The National Register. — London, England, 1821-10-28 00:00:00

THE NATIONAL OLD BAILEY SESSIONS. Wanwastuw, Oar. 4t—This morning these Sessions commenced before the Hight Hon. the Lord Mayor, Chief Justice Abbott, Mr Justice Park, and Mr. Arabia, who officiated for the Common Sergeant, he being absent on ac. count of indisposition. William Maynard was indicted for breaking and entering the dwelling-house of Edward 'ritlil, and stealing a variety of property, consisting of books, money, Ste. The case was made out by several witnesses, and the Chief Justice summed up, and the Jury, after wine short cousultatiou, found the prisoner Guilty—Death. DARING H/GHIPAY ROMIBBRT.--.WilliSM Grady was put to the bar, charged with putting in fear and taking from the ;person of Mr. James Walden a valuable gold watch, his property. This case excited much interest, the prisoner being one of the desperate gong that have been before the public in the case of the lute rescue. It appeared that on the Ilth inst. Mr. Walden was passing down James-street, Oxford road, when the prisoner met him, and striking liiin a violent blow, snatched his watch and ran off. He MU soon alter taken into custody, and the prosecutor being positive as to the person of the prisoner, and be having no defence to make, the Jun, under the direction of the Lord Chief Jus tice, found him guilty. Anne Norris and Mary Palmer were Indicted for assaulting J. Thompson, and stealiag Ss. from his person. The prosecutor is a printer, residing ut Cambridge, and on the 9th instant, as he was walking in Whitechapel, Palmer came running towards him, seemingly in great agitation, and begged fur God's sake that lie would rosie with her to the assistance of a person oho was in great distress. Ile accompanied her to a house near the spot, and went up stairs into a bed room, where /limes made her appearance and demanded som e money " for the room." The prosecutor, astonished at this demand, refused to give uuy, find was anxious to make his exit; but the prisoner placed her hack against the door, and swore with a disgusting oath (lint she would have some money, or he should not go out of the house alive. Appreheasive of souse violence, lie gave her a shil ling, but that would not satisfy them, and he gave them two shillings mote. Tile) still continued 111 threaten him, and endeavoured to ride its pockets. ale at length got out and went donut stair,; but they fulls, wed atm dragged him into:mother r 0000000 , where itney got !die on tlie door, and Norris said several times " Murder the Ile called " murder" several times, but nu one cause but a set of fel lows, who got round the door, and one of them put up the shutters, iii ord. rto favour the uhje et of the prisoners. At It:n:lth, after a desperate at niggle, he succeeded in extricating himself, and escaped. He gave informatioo at Lambeth street, where he proeured the assistance of SOllle officers, who nein to the saute house and took the prisoners into custody. It appeared that, in the scuttle, he had but the huger of one of them, and on examining the hand of Palmer, it wound was found ow one of her lingers, which appeared to Ituve been recently indicted. Verdict—Guilty, Death.—Aged 21 and 10. The Learned Judge, in the course of his charge to the Jury, oh-ersed, that it was lamentable su •11 a scene as had beets described should occur in the heal t of the metropolis, and almost at noon day ; and be thought it was a matter well deserving the attention of the Magistrates in whose dis trict it happened. THIJNSDAY, OCT. 25. •R•naust w • • SSW NTe— Edward Hill, aged IT, was capitally indicted for stealing a bl. note, several articles of jewellery of very considerable value, and other ptoperty, iu the dwelliug.house of Mr. J. Bennett Morris. The Chia Justice here iuterposed, and said it would be too much to allow the prisoner to remain at the bar alter this doubt had been expressed, and directed au acquittal. Mansbauetaett.—Edward Hurner was charged with killing and slaying John Wilson. It will be recollected that Wilson met Isis death in a pugilistic rencontre with the ptisouer at Westminster. The pi inter was arraigned on the Coroner's vti diet; the Coroner's inquisition was proved to contain some informality, and the iidge (Park) directed an acquittal. Mr. Justice Park expressed a wish that better attention should be given to these matters iu rotative. James Bertatt, and Margaret, his wife, were indicted for stealing a quantity of linen, apparel, silver ornaments, Ste. value 1001., the properly of N. M. Rothschild, Esq. ill his dwelling house. J. Joss, a Bow-street horse patrol°, deposed, that in consequence of information, lie searched the house of Bar rett, at Highgate, where he found the above property concealed amongst the bed clothes. The next day lie told Barrett he had searched his house, and found a large quantity of listen, snitch liner than be thought a nsaii in his condition could stint d to wear. Upon this Barrett put his baud opal the shirt he had on, and stud, " I ilvs aye I wear good linen, look at this shirt." On the 30th August witness again searched the house, and Mrs. Barrett was then present. Be then found a considerable quantity