The National Register.
London, England, 1821-12-23 00:00:00

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droped the reins, the horses _ganged
d !Mama the driver could get hold if them
again the chaise was upset, and he was thrown off his
box. Thera was a chaise, but witness did lot see it until
she was thrown off the coach.
Cross-examined: —Site went home afterwards; her only
object In going to Bayswater was to see the plsee, having
never seen it before. She was to pay a shilling for her
ride, and was satisfied to see the place by dark. I was
quite sober, but heard nu one cry " stop," nor did I see
soy chaise or gig. Never rode with that coachman before,
end has not seen him since.--If he had said I was a regular
passenger, and often rode on his coach, it could not be
true; has known the man two months. A female, named
Sarah Dixon, rode with her.
Mr. B. C. Griffith, surgeon. of Tottenham-court-road
stated, that the deceased received very serious injury on
the knee joint, and also In other parts. He died from the
effects of his wounds on Wednesday last.
Verdict—" That Thomas Stratford is guilty of Man-
slaughter—that the coach and two horses are the property
of Samuel Kilmer, and are of the value of 401., are deo-
dand, and are now in the possession of Charles forded,
linen draper, of Charlotte-street, Portland-place, Mary-
le-bone.'

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GUILDHALL.

Edward Smyth, a lad about 17, underwent an exami-
nation on Monday before Sir Claud. S. Hunter, charged
under the following circumstances :—The prisoner it
appeared was an apprentice with Mr. Allen, of Wal-
worth, and having sun away bons his employer, was
reduced to the necessity of lit ing by his wits. Recol-
lecting that his mistress had a female acquaintance, a
slrs. Young, residing in the neighbourhood of Bridge-
water-square, he drew up a note in a female hand, pur-
porting to be from his mistress, addressed to Mrs. Young,
it, which he informed her that Mr. Allen and herself
were going to Covent-garden theatre on that evening
(Friday last), and requesting the loan of a silk shawl or
scarf, as her own had been sent to be cleaned, and lie
seowerer had disappointed her in not bringing it house.
As Mrs. Y. knew the boy to be Mrs. Allen's apprentice,
and was willing to oblige her friend Mrs. A she very
readily intrusted hint with her best white silk scarf, ex.
peeling it to be returned the next day, as Mrs. A.'s note
promised.
On the Saturday morning the prisoner came again to
Mrs. Young's with another note, purporting it to be
from his mistress, which stated that Mrs. Allen hail not
returned the shawl, as she intended to bring it herself.
The note then went on to say, that they had been to the
play on the preceding evening, and had been very much
amused ; but a sad accident had happened. On their
coming out, Mr. Allan had been surrounded by some
thieves, and robbed of his watch, and all the money he
had about him; and that he was so much engaged that
he could not go out to get money that morning, and that
she would therefore be obliged to her friend, Mrs. Y.,
to lend her a couple of sovereigns till Monday, when she
would repay her when she called to return the shawl;
adding that Mr. Allen was such a particular man, he
would not ask any one for such a thing btu an intimate
ftiend ; as Lake boy, the bearer of the note, knew no-
thing of Mr. Allen's loss, she desired Mrs. Young would
not mention a word of the loss to hint, but enclose the
two sovereigns its a letter, and give it to the boy as an
answer to the note he had brought.
Unfortunately for the success of this ingenious epistle,
Mrs. Young, its the interim between the Friday and the
Saturday, had learnt that the prisoner had ruts away from
his master, and that his mistress's note, upon the credit
of which she had parted with her silk scarf, was alto-
gether a fabrication. The prisoner was accordingly de-
tained when he brought the second note, and on search.
ing hint, the duplicate of Mrs. Young's scarf, which he
had pledged for 2s. 6d. the very evening he obtained it,
was found in Isis possession.
The pawnbroker's Journeyman, who had received the
shawl in pledge from the prisoner, attended before the
magistrate and identified his person; but as Mrs. Allen
was not present, there was no more than hearsay evi-
dence that he had not acted by her authority, 'Die pri-
soner was therefore remanded until Wednesday, to give
an opportunity fur her attendance.