The National Register.
London, England, 1818-05-25 00:00:00

POLICE.'

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HATTON GARDEN
.--,.- Lake, a chimney sweetie', residing .in John-street,
Tottenhans Court-road, was summoned to appear befell' the
Magistrates to 4115% er a CWIIO.IIII against 6uu icr letting oat
his climbing apprentice boy on hire. It was stated, that W.
Itlutmur, the boy, had hero seen in a very crippled rind ex -
liiiiisted state in the street in company with one of Lake's
journeymen, or a postai to whom be had lent the clind, to
obtain soot at 2i. a sack, which you'll afterwards be ►old by
Lake fur es. The master at first. sliselairnial the bey, con-
tending that lie had taken him out of charity, hot ...t l:e
Iliad never been appreidieed, and thereupon neg:ected /!:e
magistrate's minimum' fur his appeal auce in the morn a w'tis
the boy. In the eveuing, however, lie hriaight hint ;rod
the indenture, bear lug date in December, HSI 1, sta tirig :bra Pia
'hat the child was right} tars of age ; hill it %v.', e%i•irlit,
from the appearance of the boy, that be coals! rot Hee he-
teal years Mal. The magistrates inspect. tl the knees and
dIICINII of the boy, and foam. them in ti shock his. ►tare rd.:,
thunination. Mr. Sk;niter, siirgemi of Ilatton Garden, aa.
examined upon oath as to the state of the wounds, and 4.1 ~1
lie considered them as very highly iiihaineci ; but with pi u-
per washing, oultising, and rest, lie thought the limbs tug tt
he restmed ; he also del not think the boy could br tars
of age. The pour boy, who could hardly support music
during the examination, was evidently int• • hated by Ls
master into a state meut. of unqualified goad dotage, though lie
admitted that the preetdiug day he hail been employed iron.
four o'clock in the morning iu sweepieg 24 flues with little ii
any clothing to tuner him, and no blase plate en his cap to
avoid deteetion.—The master was elaiuorteas in his own dc.
fence ; to which the worthy magistrate, Mr. Sellusa, paid little
attention, stating his fnhi impression to be, that the child %pp
now scarce ten years old, though he lord beeu uurkcdfour
years ; and also that there was strong groand to suspect that
at the time of the execution of the indenture a larger Lay
had been substituted and produced to the magistrate, who
wonitlAtherwise have rejected so small a child, as.eviiltutly
within the age of eight, prescribed by the act. Mr. Tooke,
who attended in behalf of the Society, requestrit leave to
inquire further into the age of the child, with a view,tu•cancel
the indenture, should helmet" been tattler eight at the elate of
it; he aim prevailed on the 'magistrate to retails the inden...
'mein the. tithe*, And to have !tar child protected during the
investigation : nyon which Mr. Schou delivered the boy to
the care of Mr. fouke, who undertook to lodge bun in the
workhouse of St. Midi ew, Holborn, whither Mr. Tooke had
buts carried, and saw him safe in the care of the Matron, stlio
would wash and poultice the wounds; and,Mr.Skiqner. pro-
mised to visit bits, and report thereon totlif magistrate.
arum lIMIATTn.II sePws n '.'

