The National Register. — London, England, 1821-10-01 00:00:00

OLD BAILEY SESSIONS. ./.111111P TUESHA V, SP PT. 115.-I.IIIikZELEPIENT.-3/ 4 /0 Width' was indicted for secreting asid embezzling, Oct the 16111 of April last, 11., the property of his master, John Leslie. The prosccotor gilVlAlis evidence in a very peculiar in tinier, evidently lahenring under sonic mental ',mbar ra-•iiii nt. He stated, that he was a eual-utet chant, and th st the prisoner was in his employ as a clot k. Previous to the Ifth of April, a debt was owed to witness ft a Mts. Smith. It was customary for the clerk to cutter every eight in a hook what he had received in the cache ot the day, and this entry witness was in the constant habit ef stetting every evening a hen he received the money. On the IGth ot April no entry was matte of the n crept of 11, fl am Mrs. Smith, but on the 7th of May there was an Hors of 11. 1a.., which constituted the whole slim which was due from Mrs. Smith. tross.examinesl.—He only received 10s. on the 7111 of May. He remembered examining the copy of the cash. book. Mrs. Smith proved that she paid the prisoner a 11. note on the day iii question. On the 7th May she made a se /HMI payment of Mo. to the prisoner, and a third ans. on the nth June. 'Hie whole amounted to 11. 19s. which was al , she owed to the prosecutor. A chi k to Mr. Leslie was then called. He corrolmi ated the testimony of the prosecutor. There was an entry of the %%hole mini of I. Ins. on the 7 tit of May, hut no entry of 11. on the 16th of Apiil. On the moss-examination of the witness by Mr, Adel -01114 rely tit e to his belief in the New Testament, u twitter he believed it to be a revelation from Gott, the witness ( who us. a vet-) young man) hesitated at first in answer ing the question. On its being again pressed, he said that lie could not say he did not believe iu it ; and being still further questioned, lie replied, "Yes, I du believe that it is a revelation from Gull." Being asked why he did not before answer the question, the witnees said that lie did not exactly understand the question when it was first put to him. In this answer he atill persisted, when again asked the question. Mr. Adolphus was proceediog to ask the witness further as to his belief in the Scriptures, when he waa interrupted by Mr. Andrews, who took an objection to the question. Mr. Adolphus..—This is the first time 1 ever heard an infidel defended. The case for the prosecution being concluded, Mr. Mottlings advised the pi blotter to Ariake 00 defence. 'I here were 1.064 . 11 witnesses to the cliaracter of the prisoner, but the learned counsel refused to call any of them. The Jury, after a short consideration, found the pri sons r guilty. Ms. Adolplins hoped the Court would, In passing its judgment, consider that there were seven witnesses who were ready to have given the reisoner au excelleut cha racter. . Mr. Andrews was proceeding to open the case against the prisoner upon another indictment, but was inter. rooted by Hi...blge on the bench, who declared it to be unnecessary, Samuel Webb, a very young respectable looking lad, wa► indicted for Striding some cotton hanging at the door of a linen•drapes's shop. The evideuce against the pri. sorter was very clear, and lie was found guilty. Nein-rat witnesses gave the prisoner an excellent character for honesty, and his master undertook to receive hilt) again lido his employ. Fir. Arabi's, who presided as the Recorder's deputy, told the piisotier that lie bad been cousicted upon the clearest evidence, and that be had subjected himself to the puni.hmrut of transportation fur seven years. The Conti, however, in consideration of his tender age, and the good character lie had received, would pass a very lenient se,.tr•uce. It was at cesssiry that souse punishment should be inflicted, to neter others (rum eimmiitting such ores. 'the sentence of the Court therefore was, that lie be lois:0(1y whipped, and then di►charged. Cut LUSTBALIIIO.