The National Register. — London, England, 1817-12-15 00:00:00

OLD BAILEY. ---sem-•• MONDAY. Mary Ann James was found guilty of uttering and publishing knowing to be false, a certain power of attorney, with intent to de fraud the Governor and Company of the Bank of Eggland. Thomas Huttery and Timothy bl• N aniata were indicted for forg ing and uttering a will, purporting to be the last will of Ben jamin . Moon, donearted, a Neiman on board the East India Compaey s ship the Barkworth, with intent to defraud the united Company of Mer chants trading to the East Indies. The Jury, after a long and minute investigation, returned& verdict of Guilty against both the primers. A point was saved, upon au objection raised by the counsel for the preemies. The prisoners had the appearance of being seamen, and wore the areas of sailor's. ESDAY. • Mary Rostock and Mary Campbell were belicted fora single felony. in stealing a silver waiter, 55 silver spoons, 4 saltsellers, a silver milk I.ot, and pepper box, some table cloths, and some westing apparel, the property of bleier General John Pare. The prosecutor deposed that he lived in Montague-stron. He had been yeectistomed to lodge at the prisoner DOVOXS house when in town ; and in August last he quitted those lodgings to go into the country. At that time he left behind him a trunk and boxes in the V.:Ter's care, informing her previously that t h ey contained a con • ble quantity of plate and linen, and desiring that thee might be taken particular care of. Mahe had frequently told him that her landlord would not wait more than ten days after quarter dey fur the rent; he said to her, tt let me know, and 1 will assist you in the pay sap nit of it. Do not let them seize your goods upon any eccount. When he returned to town he went to the' risoner ' s house, to enquire if the aaartments were or were not occupied; he was told they were not; and in consequence he atone and slept there one night. The next rooming the landlord cause with a constable, and charged Bitstock with as offence. This raised a suspicion in his mind that hie own prepetty was not safe. In consequence he asked for the bee and the trunk, and she said that she had removed them to a friend's house fr safety. Witness then went out, and in a short time returned.— Ile then told the prisoner that lie meet quit the lodgings ; that a gentlemen had asked him to come and live with him, and that he must have his trunk. She said that he could no: have it, as she had placed it in the house of& friend who was now imbed, and she could not get it. Not satisfied with this answer, he went, accompanied by a little boy, to this person's house where the trunk teas tleposited.— There he saw the trunk, but upon lifting it, found it to be very light, and having opened it. he discovered that every time; that it had contained was gene. Ile immediately went back to the, pricon et's house. and asked her how she came to do it ; and without reply, site gave him a paper containing a great number of pawnbroker's sluptieettes. She afterpeards said, that the nex t da y she should be able to take all the goods out of pawn. The lock ()lone of the boxes also left in the prisoner's care, contenting books. was found to have been broken ; and upon questioning her ahout it, the said that the weight of the books had broken the lock open. 'rite °thee prisoner, Campbell, said, in confirmation, " Yes, I saw it; it was so indeed ; the box was broken open by the weight of the hooka" A constable was immediately sent for, and a large bunch of keys, and about 60 duplicetes were found upon her, some being duplicates of the pro perty. of General Pare and some not. The pawnnmkers were called, rc,iding in three different parts of the to so, who proved the pawning of the property in quention by bath the prisoners. A 'aid character was given to the prisoner Rostock. The 'Jury 'Hand Mary liestock Guilty . , and acquitted Mary Campbell. Victoire Cotelin and Maria Corbin were found guilty of stealing 9 shawls, the property of William Beach, in his shop. They were wain indicted and convicted of stealing a shawl, the property of WM. Cotelin. who is a native of Prance, requested that the Court would confine her in Newgate as her pun:aliment, because one of her coun trywomen was sentenced to 1 yews' imprisonment there. 