The National Register. — London, England, 1819-04-18 00:00:00

FLINTSIIIRE GREAT SESSION. MOLD, TIIVRSDAT, APRIL S. (Stews' Mr.Sergenet Coes EY and Mr. &rend :11art atria L. Ail Aliijiaty'ir RIPE RSTI FY NNON fi II AN. THE ZINO. ON THE PROSECUTION OF SONAR]) PIERCE. AGAINST 301114 EDWARDS, FOR °STAINING MONEY .61.13 FR FALSE PRETENCES. The nature of the ease will be best understood from the evi dence. F.Jward Pierce examined by Mr. Temple.—l live a! Llandyr raid. in the county of Denbigh. I saw Edwards, at his own house. callad lierth.tldu, in the parish of Northop, in the month of April. i i 13. I understood I had been put in Pfynnott Chan I I mean Inc name had been put in. I thought somethiug •W 35 the MA tor with tae. I saw every tiling going cross. I was informed that John Edward,: pulled people out of the well; I went to him in order to be pulled out. I told him something was the mutter with me. He intmediately observed my name w a s put iii Flyuaon Elian. I trend led I He said it was ant then a tit time to take n:y name out, hut desired me to wait till els. next full moon, when he would take me out. He requested r:!.: in the interim to read the following psalms—ti, 7, 20, I;S. 1,12. and 115; afterwards he would let me know when to go to Ponnon Elian. as there were other people to hro with us—it was absolutely necessary to go there. I went to his house in .lay . followinr,o) inquire about the limper time to go to the welL lle said he would go the following Sunday, and desired me to meet him at St. Ampli. We met there at seven o'clock on the Sunday evening; it was then full moon ! Edwards fixed the day. When I saw hint at St. Asaph. he desired me to go on one side with Lim to pay the money, which lie said was to be given to the - 1 roan of the Well, for taking my lame out; he stud, if I paid Ipm, my name would be taken out; I AM to pay lss.; but I seal him I had only 14$. 6d. by me, which lie accepted! He then engaged to take my name out, and pay the money to the Woman of the Well. Ile told me, that in consequence of having my name taken out, I should ha: e my health and authority as 1 wished to have; I am sure he told me so ; I paid the inomy in order that me name might be taken out. john Edwards, myself, and two other mignon the same business, then started for the Well; we attired thew from 12 to half past 12 on Sunday night; I never saw the well betide; Edwards called me to the well, and 'hewed • it rue; we went to a stile near the well; lie bid us three go over and remain there till he fetched the key from the house where the Woman of the %Veil lived. He told me he would then pay the woman; he did not say where the house was: the well was inside a fence; I did not see a key ; there was no dour on it wary knowlet e e. Edwards was absent about 10 minute.; when lie returned, he desired ice to follow him; one of the strangers went with him ; they were absent about a quarter of an hour or 20 minutes; when the man returned, I went in his stead. I found Edwards at the well; he bid me stand on one side of the well: and say the Lord's prayer; I did so: h: then emptied the will with a small wooden cup; when emptying it, he prayed to Father. Son, and Holy Ghost, the well then filled again. He then put sonic water into the cup. sod desired me to drink some of it, and throw the remainder over my head; he said I must do en three times; I complied: after this, Edwards said, now we rill look for your name. He put his hand a little above near where the water goes into the well; he found something imme diately and said, '• I lere is something," which he gave to me. He desired me to put my hard in ; I did so, but could find . nothing. What he gave me was a piece of slate, a cork, a piece of sheet lead, rolled up, and tied together with a wire. I did not open it till I got home; it wain my possession till then. When I opened the sheet lead, I found a piece of parchment inside, with the letters E. I'. upon it; there were also sonic crosses. It was too dark to read at the well. When Edwards gave it me, he said he thought it was my name, and said every thing would be right and go on well with me, and that I should come on better tnan usual. I gave the slate, Az. to Mi. Thelwall; I had them in my possession till then. Crass-examined by Mr. Manley.—l can't tell, I was better after going to the well. One of my daughters was ill before I went there; she was better after I came back. Nly cows, horses, pigs, sheep. cats, nor dogs, were not ill, nor was my wife cross, but I thought something was the matter with me! Edwards told me my name was put into the well ; he said if I would pay him Iss. he would take my name out. I don't know what you niexn by ghosts. No. I saw no cows without heads, nor did I see blllek pins. By the Clief Justice.