The National Register. — London, England, 1816-09-09 00:00:00

SEPTEMBER 0. in ty lir rj. as lie re th 'lt r; It, PO •e lie rir 'C rir lAA 1110410 to pay officers, partienlarly became they are Ilan. germ's creatures; 06 , hale it frequently in their power (no euestion about it) to tarn that scale, when the brunt Is level, IM the other side; I mean against the poor wretched man at the bar: why % this thing called nature says profit is in the scale ; and, melancholy to relate, lint I cannot help being per fectly sattstied, That frequently that has been the means of convicting many and many a man; and I told Sir Charles Boohoo - my opinion 1111011 that subject Thirty years ago, when Le wanted to get rid of rewards; it should be in the breast of the judges on the circuit, and the judges at the Old Bailey, or The judges who try at the Old Bailey, whether they have convicted or not convicted the party ; if they see the officer has done Isis duty towards the public, and hi s d u t y f a i r l y an d uprightly towards all parties, They shos.l.l have a discrisnasating power to pay that officer according to the nature of the case ; then the officer sloes not stand up and look ut this unfortunate creates c, and swear to this or that thing, or the other thing, for w;eit ? for the lucre—lot nature is stature. do w.tls us what you will; and therefore I am convinced, that whenever A. is giving evidence against B. he should stand perfectly unin terested. _ _ Oo you not think that that feeling you have expressed governs the conduct of the jurymen in finding the verdict, Wan the pi incipal evidence is an officer of the police?-11 Nava uo doubt about it; and indeed so it would to uurselves, provided we did not know the officer. (, fur oue, should naturally say, it' placed upon the jury, yes, it may b e tru e th ese officers are speaking truth; bit: it turns out by ero.s-examina ion, that there Is 1201. to be given if these three melt are con victed, sad therefore I cannot hence,- all these men have sworn, but if there was no reward, the officer might be always paid liberally, provided the judge had the power by act of Parlia ment to pay it, and no doubt this has been the charter: there can be no question about it ; but the pensecutor says, "how ens I to do/ if this man is not convicted, I shall not.get my expenses. Here is going to Kingston, or somewhere else; how mock shall I have allowed to be paid by the county? It will not half pay the expenses." " Yes," says the officer, " this is a pretty thing ; I will take care I will play no more at this game ;" because that game will not afford even the poor devil of an officer to appear decent on the Monday morning, or to acquit himself, perhaps, of being munmuned before the Court of CollSeifilee for some tritling debt ; for I have been always of opinion, that au officer is 8 dangerous subject to the comma. he -is not aft kept or so paid a, to afford him the means of being honest; for in some eases, God knows it has been ire. trendy the case. I remember a case, which was proved, in the time of the trading magistrates, where there was a fellow who was a public officer beloaging Justice Hyde, was hanged, and yet he was one of tha officers; but I well remember what the man said at the time he was executed, for in those days, before the Police Bill took place at all, it was a trading Nisi Deis ; and there was a justice this and justice that. Justice Welch, in Liteltfield.stree, was a great Inall in those days, and old Justice Hyde, and Justice Girdler, and Justice Black - borongh, a hailing justice at Cierkenwell-green, and an okl ironmonger. The plan used to be to issac out warrants, and take up all the poor devils in the streets, and thee there was the lauding them 2s. ad. which the magistrates had ; and takitie np a hundred girls, that would make at 2s. ad., 111. 13s. 41.1. They sent nine to gaol, for the bailing was so much better. That was so g!aring that it led to the Police Bill, and it was a great blessing to the public to do away with those men, for they were nothing better titan the encouragers of blackguards, vice, and plunderers; theme is no doubt ;shoat it. Having gated these different objections to the officers of the police receiving rewards, do you not think there is midi iter ob jection also, namely, where the officers hold in their hands the balance of life and death in any evidence that they may give, it is possible thud a tit It criminal may have an intimater over a needy officer highly injurious to the dithlie interest ?