The National Register. — London, England, 1808-12-04 00:00:00

MIFF 1 01 E 4 7 NWil# • • n T:(1. ' 4,it3' fiuru►ept, the itersonS Yoticerned in Old ptosecut ion *ere forix li i muttur motives, to remand the prisoner Liu the real state of is intelects could be ascert%►ned. by tiic faculty. Mr. Justice Grose here remanded the prisoner, who nas led from the Bar, cursing and utteri►►g the must inde cent language, 'Jr. Carron - then applied to the Court to order a Jury, to try whether the prisoner was iu his right senses, at the ensuing Sessions. Mr. Justice Grose observed, that the Learned Council for the prosecution had been lenient iu permitting the pri soner to defer his trial, and he complied with the applick Lion. The prisoner will, not of course be tried nest Ses sions. BIGAMY. Robert Fenton was indicted for feloniously marrying Thiry Wainright, while his former wife, Mary Coule, was living. John Turner produced a marriage certificates Ity...which it appeared that the prisoner was married to Mary Coule at llawkhead, in Lancashire, on the lid of March, 1791, by whom he had two children. Mary Wainright, the secoral wife, stated, that she was married to the prisoner at 't. James's; Clerkettwell, on the l9th of February, 189:1. She lived with hint about two years, when he left her after taking away all her cloatits. She afterwards applied to him for assistance, and he sent her a letter from Great lioinford, M which he stated, that she could make no demand on him, because ,he was not his lawful wife. Ile had deeeived her and himself, to - . he had a, wife and two children when he mar ried. The facts were. dearly made out against the pri soner, and the Jury found him Cuilly. The prisoner stood charged on a second indictment with a similar ideucei but the Court considered it. unnecessary to put him ou a second trial. It appeared that he hail! married three wives. Thursday Thomas Wright, an old man of 61, was in dicted for ravishing his own grand-daughter, a child 13 years old. Mr. Pollock stated the case, which was proved by the l'rosecutrix, a very pretty little girl, as follows: tliat on the 90111 day of June, she was ordered by her fa ther to carry some nails to her gratulfather's, ului was a shoemaker, and lived near her father's _at, Tottenham. When she got to the door he forcildv polka her into the room and threw her upon the bed, -when- he perpetrated the crime. She cried out, but no one came to tier assist ance. On cross-exantination, she said, she did not cry out so much as she should have done, nor did she t ell any body for three weeks, because her stepmother used her so Yen harshly she was afraid. On the (th July, her grand father had ravished her in like manner, in passing through a field, which she concealed for the like reasons. The learned Judge in summing tip spoke with great in dignation of the conduct or the Prisoner, but he thought the es idence of the Prosecittrix ought to acquit hint of the rape, as it had always beets a rule of eviden c e in these cases, that the Prosmotrix should make immediate disclo sure, and all possible resstance, to entitle her to credit. The Jury withdrevs for 1131 f au hour, and then returned with a verdict of Guilty. Friday Thomas Cantior will indicted for a highway robbery, hs .‘lorting money from .10-epli Rutter, under a threat of au ces:ag him of unnatural pr..ciite. The' cv idence as given by Butler the prosecutor, was as fol iow•':—That he was a shopman to Nit . . NVergnian, the jeneller. 0_ 1 ) thP evening of the 9th of A it..o-t 1;1 , 1 he took a stack in the Park, between nine and ten ia the evening; having seated him 'elf On one o f t h e b enc h es , t h e prison..r Cannor came and sat , imself beside him :he addressed him co nversatioa, which _ l t e ss iou , ss wished to decline, bet he became more obtrusive; fie laid him that he nas a lientb•man's boiler, and iitvited him en home awl drink a gla , , of wine ss it h him; the witness de riin el, and to walk awns ; the prisoner followed him some I:UIe say s and then he told the witness that he saw enoogit of )11111 to know he was guilty of uunuLurul propeasitie, , , -nit that sir: It! I F It L • • - -- - • .. • 1 1 • the prisoner was Sayer., the .. A '.w-strevot litli itr, ,and ;oust take :ilia into custody. The witness...began to rep;;-ailate, hut the other said he had better behave handsome, asol give him some hilt& to he quiet. Ile wool i take 301 anti say on more al a ;,at t. The witness said he was tit.l worth 5..11: 110 -then 100 emit his demand to .101. 