The National Register. — London, England, 1818-07-27 00:00:00

w ---- .TULY !Y the swim money was nut the property of Mary Steevena the elder. This doubt was. however. altogether removed by the circumstance of the indictmedt containing another count, in whi.dt it was laid as the prop.trty of the c oil Item Winitbdt the father had died im.estate or not. tti' verbal declaration by winch he intrit,ted the money in, question td his wit: vented it eitlatr in her or her children. Toe free hold tenemilt wieessarily b;:lortged to tle_in. An attempt had Joan made to disc-lit her testimony, by showing that if the money was her own, she :Loa have falsely sworn that the wa...; not worth live pounds, that beia.c requital bylaw to be done. b;:fore a person can receive parish nisei: This. howevcr,was a form not always observed, end the probability was, that the witness, who was ignorant of the amount of the moans., conddered it as belonging to her ehiliren ra ther than to herself. There was another eire.mistance, ale, to be taken into consideration, that of her having a aendtn quartered on her by the parish, for whose maintenance it &righc be that the weekly Mlotvanee was administered. The main ',cast, therefore, in this case. referred to the, uestion of identity t. and it was for the jury to con sider. whether a variety of corresponding circumstances might not establish as fern a conviction of the Volt, as the most direct evidence and whether the linger of Providetice did not point Out tne prisoner as the man it ho had cduunittcd the robbery in question.—Verdict— Guilty—Death. business on the Wi.ti l'rius side terminated this morning, one MeV alone remaining thr trial. It related to a question of right of fishery. which had been before tried, and was of no general interest. Mr. Henry Hunt, the W estrainster candidate, was the principal witness. CIIBLMiFORD, JULY 21. The Assizes for this county commenced here yesterday, with the waial ceremony of opening the commission-cud at. tending Divine Worship. Mr. Justice Air bott in the Crown Court, and Mr. Sergeant Lens 4u tire Civil Court. The criminal calendar contains 75 cases, few of which, are marked by sin g t ilar d e pravite, and rat the Nisi Prins . -side there were 72 causes entered :or trial, but them were neitriy 40 renins. 4Nsf..teGlt rErt.-IVIn. Price, a yoling man of mild acid preposses.:ing appearance, was-indicted for feloniously kill ing and slaying Robert Horseman, at Walthamstow, on the March. Itappeared that a number of young people of bola sexes being preseid, they joined iu a ilauee to the music of one of the party who mild play the flute. Some offence having been given by the deceased to the female cousin of the prisoner, the latter resented it with all the gallantry becom ing the situation is which tie was placed, as the protector of his relative, when some high words passing, the prisoner was iacited by the challenge of the deceased to settle the matter in a braising match. 'lice prisoner refused for some time to determine the affair in this snaneer ; but the first cadence being aggravated by personal language of indignity, lie ac cepted the challenge, and the combatants adjourned to the • yarrel of the public house to fight it out. The landlord, how eser,-reflised to permit the contest being deterininerlon his premises ; and consequently the combatants and their seconds crossed the river Lee, and there the tight proceeded iu due. form. After a battle which lasted nearly an hour, in which both combatants received some dreadful blows, the deceased fell sensele,s to the ground, in consequeuce of a finishing blow from his antagonist. lie was carried off the ground, and notwithstanding every effort to restore him, he expired in a quarter of au boar. • The witnesses for the prosecution admitted that the pri soner was a very peaceable and inoffensive young man, and that his conalact on the ground was perfectly fair, he himself Laving received a (111'1(1611 beating. A surgeon was examined, who stated that the death of the vieceastil was produced from a blow on one of the jugular veins, withal* causing an extravasatiun of blood on the brain, extinguished the vital spark. The case, under the direction of the learned Judge, went to lie jury who found the prisoner Guilty, and lie oat seatenc sd to four uniatits'itaprisoodnent iu the county gaol. CIVIL SIDE. FITCH V. WING. CF.DUCTION.