—MIIIII4III Uowd, used Y 5, tat indicted for strati.% the female child of Frederick Win. liwilb, with tumid to deprive him of the possession of the same. F 11 . . Smith deposed, thus on the 1911... t Auosst he ll‘ed at No. 4, Queen-street, Clickenoell. lie lidd 14 daughter named Louisa, aged a years. About half.past seven to the evening of the 19th of August, he was told thut 1116 child hod been token eau) by a woman who W 146 then in custody. The oitins6 immediately ran out, and silo the prisoner had his child is King-street. 'Elm prisoner Via. (he'll ill He had seen his child on the suit e evening hi sit o'clock. Ana Eisekett deposed, that -lie lived nest dour to the i tut Queen-stri et. About lialf.past silt on the evening of the 19th of Augud, .he saw the prisoner at Mr. Smith's d beckoning to She filth!. oho on , in the 'nohow . . The intem %rot In doors, but cuing Out re,tain in about too minutes, when bile I.IIW the prisoner leading the child 'Moo Quee.i.6tiect, Grocge !last deposed, that on Sunday, the 19th of August, he was passitic Iltrou:11 rhaitell alkllig tuunpds Old. street o sib a child iii her onto, His ult•uttua it 416 dra wn towards site child by illi crying to he taken Inoue. The wit /le addressed the inhumes. actl told her to lake .the child luou.•. She said .he woe githig home. The o iinell6 then asked bee where sloe livid, and she suLd its Hollow's, The witness told the prisoner s he was put pilot ha Ih. directiot. towards !known, She t hen SOW she lived ill llnUnn•gm dee. 111811•11cr to another torsi iau from the %times., the pi isomer said the child was her owo. The cidulut t of the priwiner induced the w isms, to bclicve dud she had stolen the elidd, and he ill counegw•ucr took 4144 prisoner into custody. A e.uwJ collected round thrio, mud aiming them use n huhr girl, oho stated that hL bad seen the child in Queen , sirt rt, whither it was taken. . . . lible, a conctuhle, who took the prikoner Into the ptiomer binted glint iihe took the child from the eioner of Red I.* Strati, Mullion', aud thot rho het-bet( lived in Rein...street, llultun•gerdro. The roomer iii her detract mid rho &be lound the child in flue litiratb cry ihg, and lluet►br woe eurleurour lag Ili had it. how. The Jury, without it lieritation. foutiti the prl • oiri--guilty. WEONKO44Y. SEPT. Vli. Jwcplt Wthre.l; respectably connected, was put to the luir, chary J with luivieg 1111/kll On 1110 ot the 'Hellen! 1111,11111 au forou stove, yalur 31, the ill upoi ty of John ttl'Sollj. 'llw pi iucip:ll witness in this case was W. Kelly. a boy aleooi treat, tt 11W1.116 hits b2V. 11111 primmer take thin kiutp cowl Viilll it, Witness followed Ido l wed 111111:1111ed air pluitcrl). 1 1 6:after threw it down and rrllls rd wills olilleP4 h 1 1116 ontotet's shirr, where ho was takeil 11111. 0:11.1.1.1y, 'll,ll. 101.11Mally ho eorit,butat. d b) the vilest the proreeuter,Mry. THE NATIONAL. REGISTER Mr. Andrews, on behalf of the prisoner, ernes-exaniin. ed these witnesses, and in so dolor elicited from th em the most unemsisocal roofs of their not being a shadow of pretence for the proseention. They grossly prevaricated in every part of the evidence now given, with that which they stated before the magistrate. Several persons of the greatest respectability, gave the prisoner a most irre proachable character, and the Jury instantly acquitted him. _ . The Learned Judge (Arrabin) ordered the boy, Kelly, to be ',lncest in the box, and after commenting at length on the enormity of the offence he had committed, ordered him into custody; at the Fame time assuring bins that he would he prosecuted, at the expellee of the county, of wilful and cos sow perjury. Mrs. M'Nally, the wife of the prosecutor, was then or dered to stand sip t Hie court told her that she was less ex-. cusable than the boy, but site had tussle the discovery In time to prevent her committal fur perjury, but the shuf fling 111311111:r ill which she had given her evidence could nut be overlooked. The Court would, therefore, commit her fur