The National Register.
London, England, 1822-04-08 00:00:00

ASSIZE INTELLIGENCE.

.SUR It EY.
KINGSTON, APRIL business on the Crown
Side for this county finished on Saitirdiy. The only
capital convicts left for execution were Philip Caton alias
John Smith, fur robbiog DJs. Ndasou, of Newington,
and John l)alton for an atrocious attester mum an infant.
..--011 the Civil Side Mr. Baron Graham sat till seven
o'clock in the evening, and had not then tioished the
causes, consequently the court was adjourned ono!
Monday, and it is probable that the business will not
be concluded before Tuesday esetting
CROWN 11101.—THE KING V. MARCUS CROSBY.
l'his was an indictment against the defendant for a •
misdemeanor, in escaping from the rules of the King's
Witch prison. The prosecution was conducted at the
itestance of Mr. Jones, the marshal.
-It appeared iu evidence that, about five years since,
the deleittlant was a:relacd a::d went into the King's
Bench prison. Detaioets to a cor.siderable amount
were afterwards lodged against him. In order to obtain
the rules lie gave the marshal the usual securities. It
Was proved ,lit about two stars sitic,. he escaped and
wea, to the Continent, anti was not retaken until a few
months back, when he was found residing at No. 9,
NVestinorlatitbstreet, Mary-le-home. The marshal iii
the mean time, had been obliged to pay ramie of his
debts, and was compelled to sue Gen. ‘Vetherall, who
had become one of his sureties.
The defendant, in his address to the Jury, contended,
that by the law of the land this prosecution could not be
sustained. Having given security bur the rules, liecould
only lie considered as the prisoner of bus ; and not
the prisoner of the marshal, who had taken the security
11l guard against a certain contingeticy. The immediate
cause of his breaking the rules, was for the purpose of
viaiting a dying wile, who expired in his arms. under the
must afflicting circ 1111 l stances. As a proof of the siticenty
of his ititention not so injure the Marshal, lie uttered to
indorse to Idol a Bill of Exchange for 5001. accepted by
General Wetherali, which would amply cover ally
to,s which he bad sustained in consequetice of the es.
care. H 2 represented that he had had the honour of
seating in the army, and had claims upon the liritistl
GLACllllnelll to a very cousiderable amount, which he
could not have realiaeu without the production of certaiti
documents. which could wily be procured by his personal
absence abroad.
Mr. Batton %l'ood charged the Jury that the derentlant
•,•at mistaken in suppo,ing that it was nu offence to
be k the rules of the King's Witch or Fleet Prisons,
the 411 security hail been riven for the rules. Ile left
it t the Jury upon lite evidence to say, whether,
iu
t of fact the defeu4 nt had broken ate rules.
The Jury foutid the deicodain Guilty, and lie was sets.
tented to six mouths iniprisonment its the couituon
gaol of the county.
RIOT.-7116 LATR

THE KIND V. DAVIS AND OTHERS,
TIIII Was an indictment against atx ',risotto. two
I )et is*, two May:, Slaughter, and White. for a riot at
an.betwell no the guilt November last. The tirotecu•
non stilt cout:ucted at the instance Of Mr. Lilly au
btiorltev, residing at Camberwell.
Mr. Nolan and Hutelniti.ott were for the pm-,
attm-oii, and Mr. Andrew* and Mr. Ryland fur the.
uefence.
It altoeart,d in evidence, that on the gush November,
tY the day un which the Bill of. Paulus acid Penalties
Wailliecit up in the Home of Lords, the tithabitams of
ICamb. Men Miniftsied an intention of expresmig their
'!rose of -that et cut lay a veneral illumination. A 'Tye-
laminas being etitcvained by certain indttulnals that
Nome Motor o.itices ssould provably take id Ice, they tools
the pr, c3ntiti of *militia to Utiton-hall police Ake fur
twosonsiai.l6. 'lwo officers, named Barrett and POIFFe,
arreortOoktly sent JUMP si to Camberwell for the pur.
p.se of rre,eft mg the peace. It appeared that the pro-
tteeuttir,, Mx. Lifiy. had hc-ett the utiect of popular
sit:liana:lon hum fail supposed hostility in the cause of
rf.rijurett, oft aCCUtIIII of toe action he had brought for
,Mro.evet.* aitaiini toe hundred, and for a certain Oren-
.‘ttributed to tutu. AccurJingly,