more of lines., books, &c. coacealel in a very curious manner gat the bed clothes. While he was making the search, Mrs. Barrett said she would give any thing it lie would desist; to which he replied, that he believed her to be a s cry bad woman, and she must consider herself his prisoner. He took her to Mr. Rothschild's house. Frances Fazakerly, a housemaid to Mr. Rothschild, de posed, that for five weeks before Barran was apprelienh ed, lie was constantly at the house, with the permission of Mr. Rothschild. Mrs. Barrett was the dairymen' in the family. This witness identified several of the articles produced to be the ',roister) , of Mr. Rothschild. The pri soma s were left in the care of the house mi two occasions, when the family came to town. J. Hall, footman to prosecutor, identified some plate. J. Bat s att put in a written defence, in which he stated, that he had heretofore borne a good character, and re quested, if he should be sentenced to transportaLou, that uis only child might be allowed to gu with 1 . Mrs. Barrett said, her husband knew nothing of the matter, and that sonic of the articles produced were given to her by a lodger of lier's, in lien of a debt. The Chief Justice, in summing up, left it to the Jury, whether they could safely conclude, that property to the amount of 40s. had been taken away at one lime. His Lordship also threw their attention to the law, with respect to ntau and wife j telling them, that if they should be of opi [[ ion that the robberies were committed by the wife, in the presence and under the cantonl of the husband, they would find lihn alone guilty ; if, on the other hand, they should think that she had committed the felonies without the privily of her husband, they would acquit him, and cons ic t her. The prosecutor is a highly respectable surgeon, residing in Mary!ebony, and some time ago the prisoner was taken nun his servic-. Ile had not been long in the house wheel Mr. Morris missed several articles of jewellery, a 11. note, mole quantity of runs, brandy, kes Some suspicion fell upon the prisoner, and he was accused, but denied all knowledge of the missing property. An officer :rarched the house of the prisoner's father, where he found a quantity of different soils of •poits. Mr. Morris, minim , to recover the more valu able part of the property, made a promise to the prisoner that he would not take any measures against him if he would confess what he had done with the other articles.— Upon this promise he confessed that he had stolen a pair of very large gold ear-rings, such as worn in the Kist Julies by Indies of rank, and some other articles. These were found at the bliops where the prisoner had sold them. These the prisoner declared were all he had taken, but Mr. Morris, convinced that he had rubbed him to n much greater amount, wudr further enquiry, and found that the prisoner had sold a twisted gold chain of considerable lenAth, a seal, some silk slim kings, and other similar articles, his property, at dif ferent shops. A more minute search aas then made at the father's house, and in a hole underneath the stairs a purse, containing li. Its. in money, and several gold articles, were found. The purse and buttons were identified by Mr. Morris, The latter, in consequence of these discoveries, caused the prisoner to he apprehended. prisoner did not deny his own guilt, but accu'ed a respectable tradesman of inciting him to roh Iris master. The tradesman stepped into the box, and solemnly pro tested the entire falsehood of the prisoner's accusation. Jury found him Guilty —Death ; but recommended him to mercy, on account of his youth. Mary Anne Sullivan, Aune lunacy, Eliza Kelly, and Ilachael Simmons were capitally indicted fur feloniously assaulting Lewis Baptiste, in the parish of St. Mary-le- Sirand, and taking Fr llls person bd. his properly. This ams one of the cases of outrage aiiil robbery a filch have lately been so frequent by abandoned women, alo ore constantly on the watch to entire men into infamous houses for the purpose of plunder. The occurrence took place in Swan.yard, obout five o'clock in the afternoon of Wedues• day last, under circumstances of almost unparalleled atrocity. The prisoner Simmons, i.dinitted in her defence, that she was the mistress of the house a here the robbery was com mitted. ~ v• t'ile July tumid James Barratt guilty of stealing to the amount of S9s., and acquitted the wile. Nowell Wilkinson and Joseph Marsden were ag•tin put to the bar, and charged upon an indictment with t luig tr,b3b lbs. of uux sonnets, the property ofJaines Marsh and others, its a boat on the river Tli•nies. 11i'. Law, in stating the circumstances of the case, said, that he believed the real intention or utc prisoners to have been to defraud the Customs hut in the prosecution of that fraud, lie should contend, that they had been guilty of felony, inasmuch us they had deprived the real owners Of Ike MIX Volliled of their rope' my. 'lime teat ned Coun sel then proceeded to call %J r. ;11at•+b, and 4 Hamby( of otlu•r witnesses, to prove the case. The evidence having been gone through, Mr. Broderick submitted two objections to the form of the indictment, but Illry were otei • I 'tied by the Court. 