—l thought if my name was in the well, I should not prosper. Tiought my name was put in, and that was poinz worse in consequence. Thought by hearing ether peo 4de talk I should suffer bodily pain, and go on badly in the world as 100 as I Win the well. Jar Hyudge Marshall.—Edwards told me if my name continued in the well, I should go on worse and worse every moon alter at:other. Margaret Pritchard, examined by the Attorney• General.-1 now live at Bow. in Carnarionshire; resided at Cefn y fynnon (the farm where the well is situated) in May last. I was called `• The Woman of tite Well." I know John Edwards ; I did not see him in May last, ror for three years before ; he did not pay me las. 6d. in May last; no. nor a halfpenny. lam sure I did not see him since the dine I mentioned. 'There is no lock or uoor to the well. The Ilev. E. Thelwall produced the slate• cork, and parch ment, which he said were delivered to hini by Pierce--they had been in his custody tier once. •' Edward Pierce" and the letters F P. were written on the Parchment, and E. P. was cut upon C e slate. Edward Pierce then said. he received the articles produced by 31e. Thelwall from John Fibs arts. Chief Justice.—Who proves the Well to be in Carnarvonshire ? Margaret Pritchard was then called. and add the well was s'.tuated in the township of Eiria.s. in that part of the parish set Islandrillo in Rhos, which lies in the county of Carnarvon. The case for the prosecution being closed, Mr. Manley addressed the Jury on behalf of the defendant, list called no witnesses. 'lle Chief Justice then proceeded to sum up the evidence, and .arintadverted much on the enormity of the offnce. The .luny, after a few minutes deliberation, found the defen dant Guilty.—He was thea remanded, and (mimed to be brought up for judgment the following day ; when the Court intimated, :that the °ff.:lice of which he had been convicted subjected hint to traniportation ; but in consideration of its being the first offence, And of his imprisonment si n ce last Great Session, sentenced Lion to be =LION' is the county gaol for Twelve Cairo/eta, Maratha. rrESTNINSTER SESNIONS. On Irettnrolny, the Westminster Se►sions commenced btf..re Mr. Bakt r,and the Bench of Magistrates. ASSAVLTS. nuntas Manyard, a respectable tradesman, resitting les F. Martia'a-Lia., was iuJirtsti for assaulting .. 0 1dier in ti n . Col.batram Guard', On Ike Atli u ; r—oer Ittt , jA , e. nr a ”nriy ..t nnards retteruin.4 heal eta, at Ilia rimy-lime. Passing along Coveuity- rn NATION)L REGISTER. street, the defendant met them. The witness was the se• coin' file, nearest the defendant, alio pitched 1 against the first tie, and knocked him down. The defendant said, " This is not .s pl Ire for satchels." After the witness was knocked down, the Seijeant. who was iii the rear, risme up and asked why tile witness had been knocked down. The defendant 141'0cl:sit off the Serjealit's cap, and said he would serve While party in the same way. The wit ness was injured by Ilse blow he received. On his close-examination he said, he saw a man and a v. 0111411 going the same way ; he did not push the man sir the lady. The defendant said he bail been pushed by the first man of the poi •y. The account riven by this witness was coutiruied by the Set kind and two other piivales of the patty. M r . Nt Word. fur the defendant, observed, the Jury had much experience, and they knew that it was nut probable that an individual like Mr. Mallard, would venture to assault soldiers on duty iii ilia manner stated by the a it messes, our was it likels that three persons would wan• tinily wish against the Guards going slung the sheets, be cause they would know they were doing that which was dangerous to their flan petsonal catchy. The defendant was a must respectable kadesonati, carrying on the busi ness of an ironmonger in St. Alai tiiesdant.. A witness he should call bad paid hint a v kit on the eta, the transaction oeent red, and tram that witness the Jury would heat what really were the far Is of the case. Many of the Jury hail doubtless waiked along the street when soldiers were going by, and hail seen the style in which they match ; it was well known, if passengers did nut get out of their way, they %wild push them oust of the way.—lf so, would the Jury believe the 'soldiers in this instance did nut act as they always had done t The Jury would never admit that the respectable Citizens of Westruinster arc to be pushed about in the streets by sultlices in the manner Mr. Alan yard hail been Mr. Wallard then called Mr. John Tes ter, who said, he lived in South Auilley-street. He had dined with Mr. Alunyaril, on the 2titli of December, and about 12 o'clock they west towards home. His wife was on his lett min, Nlinlyarti was on his light side. When the soldiers Caine up, be banal his wife justled, and wheeled her round, with her back against the wall, to let them pass ; he placed himself in the same situation. He saw uue of the sololeis push Mr. Mussy ard against a shutter. The man wits knocked down. T he Se rjeunr then came up and said—Why did you knack dawn sine at my men t ifiunyard said—if you bad served me as that man did, 1 would have knocked you down. The Serjeaot then levelled his halbert at Muosaid•, breast. 