The National Register. — London, England, 1822-09-22 00:00:00

30t OLD BAILEY SESSIONS. "ASP' MONDAY, SEPT. 16.—JamesNeedham, a man of very respectable appearance, was placed at the tsar, charged, 4spon the coroner's inquisition, with feloniously killing aitel slaving John Lloyd. on the 12th of August last, in the New-road, near the Regent's Park. John Alexander Fisher, gate-keeper of Marylebone Lodge, stated, that on the 12th of August last he was sitting on the rail of the Regent's Park, and saw a lady and gentleman crossing the road opposite the Park Cres cent. They had advanced about a yard in the road, when he ohserved the gig proceeding at a very rapid pace, strike the lady and the deceased, and knock them twxh down. Tne wheel passe(' over the gentleman's body, and the chine proceeded with great rapidity down the 03 , 1. The prisoner, who was i iving, w;.5 thrown out. Tile deceased was taken into the lodge, and surgical as sistance immediately sent for, bin the deceased requested that he might be sent in the Hospital. Ile was then conveyed to Middlesex Hospital oo a shutter. Witness did not observe the driser strike the horse, or use any swans whatever to nice him mt. Francis Steed, a silversmith, saw the horse going at full gallop. He went at that rate from the itiropiks-gate at Warren-street till the time the accident occurred. He saw thedriver thrown out at the Instant the wheel passed over the body of the deceased. Prisoner appeared in toxicated. Witness asked his name and address. lie .341 his came was Needham, and he resided in the Ho- tech. 1 homes Woodhouse, surgeon, of NI idillesex Hospital, tuned, that the deceased was brought into the house on the evening of the 12. h of August. Five of his ribs were fractured; he lived about an hour ; witness opened the body- and found a considerable quantity of eel ravasated blood in the thorax and abdomen. lie billeted the ac *Mem to have occasioned his death. The prisoner, when called on fur his defence, handed in a written paper, stating his most heartfelt regret for the unfortunate accident which had taken place; he said he had been in the City, on business, the whole of the day, and hid called upon his daughter on his way home. After he had left her, and when near the end of Totten hem-coma-road, the belly-band broke, the horse became restive, Dud sat off at full speed. lie used his utmost exertion to pull up, but without effect. The horse pro acetic(' rapidly along the New-road. He called out as loudly as he could to the deceased to get out of the way. The chaise was then going in a zig-zag direction. 'Foe unfortunate deceased was knocked down, the shock threw him nut of the chaise noon his head, and dislo cated two of his ffiteera. lie was taken up insensible (min the effects of the fall, which DO doubt induced the witnesses to suppose that he was intoxicated. lle coil eluded by solemnly assuring the &int that he was per fectly sober at the time the linientable accident took place, and threw himself on their merciful consideration. Witnesses were called, woo proved the belly-band of the horse to have been broken„and that the prisoner was 1101 intoxicated at the tinte of the accident. Among others, of most respectable appearance, was the Rev. Dr. Draper, of Islasenm, who had known bun upwards of 30 years, and who cave him a most excellent character for humaniiy, steady conduct, and great benevolence of disposition. The prisoner frequently shed tears, And the Jury, with out a moment's hesitation, returned a verdict of Nut Guilty, to the satisfaction of an exceedingly crowded Court. D. Barnard, alias Barnes, a yowh of seventeen, was capi ally indicted for burglary in the dwelling house of Alexander Reed, in the parish of St. George, Hanover. aquae. and stealing a tea caddy, four tea spoons, two tabie spoons, a pair of silver spectacles, and other articles his property. On the night of the 13th of August, the family of Mr. Reed, of Flask-street, Punliete went to bed, leav• ing the house fastened. When they arose in the morn ing, it was found that some persons had entered the house by coning out a piece from the kitchen shutter with a et ntte-bit, and thus unfestrning the window.