eight o'clock in the evening, an effigy of Mr. Lilly was
paraded about the village, with great triumph. Mr. L.
being a native of Wales, the figure was adorned with the
insignia worn on St. David.. day by the votaries of that
ancient saint. The effigy was apparelled in a black coat,
to designate the gravity of Mr. Lilly's profession, a roll
of parchment was placed under his arm,atiel a full-grown
leek crested a most capaciouscocked hat, with which the
head was covered. The figure was placed in a cart,
drawn by a donkey, and thus drawn to Peckhain.rye,
where Mr. L- resides, to the great entettainment of a
large concourse Of people, drawn together to witness the
fun. It stopped opposite the door of the prosecutor, and
the air resounded with the shouts and Itnizas of the po-
pulace. The officers, Barrett and hearse, now thought
it their duty to interlere, and put a stop to thew puttered-
togs. The delta:clod, Wm. pastes, seemed to base the
conducting of the ceremonies, resisted an attempt to
seize the effigy, and said it was his properly, and added,
that he thought there was no harm in burning a Welsh
Lawyer. The body guard of the effigy being too soling
for attack, the Cart Colllllllltd to be paraded about the
sillage. At length the effigy was taken out, affixed to a
wilt., and again carried in front of Mr. Lilly's house.—
The officers there interposed again ; a malt ensued—
the officer Pearce was wounded in the cheek. Bataan
w es :also struck, and a young inan named Devati, a
a clerk of the prosecutor, who was employed in taking
the names of the ringleadeis, by the directions of his
master, experienced similar treatment. At length peace
was restored. All the defendants were swore to as
principal actors in the alleged riot. '1 lie indictment
contained no counts either for the assaults upon the per-
sons above-inetitioned, or fur the libel upon Mr. Lilly
in the exhibition of the effigy.
The defence set tip was, that there•had been no riot,
hen what was occasioned by the vio'ence of the officers,
who were sta.eil to have been in a beastly state of illiOXI-
ClOOll. It was tint denied that the delendauts bad acted
unlawfully in ridiculing Mr. Lilhey, and alma Ili assault.
ing the other persons named, but said that the prose-
cutor had mistaken his cottise of proceeding by indict-
ing the defendants for a riot, which had never been
committed.
Several witnesses were then called to prove the de-
fence opened. Two of the persons called were parish
constables. and the rest respectable inhabitants of the
village. They deposed, that the defendants, and all the
persons assembled on the occasion, believed with the
most perfect good humour, and in the most peaceable
manner, until the Uition hall officers itilerfered. Nei
disturbance would have taken place lint for such inter-
position. They stated that both the officers svere drunk,
and behaved in a very improper manner. No act of
violence had previously been committed—no disturbance
of tlie public peace. and nnihing to excite terror and
alarm ill the neighbourhood. The greater part of the
assembled crowd consisted of old women and children,
and, in the judginedt of the witnesses, the police officers
were the only persons 40 blame.
Mr. Baron Wood charged the Jury, that the mere as-
semblage of g or 31X) people would not constitute a riot,
for if so, persons assembled at a horse-race or a bull-bait,
might be liable to punishment as rioters. If an assem-
blage of people, however numerous, conducted itself
peaceably and orderly, it is not a riot. It most be sliewit
that the people assemble for the purpose of breaking
the Kirg's peace, and that their conduct was such as to
entlatiaer the hilltdiC peace, and to carry terror, disin..y,
and atirightment (as the indictment expressed it), Sitio
the surrounding neighbourhood. li the Jury should he
of opinion that the defendants hail assembled ler the
purpose of breaking the public peace, by carrying about
the effigy, and had conducted tliClTlackcS so as to OCCa-
•• great danger, terror, and dismay in Me neignbour-
hood, that they would be guilty of a not; but otherwise
the indictment must fall.
The Jury immediately found the prisoners not guilty.
CIVIL. Si DE.
BODY.LINATCHI)IO.—THE KIND V. CUNDICK.
Tit is was an .111diCtillt:Ill “aillet the deliardant, under-
taker to the llorsemonger.lane gaol, for a misdemeanour
in corruptly selling for dissection, the hotly of a capital
coils ict after he had been executed, contrary to his ditty,
itt violent!) of public decency, and the scandal of r-li-
gion. There weie various counts in the indictment,
charging the offence in dffieretit ways. The defendant
pleaded not guilty.
It appeared in evidence that a capital convict, 'tamed
Edward Lee. who bad been tried and found guilty lit
the last Croydon assizes of a highway robbery, was puff..
licly executed at HUrSelliOng..l-I.ltie gaol on Monday the
Ira:hi of Sineisiber. Al er he was cut down he was'
delivered user to the defenda to, the appointed carpenter
and undertaker of the gaol, hir interment at the county
earner, for which he was allowed three maineas. lie
' ccetiveti particular directions that the afflicted mother
.14 ;diet frietals of the deceased were to be permitted
to see the hotly brace wtcnuem, and hollow it to the
glare, if they thought proper. The friends of the tie-
ceased called on the delendatit, who lives in Itedcross
street, to know whet the funeral would take place—
Ile appointed the ffillowitig day, Tuesday, the l 1111 of
September. The unhappy toothier of the deceased,
cot tfi tied to her bed, was 011ible In at tem! iiie futteral,
bin sent a ft tend to the Istai.e of the defendant to see the
body, and cut a lock oil Us hair. Application being
made to the defendant for this purpose, !la said lie bad
alteatly buried the body, because lie could not keep such
people any longer in his house. The friend demanded
a ceitt flea ke of the wneral, which he promised to pro-
cure on .t subsequent day, upon paying a tee. (an the
Thursday following the uncle of the deceased called fur
a certificate of the biota,, but coillil not get it, the de.
lie pant then SJylill4 that the body had been busied the
day beffire. The Iriends then became clamorous, and
complaint being made to Mr. a% after, the gaoler, lie
sent ter eatedly fur the delendatit to come to the gaol
and explain his conduct, hut he declined coming.—
The dewittlatit appeared agitated, and went alas hard as
he could towaids the Southwark Iron Bridge. A pertain
numed Crisp, who was with aw went cue *my