contempt. She was instantly taken into custody, and conveyed to blesvgarc by the of of the Court. The Learned Judge slid, it was lilt must disgraceful exhibition lie had ever witnesses!. The Recorder then passed the dreadful sentence of death upon 92 convicts. l'wecity five were ordered to be transported for life. (Sue fur fourteen years. Sixty fur seven years. Seven were ordered to be Imprisoned in the House of Correction for Loudon, and sixty fur imprisonment in the House of Correction for Middlesex, he vri al of whom were to be publicly and privately whipped; several were tined Is earl,, two judgments were respired, and 29 were discharged by pruclaniation. LIECUTION. At eight u'eloik on Tuesday morning the nurse, sentences( the low was cursed 11110 ezertision 1/11 George Lre, fire ut tering forged 51. Itiiik-notes W 11111i111 T11011154/14 fur a high way rolihrs nod Thomas Patmore, for cutting Allll 111111141• sug %jib introit 111 kill. As early as tits lot k malty persons hltA urscathicat airmail the fatal drop, nes, ut a qmri ter iits-t seven the Sherd); arrived at !Se% ante. Pawnor aas the first ahit ascended the platform. He was, la oughtn't the a hole of the seen...remarkably collected. Daring the night he slept soundly tar about two hours and a halfl and Toylike iii the same state of r leisure and self possessani, which appears not In have fitrflUkell bile Gillet' the awful !idiots were first announced to him. From the line he awoke till the moment his unhappy existence was tenni-. noted, he continued either in private prayer, or joining the clergyman in fervent devotion. The hot interview be had with his a ire ea. on Monday I lie pressed her much to tell him if there acre Ito grounds fur the Jo - Mousy which had driven him to the commission of actions that bad brought upon Min consequences so dreadful. He told her that he should die e happy if he could arrive at the certainty of her fideld) ; or even if his suspicions acre too well founded, hr should be inure satisfied. She did nut, hots ever give him any direct testily. and the uahappy unto died with a full con. victiun of hlr guilt. On the platform he prayed must heartily that She might be forgiven, and live to see her errors. Ile said that he fully and freely forgave her. Thomson aims the neat who 'weeded rite NMI This miserable youth was but 17 years of age, and was must distressingly stupid cud iguorset. Ile bad nu parents-- indeed us, relatives t and if ae except a Per3oll to whom he was for some time nu apprentice, we may add, no friends.— With intellects iif uppniently the tomes; possible order, be Mid not rola., eel the advantage of the first rudiments of learn ing, moil judging from hi. conduct silica his conviction. et VOF hind even a mural advi‘er. home time sine., his Inatteet , butillebli falling cif, ho was obliged to dismiss this wretched buy from his service. said Ile wits consequelitly throws, upon the Man, exposed 10 all the tellytiltittlia of vice, to which he has gloss rUltil become a victim. The worthy Ordinary took much pause to arouse him from his uputhy. but all ap peared u•cless. He had never" lie mid. " beard any thing about (hid, and he did not wish it." Ile on Monday night neat to bleep al his woad lime, a little past aisle, IslBl it was with indica'', the turnkey isaiike lout at five o'clock in 11w Itiutilieig. After, lioNevitr, joining his frilow orderers and the clergyman so their deviations, he appeared etinsidcr. ably to revel, mid expressed a desire to partiike of the Sacrament, which, after some conversation and advice, hir, Cotton thought Mama autliorelled to ailtaiaisicr, lie tater e ord.. seemed to rei o usu into his usual stupidity, and during the cerellidaY of Lorick ing of his nous, and his stalking Is, the fatal Map. his eouidetiatuce betrayed the must distr. &sing viienney, Lee was the last a lie locended lie platform, and of the three he exhibited the least festinate. tiring a Jew. lie aas attended dui in„ the night by several friends of hi. nau