The National Register.
London, England, 1822-01-21 00:00:00

OLD BAILEY SESSIONS.

MON DA Y, JA n. 14.—Elizabeth Clements was convicted
on an indictment charging her with feloniously intermarrying
ith James Tounsend, her former husband being then alive.
Sentenced to six mouths imprisonment to the house of cor-
rect

Chitties Fred. Scutts,n genteel looking lad, was indicted
fur stealing at honk, value 3s. the property of James Lowe.
The prisoner, it appeared, was a clerk in the employment
of the prosecutor, a Ito is a respectable solicitor in Chinicery.
lane. Several hooks having been missed at •arious limes,
and suspicien falling on the prisoner, he was discharged.—
About a month aims arils the partner of Mr. Lowe met him
in Fleet-street, and in emisiqueace of infersnation he received
took the prisoner to u shoemaker io Breads-buildings, to
a hom lie had sold the books in question.—Guilty.
W. Bentley was converted of breaking and entering the
coach house and stables of N. W. It. Consort], L-q. of Ii ill-
street, Berkeley-square, and stealing therefrom several
articles. Isis pruperty.
The capital part of the charge was not made out, but the
Jury found him guilty of stealing only.
He wits thin culled up for judgment, and received sentence
of transportation fur seven years.
William Lyons was capitally indicted for stealing, on the
flits of December last, in the dwelling-house of Miss ♦rabella
Watson, a quantity of silver desert-forks, table spoons, mid
other plate, her property.
The first witness called was Mr. Baker, a pawnbroker, re-
siding at No. I I ;George street, Portman-square, w ho stated,
that on the Wit of December, the prisoner cause to his shop
and tittered to pledge two silver desert forks, upon a hieh he
asked tsetse shillings. Suspicion being naiikened iu the
mind of the w Mies, as to the means by which the prisoner
became possessed of the plate, he sent his assistion to make
enquiries al the plaCe mentioned. While the young man was
gone , the prisoner ran cut of die situp, anti witness jumped '
over the counter, pursued, and brougat him buck. Me was ,
given in charge to it coililable,.
Mira Wacom deposed that the pri.oner hail lived a ith her
as foot Intuit about there week•, and she was a4sesut from 'owe
at the time the articles were stolen. Witness identified the
plate as her property.
The prisoner, a lieu called upon fer his defence. sa;cl,
he should throw himself upon the mercy of the (lutist and
Jury.
The Common Sergeant complimented Mr. Baker on his
conduct on this occasion, and directed the July, that
there was no proof of property to the amount of 40s.
having been taken at any one tiiiie.
The Jury found the prisoner guilty of stealing under
the value of 404. and the COIIIOIOO Sergeant immediately
sentenced Irian to seven years transportation.
John Croker, a youth of Di, apparently of Chinese de•
scent, was capitally indicted tor stealing wearing apparel,
are. value 41. and upwards, the property of J. Solomon,
in his dwelling-house.
'Flit Jury, after retiring for half an hour, foetid the
prisoner guilty of stealing goods of the value of ads. only.
Tituesnay, JAN. 17.—Blelaste.4—John Crooks was
indicted for feloniously intermarrying a ith Mary Nelson,
his lawful wife being at the time alive.
'rhe Rev. Wignion produced the register of the
prisoner's mart Mgt with NI sty Nelson, the pru,ecutrix,at
the church of St. George's, Bloomsbury, iu ISIU.
Jane Saunders deposed, that she is sister to the prose.
c ntrix, and the lalsoilvr lodged at her house about three
1110111111 i before lie Merl led her sister. Vl'ittiess was pre-
sent at the marriage; her sister was then IT years of age,
and was living and earning her livelihood with her father.
She returned to her lathe, three days after the marriage,
bat still cohabited with the prisoner, and had two chill.
Men by him. They were now partly supported by the
parish.
Mary Aim Nelson deposril, that she was married to the
prisoner in I SIO, and alien she had been ;untried about
four months, and was preginint, lie de►erted her, hitt af-
terwards retuned to her. In the interval she was stip-
purted by her lather stud 'twitter. She became again
egilaili, And lie once Inure destitcd her. He, however,
tenoned to her smut time alter, but again ran ;away, and
never came back, and she was obliged to support her
children by her own industry, assisted in a trilling degree
by the pares.. In his last absence she received a letter
hoot lion, telling lies that the was not his lawful wife, and
advising her 141 ot etpi t.f the lust offer of marriage that
she might meet with, 11, was about taut y eats since he
, has left her.
All. Taylor, the parish idea. of St. (idea In the Fields,
panltleiol 11,4• it t;ioi.l or tits prisout is Bast marriage with
Mary 'Vining in I •I•he signature, " John Crooks,"
wits proved to bus ennuis;;.
William Bead, she utheer of Hatton Garden, swore, that
when he Ntilircliciitlyil Una 1u isaurr he confessed to him
alias lie aAS worth to Ahtry 111 tat;.
The Jury, a ithuitt a moment's hesitation, found the
prisouer Guilty.
The Contemn Serge:est sentenced him to seven years
trairportation.
James Smith and Atm Nichols were put to the bar, on
au iiiiiietment eharguik shear with 11101i11,,,, stufeu, 011 the
42,1 Deeviiihei, fiUlll the house. of W. c, Esq . the
enduent Chancery barrister, a variety of Felicity, coy-

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sisting of six sovereigns, a valuable tea caddie, and a con•
siderable quantity of culinary utese.ils.
'llia facts were proved by Hancock, an officer, and the
propel ty was identified by Mr. 1)iellit,181, a liftman, v.ho
sold them to Mr. Pliiiiimore on like k2ill of heel October.

