The National Register.
London, England, 1820-01-17 00:00:00

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WIZ NATIONAL REGISTER•

ALIDDLLSEX NENSIOXS.

SWINDLING:
Saturday Abraham Van Bihmeii.jwlso has. during the
last wo days, occupied so iiiiicnof the ottention of the
Police °dicers, tracing the many frauds he practised
slirmigitutit tile siiitropolis, by 111e41111 of a variety of
specious artifices, was pot to the bar, and arraigned
visits thireeantlictinents, for defrauding, by false cherpica
on bankers, a number of tradesmen at the West eon to
the towu, and among them Mr. Carle) gggg ier, the Messrs.
Itivingtons..Mr. Houlditch, together with malty others,
awn whom he had obtained property to A considerable
amount. on the faith of his credit a; hankers, where he
had ingenuity enough to persuade them he hail credit.
His trial occupied hitt a short time, as all the facts,
already disclosed to our readers in the recent Police
were proved against him.
The Court, will much plefatory ceremony,
apprised Mr. Vail I:keenest, in the language so often
used by the Learned Recorder of London, that lie was
quite too clever a mats for a permanent residence in this
country. He was therefore ordered to take up bis resi-
dence for seven years in Botany Bay.
The prisoner, who is a dashing looking fellow, re-
ceived his sentence with perfect composure.
ASSAULT OD THI DUKE or cLatesoctie oaweicestsits
Job Durham and Joists Wildman were indicted tinder
the Poachtuz Act, fur being unlawfully found in Busby
Pork, on the night of the 7th of December last, with
nets and springs fur seizing game., and also for a violent
assault on J. Sharpe, one of the gamekeepers of his
Royal Highness the Duke of Clarence. the Ranger of
Bushy Park. while in the discharge of hisaluty.
Mr. Arabia). as Counsel for the prosecuting), entered
fully into the facts of the caw. as they were subsviently
proved by a number of witnesses. lit the course of his
speech, the Learned Gentleman pronounced ass enact-
. not only on the principle. but on the policy of
toe (.dente Low, for he thought they had the effect of
•ittltacing tbe.gentry of the country to reside on their ,
estates more than they.otlwrwise would, on account of
the sporting pleasure whiten their preserves afforded.
The facts of the case, as disclosed in evidence, were
shor,ly these:--
Late on the night of the lab of December last,
Heather, one of the gamekeepers tat Busby Park, heard.
the Hampton gate opeti,Slld 60413 e persons enter. They
advaticed.towarils a hollow tree In an open part of the
park. 'leather immediately got the assastaeee of Sharpe
(anotherof the ganiekeepers,); and both of them advanced
armed withilte.r guns, and,one wi.h the addition of a
cutlass. As they epproached.the men who entered they
heard a clog hark j the gamekeepers called sitt them to
stop, or elle they would shoot them. The men stopped
for a moment.; mid Snarpe ordered them o come with
him to his master's, where they emit account for what
the were doing there at that hour .of the night. A
ensued, ih which Sharpe received a dreadful
blow oh a bludgeon, which seterely lacerated his head.
The poachers then escaped, and heather helped Ins
comrade, as well as he could to the nearest lodge.—
Assistance was jlllllleliiitely obtained, and warns pursOit
commenced at the imeasit. but without success. In
the hollow of the tree, where the parties stopped, wets
found nets and wire springs, such as were used foe
catching game clandestinely, and a hat and cap, with a
bludgeon, which was at the end covered with blood.—
It appeared that a dog, which accompanied the poachers,
instead of retiring with them, followed the gamekeepers
to the lodge. This was subsequently found to be the
property of the piisoner Durham. Rut the decisive
evidence against the prisoners was Abatial sa aceonti lice,
named Pope, who proved his hat ing accompanied them,
and atiether who had alliscuntled, to catch harm in Bushy
Park on the night in question. and that it was Durham
who struck tho ganiekeeper.Sharpe, the violent blow on
the head.
The prisoners in ;heir defence declared their Innocence
,11r. Autism., who was their Counsel, declared the
Act of Parliament. did not apply to them, as they had
1111 arms. He also eapre•sed an opinion unfavourable to
the (Jame Laws, on account oldie violence winch they
?mimed.
Many witnesses of respectability pie the prisoners
an excellent eharaeter,
Mr, Conn (the chairman) mimed up the evidence
to the Jury, and declared that, its his optnean, built the
facts of the case implicated the prisoner., titonah inn ID
the sante degree of guilt.
The Jury found thesis both gritty.
The Chairman senteuced Durham, who bad Sounded
the gainekoper, to seven years transportation. and
Ulaihnagt to six mouths' itorisonntont in the House of
Correction.

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