The National Register.
London, England, 1818-04-13 00:00:00

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PITMAN V. MORGAN.—This wit; In-might to recover
a compensation. in damages, for the injury sustained by
the plaintiff, in Atte, seduction of Lis daughter by the defend.
out.
The plaintiff reminded the I/Hsi:less of the defvedant's
father, us sumo-boiler and tellow-chandler, at Bath. The se.
duction took placribere. defendant's daughter was not
vet sixteen. 'Dies damages mere laid at 10001. For the de-
fendant "Mee witnesses were loaned, who alleged levity in
the conduct of the girl. The Jury found a verdict—Damages
2001.
Among the prisoners capitally -onvicted at these Assizes
was Mark Sheppard, for the imirder of Wm. Cornish. The
)fn it'! Mercury observes, thae,ti.ere never was a villein who
stood before it Judge with sit hardihood. Even when the
•wituesses were giving their evidence against bite, lie was
frequently seen to smile:, and when Judge Abbott was pass-
ing sentence, lie did not appear the least affected; and he
told the Judge, he had nothing to repent of, as lic was inno-
cent. He was to be executed on Monday last.
LANCASTER.

FORGERIES.—The be ;loess of the Crown End tcriu:nated
on Friday week, when the Chief Baron passed sentence upon
tl:e momeruns prisoners who had been convicted during the
4 sizes. The following among other unhappy men, received
sentence of death :—W:Ovenliam. for forgery ; W. Stewart,
Curry, Margaret Dowd, R. Wardlow, lt—Moss, Hannah
tlayhall, and J. Vanghati, for uttering forged Bank, of Eng-
land notes. _ _

It was almost linposeihle to Is itness this spectacle without
- being almost petrified with horror ; and the progress of the
painful ceremony was occasionally interrupted by the frantic
exclamations or piercing shrieks of some wife, mother, daugh-
ter, or sister, of the unhappy delinquents.
Ovenham was so ill that lie was brought into Court wrapped
in a blanket, end was obliged to he supportcd•by two attend-
ants while sentence was pi‘scd upon hint.
G. Steel, E. Gc•ran, J. Walks r, E.Berry, J. Jelly, Wm.
• Connolly, J. Scholelield, M. Steel, E. Walton, W. Taylor, mod
Edward Moores, convicted of having forged Bank of England
notes in their possession, were sentenced to be tratexported
for 14 years.

IllfSll ASSIZES.

MURDER OF THE I.YECHEF.

Adjourned Assizes fur the county of Louth commeaeed
at Dundalk on Tuesday.
J. Smyth, P,:trick and Lawrence Gayssor; were
pat to the bar, and were•arraigued for setting lire t0+6,.• house
of Edward Lynch, late of Wittlgoose-lodge, Mole county of
Louth, in October, !SIG. Also •for the. murder. of the said
Edward Lynch, 'nuts. Ronm.y, Jas. Rispand, Eridget Lynch,
Elizabeth Richard, a child of Zi years old, and others, amount-
ing to eight persons.
Alice Rispand saw.,.on the morMng of the ratsrtic-, the bp •
die,: of eight persons neta•ly am:sinned by tire, its the house of
Lynch ; one was the body of her son.
Three informees, Milroy, Peter. Cology, and T. Gubby•
,Acta:tied the ',riskiness as having been present, aiding and
assisting at tho hunting. Those who acted with them mer•o
one hundred at least. Tbe motive by which they were ac_
:nate& was, that Lynch had defended his house, when at.
tacked ow e. former occasion by robbers, and brad defended
itis family, beat the assailants, and prosetated three to cut.
v teflon. _ . .

Judge Fletcher, in a strong, legal, and discriminating :to git
:neat, charged the Jury; d after four hours' consider:l6mi-
Pat. M'Quillon and James Smyth were (mind guilty, and L.
iiaynor war.-siegititted.
COUNTY+CF A~NPft M.

