The National Register. — London, England, 1820-04-10 00:00:00

116 2106 qt 9ntelltstna. :WESTMI"TER SESSIONS. sEntatos. 'OnTritlay, Edward Foster, a helper or porter at the 'White Horse. Piccadilly, \V.I, put to the bar, charged tuath a IlliSdetne.lllollr, iu having uttered cerutin seditious %%souls, of and concerning hta Royal Highness the Duke 1.1 York, and in another main, of and concerning the lime himself The seditious expressions were proved by a soldier, to svltona they were uttered, and the Jury found the deism itlant The Chitral:ln told him it WiS nut a light offence, and olwerved, that it was proper such persons should be taught to restrain their tongues. The sentence of the Cum: was six mnths' imprisonment in the House of Correction. He was also ordered to enter into sureties •iatthe sum of WI. for his good behaviour for two years. ENTERING A SHOP WITH FELONIOUS INTENT. Nines, alias John Moody, stood indicted for a mis demeanour, in entering the shop of Samuel Bradbury, with intent to steal. Patrick Connor, the servant of Mr. Bradbury, stated, that his master was a woollen draper near the Pantheon, in Oxford-street. Ou Thursday last the prisoner tame into the shop at a quarter before eight in the morning. Ile had been seen loitering about the house some days previous, and Mr. Bradbury had lost 36 yards of black kerseymere. The prisoner tuck hold of a waistcoat-piece 'hanging in the window, when the witness seized him. Be then said, " You can do no good with me, 1 have not the property." Ann, the wife of the last witness, corroborated her htss'iand's testimony. The prisoner called no witnesses, but complained that the prosecutor rushed upon hits with a pistol at the mo ment be entered the shop. The Jury found him Goilty, and he was sentenced to biz moliths' imprisonment in the House oi*Correction. TICKPOCKLTS. Jones and Boston, two boys, were tried for a misde meanour, in laying hold of a pocket -handkerchief, the troperty of Thomas Dean, with intent to steal. Toe prosecutor, who is a•clerk to Hord and Johnson, solicitors, in the Temple, was walking near Charing cross, on the '23(1 of January, when Mr. Lee, the High C ons table of Westminster, satv the defendants and another boy standing close to his shop with their arms locked together When the prosecutor passed, they fol lowed him, and attempted to draw out his handkerchief. The Jury found the defendants Guilty. Mr. Lee then informed the Chairman, that Jones was .an old offender. He had been tbeaipprentice of the foreman of the Grand Jury, and it appeared had long practised picking pockets to shew his dexterity. A music printer gave Boston a good character, and .offered to take hint into his employ if the Court would allow him. The Chairman, adt}ressing Jones, said, if the offence had been complete, the Court would have sent hint out of the country for seven years. As it was, he was sen tenced to be imprisoned Six months in the House of Correction. Boston was sentenced to seven days im prisonment. Thomas Williams, John Clonder, and J. Watkins, were found godly 01 breaking a pane of glass in the shop window of Mr. Leighton, pawnbroker, in War dour Street, Soho, with intent to steal. The prisoners, who belonged to a gang of depredators, had greatly annoyed shopkeepers in the above neighbourhood. Tile!' were sentenced to be imprisoned six months in the House of Correction. Michael Carney, William Riley, and a miserable little cripple, named John James (all boys) were tried for stealing a silk handkerchief from the pocket of Mr. Simeon .Hurst, in Spring Gardens, on the 10th of Fe bruary. Tile defendants were detected by the vigilance of Mr. Zee, the High Constable, who observed them following Mr. Hurst into the Park • The Jury found all the prisoners guilty. Carney and Riley were old offenders, and the Court therefore sentenced them to be transported lor seven years. James was sentenced to six mouths 11111111$011.• nicht in the House of Correction. SOUTHWARK SESSIONS. ........ lik•yonne man, named Rutter, was tried for assaulting tie mother in law, the w it. of a respectable farrier. It appeared from the evidence, that the husband of the prosecsittix had been the wannest benefactor of the de resident, who had married his daughter about two years ago. The prior young woman, who had experienced much harsh treatment long enough at his hands, refined to have any further comiumaralion with him, upon which lie took up a large brick, and threw it at the window whine the prosecutrix stood. The brick dashed in the sash, and broke several poufs of glass, and would, if it had struck the woman, probably have proved fend. The prisoner denied that lie had thrown tl►e brick with any ether object than that of breaking, the window, in or der .to give his wife notice that be WAS in want of He was found Guilty, and sentenced to two months' insprisoument, and to find securities for his good behaviour for twelve months. John Duffy, a wretched looking being, was tried for having stolen three pounds of bacon, from the shop of a elreesemonger in the liortaigli. He was seen taking the bacon, lie declared, and 1104 figure and face gained him general credit, that he was be miserably poor that every thing in she shape of victuals was a temptation to him. lie had nu oilier mailing in what he had done than to satisfy Dattsre. The Jury found him Guilty, but strongly recommended bin to were), on account of his extreme poverty. He wag tined a shilling, and ordered to be discharged. Prisoner,—." My Lord, I have not a halfpenny in the world." The Common Sergeant.—" Let him go; we never bad him before." TIE NATIONAL REGISTER. •-- • - the Jury threw libillinga to the unfortunate man, whO foisted votitilikliard at Ono rout' of 11.• %aid, upon log the dock, that he altuula *et Op 11 . 14 Cdpilal. L.II"CASTER LENT ASSIZE,V.—Aran. I. 'WESLEY mr.rriN(}. XING V. KNIGHT, DEWIII. IIsT, A%U SIN OTHURS. 'Pile Court met this inuttiiii4 41 lIIIIC n'el..ek, boon alirr ahirh J,Jin Knigno, (ieorue I)vn Btond linto,3oliii A.lnm.oti, Flocht r, John I;nry, John A•tin, 111111 jillllOS Wnde, tt cit. put 10 the 1)41 11114 the in dictment being it ad In diem, they se%ernily pleaded Nut Mr. Litt stated the natm I' of the indictment, the substance of which Was. that the pt i,oorrs had conspired to tt°. and cause whets id the liege subjects of the late Kiug to go, armed to a meeting, fur the purpose of lon dering and obstructing the Ma;istrates and I'euce Offi cers in the execution of their duties. Richard Fletcher stated, that he was in company with a man mimed Wilseu ; be sill? several Of the people with stave., and on art iviug at the ground they picked out the dirt limn the holes made to receive the pike-heads. lie saw several persons with pike heads secreted under their coat.sleeves, and under their breasts. He i 111 l itediately left the field to ieforin the magistrates. He returned anon after, and heard a Cr? ! " the suldiees are coming," whereupon a PUlllber of people pulled out their pike heads, and many of them fixed them in the poles. He saw sixty persons poll out their pikes, but only eight or ten fix them. He also saw tweittr usher prisons draw oat their pistols; those persons who so comforted them selves wete near to the hustings. When the alarm had subsided, they replaced their weapons in their former concealment. The Nl4llll turned out to be false. Knight was not at this time at rived. In about half a u hour a rser this alarm Knight artivrd, and was voted to the chair, when a cap of liberty was placed on his head, and lie addressed the assembly. He dwelt d good deal on the corn-laws, and lamented that so litany persons were hatiged for forgery; after which he read the resolutions, and they were approved by the meeting. Witnea could not recollect the substance of them. While this was going on, there was a second alarm, that " the soldiris a ere coining," when several of the people again pulled out their pikes and pistols, but this also tinned out to be a false alarm, when they again concealed them. This alarm caused many people to run, when Knight and the other people on the hustings called to them to be firm, and not to run. After Knight left the chair, Dewkurst took it, and proposed a resolution, " that it Parliament should pass any Gagging Bill, the Reformers id Id rise and meet in one (lay." He said, ". if they did not, lie should call them the greatest slaves upon earth." Cross examined by Mr. Coltman.