—No qtrs. tioa shoat it; I will give the Committee a ease iu point sep posing, for instance, when I convicted Itrongliton, which, I belies e, is now twenty-two years ago, and who was convicted for robbing the York mail. I convicted at the same Assizes, the Su' JJJJJ er Assizes, a vetch' ated old woman, Mrs. Usher, worth at least three thousand guineas, for she made over that property by her attorney. I was then in the habit of attending Vauxhall, for which I received half- t-euitma and a half pint of wine, which I relinquished, and toek the fifteen-pence: Mrs. Usher picked a lady's pocket I was close by and secured her. t , he was tried Mame Baran Hotham. Mr. Ives, the gaoler in Surrey, before the trial, came to me and said, "'Townsend, you know mother Usher very well?"—" Yes," said I, " these ten years ;" lie said, " cannot this be stashed?" put an end to : I said, no, it was impossible that it could be, be cause the case was very (lain, and of all women upon earth she ought to be convicted ; and in my opinion if she is con victed capitally, nothing but her sex and her old age ought to save her Crean being executed ; and I shall think it my duty when she is convicted, to state to the Jul„ e, after conviction, my opinion neon her case, which I did. She was cativicted. and Baron liothani ordered me illy expenses, welch expends, I believe, amounted to fuur guincita and a hall'. I set off ins• mediately, in a postotaise, to give evitimee uttaitist Brough ton. 'the present Attorney-General was her Coasts( I. Baron llotham said to me, " this woman yon seam to be' well atoemint ed with ;"—" Yes, my Lard," said 1, " I am very curry to say she is a very old offender; hut her age, which y our Lordshil has heard her give, and her !WS, are the only plea that might to save her ;" for the jury found her guilty of stimline, but not privily, which took away the capital part; then fore she was sentenced to two yeairs iinpris. 11111 l eat, in the New G ial in the Borough. I Bien lived in the Strand ; twit of her selaticits called upon ate, timing to s'e what could he dom., and they would have given nie 2.101 not to leave appeared against that woman, she was a very rich v. ulnae, and made over all her pro perty before she was convicted ; she cut the best pal t of it by 14111141 Cr. Ott Broughton, who was tried for ro!ibing the mail, Ifi 113:;1. in hank-notes, a gold e ado, anti a enigma, and a half, Mr. Parkin, tits. solicitor, paid nse. „festive i miler staid till I got don is thes e to give evidence against 111111; lidding a letter which (millirem:lom evidi nee if Shaw the accomplice, alto was the Weimer and plotter of that rohbery ' I traced an r Broughton amid :mother, who went afterwards to Atneriea Broughton was convicted. Broughton was toothier to env ui the King's Messengers, and another kept the Red Linn in 11 !r to fury ears. There was another plan laid, so that if an uffiver had not been firm, the consequent e a mild have been, that tempt:o6ms would he frequency tint/1411 in ettlemb' way; and how is it possible to avoid those temptations, provith cl the officer so employed has not the meats* of bearing elf those tempt:o6one by being paid liberally for what he does; fur lerwever k:r may be, fu whutsua r state we are placed, nothing ran be So dangerous as a public officer, where lie is liable to be ie.:Thai; 101:, God knows, nature is at all times foal, and money is a very tempting thing ; anti you see frequently, that Much higher characters) than police officers-sad thief takers, as they ate caded, have slipptaron one side, and kicked over - ore- - I , - was Secretary of State, the Police being framed, that the only thing, I; for one, objected to; was the paltry salaries they Rave the officers. I, it is true, have steered clear, but Ido out owe that to any merit myself. I have been lucky enough to have situations where 1 have been very liberally paid; and whether it has been my own sobriety, or attention. it matters not ; but I have hail many gratuities, and from the first people in the nation, or I ani,glit have beeu as liable to temptation as any une in London but I bare a fellow feeling for other officers, anti I must say that I think that so me o f t h e °them s deserve every praise, along!' I tin not change tea words with sonic of them in the coarse of a week, but for their attention and sobriety ; anti I cannot help again repeating, that nothing ' but their industry mond enable them to get through the piece. [To n 6 CONTINUED.] POLICE. --..5.