The National Register. — London, England, 1819-08-16 00:00:00

AUGUST 16. it war found, that owing to the exertions she had made in walking so far, she was in a violent fever, and that any attempt to take her before a Magistrate would be dangerous; she was therefore removed to the work house with the greatest care, where site will remain till her health is so much amended as to allow of her being examined before a NI agisirate, when some further light may be thrown upon this extraordinary affair. NORFOLK SUMNIVR CROUrN COURT. On TlleMiel, last, about Nor o'clock in the afternoon, the High Sheriff of this county (Sir William Windham Dialling, Kart.) in his e.artiage and six. and the City She. riffs, in a care iage with lour greys, with Cteir respective retinues, went out of lime gates to inert Sir Hubert Llallas, Knight, and the Hutt. Sir James &month, Knight, who alighted front their own earl lime, and proceeded in the earthier of the Sheriff to the Shire-11011.e, and afterwards to the Guildhall, where the Cointnissious fur bidding the Assizes were opened in the usual form. The following morning the teamed Judges, followed by the Sheriffs, went from their lodgings to the Ca !lethal. The or and some of the Corporation of Norwich had assembled at the Free School, and walked from thence to the Church, and tither gentlemen attecded iu their res. pective place s. The learned Judge (11ortottgli) with the High Sheriff. then proceeded to this Cunt, in the shire-hall. and the business of the Assize then o nmenred in !loth Coml.. The learnedldge then deli wet ed his charge, and con cluded by saving, that he should be 11100 happy to give hew every assistance in big puva•r. PRISON ERS. George Reeder, of narged with hwese steal ins; but no pet bull appealing against him, he was acquit ted. Christmas Allen, of Raeltheath, for stealing gOn cert. of oak bark, the property of Sarah Beteon, was arplitied. John Harold, for stealing. on the Idth of duly last. va t low; articles out of the warehouse of John But rell Faux, Esq. of Thetford, was acquitted. home. Stubbinga, fur breaking into the dwelling-Loose of Sarah Barker, of !loath Wootton, was reveled:reel. John Carman, for stealing a horse from William Betts, of ('oney Weston, in May last, was acquitted. Julio Webb, for breaking into the dwelling }wore of Miss Mary Jary, of South 11 &khans, un the '2 41 of JIM.' last, and stealing Memnon money to the amount I Is. 64. The facts toeing clearly proved by Miss Jary and her brother, William Jary, Esq. the prisoner was found John Holichen was indicted for stealing a enckert I from Mr. Daniel S oven, of Thethwd, farmer, and Daniel 'I horpe, for receiving the same, knowing it to be staled. Them appeasing no ease against Thorpe, the July, and r the direction of his Lordship, acipitted hiru, eted tumid Houcheti—floilty.—Six mouths in the County Weil, and to be kept to hard Inborn. Mary Precious, for stealing milk and beer from Mr. TI of Attleliorgh, farmer, and Wm. Carter and William 134111:114 for receiving the same, knowing them to he 5t,111.11. The yr:mines s were servaide of the Prosecutor, and Mary Precious, upon the evidence of her em ployer and the constable who apprehended her, was found Guilty. and sentenced to 14 days' imprisonment. Carter and Barnard were acquitted. Zeorge Groom, for feloniously killing and slaying Charles Leverington on the twit of last April at Stow Barthel's'', in this county. A challenge having been given by the deceased to the prisoner, they fought, and unfortunately in the Bth or gth round the deceased received a severe blow, which with the disease the deceased hehoured under at that time, which was proved by a respectable surgeon who saw the hotly the next morning, occa. sternal his death, there appearing not any malice on the part of the prisoner. Tire Jury under his I.ordships' direction found him Guilty of manslaughter.