—He stated, that he had applied to the different people to purchase pikes for the Burnley meeting. He admitted that he had a pistol, which he had sliew to different persons, and had boasted that he was well-armed t and would not swear that he had not d—d the Government, and wished the Refor mers were as well armed as he was. Other witnesses were called, who deposed to the same effect. Mr. Williams made an able and impressive speech in favour of the defendants. The Court then adjourned to Monday. SECOND DAY. The Court met this :limning between nine and ten o'clock, and the names of the Jurors having been called over, the examination of witnesses for the defence was preceeded John Cross, examined by Mr. Williams.—Has known Fletcher from a child. Saw him three or tOur weeks after the M an chester Meeting, and he then asked him if he had his pike ready,for it would soon be wanted. Mr. Justice Bayley.—l do not think this is admissible, but I will take a note of it, and wish you to state the na ture of the evidence. Mr. Williams, —We propose to show, by this witness, that Fletcher was in the habit of inciting and soliciting the people to arm themselves; and therefore those who attended the meeting might have been induced to do so at his instieation, instead of that of the defendants, as charged by the indictment. Several other witnesses were called, and Mr. Justice Bayley, at about four o'clock, began to sum up to the Jury. After which the Jury retired, and in about 20 minutes returned with a verdict of Guilty against all the prisoners, except those two (Wade and /Win) as to whom the prosecution had been given up. It was remarked that the verdict was a general one; though Mr. Raine, in his reply, had given up the counts which referred to the charge of cunspiracy. It was, however, nderstood in Court as nut applying to that charge. Mr. Justice Bayley was about to pass sentence, when Knight requested to he allowed to say a few words in mitigation. His Lordship said lie would give him and the other defendants till to-morrow morning to prepare any affidavits, or any statements for that purpose. ACC11;11TAI. OF RICHARD uwEsi. Richard Owen was next put to the bar, charged with wilful and corrupt perjury, in having sworn at the New Bailey. in August last, that he saw Mom house on the hustings in company with Hunt on the day of the meeting of the 16th. He was given in charge to the Jury ; and Mr. C. Pearson and the other witnesses on the back of the indictment being called on, but, not appearing to give evidence, the Judge directed all acquittal.—He was of course discharged. CHESHIRE SPRING 41SSIZES.-APRIL 5. ......- Before C. WARREN, Esq. and S. MARsIiALL, Esq. his Majesty's Justices. The Judges were escorted into town about 10 o'clock this morning by the Iligh Sheriffs Guard of Pikemen, dressed in new clothes purposely fur the occasion. Al ter attending divine service al the church of St :Mary on the Hill, they proceeded to Court, and opened the comtnission. Mr. Justice Marshall addressed the Grand Jury, after lite usual forms of the Court had been gone thruugh.— He by lamenting the extremely crowded state of the calendar, which contained the names of no less than 97 prisoners and the influx of e • •he attributed to the consequences arising from the system of delusion which had king been prsctisedl over ►lie country. On an occasion which occurred some time :1;,(1. Ilse magistrates of a neiatibotiring county (we understood the allusion cu be to Lancashire) executed a patt►ul duty with a promptitude whidAt does them infinite credit, character ised by tent per and moderation. His Lordship paid a high compliment to tite magistrates and ttentlemen of Cheshire for the patriotism and public spirit they had evinced its forming corps of yeomanry to meet the exi gencies,of the Mites; and slightly advei led to the charges availist and others for stunning at Birch, and the indictment against Harrison and Sir C. M'olesly tor sedition, stating the law as itaffected their respective C.ISTE S.veral snots were recovered against the hund - ed, by pt.r,olis residing in Nlacclesfieltl. for the injury they 31.111. Liiiied in their property dining the late seditious excesses in that town. Jane Hesketh was convicted of having in her posses sion forged Bank of England notes, and sentenced to 14 years transportation. CHESTER CITY SESSIONS. There wer e very few cases of any interest occurred. NVilliam Rjley, aged 26, a cooper front Ireland, was indicted for uttering . a forged SI. Bank of England time. Toe prisoner pleaded guilty to the minor charge of ut teoriiiiiigie, county t h u i l e t l y t e s . tr ie l ct i t e i C o l t a i , li a l t i i i i d l( % ) v i a t s nir t i t c i • r e i i i i et : o a t r i s t, tr b a ti n t sptirt a a i - n tiros ; on the capital charge no evidence was offered.