'the witisek said—Serjeaut, let us have no military law here.— The Curpurol was then sent fur a constable. No assault was committed by Mutisuid upon the Stajeant. The a fitness supposed his cup tell alt is hen he Wait is the act of levelling his halbert. 'flue second rieht-hand man pushed violently aguirist Mrs. Tester. They gave uu notice of their apprivich. Mr. Baker, stating the evidence to the Jut,, observed, that there might be an excuse for the assault by Nliniyaril, yet if a Seijeaut marching through the sheets found one of his turn knocked Joan, he had certainly a tight to secure the man who committed the offence, and to detain I . The Jail would nut, however, look at the parties as soldiers but as citizens, and say whether the defendant aa, guilty or not. '!•be Jury found the defendant Not Guilty. 'louses or ILL farag. —George Francis and Martha "'enact alias Mary Conway. were indicted fur a misd.mea uoi there were two counts in the indictment; the first charging them with keeping a notorious brothel in Lisle street, Leicester-square ; and the *tetrad with lieepiug a disorderly house. Mr. Barry ►tated that it was not a parlsh indictment, hut a prosecution by a 'expectable tradesman in East -sheet, Manchester.square, whose child, only 16 years of age, had been harboured by the defendants. The poor Mall, in November 1817, missed his disiOster. He afteraurus found her in the hospital, where she had been sent by Mrs. runway; he brought tier home, but in three mouths after she was again seduced to the same house. He naturally went there, and was told by the lark, she had sent her to Guy's huspitul ; but on enquiry there it was no such thing. He morseled her a second tune. She had beta with tuns only three works when she ag:.in vanished, and he found lit r in the same situ ation as betioe. Ile again went to the house and took her away, and kept her ever since. lie then called \lr. William Sayer, the father of the girl, who described himself to be a shoe-maker, in East-street.— Tile gill wail the oldest of eight children, and absconded Furn him in November, 1817 ; he discoversd in Mardi following that she was at the house kept by del:lid:int., but on g ' g there he could gain no info, nation, hut at length found her at St. Bartholomew's-hospital, inn shocking state of disei.se ; he brought her home, but she again lett loin. He confirmed all the facts related by his Counsel. Sarah Laver, the girl herself, was then examined. She conclusively proved the facts charged in the Milli tin •nt, with pal tieulars vrbith we do not think fit to give publicity tn, in all of st hien she was confirmed by Harriet Johnston another unfortunate girl. Thos. Stseekly, a constable, assisted Mr. Sayer in finding out his daughte. ; he went to e secure a warrant to the house, and was told liv the servant Mr. and Mrs. Franci: were 111 b. d. Slimily :lifter Francis came down is his morning gown, and offered 50 or 40 guineas to make it up. Walt he and her produced a supersedeas to the warrant. Air. Ailey addrussed the rt;ttrt at considerable Irngth for the defendants; and the jury instantly found them both goittu„ T,..• each sentenced George Francis to pay a fine of 1001. and both to be committed In the House of Correction for 12 month.. and then find mrerws for their behatither tor three year; ',(NIL each, and the studies in ISOL— Ait instantaneous shout burst lot th throu4hout tile whole Court. SATUOn4Y, APRIL 17, John Rittman, aged Lail, I as charged with pickinz the pocket of a geatleni.:n iu S , Ilihrlutspt(m•si mei, Si rand, daring the late Election in ii, and us as con sidled Metros. The Cliaiiman, iu addressing this just side depredates, informed him, that in sailer to preserve hint from isitinittmely end in this comitry, it it s his duty to sentence him to liaurport alitm lois the trim et 7 teat•. On the seilienee being declared, the in isnlier v neat.' atcd " I aliank you, sir !" tynwaril was convicted of picking the e.rkrt 01 • gkotlawiaa in the Ileptiarlart, •nd it being t6c lust APRIL 18, offence, he sees sentenced to six months' imprisonment in the Hone 01C,nrectinn. John Coles was sentsuced fur a similar period, for rob bing Isis master. Joseph Carr, a olotoi ions offender, only 19 yea rs o f age, w a s indicted for picking the pocket of it gentleman in Parlioment-strert a few days ago. Thin poisoner, is mipeareil,waa di.charged from the last Old Bailey Sessions for a similar triremes.. In the pre.ent charge, unfortunat e l y for the ends of