The National Register.
London, England, 1822-09-15 00:00:00

SOS

• OLD B/ILDY.-(YuniD•r)

SATURDAY. SEPT. 14.----HIODWAY ROBII4III.
Abraham Henry, aged 18. was intlicteil„lor„ assaulting
Samuel Douglas Engin, Esq. un the King's highway,
and taking Wont his persUti a ould chain, value 101.
his property.—Guilty.
The Recorder adjudged him to be transporteif for the
term of his Hattori life.
Cornelius Reading and John Boyle were indicted for
sielliiitt a bilk liriiiikercmet, the property ul *nitrtes
Seardrield.
Tie theft was clearly prottd against the prisoner '
Boyle, who roistiited ii, toot declared in tits deitticeittat
lixaihsor had initlviie ludo w
'lnc Joy Mond bolo prisoiteib godly.
The R...corder told the pitollirf, Ilia: torn saiaht de- .
petid on it they would be seal out it site country.
FortageY.--Itictierd JLuunl. a jotting titan, tiost res-
pectably attired was indicted tor feloiliously forging an
indorsement upon a bank-post bill, tot the 'tighten' of
501. with totem- I, defraud John Limo Rogersuit.
rr &Hand, for the prosecot;oo, stated the case to
the Jury, He ohm:reed that this caw required peculiar
attention, because it was one where, if guilt waskeovetl, •
mercy could nut be expected to be extruded. Tile pri-
soner stated to Mr. Rogerson, the 'oust:cum ,'hat from
his respec:rble connexion he was able to procure an eli-
gible situ:num under Government, but to order to set the
machine at work, it was necessary to hate ail advance of
501. The prosecutor declined making a deiStosit, on
which the powder said he might give Ism a 13ank post
bill, which tie could not pert with, without his (prose-
cutor's) indorsenwitt. Conceiving this to be regular, oh'
the Ist of Nig Mr. Rogerson repaired to the Ralik, and
deposited 501. and gate the bill to the prisoner, hie in•
dorsement on which' tite indic,lllell4 charged the prisolier
with forging. He would be aide tit prone iii evidence, that
the bill was delivered without iituoiseutem, and trace ttie
p:tytnetit of it by the prisoner for a debt of 301.
which constituted the uttering; zod he should also to
able to bring home the charge of forgery to die pi-wooer.
The witues•ea fully proved the case as stated.-.lry Mr.
Bullard. and alter Justice ant had #ainnied up thellore,
alter a short deliberation, raurited a verdict If Guilty—
Death.
A rontracrhs. for the supply

oeen entered into
of Brighton Poorhouse with good ox beef (clear of
bone) at is. 10.1 per stone.
This year there is a vast abundance of grapes
growing. It is said there has nut been such a quan-
tity since the year 1782.
EitSCUTlOn.—Saturday the 7th inst. W. Costetio,
aged 30, wile bad been found guilty at the lite Assizes 'for
being one of those concerned with Brown in the alattaction of
Miss Gerold, was executed at tallow's green. Fitsineurice,
otherwise Captain Rock, who had pleaded guilty as the
trial, was to have suffered with Costello. hot he none
respite(' the evening before. Costello, who bad been convk4vd
principally 011 the testimony of Mr. Goold, continued to the fiat
to declare his innocence, not only of the above crime, but (deny
connexion with, ur any other outrage committed by, the Whitt,
Boys. The history he gave of his mislortune to persons who
conversed with hies in the gaol previous to ping to-execution,
was this—be was 'relative of Brown's and was we:trues to
Met for five years, up to September, 1821 ; he then left bias ft e
for the purpose of assisting bis brother, whose wife then died,
leaving a large family. •He then continued in the practice of
babitd of industry, and, as he declared oh the scalfuld, knew
nothing of the %balletic" or Miss Geoid till the morning after.—
He slept, he declared, on that night, and it was endeavoured
to be established on the trial, with his brother ; sod Foal:situ-
rice, wbo pleaded guilty, frequently alone Was heard to declare
the innoceuce of this unfortOnate man. Before going oat to exe-
cution, he ob it to a person in the gaol—•• An not these
queer laws that make a man's life depend on the oath of oils
witness?" He also asked this person whether be thought theist
was much pain in the punishment he had to undergo I but being
a.aared there was not, mid that it was only instentaosocs, it af-
forded him consolation. The only thing that he seeinsd to ap-
prehend was, the first sight of the hangman, and the tying up of
bis arms ; but being reasoned with ou these points, he acqui-
esced in their propriety, and esaumed his usual tummies ; and
when the executioner MOO to tie his arms be pot them so far
back that the tightness begrime extremely painful t• lira in his
progress to the gallows. His manlier of going to and at the
place of execution was such as to awaken the sympathy and ex-
cite the astonishmeitt of all, even of those who guarded him.
some of whom were observed to shed tears. H. wee firm► to
the last, and Whim wa4 observable that ouprestuning confidence,
which could arise from no other source but the innocence of
his heart, and his conscious freedom from the crime for which
be suffered. His attention to the clergyman who accompanied
him showed him to be deeply impressed with feelings of true
piety : he died blessing his prosecutors, and begging the
p , f the people. He *as a well-looking man, with ratter
a soft and open countenance, and had Dothan daring or deter
mined in his appearance. The crowd which attended the •xe-
swine was not aumeruus.—Corik Paper.
On Saturday last a young man named John Brad-
shaw, aged 22, came by a very dreadful death in therm:tory of
Mr. Howestb,ed Lostuelt, near this town. He was cleaving
one of the wheels in the carding room, when his band was
drawn into the machinery ; the test of his body iostently fol-
lowed, and was mangled in a manner which it chills the blood
to think oi. His head and both arms ware severed in • moment
from his body. and the shivered fragments of his frame lay scat-
tered about the room in hideous contagion. He was en Mee-
trious workman, and had accumulated "boat 21. which he in-
tended to spend in enjO,ing use emnsements of Preston Guild
this dreadful casealty,lioweser, made it nsicestsry to ippropriat•
the money to the very opposite purpo • of consiatting his re-
maim to the tomb.—Peestoi Chreakie.
In Cantletawo, isle of Mao, a few dila alto, a Awe es;;,l4,
young fellow, not thirty years of age, named Wt .m Preston,
io the employ of Mr. Quayle, brewer, r..isiza 'owing 0. the
edge of the masking vat, to *pair the alidia.kry wbigb the malt
descends from an upper floor into, the vat, over-halatteed
ieirrda:dofwfoasurpfret and
t:ipita a tedlthaiefidder'l4 be rose
intoti
we immediately wjrh
his heed end neck abOve the water, sod though instamthetto2ll
assistance was latforded,wee whole of his body was so Asa*
fully scalded, that, gee died in considerable agony sbootVim
o'clock the Sine evening. After having been estrieated twfielk.
the v:..."•81 walked home leaning ou the arm of the brete44llll.
.lsersasit ot.iearo limo two huodfed yards.
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