie immediately seized prisoner, *Ad upon searchiug him found another 11. note in his post session. A verdict of Guilty was pronounced by the Jury,efter a Very shortsonsid •ration. Steptieglialt wits coot icted of stealing, on the 2eal August, 215. of tea, the property of the East India Company. It appeared upon the evidence of Jeremiah Watson, 3d mate of the Gmeral Keith East Indtainan, that the prisoner is an Excira. Odic. r, stationed on board the vessel to prevent i revenue tioin belag .lefratided. He observed a clse.-1 of tea in the 1,111 of the vessel broken open, and immediately charged the p. isprr, echo standing by, with committing the theft. Galt denied tlys fact, but the tea wastakeu from his possession. Being cross examined, the witness confessed that he owed some agate to the Excise otticer,and should nut care ifhe Were revenges, but the trier ncr was not the man. Anuilinr witness wasc,dled,ishocorroborated the preceding testimony, and added lb it the prisoner said, when the tea was found upuu him, that he did not intend to rub any one ter dt Baud the revi•tlue, but to get a little tea ior the break• last of the eaci,eiven. Tilt Common Sergeant, after the yerdiet was prononnced, told the pri.oner that lie had been found guilty of a must *heinous °Bruce, and would be visited by a suitable punish stmt. TI.IIIIZ S I) A V. FoRGYI4IeS ON TOE BANN or ENC...ANO.--Joxepli Tor. "nee vrAi put to the bat, under :111 indictment eliarging him ith lta. ing uttered a 1 01011 11. note, knowing it to be tinged. 'I hr t siN..i.er a yt•uu; n eti aged 21, begged ul the Court that lie isieni be to rennet his former plea of .r..t guilt) i t , t h e o io jor otlt et e, and pleaded guilty to the • auras 1,1 having tile inor tU kik lotint.erl•loll. jury wt t t 4Pt et t 4 it by 1118 . .1..412c to Acquit the pri ilUel uu Ille 111:11 . C1 - 01 Ittlening, and he wet 8111kreLi . to to the tubiur 1.111 . 1 . 11/ e. .1 . 1111111114 / 4 .11.Vty, aged It,, William Quilti, aged :2, and J. 11 011, aged IV, acre then sercrially to bat, tarot NN_ tioNAt. titotsirft. were allowed to retract their former plea of not guilty, to the major offence, and tai plead guilty to the inionemtronee: 'They will all, of caur 4 r, unduzu the sentence of 14 yeas' ,transportation. William Sadler, acrd 20, wav indicted fur having in polveNviou a certain forzeil anti counterfeit hank •note of the Governor and Company of the Bank of I . .Niatitl, knowing it to be forged. 'Thomas Denham, a shoemaker. residing in Dean-street, Westminster, deposed, that on the 10!It of .1111 y, about 3 fictoTk jot the afternoon, the prisoner came to his shop to buy a pair of shoes. The price was 4'., and in payment a 11. nnte was given by the prisoner. 'flit name and ;id drota written upon the note by witness. under the direction of the prisoner, were, " William Sadler , at Smith's, 10, St.fleorge's..iplace, St. Georre's•row, Chelsea." John Silvestri . , an ufficer, - proved the apprehension of the prisoner, and the Jury found a verdict—Guilty. Edward New. aged tit, WAR put to the bar, charged With the capital offence of tittering forged noes, bet at bis re• quest he was allowed to withdraw his plea of out guilty, *awl to plead, Guilty to the eee i e our offence. Joseph Longwood .was next brought up, and charged with the capital oftence of petting away a forged 11. bank note to John litres, with inteat to deft slid the Governor and Company of the Batik of England. The prisoner is oily 20 years of age`, and notwithatandiug the advice given to him, he persisted in pleading not guilty to the major of fence. Mr. Sergeant Bosangnet, is opening rho case on the part of the prosecution, observed that this was the last case of this nature to be tried by a London Jury, and lie should have beril glad if it had been the first. There was but two cases of forgery which remained to lie tried on the Middle sex side. He proceeded to call his witnesses. Joseph Wild was, on 11th July, shopman to Mr. James, a hosier and haberdasher, living at 