The National Register. — London, England, 1823-04-06 00:00:00

7 1 ' p l . ;i; i . A SSIZ II INTELLIGENCA. ......... SURREY. KINGSTON, APRIL 2.—Joseph Hooper and Chat'.. Bourne, young men of respectable appearance, were in dicted for notarising Rotted Johtuon, on the King's highway, In the parish of St. ()lave, Southwark, anal taking front Ilk person a watch and *reit, and ss. in mo. -pry. There were sic other indictments against the Mlle o prittettere for (Metro offences rat the seine nature. Mr. Andrew. conducted the proseention, and Mr. Bruelriek the defence. It appeared in evidenee,•thet on Sunda .- ening, the 2bl of Match, the itroyeentor was walking with a vomit* *outaisiti a footpath between Re eeeeeeeeeee and Peckham, • when ihe was overtaken by three men. One of them seised him by the. collar, pet a pistol to his .head. and ilemanded,bie money. He begged they old t take r ow no -his watch. The man who held the r ' in sisted leaving it , and snatched it, whilyt the titer 111P11 held him by the cutler. They then took about los. Irmo Inv pocket. Trim assailants Ihrll rats utt. The man who had the pistol •looked round, and told him to return hack to Peckham whence ber came, and threatened to blow nut his brains. •In consequence of the information he give, the two pri • toners were apprehended about a week afterwards. The prosecutor would not swear to their identity, but ett premed his belief that they were two of the ',MOOS who hail robbed him. U; searching the lodgings of the. Oilmen r Ronnie; fire or six watches were found, rine of which mined out to be the property of the prosecutor. Vetter some coals, In the same prisoner's premiers, were foltrul Iwo loaded pbolt. When apprehended, the pri soner Ronnie regressed the fact that he was concerned in the robbeey, end aprrendered himself willingly. A good character was ;Men to both the prisoners by • /revered repaiablo persons. who bad 'womb them from their Watley. Mr. Baron Graham sammed np the evidence for the Juryt who Nem' the primuier Bonnie Guilty—Desth. Tier other prisoner was found Not Guilty. • The prisoners were again 111111i1C1Cd for a similar rob bevy, in stealiurfrom the person of Brett • Colts. a .Wisetol watch and 10a., atßerasundsey, ou the 21st of De r eensberJestt. "slue prosecutor stated, that he was a elerk In the Bank • of England, living in Albany-s.a.e. Camberwell; and on . the evening of the that of December last, he was walking a *female in ilermosidsry•roatl, wheel two men caret him, one a short and the other a tall man, and hion , by-the collar. The taller man demanded his and at the arse Matsui presented a pistol to his /. d. Net knowing the me..nin of tire word kituit, he f esilateil ; upon *Melt the same man said, " Be quick ; Iron knot: what we wa n t; one word. and I'll fire, by o—d." The prosecutor then took a few chillier oat of . lea pocket, awl gave them to the robbers. The tall who thee said, 44 firs he a tattler r"fhe shover man Weil • (ell hie fob,and , drew forth a metal watch, tied both Ikea ran off. if aokitsg at the lit honer. now, they bore every resemblance to the men who robbed hien on the night in 'gentian. He spoke more positively to the taller matt, who was the prisoner HOoper. He had seen the pri soners nine days after the rubbery. His belief now was, that the prisoners writ the persons who had robbed him; Indeed, he lead no doubt as to. Hooper. At Union-hall, he had only said that lie had every mason to believe that Hooper was one of the men. Evidence similar to that -given in the last ease was also adduced iu this. The . watch was never afterwards funnel. The Jury found both prisoners Not Guilty. The prisoners were again severally indicted for similar • voiiheli4" of Mr. Jekin Elvin, a student of Guy's Hospital, and a Mr. Hem y Hervey, but for waut of sufficient proof . oh ildelleitY , verdicts of Not Guilty were recorded. The prisoners then pleaded entity to an indictment for an assault, with intent to rob fir. Henry Marsh, at No therbithe. The prisoner Hooper waY-reutenced to seven Nears transportation; the other prisoner received sear .deice of death. I‘.IOGOTON, MARCH 4. Seven gentlemen of the Spieled Jury had answered. when the Chief Haroo.requested the list lobe read over &second lime, observing that he would fine ihose who were absentees without a reasonable excuse. Thin was accordingly done.and the following gentlemen not answer ing, were fined as follows: Sir J. D. Broughton. Bait. 501. ;'Thomas Langley, Esq. of Kingston, 501. ; Dewy Wright, Esq. of Ham, 501. ; J. A Kaight, Esq. of Wimbledon, 501.; John Garrett, Esq. of Kingston. 