—This was au action brought by the plaintiff, butcher, residing at Helton Ltuiwteail, in this county, against the ilefeiulaat, a maltster, of small property, fur the reduction of the plaintiff's daughter, per The rase, AZ stated by Ur. Marryatt for the plaintiff', and ac tkveloped iay the cross examination of 3lr. tillluey for the dcfentlant, was this:—The lady in question, a nymph of CIO ty two years of age, had received the ad.lresses of the rielemiatit for mare titan four years. caurtsbip had been carried on with much ardour, both at the house of the lady's :other, and that of her uncle, and she had bean suffered to sit ly with her lover after the tanzilies had retired to rest, par. ticularly at the house of the farmer, whcre she admitted that reciprocal familiarities had taken place to abliest every ima ginable extent. These liberties, houover, bad passed after a promise of marria; . te had been given ; and the result of the amour being a fnie boy, the present action was brought for its support, and the loss ut its parent's services to her father. The uncle of the lady being interrogated by Mr. Gamey, ns to the defmsdiztit's property, stated, he had no more in the world than the coat on his back. . _ Attar Mr. Serge - ant Lens had fummed the evidence to the Jury, they found a ver.lict fur the plaitillif.—Da mages 141. WEDNESDAY. }leery Wilson was Indicted under Lord Elleithorringli's act, for maliciously shooting at James tulles, on the 10th of i‘larch last, at Depden, in this county. 'fhe pli.oner in this case was a shoemaker by trade, het suspected of poaching and making free with poultry. 'flic presecutor is a labouring man, wm; king with a Mr. Leverton, and he PM' the following account of the tranvactian t—:'ant he hail Ast finished his work auont six o'clock, and vas standing near a tee in the hedge of the held where he hail been woritiug, when he heard the report of a gon,and heard Am , ' !Mug c • whining past hie head like the whizzing of a ball. Ile tin ned round awl looked towards the place the re. port came from, when lie saw a man just at the edge of a little coppice wood, anti he immediately ran into it. The man had ott a light frock and light.bretelicv. and he thon?Jit at the time it we. the pi isoner, hut be did not see him .eilliciently near or distin.oly to be certain of it ; he then !arnt•d round to look at the tree, and lie fount; a 5112411 grout e ou the side of the tree next hint, which had the appearance of being struck by a ball. Ei• told it to several persons, and a few days after. wards the prisoner wits apprehended. John BOWteii Wile next examined, es to expressions of ill will wird by the roomer against the prosecutor. Hesaid he had, h," (. " 1 "r" 41 i 011 with the prisoner about Gilder's stop. / hu g 'limn (Ike witness) no passing through a close. and exam mitts his basket. The pri•oncr said lie wished Gilder would stop him. He would have his head knockii4l off berme lie • would suffer it , cud that Ito vould _give it Ao the,proaccutor . before long. - THE NATIONAL IIEnISTLIt. It wits also stater♦ hy another witness, that on the day Gilder 'vie; shot at. the prisoner had said that hewould give him some yapper and ;;alt berme night. The Rev. Me. (tee c%aanned the place a few days after. cards. The pracecuto: showed lam the spot where he was and the place witc....e Orre were marks of a man having been on his kneos froze whence the shot was tired. 'Artie witile+sr% fur prisoner proved that he Wai at home at his laid;ing fro x C to 7 on the evening of the trans action. Ti:, Jury found the prisoner—Not Gnilty. Tatomas Smith, a young man aged 20, was indicted for highway robbery on the th of July, at the parish of Barking, and robbing , 15ilii m liavdon of lEs. in silver. be facts, a. stated by Mr. Hayalon and others, were, that on the evening of clop Fair. liaydon, a Mr. Cowell.. and a Mr. Jones, with three vonng ladies, the daughters of one of them, were returning from Fairlop Fair. A gang of 10 a :! oer nas appeared h. be following th e m, among whom the prisone r v o ne ; and as Me. Jones was behind the others of his party, and near the gang, he overheard them say they womat roll his fi fends. Ile immediately joined them, and ...Ave fie iaformation, when they determined not to go on further from the fair, as they v.