The National Register. — London, England, 1819-01-25 00:00:00

.T.V4I. OLD BAILEY. MONDAY, J is. Pi. T. Watson, • led only IS years of age, was capitally in dicted for uttering as tree, knowing it to be tot god, a I. time with Wield to ilefrand the GOVeleur and Coati,a:, of the Bank of England. Art. Selyeatit Diamognet observed, that lie was happy in that evi ry thing nine:, eutild havipg it wlns panel to stale, be soggeiiteil for the prevention of forged not ••• nals laCttl , irl the course of operation. A Committee formeil of the roast se:entific men that (INS er al l y other country w.is v•apalik ut prolaaing,were prosecotiog their labours, both tlo•oreticail cud plactieally t and a Iteem,li it we. hot (Or Will lit antici pate tit what extent their success would be complete, yet thepuhi a. would shortly receive the littlest itiformat lois upon t h e s ohject, by the publication of their report , lie hoped the result w.iuld be favouraale, rind Ito doubt could be rate tertaiiird that as the Haute of Commons had now , assembled Futueatiog decisive end satisfactory would he carried tido execution, le prevent commission of this otlesieu The ;m -oaner, it appeared, is the lad who wag SO often ruinaleler by the Mayer, ender a hope that he would afford some ilformation likely to lead to the iletertion of those lay w hom he had been enyloyed. In this, however, into t ninety, his I.lrilth.ip *44 di.appoinard, a.i 1 it was c o n s id e red espediellt bt put Min on Ott Mimi, tit his trial for late. 'file Reasoner went into a Mr. l'elples, a grocer, stint ilrehil‘e.l 40.tatity of lea, in payment for wine,' lie gave a 11. lone, wtsirli eves Altera 4rils discovered to be a forgery. Sinn ri;tie iftervrri ds he tendered another, and gave set eral ll4titions names and and iuyutries having been made at all late places to wlticla he gave reference, an t none of them pouviig to be cut reel, lie thistly rata he hid found the not , a. Their facts were proved en cuiwitaiitially by the respective witni cm's. Mr.l..ees proved 11,41 the notes produced were forged. A Jitrymmi wt.hed to know it the motes were of the same J.ite. Mr. Lees %Ant they wore not. _ . A jues t naii w.w enkiola to knew how the dates were mu le, alien o.itii the iia,es came front the same plate. Mr. Lee. rei.i.e.l, that wits out of his province ; bet he should stepwise MA. a slip plate might be lint in with the date otter toe re.t of the MOM had been wade. Tee POreel.lll bete banded iu a *site without a signature, and mulled to know it Mr. Less bad Steil teeny or that de scription p au of the Jieuk. Mr. Lees said, be uuttoratood that I of that kind luul poise out bp accidein. The Farepitu disked if it was a 'enable one. Mr. Lees said. isa bad no dintlit of it ; .for he had seen -several of that kind winch hail pone eel by accident. Mr. Wailord. eissuoirel far tile iiri.oner, wished to know if Mr. Lees had, ill the course of his set vire in Ike Bank, seen utiles so well eleCtlield se to deceive .even the inspec tors. Mr. Lees Maid , undo.ibtrilly Ye had . Mr. l'eynold• asked ►lr. Lees in what state those notes cline in. Lees observed, that lie had not seen all that had come iu ; hat he had semi seam quite new, and sume qw.te worn, %Web escaped the ohm cation of ? the Inspectors. Mr. Itenulds asked if is had any idea of the number of such notes ? Mr. Lees replied, that he had seen an average account of the number of notes which lied beta received for three years by the Batik, end amongst them were 64 or 70 which toe Inspectois hail passed as genuine. Here the coulter ' salioa ended, and the prisoner bells: called on for his de -fence, said lie received the notes from Showell, who woe an evidence against Dent oat Saturday. Mr. Ja.tice Etulroyd slimmed up, and the July, after re tiling for nearly en hour , pi .)46041aCeti the 111115011Cr—Gailty I.o , ath, but recuninsended Inns to