The National Register. — London, England, 1819-04-25 00:00:00

AfllfL Q. it had been stopped by a Mr. BMW.. living it note for a l.ir;t' amount, he asltrd the prisoner %shorn he brought it from prisoner said from a Mr. t o a direesion un the note as lo!lows—" Jim. Phillips, LS. Bury a ree l. SC, M.,ry A se.".....f.eing after the hours of business the Sierra:try was goose, and a it orbs wit! 1 .e pi limner to leave it until the morning. Redid so. thoogli not rsillioxly. Pri soner was to rune the next day for the note or tits change. Wiwi, had taken the note to the tiecretarv's (Ohre. Alr. Charles Christmas, an inspector of the Honk, pro due Al a 2001. note, which Mr. Dyer proved to he the one presented by the prisoner. Mr. Chriototas re,uniell.—On the Ur h of March witness saw the prisoner at the .ccretary's ollice,itol be naked him of whom lie received it i Ile replied, of " I.lr. John Phil lips, 13, Hury-street, St. Mary-Axe." Nliclisel NlorthiS an lacer of police, said be took the pri soner into custody on the 11301 March. - Mr. t.hristmasnsked tto prisoner of whom he Ii received it, and the Prisoner said from Mr. Poll:ifs., flury-street, St. Mary-Axe. Wltuess left loins in the custody of another officer, nod went to ro. st; Mary-A se, and no such person lived (here. lie went to Nu. 25, in the saute street, where he wits told Phillips bred, twit he saw a +enrol there who called himself Mr. Phillips. He asked him if his name was Joint, and he an• s wered "No; .1 neat han." Witness heard tie prisoner say, W.ilst under e ramiontirm, that he 11411 taken the note for 1:;, - 1, worth of jewel:cry, from a Mail w bum hi. believed Lad pare in Ireland. Cross-examined by Mr. Adolphin„—The prisoner said, tr:A n mot of the property sold, el:s a chronometer t that it Witt , 4 ready-money Owl:Action, lie s.tid be met the main prtiniscuou-ly hi toe street, and Look bitn home to bat own Rod thepris , tier gave wito:sss his ndaltto, which he 1 fie correct. A person said he had listed there about : a at h.--11 lines, did out seas ch his lodgings. After the examinati , the prisoner was nut virtu bail fur seve..mi and he came thlunturily to we sec ond examination. rim UP.! KC?.-AN ALIBI, The prisoner in hi,. deliqier said, Mr. Phillips as a v hum he had met on going from Liverpool to lremml, and he sold him goods to the amount of and Le -lose him the difference, 6.U.; Phillips gave him the address spoken of; th.it he had been fit o %treks iu prison, winch had spoiled his business, and missal him in ibis eke isetei. To prow. nn alibi, Mr. Adolphus and Mr. Arabia called r. ti llo~airq wiineire.:— Coleman Levu.' , exult to the Jew' Pynagogne, %aid, that on the . 21st of Orcensber he hutted the pd.:oiler's nioilirr, ,h e h a d l ive d h i Itill alle y, Hitnadsniteli, tied it was their ictigion to say pra,..ers 'tanning and evetiint; at tionir in the gonin where the corpse lii - ;41 lath for seven days. Wit. r."‘. attended for the seven from half past st.ven to I, or p.to tight in the and front lialfTast three fcnr in the •ftrrituon, tend the prieotier was there every: windup anti evening dining the seven days, and lie Appetit et: to be in a bad state of health; there was s.cred prayer to he !add standing by the yohnit ehilds en, and the pi i.oti.r it a. too 11l to hold up the y‘ungest and witeco, did it for him. li~man Benjamin Cowan said, he called nn the prigonee . . . n.t Cit. ext.ir Ili .. ill of the seventlt day to take tittANut e of itiinself . ats , l the eltildcrn I If was on a Sunday. lie celled at ten n'toek in the morning.and saw lam in Ls I 040,11,Pri sos.rr said he was ill, and cool.i not ataud to be tneasot td. Witness railed about two 11011,1 afters at ds, about tut t lye o'eloi:is, and raw the piasoner »gain in has i,e.l : tuons, and .... be c.tyl Alt WWI SU ill he retold not he ',weans ed. % Mita& the rhitdren. bat net the pi ixottee. Ann Ilaiduieke tated, that she aitei,ded the prisoner's mother tie nurse I she