The National Register. — London, England, 1818-09-07 00:00:00

SEPT. 7 THE NATIONAL REGISTIM COUNTY ASSIZES. a rape they twist acquit the prisoner, whatever 'night he their •mee the unhappy girl concealed the cir cumstance so imig. •I•hey were apt to judge incorrectly liy toy the conouct private and law to.iiviAttats . , arcording In the rules of higher eld!VIP*. Thai She w, nt %%Ali tiv prisoner muter the force of pal etstal authority, that NIP' emu-voted her misfortune from mistaken fear of odeniling persons who hail power over her, were cireninstanet s by no means unaecountable. The case was clear Iwyond .1010,1,- 11 had oven 111%111114NA that this gist of 15 had been a wanton, and two young men gave evitltice to sopperuthat tion. They went to ser.lier after the prisoner had been com mitted. If their testimony was trite, they weie.ililgraced by their ; certilill it was, they disgraced tkenaselvt•s in that Coml. Tbe jury at mice f o und hi nt G u il t y. The leartwit.Jetlge adult essed the prisoner tu terms of the . ' sevei est censure awl reprobation. He stood in snore respects than one iii the relation of a Filar:WO to the iinfornmate girl. Of . this I elation he had availed himself to rub her of Is,, enlist , and hollow. 11 , 2 said honour, fur persons in her stmts. Lion had honour as well as persons in higher ranks, and felt the loss of it perhaps the more severely, as they bad not the same circumstances to relieve them. He bail disrobed her at what wit. valuable to her as life, and then bol fly boasted of his atrocity. The sentence of the court was, that he be imprisoned for 12 calendar . months. GLOUCI:,SI'F:II, AL Gt , T 31. At 12 o'clock %fr. Rano+ Garroiv took his scat in the I.rown Court Justice liolroyd in the Nisi Priiis. The calendar contains sisty eicitt prisilwrs for the to o it and corm. ty. The eliargra . are• n4l of the etiannon knot, !ty lire the greater number for petty larcrmy. The Grand Juries for the comity and for the city were sworn, and the proclamation against 1111'e, profaneness, awl immeralit::, was read. The Marquis of ‘Voreester is foie man oldie County Grand Jury ; nest to him stood Lied .les. ley mill the Itight Huu. Charles Bragge Bathurst. Mr. Ball/11 Garr. Wiien I address Nie re. prtSentitil'eS tut itl4 that tu high in tnirA teipeei.ible, eV tiumble its the county, I egiiiiel avoid saying something of the eirettensflibres midisr which we are lute,. have had a part haters proceedings which necasiiitied so much trouble, end.so much tiii;iroli• able r spouse to this county is to me it 'Ratter of painful 'egret. Were I einiseions °fatty blame that could be attached to any cou.tuct, or of any iiegleet on my part of sv last could have prevented the serious invotivenienee tint has arisen, I should out have the Courage to meet yon here this day, whatever might be the consetrietwe to myself. At the Itazasd at least of incapavitating myself for the per formance of iny duty, I hurried Pithier : the legal no , theaaly loss declared that nu blame was imputable to any one; many among yourselves have cep' essed your troilvietiots to the same edict. Tkis I speak list from vanity, but from an •ati•ciet, which I leaf to discharge my ditty. At the same tittle I must say, that this matter has been to me, ant:•will • be ter some time, a source of read sorrow and Alt etion." Hi. Lordship then pr, seeded to make suitable observe. :ions on she various charges in the calendar. They were the result lit' an improved state of the country, and of the pro gress of knowledge and viettle, which he hoveil would go on iucreasitig while crimes of eve.V kind would 1w diminishing iumiturber and importance. There was one ease to the ra h:tidal .Charles WeLstr, fur rape) which teqiiired pecnlnir attention. He tallied "riot to tell alien of their esiltivate4 Muds, that the more this subject was diseased by them, and the testis was discussed is Court, the better for public mo rals and for the justice of this C0a1111111111). His Lordship entered at'ArPal length ias the !treadle, ities of questions of this sort, and the lutes tail down respec ing the evidence of it by Lord Halo and J siJge Blai•kstonr, mom each of st h he bestowed as eleipt mi valuation. The Grand Jury re tired, and soon rehu..ed with a number or trite folks. . James Bubb, aged 32, was convicted of stealing a 31. note