mercy an account of lie 4uJ believing aim to be the dlipe of toast de/Against The prisoner's real name is T. Dennison. Dorothy Nemo was indicted for uttering three 11. forged notes, wills intent to det:auil the Governor and Conspany of the Batik uf England. It appealed by the evidence, that, on the 114th of Dr feather, the prisoner went to the shop of Mr. Stith:rick, In .11ohnStreet,asaid purchased scone bread, Witter, and cheese, which cause to ;is. in payment of which she tendered a note. which turned out In lee forged. She gave her name and ad. (tress " Mrs.Jories, No. 1, Great tiallion Hill." She also stem to Mr. Krona, a piiiihe•ii in Gulden Lane. and changed *Lather forged note, and tease Ler name and address'• Mrs. Johnson, 72. Golden Lane,' and finally, she paNsed another to 4 grocer. en Lamb Street, Spitalhelds, and gave her rwrie " Mrs. Steno' t." The prisoner in tier tideuce raid , she was not the woman she was tai.eti tube. Ar...1,4ce Bauroggliquatoled ttp, and the Jury found the .priaduer—Goitiy—Death, aged 2d. D. O'Hal Ma] tusheted Cm hawing a forged note in his lto.n, l.novt inc, it ty Yew. fhe - pti,dt I had gone to a public house, iu I,)ritry Lane, and odt 15d luagetll.l. dote, iu yiyuwut ui &WOO 'Wnn' ; but be has gis eu al* red! none and atl.lt wt. fus diferice the prisoner admitted that he hail oXered the pate in palate:l, hut said .that Its .Azad got that Ella another from a DA4II, who said he hail .folind theta in the eireet, and i!ohutly having atlvertiard them, tie felt himself entitled to :wit non. The Jury 11011144 Win Net He W 45 •;,..Iglied 41,ien the capital charge, hut the conn ect far the 114:ili did not otter any evidence against bleu lie AIEO consequently acquitted. Wesley 141sti Nowt, the t o miscreants who were aen:enced to 12 month* inspri.tttnetit, at the litatitears Ses4ionii, for offeuce tit 4 deteatatile lielttlie, were placcti at the liar, and arraigned capitally for tie full perpetration of that liar reile crime. • Mr. iiielphus, as counsel for the prosecutitin.otated to the and Jai), hum its coat.cspaciat c of chat occurred some since at the Middlesex Sessions, the parish of Mery l:raining, triton' he had the hoover of representiug, had 4 onJidrlyd U 41,31:611.111 to prrt r r as bell 1 . 01 the caisilat utleuce against the iviu prisoners at Ore bar; siuce that, uouever, be hat' most c irefully priused :tit the evidtuce that could be .brought against the pi isoners, and flit Jesuit ut . 41141 unlaced hen toheheve that it otiulsl hr innotfirient to convict thesis e~piitrll:. Fig had thought, therefore, that it %mild lir better Spare the 'arse( Ike Court and July 114040. in of lisle g Ail a tirtitid, au uil,w4llaUd ft:4 , 01411C Its heatuillikilltlV. kit shooed, untie' these circumstances, decliht u.tvlll& ilasy .est deuce t.s; werdo:i of Not Guilty was immus.liately recoratii. Ito pturough abscrwrall, that ti 1144 Mil 11w dertiallit . lls o;nin3t tat prlSOUtla, Mid he agptcd with the NATI' L.:trued (7otnisel, that the capital charge- could tint he sus .iiieil ; hr hail therefore, in his *pinion, dune right in I'm • ,iearing to go into a detail so repugnant to every human reeling. The prisoners were taken from► the bar, and it wis with zreot difficulty th• n!fieers (-maid stippre.s the feelin;. ul indignation manifested towards these wietehes by au ex ninety crowded court. DECLARATION OF THE LONDON JURY. Jest before the London Jury left the Conrt, tlii. Foreman. •Ir. P. Jacob, addressed their Lordships.