per. suadon, and it Iva. passed an Iletl/111,11, lie aa,. titivated to the lasi inniiient by his elan brother, w lOW I.elug. seemed OU lIVerIIOVIer bk. W bra I I.v drop fell lie lashed alto the lobby, and threw hawed Joan ill IL stoical the sam.l pit lalde • and satirist unpaid'. Antal her persun of the .aitie pewits:ion likewise iiti-anled, by permission of the 14..011, to p dorm the lust duties to the miserable moo being cuiltrary to their religiuus tat/Memos hi 1411.11 t the hotly to he Issue bed by is Cliradiam la cumeipleace of observing this rite. tier hotignam was prow toed trout wring throuzb Ilse whale of his duly, and 11w vsrotehed man bud his sufferitigs fur some miout es pi °toned. pm owe awl Thomson appeared lo feel hut a sa iiiii moiety pang. After the bodies had hung the usual lime, they were cut loan, awl Lee'. was iielivered to his friends, a his hod pre via, il a Orli to receive it. It was immediately convoyed away in a hearse. which drove up the Pleats' dam. Just btrum the Mahe. were eel down, another pool( was giveit that impalas ,eper-titiun of the sum( scowls .+ kind is Rot yet extinct. Four female. useroded the platform, and tubbed their faces 3illl Itetiti with 1110 hands of pailaure and Thomson, This, it is thought, is it sure Mr %ens, A duel w4l fought in the neighbourhood of South Write. in NostitighaniPhire, on Pritisy, I,etween Mr. , A gentleman of Yorkihire, and ('apt. coinalitienre of 4 dispute which originated in the gran.l sl tnd •it Doncaster ram:, an Tlitirctlay. parties fired twice, and ilia mound ball lodged hi the Captain's winch wan. tint extracted At the 1111 1 e, and he continue: in A dANteriiiiii istate,—.Aii exchange of show, which del tin al‘o took place on the Atoll, malting, twin veil a Mt. S—tt dad Mr. W.—l, arising nut ul the 6stne dayuiv. BOW-STREET. On Thursday morning the eccentric planner who has for some lime been seen about the streets of the metropo lis in the habit of a Quaker, and wearing the tri coloured cockade in his broad while hat, made his appearance at the dour of this office, and presenting • large packet to one of the officers, desired him, in a tone of authority, to lay it instantly before the Magistrate. The (Act r, staring lint at the packet, and then al this singular visitor, obeyed the command, sod presenting it his worship, said it had been given him by a " queer sort of • gentleman," who was waiting at the dour fur an an. ewer. The Magistrate, Mr. Minshull, opened the packet, and found it to contain a sort of political earicature, in which the Quaker himself was reps rsented riding on • vetoci. pede over the 'seeks of certain well-known persons, sad distributing, as he went along, copies of the firtrif of Des potism, and other words of a similar east. Underneath appeared in large letters, " The Radical Quaker." Mr. Minslitill desired that the rr queer sort of • gentle. man" might be shown into the office. The "Radical Quaker" entered with a large bundle of papers under Isis arm; and with an air of infinite import. once waked up to the table. He kept his hat on his head. Mr. Mins.thill (taking off his spectacles.)—Well, Sir, pray who are von ? Quaker.—Who am I? that's ■n odd sort of question; what matters it who I am? Mr. Minshon.—lfyou won't tell me who you are, be kind enough to inform me of your object in coming hero with this packet. Quaker.—Why. I merely wished to let you know how things were going on. My object is to convey inform. Lion to those who may happen to be in need of it. Rut I hid forgotten that I had another motive fur coating. I was inhumed that it 1 ventured to show my face here, I should be taken into custody mid I should have no oh jection to that, I assure you. Mr. Minimll.—lndeed! but I shall not Indulge you In that particular. Quaker.—As you please. Mr. &limboll.---Are you aware that you are standiug here with your hat ou? Qoaker.—Perfectly so. Mr. Miuslutll.—You ought to know that It Is very hide. corona. ‘lnaker.—l think otherwise. Mr. Minsbull.