--- MANSION-HOUSE. Saturday there were no less than thirty-five perams upon the list of the Lord Mayor for examination, twenty of W llO4l l were lot picking pockets and other offen...:s committed during Bartholomew Mcr. ,I!'hey were chitaly Fernandes] fur further examination, with the cam p uon of two youths not more than toe:ye years of age, who were de noted in plundering some of the booths, of toys and various other ar ticles. Thaw youn del:invents confessed their guilt, but said they had been led into the path of error by a b oy name d " Bill J ones ," who had taught them hoe to commit the theft, and afterward, dispose of the property. It could not be ascertained, however, where the person they named resided, and the mothers of the two prisoners cart ing forwent to implore the mercy of tile Lord Mayor, *sawing him, that they were out hangnail thieves, his Lordship, atter a suitable ad monition, discharged them. THE BAceits.—Mr. Wilke the baker, of Holborn-hill, was sum moned to answer the complaint of a Mrs. Shannon, for having sold her two hell quartern loaves, on Thursday last, which proved to be deficient ih wei),tht. The complainant stated, that in consequence of the defendant publishing a quantity of bills proposing to sell bread at a much cheaper rate than his compeers, she went to his shop and • purchased two half quartet/1 loaves, kw which she paid 104 d. The braid itself appeared to be excellent, but, upon bringing it home, her husband thought it was under weight, and an examination having taken place, it was found deficient about five ounces. The deli: alum was fined in the penalty of Li es. 6d. including costs. New SYSTEM of PLusoca.,--Monday, John Townsend undes went a final examination, chargal with stealing a trunk containing a quantity of valuable property belonging to a Mrs. Roberts. She de posed, that about half-pint nine o'clock on the previous Thursday even ing, she was pro: ceding in a hackney coach to Islington, when passing slowly through Moortielde, (the longest way the coachmen could have taken her), she suddenly felt the coach give wey, and the body at once fell therrard. An Menu was soon created, but she was speedily assisted out of the coach. At this moment the coachman was standing by the door, and she immediately inquired for her trunk. This, however, on examination, was not to be tound, and the coachman professed his entire ignorance of the affair. The witness observed that the spring leathers of thecoach had been* cut and much mangled with apparently some blunt knife, and there was 113 doubt of their being cut for the purpuse of effecting the robbery. Shcpperd, the officer, deposed, that a few minutes before 10 o'clock, he observed the prisoner come out of Old Bethiem with a large trunk, and suspecting all was not right, he watched him for some Moe : the prisoner. at length, catching his eye, endeavoured to avoid him by taking his flight behind a range of hack ney-coaches, and escaping into Wormwood -stress, Bishopsgate, Here, being closely pursued by the witness, he threw down the trunk and fled. The witnes however, as quickly picked it up, threw it into a butcher's shop fur safety, and, continuing the pursuit, overtook the prisoner and secured him. Upon searching his person, two knives, a large end small one, were found upon him. Through the exertions of Skepperd, the coachman has since been discovered; and attended the examina tion, but professed his innocence of any conne,:tion in the robbery which was thus effected. He was therefore admitted as an es alone against the prisoner, and bound over to nrosecuw.—Mrs. Roberts fully identified el le property, and the prisoner was committed for crud. CONSPilide - Lest link in that immense chain of human villainy in now completed, by the apprehension of Michael Power, who was conceraed with Brock and Pelham, and the two Barry., in euiploy ing the three Irinlimen, Quin, Reardon, and Connell, to coin false money, in eider to have their unfortanate victims apprehended, and so to obtain the reward on their conviction. In consequence of the re ward of 'Pd. which the Lord Mayor pfocureti to be offered for the ap prehension of Power, Ilarrison, the City Offices, received infonnatian that Power was at the Rising Sun, a public-liaise iu Kent-etreet, in the thorough. liarrison netemlingly went there, is company with ./..eadbetter, the slarshalman, where