—Det'oie, lie said, the Jury quilted the has, they were tniainns tle.t a paper which he and hi. brother Jurymen hail signed. sit odd he read and handed tip to their Lordships, at it contained' nothing of an offensive description. The Learned Judge trowel assent, and Mr. Jarob read the following derlaration in an impressive manner:- - We, the Lmillon Jury. being on the eve of terminating nor most pa:nful diitie•, most re,i , (•citlilly wish to represent t roar Lordships, that the verdicts which we have given Ott the evidence wh•ch has been *Omitted to its, will, wlieu reported to his NI ijedy'sPrivy Connell, only hr considered a• the di•cision of fallible wen. That we are convinced that all sangnioary punishments have not only had a tendency to dratroy those principles of humanity which it is our duty to enltivate, but that, to their frequent ocettrrenee, they render the 'trait callous. One instance of which has !welt brought helm.e as, of a youth having picked a Kent renames pucker is bile the dreadful sentence of the law was carrying into (-fleet on Ares tenfortnhate persons. We disclaim all vision ary ideas and prim ipless.e. We live to improve, lir we live in yam.' With these feelings and sentiments. we most earnestly ropiest, that when nurse eases are reperted, you will urge ' this divine injanetion—s• I will have mercy and not seen. lire.' " Signed by the Foreman and his brother Joryinen." TUE4DAY. There were two capital com,ictions this day; one for stealing in a dwelling house to the amount of 40A. and np. a trds ; the other for burglary. The other cases sere nut of importance. WF.I)NESD:IY. William Carr, who. a few daysalo, was tried capitally for showing at William Billing-ley with introit to kill him, :mil who was found guilty of levelling tke.piece. wit , 110 W .114.1111 . put 10 tile bar. charged with 11Rvillg stolen a vat joy of car. penters' tools, from a workshop in the norsei y gi (muds of Messrs. Colville and Co. in the Robert Perrot was the first witness called. He proved that on Saturday, the Stli of the present mouth, hr lett a nag of carpenters' tools at Messrs Colville's s u rety grounds, in the %yolk shop. William 14111ine,slcv was next called, and stated, that he was appointed to guard losers. Calville's grounds, and fur that purpose slept in the rooms a:l t: mining Ca , work ;hop. On the iii irning of Monday, the 10;11, lie heard a :.oise in the vim k shop indween twu arid three o'clock. lie gat up .anti saw the prisoner In the shop. 'Witness immediately levelled blotooderbiiss loaded with slugs at hint. The pi leaner, how eveo , foci zeal Billinvsley by the throat with one hand, and pushed the muzzle of the piece aside with the other. A senate euseed, and the prisoner succeeded in getting pos session of blunderbuss. Ile then deliberately levelled the piece at witiievs, and pulled the trigger, but it ion too 'lately taikseil tire. The pi isoner then ran away, and was onr-ned by witness. On coming to sums' radings, lic thicw the piece over thorn. Alter another ole-Terate struggle the prisnner otr as ultimately secured. The blunder how; was found by a watchman nn Monday mot ning. Nlaybank, a watch-house keeper, scotched the pri soner, and found upon Ilion a crow tsar, which epouirgamina lion, exactly fitted the place where the workskup door was broken open. The Jury found the pi honer —Gatilty. The Common Sergeaut turd the prisoner that ho was much ton bad a character to remain in this"emently. The poisouer having been tried capitally on a former day far shouting with intent to kill. and a point having been re served for the opinion of the Judges, the judgment on tile present conviction will be of course postponed until the ile• eision of the Judges is known. -- Wiggins was convicted of •tealing '2 rOlir. of potatoes, the property of William While, Esq. of Essex farm, near Ed itiontuu. POLICJ . at I Ll 3 HA LL. Racheel Jackson, an unfortunate female, was examined for tattering a forged 11. nate in payment for a wedding ring, at the shop of Ms. Smith, jeweller, 27, Barbican, it here, on being asked her addles.. she gave a fictitious areonnt boil, as to plate•and name. In her defence, she stated her tin tar tunate sitna l uu, and said she had received it from a gentle man, whose stain" and