The National Register.
London, England, 1823-01-20 00:00:00

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"SATURDAY, JAL 11.....(iroritt Sundt. a middleasted
.Fitrin of respectable appearanee, was tried upon an its-
charaingr liiiwseith having derrant:eti
Hobart' and Co. of Chandos-street, of a piece of silk,
value Yid. by falsely pretending 14i be the set yam ot
Messrs. Harding and Co. silk mercers of Pall Alall.
Mr. %Valloril rioted, for the prosecutors, that the psi.
• toners on the the 9311 of I)ecember, walked into die
shop of Messrs. Hobart,* ar Co. awl addressed the shop.
matt, and said, with the air of a loan of business, mat
he wanted to borrow a piece of silk fur his employers
• It was the practice of silk mercers to borrow quantities
of silk front each other, when they hid any ostler it,
execute in a harry, and the prisoner applied under these
t.irettmerataces ro the prosecutors. The shopman hush
toed; bolt the inks .votis nIT-hand address of the pri-
ranter soorrprevailed over his caution, and the silk was
pyres. never to lie paid for, returned, nor in an any
ways mole amends for.
WilliesSeS having proved the ewe as stated,
The Cheirman requested the Jury to ex amine the
evidence with their usual caution, as the ; shment
that must await upon a conviction iii eases 01 this nature
was extremely severe ; the Act having directed that out
of the coustotry the Cott riot 1111 l SI ,so.
The Jury wit hunt beSillitilm Annul the prisoner guilty
—!e was sentenced to stx 1111 l lutes imprint' 11111111 l 111 the
I :Stine of Correction, and to !Astor in tie 'freed-mill.
MONDAY, JAN. 13 —John Cane was indicted for
robbing his employer, Mr. H phties a bricklayer, of
a qtr only Of lead.
• In his defence the-prisoner said he merely was remov-
ing the lead from one place to another, and dud not in-
tit steal it.
The prisoner was coilvicied, and sentenced to impri-
entoliter. or six months, and hard labaur at the
A rows! man, named Hewers, porter to Nlews.
Barnet and Co. of the Old White 'louse Picca-
dilly was indicted for having squints a Montle of tickets,
•whrich were nut filled up by the clerk. Tile value 01
lilt tickets were lard at Iwo•ponee.
The public will lw able 1.1 Mire ill this prrSreolioll
• the cause of the nuinerons impoUtions practised every
• day, and istsjosdy ..114.1osied so chose wily are in reflux -
able uutatinui at the various islos Of the metropolis. It
was the first case of Ille•kiod that ever.was brought into
it Court of Justice.
II was stated, the lwoprierors of the ‘Vhi.e Horse
Cellit had with- h care kepi the printed tickets nut
of the reach of the porters of the house. A number of
the tickets were, however, missed Smile little ago, aid
intittuieralle complaints were made al the Cs liar that
the porters demanded touch more than the Act
of Parliament allowed them to receive. In one day
there were no less than Steel, or
the proprietors sent for a police-officer to assist itt clear-
ing op the matter.
The (officer went to the prisonet's lodgings, and found
there a bundle of the Inn Tickets, which were noc
filled up. He also (hood some tickets tfiat had Levu
reodafly filled op by the clerk, and were 1.4..d0rdi1, sub
stunned he others, its which the porter exercised his pen-
manship for his own benefit. The proprietors, deter-
toitied lo make a public example, prosecuted hum for
the-robbery, the venally fur which is transpor•
Latino for seven years.---"l'he prioller was found Guilty.
• Tor Chaittitati, in passing sentence, said that cite
pcidic were lunch indebted to the prove l s for pro-
ecei:iiig against a person. tello Wall dootitlesS 111 the halal
or illipOilog Upoll Illeni terry day—the sentence of the
C was, that he should tie imprisoned iu the I loUse
of Correction fur three outwits, and kept at hard la-
Icor at the tread mil!.

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