51:11. Mr. Marrysit stated, this was a presentment by Thomas Gaitakell, Esq a magistrate, against the inhabitant' of the pa rish of. Streatham, in this county, for segleoting to repair cur t tin roads leading from the Reis mile stone on the Clapham 'Common, through a lane called Dragmire•lane. to Streatham Church. The road in question had been may times presented at the Sessions by the High Constable, and at one time the pa rish surveyor had commenced the repairs, though of a very alight nature. Since that time the road had been suffered to remain in its unrepaired state, to the peat inoonvenieoos of the poblio. Several witnesses were called, whose evidonoe smarmed the Learned Counsel's statement. Some few of - the witnesses ex pressed themselves of opinion *Logjams in quo 'amid not be considered as • road in the strict sense of the word, and de scribed it as • spot having a number of tracts made by vehicles ocoasionally passing over the common to avoid a oiroultous route. No evidence was offered the defendants. The Lord Chief Baron read to the Jury the substance of the testimony adduced in'support of the prosecution, and left it to . them to say if the term " public highway" could be applied to the road in question. The Jury retired for a few minutes, and returned, finding a verdict for the defending. • TARRY V. THOMAS. This was an 'action hooded Mrs. Terry, a widow lady, residing in Clapham, 'mania W.•‘. Thomas, a common car rier, to recover ti.e sum of S4l. being the value of certain goods, her property. intrusted to Ida care, moodiest by his negligence. The recto on which the plaintirs case turned appeared to be obese : —On the 17th of September haat, Mrs. Terry. Leine on :the {mint of setting oat fur Brighton, sent four bears from 'Clapham, by Millis errand. cart, to the waggon-office of M ...Swain and Co., Half-Mnon Inn, Sarthwark, to be conveyed vie Brighton, by the defendant's waggoe of that day, so as to mob *heir destination on the aubemptent Friday. The direo duo NI use bores was Mrs. Terry, No. 70, Marine Parade, dlabo-dollyred on Friday afternoon, at Brighton." The book 110.111reaiiesara. red Co's positively declared that the -realet . aimold be forwarded, as de.ired. by the wawa of that lap tarred out , h9sv..s er, :!.it y were not tot narded it} , TUE NATIONAL REGISTEn the Tuesday's hat by the Friday's weaves, and that three of them never reached the plaintiff, in consesmenee of a robbery that was committed' upon it, on the Saturday night at Epsom, under circumstances of great aegligeuee on the pert of the de fendant. The Lord Chief Baron was preparing to sum np the evideace, when the Jury told him that it was tmeoessary, as their minds. we:e made up on one paint—namely, that the plaintiff was en-i titled to a verdict. After a few minutes deliberation, they estimated the damages widish the hid sustained at 841. and re turned a verdict to that effect. LEICESTER ASSIZES. Immo King, a boy tkirlstea years of age, was charged with barglariously entering the dwallarphonse of Smith Knight, and stealing a timeisinee, value twenty shillings, from the mantlesbelf. The case was fatly proved, mad the primmer, t►oagh young. was an old oUeude►,' Laving been already twine tried for ofrenoesote similar natore. lle now beard the awful sentence of the law pronuunoed upon Lim without exhibiting the least emotion. John Bennett was charged with burglarionsly entering the house of John Sumner, and baring stoles therefrons a folio Bible, 'nine 11. Mrs. Sumner stated, that on the evening when the book was stolen she left it arm-her table; her husband .was up maim 1 when she relorned she mimed it she woe in the.heibit armed ing it every morning and evening, awl when prodiroed she re cognized it at once. John Tibbett, a bookseller, stated, that the prisoner came with the Bit4e to hiss, and prorsed to sell it. He asked 11. for it, bet as it was not a saleable article, be would not glee so much for it.; he-finally bought it for 18s. Gt. It was claimed by the prosecutor. The defondaat stated to the bookseller that he had the Bible from his mother, wbo lately died. The case was fully peered. Guilty—death. John lagold was (Merged with sacrilegiously welling fees the vestry of the perish church a surplice, the property elf the chnrchwardens. Red a hood, the property of the Rey. Edward Vaughan, the vicar of the parish. Richard Dawes, clerk of the pariah, saw these articles en the morning of the dth of March, and the day after they were missed. Mrs. Dawes, the wife of the last witness, identilled the ear plioe, it being of her own make. The case was fully proved, and tha prisoner was found guilty—death. John Arnold waseherged with stealing Gee shirt, four stock ings, sod one pair of half-boots, the valise of las. the properly of Edward Sisseton. The oath being folly proved, the Jety.foend the prisoner guilty, RE. tie'mimes and William Lewis were ',dieted foe steal lug two sheep, the property of Thollltikßatt. The prosecutor auldJ,d lived in the parish of Margit. yeasty. He was • tinrpeen, anti had • farm which -he occupied there. He had • very large Leicester ram •ad smother sheep upon the farm. On Wednesday, thel3th of Frbrnitry, he missed 1160 M. He found a sheep. with • halter round its neck ►ie field, the same day he missed the others. Thomas James, the shepherd of the prosecutor, went into the field with the prosecutor. He missed the two sheep in question. The day before he had seen the full number. A broken halter was round a sheep's neck. Thomas Leonard, an accomplice, examined.