'Mr. Banat Garrow, however, did not yield to this request. lie p•recived that it was the cot:nsuit practice of this Frenchwoman, who appeared to he dexterous in her art, in go ehein shop-lifting with her companion. The sentence of the ('mutt, his Lordship observed, would be trensportatiot ; he should certainly rid the country of such a che wier. Curer. STEM.l,M.—Lnui5a Perkins was indicted for having for end fraudulently carried away a certain female child of the age if 5 year. an 7 months, with intent to deprive BusarinadePoeter, widow, of t h e possession of the said child. The prim:cut:lc was a widow, and lived at nn 15, Vereenreet, Clare Market. The child in question was the only child she had. On Tuesday morning, the 4th of November. at About half-past eight cecloek, she sent the little girl with a basket and cloth to buy some Tells, to blr. keetble's • the corner of Vire-steel. The child had been gone nearly- hale an hone, and wwitnessbell.',uneasy, sent a man to the baker's to inquire if the child was there ; she hood no tidings, and witness then went out herself, and sent two other per• sons in diferent (Unctions. Between 11 and 12 of tm her re tern home, mmelnely rellsel to her, and said that the child was at hence. When Ole att.'. home she foetid the chile there. The little child, whose name was Emma, was then examined on teeth. Site odd when she went out of het mother's door, to go to the Lehrer„ she eneueri over the way.' She then raw die primmer, who teilowed her; she went up re iticet. and the prisoner followed aid kid hold of her hand ; then she let loner of it, and she wort into the baker's shop. When she came cwt. the priereene who was at the deco. took her up into lan anus. rarriret her urDukeotreee, and set her down to week in 'Jacobs's Inn fields. tlwvi she went down Portugel ,tereet into the 'rtv.iple, a n d went thinuelt a eumlyer of dark passages. When she alnsurt got to Blackfnitrielindge. Mr. Gihron took bier away front the woman. When the prisoner spoke to her she told it‘r she would buy her etene eisciiits, end mitee her s a me doll', thinere This was al that passed. The primer took nothing from her. .and never said where she wee going to take her. Sin , had never -sera die prisoner beioee. ho rolls were bought at the baker's. .I.apen Gibson• a eloper, living in Re terms-street in the Boroegly, etatiel, thet on the 4th Nov. as he was pweirds by TennAe•har shout 9 in tour rooming, he saw the prisons at the liar with the child, hay ing hold of it by the slid. While walking aleng Fltensiret t, the eleld redeted, and appeased to be eryieg bitterly. lie followed her wain! she sot to the aschway keeling to the Temple. She wens down the gateway, muldragereel etc cbild in the pia: raa. I:betel:int rezieted very Made She pro:weeded it little further, stopped, and talked to the child Ina easeage, end toll it she weillif give a tome biscuit . 'the priamer teen (ramie out met went towenis the partele, clown to the neer dee ; the passege was atnmerel top, and she was Waged to rc. thrn. She teen proceeded OM telt tee Temple, to the coiner of Tule...trete The htte resisted very much, nal threw a napkin Igen tke permit rat out of a b as k e t in t h e da te d reeisting• lie then attempted to tike the child from the erisoner. but elle ari.oner would not allow it. Ile asked her what she was going to do with the child, rind ;lie ,Ni%nef replied, •• 11-41 von, Fur, what liar you to Po wit' it ? She is my niece' ; she has been die orderly, and I &Nall (it) w' , at 1 please Yvith her." With the assist s:see or startler mem, he took the dinti uit ay from the woman, and neoa tier. ntening to give is: over to the custody of an officer, she 1..1"N...tRA m saying datelie was the aunt of tl.e child. Witness went wits sew pr series and the chili: in (14:•tiiiirket, and proceeding up a psweiee ut the Temple. the priaoner rtul.atoured to run away. T. eetee bt.te4l, u.at bet wren 9 and to o'clock, on the 4th N.,vc,oisT, In 1,4-sing tiitinii,th Tu::or-!;:re(i, hying teittsested by Mr. Gibeee lie eed ni the pre nt Ihe pit-mete In her Celanese t se prieeee. t sat she was intmeent of the crime tat: VI :yet chorge. Wien aperes.eneed she was twee:rated wits a es tioe 'this tree tore 1. yet ti he the Twc, wintesses pet t,.. lon easi . gee • ten o e. t"r ha , l cl !hints o f herons, and a.way.boteevees kindly ,to them. 