went to her on the leoh of Decem ber—she died M.tlte Sunday following, and woos but ted on tIC rlondae. The whole of the family list on the wound tur wren Jaye after the funeral. Wituelo was in the house .Or 14 days, soil she was aura the poisoner ss,is not out of oloorirg that jet hid; lie was nut out of the house on , the 27'1: of Dec. lie was in ill hi alth. dlt. A walnuts SU:4111)0U, surgeon and aceunr?Mi•,proved that the pt honer had been in a derliking state of Ite..1:11 lir the hoa two years, and he attended hint at his father's, emu' Christmas. A girat wary apparently respectable pencils, but the Jewish persuasion, gate the prIXJ111:1 a good •haracter. Baron Wood mita recapitulating the nature of the charge 3 ;ainst the pri.usier, when the Jolty uninitesteit an anxiety base a eod. , aitnt on, wi icla they inaniediati:ly had, and t! , en dec;ared theinbelves satisfied of the innocence of the yrisoner. Mr. lii.-on W. otl—" If so, let the verdict be taken."— Verdict, Not Ciaiity. wi,u is a respectable looking . man, bowed 2:81 ri tu hal excited a ip at deal of &Littlest, particularly among+t the Hebreu s. IN 171 E MATTFIrt uT cummes RENNZIT. At Ike termination ol the above trial, Goodo in, one of the pats oie belonging to llow-si root of f ice, got into the tms, and hciiged that tin &Mips would be pleased to take on the tiiat N 0.9, agalust a gii I named l'afteesmi, and in \\ hose case he nas a witness, but ids application WWI grounded upon this circumstance. Ile Lehi a warrant against Charles Kennett, tt bo e s charged with haying siWe.it a child linos Mr. lloisky. in1 0 "04 lion had been tenet d ,hut Itemiser' lass hourly expected at I larvricii, and it was the anxious wish of Mr. Horsley tha t be (Goode in) slimild go In 'Lanka to CI.OOII him to town. Air. Justice I's k 'modems:et' applications ljow utEcer. to put mititab., anti clue' scilo hat if such pi actiecs were a d ieted to eais ininoticed, the otlicei•ot every Police•fhce would b e fo ..ki ng suudas a pp hestiow whcacs er they toonglet ht. :Ur. on %VOA refused to giant the application, lint a fteea ruul4.ll: tiuu between alit Judges., mitt several of the Cieullsom nof the Hsi, Good% iti, ho wit the nom that pursued lieu nett em lb. Copilot:oil), wits again called lip, and told that the iiist or P. 4 a lesson would be postponed until Thai sitay mos ning,anu that he might Lase Irat e of absence 160,11 the Como, oa giving the prisoner aad bet witoekbes, old the V. 111116 ft, for Ibe prosectition,.noe tice of the ssine. The witnesses fur the prosecathns were in Court, and heard the artier. SATTRDAT, Avast. 44.. BANK FORGLRILS. Thomas Arnold, George St-reap, ni.4l Daniel O'Hara, Mire chaiwJ %WY bk 1.1114 ii thtir poasession anudsy H 4: . ..* TTIE NATIONAL RtdiStrii; forged Bank of England note.. Theae prisiners having pleaded Guilty, subjects them to transportation fur 1. years. Henry Dalt and Matey Ann Griffiths were chsrged with a "limiter orence. These prieuticte pleaded Not Gotha ; they will, theref e. lake their trials the ensiling week. trot- convicted of 'dealing a quantity of Ic.ltinc apparel, the property of John Edwards, at the Carat and.ilorses, Ft ithatrett, 80110. Buhr, t West was convicted of circling two-silver tea I spoons, tlp i e property of Mr, M•Dounel. , • ROBBERY QF Tlig GENERAL rott-OFFICE. Nicholas lienigue Albin and Thoton , Jetfatt, clerks in Ilse above Olfir,, acre capitally Indicted on variens counts, for steeling and eecreling divers letters, contaicing smi t hy Blink of England and Miter notes, which hadeonie into their pomessian ly virtue el. their employment in the said General Post-Office, frotn'time to tints. 