Smith, upon being called fur his defence, said, lie bail
been employed by his cousin (the female prisoner) to
carry the articles in question, mad had uo knowledge of
their being motto'.
Aline Nichols stated. she had married in April last, and
was about to settle, and had bought the articles for her
own use; but her mistress being rather short of such
iiiressils, she had used them from the motive assistin; to
accommodate the family.
Several respectable witnesses %gave Smith an excellent
character, as did others the female prisoner.
After au imps. tial as 111 l ming up, the Jnry consulted for
a short time, and found Nichols Guilty, but acquitted
FRIDAY, Jail. 18.—The Sessions this day concluded,
and sentence of death was passed mi the following 13
p. isoners :
Wm. Rivers and John Tye, for forgery—Jas. Tuffnell
Win. W ilson, George Bryan, John Redgrave, and
JIMVS, for burglary ; John ...ine and tirorge Williams, inr
house breaking; Edward Smith. Robert Kitt, Let ii in
Williams, and Mary Scott, for stealing in a dwelling bongo.
Six were sentenced to be transported for lite ; 2 fur I t
years; and 26 for 7 years;—in were ordered to be pri-
vately, mid four publicly whipped.
The Sessions then adjourned so Wednesday, Feb. 26.

Among the trials at the late Court of Ass se at Rinm,
wits that of a faintly called Salgues, accused of a dread-
ful assassmation. Maurice, one of the sons, had for
three years been deeply enamoured of a girl named Ca-
tharine Pondegoire. She had long resisted hint, but at
last, yielding to his promises, she became pregnant. His
father and family would not hear of a marriage with the
'mar git I, who confided her situation to her lover, and to
the Curate of the parish, at whose house they were to
meet to arrange matters for her support. In the mean
time, she was seen one evening near Salgues' house, and
loon that moment she disappeared. Suspicion then
arose that site had fallen the victim of stone horrible
crime. Search was tit-de in the house of the Salgues,
and in their garden. in the house was found a knife.
in the form of a stiletto, still covered with blood ; and
in the garden, which they dug all over, they found the
body of the unfortunate girl. The inspection of the body
shewed that several blows had been given in the throat
with the knife, width) stifle the cries of the victim, they
had put a gag of straw, forced sit strongly into the mouth,
that it Was with difficulty withdrawn. They had also
attempted several times to strangle her, first with a cord,
then with a handkerchief, knotted, and drawn with
force. A great number of witnesses were ermined nn
the trial, which lasted four days. Saigon, the father,
died in prison three days before the verdict was retooled,
and two of his sons, Peter and Anthony, have been ac-
quitted. A crowd of circumstances gave the fullest
conviction of the guilt of Maurice Salgues, who has in
consequence been condemned to death.
Another trotting match, of two miles, for 900 guineas
aside, took place on Menday, on the Bagshot road, be-
tween Mr.‘'‘'ells's roan mare awl Mr. It. Painter's black
horse. The mare made the play, and kept it the first
half mile, when the broke into a gallop, and in turn-
ing the horse passed her. At the mile the horse broke,
when neck and neck, and got four lengths a.beatl.—
Every inch of the ground was contested, and both were
together when two hundred yards Irmo home. The
snare won by two lengths in 6 !phones, 31 seconds.
EititAORDINARY FEAT'S.—Ftitlay, a matt, for a
small consideration, undertook to run 17 miles in two
hours, from Runisey market-place to half a mile on the
Southampton road, which he performed with apparent
ease in ten minutes within the time.--One of the most
extraordinary feats of exertion was made by a y
matt, Mark Fork, who bad been employed ou a new
road making by the Rev. W. Gartner, in the parish of
Wickham, Hants; who, for a trifling wager, undertook
to wheel a barrow that lie had been accustomed to work
with on the road, w ith a hundred weight of gravel in st,
40 miles in 12 hours, via. Irmo silt in the looming to six
in the evening. This tlisla lice he performed tin g
measured fur the purpose, on the turnpike road, hall a
mile in length, in 10 hours rod IPS minutes, without
being very lunch distressed.
On Monday toning an elderly female, who resides
in the Kent-road, who by tnisfortinte had heel, reduced
from a state of affluence almost to depeudence, went to
the hank to draw one hundred vomits, for the piorpo,e
of fittitili up a little situp ill a fancy business, by die
profits of which she hoped to be able to support herself
in her declining years. This
possessed. tie motley was paid to her hi scVeii
lull
pound notes, and the remainder tin sovereigns, which site
pot into a blue clasp purse, which containtal a prowls-
pity none--She hail not left the bank five tontines,
when between Threadneellle and Lootbard-streets, situ
was siattimided by a gang of thieves, Who, it is SiippoNol,
had previously witched tier lino the Lank, who busded
her, and une cf the villains thrust his hand into her
pocket, and look ma the purse, and with his associates
decamped before site had recovered from her alarm, or
discovered her loss. As soon as she found that she had
been robbed, She returned to the bank, where the notes
(the numbers of which had been taken) were stopped.—
The unfortunate wootrati hastened home in the greatest
distress, aunt her friends gave information to the magis-
trates of the dillerria police oflicep of the robbery.
DAttistti lliuttwAY ROYYKRT.--Wedtletday night,
as Mr. Robert Dowlitig, ntiivahtre.p 1111er,of Great
Portland-street, was retwithig home from Keitstught,di
lie was stopped near die former extr. unity of Hyde Park,
by a fellow who knocked down his head eante
agaitist a stone with {treat violence, which reodered
hiw
yoke insensible; WllliSt 111 that situation, the villain and
his coot it uuiumt robbed hint of his watt b, motley, and
some other property.
The Rev. Robert Steele, Rector of Muntlesley, et his
late tithe autli•, has deduet.d 10 per cent. in COiiSc•
(thence of the agricultural depression.

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