and sonic sbilliags out of the packet of John Davis. It ap pearea 01.; 0.1 4.1 , 4 hall (Well at, Ai mg the prisoner with Mime drink; 404 it lasi hee.pine quite drunk , the prisoner at the Salle time was great pants to keep hini•elf and took tile n.ipoititnity of stealing the money trove his drunken benefactor. Tiie girl iii tile public house setw 'Wee prisoner's !Hill' ill VOl'ket, cud pail of the opines was tfINITI ca l lllll. ILc prisoner i.. 1 cuinfortnOle looking 111411, and reeeised a vets fiend 1•3.4r.1r1e1 from respectable inasi keepeis, %visits lie hail servud.as coachman. .'fire Jury re consureititeit 111111 10.40 •ICy. fiis lawAship thou addressed 4:try -Barrow with much humanity : " Be not induced by what has happened to be a naughty girl. Cu !WOW, and take •care of yourself."—Ad pinned at 13 o'clock. CROWN SIDE. —IZ7EiDAY,Sers..I. Edward 'rowdy, aged 23, anal ‘Villiam Cooper, aged 69., were convicted, elderly . ..upon the evidence of on accomplice, of hreaktn into barns and stoalisig corn. MI. Baron Gai row, before passing Ambient'', said, that it was fortunate fur thoin that the houses they hail broken into were nut dwellin4 houses. If they were, tie should certainly have left them for execution, ns he was determined to enforce die utmost rigour of the lam wherever he found men going fordi in aangs and furnished with instiutnents fur breaking, i,ito distnrbing the security and endangering the lives of quiet and honest men. .1.4t0n the evidence by which they were convicted he mon remark, and he wished to God (hall it was deeply impres , ed upon the hearts of men, that thieves were not so much iii danger from the blnuderbitss of the true man, or from luau, traps and spring gnus, as front the traps end spring guns set in the brettats,of their associates, who in the hour ut deteetion.rea lily betrayed them in order to save . themselves. 'they were A rnie:w e d t o traasportatioa for bevel, years. tics us sr. D AVITY.—ToIon Rinker, aged 11, was charg ed avid, ealllig 4V.1114i60,11 a dweldog.ltoose. He wall seen coming nut of site house, and the watch was found opou I • . Mr. Bat tow .Gat rotr, addressing she jury, said they had berme them a most melancholy spectarl, . Mr. Coimitigham,got et nor of the !gaol, begged his Lordship to loot, at the nest case entered in tlu• calendar. Mr. Harlin G.srrow said *.te was. /1111011 1/11114ed to the very respectable gentleman for his stiggestiln. It appeared that this child w .s ail .i.esl and directed by an unnatural-mother. The joky e,u1,1 have nu douht of the child's guilt, amid conch , - du t was perhaps the greatest merry they could show to Ic. —Guilty. tits Lordship then•ad.lressed himself to the child., •lie•iira. pronounce •woat w as ~died a, bisuisliment, but what lie flayed woad be a bles4slig to hint , what svioill saved from the last punish 11P111, the iiiihappy practices in.% hieh he VI as trained, ituove 411 from the advice Mud example mil' a gruel 410 mintstron, parent. By the institutions ot his country the Comet would heel/ ~e his parent. and take care that he should have Instruction Nod corner tine. He might indeed, in Hilte mare thao two years, see hire again atlitat bar, bat he hoped Ue•ter things. It was still pa/milk Tot him to become a good, MCA, Milli useful maw His sentence was, 'WI he should be . coatined in the Penitentiary House for two tears.. 611EEP STsALtNG ---James-Gardner. aged 35, was conviet-. ud of stealing five seedier togs at. Misdeal+ Martin. There was eitoliong siognior w the prod'. .The. slwrp were missed; and trificeil 111 4 .lan %VIM bought thorn from the pit •r. He. 0, 4 . a 3410 111,d:1%mm a second Indictment for a similar tif• truer. and Mr. 8i1f. , 11 G.ll 11/1k sail, that they? seutild srartely be a rase 'nor,. x_er:iv.s4t•ii Nan the prisuiwi's. Till lately the (deuce ~ 4 6 /*.t .it.n; te.