address she was iguor.snt uf. As she wail nut known as a common utterer, and no other notes were found on her, she was diecharged. It is wet thy of r - murk, that this is the third instance at this other, within a few days, in which women of the prisoner's description has - entaile precisely the sam► defence, when under examiiimion for a similar crime. BOW-STREET. Tuesday morning, William Jetaiings was brought to the Office upon a most ettraordiurry charge— —Mary Coin.leo stated, that she lived in Stewart's-rents, t)rnry Lane, and get her living by attending in the PiaZZ4.iiiCavent tiara/en, to italoep, &c. Site had kuuwu the prisoner about a fortilight, a•itAin % co siesday last lie calied upon her at her resid:iice, and directly oiler Ise was .gesie. site 1:11s.e,1 x water-rock and a gnantity ofteadell pipe. Ln the caning site saw him when she charged him with havi lig stolen the c.iek and pip • , which he denied. On the ft.:lowing morning I. cabled upon bar at her sallow stand, w lien lie had with him a basket ; he lob: her he had got voine patent emote fur her, which would hoi without making any sun, II or smoke, and they would make a tine fire for tier when she got home; sue looked at iliem, and they did not appear like coals, lint pieces or lumps of Wa i , stuff. She took them ha u te set , li her.. in her pal bur serve het Sou 'nutmeg, 14 searsofage„ Many, her daughter, 1 l years of. age, and Mu r) Aim Coriutek, 4 child two )(..11 and a klai s 4i/id,. of whom he had the rue. Swim Miler her retina home, .he , put a .plect of the black stu' upon her fire to try how it would A aura; a was Culy ate pize of a small egg ; it iin•tantly cauzlit tire like g impii der, and evploded, and communicated to the tat 'lie black at titr,whickahe iwilunfettenttelY placed within room lialt4 yard at ; a usual dreatifiel•explevainu took place. which dieted .the room wait tire and smoke, sod she mad 411 the abildervesperieratralearakid4 fable .4apir* . . Her •taoghter Mary was taken to the workhouse for 4•4lllUket, where stir cautaisars iu a very danstrusts Oat% bat isatill alive. 'rile Infant WAS in .nrls .‘ Shock i sic mangled state, that it v , ,as tuL on to a loopitsl for a:mi.:toner, where Ise lan4himheil of th• muds %lie Inttl rrcrived lill Sato, dsy morning, winos •he - pit ed. The prisoner wa, eonunittiti furtriel.—Ost Wrtteesthrry dit totqui.ition w4A taken on the body of the del-ea...ea intim:. when IlleJury, after an 11101ej consultation, returned a verdict of Mansfoughtur. HATTON GARDEN. Ts: r. DROPPED CHll.V.—Alumlay night, Aen Symons, the !nought ol• on a Beneli Warrant ; a true but beell roil ad against her. at the Sessions in Clef kennels, Inc ex 'wain:: a male laastard child in the street, :$1 already dated. Slie tsar required to give 21 hours notice of hail, lit self in ..:001. and each of her sureties in 1001. each. Shn gave the names of Mr. Limb, a builder, and ►lr. White, as a.ielioneer, as her intruded hail ; but the Solicitor fur the pro•rcntinn objected too Mr. White. Mrs. Symons was thou conveyed to prison. UNION HALL. PARSON CRVISCH aND HDRSCROSOER LANZ O•OL.^AR elegantly 'ht.:OW:I female, attain 20 years of age, the daughter of ,1 respectable trAdesinan residing in Newington, wat !nought before the Ntseistrates from Horsemonger Lynn Gaul, charged by Thomas Lawrence, the hn iikey of the ison, with attempting ta Convey a quantity sit gill into this soid iiritou, for which the was subject to a tine of out lets than 101. It appears that every day numbers of persons go to the gaol ;n ifarsemonigt r Lane far the psrpese of lid:tog money and food to :to illf4lllollA tt!ifell nn,ucd C:111101, who was, it will lie ere ilk eleil convicted of an abominable astaolt shout 12 months afro; fuming the number are single and married who Comedy attended the chapel at which lila pi - C.101(d. The defendant, in this ease, wss tarrying a