—Three Calendar Months' Imprison. mem. Thursday morning his Lordship entered the Crown Court at about 8 o'clock, and immodiately commenced trying the follow ing prisoners Waters for st e aling 2 sheep, the pos. petty of a Mr. James Emery, oflnioile,tone, in this county. The facts being clearly proved against the prisoner, the Jury, under the direction of his Lordship found the prisoner—Guilty.. —Sentence deferred. Edward Fisher was indicted for having on the Bth of July maimed and stabbed William iilll7/bOP. of Bressingliiiiii, in this county, linen weaver, with intent to do hint sonic bodily harm. The prosecutor was in Court to give eiidence, but att. reared in a very feeble and weak state, and deposed as follows: that on Tuesday the Bth of July last he was tcturning home, at about 9 o'clock i n the evening of that day, when he was met by the prisoner, who never spoke to hint, but immediately struck him with a knife below the navel, he (prisoner) said something about his wife, but the prosecutor could not understand what he said ; prosecutor immediately said to prisoner, I will have you taken up: Mr. Butt, a surgeon front attended hr.i, about ten o'clock in the evening of the above day. lie found prosecutor bleeding very much ham a wound which had been inflicted in his body ; the wound was nearly 2 inch es l ong , and a part of the intestines wetc hangin; from Ida body about Yin inches in length ; he attended pros•xutor, and did not consi der him out of danger for nearly 3 weeks or a tr.ontlt ; lie was not perfectly well at present. 'flue constable proved the appre hension of the prisoner, who said to him that the pro s ecut o r had caused more disputes with him and his wife than any man he eve? knew : he found upon the prisoner a knife which lie pro &toed in Court, and upon it appeared tnarks of blood. The pri soner made no defence, and the Jury wider the direction of his I.ordship found the prisoner Guilty. His Lordship immediately p.esed the awful sentence of the law, and his Lonlship ream). mended him to make the heat use of his tintc, as his sentence would cert ainly not be altered. Benjamin Arnie. tor stealing a heifer, the property of Mr. Henry Brunton, of Wersenhani, All Saints, in dos county, far mer, on the any ofJuly last. It appeared that the prosecu tor having lost a heifer (tom a small pightle of his, in conse quence of circumstances was induced to procure a search war rant. ar..l, accompanied by two constables, went to the prisoner's slaughter-house (who i s a butcher) and there found his heifer. The prisoner's counsel endeavoured to impress upon the minds of the Jury. that the prosecutor agreed to accept 3s. of the prisoner and to abandon his )•rosectition. The Jury being of a contrary opinion, under the direction of his Lordship, who imitle some observations upon the evidence of the prosecutor, found him ratify. Thomas Poole for stealing a horse from Edward Drake, of 3farch, in the Isle of Ely. in November last. The Jury, tinder the direction of his Lordship % and after well considering the facts, found the prisoner—Guilty. William Paine for stealing from cut of the dwelling-horse o f Gilbert Fymorals, of Downhani Market. in June last, o shirts, his 'stormy. The facts being satisfactorily proved. the prisoner was found Guilty—but in cent. wience of his good character, he sit' only sentenced to 2 nanitlis'imprisonnitn . . Hubert Sharuran fur brei.kng into the dwelling-home of THE NATIONAL REGISTER. 7 James Dye. of North Walsham, in the night of the 20th of April G , and stealing thereout various artielea—Pritoner pleaded Guilty.—Sentence not paved._ NISI PRIUS. Steward v. the Sherif of Nurpik.—Thia was an actin to recover the value of a wind-mill, claimed by the plaintiff as mort gagee. In March, 1818, a Mr. Philip Burgess purchased some bind at Hempnall. in Norfolk, upon part of which he erected a tower wind-mill ; over the land the plaintiff bad a mortgage security, and in the mortgage deed was a transfer of the null with the fixtures and apparatus, conditioned for payment of the principal and interest due to the plaintiff. In the beginning of February. 1818, a writ of,/kriflrkte issued against Mr. Burgess, directed to the Sheriff. by which he seised and sold the mill in question by public auction, at which auction the plaintiffattended and gave notice of his security, and the question was, whether the mill was a chattel or not. The plaintiff proved that it was fixed to the soil with sills and spores. and the defendant proved that it was fixed as mills usually are, and easily removed and re-established upon ut'!er pound. The Jury found a verdict for the plaintiff--dainages 4781. and the Judge gave leave for the d4endant to inure fur a non-suit, and said his opinion was in favour or it. NoMa v. Thu/t.