'this him excited considetehle interest, and on no one oteeslon has the Court been inure crowded. two Interment were braught to the bar at la o'clock, when the varions &keret. ageittst them west. road, to ethic' they pltutird Net Guilty; and the London July having beet) awinst in. the trial of Allem took place, dui ing the. whole of which the prisoner held a trumpet to his ear. at the inner bar, he being allowed to come lomat d that he night the easier hear the evidorce against him. The code vas opened to the Jury by 111 r. fietuey ; and the facts Icing clearly proved by the evidence of Rohl. Simpson, esq. of thorpe Hall, Yorkshire, who put in a letter containing a 201. Bawls of Englaed Nowt, *thinned to. gentleman et l'aris of the name of Hudson, on the Ttlt December last. This was fuliy cootirnied by the evidence of two clerks trent the Post-Office at York, and the evidence of other gentlemen at the General l'ust-Office• in London, who proved that it was the ditty of the prisoner to open the York bags. It was also proved by a female of the name of Aim Coffin, t h at on the 7th of December she received the very note from the prisoner at the Isar, abaci' one o'clock ow that day.—Mr. Baron Wood charged the Joey, who, alter a few minutes' consultation, returned a verdict of Mows Jelott was also capitally indicted on similar charges as the Gainer primner, and particularly for stealing on nr them the 16th of October, a quantity of Bank of lingland.Notes. amounting to Lett. which were uiclos‘d in a lever addreasedto ?Ir. Edward Midi , . at Bury, in I.ancashire. and which Iv:agent to himpy his uncle s Mr.. Hunt. in the firm of Mersa. Longman, burst and Co. Paternoster-row. It appeared thatethe ptwonet Lad been for f 0 years in the Post tam, and for some years past he had a situatioo of £2lO ratty, and was highly respected in the office till suspicion fellou Lids- rued had Mr these twee years past kept elegant lodging: in Norfulk-street. Strand. Ills situa tion in the otlice was a taxer.and charAer. The prisoner put in a written defence, and Mr. Justice Park ha. iiig -stated the didirent evidences which were adduced against him. nom which it appear ed that the letter in question had been proved to hare been put in in London for Bury, and that no such letter had ever been re ceived there ; that on his being apprehended at the PoOcifilettan the morning of the iftth of January, and cried to his Ind;dnga, Atkins, the same at Cow-street, on searching his drawers, build one of the Notes which had been enclosed is the letter addressed to Bury ; dint On his bea; taken and charged by Mr Perkins, b:e solicitor, of his being suspected of being guilty of coaling monies nom different letters, use ptisuner replied ." I hare de:te wrong, I am gaily." In his drawers .were found upwards of 2001. in Bank of llngland notes, part of which amounting to 231. he had est:vivid as part of its salary. the learned Judge baring scorned up the whole of the evidence, the Jury with drew out of Court. and on their return gave their verdict, Nut Guilly.—The prisoner on beingtakt.n from tha bar, VAS informed that on Monday morning be would .be tiled on another charge, and the parties were ordered to attend. SPARRING AT TIIE FIVES COURT. Mar! in the Pugilist, had a bumping benefit nn Tt:ei day. 1 tie court was crowded with more respectability than has been wimessed of lair, arid patrol age wa %cry properly afforded upon tins occasion to one aiways in klhting trim, and whose onassuntiog behaviour many or he fraternity %von1(1 do well to adopt. Th e srt,ing-trr gave unit tisal saLisfactko, which is very the ease. _ _ Martin and Burn.--This was one of the best sets-lo witnessed in tite Court for a length of time, and was wore interest!iig than is often afforded in a whole after noon's Ida:. H:ts were exchanged with the nicest pre cision. science is equal to any wan, but Martin hit with hint, and in one instance he placed a-fiue flush lelt.handed hit upan the tithldle of Burn's: head, ful hnved wilt the right at the hotly. Several counter bits were exchanged, and if there were any advantages, it was rather on the side of Martin, who has Just returned trout lirighton in the Fnest condition. Spring :lit It4rn,cr made a good set-to, and Spring has profited