—l was an apprentice to prisoner Lewis; my master and John Jones came home to Ballyglass or Teesday night, from Aberga. stony. My master, ...hobo Junes, and John Lewis. went into the prosecutor's field. My master and John Lewis stood in the road. I and John Jones went into the field, and might it ram. We lifted him over the gate. We took the cord from him that we had put round Isis neck, titmouse he was fat, and coed.' not run sway. My master anal Lewis went up and took off the little turnpike gate from its hinges. ' , Jones and I went and put him into the cellar, and went back for souther. We caught another, but the cord hroke, and it ran away. It was a piece of halter. We caught a third, put a cord !jaw(' it, :Ind led it' home. John Lewis and my master W;pt oit 1 before. My master went to bed, because he was AA!. We put the sheep into the cellar. John Lewis and I held a sheep ; John Jones killed him. Jones and I threat the skin and entrails Wash. river Usk. When we returned we found one of the sheep ent up. John Jones cut up the other. The next morning I went with the fat to Mr. Isaac Prosser's, tallow chandler, of A bergavenny. The fat sold fur 4s. 4#41.. I went to buy n peck of salt, and some tea and sugar, whirl) I bronght home. We salted the whole of thereinto'', and ate som e of it—John Jones heal some two or three time'. He thought of keeping It until he went to America. John Lewis, a little boy, another accomplice, bald he was nephew and apprentice of the prisoner Lewis; he went to Mr. Batt's field the night in question. He con firmed the testimony of the last witness respecting killing the sheep, and throwing away the skin. Janne. Poole, the apprentice of Mr. Prosser. the tallow chandler, said,•that he bought some fat of the witness Leonard shows six weeks ago. John Jones had mottling to offer in his defence. William Lewis said lie knew nothing aheut the trans action. haven witnesses gave Lewis an excellent character, two et whom were the Jury Who tried Um prisoners.. The learned Judge rammed op, and the Jury found a verdict of Guilty. The prosecutor recontmended them to mercy. His Lordship said, he certainty should recommend them to his Majesty's mercy ; hot it was emery bad case, and he should take care that they did not steal sheep again in hloninouthsliire. Theirllves were spared iu consequence of good character. The prisoners were decently dressed, end conducted themselves very well during the trial. LANCASTER. Owing to the pressure ul business al York. both Judges . were detained there until a late hour on Saturday. and . of course could not reach Lancaster in lime to open the commission on that day. Nir. Justice Bayley arrived about noon on Sunday. but it was nearly midoight when Mr. J itatice Balmy(' arrived. Mr J usticoßayley on.ened the comn li ss ion on Monday awn ings. and the (sr.tottl Jury were immediately sworn in. Sir Thomas Dal. rymple Heaketh, Bart. of Radford. was the foreman.— The charge contained nothing The Fn oirt•ioners iric(l W mport m. WanA.ce. of i .inhn Hughes, who were indicted for rubbing Wm. Green on the highway, in Manchester. The case was one of common street rubbery, and did not possess the slightest interest. John Allen. aged T 2, was indicted for assauttin g Richard Lees, on the highway, and taking from him a pocket-book, containing six shillings in silver. This was another ease of street robbery at Manchester, but of a much more ageratated description. The prosecutor stated, that on the 98th of February last, about twelve o'clock at night. tie was passing along Angel-street in Manchester, when he was accosted by two men, who lode I • port night, and almost Mime. diately aftvrwards a 111311, who he had no doubt was the prisoner, cline behind him, and put his hands upon his mouth ; another man came Isidore him and seizad both his hands. One of them said, " seize 1 • he has A dummy" (which witness understood to mean a pocket book). They dragged him into Mount-street, a dista n ce of 100 yards; he there got his mouth at liberty, and called out for assistance. The two man threw hint down and pushed his face into the mod, to stifle his cries. • Proseentor, as he lay upon the ground, seised hold of the , prisoper's kg, and held him tau ; the other man ran away. The prisoner struggled violently to dis. engage his leg. andfieding that he .could not succeed, drew out a knife, and cut the prosecutor's hand very se verely ; the prosecutor, however, kept his hold until a watchman tame tip, who took the ;owner intacustridy. Witness on searching bus pockets, found that the pro : perty mentioned in the indictment was gone; be very much hurt and bruised. and his hand was not yit Well, though he had been an out-patient in the infirmary ever sines the