The National Register.
London, England, 1814-10-30 00:00:00

THE NATIONAL REGISTER.

death, and it appearing that twenty ur thirty wore Trislituf..n were ea-
gaged in the course ()I the tray. the Jury acquitted all the prisoners.
John Strong wall indicted for •the wilful mut der of fis wife in Au-
tonv-Atrect, St. (-;enr!.,,e'siii the East. '1 here was no evidence but his
()At children, and 'hr.': ie,pltectina was so coi-sued and defectiVe,
that it amounted to nothing, and the Jury found bin' not guilty.

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Charleis Hardie Allen was loi oi
neted for feloniously secreting and
emhereing a certain letter, sent from Datoflittiitnii a 1l lul,iitia Kent,i. itloilnk Morr.
Wentworth, at Wandswoo th, in Stirre, cc
I:lotion.' tole. he being employed us a !Weer of letters by the Ge-
neral Post Olive,
Sir Wm. Carroty having Mated the circumstances of the case.
the following t%ititesses were examined :
Mr Richard Clarke depo•ed that on the 19th of Jul.' last, he
being in the emplooleot of Mr. Hale, of Dal t ford, transmitted to
Mr. Junes WviltWiP'il, Of A'inutiv% cm th, a letter containing a Bank
u 4 Etielood time, No. :7315, dated `2 i-t May. 1814. He put it in the
Po..t Office hints( If. The note was the property of 111.. Hale.
lion v Herron, Post Master of Dartford, made up andeorwat ded
else I. tter b.. 2 for London, on the 19th of July, and pot therein all
the letters itt the box,.
Charles Read receives the mails at the General Post Office, as
they come from the eouotry. Received the Dartford Mail on the
‘2oth of Joly, and delivered the bag to the prisoner, whose duty it
was to sort a pot ti an of letters.
Charles Piesse was emph•yed on the 20th of July iii the Post
Ottiec. •%V at the same table with the prisoner. His duty was
to open the totes and assist in stilling the country letters. It was
the duty of winless au I prisoner to put to the letters the charge of
postaoe. For this pnrpose every letter would pass through the
hands of winless or the prisoner. The whole of the letters whicls
came to his hand he gave reenlarly over to the prisoner.
Mr. James W coto twit lives at 'Wandsworth, and is servant to
Mr. Ilale, of I) smelled. who is a milktright. Did not receive any
letter on the volli of July. Expected a letter cuntaioing a remit-
twice of moors,.
Ro!,err Na,,11, shopman to Mr. Dl:worth, a linen-draper. in
Bishopsgate-strect. proved that the prisoner came to Mr. Edsworth's
shop-on the iWh of July to purchase sante handkerchiefs, for which
he paid with a 101. Bank of England tone, and wrote on the back
of It ~ J. Wilbraham. Tiaralgar-plare." Identified the pri-oner
• afterwards at the Giltspurestreet Compter. Had no doubt of his
person.
Peter Dowling., clerk to the Solicitor of the Post-Office, made
' dilieent enquiry at Trafalgar place, for Mr. Wilbraham, but could
not find any such person. •
• Another Bank of England note was then produced, ssliich was
reeognozed by Nash, as the same which he had received Irons the
pi isoner.
' Mr..Hngh Perkins, son to the SoliCitor of the Post• Office, re-
ceived the note produced from the Inspector of Batik notes. arthe
: Pants of England. It was cancelled.
Here the case for the proscention Was closed.
Several most respectable persons, spoke tavonrally to PT gene-
'. rat character of the prisoner, %%Ito is the son of very respectable
parents, and is no more than 19 years of age. .
Lord Eilenboreugh having tommoned up the evident*, the Jury
ifoteol the prisoner guilty--Dead:.
There were five' other charges against the prisoner, of similar
o
:i dectqi!ilion.
1 Elizalielii Long. was indicted for stealing three brooches the pro-
ti petty of Ahr.Jiam Cal,:co in the dweliine hone of Mna ia Clarke.
li 'the Prosecutor not attending and his evideuce being necessary to
.1.1 the pia,F,ectition, the pi isotter was acquitted.
Thomas Robinson was indicted for maliciously cultiog Rees Har-
i
; 'is, with intro., to do him sowe grievons bodily basin.
Rees }lads deposed that I,e was a
disscniing e
schoolmaster and resided at Chelsea Common. On the 20111 of
ergyMan and a
1 I September he had been 'olio:ton to collect some rents and remained
titers 111 ten o'clock, as 10• was comilig •i•°"' thence. 1"3"1' ILltier-
(lw:bur; Walk, a ili:ii) started upon plot *nil kooel,ed him di:wo—the
• man said, " 1 hare b..!eu waitiii: fin. you some time, nad now I'li de for
you,"-‘vitnusi i,cuivea ,eve IA !kw, while oil the gioniol alit! Iv:*
i:lcisions were inlet. iii I:ii eve, but he c:mid not we with that
instrument ; he L*,iO3:lld tor ttaS not heard. Rite-toyed to 1:..r vat
to parry the hem, ‘s Lich the rri•f!!;lr erotioto n te wive him, wilt ii
11t reeievon an teet,o„o ou ti.(' tim•l, of the heat', I:e cried ir.:i•.ler!
and a wair!orian extol to, his a-sklaner. The pri•mwr was thcii -s-
-erves, aud wi;nc..,!.. Nait, (.511iVV) ( d to a roads to St Bard:oton ew.ri
lire vital, where he icjii•iiilCLi for ticeii'l three weeiss. ;Surer stew