inneh in his Bri6ltton training with Martin. It ‘‘as rather fight play than hitting out, winch suit, IKst. Torre wasgouti displcd, to the adt:.llt..!ge ()I SpliW. Kilts .1, I\ as also an excellent bruit, bnt Eales's commanding science stopved Shel.on's rush and hard sticight hitting, and in return tapped the cl.tret. Shelton is also fresh from Brighton. The set-us was long and ii)terestitig. Randal and Boit made an excellent and scientific set. to, but Holt (esery inch good) has tint enough of him self to stop Banda 1 . .1 pugilist io pranks; but he made sow e judicious parries, and placed rogue hits. Randal is fresh and strong, and 1t4111.1 well on the H 311111'1e:1d 111114. Turner and Crawley set to, anti hit ati ay ma!' There is too much length in Caw hey, it bolts away with substance. lie had none Ott worst of the mates. WWI Turner, but he is better with the glides than in the ring. hataggins 'hewed some mountebank avionics .with O'llolitiel, which, excited much fun, hut 0•1)oottul did not relish it tali we 'Loeb as the•comp.l,2,.. At the tidibh a the sparring, Oliver %mounted the sage, and stated, that as he understood Duti . ;telly h.J4 cause over to tight any one, he was ready to fight Ithu f o r (roan 50 to 200 guineas. Itamdil, orator for the ahstnt Donnelly, said, that ...5.3 135' Donnelly would ti7ht Oliver in six weeks, so that no doubt the match will he uncle. Martin returned !hanks to the amateurs, and invite! them to join him at milling the sirloins at his friend • _ • _ _ Some of the party went 10 Gregsmett, at the Mare and Mattpie, St. Calherine's-inalae. to talk over the prelimi naries of the forthcoming fight between Donnelly anti' Oliver. .41VOURNED AD•IIIR.ILTY SESSIONS. OLD BAILEY. MOY*4I4 Arsitl9. CASE OP MOBDUIL MOM RUN Duckqr, alba Hogg, Walt. wits iadioted feti. • nidiutx and nuartoin time Jona Gil am, %% damn Uruelt. blips Bitty. Hock, (amt. , executed). and se‘ erol -t..er., I. the wil. ful murder ui Joseph Martin, mite of the Pos revenue e 1. .- tea , *trout 6 leaguts hum the South Fort:loud, in the county of Kent, ou the Sth day of Auaust, 1816. . The flu lof the atitider by the crew of a aniu:Nling boat • Acerb proved, but ten.it line.ses w ho were cAled, laded in e.tnLlirhiug the identity of the prisoner as 011 C tit that Crew. Mr Justice lest recapitulated the a hole of the evident..., an d th e Jars, hoi,irat retired for about YO initiates, oa their return found the iirtsoner—.l%'cl Oetifiy. . . . . . There u : Nn r indiclmrnta agniiist the prisoner, but tho Attorney -1.,.......41Jeciiited offering liar evidence upon them he Wilb cone it.entty declared Nut thattg, and ordered by the (colt to be discloorged. . kiiinesliutely upon hia !therefor'', the prisoner was twits taken into custody, upon a warrant oht One,' by the Board f hackle, fur anutiser ullcucr , nod conveyed away iu couch. ~3oltce. On Mnaday, -- Crowder, for an extensive robbeirjr at the Writ and Mouth, v. as brunht up for another examin itimi. A man, ;lamed Brown was also pot in the. Bar. lie 14":16 Urpr , !tended by yickefy., the (Lacer, who recelted Information that he w..: concerned in the tohhery, The additional evidence wns us firilo;ts t-111 ,ry wife to the owner of the tap, stated, that sle, was in the bar ) when the basket coot slitting the parcels or lion.: was in by the guard., :Isis, Itemizers were lathe wno ' Inked like persons %NS intended to go oft by one• of the' conches. She sal opposite the bar dour. She eau to stra w a pint of heel, after which she went to the tap-tount tire t o skim the pat. The strangers were in the np-room • he, she left it, w hen she soon did to go to the cel.or,. al .