•re it su si 11 , he sftnnl l 111/t judge tii.it eoul.l ut Ihit instants", revit um• ud any iiiitiga. lion. To tau jnly the prisinier owed x reilite.io.i yeas ill /Ile Iwricitl for winch he wis t.b tie it /111,,1111 led. TlllO seittettee ut gibe Court *eta, that he should be trausipected tier /I, The ,bo isseeassor applied for Isis Tinwares ism vain, and Vl4ll severely re•priartatled far ha* slrssaken, es. mid lasseortioci. Jases - s Web's, aged 21, . was co is seted upon two eareessive prose , nn.oss ashes'', lie had been (assail .sat mist bug.to sell the stalea sheep, 4.141 could give no g.ite•fielary tweassas Iww he'eame by thrtu . L Maw real srkst..W sisal star ism the first prosecution he asked no siss-suloses in cross ra.l tninauesn j uat that White-Ile stood a CUOViet Mill a cusp, is ast the see I pr..liecttletni, be was active dil. in4;enieus in cross. es:massing Chat ie. Wi•ob, aged 27, the person 1e W.ieseci•e had alluded in his .eli.sege to the grand jury, W.la ignose.l a. to the rape, but pia upon his trial for all assault. Mr. Baton Gai tow ordered all the ladies and females out °Teuton. Tins order erring at le Ist eery slowly complied wi.u. bis Lotilsiii:u desired. those that remaiutol to Collie forma:ll that they inigist be seen. This had liii mitred effect. • Mary -Barrow, a heantiful.:itile vot 15. wao the prow eatrisati this ease. Her manner and .appearance in givin2 evidence wore quite siugalar. With the greatest inoilesti., yet with perfect Osouposore, she gaveithruct and ready as., avers to all tile questions put to her. She assented and denied with equal readiness . and ilevisium, whether her answer favoured or counteracted the vrosecution. Her • father is a humoring man at Beeklurd. The prisoner is overseer of people that workedu fur Squire Wakeman at that place. She worked under the eye of the prisoner for tevenpenee a day. On the evening of the edits of May, she was sent to Mr. Wakeman's brewiluoise fur harm. %%mtre. stoner fliere attempted to take .indecciir 'Met ties. :N ~t night he eaten to her fatherb house to get her father .0 435E111 hen in getting Wine hens uhf She 11041, %$ ilk which her mother was to g,i nix' &ay to market'. Her father was usavri is, and i ii bell, and utdereil her to go. She, in rouse:pm:me of the prisoner's conduct the former clay, refused, but her father threatened to break lite., neck ii she did nut I:0, She went. As they were, g dug the prisoner attempted indecent libcrtic-s: when the y gut into We garden where the roust wns‘the prisoner threw her use a seat and viois•istly elteeted his purpose. He left her sick and faint, and got4told of the hems with which be came back to her, and wlsich.slie carried home. She told: swilling to her tithes and mother, but worked every day vl with Charles as usual, fur fear of ()Sending her father, her mother, and the squire. A fortnight. afterwards the Chilli; I was gentrall4 talked of, the prisoin r having mentioned i:; and ithe Rev. Dr. Tanimill b.sd the wvlnes. Pita& ll 11l .11, ii. ronsequeure of sublets the prisoner was committed for a rape. %Ir. Ludlow called two jousts:linen, vilt to ii I. but fair to mune, John D, er mud Robert Smith. . They preletl..ed obit the prosecute:a 11.:.1 slides ed thrust to take every liberty .lota nt'crimin.st inter course without the least "Aletice. His LOl4l. ill:I) tit:11111MA iii. 111 :Itt icily oh this stiojset (the proseentris hail no c set), they exhibited every symptom of f .Ise Loud and inconsistency. 71ary Barrow was again faded, and readily adm . ted that ebrhad runi t ird with our or the viittle•ses (S into) suit r tin %I A, anti in litchi c of the pi isoster ; but most decidedly veld positively Mined .1111:; i•nproper liberties h is,n; heels take'. with her by either • f t mon. Baron Get row summed till the evidence at great len;t 11 , • lied w. It aitic3usv•Vel ity on the comlnct of t.se pi iv SO ter We cannot mak- his 1421'.1ftlitp * :"Atner v .etioo• inlelligilde oc account ()ethic of the subject. lia.:thuy been trying 'rue judge nunwitnttely pronounced sentence of death, Rod pri.otier HIM uo Mllig4:1011 cuokitike plater,. but 11141 lie altututt be left fur execuiton. POLICE. MANSION 1101.1 SE. 267 Tuesday the Justice' 'loom w.ia molt than finally crowded,' it being pretty generally known that a case of very grass imposition was to be ins estigated. 