they found Power, and brotte,lit him to the Coinpter. Monday he was brought for examination before the Lord Mayor. Mrs. Purkie, the woman wko keeps the old iron shop in Golden-lane, and of wh om the tiles were bought with Wei& the Irishmen were at work when they were taken Into custody by Brock and Pelham, was exanained; but 'le could not identify Power as the man who had bought the files of her, as stated by the two Barrys. All she knew was, that the person wheebought thent was an old man, and so is Power. The two Barrys were then confronted with the prisoner, and they gave the saute evidence as against Bruck and l'ellutati. They ' stated, that they went with Power to the market, as they called it, in Cheapeide, and finding the three Irishmen out of Work, Power asked them if they wanted a job. They answeeed in the affirmative, and Power then took them to the public-house, where he swore them and himself to secrecy. lie then took them to the room in Beech -street, Barbican, where he furnished the men with tools. sec. and cut the Menke time the bad money round kintself.. Power went out on pretence of getting the Irishmen some refreshment, when lined:, Pelham, and Taylor (who was nut in the secret). entered, and apprehended the un fontmate DMA. l'ower's answer to this was a complete reerhulnation on the Barry:, asserting that they had theinewires. chine all those Clings which they b e d imputed to him. lie eiel it was not long ago that he had dissuaded the elder Barry Imm puttiag in execution a randier plan with sonic men that he had at Cia; tune hmught from Cuh market. He Impel that Qiiine Reantion, and Connell, would bii-eufferal to give evi den:: on the trial, and they would prove that, a:thou...oi he wan in the room, he did not set them to work. Ile heal been in the country at work, and did not keow that a reward, heath been Offieed for his appre hension. The Lord Mayor sad.,, he had no doubt a free pinion would be given to the three Irishmen, and that they would be witmeees on the trial.—He was then fully committed. Ginn and Arm g, the two men whr.m we mentioned the Lonl Mayor had kin meheidled, were committee by Aldemian Good hewn: (who sat foe Lordship), to: a mieleineaaor, in attiaupting to pick pockets. BOW-ti riICET. Charlotte Green and D. Myers were on Sittrtlay rc-examiniil and fully iimimittcd, charged, the &num with svealing froin a New bolt a :P.A. Bank-rote and a watch . and the latter far reviving die same, as ha; been fully detailed. 1). O'Brien and Mary his wife, were committed fur uttering coun terfeit coin. JOHN CROSS r. FnrnentcE Nonroa.—The complainant exhi bit,....t AM information against the defendant for's:Ping sand without a license uraler the flawkers and Pedlars' Att. Mr; Dirnic. on referring to the 2.k1 section of the Act of Parliament, cited, • That if any per son or persons shall hawk any work:xl, insintfacutrial, or male article, Let of Ins or their 11121111iiitillre. suet person or persons shall be liable." &v. sal said, he was of opinion that the article called sand WAS never in the contemplation of the Le g islature. He accordingly dismisaed the information, olis , rving, that lie had nofaing to do with the dcri- Skin of surer Xlagistrates, nor was he desirous to promote any spends thre proceedings. A woman who was in t e o:fice.said, in consequence of the • • • , HATTON.GARDE N. • Finlay sehmight. C. Kingman and/ St= wer:t hots the wetchouse, having exhibited mutual of each other. Kingranan stated. that be had warm to -- trie7 " -ific a tig near Gower-ser f at two o'clock in the morning, where he met thee phens, to whom he wished agood_morning; bueeinalead of an!wmrimi. he hid beide( :dm by the snaththrt when. lultyolt d hle design Mit to rob him, he laid hoM of hint by th e eolith. and to the watch. twat, who came up, and he gam charge of him. tinge*. who was very deaf, stated, that he was _a plidiftene and was at work until one o'clock at a limo - draper ' s in Oxford-street, which he mull not OM menee till after the business &the day was over. On his warhome he met Kingman, who said something to him, and he leant his head forward to hear what he had to say, when Kingsman laid bold of him by the collar; and witness supposing he intended to rob him. laid bold of him, and eall.vd out for the watchman. when they were both taken to the watch-liouse. Several persona gave each a good character, and it appearing that th e whole originated in mistak e , t h e charges were