The National Register.
London, England, 1811-11-03 00:00:00

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The Chairman. admitted the first objection to be good,
the prosecutor had sworn to givh.g him a dollar.
Upon this the defendant having nothing further to offer, the
Jury found biro—Gullty.—Sentence deferred.
There were other indictments against the prisoner for similar
offences.

OLD BAILEY.

These Sessions commenced on Wednesday before Sir Sudo N
LE BLANC and Baron WooD.

Richard Bedford was indicted for stealing a sheep, the pro-
perty of Joseph Fountain, at Islington. It appeared that Mr.
Fountain had sent 70 sheep to grass to Islington. Upon the
night of the day on which the removal of his sheep to that place
had been put into effect, the prisoner was met upon the road.
leading to the pasture ground by some persons in the employ-
ment of the prosecutor. The suspicions of those persene were
excited by the circumstance of the prisoner's having a sack upon
his beck, which appear. dtobe a burden to him. in answer to
an enquiry from one of them, he said that he had mutton in his
sack and was coming from Holloway. They immediately seized
Wet and, and examined the sack, which contained the body of a
sheep that had been skinned, and the head of which hid been
taken off. Upon searching the field they found the skin and head,
an] saw that they exactly corresponded with the body of the
animal. 'lle prisoner said nothing in his defence, and was found
Guilty Death.
E. Hall, alias Campbell, aged 19, was indicted for breaking
into the house of S. Finch, with intent to steal. On the 23d
inst. J. Leach, an exciseman, was walking, about three o'clock
in the morning. near the Bell public-house, kept by the prose-
cutor, in Red Lion-market, when two men violently rushed
past him. Alarmed at the circinestaree, he went up the court
towards the Bell, and perceived a light in the bar; he 6:en in-
formed a person in the court, who, with the watchman, came
to his assistance.. They then alarmed Finch, who on coming
into the bar discovered the prisoner lying, as if asleep, across
two chairs. Ile had entered by brea!;ing oeen the slap of the
seller, and also the door at the top of the stairs. In the bar war
found an instrument called a " sawyer's doe," a dark lanthorn,
matches, and a bottle of phosphorous. In his defence, he said,
lie was drunk, and did not know how he got there.—Guilty—
Death..
W. Higgins, alias Fowler, was indicted for breaking into the
house of J. Gillman, with h.ent to steal. Alv)nt half-past
three p'clock on the morning of the 25th ult. 1 loin, the In-
spector of the Watch in Goswell-street, hearing 3 noise, looked
out of the watch-house, and saw two men standing by the Pitt's
Head public-house, kept by the prosecutor. On his going up to
them, they ran down Goswell-street ; and in Gilinian's cellar he
saw a man with a candle in his hand. He immediately alarmed
Gillman, when the prisoner was taken in the cellar. On the
pavement was found a large file, and in the ccii:ir a tinder-box,
and a piece of candle just extinguished. In his deleue'e, he said
he found the flap of the cellar open, and as he (lid not like to go
home at that unreasonable hour, he had gone down in the cellar
to sleep.—Guilty—Death.
J. Hughes was indicted for violating Susannah Pritchard ; bet
it appearing that her real name was Susen, and not Susannah, as
stated in the indictment, the learned Judge directed the Jury to
acquit the prisoner. He was, however, detained, in order that
a fresh indictment might be preferred.
J. Sidney, 60 years of age, was indicted fee violating Mary
Anne Hunt, but the prosecutrix not appearing, he was ac-
quitted.
' On Thursday, the following prisoners were capitally convicted,
viz.—R. Payne and .1. Maloney, for robbing Win. Ducketts of a
101. note, a 51. note, and three 11. notes ; J. Stracee, for stealing
two watches and two 11. bank-notes, the property of C. I.enrose,
in the dwelling-house of P. Linghurst ; J. Meade, for stealing a
quantity of carpeting, the property of R. M. Wright; T. Long,
for stealing in the dwelling-house of Eliz. Webb, two rolls of
flannel ; and T. Carter, for a burglary in the house of R. Price,
and stealing 81. and upwards in copper, and other monies, his
roperty.
A miserable looking man of the name of Crawley, apparently
a Portuguese seaman, was put to the bar, on a charge of return-
ing from transportation, but from his extraordinary conduct in
laughing and dancing, after he came there, it was deemed pro-
per to remove him, until the real state of his mind can be ascer-
tamed.
CHARGE OF MURDER.
Friday, Thomas Wailers stood indicted for the wilful murder of
Henry Griffin, a child two years of age, by driving a waggon
drawn by three horses, over its foot, inflicting inctital
in consequenEe of which death ensued.
It appeared from the testimony of the witnesses ermined
in support of the indictment, that the prisoner was the driver of
g coal-waggon, and that on the 10th of September, he was driv-