One of the most diabolical attempts to murder a young roman.
was the subject of investiganuo on Thursday. The person charged
is John Dr.nnet, who keeps a green grocer's shop in the Edgwaro.
road. and the vie iin of premeditated injury is done Rogers, a good
lookiag Aromas, between twenty and thirty years of age. hap-
pened that the woman had cohabited with the prisoner .for .the last
nine years, but on May-day last she was married to Rogers, a work
ing gardener ; she baring, according to his statement, left hius wham
she went out to market, for. the, purpose of matrying Rogers ; and
from this time,.accordirooto his statement. he harboured hatred and
revenge in his mind, but he was at y Joss how. to edict his purposes ;
he at length resolved on zmnder. And he took the opportunity of
making the attempt on. Thursday morni, calling the woman up
tiller her husband had gone to work. Two men, of the names of
Goodchild and Court, stated the circumstances dif theme as feller:,
from the prisoner's confession :—They were at the Conch and !forms
in the Edgware• road, soon after seven o'clock on Thotoday morning,
when the prisoner came in, and observed, with much ,coolness, that
he had killed a woman at Wenbourae Green thit morning. They
~disbelieved him from his easy manner of relating Mg story, but he
gave them some gin. and then stated that he had been long unhappy
in dais mind about Mrs..Regers, and that he bad called her up at
.jeven o'clock that morning, uneer pretcoce that he wanted loom
roots; when she mine.down stairs. km requested a few minutesun-
, vienaziou with her. Be observed to her.'that her cap was on wrong,
and on her turning round to kink io a glass, the monster seized a bill-
; hook, and indicted *severe wound at the bock of her head : he then
drew from hia.pocket a razor, with which he cut her threat in
most shocking manner, aid in resisu4 the dreadful attack her
fwgere mare nearly cut off. The p4soner was delivered over to the
handset justice and conveyed to this office. The .ssountled woman
was coosrryed to St. George's llospitiJ, and an officer was sent to
ascertain heratate. The surgeon described the manner in which ha
throat and fingeqwere satobesidas which. there were' as tinny its
twenty serious wOonds about. the back of her head. The unfortu-
nate woman misted the story, which corresponded with the prisoner's
confession, when she was brought into the hospital. • The oat:kris
of Mr.' Cronin, the, house surgeon, to the Mattistrate was, '''that
the sufferer could sot fang aorvive." Her husband stated, that the
, prisoner, so far from.not haying..hoen reconciled to their marriage,
was present at the testival, acid drank somas to than
I hiking'. Rogers describeilit to be a kntte with which the wound in
she throat was inflicted. The prisoner appeared with his waistcoat
and his hands imbued in blood. He complained of the woman having
plundered snit ill-used him. and on heating that she was not dead,
he unproved hie sierow at it, as he went, nn purpose to gratify hle
revenge, and had he completed his work ha Would met mind then as-
cending the seattold.
Mr. Gayer attended at the Hospital from this oftecin the e'refiilig
to take the davaiihuas of the wangled woman. which were in sub-
SLAW. wont the prisoner had confessed to Goodehild and Cuts t.
She elated, for: hetalked yen calmly rd her for sometime after shr
Thad. let him in. sod he had used kind langusige.w het before the
ht hiin in. On • a sudden he gait her a severe blow• with a cutting
weapon en the baekolherlierd, which knocked hcr down; he reverted
Aeatikhelt upon her and cut her throat.' lie then cioaped.
and w:teess with owed. difficulty clay/led which was
opte, and goons-St_r a twin who ii ar pas 'h.,: assisted.j oi. nod gave do
. Wenn. %Vint's; stated, iivcd and
he had often threaten:4,w kill her, 1.n.: length she led him fi r
safes v. and married ntigeti it &Notate entente married afta r
living sonie roue won Ile -els, but he r....nr:tied with his wife or.:v
'is weeks, and hied with dtii,;ers. I 1
swodareusanded trill
next Nlonday.
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At. tiorsion, of the witty, 4.116•1414: "dung the road ;trading to
,„, t•oWikik 1.141,Mt11144y
w. 04 stooped by .1 sii.ek• wtn.,cysltong 1f IP rriw Of the
demmal„.l money. 31r. f.A.,,,ITLIVIIAY 4to Inok after
10.1 ?Wiled tent a pocket ti.istipt,' the Itiggre of
winos he rbilud, limit it flashed to ibe lisp; hetore hr ”nnid
itikeharge, it,-the mutter "krockrit it oat of his
it., Ki and hint mid InOttosse; reiktagwe,rny muck..
(the entitgur h.tuistg achiute liis haw', with he thee:O-
-r: r:id:i
urea In mnril.-r hint if he did not gire hits ilia Janney), anti
he.ddircieth Is 61. note and 34. its silver to his assailant, who
wiliy4 dressr I lii,e a tailor, mint is a short .toot lrpow, wilts dark
fentines. Knistosson was Diet by a man answering h
'lest ttption on Sunday night, who atter Ito4kiag Moo Own
owl severe!) beating: tato, (ebbed him otom. oiraerettili
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