after the defendant, and the turnkey another. The latter
went to Crawford s burial ground, where he saw the sante
suspicious looking man whom he had observed about the
defendant's house. in the act of interring a coffin. lie
immediately interposed, and said the coffin should not
he buried until he examined its contents. He did open
it, and found that it cont..ined nothing but earth. Seam h
was then made for the body, and at length it was traced
to Mr. Brooks's dissecting-rooms in Blenheim street.
Marlbormigh-street, where it had undergone a partial
dissection. The upper part of the scull had been re-
moved, but replaced. Several persons identilied the
hotly as that of Edward Lee. It was proved that about
ten o'clock in the evening of Tuesday, 1 Ith September,
a hackney coach had stopped at the defendant s house,
and the defendant was seen assisting tyi 0 men in hitiog
a large hamper into the carriage, which then dune off.
This was the subs slice oh the case for the prosecution.
No witnesses were called for the defendant, but sett..
ral persoy gave him a good character for honesty and
ind ustrY.
The Jury, under the learned Judge's directions, found
the eeendaitt

Ibittbe.
At his linnet in itnltnn Street, the lady of the lion. T. /Loos, M.P.
for :lungs leo'. 01 a datighler.
At Viserarotlthlanit's, in Upper Grosvenor atroet.the lady of the
lion. I ;MIL of a datiglircr.
At Chalk, the lady of Capt. :ereer. R.N. of a rise titer.
On 111,,nilay hail, at Dia.:ate hill, Mos. W. Danie, of a daughters
In Baker street, the lady of J. (:.Mar duel), tag. of a daughter.
%Dunn.
At the 111 ilish ambowatior's chapel, at Tarts. Charles Frederick
Lewis Daplris Count de Cadignait, captain in the third reauwcW Of
Daaeouua, t lievalier of the Legion of lionoor, to Koltiortue Sopl/M,
eldest daughter of the late C. lirerelon, coy. formerly colonel of
the (*.Aims...inn Guards, and of Shotwick park.Cheshise.
At in. taeorge's. I lanover spore, W. Lawrence, rig. of Southampton
c Mane, Camberwell, to Agues, only daughter of the Nev. 1. Miami,
of hatter.
At Nessinelon, Surrey, J. 11. R. Williams, esq. Surgeon, Altlersgate
Street., to Miss V. anion, of the termer prose.
Al St. l'aitei as, I. Mw timer, esq. tit Ludgate hill, to Mrs. Sarah
Ta)lor, of Volk Ores, l'eulouville.
At Southampton. IL Walker, esii. to Amelia. yoinagest daughter of
J. Medina, et+ of Gallioril street, Russell a Aare.
At tit. Luke's, O. I'. Wthltiture, esti. tit old street, surgeon, to
Frances Sophia, youngeat daughter or 11. C. Lawieucc, ctn. of Burton
lodge, Ultllleuilen, head.
At St. James's, M. Marley, cart. of Vigo lane, to Mary, daughter of
;. e.g. of Chiswick.
Suddenly. at Ensham hall, the residence of his son lu law (John
Ruston, tel.) cui. ick Hay, of the Ono. Last ludic Company'!
service, aged 73.
(in Wednesday last, aged 14, Sidney. third son of the late William
Danes, ct I. of the !loose of CALI! and Davies, Sumo!.
At hit house, in Walsworth, J. Smith, esti. of limiughall street, In
the Sid year or his age.
lit East suet', Crichton, nett all, Dr. John Clayton Hall, eldest Gen
of J. Ilall, el+ of North warm, in that town.
Silas Elisabeth Kettleweli. of Clanton' common, aged ift.
At Iris limo, in threatlueedle sheet, Joseph Pugh. esq. aged St
Mr. lhoruas Crimes, of the sittand, woulleu diaper.
W. es+ of the London fg.,..11. Southwark, aged U.
Mr. (retiree Gordon, of liros.•lr), sou of Orr late A. tiordun,
of liliatterlionse square. nett 4A.
Uti ,{IIIIIA, last, at his apartment; in Ilenrietta street, Covent gar.
den, Henry semple, clUt. late /11l geon in his Mt4ittly's navy, aged be.
At sandwich, in her ahh year, Elisabeth, eldest daughter tit tee
ate new. N. N Oben.
Mary, the "sift of A. S. /Artie, esq. of Bengal place, New Kent
road.
At his house in Red Lion sluare, S. Keene, esq.