public _Moire, the prosecutor did ast appear against him ; lie was therefore acquitted. Mary Myers, a respectable 100k1111( VIOIII4II, was charged with robbing a young woman named Loaorth, her lodges, of a quantity of wearing apparel room one of her buses. The prosecutrix slated, that stir bad a few weeks ago come to town in order to get a situation, and till she contd act one had lodged with the prisoa.r for nearly six ueeks, that at the latter end of that time slur found that het box hail been broken open, Find charged the prisoner with it, wht n Ate cotiffilio d she had done it, and had pledg e d ' owe part of it for the trifling . of 3..6i1.....The pi i , uner oat sentenced for this offence to iinprisotimcnt for six months in the House of Correction, and there to be kept to hail labour. There were other eases, but not of the least interest. A fir plantat;ort at Aldermaston, in Berkshire, longing to William Congreve, Esq. W. 15 last week %et 0 , 1 fire by some sillains, by which the produce Of about four acres was de:titled. . - _ A subscription has been set on foot for establOi ing annual races at Cheltenham in the month of August. The subscription already amounts to up wards of 1,2001. and in aid of the fund: it is pro posed to give an Amateur Play, and a Ball at the rooms during the season. The ground for the race course has been marked out on Cleave-hill, which is esteemed the finest turf in England. MATCH.-Mr. Buxton started early on Wednesday manning on Ilounslow Heath, very pri vate, to drive a couple of horses tandem to Hare Hatch, 24 miles, in two hours. The horses, how ever, not pacing well together, broke from the trot twice in the first six miles, and the turns together occupied more than an hour before 10 miles were performed, and he resigned. The match was for 100 guineas. _ _ Jonathan West, the great Pedestrian, started from Blackfriare-road on Wednesday morning, to go on foot 50 miles in eight hours, on the Lower Kent. road, out and in. The pedestrian did rather more than 14 miles the first two hours, and he performed the other six miles an hour with apparent indiffer ence, and returned to St. George's-fields at eleven o'clock, as if he had been taking a morning's training. A Gland Pigeon Merh.—Three Gentlemen of the idahain Club against Three ()fall England, took place on Monday on Farnham Downs at f... 1 birds, I I yards distance from the gun, for Ist) guineas a side ; charze unlimited. Messrs. Adams, Russell. and Holt were se lected from the Crack Club, against Messrs. King, Short, and Deans. The sports were as follow : Mr. Adrinis killed 19 birds, and the remaining two were seserelv hit —Russell killed 18, but lost one there yards out of bounds, and Mr. Holt bagged 16, making a total of 52 from 63. The Club was at first hacked to win, but the England shots were now backed freely at 6 to 4, as they were considered safe eightren bird men. Mr. King killed 20, but lost two out of bounds ; Short missed his three first birds, strange to relate, which brought betting to to 1 on the Club, but he killed the next 17, and missed the last hod. Mr. Keans had 17 to tye and 18 to win, and he was backed at 5 in 4 and at 4 to 1, after killing 11 birds in succession. lie, however missed the it'th and 13th, and betting was even. He also missed the 17th, and had to kill the other four to win. lie suc ceeded, and the prize was won by one bird. It was alio g4etiter the must interesting watch of this sort known for years. ExPr.DITIow Or THE LAW.—At Coventry As. sizes the week before last, a trial took place which excited a great sensation in that town. Two women, the one a housekeeper, and the other dairymaid to a respectable farmer in the neighbourhood, went into a linen-draper's shop to purchase some article for the use of the dairy, when, after their departure, the shopman missed a small piece of cotton, about the value of 10s. He immediately followed, and took their basket from them, and they followed him back to the shop. The cotton was found in the basket ; they were taken before a Magistrate, committed, and the Grand Jury then sitting found a true bill against them ; they were instantly put on their trial, and one was acquitted, and the other con. demned. Thus, in the little space of two hours, did a woman of previously excellent character, com mit a robbery, was taken into custody for it, rut. mined, committed, a true bill found, tried, and con• demned to suffer death ! in the ease of appeal of some salesmen of Covent Garden Market, ut the Westminster Sessions, the Chairman has declared his resolution forthwith to require that each salesman in the market shall he provided with a vend, which shall contain exactly the quantity of the water-measure, and that it shall be competent tr r every purchaser to demand the meaiurea:e.nt of the artieliss he buys by the o; I,:e•ket. l'eG