The National Register. — London, England, 1819-05-02 00:00:00

MAY 2. Mr. Tipper+, a jeweller, said, that one of the seals pro. discoed he had made for bin, 16 years ace- There were eight or Mile ether riligs predlwed, some of then) were width three guineas and two guineas a piece ; altogether %mils ahont ISt. S I most respectable witnesses were called, who Rove the prisoner a most excellent character. Most of tr,eat lota known the pi ',Amer for If), 11, 12, and 20 years. He bore the character of • most honest and honousable elan. Mr. Justice Park then rimmed up the evidence. The jury, after a short tiddler atiun, found the prisoner &idly. As soon as the sentence was prononneed, and while the prisoner iemairied at the bar to know whether lie was to be tried upon any of the other indianieuts, a most dis graceful scene was exhibited. Tbe plate and jewellery belonging to the prisoner still remained exposed in open c o ml. The Under•Sberiff then applied to the Judge for roan order to the Sheriff to she the plate. Mr. Justice Park.--1 shall give no order ; let it be taken oat of court. A roost disgusting scramble (tor we can call it by no other term) etas , ed. Ailkias, the polite-olficer, ors the one hand, was most active ins collecting the pieces of plate, wade the sheriff's officers, on the other. were using all their force to prevent this seizure. In the midst of the coufusiou, Adkins addressed himself to tire bench, and re quested the interfereace of Mt. Justice Park in his behalf. TM learned judge. however , repeated that he would give no order about it. Adkins at length succeeded is collecting the greater part of the plate, with which he made off, wing all imaginable speed through the barrister's dour. Hy this means be got away Iran his persecutors, and we believe was not afters/arils to be Hound by the sheriff's offieers. CHARGE OF MURDER.. Wiliam Jeuniers, a wretched lookiag man, was Witted for feloniously killing and slaying Mary Anne Coodoo, au infant child, i• the mouth of January last. Mary Gouda° said, she was the mother of the deceased, sad knew the prisoner. He was is the habit of coming to her home in St. Gilees. One everting in the month of Ja nuary she charged bins with Moltke taken uway or stolen the water-cock. which be denied. A few mornings after be carat to her house, and brought with him a basket. He said be had brought her some " nice composition coal." Wit. new said she never beard of such a coal. bat the prisoner re plied it was most excellent for lighting • fire. Wilms+ emp tied a recess where site bad some charcoal, and the prisimer deposited the cements of Me basket. and went away. boon afterwards, witaas made use of some of the composition isa the tire, but she had scarcely applied it, wheu a dreadful explosion, like the discharge of a unlace, took place. It burnt all who were M the place, aameiy, the witaess, her child (the deceased), Mary Anse Cormick (who was also tailed, and for whose death the prisoner was tried last Ses ijos,) and a little boy. The basket containing the remainder of the composition coal, caught fire from the explosion, and was completely buret. Witmer afterwards understood that the curd was nothing bat gunpowder, and other counbastible ingredients.—(This has appeared fully in the Police Re. ports.) The Jury found the prisoner Guilty of Manslaughter. EXTRAORDINARY CHARGE. !useenala Tftwornor sad William Taverner were put to the bar, and were indicted for unlawfully having In their posses. sion a quantity of dye and one pound forged notes of the Beak of England. 'the prisoners stand in the relation of mother and son. The latter has a wooden leg. . . . . . Joseph %lay hew said, he was Guard of the Old Prince of Wales, Birmingham Coach. He knows the prisoner. Wil liam Taverner. On the 4th of April, he took his place to go to Veery Cross ' about four relies from strut ford, and about 11 from Birmingh am. Whom; set him down throe. On the relorn of the coach, Mrs. Kitchener, the landlady of the public-house there. hailed him, and said she had gut a pas• tenger and a parcel. William Taverner immediately came out and catered the coach ; and witness got from the woman at the sante time, a basket to take with him. It was direct ed to a " Mrs. Ward, Clerkenwell." Upon their arrival in town, the prisoner got down at the White Horse Cellar, Pic eaffilly, but the basket went on to the George and Blue Bear. Witness; had reason to suspect that there was some thing in the basket which was not right. John Nimes said he was a porter at the George and Blue Hoar. Oa the sth of April a basket arrived by the Bir mingham coach. directed to Mn Ward, 41, Compton-street, St. John -street, Cleo kea w ell. W ilnr ss had heard *meth ing from Mayhew, the guard, which caused him to suspect the coolests of the parcel, and he had the curiosity to examine the basket. lie did this in a room at the Robin-Hood, near the coach office. Upon petting Whig band