72, Holharo Boidge. On 1411 i July lasi, the prisoner at the bar esitue to his master's shop, between II and la in the inuroing, and asked for a pair of stockings fur Elizaheth Rolland. the ~ hopwontrin, ward him, and lie bought two pair of them. The prisoner gave a 11, note to her, and she immediately gave it to salt ness. He asked the prisoner his address, and lie wrote upon the note, "Smith, of Goswell.street.' lie observed upon the face of the time, "Jackson, Grub-street," and upon the back, ":Smith, Piper-street." The note wag given to John James, the nephew of Mr. James, to go to the Bank to see if it Was a good oae. IVitness ..sled the prisoner where he obtained the note, and he replied that he got it from a gentleman outside, who told hint to buy two pair of stuck ings. Ile detained the prisoner, telling him that when the hail returned he should have the stockings aed the change, if it was a good note. The prisoner observed that the lad was gone a Wog white, and wished a constable to lie sent for to search him, at lie was ill a hurry. IVitsiesi then asked the prisoner where lie lived, and he replied, at Mr. Thenbalirs, shoemaker, Thames_street. Noon after time lad and Mu. Christmas returned lions the Bank, but previously witness went oat into the street and saw a boy waiting ontsitle. He brought Itim into the shop, and the 11l i•OtiUr itninediately said " I dosit know him." Wane'ss tlien asked the boy whether lie knew the poisoner, and the hay said that he thought lie had a little recollection of him, but was nut cereals'. When Mr. Chi istinas came, the prisoner and the boy were taken to Marlborough street. The prisoner had previously said that hit mother lived in Cliartertiouse.sgtieee. The evidence Paving proceeded thus far, the prisoner expressed a wish to plead guilty to the minor offence. Mr. Baron Graham asked-whether the proseemors assented to the proposal. Mr. Sergeant Botianquet said, that he wasextrernely happy that at length the prisoner had been induced to plead wilily to the minor offence, and he felt persuaded that the prosecu tors would willingly accede to the proposal. Mr. Baron Graham addressed the prisoner—" Young man, your pi esecittsrs have very humanely allowed yon to alter your mind even at this late stage of your Kral. I do not wish to influence yore mind, but I realty think it would be better tor yon to retract you: fernier plea." The prisoner immediately pleaded Guilty to the minor offence, and was removed 'rem the bar. Mr. Baron Graham expressed his satisfaction that the young Mall just taken from the dock would me. be uainbered among those onforirmate individuals who had already been capitally convicted of a similar o:truce. FRID Y. FORONRIPS ON THE bet!) nrCOi:eS, aged 43, was indicted for uttering a forged 11. Bank of Mogi:noel note, with intent to defraud the Governor and Company oldie Bank of England. Mr. Sergeant Boranqeet, in opening the ease to the Jury, observed that this was one of these cases in which the prisoner had persisted to plead not guilty to the major °fleece. Hr was under the necessil of stating, that if the case was at all gone into on the part of the pm:eoliths'', he could not allow the prisoner to retract her plea. He s'or.uld be extremely happy to hear the prisoner now ripe', guilty to the minor of fence ; but if any witness were examined for the prosecution, he could not allow of u retraction. Mr. Baran Graham then asked the prisoner whether she were nose willing to retract her plea. The prisoner expressed her desire to proceed with the trial. John White was the first witness called on the part of the prosecution, and deposed that he lived at 23, Alsup'a-buildings, New road, and carried on the business of a grocer. On the '2lst of July the prisoner came to his shop, and bought some tea, sugar, and soap ; she gave a out pound note, and said her name was Brookes, of Mary-street, Ititzroy.seaare. Witness'. von served the woman with the goods, and observed at the ime the Bank note was given. that a forged