111. Andrews, the Barrister. •ttended for the proseeniims He , aid the charge against the prisoner was decidedly of a telonimis kind, and neat the art and corn ivance were sach as to render it a thing of great tallith. interest, it being probable that by smelt all arraugentent of cireteinstaaces the most ex perienred might he deceived. A Vit 11.11ressecl Jew, who said his name was William Leigh, was pm to the bar. He was rep; esented on the prosecution side as having several names, and haring appeared before the public upon several occasions. His prosecutor, Joseph Mil:Hagen, a jeweller. resident in St. Mary Axe, slated, that the primmer came to hi:ei 3 mouth* ago, and bad dealings with him for jewellery to the ininiout of 2031. whirl, slim wtas.paid down upon delivery. Mitlolll after wards the prisoner again came to him and obtained very fine watch, chain, seals, and diamond lir:Jr:di rio t , fur w bids he said he would give him the :screw:gm e of* respec table solicitor. The prisoner it, the consist of votivetrostiott said, that he was a merchant from Calcutta, and had coma over to this ronntry with a fortune oft 1,t1301. in hills amid in vestments in the house of Campbell and Co. lie showed 1 1 :e prosecutor several papers on the )401160 of FUtht`S, place,whithieft tiodouht upon Millingen's suited that the repre- Sentation was correct. The watch, chain, and seals, vein° 251. were then delivered to him. The prisoner then produced a bill drawn upon the solicitor to whom we have alluded for upwards of 601. The only thing it wanted was the accept.. fusee. The Lord Mayor.—Do you Lilow that the prisnuer k not from India, and that he is not 0 C411'11(1.1 111(.1 . 6 11.1111 !" . ......... Pfuseentor.—l never knew him; ho cant, to we !as Baja min Leigh,Esq. and was a rosorlete Mr. Harmer.—Why di,l you no!, upon !Pie pri. stiller did not return from liaiton-4.irdeo, my'sloor and a.k me about the acceptance To this no amtwer was returned. It sc3s submitted, upon the iru•t of thr primner, that the matter W 45 couJucted its the mannor of 4 sll4n of busiurs4 ; the hill of parcels having been regaimly istocareil. Mr. AIWNW' cad, that stratagem proud the feloniotts Intent. A letter from the prosecutor to the prisoner was nra.ltiret). It was written a Month t tier the tratodelnso, and atintilteil that the %triter cunerised tins prisoayr bail out done tl.e !nisi:hi:4' intentionally. The piuseentur said, the reit-oil lie had not pro.triiii•-.1 befuire this was, that the firisotivr hall vroiniso.l to setity matter. At the the.pri•otwr declared that littiiaJ used Mr tiariner's moue unjuswii Mr. Andrew:l.—lf tradesman doe:, Aim ',do all tltat he ought to do, that JSirt • tylioes siot purge the- ofrestee. 1 a.:4 convinced it becomes Air. Maiirigtai iopitisectitti tit4in• aitsitosc, aird.ttrust Lortlship swilt.gi , e him an oppurtnitity of duiug so, by committrug this mars fur the felony. if not, yoke may rely ou it thatisucDvltail will be given isa.as will prevent 'public justice. The Lord Mayur.--Tlie thing i def. etive ; there I s no grionitd fur a felonious charge..-1 can sec what the •prikuuth s, but I Cannot commit Lim Erma felony. !Mr. Andrews.—A failure of justice sii my arise Gans your mode 01' proreetimg, my Lurd. tfa Ma4istrate ruts mains doubt whether a person should be committed fur a telany ur n (rand, it is his duty to commit for the felony. • The Lord Mayor.. You'll excuse me. never do so. - woulitiim call that tesuperitig justice with mercy. • Mr. Anirews.—The power of wixbig those (raline,: does not exist in the committing Magistrate. tie has :uniting to it , . With the marina part. We lutist look a little higher for that.. . lite Lord Mayor. . -I'll take bail fur the offenee, standing. _ . Notice of bail was- ordered to be given, aollia prisoner was delivered het° the col e el ail officer. MARLBOROUtIitI STREET. 84relll KraSley 11(4•4 brought oefare the Magistrate, charged on sii..pieloo of stealing • Si. u ite, the property of her master. Mr. Newt said he resided at 76. Upper Iterkelas?, -street. 0.1 going in bed ahem I Al'eluck u t Tiievelay inoridna, ler laid orie.sl. and two 11 notes on the taw , of lin drellstog.roolti, adjoining hi. bed-room; be•ruse motet lialfsmat b r and found the two. pound stoles only.. On enquiry •ue round the prisoner only had bent w theerooat ; he hart ocan,inclitivel to ,stispeet the prisoner from several equivocal/gets—before cots.. HlB lildlement wtss -part dipper' led. by the evidence of Elizatretli.HA eeeeee coil; but hot fully. emotive denied lbl charge.. She wits then resnandetl..