— The oroperty mentioned in the indictment was missing. —On the 18th of August, in the evening, the prisoner and another lad, named Pearson, were apprehended in Henrietta-street, Covent-garden. by Morris, Lack, and other Bow-street officers, with a centre.bit, a great num ber of skeleton and picklock keys, a dark lantern, &c. found upon them. The burglary at Mr. B.'s having been communicated to the officers, they tried the centre-bit found upon the prisoner with the holes in the attunes, and it was found to fit them exactly. They ascertained where the prisoner lodged, and at his lodgings they found, among a great deal of miscellaneous property, a tea caddy, which was the same stolen from Mr. Reed's house. The Jnry found the prisoner guilty of steeling, but acquitted hint of the burglary. John Levy was capitally indicted for assaulting Samuel Jones, on the highway, in the parish of Isleworth, and stealing front his person a watch, value 61. and 14s. in a;lver. Samuel Jones. a miller, deposed, that on the night of the Ist of July he was at a dance at a public house in Isleworth, and danced with Sarah Spruce there. It was fair night, and he continued dancing until two or three o'clock, at which time he went out with Sandi Spruce, and walked up the town, and they turned up a lane.— there he heard footsteps, and presently saw three men coming at a smart run. When they came tip to him one of them pitched his head againat witness's sto mach, and knocked him back against a brick wall.— Two of them then seized his arms and held them down, while the third orawed" him of his WJtch and mo ney. Having done this, they made tiff. Toe prisoner was the snail nisi " &awed' his watch. Ile had seen the 1.65011er IWO or three tine's the course of the night. W itness was Tine sober; he had drank about four pints of ale, and not any spirits, in several hours. Sarah Spruce lives at Hountlow, and was at Isle wersh fair. Shc corngaurated the testimony of the pr./. THE NATIONAL REGISTER secutor, and swore firmly that the prisoner was the man w ho robbed him. The prosecutor was perfectly solar. Webb, a constable of 'Twickenham, deposed, that he apprehended the prisoner on the 4th July on Twicken ham Common, where he lived. The constables of Isle worth mentioned his name, and described his person, beline he was taken. Witness had understood that the prisoner had been to his house to offer to surrender 1 ' - self, previously to his being taken. Two witnesses were called to speak to the prisoner's character. . Mr. Jii,tice Richardson summed up the evidence, and the Jury found the prisoner guilty-- h—atted la. J. H •rgrave was indicted for taking front the person of Junes Holloway, a chain and seals, of the value of 30s. on the King's highway. It appeared by the et idence, that these articles of pro perty were taken from the prosecutor's person by the prisoner : hut it appeared both on the prosecutor's tes timony, and on that of witnesses, that the act was per formed without violence. The Judge (.Ir. Justice Best) noticed this circum stance in the jury, as (me particularly essential, inas much as it eitangtil the character of the offence from highway robbery to stealing front the person. the jury returned a verdict of guilty of stealing from the person to the value of less than 40s. The Grand Jury, basing gone through the whole of the business assigned to them, about five o'clock were discharged. Henry Browne was indicted for stealing from the rocket of Mr. T. C. Angel, a pocket.book, value Is. 6d. The prosecutor, it seemed, lost the article iu question at Bartholomew fair. He was not, however, consciont of having lost it till informed by an officer, on the day alluded to, that a person had been taken into custody for another offence committed at the same fair On search ing this individual (die prisoner), a pocket-book was found, containing letters for the prosecutor, addressed to hint by name. The Jury returned a verdict of—Guilty. WEDNESDAY, Strr. 18.—Mary Anne Louisa Butler, a female of extremely interesting appearance, aged 23, was c. pualty indicted for stealing, in the dwelling-house of It. Conerell, in Surrey -street, a penknife and seven 51. Bank of England notes, the property of %V. Drew, Mr. Adolphus stated the case to the Jitry. Mrs. Eliza Cotterell resides in Surrey -street, Strand, and receives boarders and lodgers into her house. In August last the prisoner applied to conic and lodge and hoard in her house. She represented herself to be mar tied ; she said she was married in France ; that her hus band was there, and that she was soon to return to him. She was received as a lodger on Friday the 2d of August, at which time Captain Drew, a commander of a West Indianian, was lodging there also. There was a com mon room where the lodgers assembled. On a table in the dining room there was a writing desk belonging to the captain. On the lOth of Aupist last, Capt. ll:ew was out, and at the time of retiring to rest witness and the misoner quitted the dining r together to go to bed. The prisotier's sleeping room joined thz.t of the witness, and W3S lour pair of stairs (row* the dining room. Witness din not go to bed immediately, as she had a child ill, and about half an hour -afterwards, open ing her door, she saw the prisoner on the .:tairs, coming Sue appeared very much agitated, but nothing particular passed. Ou Sunday witness went into the dieing-room about one o'clock. The prisoner had pre viously gone nut. Capt. Drew'; desk stood m the usual place, and witness took it up, for the purpose of putting it on a cloth to press it, when she discovered that it was unlocked. She upon this discovery put the desk into a closet and locked it up. Capt. Drew returned on Sunday, hut witness was it, bed, Mid did not see him, and site dirt omit return the desk to him until Monday morning. She gave him the desk, and in consequence of a disco very which took place, a Bow-street officer was Rent for, and the house was searched. The prisoner's room was searched, and in one ol the ornaments (the rosette) of the furniture, two five pound notes were found conceal ed. Other things were found in her drawers which the officer would describe. Captains Wil:iant -Drew proved that, in July, he re ceived MI. part of which consisted of sixteen 51. notes for a draft on Prescott and Co. He had some of those notes in his possession on Saturday the loth of August. He was going nut on that day, and said, in the pre.:•:nce of the prisoner, in the dining-room, he had too much money in his pocket to take out, and he deposited seven five pound notes, and locked the desk. At the time lie put the notes in the desk, a Mr. Driscoll and Miss Cot ierell were in the room, as well as the prisoner. Ott Monday morning Mrs. Conerell delivered the desk to witness unlocked; oti opening it he missed the notes. — Ile desireu all the servants might he called up, and de tained in the parlour while ne went for a Bow-street ofic 2r. All the sert anis and Miss Cutterell were then searched, but no:lnn:4 was Mend. Mary Anne Ashcroft, a servant at Mrs. Cotterell's, de posed, that on the Saturday night in qiiestiott, the pri soner sat tip half an hour after Mrs. Cmteiell went tip staits she rang her bell, and witness answered it. The primmer then said she had lost her pocket-book. On Sunday the prisoner again told her she must look for her pocket-book, for she had not a farthing of money except W11:11 was in it. She said she hail round the key of the drawers on the carpet soot) after. She went out, and did not return until about ten at night. dAdleSEllis, the officer, produced the desk, and proved that force had been applied to it ; but he could not say whether it was opened with a false key or any other in strument. Alter searching the rest of the Mandy, lie went to the prisonet's room, and told her what had oc curred, and that he 1111 l st search her. in the top drawer of a chest of drawers he timid roar sealed parcels, one of which contained twenty sovereigns, one twenty shillings, the third ten shillings, and the fourth tett six pences. There were also in the drawer two loose sove reigns and tour shillings. Be was requested by Mrs. enttervll to search the tact! furniture ; lie heard it rustle. Mrs. Cotterell said " what is that which rattles ?" and put ina baud outside. Witness put in his h. ad and took out the two M. notes prothreed. He asked prisoner if she knew how the notes'e one there, and' she said she knew nothing about them. The other m o ney she said she had had by her for three re ccks or a month. Oil the tith of August another 51, n ot e . came into the hands of the witness, aud he in (nose n et .tee went Ids prison, accompanied by Mr rice • a medical gentleman, at Kensington. Cross exantined.—When witnes s went to the pri soner's room she was in bed, and she W 35 " 01 apprised why he came. Mrs. Comi c !l k noc k s at the door, and after some time w a s ad m i t t e d, an d sou '" alter witness also went in. Witness did not search il, e bed furnitur e the first time; some one else did, hut he ~ could not say who it was. When before the Magistrate, she said she sealed up the money to take with her to Frai Mr. Newport, (leek to the house of Presser tit and Co. proved the numbers of the notes paid to Mr. Drew bar his draft of 1801. The two 51. produced we% 0 tnn of those so paid. The third note producer: by 1 Its, was another of ike notes paid to Mr Drew. Mr. George Price. of Kensington, a surgeon anti drti;- gist, depcseil, that on Sunday, 11th of August, hr t rdd a bottle of lavender water to a woman, whom he befit red to he the prisoner. The price was 2s. 6.1. and she g are I II 51. note to pay for it. He asked her address, aml she said," No. 8, St. James's-place, St. James's•street," —Whets