—This action was brought to recover compen sation for the loss which the plaintiff had sustained by the non delivery, by the defendant, of eight tons of bones, in pursuance of a written agreement entered Into between him and the plaintiff. —A sudden advance having taken place in the price of bones the defendant refused to complete the contract, and during the conversations between Oat plaintiff; Mr. Coakv, and the defend ant. the latter observed that the agreement was not dated, and therefiire void, anti .6 that he never made an agreement without a hole large enough for a min fo creep out of, anti that he cared neither for law nor gospel." The defendant having failed to prove that the agreeinenti VI 9 rt cintled, the Judge observed strongly upon the defends:lra expressions b: fore mentioned. and the Jury found a verdict hit the plaintiff--damages 111. Cto.rton v. Carr.—An safilm brought to r:cover 3ul. for a horse sold and delivered by the plaintiff to the defendant five years ago. Verdict for plaintiff—damage, 51. Diggins v. likling.—An action for an assault at a public• house. Verdict for the plaintiff damages 51. Papa , v. Archer.—An undefended action for goods sold and delivered. Verdict for plaintiff--damages 111. I is. ed. hlarris v. inked. —An undefended action in replevin. Verdict for plaintiff—damages 1161. Les. 6d. SUSSEX ASSIZE.I.—LEWES, AVG. 11. Dleaut AT BRlGHTnq.—Edward Broadbent. a private soldier in the 90th regsimmt of foot, oil. indicted for the ilful murder of ‘Niduautt Watson, a serf-• Jut in the saute regiment, by shooting him with a load od musket, at tste pat ishaf Ilrit helm-time, 011 she V3th of June Lou. Tait. r s•e ps educed considerable ititeirat. 1t beu called upon for he plea to !lie arraignment, he es p:aiord in it pa. tits tie audit no begone manner and gestir ulation," I am but Inn ;,oast.— I ..ns euiltr, mid it would be only addling more gilds its in, coos• - ieoee it' I were to soy others% iae." Mr. Justice Park urzt 1,1 Ii so In plead Not (Milts , and take Isis trial, sugars , ing to him the inutility ul the couese Ittihad taken, if bet apes led mecca. Mr. (.:osiattssit Serjeant st..t.A, in as short a compass as pm-joie, 00 ChM` for the pns,ecust sit. II w ill he rt colierts d that the prisoner, haviii.; !semi put under arrest by the de. etasesi, for some act of inn, Instinct, on the slay mentioned in the andirons- nt, tar o s. Isberuled Is) attend the .55 Mug parade in the barrack yard at Briglilsos, and that at the moment he gut at !alerts he levelled his loaded musket sit the dereased and shot him through buO. The deceits( d aut vived about Its., minutes, and taw to - ironer surrendcred himself Ilse moment the melancholy iteeurreitee took place. Witnesses were Ca. •d to wilt(' the ril*e. " • . . . . . . 11, ing asked hat he h id . to ba) io hia defence, he said nothing, but shook hi, head. 'the • jurr ininwilliatels lomad the prisoner Guilty, and h✓ Ptru;v4led with his feelings to preserve some degree of firmness doting the wtleinn prOCreiiiNgb which fol owed, e Park pnu,.•u„e✓d the ilrenilloi sentence, and ordered tnc w t etc lied rid p. it for e scent ion on I . riday ..... ruing. and that his body should be delivered over to the :surgtoos to be anatomised. The privates during the Learned Judge's impressive ad dress to hint, st as Art adfully agitated, and at the cone W.lOll he fell into the arllll6 of the gaukr nod his .theisLtiits in :I pa -111117.101111 of grief. . . The Cot t naserowded tu ex ems, a n d never nas sympathy so pun ei fully excited in n Caul! of J a yC. r id favour or ie cu grit cuntirinnt d to die lac lite blacken iniciice in the cata logo- of human depravity. The prikmer uwiera nit the sentener of ear la‘l ma re ida, last—he via* so ex bauated as to be ahuost ut .1 dud ill. and died without a Wisaale. SURREY ASSIZES, cnorDay.—Friday, Aug. 13. MANSLAUGHTER. At an early hour this morning the Judges met for the despatch of business. Mr. Justice Park presided in he Civil, and Baton Sir W. Garrow in the Criminal Court. John Jones, !henry Bird, and Robert Shearman, were indicted on the Com:lees Inquest, the first as priicipol, and the others a.; his seconds, with feloniously killing and slaying Enoch Davis on the Srh of June last, in a field near Deptfoul. The circumstances of this rase are Itrieffy as follow :—The par ties tire all Welchnien and reside ia liennontlaey. About the mouth of May, the priwiner .foxes al q ,lied to sonic young women who bad just came up front Wales, and promised to provide them with situations for a stipulated sum , which they raised with great difficulty; but Jones, hissing obtained the money, never made the least exertion to fulfil his promise, leaving the poor girl* in a most deplorable situation. The deceased, a spirited, but inoffi.n. sive man. took the liberty of reproaching Davis with his cruelty, and from words they came to blow s; but the matter was then bet tied, and they