'the July round a -edit 1--bui to asa inset• indicted for a capital offence, in stftink a pearl necklace. ten , Paid bruoletss two brooches, and other articles, the property of Isaiah Israel. The prosecutor was the father of the prisoner. and stated, that he had been obliged to prefer this indictment. lie had a wife and 10 children, and got his living by buying at auctions. On the night of the 11th of Nov.. witness's daughter having occasion to go up stairs to the second floor, she thought she saw the curtains of the bed in the room move. She came down stairs in a fright, and with the assist ance of two young men she searched the house, but no one was found. The next morning the property in question was discovered to have been stolen. An oflicer was sent for, and at night the toom in which the prisoner lodged was entered, and he was found in bed and asleep with another young mart. Some of the articles were found in the room, and two duplicates. The pawnbrokers produced several articles pawned by the prison er, on the 14th November, and which were identified by the pro- aecutor. In hie defence, the prisoner said, that he had been in distress for many months, and had repeatedly, but in vain, asked for assistance, from his father. He admitted that his character would not bear strict investigation. The jury found a verdict Guilty, and the son was recommended to mercy by the lather. The prisoner was aged 13, and appeared in a very ragged and wretched condition. 'thanes Harley was convicted of picking a gentleman's pocket of *handkerchief. In his defence, he said, '• It is a troublesome piece of business, gentlemen of the jury, make it up among yourselves ; toy character is unimpeachable." The jury Slid not trouble the Ha -1 corder to suin up the evidence. WEDNESDAY. Joseph Osborne was convicted of stealing a quantity of brass door handles and widow fastenings from the rectory-house at liillingden, the property of Lord Boston. The prisoner was employed as brick layer's labourer at the house; and being auspeoed of the theft, was apprehended, and confessed the robbery. The prisoner, and a Man of the name of Green, had sold the articles to Mr. Blenheim, an ironmonger. Green was examined, stated himself to be a bricklayer employed in the house, and collected that he and the prisoner had taken the goods. The prisoner was reeonunended to mercy on ac count of lu., former good character. John I.eta.se and Richard Thompnoe. were indicted for cutting and stripping, with intent to steal. I stib. of lead, the property of Charles BlasdelL The evidence against Lecase was nut sufficiently strong, hut 'Thompson was convicted. The Recorder told I .erase that he might think himself very lucky in setting off, for he added, '• you are a notorious character ; I re member you very well. This is nut the first tithe you halve appeared at this bar. One would have thought that the punishment you have already received would have deterred you from collimating any fur thef crime's" The officer also stated that the prisoners were well known characteas. Leense had been already cone acted of a burglary, bad been transported, and had been many ,times in the house of co reetion. l.ecase when apprehended, told the-olficer, that if he got Mlle would rep hie pair, for hint Maria Thompson, Anne Veldt, alias Germain, Thomas Germain, and Eliza Frith, were indicted; Maria Thompson for stealing from the person of James Anderson, Bank notes to the amount of 651.. and Anne Frith, TiMillaal GeMpth, and Eliza Frith, for receiving the same, knowing them to be stolen. The prosecutor is a person of respectable appeamnee. He stated that on the fled Nov. in the night tune, while passing the Horse , guards, he was accosted by Maria Thompson, who enticed him in a public house near at hand. 