The National Register. — London, England, 1811-09-22 00:00:00

THE NATIONAL REGISTER, lars of the note so to be sent. The letter however, not having arrived on the 31st of May, Mr. Schofield, sen. went to the Bank, and stopped payment of the note, of which he had re ceived notice. From that time until the 21st of July, no tidings of the note were received ; but on that day it was paid into the Bank of England by Messy'. Robarts and Co. Information to this effect having been sent to Mr. Parkin, the Solicitor of the Post-office, to whom intimation had been previously given of the robbery; he made such inquiries as enabled him to ascertain that Messrs. Robarts and Co. had received the note in question from Messrs. Meux and Co. brewers ; that they had obtained it from a publican, named William Rolls, who keeps the Crown and Two Chairmen, in Dean-street, Soho; and that he had it from the prisoner, whose name he had placed upon it, and who was the letter-carrier fur that district. "lhe usual proofs of the regular routine of business of the Post-office having been ad duced, as well as the proof of the mode by which the prisoner might have obtained possession of the letter containing the note,Mr. Justice HEATit summed up the evidence, and the Jury, after. a short consideration, returned a verdict of—Guilty— Death. FORGERIES. Jahn Hopwood was next put to the bar, to take his trial on an indictment charging him with feloniously forging a certain note for 11. purporting to be the note of the Governor and Company of the Bank of England, with intent to defraud the said Com pany. In a second count he stood charged with uttering the said note, knowing it to be forged. count the same offence was charged in a different manner. Mr. KNAPP, on the part of the Governor and Company of the Bank of England, stated, that the prisoner was a baker re- . siding in West-street, Seven Dials, and that a forged note for one pound had been passed by him to a person named Sharpe. This circumstance having come to the knowledge of IVIr Crispies, one of the Inspectors of the Bank, he called at the house of the prisoner, and told him that the note in question was forgery. The words " bad note" were then written upon the face of the note, the words " Baker, West-street," having been previously inscribed thereon. Mr. Crispies also put his initials on the note, and having done so he quitted the house, warning the prisoner not to suffer it to get again into circulation. Notwithstanding this circumstance, however, the same note was paid into the Bank of England at a subsequent period, the marks which have already been mentioned being thus changed, the words " bad note" were altered to " badlq noted," the words " Baker, Wcit-street," changed to " John - Baker, Westham," and the initials of Mr. Crisl,ins being almost completely blotted out. Upon tin se facts hsvmg transpired, the prisoner was ap prehended, and on being acquainted with the cause of his being taken into custody, he said that he had left the note alluded to in his till, and that it had been taken from thence without his knowledge dr concurrence. Upon this statement being made, Mr. Justice BAILEY observed, that it did not appear from the opening speech of Counsel that there was any proof of the prisoner having actually circulated the note himself, and as it was possible that it might have been circulated by his wife or by himself in another county, not specified in the indictment, it was not to be supposed he could be convicted of the crime imputed to him. Under these circumstances the case was not allowtsi to pro ceed, and the prisoner was Acqpitted. lie stood again indicted fur having in his possession, the said note, knowing it to be forged, but Mr. Knapp declined proceed ing in the prosecution on this indictment, and the prisoner was of course Acquitted. Margaret Nowland, Jeremiah Nowland, Sarah Davis, and Elizabeth Edwards, were severally put to the bar fur similar offences, but were all acquitted. BULIJON STEALERS. George Bosmtt and Thomas Ford, were convicted of stealing Olbs. of Silver I3ulllo. froth on board the Archduke Charles, a West-lr.dian vessel, iiing in the London Docks, in the month of July last. Saturday, John Connor stood indicted for stealing 291. in Bank of Engla.ad and Country Notes, the property of Thomas Sweep stone. It appeared that the prosecutor was a plasterer, and that the prisoner was his labourer. They were at work at the Brown Bear in Bow-street, and the prosecutor having left his coat hanging up in one of the rooms, the prisoner took from the pocket thereof a book, containinil the notes in question. The prosecutor shortly afterwards missed his property, and suspect ing the prisoner, he went to a shed, from whence he fetched • ruertar, and there found secreted the whole of the notes stolen, save two