-041 be more out of the way of e , sistan.m. The prisoner and his then came np, and or en,la+ed Havdon and demanded his money ; they threw him doss n, amd got the salver out of his pockets; but tads was not done svithont resistance, for the prosecutors and his friends fae!zin stoutly. The women screamed—the prisoner was knocked down, anal upon assistance approaching, all the party escaped, cxcept the prisoner—he got up and ran away, i•nt wan 00m:1• pursued, he took to a booth near the fair, wMei; he ent. 'veil. and svgs immediately apprehended. His person was positively id. milled. The Jury found him Guilty. TuunsDAY. arum.: v. HARDMAN. Mr. Gurney stated that this was an action iqainsl the defendant for seaming the plaintiff's iLieg.iter. The leading circunistanees of which were as follow i—The plintiff was a respectable farmer, note in decayed cireurestanees. re,:eleig at I%'firley, in this comity, and the defendant had been a c lei in the loth foot, a middled aged tram of gmty. end sonic years since hid married a lady of considerable thrtune, with wham, it seemed, I,e hail lived fora short time, not in the most perfect state of einnuhial felicity, and the gentleman was now left in pcksession of an elegant eetablishment of house and do• mestics, the result of his fortunate alliance. It e.prared that the plaintiff, at the time of the unferter.ate affilr iu question. was un known to the defendant, and conscquently neither hed.seen the other at their houses respectively. The unfortunate acquaintance which led to the selmnion of the plaintilrs daughter commenced by the casual civilities arising from the lady and the defendant frequeutmg the same church. In the result, an intimacy was formed which ended in the seduction of Miss Grove, and the birth of a child. It was pressed as a circumstance of aggravation on the part of th , .. de fer,abint, that the seduction was effected at a time slim the plaintiff's daughter was labouring under a state of mental derangement. In the statement of the case, it was admitted that before the acquaint anceship of the defendant with Miss Grove, the latter had the misfor tune to experience an intercourse with another person. who had ac complished his object by violence. Criminal proceedings had been adopted towards that palm. but the cause of injury having been compromised by a suitable compensation, those proceedings were dr Missip. ped Grove, whoappeared to be a young woman bordering upon thirty, stated all the eircunistances of the defendant's courtship, and her final ruin. On her cross-examination she stated, that on one occasion she re• ceived a pound note from the defendant, in chorea ; and on another. that she received two bottles of Cape Madeira in the saute place, which she afterwards thank in her own chamber. Mr. Marryat addressed the jury with considerable ability and em phasis, on the part of the defendant, contending, under the cireum• stances of the case, that there could he no difficulty in seducing a lady wbo had gone thrmtgh the ordeal of a previous violation, which had never ben punsched with the severity of the law. The lury. under the learned Judge's direction, feena a verdict for the plaintiff—Damages 2501. POLICE. GUILDHALL. Tuesday John Aldin, a watchman of St. Dnnstan's, Fleet street, and Mary Anderson and Sarah Taylor, two Common prostitutes. were brought up for re examinatiun before Mr. Alderman M'ooil, eliareed np.in suspicion of being concerned in a most atrocious highway robl.ery. The facts of the rai.e were briefly these respzetable young 111.111, named itassel was in Ship-yard, Temple-bar. at au early hour ou Friday morning, sontewliat intoxicated, and while standing there lie was attacked by three or four women ofthe town and two men, by whom he was severely beaten. — Among these women were the two female prisoners, who were mostactive in the attack : and S. Taylor struck Mu:with such violence with seine iostrinnent as to cause the Wood to gush from his eyes and mouth in torrents. He purseed the woman Taylor into Fleet-street, and here he was again attacked by her and companions, and beaten almost senseless. By a des perate effort lie succeeded in eetr:cating himself from their grasp, and the prisoner Alan coaling up, he desired him to take charge of the venann Taylor. Instead, however, of doing this, he seised hold of the:prosecutor, and in conjunction with the gang, dragged him up Bell-yard, and while the pros titntes and the two men were busy in rifling his packets, Aldin struck him several blows with a bludgeon in the face, and on the breast. In this peeled the prosecutor was robbed of a .11. and a 11. note with a quantity of silver. The work of plunder having been completed, the prisoner, Taskr, turned to Aldus, and gave charge of Mr. Basset for ass:whim.: her...