% hiesub e had searcely.arrived, when she heard her hus!mnil call oat whether she had seen Gootla.l's parcel. She tau Up homes+ utely earner, and Sat% the strangers w ("le gone. Mr. Adolphus asked whether- Vickery tad - reson to ek_ pert additional e ?Metre sr ith tliprtt Su that prituue•. The °Men replied, that he exptcted to a tew day every ' strong testimony against both prisoners. The %homers next examined road not swear to either ut them. bi r. t be lanai. rd of the Buil-and-Mouth Tae,l4Mbeid:. nt ilrow n. %try mittute,y, bolt could toot 14% Y. hethrr utt• tile relsoo who arr.:flop:lake Crowder or . hot— , The pt Loneti were lentundcd t.r a wee's. ZIA - TM 'lf-GARDEN. • • lixTrwstwr Font:mit, Ilaxx- motes .. On .Mon day Henry Dart and Mary Ann Griffith were brought up in r.N cite tody of Thomas.Thotupsun and John limbo, constaltles, charged with baying feloniously in their possosiun 22 forged one.pound Bank of England notes. in a finished state, and.; in uMinisliod stem. they not being tilled up. Thern.as Tiionipson deposed as follows :.—.About two tights* on last Saturday a:se:ellen, 1 wet,t in company . with John 1 1 0€hoi to a house in Nag's Head -court, Goiden lane ; we &Mut door open, and went in, end saws wemen, who tepreseu . self to be thetandlatty. 1 ask - A - her & • Mr. and Mee.• t lodged there. She said yes, atil called Mrs. Datt wait her corning down, but went up stairs to their room, which was on the first foot.; there were four persons in the mom ;ins& • of whom Va permitted to go. I that informed the that we had information that they were wholesale dol es 141111 sellers of forged Bank of En lx notes. Neither of the. pai. • uttemonswered. After searening the cupboard, and entrether part of the room. I t found the box cow predated (a **Ai 6:res hot, about a root square) under the bed, which , A SA • lath: test,:r, turned up. I asked whom it befogged to, and the male prisoner said it was left there by a man aknaishe did not know. moil- I would break it open, ern which be bolted from CAI the clout. *sot ran to the wirdos, which was open, and put out his head and part of his hotly r. thinking he meant to escape, he was iinnictii may secured by Forbes. I then forced open the box, and found the 22 notes now prod:out, purporung . to be otiepouuit Bank of En;land notes, loose in the box. I aLo fossid ibis poeket-book in the box. whi.th coatained the three owes now produced in an unfinished state. not being Chal up. I marked them all beta:: I quitted the possession of their.; - there weie also tlic two affidavits for pawnhrokers' duphostrx list, and which appeared to be pledged, one in th e n a me o f ca d s of the prisoners; and some tickets for the Minor Theatre err the'beneht of your; Crawly. Ac f was taking them out.of the packet-hook. the psisoner Dort said, "Those are my proptriy." Vs'i tacked the room dour, and conveyed the I,i:otters to the Watch-house, smliere we secured them; we w-tusn.ii again to the 'Abuse, when the landlady delivered rte (ire tier now prodtwcat.' which she said she picked outside the prisoner's wineo%, / snip which fitted the box; and this key, which ihn fit s tlia)fink a 2 Ma box, she delivered me this tray, which the found omelet the grate n his room. John Forbcs correl'.orated t!le fareeninir Elisabeth. wtfc of Thos. Buck, coachntaker, 71. Nies If eAdv court. Nag . 's twlden-lane, rtuvtd letting the,v 4 t_ men:, foinshed, to tat n.aie prisoucr ; he ludgee, there last Fp day week, and hrott,;ht t'..c box produced by Thompson. He said he was a niarried man, an I 7 , wly from i!:c country : the fe male prisoner pawed as his` vife ; they eatlahit.3l togAibtr. John Matthews and his son. rawnbruiters, 104. Wl:Arrows. street, idetttietel s pri-oners to be the TICTSOfI3 wl:o olltained tae alltderipL)und ii thcpoeket-book, from them. llt.blover, a Duni In3pte;or i proved 3r.vs to be krged. The ?timely". ere fully rimay , reil ttiui. • • ----_.— The Gemmel.' 01 the L./oc9 hrre iti , s ere( k beets era. tified wait the shilital cock fil.ht brtweett Nuirtich and (: 401 which Lis , ,(l three dam We !ram (men the am 11. ttrs that the idrds oa bo h sides tol.t-wed Aso (4.;ce el'sport, ani the main was dcci , !ett th fr lour of Notttich by Oat b4ltit. Cantbrirge .ton 3 byes. 1 A