The National Register. — London, England, 1819-04-26 00:00:00

APRIL 06. - 7 IV It had been stopper y a r. rown~ wing a ante for a I wee rimount, lie asked the prisoner whoin lie brought it from' The prisoner said from a Mr. Phillips, pointing to a direction on the noir as follows—'• Juo. Paillips, 13, Bury rem, St. Mary Axe."—Using after the bouts of business the Secretary a at gone, nod witness toil the prisoner to leave it until the morning. lie did so, though not willingly. Pri soner was to ensue the next dry for the note or his change. Witness had Liken the note to the Secretary's office. 11r. Charles Christmas, an inspector of the Hank, pro due, d a YOOl. note, which Mr. Dyer proved to he the one pretented by the prisoner. Mr. Christmas resumed.—On the IS h of March witness saw the prisoner at the Secretary', office, and he asked him of whnnt he received it? Ile replied, of " Mr. John I'llll - 13, f3tiry-'trees, St. Mary-Axe." Michael Morrii, an officer of police, said he took the ',O wner into custody on the ISth March. Mr. (ht istnint asked the prisoner of whom lie hurl received it, and the prisoner said from Mr. Phillips, Bury-street, St. Mary-Axe. Witness left loin in the custody of another Mtn er, and went to No. 13, St. Mary-. Ase, and no Well person live 3 iii re. lie nem to No. la, iii the same street, where he was 03 Phillips lived, and he s.tw a person tittle win, called himself Mr. Phillips. Ile asked him if his name was John, and Ire an swered " NO; Jonathan." W Worm heard the prisoner gay, whilst under examiiintiiiii, that lie had taken the 110 . e fur Int. worth of jewellery, from a man ;Own, he belie'', d had gam to Ireland. Droos.exsinlyerl by Mr. Adolphus.—The prisoner said, that a past of the properly sold, was a chronometer ; that it was a Wady-Malley transaction. lie said he met the man promiscuously In the street, and tmik him borne to his own loigings, and the prisoner g ive witness his arldiew, w hiel l he fund to be correct. A person said he had hard there about a month.—% itnew did not seareh his lodgin,:s. After the first examination, the prisoner was out upou bail for several days, and he came voluntarily to the second examination. 711 k: DLVENCE-AN The prisoner in his defence said, Mr. Phillips was a traveller, whom he had met on going fawn Liverpool to behind, and he sold him goods to the atnnind of 1371. and he cave him the dife►ence, &it.; Phillips gave bins t h e address spoken of; that he had been five necks in prison, which hall spoiled his business, and ruined him hi his elm racier. To prove an alibi, Mr. Adolphus and Ir. Arabia called the following with • Coleman Levy, sexton to the Jews Synagogue, said, that en the 21st of December he honied the priponer's mother, she had lived in Still-alley, 14 isditeh, and it was their ligion to say prayers morning and evening at home iu the room where the corpse had lain for seven days. AS'it. nets attended for the seven days G um half past seven to half-past eight in the niornine, and from half-past three until half.past four in the arterimon, and the pi toner was there every morning and evening during the seven days, and lie appeared to be in a bad slate of health; there was a Uri ed prayer to be said standing by the young children, and the pri'ou.► was too 11l to hold up the youngest child, and witness did it for him. 11)man Benjamin Cowan said, he called on the prisoner at the expiration of the lb day to take measure of himself and the children ;it was on a Sunday. lie called at ten o'clock in the morning and saw him in his room, pri• toner aid he was dl. and could not stand to be measured V. is Culled about Iwo hours afterwards, about its( lye o'clock. and saw the prisoner spin in his bed-room, and he said he was so ill he meld Out he mounted. Witness measured the (+lichen, but nut the prisoner : . . Ann Hardwieke stated, that she attended the prisoner's mother as nurse; she went to her on the 19th of Devem her—she died on the Sunday following, and was bulled on the Monday. The whole of the family sat on the ground for seven days after the flidal. Witness was in the honse for 14 days, and she was stare she prisoner WWI not out of It during that period; he was not net of the house on Sunday,the 17th of Dec. he was in iii health. Mr. Abraham Shannon, surgeon and accoucliene.proved that the pi imager had been in a ad-lining state of beJib for the last tut, years, and he attended him at his father's, about Ch I ibillllta. A great mall; apparently respectable persons, but chiefly of the Jewish perseasion, gale the prisoner a good character. Bar on Wood Visa reeapitalating the nature of the charge against the prisoner, when the Jtuy tnatifsted an ansiet) to have a convoiltat:on, which they immediately had, and :thro declared themselves satisfied of the hint/CI:110E of the prisoner. . . . Mr. Baron V/‘ ad—" If so, let the verdict ha taken."— Verdict, Not Guilty. The prkooer, olio is a respectable looting man, bowrd and seiired.