Bank note hold been taken from the same street in December last, and he tot lieved that it was the prisoner who paid it away. Th, pri sower denied this, and then said that sloe did tout love in Mary. street, hut in Mary-place. On being still farther questioned, she disavowed the second address, and gave her place of resi dence " LI, George•street, Fitzroy-square r where her hus band kept a large painter's shop. Site turtlwr stated, that sloe had kit oMusy's Place about a twelvemonth. %Villiers Bleu gave the poisoner 12s. Id. iii change out bf the note, the re mainder being the price of the tea, sugar, and reap. Elie o wn w en t a way, ana witness desired his son to follow he r. John Whet., the sue of the last witness, corroborated his fattion's troliuully, and lidded that, when the prisoner was lax el by Ilion with beelike previously peered a forged mete, she appeared very Hindi agitated and changed colour. Ac coo dine. to his embers direction', he followed the prisoner, who, insteed of g g tow aids Fitzroy militate, turned exactly the 'emit, ary w ay towards Olocester-place, the New Huai). The prisoner ran 41111 walked as fast as she could all the way', and leokad back every minute. Witnes., described liniontely I . ' l .11 -ti • trark of the priNoner to Lincoln's Inn Fitlds, where, 1, 6 was taken in custody by a Mr. Slade, w h. knew met on th« road. He wits about au hour and the minutes followtng hur. Cross-examined.—He did not observe. her throw any tlibg from her. j o k ila m t , the pollee officer, stated that, when hron2lit to the olive, she appeared very much agitated, and, in tr,%%cr to the quekliois where she had obtained the note, stt said that Adamd been an unfortunate ss muan, andhail recei, ,t 1; he note lions a gentleman. Upon searching her a good 11. time was Sound. A witness was then called, who proved that there was no such Ail ert as George Street. Fitaroy•square. The bank note tendered by the prisoner to Mr. Initc was proved to be a forgery in all respects, by Mr. Chri , tin.ls, lu spector of bank notes. The prisoner said in her defence, that Alts did not know t', it the bank note was a forgey at the time she passed it. R'v.•n examined before the ma.,;istsate, the gaud and bad were produced, and the magistrate said, he welt d sooner have Liken the forged Hole than tho Kona one. The pay, after a short deliberwiqn, found a ye, diet -- Guilty. From the LONDON GAZETTE, Tuesday, Se 4 )4. 15. BANKRUPTCY ENLARGED. ABBOTT W. Roney lutte•mxr•.o•t, bute'ier. frofn Sept. [l.O 22. 11A N K RUPTS. Runruun R. W. Bartholomew-lane, 34x:10)1 , 04er, Sept. 2.. tr,. Oct. 27, ar Guildhall. Att. Mr. Leigh, Wood-street. Clleapf. 1.10. BALL G. R. Exeter, perfumer, Oct. 7, S, 27. at Exeter. Att. Mr. Brutton, Broad-street. tonron C Birmingham, builder, qopt. 29, 30, Oct. 27, at r:7- mingltam. Atta. Swaia and Co. Old Jewry. OACH W. Bri4toi, victualler. S_-pt. 16.22, Oct 27, at Briytol. Att.. Vizird and Co. lincoln'a SI3ONS S. Ildrrton, Wiltshire, hawker, Sept. 19, 26, Oct- 27. at Bath. Att. Mr. Bennet. Doctor's Commons. Dastx J.Warnid-court, Throgmorton.street, merchant, Sept. 29, Oct. •27, at Guildhall. Att. Mr. Poole, Adam's-ixiart, Jewry. Moony J. PaddinKton-street, Minylehone, NtaNe-keeper, Sept. I.** 26. Oct. 21, at Gnildhall. Atts Jones and Co. Great Marylelio4o. street. Titonier.W. 11. fitnitten-Bound, Westminster, oilman, Sept. 2.2. io. 27. at Guildh.lll. Att. Mr. Brendon, Cursitor-street. Tays.!. m .1. street, Goswell-str oet, Wilder, Sept. 22, Cr:. to, 27, at Guildhnll. Atts. Lee and Co. Three Cruins-Nuare, Southwark. WaisirroTog N. High-street, Southwark, hop-mrirchant, Sept. 2.5., 26. Oct. 27. at Guildhall. Att. Mr. Whitton, Kink's rood. WEST R. C. St. Margaret's-hill, Southw.irk,hop and seed.ricr, 4 -.1.4 Sept. V, Oct. to, 27, at Guildhall. Atts. Glutton and Co. 1.. 