'There he had smile liquor, and felt the effects of it in his bead. Presently he perceived something taken from his pocket, and in an instant missed his money, consistiorg of three enl. notes, and five 11. Bank notes. Ile had some faint recollee tion,of having seen the other three prisoners at the same time, but lie could not be certain. Immediately upon missing his notes, Ma ria Thompson mu off ; he followed and took her to the watch house. There he made his charge against the prisoner, and was much Mtn. riated at the loss of his money. ale expressed himself rather warmly u-san the subject, and he was in consequence put into the black !wk. The next morning be appeared with the prisoner before the Magis trate. and stated his cese. Gilancre, an officer, proved, that on the ?Rd Nov. in the moonier, he sow the prisoner, Thrones Germain, and, in consequence of infor mation he had received, teasel him with haring a zol. note in Isis pos. cation. Germain possitively denied it. clasped his hands together, looked up to Heaven, and said that he hoped God would twice al ' low him to unclasp his hands if lie had it in his po session. 'flat officer said, 6. Tom, this won't do. I know you have the note, and I will make it stare you SO the face." He then searched the prisoner, and in the lining of ids hat fourri the note. " What do you say to this?" said Gilinore, showing him the note. .• 0," he replied, t know nothing of it • Ido not know how it got there." Jolur Blewett staged, that he heat; formerly cohabited with the pry soner Thompson. On the night of the Ylst November, at about t I or le o'clock. she p ut three Yol. notes into his hand. He thought she lied not come honestly by them. The next morning he accoms pained '1 homes Germain to a Mr. Dobrie, a pawnhaolter, in Ox ford-street, and changed one of the VI. notes, purchasing at the genic time a sayer a loch for two guineas and a half. Another std. was changed at a public house kept by a Mr. Emery. Gross-examined.—lle was himself in custody. Although he sus pected when the notes were put into his hand by Thompem that all was not right, he went with Germain to change them. Ile new lived in the same house with Thompson, and now cohabited with her. Mr. Dobrie, a pawnbroker. produced the 201. note delivered to him by Germain. An officer proved, that in a gown left at No. 78, Peter-street, be• longing to Anne Frith, 17 11. Saab were found sewed up. Th e two vol. notes produced w ore SWUM by the prosecutor to le his rusticity. 'the prisoners all avowed their innocence. and some witnesses were *alleti to character. The jury, airer much consideration, found a verdict of Guilty against Mean 'Thompson, and acquitted the other prisoners. 'THURSDAY . Wm. Boz:cr. James Farthing, and John Woodrttt were iniNetetl. flnzier fur stealing a greet quantity of wearing ai pan I, the poperty of William Napkton, arid theother two prisoners for ieceiving thew, krtm►irg them to be stolen. Boxier bed been a servant of the prosetutor, and Woodruffe kept a public house, called the Black Dog. in Drury-lane; Farthing ap, prated to have beca his servant. They were all Mond Guilty. John Brown asid William Sherwin, were .capitally convic:ed, the one I, w stealing 30 pieces of silk gauze. and two pieces of silk halal. kerchiefs. value 511. the yroferty of Robert Daboust, and the other fur receiving the slime. knowing them to have hcen stolen. It ap petered that,elle goods had been put into a cat t by the porter of Mr. Ila boil:4 at the house or Fulcon, and Co. Watling 'nee , . and that on Ins way to his master's home in Syitaltields, he mi>sed the property, 'I het• %cre traced to the pi...whets, one of whom attempted toprove alibi,Lut WEI "NATION . la Tett . with great daemon. The prisoner was a young woman o e.ting appearance, and very genteelly dressed. Jr/el:01LE DELIN &WEN T.—Cashmere lurid was in( SATURDAY, The Session‘ terminated thin tlay, and the following prisores re ceived sentcnce of death;—Edward Rooker, William I la.tling. George West, William Wtoc, llenry Ellis, Sarah Flanks. Jame, fkk- Neve. John John V. , N iliiain Sk..) ninUt, 11 I nias Chard. ler, John Attel, and Ilice.rgc Holton, for tour r :liiiie-; I latch man, Charlotte NiLwn a.:, end :%ILiy Ann hums, 'or toter ts; John ~alt. • I l.ur-c st.ali . ; John Router, John lia , t,t), T. oir.a, hair w‘n, Jahn Holmes. I rAl..rick Carrick, Ju!iii ut:d Jostpli lien:lw , ad. ler btudin'.: to th .3,..0unt of C. and nr. in tlisetlin:!