The National Register.
London, England, 1822-12-09 00:00:00

TIM NATIONAL REGISTER

pieces of timber from his yard. Some days after one of
his nark men saw them at the house of 3 wheelwright in
Hornsey.rnad, who proved that they had been left in his
care by the prisoner Powell, awl he had some suspicions
they had been stolen. lie immediately sent for Vincey,
who stated the timber was his property. Eyres happened
to be in his shop when the prosecutor entered, and im-
mediately effected his escape.
This was all that was charged against Eyres, and the
Juice did not call upon hint fur his defence.
Powell alleged in his defence that he had found the
timber, and brought them to the home of Grinder, •the
wheelwright, to have them cut in shafts for a cart.
One witness gave Powell a good character down to
this time.
The Jury, after a few minutes deliberation, returned
a verdict of. Guilty against Powell; but on account of his
good character he was recommended to sueroy. Eyres
was discharged._

FORGERY.—SanmeI Corney, aged 31, was 'capitally
indicted for feloniously putting away a certain bill of
exchauae for the payment of 371. ins. well knowing the
same to be forged and counterfeit, with intent to defraud
Henry Walker.
Henry Walker was the first witness called. Hestated
that he was a farmer residing at Enfield, where the.pri-
antler had mills. Some time ago he sold prisoner some
wheat, amounting, with another debt to 211. 3s. ed.—
The prisoner, on the 47th of June, sent him a note, en-
closing a bill of exchange for 371. ios. purporting to be
accepted try Mt. William Mead. The endorsement to
the bill was its the hand writing of the prisoner. The
bill was not endorsed when he first received it, but sub-
sequently. It was endorsed," Mr. William Mead, Pope's
Head-alley."—Aboot a week after the prisoner called for
the balance of the bill, and witness refused to give it to
him, until he had made enquiry who the acceptor was.
—The prisoner said he was a very good man, and was a
flour factor in Mark-tape. Atxmt a week after this
witness saw him at Waltham Abbey, when prisoner
asked him for the balance, as he was short of cash.—
W unless, however, refused, he having, in the interim,
made enquiry after the person said to be the acceptor,
and been unable to find any such man. When the time
at which the bill became due had nearly waived, the
witness gave it to his son-in-law, to present it for pay-
ment. The letter enclosing the hill was certainly in the
hand-writing of the prisoner. l'he prisoner was not
arrested for two months after the bill became due, be-
cause the witness did not think the acceptance was a
forgery, until the prisoner had deceived him several times
in not keeping his appointment to go in search of the
acceptor.
Cross-examined by Ms. Adolphus.—The bill has been
one night out of his possession.
Mr. Palmer, son-in-law to the prosecutor, said he
presented the 641 at No. 2, Pope's Head-alley. The
answer he reccited was, that Mr. Mead was not known
there at all.

John Adam Elliott, clerk to Mr. Guillonneau, of No.
g, Pope's Head alley, knew the different persons who
resided in the upper part of the house. There was no
such person as Mr. Mead reoident there in June.
The prkoner said nothing in his defence, but called
a number of witnesses, who gate him a most excellent
character.

Mr. Justice Bayley in his address to the Jury, said
these were two charges against the prisoner ; the one for
forging, and the other for uvering the bill, knowing it
to be forged. Tile Jury were assembled to try offences
committed in the comity of Middlesex, and a question
might arise as to wheiher, if it were a forgery, that
fot2ery had not been romtnitted in the city of London,
and consequently if the charge had ended there, great
difficulty would have arisen; but here, if the charge of
tittering was, in their opinion, brought home, it was
clear they were competent to decide on it, as the resi-
dence of the prosecuitur at Enfield, was in the county of
Middlesex.

The Jury retired for three quarters of an hour, and re-
turned with a verdict of—Not Guilty.
FRIDAY, DEC 6.—Catherine Bayliss and Susannah
Welsby were indicted for stealing, and Mary Mounford
for receiving, knowing them to have been stolen, several
articles of wearing apparel, the property of Harriet John-
son, and three coals, the property of Henry Coe.
The Jury fontul the prisoners, Bayliss and ‘Velstsy,
guilty, and acquitted Aluinford.
James Rayner was indicted for stealing a shirt, a pair
of trowsers, and a razor, the property orThos. Banner;
and John Riley fur receis Mg the shirt and rszor, know-
then' to have been stolen.

The Jury acylitted Riley, but found Haynes guilty,
and simnel y recommended bins to mercy, hetause they
believed him to have been driven to the commission of
the offence by extrone do,tress.
Ile was in a very bid state of health, and Mr. Baron
Garrote sentenced him to be confined for six months in
the house of correction and to be kept in the infirmary
during his confinement.

Thomas Nlltorly was indicted for stealing six sovereigns
and tine shillings, the property of William /Parker.—
Ventict, nut guilty.
Thomas 1112 S was indicted for stealing 7 cwt. of lead,
the property of Francis Davey Bacon, and John Mime
was charged with receiving the same, knowing it to have
men stolen.

An accomplice, named Jordan, W3l the principal wit-
ness.—The Jury found built thr prisoners gtulty.
limes liellewell, aged 4'2, a young man, rather fa-
shionably wood, was indicted under the recent act of
Parliament, for that -he,•heing a servant to Thomas
Thwaites, did feloniously steal two boys' dresses, his
propeity.
'Flue pr:soner had lived for a considerable time in the
soft ice Or Mr. Thw rites, whn is a tailor, in lllackittoor-
street. Mr. Th wakes hinny. occasion to suspect the
prisoner, searched his apartment, and found in his trow-
sers pocket smite duplicates reriling to the articles men-
uined ul the iudlcnnenr, tdilell the prisoner haul pur-
loined from his ,lion and pawned,—llle said, when taken
into cu►tody, that lie was about to be mauled, and

having ()cession for a sum of money, he had pawned
thine and other things to make it up. and he intended
when the marriage had taken place to have redeemed
and returned them to Mr. Thwaites.