did not inert again till the day specified in the ladicurteht ; when. as the deceased was at his pay table at the Roval Mortar priblic.house, is the Keßt read. Jones came in anti challenged him to fight, which the other amigo!. They then repaired to a meadow near Deptford. where the oilier two pt honeys were chosen as seconds; and there they fought with the most savage ferocity for upwards of two hours. till neither could st aid or see. It was proved that tke prisoner Jones frequently left the ring, and tried to get away, but was persuaded by the a.roantis to renew the combat again. The deceased was terribly beaten, and eons:yeti to the Dun Cow, in the Kent wad. where. no.withsontling every assistance was rendered, he died soon after ; and Jones was so plumbed that he was carried in a hope less state to the nospital. The prisoners received good characters. The learned Judge said the seconds were extremely culpable in causing the men to cantiuue the fight to such barbarous ta us met. Tile Airy instantly found them Guilty, and the Cow sen t •need Janes to I math, and Bird and Slit drill= to &mouths' imprisonment each. The accounts from IVevviuuntliandrelpecting the fisheries are extremely favouruble. Some of the three Linde,' hosts from St. John's bud previously to the th of June, taken 40 quintals of fish Gil shore, and the Latch was still hood. li)oltce. ......... GUILDHALL. CURIOUS APPLICATION FOR A Summons AGAINST THE. LOAD Mairoa.As soon as the list of the prisoners was gone through, and the Alderman abort to quit the chair, a person of respectable appearance came toward to the front of the table, and said,—" Mr. Aldemian Waithman, I have to request a summons for the flight Hon. the Lord Mayor to appear before you, and that, Sir, (handing tip a paper) contains the grotunit upon which I make the request." The paper was thew handed to Mr. Paine, the clerk. who, with a very grave coursteaance, as if expecting something ofgreat importance, read it aloud. It proved to Le a demand addret.ed to Mr. Alderman Waith man, to issue a summons to John Atkins. Esq. Mr: Sherd' Roberts's Lord Mayor, requiring him to appear at a Common Hall, for frightening the ladies of the city, their loving husbands. and children, by communicating to the Common Council a plot thr burning London and de,troyaig the inhabitants, end fur re fusing to give the Livery a full account of that plot. Alderman Waithnian.—l don't think the magistrate has any power in such a case as this your proper way would be to bring die matter forward at the COlllll4Oll HalL _ _ ..... Stocks.—But hew do I know that he will stand his ground?' he will dissolve the Ball and go away, as lie has done betote. The Alderman smiled and repeated he could not interfere. The complainant Storks then withdrew, twittering something to himself rather angrily, us if be had expected a different issue to his application. IMPORTANT DECisiON IN REGARD TO PROPERTY STOLEN--By a chum m :be poonlirokers' act. 39 and 40 Geo. 111. cap in, it is petalled in the e:oe of goods illegally pawned or pledged, witheor the knowledge rr consent of the owner, that upon proof' of the fact behue one in ighorntr. he a:iall issue his search-warrant, and he shall order and direct such property to be restored to the right owner tree of all costs. This clause was. however, understood to apply only to clues in which no felony had been committed. The circumstances %filch led to the present decision, as for as the judgment and authority of the magistrate extends. are as follow : In June last, a little boy, only eleven years old. the on of Mrs. Emerson, a laundress, stole at various times a consider able quantity of hotly linen, intruswil to his mother to wash. The greater part of the properly belonged to Mr. Stephen, an at torney, the son of late Master in Chancery of that name. The boy confessed the theft, told where he had pledged die property. and gave up the duplicates. In consequence of his extreme youth, and the good character of his mother, no prosecution was instituted eq.:ulna. hint ; and the various paivnbrokers, afiet mach demur. gave up the property. with the exception of three only. viz. Mr. Guest, Itieet-marker; Mr. Cotterill, Shoe lane ; and Mr. Ileretwhiunp, Seagate ztrcet. Application was made at this office for the necessary search warrant, but much doubt being en tertained by the ,legal advisers of the magislrate on t h e aubje •t. Mr. Stephen sub:tinted a case to Mr. Rolland. who gave it a. Lei opinion that the tau was within the clause, that it was