Late nn THesday,the l a ill ult. the several !terming convicted
were brought into4.4ourt to receive judgeneut, when sentence
of death was passed on 13 of them.' Among these was Samuel
Dick, for ruicilngeway.wititatul violating Elizabeth Crockett.
In addressing Dick, the Hulk Judge was particularly bums:
sive, and dwelt at considerable length on the enormity of his
offence. He observed, that-be lied been guilty of cwt. of the
greatest crimes that ever waseemmitted in a civilized country,
tn forcibly takieg possession of a poor young defenceless girl,
carrying her away.ft out her friends, unris:•eating !multi chit
most cruel pawner here declared he meant
no harm to her, and that he bad endeavoured to make all the
compensation in his power -for the injury he had dom.:. He
added, that it had heen repot ted that it was for he: money
alone that he took her away, hilt licked offered to her relations
to marry her without asking fur any part alit. His Lordsliiii
here emphatically. said, " lwould nouatl vise her to marry you,
were von to live a thousand years!" 'The prisoner then said,
" Since it must he se, T. entreat you Lordship f..r a long day."
His Lordship then observed, that the time allowed to all the
prisoners would he long ettouglt, .and he hoped they WOllll
employ it in makieg their peace with Gad ! lie teen proceeded
to pronounce the awful .cute nee of the law on the 13 nnfortu
nutter convicts; but no time was fixed lor•tiseir execution.

Hulsey, the supposed inn ruercr of Mr. Wril and his hon., •
keeper, ii thin in 'scrim's, mill, and even. effeminate in his
masinera., apparently Was:lfni, and his counter:am:a .pm.seases
an air uldnieli
The Assizes for the County of Surrey. wii;c!: commenced at
Kingston, on luisilay, Mai eh IV, ended un Saturday last, at
nuuu. 'f l'irty•nine per•ons received sentence ut Death. Thu
number tried fur criminal utiences were giraffe'. than ever
before known, and the dnration nt the AssiAes vs as many days
lutiger., than au) furrier one fur that county.

THE NATIONALRF,GISTER.

:POLICE.
CULDIIALL.
CHANGE ',V Em REn M .—A 111811 named Rahhoth was
charged by Edward Gainsford, ebeesemonger, Ludgate-hill,
with having einlotiz!ed the amount of :UM. in bank notes.
'file romplaivant said, he sent the prisoner to the house of
Sir W. Curtis ;mil Cu., bankers,to lodge the above. stun. The
prisoner inwer•rt,iiirtied, and upon inquiry, it was found that
nn nanmy had !met, ueeeived at the banking house, iu the
name of Mr .4iainsford, an the day siecitied. An officer was
iiiiinediately sent after the prisoner, who was soon appre-
hended at Oravesend. 3001. was found upon his persun.—
lie was temanded.

BOW STREET.
J. elute, a chisoney sweeper's•hoyewas charged with steal-
ing a wars•b from the house of Lord Francis °slim n. The bos
was committed, and the master was ordered to find hail.
Aliorray, E. Holmes, and W. Cook, were
r barged with robbing G. Harris, a sailor, of his watch. ill
the course of the exaiuinaliuu Mr. Birnie directed a search
to be made at She lodgings of Cook. Two officers went to
his residence in the neighbourhood of Tyburn turnpike.
They found the further and manses living in very great po-
vet ty and distress. In the room inn which the prisoner Cook
slept they torpid an old box, And in it two old ...male pock-
ets, containing coins, .consi►ting of dollars, three
iug tokens, half crowns, &c. to the amount of upwards of
1501., and in a large pocket book were bank notes to the
amount of upwards of 2001. Finding such weattlr at curls a
plat emt misery, the officers thought it right to take the wo.
man with them. Upon her examination before Ale. Birnie,
site said the silver wits her properly, saved from the gains of
selling apples in the streets, she affirming that she took us
notch as Irfs..in a day sometimes. This, however, was not
credited, as she was literally only clothed in rags, and ap-
peared an object of real misery. The account she nave of
the hack notes was, that her son, the prisoner, and another
boyovere playing in Reusbugton Gardens 31)011t three .ears
ago,: when they found to the amount of 7501. in the Grotto;
therhad advertised it, but no person bad claimed it.
The prisoners were committed for further examination,
and itro.ufry it to.br. trade respecting-the wealth in their pos-
session.