— Tire Recorder, iii passing sentence, said he had done wisely in pleading godly ; for, had he been put upon his trial and couvreu il, he should certainly have left hint for executiom Triere was another indictment against the prisoner, fur renting otl counterfeit coin; hut . he was not arraigned on it. Charles Cooper, aged 20, tallow-chandler, was in dicted for stealing silver teassigains, the property of Mr. Tomlinson, of the Feathers' Inn. It appeared front the es idence that the prisoner had, with others, obtruded himself into the house on the day made his appearance; he was again ejected; and after wards, on information being given to the waiters by a person n amed Jacks'.n, he was seized and searched, when the property was found on his person. 'Fagg, au, assistant waiter, was cross-examined by Mr. Hill, when he gave the following definition of being drunk, which may be serviceable to the next editor of Johnson's Die tionar) :—" I ant not sure but what the spoons might have been put into the p risoner's p ocket. 1 don't think he was drunk; he might he a little fresh. I call a man drunk when he can't stand or walk, and when lie is lying dead, without holding at the posts. This is being drunk." George Peers, Thomas Leigh, Joseph Richards, and John Huxley, all publicans, spoke to the prisoner's character. The Jury found the prioner Guilty. He was sentenced to three months' i m prim) 1111 l eta. Nancy Buckley, aged 4s, a widow, was indicted for inciting Harriet Roberts, a girl ottly thirteen years old, to steal a quantity of ribaud, lace, &c. the property .1 her employers, Wm. and Henry Brown, drapers, Sec. Harriet Roberts examined.—The said she was just turned thirteen years of age. Had several CollinitliitC3• tions with the prisoner and her daughter on the subject of producing different articles from - Mr. Brown's shop. She was first asked by the prisoner to get her a band.box, but could not say how long ago this was, probably about three months after she had been in Mr. Brown's service. She was then asked to get some ribmd, and afterwards some muslin, which she gave to the prisoner's daughter, as also souse pink riband, but she was not asked by any one to give the latter. 1 gave (said the witness) some black and puce riband to her daughter, and the prisoner wore some on her cap and bonne:. She sometimes gave we two-pence at a time for gis Mg her the things. I gate the prisoner some lace, which I said I got front Mr. Brown's. She said it was very pretty. The prisoner's daughter is taller than I am; site is perhaps sixteen or seventeen years old. I was taking home some bobbinett to a lady in the Abbey-green, to show her, vs hen I called in Mrs. Buckley's cellar, and, as she liked it very much, I cut off a yard, and gate it to tier daughter, Mrs. Buck ley being engaged in ironing. She said nothing particu lar to me at the • , and 1 canuot.recollect what I said. She gave toe ito money al that time. All the things I gave her I had stolen. Sometimes the prisoner asked toe to steal the things, and sometimes her daughter. She never gave me more I haii three-pence at a time. The witness underwent a set ere cross-examination by Mr. Temple, hut nothing material was elicited. Hugh Speed and 11. Burgess searched the prisoner's house, and discovered a varans. of articles, which were identified by Mr. H. Brown, particularly a piece of lace, found between the bra and it:mires!, 'Harriett Roberts al.() swore to the articles Mond in me house as being the bailie she had :oven to the primmer. 'The case was bruit li clearly bottle to the prisoner, and the Jury found her Guilty. After a very impressive admonition front the Recorder, she was sentenced to two years' imprisonment. It has recently been discovered that furze of one year's growth, cut small, by hand or by means of a machine, is an admirable substitute tin. hay. In some districts, during the whole of the last winter, dairy cows were fed with it alone, and the quality of the milk was by this kind of food very much improved. 'I he Magistrates of Paisley, on Saturday week, searched a place culled Legget's %Yard for pikes, said to he anicealed there, but without success. — After their return they were much insulted by into custody. populace, some of whom were ta ken custody.