•::uw.e3; ma Got },,rly stiAl John WilllfOrd. `barely in stiloib. wti,e vastn:tt :a. and up%intl. ; Ja , ths 1% , a d Hama., Tlawslas liJohn Joao, and Tho big .w.a) robtxxit4 DE I C► The following' were maimed to transportation for life :-Job* Brown, J. Thomm, T. Hurley, L. Lazarus. G. Henry. J. Walters, .1..11 ornton, E. Lee, C. Stanley, Harriet Phillips, P. Flanagan, and lidlington. Fbt ta years i.:-Ann Storey. B. Davis, S. Clifton. J. Wilson, J. Williams, 3. Selma, J. Woodrotfe, J. Blulte.and William Sherwin. For 7 years :-50 convicts. One was sentenced to two years' impri; sonment in the House of Correctior. ; ten to one year ; and a nttro ie of others to kis periods. Two to be publicly, and four privately whipped. • 1 he Judgments of Buttery and M'Nornara, convicted of forging the will of a seaman, were rtspited on a point of law, to be refereed to the decision of the 12 judges. Several were discharged by prodansa. tion. The Sessions adjourned to Wednesday, the•lath of January. On Saturday evening. about 6 o'clock, a message was sent to (r. filmic, at Bow Street, from Drury Lane Theatre. stating that thr:a persons had been very busily circulating hand bills at die different doors ot• the Theatre, evidently with a view of creating a breach of the peace; that these persons had been take-lints custody, and were then ready to be conveyed before him. Mr. Birnie lost no time in attending to the intimation ; he entered the office, and the (Minding parties were brought before him, in the custody of police officers, and attended by Peter Moore, Esq.. A large bundle of the hand bills which they had been distributing were produced. Upon exa mining thesehand bills, they turned .at to be a copy of a letter, addresseal to the Editor &r ale There,, signed Thattiontaislir, and.con demning the romance how performing ut Drury Lane l'heatre. called LiWput, upon the stags as tending to produce the worst con . sequences upon their future haliits. The writer finally espresso:lsm hope that the public opinion would be unequivocally declared against the continuance of the prance. Mr. Bir n ie said, that he had nothing to do with the feelings of the public, us far as they regarded the performances of a triestre nevertheless, as the distribution of the bill in question might pro duce:l4l.2dt of the peace, from the manner in which it was curcu latcsl, he thought it his duty to recommend that the farther circula tion might be suppressed. With this view he sent tOr Mr. Beyer, the printer, of Bridge Street, liltmlifriars, whose name was attached to the bill, and pointed out to him the apprehensions which might fairly be entertained. Mr. Bryce readily attended. He said he had been employed by a respectable person to take the course which had been complained of ; but at the same time signified his intention to meet the wishes of the worthy Magistrate by withdrawing his ser vants, and preventing the bills from being further issued. Mr. Peter Moore, at some length. defended the romance eom. plained of, as calculrted to produce the best effects upon the rung gsaeration, and to exhibit to advantage the precocity of youth. Mr. Birnie observed, that these were discussions which did not conic within his province. His duty was to prevent a breach of the perce, and he hoped this had been effectually done. The parties in custody were then discharged, and no further complaint was made during the evening. The Theatre was perfectly quiet. Wednesday morning, as Ann ►lurphy, ►hree years old, re. siding in the Borough was playing, in a room where there was a large fire, her clothes caught, and ,he was burnt so moth as to be conveyed to St. Thomas's Hospital, without the least hopes of recovery. Monday morning, at eight o'clock, the Fokenham coach was overturned at the corner of Siti•sti eet, by which accident a Lady, a n outside passenger, bed her leg dislocated, and other wise touch Inlet. The n uehman had been a l .prized of the circumstance uf the tier having fallen from Mw wheel, but still persisted in proceeding, to the great danger of all the petition gars, until stopped by lire wheel falling to pieces. The Lady was carried to Mr. Stuart's, a surgeon,. where she remained some time. An inquest was held at the sign of the Sever 'Stars, at Rethnol.