pounds, which the prisoner delivurectup when taxed with the theft.. He was found Guilty of t he simple Larceny. Sarah Taylor ) au unfortunate cypriau, was next tried on an indictment, charging • her with stealing a cotton gown, Valtpa five shillings, the property of Christiana . i Upon an investigati on Of this case,' howeVer,• turned (4t that the prosecutrix lent the goWn in question to the prima., for the purpose of pursuing her calling in a respectable form, and upon neglecting to return it, bad her apprehended for the felony. The Jury returned a verdict of Acquittal. William Lung stood indicted for feloniously assaulting Wm. Sly on the King s Highway, and taking from his person a ailvi:T watch and key. The testimony of the prosecutor however wasbot creuitea by the Jury, and the.prisoner was Acquittal. Nu other case of importance occurred this day. POLICE. r- BOW-S'TEE'P. DISTURBANCE AT A JEWS' SYNAGOOUP:. Thursday being the l9th of SepteMber, and the annual air which the Jews celebrate as the Anniversary, of the commence ment of the World, they accordingly keep that as their New Year's Day, and observe it as a religious festival, which sibr servance was continued also on Friday. Upon these occasiiiiis the Jews attend the Synagogues with great punctuality, and certain regulations are adopted to preserve order. ApplicatiOn was made for William Smith, belonging to the above Office, to attend at the Synagogue in Denmark -court, in the Strand, fur this purpose, who brought Charles Davis, son of Mr. Simon Davis, 'a Jew, in Newport-street, charged with assaulting Henry Jonas, the' Beadle of the Synagogue, while in the execu tion of his office. The question arising out of this charge is of considerable importance 'to the management and regulation 'of places of worship in general. It appeared that all persons who pass within a bar at the above Synagogue must pay a certain sum towards the establishment. Yesterday morning, about nine o'clock, the defendant presented himself to pass the bar, then Beadle refused to open it to let him pass, when the defendant forced it up, and drove the end against the Beadle's breast, and by violence made his way towards a scat belonging to his father, which caused great disturbance in the Synagogue. Simon Kish, the Clerk of the Synagogue, said, that he was reading prayers when he was interrupted by a disturbance for about iiveaninutes, by all those in the congregation getting am their legs and out of their places, but from what cause he did not know. The defence set up by the defendant was, that his father paid for a seat in the Synagogue, and as he was not there. ha had a right to occupy it, and that the disturbance and inter. ruption of the public worship was occasioned by the Beadle; and in addition to this his father had subscribed 3001. towards the place. In answer to this it appeared that the Elders of the Synagogue considered the defendant's father as 451. in debt to the place ; that the question had been disputed in a similar manner by the father this time twelvemonths, at the festival of their Neve Year, and it had been settled by his doing penance. Mr. Kish stated, that a regulation had been adopted lately by the Eiders, directing, that all sons of Members between tite ages of 13 and 20, should pay half price for them, and he kid written to thirty Members who had sons betwten those years, twenty-nine of them had paid, and the defendant's father, who was the • hirtieth, refused to pay. An Attorney attended for the defendant, and very ably civ. tended, that it was not any regulation or bye-law which the Elders or Members of that establishment made that cot!cl affect the haw of the land, which was, that any person renting a srat at any place of worship had a right, if he was not there, to fill it by sending uny of his family or any ol her person to .occupy it. Mr. NARES, the Sitting NI agistrate, said, bi recollected wlyn he was at the Bar, being retained in a cause in which similar question wa• agitated, wherein it was disputed whetherthe seat was what was vulgarly called in law a buttock seat The worthy Magistrate was answered, that the seat in qnes• Lion was what they called a butiark seal, as there were no peps, and every person's seat was numbered, with just room enough for them to sit in.. . • Mr. NARES said, it was his wish to make peace_hetween them, but it appeared to be a dispute of lung standing, and, therefore, not likely to end amicable. Mr. Naßts ordered the defendant to find bail till ehet West minster Sessions, where he said they could settle the question; by that time, their grand festival, which is to last three weeds, will be over. ,~, . The two well known charactt rs; calling themselves Captains Andrews and Hall, are at, length custaAdy. _lt turnuaut that they went from the Artichoke at Blackwall, riles& they Lad