dlstiussed. Saturday Robert Sheppard was brought before. the Sitting Magis trate, upon an infomumon for hawking bibles about town. The De fendant said that he did not consider himself a hawker, or pedlar ; he went to different houses, and if they ordered a bible. he ldt the. th e e number gratis, and his master (=salted him with the remainder at so much per number. The inf o r mer swore that he saw the Der:mien' ;Ong from house to house, offering the book for sale. He was eats vetted in the penalty of teL QUEEN-SQUARE. J. Holloway charged J. Haute:se with robbing hint of a gold vat& Prosecutor stated, that on the preceding night he was tuning over Weetininstcr-bridge in company with seem friends, when he was aus ;see by several persons; he felt a snatch at his watch, and mixed the prisoner, who attempted to get away, but finding he could be p u n. iii ? ‘ ed off his coat, requesting to be searched. The m a t was rowed by his confederates, and by thi s means t h e watch convey away, ea when assistance came no watch was fo un d on hint . When one o f the Bridge Constables came up, and advised Mr. H. to suffer the prisoner to depart, as nothing was found upon him ; but the prisoner wasludged in the watch-house. The Sitting Magistrate expressed his surmise: at this conduct of the Constable, and directed him to be called to an ac count. and ordered the prisoner to be remanded. • : INHUMAN TREATMENT OF A CHILD. Mary Scott was re-examined, charged with inhumanzetteoflier infant step-child. four years of age.—Eliz."Fillard . Ititth the was aunt to the infant, and that about four nsenthe the thithosoit the child called upon her, sayiug he was afraid his Child was mot well used by his wife, and requested her to call gad in its which the did. what she found it with two black eyes. and etheawfweeige e n e n g ee d, she inquired how it came by such bruises; !hen die prisoner said she had fallen down stairs. and made • ' •-- -- child was then taken front her. nee' the father going into the counts be taken back to the prisoner. lodgings in High Holborn r put her head out of the wi she was so very . busy she which witness misted upon succeeded. She found her eras at one corner of the le mouth was bumtupwith . face and neck were severely tails ; and her body was et prisoner, " Good God ! . which she said, it had fallen by her to Mr. Burnham'. was actually in a state of ately to the Committee at ham continued the latter the nostrils ap peared to die or a hot wire up them.—Mr. Workhouse, deposed, that on tl in the deplorable state described the size of an egg, over •s - • !chive been effected by a , which was very much 0116. be:n" held to the fire for lodged in the saute house r prisoner dragged the child tub fixed for ducks, int* month foil of rags, first b and salt, after which she i. child was, on Sunday Lest, morning till between eleven drink.—On the child being ; mach terrified, and could :_ gested, that unless the pristiner would not answer any tot felons upon which she was removed (roe asked what made her face and used to burn her. sortie times wit tile; and that she often used to her any thing to rat or drink.--" was asked by the Magistrate. cruel a manner; when she de conibination among the whist gee had fallen down two pair of retire, and the sores were in namosquence of its being bit by a dog. All this, however, was contradicted by the witnesses. The Magistrate then ordered her to be committed to the House of Correction for triaL The indignation of the crowd was so much excited against the priaoner, that it was with the greatest difli calty the Officers could pee-nt their laying violent hands on her as she passed through. She is at years tit' a:,..v, anti Ler advanced in preg nancy. CNION.7I.eI.L. J. Stretch we , eb e e ee d by his w):I, a soldier in the 60th Pepsi/nein of Foul, with mbhing him of 391. The ohnplainant had come to see his tether, end treated him till they were linth completely iutoxicated. The father, in return for this kindness, arose in the night, and carried off his sea's money. Reeve tieing infernied of the fact, overtook the pri soner ; in his enact he fermi 31i. of the money. The eon, on re ceiving back his property, declinal any further proceeding. ^ Mr. Cook, the master of a trading vessel, brought he, wife and his daughter, an interesting girl about 19 yens of age, before Mr. Salon on a charge of felony. Ile stated, that * f ew s l a y s ago hi s w il e NA' channel him with assaulting and