- Alai') immediately se:ned Lim, and with the assistance of the gang by whom he had been robbed, dragged him along the street to St. thing-nes watelehense, where the constable of Ilie night took the charge front Mrs. Taylor, ant: the pre sece tor still bleeding in a dreadful manner, and completely et helloed front the beating he had received, was lucked nit for the night. lie was, On the following day, brought berme Alderman Wood, who, upon hearing his tale, ordered him to be taken frosts the bar, and the three prisoners to take his place. His statement was further corroborated by a Mr. and Mrs. Hathaway-, two respectable persons, who were goitr4 to Covent-garden market 451 the morning in question, anti were induced to follow the prosecutor and the gang, by seeing the blood Cpoll the pavement. They spoke particularly to the conduct of the two female prisoners ithil that of Aldu s. The latter prisoner, en the present occasion, brought for ward two persons to speak in his behalf; but their teetimany tended rather to his ecimination than otherwise. Mr. Basset. the prosecutor, attended, and repeated hi': former statement, without it single variation. .He was still iu a very falut state...mid wore a shade over his eyes. Mr. Alderman Woo4:, , efter hearing the whole of the evi .dence recapitulated by lime dint:rests wituesaes, staid be we Z. 9 clearly of opinion that the three prisoners should lie cool :ratted for the felony. . . ' Thursday Robert Hall and John Hooper were brought before the sitting Magistrate by two officers of Queen-41litre, charged on 'suspicion with being the perpetrators of an ex • tcnsive robbery in the house of Mr. John Worcester Chan dier, salesman, in West Smithfield. The following were the circumstances of the case as detailed by the prosecutor and two young females, sisters to the prisoner Hall ;-- One of the sisters, Hannah Hall, lived as servant with Me prosecutor, who, on Sunday morning lust, went out early. leaving her in care of the house, with permission to invite her sister to spend the day with her. Ile had several times ex pressly forbidden tile brother to come to the house, as he was aware of the %ery bad character he bore. The two sisters were sitting in the house together, when ' about eleven o'clock, the hell rung, and Hannah, upon open ing the dour, found it to be her brother. The other sister, hearing his voice, lilt, Wishing to as oid him, ran to another eons, but was afterwards inducted to come into the kitchen and speak to him. He seemed much altered iii his behaviour; and in a very affectionate manner begved pardon for former misconduct to them, and Hawed' said sheseals' get some porter, but. could out leave the house. 'lto. prisoner then tittered to go, and took the key of the slew d o n r. Ile returned after an absence ace few mimites, and calhol from the top oh' the stairs —" Hannah, do yen, waist aay !Avast F"— She replied its the negative ; and, atter remaining about a minute at the top of the stair?, he CAIIIC do %%11, laid the key of the street door upon the table, and seated. himself in sorb a pcsitiotyagainst the kitchen door, that no person colds' pass without his rising; and condoned conversing fur sonic time in a manner highly pleasing to his sisters, 55:10 imatoinetfailit to be completely reformed. After a lapse of about twenty minutes, lie ro , e and observed that Mary seemed unease, and he supposed it was because he was there. He would therefore leave them, and saluting them very affectionately, he went part of the way up stairs, but returned. Mary tlssu attempted to pass hint, but be prevented her. After a sto tee- Jie, however, she , got nip Stairs to Mrs. ('handler's loons, where she found all the drawers open. The othev sister its the interim came up, and finding the street door open, called oust that she was • 'd for ever, and attempted to 11111 ep to her sister. Her brother, however, begged " for God's sake sae would not, for she would be murdered." She replied she end not care, and running up the stairs, and from one room to south r, she discovered that every drawer and cupboard in the house had been forced open and stripped of their cat. • teats, which were very valuable. Among other things missing was a ring valued et 50 guineas, and 40 new shirts. The prisoner came up, and apparently much agitated, inquired what had been lost and looking in the place where the