{lreen, on the body of Louisa Againber, six years of age, who Walk dreadfully burnt inconsequence of a coal Hying out of the tire on her clothes, as she sat near It. tier father, who uAS at work up stairs, hearing her cries, ran to her as sistaace, and tore off bei,elothes; but she wails° inuelt burial that she died in five hours. Verdict—Aecideutai Death. An Inquest was held on the body of T. Carr, Mate of a You kdibire vessel, who fell into the Myer while endeavouring in step ft ntti his ono sussed to another lying alongside, and was drowned. ei diet— Aerideutal Death. u wonii•ii are in eii.tody on suspicion of having set Ere to the stack }aril of Mr. Dunealfe, of nonnington-graage, /Crew days since ; as Lieut. Baron. of the Hoy al Navy, was 'Limning hoot Portsmouth to Sot:llist.4 Common, Le was ac costed by a WOlllllll, an . knocked down by a nom, in company with two others. 'they rifled his pockets of a gold watch, chain, and seals, and ill. 17s. in money. Tile watch , &e. has been traced to u house in I/outsets, where they were left by a woman, who is ClarlUiltied for trial. On Sunday afternoon, Mrs. Grace Thompson, a widow, re siding at N 0.27, Pitfield street. Houton, had some 1'1411(1s to ter ; after which they retired from the parlour to the front room on the first floor, where they had beta only a few minutes w ben the servant maid Caine up siair•, say Mg that the side board had been stripped of all the plate by some thief, who gained access by means of a false key, as she found the street. door open. Happily, however, Mis. T. had put away the plate, except two table spoons, uud the articles used at tee time ,wldch were stolen. Hetwr en eight and 9 o'clock on Monday night, as Mrs. IC Cobrce, late cool to Nlr. 31rewell, in the New-road• was re turning home trout her s.titation, and eat iy mg asntall handle containing three gowns and other •r•Illog at ignies clothes, she was attacked boar Mary-le-bonne chinch by two young men, one of whom snatched the bundle and ran Jai while the other, as if by accident, Intl against her, by which means the thief escaped. 11't w geed some time ago the death of T. Archibald, by falling tram the window ot lonise m Edinburgh. Ou the Jitcrid made a climate inspection Id . the premises in the Weal How, whet t• the deceased was folivd ; twiiu w Melt there is reason to believe that Archibald owl h's death by forcing himself out at a window in tire common stair, with the teem , a is siii.pos.d, or getting 'mind on the I nolo( an adjoiliiiig tenement to the witidew of his own apart. merit, fruit which he had "ern shut ant ; and tieing a good deal intoxicated. fell frl/111 a great height upon the roof of a low house behind. The persoos taken into custody on SUP Melon have in consequenee been liberated A remarkably intense fog enveloped the metropolis on 1 hot silay moruing. It was impossible to utscrin objects at more than a few yards' distance, and at ,shopkeep era were obliged to have recourse to eatithe light. On Tuesday, at an extraordinary Geismar Alerting of the society of At ts, held at their great reins, to the A delphi, W. Tooke, Esq. was unanimously elected a N'ice President of that Institution, in the vacancy oreasiboed uy the death of the 14ti. Hake or Northumberland. Ott Sunday mottling last, as a girl seven. y rats old, the daughter of 31r. Rees, of Bridge court, 1l teruuastcr , was ' returning atom the mon,:le with clean clothes, she Siwas Oull. ;red uya ae.:1441-111.111, and olieird a dna tin :lie I).m:he : but Ili, child retusing, the fellow forced the bundle limn her, and made h.s e4C.ip: with Use to h de of four tomato children's ter fir:-~iui ty. TU.:child wail a grey pests Ettlo;;i: - 1, and :Ter cridercr , for st,uling ;ono Crooks an Ed , u4as I,cuttatti, fur I