'the prisoneis said, in their defence, taat they *roe employed by one W. Marsden, amid did nut know they Wei.: doing wrong. On their Mr. Broderick called Mr. J. Coops, who deposed that Mr. William Maisden applied to him to lend his Udine tor the purpose of passing the unity of some nix voinica thiongh the costume tor expo. Lewin. Wit ness consented, and applied to Maisli toil Co. upon the subject, and they predated the necessary win rants It the Custem•hottse, fur the exportation of the mix vended [lad nothing mole to du with the transaction than Four men were calk - I on behalf of Simmonsos Ito all snore that site was a vet) , upeight woman ! Air. Justice Parke, tit summing up, strongly reprobated the flagrant attempt to impose upon the court tied jury, by initios four num to swear that a w oman, w ho by her nesn admismin was the k..eper of a common brea!leit and nn' living upon the wages of iniquity, earned by the prostitution of the unhappy young creatures ut the bar, was a woman of f .ir character in the world. lie hoped this would be the host time any using of this sort w mild be practised, as it really tended materially to diminish the respect usually paid to witnesst s as to character. The Jury found Tamer and Sultivan Guilty—Death, aged each Ili, and acquitted the °Our ui o. The convicts were recommended to merry on Ilfel,lllll Of their youth. yitto.‘v, Oc-r. 26.—Iteojantio Abbot Wills capitally con victed fur rtealiug 4 bore, the Novi ty of Samuel 31artio Nowell Wilkinson and Joseph Marsden were indicted the lending his name, and entering it into the wmial bond. for stealing I,o9Slbs. of Guinea grain, the property of J. Crow examined.—He did not know why Mr. W. Mars- Marsh, on the river Thames. den wanted to use his name, instead of his own. He was In consequence of the non•appearance of the prosecutor not prepared to say that the whole was a smuggling trans and several witnesses, whose names were called, and the action. deficiency of evidence, Mr. Justice Park directed an Mr. Justice Park, in charging the Joey, said, they. Acquittal, mid ordered that the recognizance. of the ab. would have the goodness, if they considered the prisoners scut wituesses to be ortreated,and that no expences should guilty, to state to him especially whether they fonud Ilse be allowed, except to those witnesses who had attended. nux vomica to be the property of the Willian Marsden There was another indictment against the prisoners for who had been spoken of, or of Mr. Cooper, who had stealing a quantity of mix vomica, in which Mr. Marsh stated that the goods were entered and passed in his name. was also prosecutor, but Mr. Justice Park would not allow His reason for wishing that from the Jury was, that as it it to he called on, but directed Mr. Marsh, the prosecutor, had been proved in evidence that William Marsden was should be sent for. present when the goods were removed from the bap, and. CUARIIIS or Mu MAR.—Daniel Hartey was charged ashes substituted, he (Mr. Justice Park), and his learned with the murder of one Charier Harris. brother were of opinion, that if the Jury thought he was Ann Ealing stated, that on the 17th inst. she, in cont. the bona tide owner of the property, there was great parry with the deceased, went into the Spread Eagle, iu doubt whether it could be deemed a felony. If Oa y Shoreditch, where the prisoner was sitting. Witness thought William Marsden was the owner, the point would placed herself by the side of the table, alien the prisoner be reserved ter the opinion of the twelve Judges. came from the tire-place and struck her twice. Harris The Jury found the prisoners guilty, and that the nux was sitting on the other side of• the table, and struck the voodoo was the property of W. Marsden. prisoner. Prisoner then gave Hari is a violent blow on the ribs, and after wards struck him violently with a whip lie had in his hand, %Welt occasioned him to fall. Witness than struck prisoner over the head a ith a pint pot. Pi l imner then left the room, but shortly alter lellllued, and recommenced his assault on deceased and on witness. The deceased was rather in liquor. She had known Harris fur two wr three years a hulled always been in good health. Mr. Gardiner, the landlord of the Spread Eagle, recol lected a dispute, but could not speak to any of the parti culars. George Cormick and William Ptitalen corroborated the statement of the first witness. Mr. Pal kinsuri, surgeon, saw the deceased on Saturday; lie was in a dangerous state; on Sunday lie iltra ; on Monday the body was opened, when lie discovered souse ribs to have been broken, and the appearance of a dis eased spleen ; upon a closer examination, lie could not take upon himself to say it bad occasioned death ; a blow bud certainly been given, but he again repeated that it was nut certain that death was the effect of it. LAW INTELLIGENCE. COURT OF KING'S BENCH, FRIDAY, Oct. 28. LIABILITY OP CARRISRL—G•IINETT e. WILLAIA. This was an action brought by the plaintiff. ahe rmides at Worcester, imainst the defendants. who were proprietors of the Worcester mail, to recover the value of a parcel lost by the negligence of their servants. The cause was tried at the Sittings after Trinity Term, 1520, and a verdict found for the plaintiff. Tat plaintil4 ins the 17th of September, 1819, a rote a letter to his comb. pondents, Messrs. Moore mid Stranger, desiring them to send a quantity of sarsenet, of the value ofial. The article was accordingly packed in the form ore parcel, and carried to the office of the Bull and Mouth Inn. It was then con veyed by the Worcester mail to the Green Man and Still, Oxford•Arect, where it was taken out and left ut the defen dant's °thee, to he fora arded by another coach, called the h.