• . aNlatibew Hall, William Buckley. and Johnson, there Lifesguarilsosien, were charged with a violent aceesult upon.Rouert The evoispliettimit, who is r watchman, the. about I o'clock on Wednesday mug, api ,iwg, nateird.Wilson Cooke, had given the nest-naiu..l 1-1411. isio custody, open the charge of having ruatc,.l bts pocket-book and foot- 11, notes, iu 0 for.r.strcet. Ha saw nine.enardsniesi stanilitig!by Sandilers' a Hotel. Hurkley instilled littie,-truil, assisted ay several others, knock...et One drown and stripped Imo of bi. rust, WI elldvd V(111 /EA to re scut Hail, who was eh .rged with the robbery. fkir. Cooke did ion appear to prosecute for the rubbery; Hall was therefore die( omieeit, Buckley and Jahusuu were James Webs, who Iw.l beset connected .npan two indices menus, was afterwards brough t up mod 1111'4 add/eased:—You have been convicted of two bepar4lll arts of sheep stealing: Tins kind of property is scattered in int:muse uninhosnover% Mir eutioiry. It terms uue of the staple ethirolotieles of the From. its nature. it is exposed to.deptedationa,and Abe law must titcratfore extend to it all pos•iule.protect Toe sew tuity :anti which sheep btaalisw: Lis been punished cannot hr re hated until it produce reforms. You are now to receive sentence .of death,. stailitet me assure. you that you ran expert nu each mitigation as I am alwoys happy to re. estointeml wh.re that can be alone. (hive the prisoner cried for mercy. (trope on Ins kilec. , nth applied his handkerchief •to his eyes to stop his tears.) Nu mercy can be extended to you. I advise you• Co prostrate yoursele.on your knees to the great Gad whom 301,11 have °trended, and to prepare for the late that is inevitable. Julth M.tyo, aged 19, and Daniel Powell, aged2B; were convicted of stealing in a dwellint; house, under the value ut 40$. Tlwy were sruteuced to transportation for? years. •• It Appeared that Mayo had fot•merly been sentenced to .eleath for as burglary, but had his sentence mitigated to a few untruths' imprisonment. lie had afterwards been employes' by Me'hlows, the hair dresser, who keeps—the lodgings fur tue Jti.lges iudilloucuater, and had actually *4 ited upon Bash Lordships. Mr. Baron Darrow called it/eddows into the witness:a- hoe, : reprimanded him severely, and 6441, that if he had known ut . it, he should Imre directed the Hugh Sheriff to field diem other lodgings.. His Lordship took occasion to mention daring the dayillidi :on the summer circuit last year ( which wits the Oxford eircni ) lie had had. occasion to puss sentence on 483 persons, and st fiertive uf•death un tdds • Tile Grand Jury foond true hills for perjury against T. • On Wednesday aftesnoon, a decently debuted woman, sql. Welles. U.O. (one of the act rug Magistrates ut toe retool.) ins; 11 1' 1 ' 4 ' 4 Mr* Stevens. " Hail drill "' ill Jacob Street ' ljuek and &liaise:ll Welles, widow. lica:l,otdvrtd from Mr. Johnston'~, Toole, -Street, tea and Jim 'frowner, s.rd gg, was convicted of horse stealdig. sugar solutentiwg to Pt. which• site was to pay wiaalelivery Lordship, before pruaouncing sentence of dcath. as t ; wisest the goads arrive'', she sot dere(' a man thati n the iliai lie had reason •to believe that the primmer. had be, ••• shop to go wills the lad to a oh. itelbourteig public house where vrop:oys dby his master to commit the felon,. Servants; were her homorwn.l was, And tell him to pay the autunite of the othigett, sisal wese not excused, lay suds wicked cum. I bill the misompecilll:: lad MVII wish the wait, wins told him 41...5515. The sentence sit death, however, mont;,l noo lie err- 1 0 slop a mo•ortit, Ai Mr. Stevens was dug-aged ; however, lied moo execittiun. The uttiwat miligaeitm might be ax- the Lid tetoroe s°l '" l ""'l.hatt'l to lb' , grief found all wit goes, pet•ted, if he iu the &neon tittle coutln c i e d in ni . n o• properly, I except the...mist) 'fasts I , they WO only token the house the which the very ItinJt•e gentle:l.l:u wh o tak , cuin s 4A ;v.' the slay torrotr art Ult ly had asked no s t lcrence f uels ga•JI Cunslagham) would observe. . . I nitro. ord.. red to.fitid nett foe i1•rd.4,411111. HAT VON GARDEN. Mr. Brows, brewer, at Brumley, wAs summoned up to Answer 4 ehmite 1414 og•tusi Lwu by the office' , of lite ex (iv, clisrged with hiving iu his p03•4 4 S1111)31, colioritey to set of parlisineur, 4 qua ttity of col fur the pill I . %or of voiou clue glv and beer. ' Flit. officers tuned 4 e44k Oast, part of . _ another, winch they brought own)? with thesis. Inc case Oita* pivie.:d, tile tictend.iat war convicted to the uniigeted i ienatty of 401. MI