beating her, and on that ocessinn lie was ordered by Mr. Chamber. to find b4:1; when the bail appewed. his wife objected to one of them. and he was in consequence confined some hours in I lorsenionger-Line. Dieing this tints, his wife and these-hue quitted his house, previous to whi c h they robbed him of leL and a quantity of plate. Ile had full proof of the robbery, Hall, the Whew, ha` ice found the prosierty in their poses ion. Hall elite he went to the house where Mrs. Cook and her daughter evere, who, on stating who I::: Was, immediately gave him thin pr operty. saying, " they had nu desire to resin it if they w ere on writ hed to it. ' Airs. Cook ni n e Ntatz.it . o..t she had not tam the 'property elandm finely. Prevents to her takin ' trot a warrant aga inst Mr. Cook, he had tre:sted her sail'. she lad dlittlllirMi to leave him. A division of property then took place between these, and amoagseher share was the notes and seoons in queltion: lefore the operation took Owe, . however. his conduct became so viehm, she had bc.n obliged to -apply to the nfegierate the protection; and she hod cennialy olueeted to his bail. because owed then' teas a n omen with whom he had eolialdteelfor years, iustl whom extravagance had involved him iii ernhannements. 31r. Ciiamberv, the Niegistrate„ upon this statement hed rejectehher, and he was committed till ocher bail was pmeuree. Iluririts thihintenet she quitted Mr. Cook's house, and took with her part oe the. retry she considered as . her own. She had since been living, togs 'use wins her daughter, on the bounty of a friend. Mr, s c i on observed, the property certainly was the hoshaud's, and must be returned torhiiii. the charge of felony. ho eever, Waal untuuted a fu. • w ifs: multi rent, in the eye the law, rob b e • liusliemi ; 'Kt •widerotaud that he was bawd so at..l..taat ~ -- revmai an et I. arid made mound* fdvaloue excuses ; the rout bar. sod put to 1114.1% lOU a et he ramotay le wok Opt 1111061 6 k was to riser& Oa Mau* alio. west to the plO:e_ bow t * bet ...kitiellbg *lke deer , the e *aim ad gia taw Mid w ite Ink ' itit: he cosh! set oilleiltdoiu seal* toktitlabiyit upos etelog kW, aid aft 6 atlas het ektkg ilia ebeekkag kt iiire- m amt. lie of r her th fevert=rote Vat iodates rolebunt be e of= rag i 4 . 11 ~I p nuk to the 1 wird hare pot doge * fafl dews two irk aftliga sae** mice es, a elwatiet. a NOM* o lateglooll tiOtit a( aterration, sat oktimOkst to legs at the , Poar.hatee. fikb 'fill , , cr pert dWe .- - • - - • • is : hive beau 'doee by . , fl ,,' t a ean- ma.—Mr. J. Buis, . .........,.-- - 1111..03ileVe hat on the c • bekti — 7 - . .6 6; a d it described by the *Maik/me , 11 6 !I' its right tempi% yam hi a severe blow: and thelalkulffe of airiveiled, atipcared to ha* for a considerable time. " ' t ise as the prisoner. Some , shove th e .;b1 down stairs into the ya n k Am *r e raii a show 4 oto which ebe fore* her, and - lereirril ber : having mixed the* up with .rpfee. beat her scvaelxt it that the last, locked up us if i e= in th,- cleven and twelve at mithest lie= dog giaationed by dis gpo lti riot be pc:la:ailed to speaks MAP mat wag. prisoner was taken not tithe route, the wad ri:u - ,:inns, ft: fear of being brateg gkerwartle. roved from the bar, and the ,au 'ace and neck in sore. sainsk ie*C iii times with a lamp, al and a aced to lock her up • drink.—The prisonerledig 'AI ' Agate, what could be b widow 1111 M she denied the charge. - awl mkt INN Li* a • witnesses to_fist tr i o !Mutt pia taisi dila " --r MOlley In very tempting thing ; and you see frequently, that tile - inforibuititio, olw•rving. tha he had not:Ling to do v7iih the deci- — ll - r - .1;11:4 ' o j x ; e ' rre d, tb e p ro p er ty certainly was the im3! , a4.1 . ; much biAlier character, than police officer's/ad thief takers, as sion of other Magistrates, nor washy desirous to prieuote any specula- and must be returned Whim. fhe charge of felony, ho vever , • -" they ate eteled, have slipperron one side, and kicked over tire procer.dings. A women who was in the 11: fi ee..aid, in consequence unfounded. ,'wire amid Mit, in the eye ofthe law, ro b be ;us win • places; but have been aiways not brone opinion :I am con • the decision of the Magistrates over the water, alie had been coin- b ut M r . C oo k initu idan widegbi l oci that hem ,•: • vinced it is se, and so I told my Lord Melville, at the dine Le Filyd to 1 4, Y la for **elle tuba** 6 " his wife and child. to tu. 4: