The National Register. — London, England, 1821-06-17 00:00:00

tlemen, 1 will now leave the case in your hands, con vinced that you will come to a dispassionate conclusion, and that you will do your duty both to the prisoners and to your country." A pause of some ntinutea ensued after the learned judge had concluded his admirable charge, and the_ jury then retired, and were absent about 'lO minutes. When they returned into court the most breathless, anxiety was manifested by the audience, and when the verdict of not guilty was pronounced, a murmur of applause ran through the court, but was instantly checked. West exclaimed, with tears in his eyes, " idly lord, and gen tlemen, I thank you from the bottom of my heart! '— The other prisoners bowed gratefully, hut did not speak. Mr. Justice Ilayley.—" Prisoners, listen to me for one moment. You have had a most considerate and humane jury, and do not, I entreat you, let your acquittal be re t arded as a matter of triumph by you, or your connec tions. I hope you will carry back to your own county this suggestion, that the traffic in which persons there are engaged, is a most dangerous and wicked one, anal that justice must overtake them if they 'persist its it.— In the case of to-day it has been proved, that one man has unfortunately been deprived of life, in conse (pence of it, and I hope what has occurred will make a proper impression on your minds, and on the minds of others. You have this day hail a striking proof of the powerful advantage of good character in the hour of dan ger. Go house to your wives and families, and endeavour by future conduct still to maintain the character that has beets given you here this day. The address of the learned judge seemed to make a strong impression on the prisetsers. On Wednesday, Eliza Gillatn, a voting woman or very interesting appearance, was capitally indicted for stealing a shawl, value 31. and a seta, value 11. the pro perty of T. Reece and partner, in their dwelling-house. Mr. Reece stated, that he is a linen draper in Shore ditch, and on the It) . It of April la t the prisoner came to his shop, and reqeested first to look at some shawls, which were handed to her, and she afterwards begged to look at souse scarfs. After agreeing for the price of one of them, she desired him to shew her some muslin, and while he was getting this article for her, he saw her place her pocket handkerchief over one of the shawls and a @earl, so as to cover them both, and then pull them off the counter into her lap. She afterwards desired him to let his young man accompany her home to Fleet-street with the things she hat! purchased, and her aunt, with whom she lived, would pay for them. He thought she might have taken the shawl and scarf Man the counter by accident, and he therefore permitted her to leave the shop, and watched her, but when she had gone a few yards, he saw her open her handkerchief and look at the contents. Ile was then convinced of her intention to steal them, and he billowed and secured her. She con fessed her guilt without any hesitation, and implored for mercy, :qrs. Farebrother, a respectable looking woman, re siding at Chelsea, stated, that she had known the pri soner several years, and up to a few weeket since, when she had left her mother, she had home the most irre proachable character. Her mother was hit years of age, and very Mimi', arid the prisoner had supported her (by her own industry) for a long time past. The prisoner was in tears during the whole of the trial, and did not attempt to make any defence. The jury found her Guilty—Death ; but strongly re commended her to mercy, in which recommendation they were earnestly joined by the prosecutor. Richard Luck and John c,?uittenden were capitally indicted for stealing a gelding and a mare, the property of James Taylor, a farmer, at Hightham, in Kent. On the evening of the 18th ult. ThoniasCroucher, one of his servants, turned four horses into a field. 'That same afternoon Croucher had seen two strangers loitering near the field. The following morning two of the four horses were missed, and a part of the fence destroyed. He learned they were only a few miles before him.— About four o'clock the prisoners were seer in Norton Falgate, with the animals, by a man, who suspected that they had stolen them, and gate Information to the Wor ship-street officers. Tile latter traced them io the Basing house, in Kingsland.road, where they met Quittentlios coining out of the parlour ; and one& them said to him, "you brought two horses to onvn this morning." He replied, "No; it was the man tit the parlour who brought then)." They went in and saw Luck, whom they taxed with stealing the horses, and lie did not deny it. One of the officers then ran out after Quittcliden, tv ho was running off: a cry of " stop thief " being raised, several persons attempted to stop hitn, but he knocked two or three of them down wilts a stick before he was secured. They were committed to Clerkeii well prison, where Croucher, the next clay. identified them as the men he had seen near his master . :, house tit the afternoon of the 18th of Jlay. The horses were found in the sta bles of the Basitig-fiouse. They made no defence,and the jury found them Guilty —Death—Aged 32 and 21. Isabella Wylie was indicted for stealing a quantity of silk, value 51. in the dwelling-horse of James Barton. a silk weaver at Bethnal Green; and Samuel heatley, alias Keatly, was charged with receiving the same.— Previous to the 18th of April, the female prisoner was employed in his (Mr. warehouse. lit consequeuce of suspicion falling upon her, she was taken unto cus tody; whets .she confessed the rohbery,and said she had taken it to the male prisoner's lodgings m Spicer-smet• The jury found Wylie guilty of stealing to the value of 395. only, alai Wheatley of receiving the goods, k now intt them to have been stolen. Ihe Common Sergeant ittnnedistely sentenced Wheat ley to fourteen years transportation. Fhoitias Morgan was convicted of stealing a quantity of linen and wearing apparel, the property of a poor woman, named Smith, into whose apartment he got admission by means of a false key. When asked if he had any thing to say its his defence, he said he had not, and that he would be ls ()bilged to the court to send hint out of the country, for he could get no honest employment here. THE NATIONAL REGISTER Mr. Arabin.—The court will not accommodate you by a sentence of transportation Some other mode of punishment will be found for you. CHARGE OP MURDER —Ou Friday, John Sumner, who stands charged upon the coroner's inquisition with the wilful murder of his wife, was put to the bar, when Mr. Andrews applied to the court to postpone the trial till next sessions. The Common Sergeant said, he had read the deposi tion, and was convinced that justice was not likely to he done either to the prisoner or the public by so hasty an investigation. He would therefore must willingly accede to the application for postponement. Henry James was indicted for nurglariously breaking and entering the dwelling house of George Byng, Eq. M.P. at South Mimins, and stealing therein a silver watch, the property of Edward Lloyd. The jury found the prisoner Guilty, but strongly recommended him to mercy, on account of his having a confederate, not in custody, and of his having abstained from personal vio knee towards the prosecutor, which was recomnieuded by his companion. The Common Sergeant said, that the recommendation should certainly reach the royal car, hot advised the pri soner by all means to prepare himself (or the worst. Cornelia Knight and Ann Williams were indicted for stealing 20 yards of silk, the property of Thomas Craig arid James Graham. The prosecutors are linen drapers in Oxford -street, and on the 1 i th ult. the prisoners went to the shop, purchased some trifling article, and went away. The next clay they came again, and, from their manlier, the shopmen sus pected their intentions were dishonest, and watched them. They- did not see them take any thing; but hav ing observed IV ill.a ins hold up a shawl, so as to hide the person of Knight, they suspected the latter had concealed something, and, when they got into the street, one of tire shopii,,:n followed, and told Knight he believed she had some article that did not belong to her. She denied it, arid returned it, and returned willingly to the shop; but, as she was going along, he saw a roll of silk drop from under her cloak. Williams, on being told of what had had happened, expressed her surprise, and said she knew nothing of the matter. Several witnesses gave Williams a good character. 'the jury found Knight Guilty, Death; and Williams Not Guilty. INTERESTING CAS E. —Court of King's Bench, Dalin, June B.—A case which excited a considerable degree of public interest was tried before Mr. Justice Burton and a special jury. The circumstances were these :—Richard Davis, a young gentleman of most respectable connec tions in Ireland, enlisted as a coin non soldier some years ago, in consequence of disputes with his family. He married, and whilst he was doing duty in London as a private in the Guards, his wife was delivered of a daughter, who was christened Theresa Davis. Some time after the birth of this child, the father was killed at the battle of NVaterloo, and in consequence of the decease of some relations, the little Theresa, though born under such adverse circumstances, became heir at law to an estate of two thougund pounds a year. Her claim, how ever, was impeached by the husbands of her two aunts (the sisters of her father), who alleged that she was a suppositious child, and it was upon this issue that the trial took place. Several witnesses, who came over from England, were examined on behalf of the child, and the testimony established tier legitimacy in so full and satis facory a manner, that the Counsel on both sides agreed it was unnecessary to prolong the investigation ; and the Jury returned a verdict, That Theresa Davis is the le gitimate (laughter of Richard and Bridget Davis." On Nlonday night last, ten prisoners, confined in the New Borough Gaol of Tzwkesbiny for burglary, made their escape, and have nut since bee„ heard of. Ibis is the second titne the same men have got out of the same prison : every precaution was taken by keeping them heavily ironed, but by some ingenious means they pro vided instruments, and the day preceding their escape contrived to file their irons nearly through. The gaoler kited the prisoners at nine &clack in the evening, saw them in bed, and locked up the cell for the night; im mediately alter they must have released themselves front their fetters, and with a file and a knife made a hole in the door, through which they got into the inner yard, anti over the high pallisading, thickly studded with tenter-hooks. They then formed a step-ladder with their bed-clothes, tying to them a towel full of earth, and threw it over the outer wall, which they then scaled, and let themselves down MI the outside by the same means. A MONSTER TAKEN.—A few minutes before nine o'clock, as NI rs. Harden, of No. 40, Cluchester-street, Bartholomew's Hospital, in company with another lady, was going down Holborn, a wretch, unperceived, came helund her, and site received a stab in the thigh with a sharp histrittnent, which cut through all her clothes, and inflicted a deep wound; the pato made her scream aloud, and the individual turned back, and r to oil ; hat a young man, who happened at the tune to be coin rt.t out of a public house, hearing the lady scream, and see ing a person run off, pursued him, with the cry of " stop tile!;' others joined in the chace, and he was secured at the oomer of Red Lion -street, basing dropped the instrument with which he cuintuitod the act, which was picked up by a man who said le• saw hint drop it. It had a wooden handle, and the bade was ationt fife itches long, like the prong of a lurk. Ile was taken to Eagle-street watch-house, where the charge was taken, and he was secured. lie said he was a cabinet maker by trade ; that the instrument was a mai king awl, which Ile-11.E1 us his hand, and that he ran accidentally against the lady; ou hearing her bCrealli he ran assay, and find ing he was pursued he dropped it. We are happy to say that the wound, thought deep, is not considered danger ous. as Wednesday sennittlit, a youna man named Dary, in the employ of Mr. U. Bly th, of Waltham, was re turning from Dorking with a wagon and team be down, and the wheel passit%uver him, he was killed vu the spot, r 191 BOXING. HICKMAN AND OLIVER. This match for 100 guineas a side, was fought on Tuesday on Blinely Heath, a few short miles from Copthorne. The men are so well known that we need not dwell upon their qualifications. Oliver had fought many a gallant battle, and Hickman, the Gaslight man, so recently known in his success ful combats with Cooper, has become a :tar, like the renowned James Belcher, that nature had turned out with gifts to operate upon the heavy weights of the day. It was one of the most manly encounters we have had for some time to record. Spring and Shelton went in with Hickman, and Harry Harmer and Joshua Hudson seconded Oliver. Average betting was 11 to 5 on Gas. ROUNDS. L—Every eye was fixed with studious attention upon the right hand of the gas-man; and the dame attention was observed upon the superior science of Oliver, bow he would parry or avoid it. Gas aside several feints to get his destructive-right hand to tell, and Oliver placed a slight left handed blow upon the chest, when Gas played quickly iii with his right-hand, but out of distance. He however ran his adversary upon the ropes, and placed two hits quickly. A manly rally followed, and Oliver at tempted to hold him, after exchanging Irluiviewlth but Gas got uway and made fresh fight. Oliver had the worst of another in-go, but he placed a bit in lbw mouthy . and had the worst of a fall. It was evident that his its. fighting was lost upon Gas. 91 —Gas doubled himself up for nothing hut earnest milling, and his right hand would tell. He placed two or two or three of these finishers to a commoner in a rally, and though Oliver stood up to him with the greatest man hood, and exchanged some hits, yet lie had the worst of it, and when In, Gas slipped away from his grasp and threw him.-3 to I on Gas. 3.—Oliver bled freely from the rallies, and was heavily marked neon the right eye. He however met the right hand of Gas by a flush counter-hit with the left, which led to a tremendous let-loose fighting round. AU science was forgotten, and Oliver, foiled in parry* the severs hitting right hand, tried the out and out. He stood up to his adversary's head, and made hit for hit with bite. until Gas piped open mouthed, and the roar of the ring for Oliver was tremendous. In the close Gas would cot wait longer than he could have the licit of it; and both went down. 4.—Another most tremendous round was fought, and for such gallantry the ring was astonished. Oliver, who hail nearly a stone weight over his odversary„ fought like a man, but Isis goodness was stifled by activity. 04i threw his left band out instinctive:y, and many were the calls of disapprobation that he was clawing his adversary's mouth and eyes, but it was nu doubt from impulse. in a struggle upon the weaving system at the ropes, Gas was like an eel in the hands of his executioner, and he had the best of this bugging fighting, but in this round lie was thrown. s.—Another desperate rotted commenced by Oliver hitting his adversary upon the breast. Severe hitting was exchanged, but the finishing right hand of Gas made such • closing impressions on the head of his adversary, that an - exchange of hitting was beating Okver. In a close both went down bleediug freely. 6 —Gas threw away his gifted right handed blow, but had it told it t. ould have settled the point at issue. In a rally the blows of -each told the amateurs who were not near enough to see them placed, that they were earnestly delivered. Oliver threw his adversary from him at clos ing as if a bad in-castumer. 7.-o!iver was bleeding from every organ, and Gas sheweti a cut from the chin. Oliver was (Mown. B. Oliver placed • lett handed body blow but feebly, . and fought like • lion, but alter a hard rally, which se verely marked him, lie was thrown. o.—Gas planted • good right•bauded huh hit, •od another severe round followed, and in the siruggle Oliver was thrown. 10th and last.—Oliver made feeble play with the left hand, hot GAS caught hint heavily under the ear with the right hand, and on the head, again reeling down, which settled the nettle, and Oliver was carrisd off the ground in a senseless state, alter having been bled. Like the phenomenon of his day, James Belcher, the Gass man sets all the men of the present day in the back ground. He must revive fighting, as we have no such articles now-a days. He is nothing less than a slaughtermun, and he never convinced the amateurs so much of his invincibility, as in putting on one side the manly efforts displayed against him by Oliver, on whose courage we could not ade quately convey our ideas to the reader. Oliver was senseless for more than two hours, but he was better when our inthrmation left him. Another battle took place, which Cooper, the Gypsey, won in 23 minutes, beating a novice. Martin and Randall —Tuesday Martin appeared in the ring, and threw up his hat. He said, "ho wished to inform the amateurs that he had accepted of Randall's challenge for 3001 a side; and his friends were ready to make it 3001." Randall im mediately answered it with his castor, as a token of defiance; and it is expected this match will Ix: made immediately. BANKIWPT LAw.—There is a clause in the draft of the new bill, declaring that no offer of composi tion shall be ntertained for less than ss. in the pound, without the consent of every creditor who has provc,l his d.bt; the object of which is, to induce persons in business to cease trailing as soon as their affairs are in a desperate condition. It is with great satisfaction we observe that the young wheats which had been slightly injured by the late chilling winds, have resumed a healthy complexion, and i , rcui:it,c;-: a plentiCui harvest. 0