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Widstetid-Uttet, SOmeis Town, he
.nding upon , itb bli back to the horses, in conver-
sation with a woman who sat on the coals. At this moment the
deceased,who was crossing the street, was unfortunately -knocked
down by one of ;he horses, and the wheel of the waggon almost
instantly passed over its foot; on being taken up it was conveyed
to a surgeon, but in defiance of his skill, it died in a fortnight
subsequent to the accident. A Coroner's Jury, was the% sum-
moned' and on investigating the tale, they returned a verdict of
wimaAlscrffer against the prisuner, who, it appeared, expressed
the utmost sorrow for tfie.melancholy occurrence, and promised
to make every reparation'in his power.
Mr. Littlewood, a coal-merchant, iu whose service the pri-
soner was at the time of the accident, in speaking of his general
character, described him to be a man of the greatest humanity,
a good father and an attentive 4ervaut.
The case for the prosecution being closed, Baron TUOMPEON
SUMTpedjat ;be evidence with his usual ability.
Tba my it turned a 'verdict of—Guilty of Manslaughter.
RAPE.

James gkiglies, who was put to the bar on Monday to take
his trial on an indictment, charging him with the commission
of a rape on the body of Susan Pratchard, but who was ac-
quitted on account of a misnainer, the prosecutrix being de-
scribed as Susannah and not Susan Pratchard, this day took his
trial on a new and correct indictment.
The prosecutrix stated that she was servant to Mrs. Oliver, of
Winchmere-hill, near Edmonton. On the 17th. of September
she went to Edmonton Statute Fair, with the permission of her
mistress. Here she met her brother, several acquaintances, and
the prisoner, who is a married man, and was then coachman to
Mr Bacon, of Winchmore-hill. In the course of the evening
she went into several bootl • and drank both tea and ale. They
continued together until nine o'clock, when the brother of the
prosecutrix left her in company with the prisoner, who he said
would see her safe home, if she wished to stop longer in the
fair. In this persuasion she was induced to stop dirt+-
quarters of an hour longer, when she expressed a wish
to go home, and proposed going along the high road.—
The prisoner, however, said he could take her a short
cut, which would save them a walk of a mile and a half,
and in compliance with his wishes, she accompanied him across
the fields. Upon their arrival about half way on their journey,
the prisoner seized her round the waist, and in spite of her
resistance, threw her on the ground and accomplished his pur-
pose. On her getting up, she went to the Bull Public-horse at
fanner's-end, to the landlord and lady of which she related the
manner in which 91) e had been treated. A man was sent with
her to Winchmore-hill from thence, and on her arrival there,
she called on her sister, and told her the abuse she had received.
She was very ill for two days subsequent to this, and on the
Saturday following, she went to a Magistrate and preferred her
complaint. The prisoner was then, of course, apprehended.
The fact having been clearly, and substantially proved, the
Jury, after a most minute charge from Sir SIMON Li BLANC,
retired, and returned to the Court in half an hour with a ver-
dict of Guilty—Death.
The prisoner is a good-looking young man, 26 years of age.
He has a wife and four children.
The prosecutrix is t.e.! years of age, and has an interesting ap•
pearance.

WunDAY, NOV. 2.
'Valiant Habbonfield was indicted for feloniously disposing of
three two-pound forged notes, purporting to be notes of the
Governor and Company of th Bank of England, knowing the
same to be forged, with intent to defraud the said Governor and
Company.
The principal witness, who was a prisoner in Cold Bath-
fields, and suspected of being a dealer in forged notes, to pre-
serve himself, gave iwk -mation to the Solicitor of the Bank,
and, through his means, the prisoner was detected. After a
minute investigation, the prisoner was found Guilty—Death.
Daniel Whitehead was next indicted for forging the accept-
ance of Thomas Gallarn to a Bill of Exchange for 871. los. and
uttering the same, knowing the said acceptance to be forged,
with intent to defraud Messrs. Robarts, Curtis, and CO.
The prisoner, it appeared, was formerly a Clerk in the Ca-
shier's Office at the Bank of England, but had left that situation
at the time of the utterance of the forgery. On the Sd of May
last he accosted Mr. Abraham Roberts on the Exchange, and
told him he had a favour to ask him. Mr. Roberts having some
slight recollection of his person, asked him what favour it was
he required ? The prisoner then said, he wished him to discount
a bill for him. Mr. R. expressed a dislike to discount any bill
out of his ordinary course of business; but the prisoner exhort-
ing kim to comply with his request, he went over to his bank-
ing-house,
.where he learnedthat the prisoner was a respectable
man, and he accordingly let him have 861.,1 Bi. A. I.lpm the
hilt becoming: due,' however,- provrd to he a forgery, and the
prisoner WIL3 'con sequoltly apprehended. 'these facts being 5...-
tisfactorily vroved, the pri,iuner eras fouLd guilty—Death.

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