The National Register.
London, England, 1820-09-17 00:00:00

OLD BAILEY .S'EN•:IONS.

WEDNEFOIV. szer.
This morning the Sessions 4:0111111e.livt..1 :,.•ferr the Hon Hr.
Harou t iridium, Mr. Justice r. Jubilee Richardson,
tire Lori: Nlayor, Recorder, &e.
George Orford and Peter Tyler, on bring arraigned at the
liar for a burglary, in the el elling-house of Philip Hard-
% icke. pleaded Guilty.
CNA RGE of RSO)I.-301611 Rates, need 137, vs as indicted
for feloniously soitim; tire to his duelling home, with intent
to defraud rko Treasiiii r of the sun Fire Otlice,and ia other
counts with intent to defraud tither persons.
Ur. il opened the cliteri.es in she inilictinent, and
Mr. Rolland stated the circumstances to the Jury. and called
the follow i. a witnesses:—
Hilliard L.:is ley kiwis the prisoner iii .June fast. Ile ttas
then owner of the King's At s• in Hiali.si lent, shade dl,
b;e1) had been shut up since Sept.-iota r. On inn ilia of
June last he was passing the lonise, vt hen lie saw lire issuing
tram it He mid other• got pi. lanes amt broke open the
'hair, and fiaind amg furiously ins he bar. Tuffs nas
extinguished, mud he then perceived that there was. also a
lit.• in the cellar, and there was found a lump of something
burning, which was 11110 extinguished, and on fulling-
examination ut the premises, it appeared that the kitchen
was un tire-.
'f. Jameson saw the tire on the night, and near the
partition, and saw some staves of wood, which appeared to
belmigeit to casks. In a cupboasd in the hack parlour
Is.. found some pieces ()limper which appeared to hate been
bet Oil 4t e, and some sparks were still remaining.
by Mi. Adolphu..—The et istiner's house
was shut up from Se•pteo:ber last, and there had hero a peti-
tion, signed by the chin chi, ;miens and iiibet•, to the Ma-
gistrates, for the licence to be renewed at the next license
day.
Mr. Toplis, Surveyor to the Sun Fire Oftine, d'-poses),
that on the morning idler the (Ire he examined the premises
in ipmstion. The fire in the cupboard of the parlour could
not possibly have been caused by that its the cellar ; nor if
these bad Seen a fir. in the stove of the parlour that night,
could it have caused On tire in the cupboard. All the pro-
perty in the house that came under Cos denomination of
v. raring apparel and plate, &c. amounted in value to no more
than 1131. It had been insured for 10001. The stock in
trade :Ind utensils, which had been insured for :iOOl. were
win th no more than 961. 85. Bates said he had lost a port-
manteau containing a quantity of plate, which had been
placed underneath hi• bed, and he emitnerated the articles
it contained. Witness told Bates, the circumstances of the
tire was se auspicious that he conceived he would not be paid
Vile farthing, and lie replied that it was a hard ease.
The prisoner addressed the Jury iu his defence nt a
considerable length, and stated a vat iety of circumstances
bearing in his favour, and solemnly protested his innocence.
111 support of his asseri ions, Mr. Alley called the following
witnesses in his behalf.
Eliza Ryder lived servant at the house, and was in the
habit Of keeping the wood for lighting the tires in the cellar,
and candles in the closet of the parlour. A cat belonging to
the house, had a severe burn on her back the morning after
the fire. The prisoner and his family slept in sheets.
Mr. It. Jones, (now landlord of the-Sampson and Lion, in
Lower Last Smithfield), the person at whose house Bates
was found by the fireuseii,stated, that he had known the pri-
soner fifteen years. On the night of the tire lie was at the
prisoner's house with lihn,and they le ft it about eight o'clock.
Bates barred and chnineil the front door ioside, and they
le•it the house by the back door. lid was With the prisoner
till past eleven o'clock. He had bud dealings to the amount
of some thousands, and he knew him to be a man of excel-
lent character and strict integrity. The occasion of their
being together on the night in questien, was to have an in-
terview/ with seine persons respecting a public-house is hich
witness was about to take.
Mrs. 'Limber, mother to the last witness, said she was in
treaty in dune last with Mr. Jones for her house. and on the
evening of the Silt the latter and his wife, and Mr. and Mrs.
Bates came there. Thf-y mete to have met some brokers,
bat the latter did not come.

Jams Dodd proved that the same parties were at the Ship
public-house soon after eleven o'clock.
Mr. Justice best surnamed np the evidence at considerable
!mph.
The Jury retired for a quarter of an hour, and on their
return prontrnuced the prisoner Not Guilt).
AI URDU:.

On Friday Edward Ca Mary Donovan, Wm,
Donovan, and Daniel Donovan, were indicted for the
wilful murder of Jerendah Carthy on the vuth of July
last.
Mr. Jessop addressed the Jury on behalf of the pro.
secution.
Sarah Williams was the first witness called. From
her evidence it appeared, that on the night when the
murder was alleged to have been committed, the de-
ceased was sitting in the George Pubiic•house, IVilite-
chapel, with two Englishmen, kin; a pipe. The
prisoners, who arc natives of Ireland, were also pregient.
I. he whole were engaged in dancing. home of them
asked the deceased if he would get up amid dance. The
d,%eased r. Sc for that purpose, when he WJS immedi-
ately struck by the prisoner Callaghan. Sonic persons
present persuaded him to sit down again, and he held
out his hand to C.11141.in. Milles during this he re-
ceived another blow !rum a nian named Gamy, who is
not yet in custody. The prisoner, Mary Donovan,
then came up and made some remark to the deceased,
intimating that she considered him as the bully of the
Englishmen. 'l' he whole of the prisoners then, assisted
by Garvey., laid hold of the deceit-4,1 and dragged him
into the yard in Gerge-court. Winless saw William
Garvey attempt to jump on the head of the deceased,
all the prisoners standing by at the time. %Vane,. then
went into her risen house, and whilst sitting by the lire
side her door was broke open by Garvey.—Garvey seized
Cie poker. NVitticss then observed another person, of'
the name of Siltester Marilyn, kick the deceased vin
leinly. At the same time Garvey struck him wail the
poiscr three times. When the deceased got np, Nlary
Donovan threw a brick at him. Witness did not ob-
serve nheiher the brick atrihic the deceased, but the last
words which Ike tittered were, You have cut me with
a brick-hat." During the struggle Vary Donovan pro-
cured strong sticks, which she distributed among the
men, sonic of whom beat the tlcceasvil with them.—
Tim deceased was at length rescued trout his dreadful