he brat felt some feathers, but on trying again he laid his hand upon a paper parcel, which be opeoied, and discovered that it contained a quantity of 5/. notes. Upon farther search be found other parcel* of a similar description, but tney were tied up, and he did ant open them. W kilo* went back immediately to his master, Mr. Mews% to acquaint hint with the circum stance and witness, his master, and aaother person went to the Ba nk. Foy, the officer, and a Mr. NI oltoo, of the Bank, in consespience returned to the toads office, and after the basket was ex a mined, it was agreed to make it op again, and to carry it to Clerkeawell, where it was directed. Witness took it there, followed by Foy and Mr. Milton Upoo his arrival there be saw the &mak prisoner, and said to her " Mrs. Ward, is this all right 1" She said yes, and gave him Rs. fkl. in payment fur the basket. The ciiarge was Vs. 2d. hut he had no copper, and gave her a 6d. She called out " William, have you tiny halfpence 1" A 1111161 from within replied " no." William Sell keeps the Robin Hood, in Holborn. On the 6th! of April he remembered the porter of the George and Blue Boar sousing in to his house with * basket, and eomninnteated to witness that lie should like to satisfy his curiosity by opening it, as he thought there was aomething wrong, and lie took the basket into a back-room, and motioned there about five or six toi tttt ter, and then called to witness, who went into the room wlwie he was, and be saw five or six 'parcels of notes,-end one was loose, which were token out of the basket ; one contained 51. notes. ti illness said to him " for God's sake pne then, up, and carry them to your master," and lie did so. Mr. Ibbetson, nen. recollected the basket rooting by the coach ; I'e opened it, and found it to commits two tow's, and sums rolls of Bank notes. He went to the TIIE NATIONAL REGISTER. Bank and rave infurmation, and the notes were replaced in the basket. Foy, an officer, accompanied Hines with his cart. lie delivered the bas.et at No. 41, Compton-sir. et,. to a vets. malt, and witness then went sip and saw th , - female pri soner with the basket under her arm. Witness said •• What have you got there, Mrs. Taverner ? She did not answer, but went in and put It down iii the pailottr. Stir said she did not know what it roislaiiteil Willies• asked her where and from whom it came ? and else said site did not know, but that she believed she void Ys. 2d, for it. She said an acquaintance of tier's had called there about a forteight before, and had requiested her to let her have a parcel directed there. Her name was Ward, bin she did not know where she lived. Witness 'Aril her when she was to call P Prisoner auid sbe did not know," perhaps to morrow.. Witness broke it open, and produced the NM. trots, and both the prifmniers said they did not know the controls. The packet contained 498 one-pootid notes, and Id five-pound cotes. Witness marked them, and proceeded to search the house, and asked the female pri soner if shy had any lodatem—if she bad any of the name of Ward? She said no, she had not, and said she had ne ver seen Ward in all her life. Mr. Milton, who was with witness, said, How could she (meaning Ward) preterit leave to have the basket directed here? Prisoner (female) said she received a letter from her a week before. Mr. Milton asked her fur the letter, and she said she had de stroyed it. Mr. Glover, inspector of the Bank of England for 2.5 years, proved the notes to be fogged. The prisimers put iu a conjoint defence, of considerable length, in which they denied a keen ledge of what the basket contained on the part of the female 1114.51er it was urged that a female ncquaintaince of her's, named Ward, whose family lived is the neighbouthood of Bir mingham, temsested her to permit a basket to be diteeted to her house, but she declared she did not know where Ward was to be lound, as she had not sees her since she called npon her in the mouth of March. Several witnesses gave the prisoner a good character. Mr. Justice Park recapitulated the evidence, sod the Jury, after a momentary cossultation, pronounced bulb the prisoners Guilty. Femora Bairn or BentLetarn Noma.