p;a;e was kept, exclaimed, " thank G—, they have not takto too plate!' He then begged they would nut be uneasy, as lie would go to Hatton-garden, and-soon get back the property. He left the Inoue, but did not return. At four o'clock, Mary Hall went to her father, and by his dszire proceeded toile s • street, where she gave information of the robbery, and dc • aerated her brother's person. On Wednesday he was sops e • heeded, together with do prisoner Hooper, who was known to be his constant associate in vice. Ou being taken, Hall said, " I suppose file is for that b— job of my blister's in Smithfield." The sister, Hannah HaH, who has lived more than three years with Mr.Chantiler, and bears an excellent character, was dreadfully agitated, and fainted once during the ex amination. The family arc very respectable, and have made every effort to reclaim the brother, but in vain. None of the property had as yet been traced, and-the prisoners were remanded. WORSHIP STREET: . • Daniel Thoinas, and S milt his wife, were brought Up and examined on a charge of cruelty and ill treatment to Frantic •- Otterway, a child 10 years of age. It appeared on examine_ • lion that the unfortunate girl was the daughter of the female prisoner by a former husband, and since her second marriage she (the wither) resides with her present husband,-at Din. G. Princes-street, Gibraltar-fields, Bethnal-green. The neigh bours had been continually annoyed by the piercing screams of the child. Some of them remoustrated with the inott:,:re • but without avail. The screams were still heard rather more _piercing than ever, till :Saturday week, when the Cry because more penetrating and heart-renddig than usual, and the neighbours ducked before the door, when it was discover ed that the mother was holding her for the father, who, with - all his might, was flogging her with a cane till tier body was covered with weals and bruises. The neighbouts gave infur_ motion to the parish officers, and a warraut was obtained against the mother and father-in-law, and they were mow brought forward and examined at great length, as were the se- • veral witnesses. The pi i.ouers, who were methodists, pleaded religion in defence: they would nut use acy strangler's child • in so brutal it manner as represented, much leas their uwa . child. The worthy llagistrate ohserved, that he reared they were wolves in sheep's rlothing • ;t was evidently inure than proper correction, and consequently a case tit to he brought heroic a. jury. They 'limit tint bail. The prisoners Mere committed in default ut bail. UNION-HALL. Tuesday T. Ceckinirn an-1 W. Sampson were remanded, charged with-stealing a writing deA, containing ltd. from the Worse ufslir. Goodlilfe, in Caiii!ierwell. inquiry being made, a shopkeeper rem ollected F.eeior ale prisoners pass his door with a writing desk. Ou Saturday-he again saw the. prison ers, and followed them. They stole a purcot cage fr om . the frost of a house, with which they made ofraci•iiss the fields.— • .He asked a labou rer to assist in a rpreheirclisig them, but he refused. lie then attempted to take them tut they knock. ed him dim's, and got awi:y. Tuesday he again saw them, tied followed , tLeia into a paliiie-h un se, where they sista, taken. nILEADFIr 11,1:N A C-TAGE CO 1011.--One o f t h ose melancholy event , : which h-:ve. k..te occurreit but tonrrequently. happened cm Saturday b: • the rug:»Ar lidourhend coac h, to I the iting's Arm, •:-.7nttiv which • was io‘ verturited in the corner . at lluntoa /lens, owing n• the wanton behii7inir of the coachman, to tattles-. touring to I ritke a fine and hierdly ground to slitters by :the hor,cs sit`sisettuc.;•. , y il , viLio3 after the. ••• A woman Illts SlaC % - ;:f tic ; ltanlier otthitt: n-..aoen:.Ter wld the coach ulaa .) ;nti•:!.:t...l. :!tat ale " 'ih re eittintaed of :heir. ICiV • ; 3 7t . *:(1 or either have born ' - iseeertly cut ti,ut:.t.lk,refo.pat ltc:ote-awy van t;• , :ow their The inside taasatingias,aubung whoa! was a gentlentaa ct great pwp:rty and coutiemsenee in tits c , .0n..7 of Herts, were more fortuirm , , but did nut any of them et _ v.pe v. ithout injury, tliu.:git atively of a alight Lattice. Mut v. re nit less then 11 p•t4,...tgc..a Ott the outside at the time, which am, materiany cot:triton , d to the fi..tal accident ; an.t Mr. llcarn, nitita cc I:ie ecre'l„ comte be 1 n , ceulett :.;.:ainst by juice.- uldUon :or die steovery u. tin Fe:at:ties he has i. w~~ , • • •