commission of the robbery. Joseph flak, a watchman. was in his hoe, in *IMO street, nn the night in question, when he heard the pro secutor cry out, and immediately went to his assistancoi; on coming up he found him lying on the ground, -amid holding the prisoner by the leg. Witness took the latter into custody; he was searched, and in his pocket was found a knife, the blade of which was covered with blood. Prosecutor said " That's the man who robbed me." Prisoner heard this, but did not say any thing in reply. On his way-to the New Bailey prone, he asked whether this job would be a ewe or a fa:risme? t None of the stolen property was found upon him. The prisoner in his defence said, that he was going down Mountistreet with two-girls, when he heard a noise. He went am to the place, when the prosecutor caught hold of his leg, and charged him with the rob bery. He had not brought those gills as witticism, haring been told that their evidence would not be es. ceived. The Jury immediately found hint guilty— Death. 111.•••••••••• BOW STREET. On Tuesday Madame Simeon, an elderly Frenchwomen, set the mother of Mrs. Chatterley,Ake clever amnia actress, was brought before Themes Halls, Esq. charged by Mau. laiwabeth Christmas. shady of matronly appearance, on the verge *USG. with committing an assault and battery upon ber, by cutting her lip severely, and loosening several or her teeth, with large candlestick. The statement of Mrs. Christmas, who was very strongly agitated while giving her testimony, was to this effect :—She was formerly the wife of Captain Wsigbt, R. N. who at hie decease, some years ago, left her a fortune of something snot* then 0,0001. It happened that Capt. Wright kept oath at the banking house of Messrs. Hoare and Co. in Fleet-street, whose Mr. Christmas, her present husband, was and is now a clerk, She saw him there ; he was assiduously attentive ; she viewed him with an eye of favour, and after • courtship of moderato length they were married. Their connubial happiness was, however, but of short duration. Mr. C. became cool and in'. attentive ; this led to repeated qoarrela; -finedir, matters were so bad. • separation was agreed upon ; Mr. C. consenting to 'allow her 1201. per annum so long as she 'should live.— Barly is the evening of Monday sennight. she was going with a young gentleman to the house of a friend, and • when near Craven-street, Strand, she was slopped by a person, who told her, that if she was qu:ok, she would see Mrs. Chatterlej, (uf whom she was manifestly jealous) and her Wieland talking to. gether at the top of Craven street. She ran on, mid saw Mrs. Chatterley going hastily down the street, but did not sae her husband. She followed her and demanded to knew where her husband was, brit received no other notice than a contemp , toous sneer. Mrs. Chatterley stopped at the house where she .and her mother (the defendant) reside, and when she entered the pauage Mrs. Christmas renewed, repeating her enquiry for her husband. ,Al that moment Madame Simeon rushed forth from a parlour, aud with a heavy candlestick struck her ON she mouth. ller lip was out through, her gums dreadfully lacerated, and her teeth loosened. Madame Simeon, in answer to this statement, declared that Christmas was guilty pf the first assault, as well as • trespass. She (Madame Simeon) hearing &noise, went into the passage with a candle, and there saw Mrs. Christmas grrupiag bar daughter fast by the throat. Mr. Halls said, that his duty was very plain And Whether or not there was any real foundation for the jealousy of Mrs. Wristlet's, he would not enquire. An assault had been sworn to. and Madame Simeon meat bad bail.—Bail was given immediately, [We feel it deedlo the highly rtspeetable stouter from whence we have received the most authentic assurance of the het, to state, that the inference which might he damn tog a biag hi m Chatteriny's conduct, has not the slightest foundation in truth—. and farther, that the annuity des to MOLChristaisa has alway• been regularly paid.—Ee.) W ORS H 1 P.STREET. Jisaapany Gs IfoLvmEt.t. MOUNT Nostra Gossotam.—;Tive inhabitants of Holywell Liberty, is the perish of St. Intenterd. Shoreditch, wore on Thursday lest thrown into ectestereatioo at a discovery of an extensive tad long-coothsoed robbery-001w grapes of Holywell filunnt burial growl. The discovery arose from means nut less extraordinary than the rower of eattfaisiGAs distress, and fiery, wislah ensued among the popelece. According to what transpired, a ootorinua resurrection Plus named Vaughan, had long carried on a traffic, Arose, mother person, with the grave digger of that burial ground, uml bad paid 30s. for every dead body ;And while the trio were aelleleti with their separate remuneration (or invading the silent toinv aloes of the dead, they were tied together with a cord of totes rest; but the season of the year creating a greater demand, Wcilnesrlar ni-ht if is said. raised the AO we 1 -•:,:_~.