—This morning Henry Dart and Mary Am Weir were capital convicted for pettinhaving g is thole poisseise a greaW, • Nom, pur to be wirers saw si do Grimm ra of the Bank - of En sad aim these Beged Mass and Catt in an tinAait• state, without lawful mom. EXTENSIVE ROBBERY BY A FEMALE. Margaret Patterson, an interesting gist of Id, was in dicted fur stealiei, in the divelling.lionse of William Gor don, of Grafton-street, Fitaroy-square, a gold watch, va• due la a gold chain, value 4& set en rings, five pair of ear-rings, several other articles of jewellery mid trinkets, 1121. iu bank notes a quantity of silk, lineu, and other Iwo. per ty to a large amount, oa the 23tb March last. The prosecntor said, that oe the evening of the above I day, he had bad a party at his house. After having tea, ! he and his wife agreed to accowtpaoy some ladles to Cha riuy Cross, in order to see them off by the coach to Dept ( ford. They left the prisoner, who was their servant, alone in care of Inc house. On their return, in about two hours, they fouud the dour opm and the house deserted. Upon going into the bed-chamber, where a great deal of pro perty was deposited, they found the drawee, a bureau, and a desk opeued, and all the put table property, whether of uioney, jewels, plate, linen, wearing apparel, ikc. car ried away The place was, in fact, all confusion. Little doubt remained that the prisoner was the guilty party. He **us its a short time to Bow-street, and there obtained the assistance of Goodwin, the patrols. Witness and She Offics r accordingly set out early on the following morning in the direction of Illauchester ' is pursuit of the prisoner, and having proceeded as far as Ashby De La Zonal, there earns up wits her, making rapid way tovraeds beotlaud. Nearly all the property taken from his boost were found with her, and the willies, himself took from her bosom his gold watch. She held in her head about four or five pounds in notes ; and the remaiuderuf ilie booty was found in bundles, which she had called her luggage. The whole amounted to at least 11101. Mrs. Gordon cuntirated the statement of bee husband with regard to the robbery. '[lie prisoner had been bat twelve dm) s in their service, and she was received front motives of humanity, being recomineaded by some persons of tespecta• hility who commiserated her situation, and being from Scot tie/id, of which place also her husband (the prosetor) was a native. T. Goodwin, the patrol', deposed to the circumstances of the appreliemion of the prisoner, in company with Mr. Gordwi r rind the finding upon her the property descr•bed. The prissier made so defence. She held dawn her head and crieddaring the trial. The Common sergeant summed up the evidence, and t►e Jury lotind the prisoner Guilty.— Death. The Court said, that the crime which she and been con victed of, sae a most dangerous and wicked one, and ear- Dewy adri.ed he► to prepare for the worst consequences. The prosecutor sub - seq . ucatly reeommeoded tit; to merry on account of hrr youth, sod wider the inspreftioo that ii. aria her fir 4.tience. The prisoner *as removed from the bar, almost falsities sad is a Mood attars. FRIDAY, APRIL 30. EXTENSIVE BURGLARY IN AN INN. Bartholomew Broughton, aged 25, was capitally in dieted for breaking and einem big She dwelling house of Julia Lomas. of Fetter-lane, and bmgiarionsly stealing therein one Batik of Eogland note for 100 b four oilier Bank notes for 104 and live other Hank netts fur 61. eitett„ the property of George Slinfileitotitam. This case excited considerable interest. on account of the eery respectable connections of the prisoner, and his being himself once a gallant and distinguished character in the navy. The scene which 'narked the conclusion of the trial is peculiarly deserving of notice. Mr. Alley detailed the case to the Jury, and called the following witnesses, whore brier evidence wallas follows: Mr. George Mhofieltothant said, 'Mud she 24th of De cember last lie came to town, end took rip his residence at the White Noise Inn, Fetter-lane. On the Stvt of the same month, he received from Isis brother a sum of money, in %Aoki was included a 1001 note. He bad in his pus. main at the time, fear et 101. five of M. and other nowt, amounting to upwards of tOttl. The whole of this pro. petty he saw sate, in his pucket-book, at nine o'clock en the •n me at the White Horse, and lapin about eleven o'cinck, when he went to bed. His irocket•boole was in hi• inside coat pocket, and lie placed it at the for. Ilier •late. of his bed, from the door, ele,e to his side. The maid name in to lake his eandle, and lie saw her gas and was positive she latched the door. The neat mot iiiii g hr do•rovetod that he had Seen robbed. Jaiie Alin ray, the chambermaid at the White Horse, Fetiet•lairc, pi owed that the prisoner slept at that place on the night of the list of December. 7he prosecutor anon .I/ pi IhlYr 1., and went to bed about deter, teeluek.