• Several respect shle persons spoke highly of the previous
ggood character of the prisoner. The Jury found hint
Geyner was indicted for feloniously
intermarrying with Plitzbe Lattning, in the mouth of
Oct. 91.8, his lawful wife. Lydia, being at the time
alive.—The case was clearly proved.
The prisoner, when called upon for his defence, threw'
himself noon the mercy of the court. Ile called no wit-
nesses. Mr. Baron Garrow summed up the evidence,
and the Jory found the prisoner guilty. His LOrdship
intimated, that the full punishment authorised by the
law would be inflicted upon the prisoner.
FORGERY LIPON THE EAET INDIA COWPANY.—.
Duncan Mllullum. a ntiddle•aged man, of most respect.
able appearance, was brought to the bar, on the motion
of Mr Bolland, who stated, that the prisoner stood coin.
mined fur a capital felony, in forging a warrant for the
delivery of ceitain goods belonging to the East India
Company, and that he (Mr. B.) had to apply to the
court, that the prisoner might be remanded until the next
'sessions, in constquence of the absence of a material
witness, a Mr. Sterling, without wit se assistance the
prosecutor felt that it would Le useless to prefer the hill
of indictment before the Grand Jury, and that the recng.
nizance of Mr. Sterling might be estreated. In support
of this application the learned gentleman read long affi.
davi►s, from the contents of which it appeared that Mr.
Sterling, who was the most important witness, had
waited upon Mr. Fenton, who was employed by the
East India Company in the prosecution, and expressed a
wish that the Company would withdraw the charge of
forgery, and ;le (Sterling) would prosecute prisoner for
fraud. Mr. Fenton said, such proceeding would be ea-
ceedingly wrong, and refused compliance with it, and
Mr. Sterling then withdrew himself, and had not *ince
been heard of.

Prisoner—My Lord, it is extremely hard upon me.,
that I should be detained. I ani ready to take my trial.
Mr. Baron Garrow—There are incunveniencies which
must sometimes be suffered, if the furtherance of public
justice demand it.—This appears to me to be such a
case, and I feel myself justified, upon the affidavits that
have been read, in ordering that the recognisance of Ur.
Sterling he estreeted, and that you be remanded until the
next sessions. This application was delayed until the
latest moment, and was made now only because the
Grand Jury have no further business before them. if
Mr. Sterling comes forward now, the prosecutors are
ready to present their bill.
Prisoner—My Lord, there is no collusion between me
and the witness, and knowing any own innocence, I
wish to taste my trial now.
Mr. Baron (farrow—The deity is not occasionad by
the prosecutors, who have done all they can, and I can-
not reverse the order I have made.

The prisoner asked if bail would be taken, and was
answered in the negative lie was remanded.
The indictments from Clerkenwell haying (about four
o'clock) been put into the hands of Mr. Shelton, NI r.
Justice Bayley desired to see the person who had brought
them from the Session-house. A young luau was ac-
cordingly put into the witness box.
Mr. Justice Bayley —Did you bring these indictments
front Clerkettweli.-1 did.

Mr. Justice Ithyley.—Who gate them to you t--N1 r.
RichJr(ls, the crier of the court.

Mr. Jostice 13ayley—And w ihts Stale P—(lhey were
merely tied up ts it h a string.)—Yes.
Mr. Justice Bayley—And you carried them in this
way through the streets in the dark I—Yes.
Mr inctlee Bayley—Such 3 practice is a most impro-
per one, and the Court has frequently here had reason
to complaiti of it. The bills when found ought to be
locked up in a box, and sent by some responsible person ;
not open, exposed to the chance of loss or the passibi-
lity of alteration.
Mr. Baron (farrow was astonished how such a prac-
tice could be continued after the Court had spoken of it.
kvery 111.111 acquainted with legal proceedings must see
the great impropriety and great danger of suffering the
bills of indictment to be carried about at the leisure and
at the mercy of an ordinary messenger. Interpolations,
or many other malpractic.s, to which he (the learned
Judge) would not now advert, might arise out of such
a system. It would be well, too, that the bills should
be sent down as soon as the Grand Jury at Clerkenwell
rose; and not as was frequently the case now, at nine
or ten o'clock at night.
John Barton was iried for picking the pocket of Mr.
Grattan on Loudon-bridge. on the 22d of Nov., about
the Middle of the day.
A constable saw the rossbery committed; there was a
second person concerned in it, who escaped.
The prisoner. in his defence, said, that he picked the
hantikercatef off the ground, and called several wit-
nesses to his character. These persons spoke well of his
general conduct, and said that he could earn (although
he was only a lad) 3s. to 31. lid. a day as a shoemaker.
The Jury found the prisoner guilty.
The Recorder said that it was acandalons for a man
to steal, who could earn 3s. a day ; lie might save inn.
ney out of such wages to put him in business. Such
venous should be made examples of; and he (the Re-
corder) stridence(' the prisoner, on the spot, to be trans.
ported for
Richard Ti pson was tried for picking the pocket
of Mt. A. V. Oven, of a silk handkerchief on 'Change.
The prisoner was taken in the fact. The Jury found
him guilty.
Mr. V. Oven said, that be had felt it his duty to pro-
secute the yelling man—but lie now begged to say, that
he had heard touch lately in favour of his character—
and that a tradesman of respectability was ready to take
him into his seri ice.

The Recorder said. that could not he. It was a ter-
rible tliiint if merchants were to have their pockets
picked