The National Register.
London, England, 1818-11-08 00:00:00

FRIDAY.

John Harris was indicte4.ltorste.- g an iron anleirae and
a pair, of otncli sprittAtt, on :be 12in of October, the property
of John
'1 he carts of the robbery were clearly proved. The pro-
secuter lived near Vincent Square, Westinittter. The tiny
..after the property was stolen, the prisoner was Wattled by

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an officer to ilin' them to a indln of the name of Ogle, keeping
an iron shalt initiaitton Groom), IVestinirster. '1 he o Fiver,
acen,noanie.l bv• an ut into the shop,
and laid hold of the prisoner. At this onorneat a whistle
%, a, heard, anti in au hoilaitt 3 gang of a hivl t :10 or 40 per‘onv
iislicd !Ilion the mfiems, knocked them d eon and re•ened
the nri•ntier. Ile was afterward., however, apprehended mt
un ani.ther charge, and taken to iiorsemonger Lune pri -on.
In Ilk lilrrellCC the prisoner said that he knew mit hinz about
the matter. Fonr witnesses gave 1,11114 guuii character fisr
honesty. lie was a shoemaker by trade, audbad we ked
very hard at his bn,iness.

jury found the prisoner guilty without h -sitatiott.
CounnoteSergeant —Prisoner, such a fellow as you cannot
expect mercy. Yon .li4ll go out of the country.
The officer stated, that the relations of the prisoner very
It wished that he should he tranyouted.
Common Sergeant—You see, gentlemen of the jury, what
kind of witnesses these were who gave the prisoner so good
a character ; the relations themselves desire him to be sent
out of the country.
Lucy Price WAS indicted for wilful and con npt perjury on
the trial of Biotin! .bilk es at the (WI Bailey July Sessions.
Richard Barclay stated that he was the ptort..entOr ”-!ainst
Richa d Wilkes who had been trie I ri.;c: consisted. W
stated, that on the aali of July lie was at Iliuhnitry 11
He was then robbed of his watch, and susite!ctoii, the prisoner
Wilkes, lie laid hold of him, and had him put into the watch
house. Oct the trial of vviike,ltt the Old Bailey Sessions, the
prisoner at the bar had declared that he (witness) was croak
at the time. He most solemnly declared that lie was sober,
44tking drank nothing but tea Nit day.
latherlno Barclay, wife to the last witness, retneinhered
the prisoner being called, on the trial of Wilkes, to g:ve him a
character, and else then swore that her hustrand was not
able to stand, lie was so drunk.
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William Owen, au otli...er, proved that he apprehended
Wilkes at Ilighhotry, on the day mentioned. He heard the
prisoner examined, and rho• swore that Barclay wean') drunk
at Hi:.,,libury that lie could not stand.
Henry Buckler, the short hand writer to tl.e Cuitrt,was next
examined, and read his short hand twirl. By them it up,
prayed, that the'prisoner swore that the prosecutor appeared
to be very much in liquor.
The jut y after a short consideration returned a verdict—
Nut Guilty.

POLICE.

GUILDh ALL.

John Prince, porter, in the service of Mr. Lloyd, wine mer-
chant, Iti.f, Fleet-street. underwent an examination on
charge of robbing his master's warebonse of a quantity of
wine, and other articles. The prisoner was stopt in Lone.
Lane, Smithfield, by one of the city officers, abort 7 vetoek
un Fa itiay morning, with a bag mil I ; ;
a.. sami.i.ers. which w,as
seeueted a large stone bottle, -coat g,111011.4 air Vol I
wine, which it appeared he had stolen from his nnntcr'seel-
lar, and was conveying it to his own lodgings in the neighhona.
hood of Bethnal Green. 13eing unable to give a satisfactory
account, of himself, ha was lodged in the Compter. The -
cer proceeded to the house he said he lives'. in ; and on search-
ing his apartments, another stone bottle was found foil of red
port wine, besides two or three single bottles, &c. Mr. Lloyd
not being in attendance, the prisonerWdi remanded.