6 n street, Southwark.. DIVIDENDS. Wallis T. Jun. South Shields, niaqcr mariner. Oct. 13. A. Illingworth,lpot-kme, wine-merchant, Oct 20. H. and H. Foirey, Cornwall, shipwrights, Oct. S. D. Sargant,lesey. Ilse of Ely.money-scrivener, Oct. 14. A. and C. S'acath, and J. Dixon, Ithron, merchants, Jct. S. White, Lisegliuphohtcrer, Oct. 7. J. Bickford. Latt t, Cornwall. millgoOtt.lo. T. Griffin, Pedlars..Lamiaggpowim rn-tnerchaut, Nov. /1 T. Redmaync, Piesto Rper. Oct. la. H. Hooper, Froml I. Sonierschire. cabinet •malt2r, O'. 13. I. IiTIPICATES—Odr. 6. 3. C. Haycock, Witicirateoarezt, silk-inann'ltqatT. —S. Weisman, Ottery St. Mary, Devonvhtre, , Birmingham. brags-founder—J. Rogers, CaoaLridg ,, , Bickford, Lantialph, Cornwall, mill r. MISCIIIrr AND orsTRUCTiON OF A MAD DOG.—A ''tt o'clock on Tim rstlay nmruing, the neighbourhood of 1 nigh.... c was thrown into serious and too well grounded by the appearainic of a mad doe at Hyde Park corner. ire first snapped at horses in the Park ; but at the Piccadilly gate he toe successfully seized Mr. I. rocs, son cf Mr. c l o g! , the gate keeper, by the leg, and nialsiiie his way down on the right hand aisle of the Knightsbridge-read, snapped at every person and animal he 'net ; he timid upon a Mr. Edwar , !.; whom he bit severely ; lie then attacked Mr. Richardson. of I iammersmith, whom he fell upon most ferociously, in curve. quence of his determined resistance with bin umbrella. Thi s gentleman escaped, we model stand, without any injury to h!s person, although lola coat and trowsers were literally torn to pieces. In the mean time the dog was pursued by a labourer, of the nerve of Milford, who °vet took him at the coach-stand at Sloane-street, but unfortunately missing his first aim wins a pitchfork, the dog flew at his uncle, and made five elects incisions. It required the whole strength of the poor mane brother to extricate him, while the courageous onderer patched the animal. He is now in St. George's hospital, souls Mr. Edwards and the boy, where they are undergoing ttia extraction of the bitten parts. Denford (who is all assista,:t to his brother, a milkman, at Knightsbridge) deserves t!;e thanks and huerai consideration of the inhabitants and passengers: THU SPINNER,.-11ASCItE*.TElt, Sept. 15.—With roe ev. ception of a very few v ersons, we believe the spinners are once more following their te-pective employments ; the now being in full mozion. Atter so lung an absence from.:!! profitable empluytuent, the workmen are cello% inceil that they have neither the right nor the power to dictate, as a boils, to their employers ; and the latter, we folly believe, are inii cerely disposed, now submission has been made, to pas over the attempt to take the management of their affairs out of their own heeds: forgiving and forgetting the insults they received daring the turn out, and the loss stitch so niticiA capital so long unemployed, had unavoidably occasioned.— The major part of the weavers in this ueixfobourhuod, lie on. deratarod. are again at their looms. isith advatices of sariois rates on the prices lately paid for ; fur it was ii - t i u ssin!e, however feasible the Masi might seem, to raise the prices in olio indisciiininate ratio. There arc huwc`ver sonic of this most volnable class of pulDitiltioll still ri:sAati4Derl, w:,e• r4 4,,,, e t o r e turn la labour till (hr original ilcaioutl of :set co shil,ings in the pound is complied with, Tiiis Iteline, we are told, operates in a great degree in the neighhJurtwoo vIL. , !. ton, whine dissatisfaction still prevails, at:, 'ugh very con: i. ileratfle additions have been made by the manufacturers to Mc pikes recently paid, and which, It la slated, (view:n i g stocks on hand, and thy present demand,) rannwr at the prt , el.l moonlit be advanced farther, without Mere.. pug the privattous of whieli weavers, in very Dian V with too flinch justice, have complained ; since the ace" notat ion of stuck, at a gieater elspente wool I judo. c, if out tour, the holders to suspend the cat tim or particular articles ; and many wearers, na„, played, would of coarse he left tur a time effliftly work.—Monctiester flerehi. TlpvaaiJaut I°,ool, art uuw iovestitil its tlic , .