asked her name, she said she would name the lady from whom she received the note, and gave " Mrs. Gray, at an academy at Brook Green." Witness saw her afterwards in Tothill-fields. This closed the case for the Crown. The prisoner was then called upon by Mr. Justice Richardson to make any observations which she might be desirous of offering to the Jury in her defence. She requested leave to sit while she addressed the Jury, and commenced vadin e t from a paper which she held in her hand. She appealed to the Jury in pause before (upon the evidence which had been adduced, however strong it might appear to be) they made up their mitols to convict her unite felony with which she stood charged. —Was it likely that site would have staid in the home after commuting the robbery, when she had an ample opportunity of going away t Was it not absurd to sup pose that she would not have got rid of the notes if she had stolen them? The sovereigns, (as she would prove by evidence) were sent to her by a gentleman who had been kind to het for some time past, but whose name she site must he pardoned for withholding. Mr. Alley then called Joseph Singlesnu, a porter, who swore, that about three weeks before the prisoner was taken into custody, he took a letter containing money from a gentleman at Hi.od le's Club-house to the prisoner. Mary Ashcroft re.calle I—She made the prisoner's bed, and the door of the room was never fastened. She did search, as the prisoner desired her, Ism her pocket book, but site <Ed not find it. She did not search the rosettes nor the biAl Ihroiture. Mr. Justice R.chardson summed up the evidence, and directed the July to acquit the prisoner of the capital part of the charge of stealing in a dwelling-house, as it had been proved 1113 t the name of Mr. Coiterell was strongly described in the intlionient• Ile was there called Robert Cotterell only, whereas his woe hrd declared his name ti, lie Robert Donner Coiterell. The Jury found the prisoner guilty ul alealing. but not in a d well i ng- homer. The mai hived six hours, during which the Court was crowded to excess, and the must intense interest was ma iniested. _ . . Reading, aged 26, was indicted for burgla rionsly breaking and enteriug the dwelling-house of R. Westwood, in the parish of St. Anne, Sohn, on the 28th of July last, and stealing thereout watches, chains, seals, ire. to the amount of upwards of 1,0001. Benjamin Solommis was indicted as an accessory, he having received the stolen articles, well knowing them to be stolen. 11r. R. Westwood stated, that he resided in Prince's street, Soho, where he carried on business as a jeweller. On the day in question he went out and double locked his door. On his return it was single locked, and the bac down; and when he went in, he found that the place had been quite ransacked in his absence ; gOo watches, a great number of gold pills, seals, ear-rings, Over ihnn la es, spoons,a quantity of coral neck lac,•s, six sovereigns, note. and 3.. iii silver, were taken away. The sov,:reigos were marked, two of which he could swear to. Cross-examined by Mr. Alley.—Hari Defer seen any of the watches or seals since. Reading was searched in prison, after being taken to .Nlarlborough-street. A watch was found on him. Wit ness did not claim it, but it was returned. Witness could swear to the two sovereigns. Left DO person in the house when he s.ent oet. Re-examined.—five sovereigns were found on Reading in the House of Correction. Several witnesses spoke to the identity of Reading, and to having seen him on the day in question near the pro secutor's house. The watchman who secured Reading found on his person a waicAseals, six sovereigns, and two shillings. fhe clerk at me House of Cotrecuon proved a paper, discovered about the person of Reading, directed to los brother, and requesting that certain articles there named might be pill out of the way. The prosecutor suttee to the two sovereigns. Three witnesses, Cope, Alexander, and Green, proved that Alexander obtained many gold pins from Solomonc, which he sold to Green, in whose shop they were found. Alexander, in his cross examinattoo, persisted in swearing that he did not know what price he gave Solo moos for the pins. Air. Justice Best said, that the only evidence affecting Solommts (namely, that of Alexander 411 d its Wind)), was not sufficient to convict hint. With respect to the other prisoner, he feared this would not be the case. Tue Jury acquitted Soloutons, but found Rt udin g Guilty—Death. H KSDAY, SEPT. King, a Mail of very re spectable app.:arance, was intheted for stealing a silver spoon, value los. the property of James Taylor, ksq.