--- Tile prisoner rlyd not retire mini after twetse. They bolt, slept i n th e s a me gallery ; thr at Nn. 21 the utter or -21. Witness Work sway the candle of the prosecutor, ow the night in questiun, and was positive the Wetted tiro • door. J. Kimble said, he resided with Mr. Berge,tbe optician, of Piccadilly. OR the Ist of Jaguar y tire prisoner came there awl purchase( a sealant. The prier ma. 14 ;volumes, and the ',intoner in payment ierdered a $OOl. Batik. of England note. Wit. car, bentsght the note in Mr. flrefr, who marked it, snit he seerised therhatice. The pri-usier was told the Devout wont* waet adjieting, and he gamete bis address •• Captain Wishari. Hatchet's H tor,- *berg io r` was to be sent. In least than two hours, however, the pri soner called in a coach, said lie wee it a hairy to leave town, and tarried the article amity. Air. Berge deposed, that the last witness gave him on thet Ist of Januar y w r towbar-, in payment, fur the IG unwell+, 4 note fur IWO. the number of who, h was 10,151 'Wit- • nese afterwards paid it into Isis Bankers', Messrs, Beerier, Farquhar, and Co. A Clerk from the Bank of England produced the note, 19,151, for 1001, paid in there by Measr. Herries and Co. ; arid another from :be , fatter house prated its lodgement there by Mr. Derge. The prisoner (who appeared ninth emaciated and dig tressed in mind, and who-was allowed to sit during the trial) declined tittering any thing in his defence. Alessia. Adolphus wed litodrriek called neatly twentr • .. persons, merchants, officers of :Le navy, and whets of high reap. cta Laity, who gave the prisoner a must rani. lent character. The Recorder summed up the evidence.--The Jsrl'y the liberated a shunt time, and then pronounced the primmer The Foreman of the Jury, in their name, :lira addressed the Bench, who begged must earnestly to recommend 115* prisoner to merry. 'Ms prosecutor joined in the reams mandation ; and the Recorder assured theses that instromla repteseat the matter to the Prince Regent. SCILAUBLE Foe PPPPPPPP Upon tie convictiow of the primmer, a scene, siraihte to that *Mich took place on Monday, agars occurred. In ilia case, as in the former unr, the prisoner was possessed of pos. petty Si. a large amount, us besides the sextant which was produced in Court, the prisoner bad purchased a etches and Jeaellery of some value, which had not been proved. in evidence, being wholly ariconneeted. with the particular charge in the indictment. 'ibis property is net ally seised before the unhappy culprlth face, by cereals •iedistishiale, who, like hungry canines, with eamnded Wong, upon their prey,. and wham feeliogobf eompassiore C u lt - poor prisoner's unhappy lot are ciampletaly overcome by • greedy thirst after gain. The eircnonstaaces which we rtes, about to relate ire mast •Oisgracsfirl. and It is indeed VW prising, that in a court of yststice a repetitkiii of sack eve cinct should be a.lo a ed. Mr. Alley rose, sod called upon Mrs. Francis Love. of Warren street, Fitzroy-square, and at %boor boom th e saner lodged, to surrender to the prmechtor the gsgs vi g (which he mideratood was in court) purchased ovit.of tho 1001. note of the prosecutor. The Mahood of Mrs. Love stepped forward, aid said it would be a hard ease if ha was c..topelled to give is ast,stso• prisoner bekg in his debt. Mr. Pullen, one of the Under Sherif', said, "I Claim it as welt as all other property belausing to the primmer, as the part of the bneridi." Mr. Alley.—" I desire it to be given up to the protects. tor. It is the produce of the property of o him Is he has Urea robbed; and those who dare to claiat or seize it, to Ms wrong. will certainly have an action brooght 'salmi them " Mr. Pullen.—" I again claim the property, Alb the right ui the Sheriff only, I wars any person from attempting to hold it." The man who held the sextant stood amazed. Al length Mr. Sheriff Roberta descended from his box, sod said with loud, warmth, " 1 demand the property." The prosecutor, hastily seizing lt,. said," You shall not have it The High Sherif said he would; but Mr. Alley loitily exclaimed be should not, aid ordered the prosecutor to retitia it. The High Sherif said, be was not disposed to obey the order of Mr. Alley, and was again proceedin g , a id e d b y as racer, to seize Me property, when emoiderahle coatision . arising (at whirlelbe whole Court became indignant), The Recorder arose. aid in warm terms said, " Mr. Sheriff, I desire the property to be given to the prosecutor, without farther emitesi." TAic order operated like magic upon the C. u►t : the High Sherittr. to►ned to hie seat, the prosecutor funk his sealant, and the Court because quiet. Mr. Alley then called upon Leodheater, the Marshalnsan, who apprehended ti e prisoner, and who had .sued femw hn pen.on, and at his two v..luable gold watcher, and seals, same COW) Intact', and other articles, wit surrender the pruperts soles. to the prosecutor. Mr. Sheriff Roberts again claimed these articles, and threatened proceeding against Leadbeatcr, if lie refined to give them up! Mr. Alley desired the Mnrshalman at his peril to comply. M►. Pullen said. I again chstiurtly /trim all the pro perty on the part of the 'hrt.Q►. who are nlooe entitled to the absolute right of .t, mid 1 hair no hesitation in sueertiog that the Court lun on right n hate% er to make an order foe the surrender of the prof:laity of a convicted pasty."—The Recorder smiled. Leadbeater thee oddipessed the Court, begging to know what be auto do, beset and tb. evened to h.• wan, by tM• prosecutor isis one ban.!, and the nig°. Sher.lf native tube►. The Recorder said, be a cold make ea oak: with regard