—The trial excited a great deal of interest, particularly ainoupt the Hebrews. IN THE MATTER OF CHARLES RENNETT. At the termination of the above trial,,Goudvi in, one of the patrole belonging to Bow-street °thee, gut into the vs &mess' box, and begged that the it Lordships would i.e pleased to tale on the tiial N 0.9, against a gut named Patterson, and in whose case he was a witness, but his application was grounded upon this circumstance. He held a warrant against Charles Bennett, who was charged with having stolen a child from Mr. liorslty. LitOrmatrun had been received that R.:emelt was hourly expected at liar ich, and it was the anxious wish uf )Ir. Horsley that he (Gondwia)should go to Harwich to escort It i 11l to tows,. Mr. Justice Park condemned applications from officers to put off trials, cud observed, that Vaud' practices were satiated to ?nos unnoticed, the uffiters acre, y Pulice.office would be making similar applications %%behsrer they thought lid, Mr. Baron Wood refused to grant the application, but after a cunsultnt tun between the Judges, and ars, rat of the Gentletnt n of the Bar, Goodwin, (who was the man that pursued _ronett on the Continent), was again Caiied ap, and told that the trial of Patterson aunts be postponed until Thee sday morning, and that lie might have l as e of absence hum she Coast, on giving the prisoner and her witnesses, and the witnesses fur the prosecution, no tice of the same. The witnesses fur the prosecution were in Court, and heard the order. SATURDAY, APRIL 24. RANI FORGERIES._ __ Thomas Arnold, George Seves a, and Daniel O'Hara, lime charged with having in Mei; possess►on 'wildly THE NATIONAL REGISTER. fo'Rel'flank of England . nole4. - *fhb** Privmers Imolnt pleaded Guilty, scirieets Iltem to transportation fur 14 years. Henry Dart and Mary Ann Griffiths were charged with •ianilar offence. These priaormis pleaded Not Guilty ; they sedl, therefore, take [lair trials the ensuing week.. William Knight was convicted of stealing a quantity of wearing apparel, the property of John Edwards, at the Coach and Horses, Frith•sts eel, Soho. Robert West was convicted of stealing two silver tea sponnv. the property of Mr. M•Dormel. ROBBERY OF THE' GENERAL POST- OFFICE. Nicholas Benigtie Albin and 'llionias Jeticott, clerks in • the above Office, were capitally indicted on various counta, fur e trailing awl secreting dicers letters, conininisig 54111,11 y Bank of England and oilier mites, which had come into their possession by virtue of their employment in the said Generid Rum time to time. This trial exciwil considerable interest, awl on no one occasion has the Court been more crowded. 'The two pri...itters were hroneht to the bar at 10 o'clock, when the various elweee against them w tie 11.411, it) w hich they pleaded Not Guilty ; and the London iiiry hawing been sootil in, the trial of Albin look place, during the w bele of which the pri rimer held a ttunapet to his ear, at the inner bar, he ireit.g allowed to come fouwatch til.it he 11 'gilt the each r heat the evidence against him. The ease was opened to the Jury by M . Gus hey ; and the facts tat ieg clearly proved by the evidence of Itobt. Simpson, esq. of Middle ! hot iw Hall, Yorkshire, who put ill a letter containing a 201. Batik of England note. addressed to a gentleman at Yak is of the liana of Hodson, on the 7th December last. This was fully eolith - uteri by the evidence of two elriks flout the Post-Office at Yu, k, and the evidence of other gentlemen at the General Pest-Oltiee in London, who ostethat it was the duty of the prisoner to open the York bags. It was also proved by a female of the name el Anti Curtin. that on the 7th of December she received the very note from the pi isomer at the bar, about mac o'clock on that day.—Mr: Baron Wood rbarged the ..I.lly, who, after a few minutes' consultation, returns d a vet duel of tfuilty—l)ralh, Tholtis Jelkolt was also capitally indicted oa similar charges as the fowler prisoner, and particularly for stealing on or about the 16th of October, a quantity of Bank of England Note's. ainounting to .1:50. which were inclosed in a letter addressed to Mr. Edward Windy. at Bury, in Lancashire, and which was sent twbiLliby his uncle, Mr. Duo% in the firm of NICIIM Longman, Hurst and Co. Paternoster-row. It appeared that the prisoner had been for 20 years in the Post Office, arid for some years past he had a situation of £2lO yearly, and was highly respected in the office till suspicion fell on him—and had fur these three years past kept elegant lodgings in Nuifolk-street, Strand. His situa tion in the office was a taxer anti charger. The prisoner put in a written defence, and Mr. Justice Park having stated the different evieences which were ..ddneed aguinet hill!, IWm which it appear ed that the letter in question had been proved to have been put in in London for Bury, and that no such letter