no t ine. pounding of felony, and that the magistrate had authority to :et, l'he search warrant was accordingly granted, and the prepe ty being found and identified, was by order of the magistrate dr • livered up to Mr. Stephen. No person attended upon the part of the pawnbrokers, nor v s it suggested that soy objection would be made to the procee:lir: except that tI r. Beauchamp addressed a letter to the Alderres stating Mut lie felt himself very ill used, and wished the busses. to stand aver till Tue.thry next; brit as his letter stated no ground whatever for staying proceedings, the application was not attended to. BONI -S1 ft F. I: E. ANOTHER GENERAL. C J.lllll Booth. a Clcrle. to Or (erne rat Past-office., Lomb:tr..— sticmt, was brought to Cm Mfic - e. and uoderwetit ao exanci , tom before Rachel(' liiruir, k:sq. citaiged with secretio, as letter rattusted to his care. For some time post complaint, have heel 111411 k of Cie iniv carriage of tette' a, pal - licit at I, tlio.e avion4 B mk•1,01, Bill. of Even:two., &E. t eves at the nate Ilse tau it nom, I levity in the P.ot-onire, wer e un ler cow/commit , r and who acre executed about slit wet ks or tat. womb-, since, letter,. were stolen in the office, but no !face mould lie wade there of the robbers, and the tem at iv rectal,, tumults de-th stmiu! Orin in the face did not...pc:ate to prevent a contiimaare .if the depredations. The gesit,enten eligas.ed iuthe segulation and inanageineot of the Duet-otlice have beep exert•ng themselves in every pov , oile any to dip rover tile intenders, and :it length the, vospected the pre Doer. On :Manila, eveino,i, w hail 11. e tit rks uud vorecnv were a•seitil.led at the Pout-mtire t.. vim•tat Ilse letters to 0 .0 out by that niailvcoar hes, it am- prerimisly art vitged for vckery. the tilti;er, to he iii atteml.iiire in an itaiti•room ; and ,v 1.1.11 tie Iles k, and sorters %tie avvritibled, he was in rodur tit, and deviietl to bea.ch the privimer, upoo a hoist he Amid' a great variety of paper*, audio los le't -hand biee. hes porky* N. found a letter, sealed a jib Gay, is.mpe , iilfeelCd 111.51 r. W. Knapp, N rest h o gn tel I car Pot. ton, Br dint thistle. upeoiti,; Il.e letter, it an, t.itoot is toutAit the halves of two 101. Bank notes. The :cites bad. bees put into the General Nutt Re cciviog-fitimie ; is Ch.vo c,-rv- am, Av a gentleman of the name of It.dea . , o bo, no the sth had put aimitier letter, with the two (Aber halves of the same ilank.n.oes, directed in the s , ine , 1 , 1\31- ii r; it did nut appear a lortlier tory hod linen irceived as mrected or wino I he ALLotrattes waked the pr'tower whet hrt had to say i» his dr fence, but iat tiar battle tic had lac lk r rem.ein silent, except lie h.4tl :Any tolia4elury atis*rt It, gi•e 1.. III& charge prerrtrrd a i ,aainsa how. hr iSOIICI did uoi tutu s word in repl i , but tvonlitrd rtareasel). Ass initocru.• ronrunt se Lf pertudis asaesuldrid on Satyr day in front of the Justice.reout, lirtildMall. to rapcciassurs thar Mr.. Strut world be btormht np to give rya& sire against her Waitangi. Upori the arrival of Aiadci Mall Roth aril, however,. a certificate was receivrd Irons Mr. Bra. vett, house illlgeon of St. Baillsolotrta's Hospital, firm %%hid, it appeared, that although Airs Meat nag in a t ',we of cuistalescettre i , 3.1 that, from the stair of her the artitarfoti %Well • mail naturally result from her ap peasing in public 'night be prosiectit of oujurioirs eon• sego...arcs. Under these eutrantalsseicea II was thought advisable to delay the Mull esaissuartiust a few day* lcuip.r„ and the pi isomer was not be wip hal Roth Irs. Steen and her t'slirer (lave declared their in tenri. n out to pteirrellit . . Tili4 noshes no difference as to the costive et Oilier the King heroines the prosecniur, and lire evidence of Mrs. bleat earn be altogether Ilk amused wish. A., Man ewer,flann the fart if the ill ironer i i , siog beets iu Uar roefo u till bin wife lets 1141111614 M Ittliti• .515 riarni was given, r Mannt utCY abixe as to the c..exe of the %tench nary ()relate faeotasab4 tur *kr psi.ollgr. The sta•sei•lnate it lernami to take cognisance of gem a ,gr g p re , and Mr. Sten!, in all event., trust. be ememilleal sus A arpoltislorilrulaltoothat Mrs. Meat tres.ellett in roan • pun) welt a wait as far as Iliintinahaan.anst this moo, it is beltricd, a. jr .1444. 'fins is Ilitt statement of the gll3 4 tiv of the courts. Lt i. also Omagh. ilott the l'Onipn.it;oel of the letter brut to We husband was lINt wash of butuo auks