small handle into the prison, and wan slopped Lc Lsit ien.e, who found some food and a yoninity of gin in the handle Nino examining it ; the Wheel. asked her to when* she 111r4111 to convey the spiri!s, and she replied, that she intended it fur it.: itev. Mi. The Alagistrate addiessed the defendant, who is a very pi city 1,011/1.111, upun excessive fdly, if nut (tie said) quits of her conduct, in aetirg as she ildti dune ; he felt surprised that persons should he so infatuated, and have so little regal tit fur einitat iun„ in goiag to visit such A Clial'Atitt ; ka.4l the deteiiiLnit if she could pity the fine ; stte anid th:.t he, fat:ler would, if she WAS eo‘tvicted ; but she assured the ;Viagisti ate, that she had no knowledge that it WAs illegal to take Non its into the prison. igi.l • ate eciiivieted the defendant, and "te sent to lieu Wisel y who butnediately cats.* tu the, office, and p.tilLtao 1111111 V Sc ♦N !)A (ICS Ovscsice.--Ann C.lllartl, a widow, who has a nuinher et children, asl inaintaitied and cluthod by the parirti of tit. Thomas, in late Bt/10114:11, was brongttt h;•fure the Ma gi4trane, charged with idea:all ',awning the apparel of the sa,il children, itie p.oltoil ut the pot 'sit. Upon the case oeing investigated, it appeared that a ;peat number (daftly ides had been pledged by the prisoner at ilitlesent pasta. bi ukers. 'l'iie oveiseers said, that it was of 111111011411 CC 014 the prisoner should he seers ely pun shell, us All exainptis to the other paupers, to deter them iron coutnnttiug 4iilliiilT offences. Site Was committed. Account of Ow tinolotr of PC,Boners 'fried, anti the Of fence. they were convicted of, at the Old 13.1:te!, to ititt, Murder . 3 H Laglary House Breaking Highway Robliery Stealing in • Dwelling House Stealing privately in a Shop Stealing on cue River Thanes Horse Stealing Sheep Stealing Caul: Stealing Cutting dawn Trees ►teturniug Eton Trausportation Forgery Uttering Fumed Bank Notes Having possession of ditto without laidui excise Receiving Stolen Goods Manslaughter Embezzlement . Fraud Grand Larceny Misdemeanours Ut:ering ConnterfeltUnin Or 'Melt 'SHIRR WERE Between the age of ten awl fourteen . 38 lietwe2u the age of funrteen anti eighteen . IY3 Between the age t.: eighteen and twenty-one 391 . INS . ---1.30 • TaL.I under tw•euty—one years of age C 24 An Account of the ntutther of Prisoners in Custody, in I,:s 51,1je•ty's (i4ol of Nerep!C, in the liss,r lb W, and Low tLey have hew) disposed In Custody or the let January. IEIB 428 4..vnot.kted.lnnu ilea period to t 21.: .Lt Lczem'ocr, 1818 *2313 — 2 .14 i Of wlich hart Lei.n ekenated it, . . J heti . . - - . &emoted to the Hulka at Sheerness preparatory to ponsportation . . Ditto to Portsmouth Ditto to Gorport - 4' • I htto to Woolwich Removed to the Penitentiary. Milbank . Removed to the Hefoge for the Destitute Removed w kleihhau Hospital Retouted by Habeas Cutpus w County Gaols, for _ Tr'asl :-.1.. the A isizes . . . Remoi.ed to the House ofCermsetion fcx the City of London, for imprisonment for retain etriotls Removed to the House of Correctimi for the Count, a Middlesex. for the like ptirlifv.e .. Removed to ditto, having reoriverlll4 Majesty's Pk.? don, on condition of being inapri.oned merlin for eeroun periods Reattheal w the ship Mariv, at Depefotd, destir.ed to carry out Fetr-lle Cunvictst to New South Wales Discharged, havizg had his Ntajeatr's tree Patiix Diacliar t ml, bring acquittal at the Old S.aeiona Dtseitarged by Procla.i,ation; Indiaa.tent not baying been tuuttd against them Dischargat for want ut Prot:. it:lon Diaeharxrd. having undergone their Scittio3o of In. prisoixtent Diecitarud upua Bail. and other Causes 5 , 1 101 . Kt ZS *4 57 23 tee 10. ...a...It:AV() • iISII !Remained I,l2Custatly the Lit of Jacusry. tdH . W. H. H. B-11.0 Keeper. • Neatly lOJO of that-. were nitta..4.l pci air:_ L 731, 2.5 7 25 62 I.