had ever been re--I ceis ed there ; that en his being apprehended at the Post office on the morning of the 29th of January, and carried to his lodgings. Atkins, the officer at Bow-street, ou searching his drawers. found one of the Notes which had been enclosed in the letter addressed to Bury ; that on his being taken and charged by Mr. Perkins. the solisitor, of his being suspected of being guilty of stealing monies from different letters, the prisoner replied •• I have dime wrong. I am guilty. " In his uratwers were found upwards of 2001. in Bank of England notes, part of whist amounting to X. 31. he had received as part of his salary. The learned Judge having sitnitutd tip the whole of the evidence, the Jury with drew out of Court, and on their return gave their verdict, Net Guilt j,.—The prisoner on being taken from die bar, was informed that ou Monday morning he would be tried on another charge, and the patsies were ordered to a'.•end. SPARRING AT THE FIVES COURT. Martin the Pugili% had a bumping benefit on Tues. day. The court was crowded with more reveciability than has been witnessed of late, and pstronage was retv properly afforded upon this occasion to one always iu 'fiahnog trim, and whose tows:wining behas' mmy of the fraternity would do well to adopt. The setting-to gave universal satisfaction, which is very scl dons the case._ Martin and Burn.—This was one of the best sets-to witnessed in the Court for a length of time, and was more interesting than is often afforded in a whole after noon's play. Hits were exchanged with the nicest pre cision. science is equal to any man, but Martin hit with him, and in our instance he placed a fine thi,h left-handed hit mban the middle of Buries head, fol. ed wills the right at the hotly. Several counter hits were exchanged, and if theme were any advantages, it was ratios!. on the side of Martin, who has Just returned front Brighton in the finest condition. Spring and Harmer made a good bet-to, and Spring has profited much in his Brighton training with Martin. I t was rather light play than hitting out, which suits Harmer best. '1 here was good science displayed, to the 2.; '1 aulage of Spring. Eales And Shelton.—This mss also an excellent bout, but Eales's commanding science stopped Shelton's rush and hard streight hitting, and in return tapped the claret. Shelton is also fresh from Brighton. The set-to was long and interesting. Randal and Hult made an excellent and scientific set to, but Holt (every inch good) has not enough of him self to sup Randal's pugilistic pranks; but he made some judicious parries, and placed some hits. Randal is fifth and strong, and trains well on the Hampstead Hills. Turner and Crawley bet to, and hit away inatifull).— There is too much length in Cawley, it bolts away with substance. lie had none the worst of the match with Turner, but he is better with the gloves than in the rug. Scroggins sheaved some monntehank attitudes with 04.1ontel, which excited much .fun, but 0•I)Iniiiel did not relish it half so much as the company. At the finish of the sparring, Oliver mounted the stage, and stated, thatat t he sinderstond Donnelly 1041 conic over to fight any one, he was ready to fight hint for from 50 to YOO guineas. Randal, orator for the absent Donnelly, said, that Donnelly would fight Oliver in six weeks, so that uo diaiht the match will Ike made. Martin returned thinks to the amateurs, and invited them to join him at milling the sirloins at his friend Burn's. Soup.: of the party went to Gregut's, at the Mare and 111.441,k, So. Catherine's-hridge, in talk rarer the prelimi naries of the forthconnag iiisht between Donnelly and. ()liver. -IDJOURNED ADMIRALTY SESSIONS. . OLD BAILEY, MONDAY, AyrlL 19. CASE OF MIJIIDER. I lenrg, tains Mickey, alias 'leggy Walt, was indicted fns aiding and assisting one John Gil am, William Brock. filial Billy dock, (since executed), and several 1 , 1:Irrl, ut t he wit. fill 'shirtier of Joseph Nlart hi, mate of the Pax teveline eu - ter, about ti It:trues from the South Foreland, in the wanly of Kent, on the ath day of August, 18 l.'s, fhe flt tof the .der by the cress of n sinurzliti4 boat :rat et. ark proved, but tea ne.ars w tin were e..lleil, failed in establishing the identity of the prisoner as one of that cress. Justice Ilest recapitulated the wh ar or the evi.lence, and th. ditty Ims mg reined for al :10 minute., on their returu found the pawner—Not 'There were other indictments against the prisueer, but the A itoi lie y-Gcncrol declined isifering any evidence upon them ; he was consequently declared Nut Gailly, nod maimed by the court to he discharged. Iminediairly upon his liberation, the prisoner was again taken into custody, upon a n arrant uht.tined by the Board of Excise, fur another offence, and conveyed away its a. coach. 