-avy coach. The parcel was lust out of the said henry couch, but it did not appear by what means. Before it wan booked, the defendant exhibited the usual notice, stating that the coach proprietors would nut be answerable for any parcel above the value of live pounds unless specially insure d; and the question for the opinion of t he Court was, is hethcr the plaintiff was entitled to recover in this action, Ike pared haring been booked in the usual way, and not paid fur, as being above the value of SI.? If the Court should be of opinion the plaintillcould recover, the verdict was to stand;. but if they decided un the contrary, a nonsuit was to be mitered. The Cowl, haviug heard Mr. Chitty for the plaintif, and• Mr. Potluck fur the defendant, gave judgment. They lwl4, that it was clearly a case of gross negligence on the part of the defendant's servants. 1u case the parcel had gone by the mail the low would not then have happened. It was met to be considered a loss by accident or mistake. The parcel Bas Carl - 1011 to the Mike and booked fur the mail. It did not howevor go by the mail, but was scut by another roach.— That was au act done by the defendant's servants for hi, be nefit, nod the Court would lose sight or common &ruse it titcy did not consider the plaintiffentitled to recover. The verdict, under all the circumstances, was entered fur the pluintifC. dieveral °Mee special questioas were argued, but none of public importance. On Thursday afternoon last, between four and . five o'clock, an old house, corner of Maddox-street, Regent. street, which had f o rmerly bee 'swell known by the name of the Saallowiistrcet eating-house. fell with a tremeadous crash, by is hick a tioinan.reinued Glanville, is tile her inte nt, fine child aboett Ibmontha old, were killed. The husband of Mrs Glanville was as carpenter employed in building she new houses in Regent-street, and lived with hi, faintly in the house which fell, for convenience. Ile had paid no rent for sonic k n ee past, as the house was condemned.—Some person had previously told them it would fall in twenty-four hours, and they made up their minds to quit it an Thursday morning. The husband was at work, and ut she time above mentioned it wets observed the walls were giving way. Mrs. Glanville heard a creak, mid her eldest son, 14 sears, instantly ran out; she seised the infant, and another child, two years old, to follow, but she only reached the door when the hawse fell in, burying herself and the latent in the ruins. The other child tins pitched into she street, and was taken to Mr. Brookes's. by Gook, the constable, when it was found he had received na see ion, iiiitery. Gook and Westbrook, and as officer of Marlborough-street, procured some men, who dug out the dead bodies of Mr,. bilaterale and her infant. While they were engaged he se doing, a gentleman named Cassamajor, win) was accidentally passing, and onserviug them he 0 pe rilous situation, under the party.% all, which was on the point of falling, gave the officers a guinea to procure more men to prop it up, which was intascdeately done. Wednesday morning an inquisition was taken in the bed-roa n 's of the workhouse art the Liberty of the Rolls. in Breant's-buildings, Chancery hoe, before T. Stirlisl 4 , El. Coroner. on we body of W.Ciirton, a point between ly and Ito. It appeared, that oil Monday last. the deceased attended the hincral of a persan who com mitted suicide in Houghton -street, Clare-market. lie atter%vards went amongst his acquaintances, and, shak ing hands with them, took his leave, saying, that he done something, that wile') they were lola titey would lie surprised at, and they wouldree hint na emir:. lie ilecu went honer to his mother, who lives in Swats-yard. White's-alley, Chancery-lase, wlizte he was seized with student pants and vomiting; he laid himself on the bed, and calling his mother, told her, that on Isis way home from the funeral lie hats purchased a pennyworth of arsenic at a cliyati4's :atop, which lie had Cal Mil of the paper as he walke.l alote.t. The deceased assigned no cause for the rash act, but the circumstances of haven.; attended the hineral above related, together with the observations of the persons assembled to witness die un terment, which had worked upon ins brain, its a Mall. tier lie could not account tor. Mr. Owen, a medical gentleman, in Chancery-lane, attended, anal ailment*. erred a strong emetic, whieie althoitAle it operated very powerfully, had no eftrt, the dice ist..l expired in grit a p tl y jbOlit esss hour .dieiws,;(l , . .liery returned verdict—that the deceased iontself 111 a tit of deranzent,:ta. 1