—. Perlisps it is In conformity with your scruples as a Quake, that you keep it On. Quaker.--Not exactly. I shall keep It on unless yon Can show me any law that colupels we to take it off'. I wish to be informed on that subject. Mr. Minsbull.—My authority is law sufficient in this case, Rad I desire you to take it off. Quaker.—Excuse me; but I cannot submit to that au. Work) , on this particular occasion. Mr. Minsbull.—Theo you had better leave the office. Quaker.—That I will do certainly, for I have no desire to occupy your valuable time unnecessarily. The Quaker then turned upon his heel, sod with bead erect stalked put of the office. _ . . Con toys Areal a.—Mr. Maley, a person of gentlemanly exterior, was brought up on a warrant, charged by a Mr. John Jacobs with an asimirit. Mr. Jacobs, who appeared wills a black eye, and other marks of violence, stated that some words arose between him and a Mr. Welsh, at a house in Pelioneu the other night, Sll COilliegneliiCe of a previous quarrel. and in the course of the dispute the defendant, who Was in some measure concerned, struck him with au umbrella across the face. lss his defence, Mr. Haley denied striking the complain. lint intentionally. Ile was merely endeavouring te part bins and Mr. Welsh. Mr. Muslim', desired to know what house it was they were at, and what was the nature lit the original quarrel. The parties begged to he excused hamming Ilia worship upon either of those particulars. A gentleman was then called to corroborate Mr. Ja. cobs's statement, and being hard pressed by Mr. Minslitill as to the original quarrel, he at length admitted, that au unpleasant affair l which could out be settled only in one way, had occurred between Mr. Jaeuhs and Mr. Welsh, and a message Irons one gentleman to the other was the eonsequeuce. When, however, the parties met, it was discovered that one geniletuan had come unprepared wrils the necessary weapons I and the opposite patty being illps plied to, leclarod he felt extremely unwilling to per an instillment of death into the hand of any man, and ulti mately the gentlemen separated without any thing beim; dune. Mr, Haley an that oi:cultic acted as the friend lit' Mr. Welsh, and a Mr. Smith attended the present complainent, Me. Jacobs. The whole four suet again she „ 1 1„.,. i „, 4 1, 1 at is 11,0 house" in Pall.ruell, and ilie terms " cowarJ, scoundrel," Use, were freely bandied about. The assault upon Mr. Jacobs was the consequences Mr. Miesisull...So thee the secret is out, Wel!, gen tlemen, now I have you hare I. shall do my duty by you. Oil are yet olive, snit I will do all I can to keep yen so, slid I therefore sequin' each of you to enter into sm sties of 1001. to keep the peaoc towards all his Miliesty's sub. jeers, and particularly towards each other. I desire also that the other two persons may he brought before one tut a similar purpose. The parties seemed astonliliod at this strange !ermine. lioll of the sitlaie r but having glens the required sureties, they were liberated, I IAIION-ti ARDEN . Edward Howes, of Clitiroli.row, Hempstead-road, was brought sip Isom Hampstead waseli•liouso on Thus sday, where he had been COWllled all night, oliorged with chuck• Mg cruelty to his wife. Several neighbours attended mid supported the charge, and the pritouvr was committed for want of bail. AI AR 1.110 ROl l Cr It STREET. - - Hatton) Amain' aT Muttuta,—On three prostituteh of the lUNftal COIFS. 114114ti1l tionaele M. Angel, and Mary itaggirthy, wire biought up from St. Gila. wateldulute to this utter, ohufard Wore the !swing Nlaaiitrate. Mr, Nlauwarioe, with being conurn , • oil in iluowin a Mall 114111 t d Sawyers out of a two pair of hi.lict window, in Charica•atrvol. litury-tittle, ua Iblood 4 Y night. It appeared that Sawyers had flocompailled the prisoner Prihirk to a house of lll•fauw lu Charlvestrert, on Moo- day night, and ii4Vl) hsr Why). to purchase articles proern•ud, but the Owls briongius to brawyute wee kept tack. '1'144 incensed trou, lad he 310