301. 201. and at length' to 1(11. llc said if •;e had not toe latter sum ite might Imo it something to make it; .up, and, induced li• his threat, the w it.t, SS liaolled his gold, watk h. and made up 101. which he gave the prionsr. During • :lis conversation the witness hail di.closed •his residence. Vie . ;lest day the prisoner tame to hum o ith aimil,er mat, whom he -aid was Wiikin.;.o., and toid him that the athir oaf. known at . Bow-street, and he had been obliged to divide the IN. and( therefore lie must give him another 101. This the i.rasevittoil also complied with. Ile came ,again on a third day,-and got two guineas-more. At length hp went to 13ow-street,•4o km)* whether he• was really Sayers*, the o:W.:yr, or hots he thesi i ' learnt that the whole was a het . ' tn. lie was di; reted the oest time he came to details him in c nversation moil he sent to the (Ace; he did so, and ' by that watts the prisoner was appre hended.—The Jury found him fiailfo. lie was tried on n second itidiitineat with .lames: Coddington, the person whom he had rept&estted a 4 Wilkinsou, and they Were both found Gui:ty. - ... MIDDLESEX SESSIONS. ASSAULT WITH AN INTENT TO RAVISH. • TILE KING V. risNi MIN DLACON. This was ti case of unparalleled atrocity, the particulars of which are so base and so abominable, as weli ass inde corous, that we are necessarily prevented from giving it in detail. Front the evidence of the innocent and injured_ individual, who was not more than eight years old, Mid a rela.tise'of the culprit, there *as wore than enough front wheuce to elicit the crime aargeilin die indictment, for had the offender been charged before another Omit for a cap , - oireme. his fate, perhaps 4 Yfiuld not have been tloubtlul. As it was, there was abundance of proof, in addition to ltis own confession %Awn taken before the magistrate, to fix ts to. with the 'crime charged. Ills counsel, one of 'whom It a 4 Mr. Altey, urged every art :re and every; observai;ol than ingenuity, or the rcasonin faculties ttpott a case could display. But a discerning .ittry, considering tr,o •wvirietice before them, under the cautious and itniarti.il summing up of the learned Chairman, found hint to the satisfaction of the whole Court, and of a numerous: auditory. Judgment deferred. Friday a Medical Gentlemae, of great respectability is his profession, was indicted for an assault, with an intent to commit au abominable offence. 1 private soldier, of the 3d regiment of Foot Coati., named .1 lamp, vi as the Prosecutor The oftence. was rilledgrd to have born committed when he was on gunril in fit. .111. es Park, about half past eleven o'clock. on a rainy night in the montli of duly last ; but in his testimony be exhibited so many instances of prevarication, awl the De fendant having :A11141.11 a chat:loer for the must unimpeachable morality ic-pectabilitv, fang a longli>t of professional and other genii:mien oho hail known hint for many )ears, the Jury found him Aut DI LI). Monday last, Sir Richard Ilill, Bart. at his seat at Hawk stone, Shropshire, in the 16th %ear of his age. For several year- he was ode of the represematies of that county. Sir Ri chard is imeceeded in hi- title and e.tates bs his second brother Sir .16ho ho ha. 13 children, and several grand-children. General Rowland Hill, who c , onnunided the 911th regiment in 1 7 .,p vi, with ...nth signal braver) and %twee's, and has now the command of a brigade in Spaio, is the -, ecotal of the sane family. The Rev Root:nal Rill, well known as a preaches, i.. we arc informed, a sixth son of the late Sir Roo land Hill. Alomhy, in the ":i tlt sear of hi- , are, at his lasi:fence in Hampshire, Slt Thomas Bart. Admiral of the N% who lost his leg. on the memorable lii ,t of June, VUIIIIA k libht• mg fur hk King and Clantry. Monday se'unight, iu ilcreord, after n 1 o:Less of hy ‘l; ys aged MS the !Lev. \\ m. Allen, one I.f the Pren;nnia•• ;; dal Cher llereto;1!. ..I rifle left for kip.. had uut 11111 e se jus- he this o!' arer 111 0 q, LII at he Inds, larg;ls e tie- •ovel uUnd Mr. vutOit vbich 'flu• *lola t lei I. hot Oktol,4* 0-11 olid at, the w , RS I stat- Puce, (I I.) r~'~1414~ s I-