The National Register.
London, England, 1822-11-04 00:00:00

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i,v1).4 V. OCT. 8 F.. devil k Stone was indicted for
tram the 1,1,1.011 0t.61.01ge %Val net, a silk band-
kes ehiet, value la •billing.. his property.
The pie., CIIIIIT, it appeared, an. passing throng]; Pic-
cadilly. a hen the pi ismier writ L, hind him and with
much dexterity aos,tarted the handkerchief hon. his
V4'1.0. lit' was slow rved by a lad named Andrea a, a Ito
t ,tliately seisrd him. and gave him in charge to all
e'r. The handketchiel was fostini iii his possession,
was Aeons to by the prosecutor.
The Jury ram., 11i111 guilty, and he was immediately
Fr men, ed to be transpai tett for i it.. On hearing his sl.ll-
- he made a rob, ))))) I obeisance to the Recorder,
and reclaimed, " Thank son. Sir "
S wish 11. ad wax indieted for ft/eAlille a silver watch,
%wee s., twat properly of Samuel Vincent.
The. r and het husband. it a,-peared, were lodg-
ers in the proseentoos I. um-e. 'flit acts II its rine-sliest
was haul lot; ill the lull-. oom adjoining tic.' moo intent.
oeciti ird by the 'whetter, and rhiring the alisenee Of the
it was stolen, a.iil soltsuplently fawn, at
pa+ ntiroler's, alio paved it to 1::..e been pledged by the
prisoiler.
'I he Jury found her guilty, lint strongly recommended
i.e. ra wet ey
Adolphus, on the part Of the proweittion "ignited
Wirt ietWhitteen.Williane Leiresti.r,Jolin
Unity, and Samuel Raven, who stuml indicted for waling
lb sot Cl rien•, three watches, Kr. in the tits ..... se
•1-.latties Curtis, a polblican at lionnslow, applied to the
• forrlie pOilponenwrit of the trial moil next sea/Omni,
for the pot pronfti allowing time to bring fora:oil some
importato evtilvtire.
Alter a 1... w observations from Mr. Alley for the pri-
sm.. t•. the trial was ordered for ‘Veditesday nest.
Alexander Robertson was !dared at the bar, charted
capitally a ith forging the hall oust ks of the (ioldstni.l.'
t'cnlpuuy. He applied to the rout tto have his trial post-
poned to the next sessions. His request eas el anted.
H. Day. a man of very respectable appearance, was
plac.d at the bar on an ii.dielineutt charging :tint capitally
with srlliug certain pieces of silver platy. beariueg the
forged stamp of cite Goldsmith's Cumpututy, lee well know-
he the sitille to be forged and collide' frit. Mr. IVallord
op..rwd the pleading., and the Attorney ()emend stated
the ease for the prosecution.
The iwisoner was a aoe king silversmith, residing at
Wildmiess-rew, Clet k vowel!. In Match, 11121, Ile dealt
with a siSseismilli.in the Strand, named Jones, to about he'
road 'tuition. articles of plate, on which With impressed a
fots:ed stamp of the King's head. 41 hill of ',stele was
delivered at the in which it retrain sum visa charged
for ditty paid to the Company. lie also, in
the months of December and February last,sidd to another
Air. ..10111 a, tesidisig iut a dilTrleut part of the lowa,certain
articles of plate, also hearing the astute forged and coon-
el fell walk.. These were the farts riffle.. a:i.e.:m.l after
statiur the law, and esplai vin g !el 11.1..11113, the disc. ipt ion
of mink. n.e.l by the Gold•miths' Company, the Attorney
General pu °reviled to call his witnesses, who sit pu-ed to
the tarts
jospretOr of stamps in the Stamp-00%re,
nleJ at Goldsmith's flail, p.oved, that the nisi ks Nam she
'poet's and other articles sold by the tit istaier to flue dif-
1. ent witnessu s wet e all Mt grit.
The btother of the po proved, that the prisoner
was dangerously 111 in I S'rn and 1.21, cud his lisine•s was
transacted by oilier persons,
A great nombet a vt ty respectable persons were called
to character.
Mr. Cartelage swern.—l ant a silver spoon maker. In
my transactions with Goldsmiths Hall they committed
mistake. Lase August twelvemonth WWI aide' ne,,isj.m.
was apprehend. on a warrant for forging t lit. Hall masks
uu silver SprionS-1 was saki', to ilie Nlausion•lionse, Heil
there Mr. Miles„ alio was the inspector, discovered his
mistake, and the mat ks were t dto be genuine. I was
set al I.bet ty, and have never heard of the tsairat
Sine..
A Juror oh d, that when the goods were sent by the
prisoner to the Hall to he masked, it was possible that his
ors-eager might have exchanged them, and putt a forged
mark upon flame a hich he stilisitinted.
Tut Judge amine, sup and the Jury relit, ned a verdict
of Gi mit ulty, but reconwied Itim to men y.
Th. re was another indictment ags•iiist I.ltn, on which
Th. Alley •aid it was not intended to proceed.
Theodore Conatantme, a genteelly de essed young
Ft Forbin:in, of remarkably plepUlltening countenance,
was capitally ii•dieteul for stealing it gold watch, chain,
nod ...Ids, and three gold seals, the plow:at). of Gotha 1111 l e
J Mitt, ht his &aching-house.
Mr. Ja. rite (ulls() a Frenchman) stated, that the I,lisetter
was the son of a cety abslty slid respreta`de old
Man, who !mid him (Witness) a glli ll ert a ',seek for the pri-
seams% use, and the latter called every week to r. ceive it.
Upon one or elution, alien witness was trout home, the
prisons r called, and aunt tip into his bed roam, and a hen
he was gone the articles mentioned, which had b. en de-
posited there, were missing. They wet e after% at ils it aced
• to bay,- been ',hawed by the prisoncr.
1•1,e prisoner, in hi, defence, said he plirchased these
articles trout a French gentleman, a Itli whom he Jilted
dayunr at a rev arratear , Leiri star-square.
TheJnry (onto! the prisoner Guilty—Death.
Mr. Jarrin handed in a lett. r wl.cch he had received
few% the prisoner's Ruttier, in answer to one itiluensisig I
of what had occurred. The letter stated, in very moving
terms,tleat the prisoner vba totally it reclaqsaable, and that
he had, by a long comae of di pravity. al t broken his
tatber's heart. He could du file mane ht hiw, and the law
sated take its l'OlirSe.
There was another indictment against the thiamin', for
Pleating three gold brooches hum Junatban Tllollle, but
he was not tried upon it.
J. Josephs, a very well-dressed Jew, was capitally in.
dieted fur stealing a silver tea-put, and a great quantity
of other plate, lle property of Sir William Don Gordon,
in his dwelling house.
Sir W.l). lives in Hanover-square, and In July
last the place below, in his I se, whew the plata was
kept, was entered, and robbed 01 all it contained. An
tolvtertsentent With IlUblklltti in one of the daily papers,
in consequence 01 which a man stained Jupp fns warded
I .furaialion, that a part of the stolen plats was deposited
at the shop of • Mr. (}asst, a silversmith. A watch war-
rant wa. hatted, mid past of list stolen property ass
I•xusd at Mr. Gaeta's, and he was taken into custody, but
iwme slight) declared that lie had poichased it openly in
toe any cf bc,icca, how the pi ismer Joepla. Joseph,,