13 )olta. - On Msnday, Crander, for an extensive robbery :it the 801 l and Mouth, was brought up tor another exuiniivtion. A malt, named Bro , tt was also put to the Bar. He was apprehended by Vickery, the Otter", who received information that he vros concerned in the robbery. The additintimi evidence nas us frnlows:-31ary Vacs, wife to the owner of the tap, stated, that sh.: was in the bar when the basket embhining the parcels of notes was brought in by the guard. Ts° stem ows were in the tap-rootn, who looked like persons who intended to go oil by one of the coaches. She at opposite the bar dour. She went to draw a pint of beer, after a Inch she went to the tapooom fire to saint the pot. The strangers were in the •ap-room when nbe left it, when she soon did to go to the cellar, at which she bud vcarrely arrived, when she heard her busi.and rail out whi•ther vhe hx.t seen C.ood:v.l'v ',alert. She ran up isausedi alelv after, and saw the straiwrs t% ere gune. M. Adolphus asked vt !wilier Vickery had reason to ex- • per t add' timid! evidence.. ith respet t to that prisoner. Tnc facer replied - , that he expected in a few dtv;s very stroiez testimony against both prisoners. The witnessea next examined curld not swear to either of them. •••• Mr. Vile', the land) rd of the Roll-and-Mouth Tap, looked - at Broom very minutely, hut coold slot say a hetuer ire wox the retain ssho accompar.iecl Crowder or not. The pit's/nest were leitiantled for a orris. lIATIONr-GARDEN. EXTENNAIE FORGERY OF BAXK-NOTEL--0111411111t6y • Henry Dart and Mary Arn Griffith were brought up in the cus tody of Thomas 'fioraipson and John Forbes. constables. champed with having feloniously in their possession iv forged one }moot) Bark of England notes, in a finished state, and 3 in =unfinished state, they not being Mimi up. Thomas Thompson deposed as follows:—About two o'clock - on last Saturday afternoon, I went in company with John Ports s to a home in Nag's Head-court, Golden lane ; we fotmd the door open, and went iu, and s:.im a woman, who term need her self to b.: the landlady. I asked her if a Mr. anti Mrs. Dart lodged there. .hhe said yet, and called Mrs. Dart Wo did not wait her coming down, hut went up stairs to their rom, which was on the first floor; there were fimr persons in the roam ; two of whom we permitted to go. I thea infornied the prisoners that we had intiomation that they were wholesale dealers and seller: of forged Bank of England notes. Neither of * pri soners answered. After searching the cupboard, and every other part of the room, I found the box now produced (a small deal box, about a foot square) under the bcda which was a half tester, turned up. I asked whom it belonged to, and the node prisoner said it was left there by a man whom he did not know. I said would break it open, on which he bolted hoot off the chair. and ran to the window, which was open, and put ou: his brad and part of -his body: thinking he meant to .escape, he was immedi ately reeured by Forbes. I then forced opens the box, and foaral the to notes now produced, purporting to be oite-pou-id Bank of Englund notes, loose in the box. I also hiund th.a pocket-book in the box. which contained the three Dens now produced in an unfinished state. not being filled up. I marked them all before I quitted the possession of them; there were also the two affidavits tor pawnbrokers -duplicates lost, and which appeared to be pledged, one in the npme of each of the prisoners: and tunic tickets for the Minor Theatre for the benefit et young Crawley. As I was taking them out of :he pseket-book, the prisoner Darr said. •• Those are m; property.' We hake(' the mom door, and conveyed the prisoners to the watch-house, where we secured them; we returned again to the house, whoa the landlady delivered me the key now produced. which she said she pt, ked outside the prisoner's window: and which fitted the lox and this key, which al:o fits the leek of t box, she deiflered she tnis dry, which she found under the grate n his room. - - John Forbes corrohoratesl the foregoing o Elizabeth, wiM of 'rhos. Buck, enachmaker, 3, Nag's Head mutt, Nag's Head-plan. Gotten-lune, proved letting the apart ment, furnished, to th: male prisoner ; he lodged there last Fri day week, aud brought the box produced by Thompson. He said he was a ,nartied man, and lately fmm the country : the fe male prisoner pa.saed as his wife ; they cohabited mi.:ewer. John Maul:cuts and his son, pawnbrokers. Ina, ‘Viiitccrors street. identifii.d the prisse.ers to be die persons wl:o obtained the affidavits found ;n the pocket-bcolt. from than. Mr. Glove:, a Lank Inspector. proved the notes to be forged. The prisoners were folly commltted for trial. Tae Gernmen of the F.ittcy. has e-th:s wot k keit lira. rifled with the 4111111.A1 cock fight betu ten Nt rw.c.ll and Cduabr;dge, vimich lasted three days. 11'e 'cam front the amateurs that the birds on , both si.les showed abut:. tle:•ee anon. amt the main was finaNy tlecArd in fa_ tour of Norwich by one Initt!e. Crilbrizlge Non 3 byes. a ...t. MN