The National Register.
London, England, 1822-12-29 00:00:00

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SCsSEI ASST ES

( LEWES. DEC. 23.—The winter assizes commenced here this
wonting, before the lion. Baron Graham, and the Bon. Mr.
Joustie, Bayley. At It) o'clo.k the Commiasions were opened,
after wlsiets the halm.' Joolges sincoded Divine Service.
The Calendar C 0111.11,15 filly cuunuituwnts, several of which
arc for capital (CM...,
David Eagles •as indicted for having feloniously uttered
forged Bank of England note, for the value of 31. ma the 27th
of July. Ise knotting it to be forged.
On the day in question the prisoner had gone to the sloop of
the pres,cotur, • shoemaker, of Marlielsl, and purchased a
pair or boots. In payment he tendered a 51. note. Before
the prisoner gave the c .unge to the prosecutor, he asked where
I e boot got it 1 lle said be received it from his master. sooa
after the note wa. discovered to be forged, and the prisoner
was apprehended nt some distance from the house of the pro-
secutor. When the consit,:de also took Isim into custody told
him the vessel ui Illy Ilritecetllll,:,, be iue•nediately said he had
tee. Owed the note from a person to whom he load sold a horse at
last Crinstead fair. NVitnesses were also called, w!so proved
that, on the Ist of June preced tog the last trnossaction, the
prisoner had called at a chandler's shop, al tirridge Green,
Near Tunlortslge Wells, and asked the shopkeeper for change
of a 51. utile, ►aging, M the same time, that Ise wanted it for
the purpose of paying a number of Issbourerto in Ilia eolith'''.
anent, then waiting at • public house, called the Green Mau,
in do, riei4lllmushood. The change was given, tool the in-i-
-somer said his name was Russell, and bred at Yabling, One
of the inspectors of notes of the Bank of I:oVand proved that
the too notes, thy subject u!' the indictment, were forged in
CI respects.

The confession of the prisoner, stating that be had bought
the note. knowing it to be forged, was now put in and read.
The Jery found the prisoner guilty—ele;44.
Leutry was indicted fen sealing, on the 25th r f October,
a bay mare, and a black gelding, the property of T. Hewitt,
at Ilenfield.
On the evening of the 2.5 th of Octoherr, the servant of the
preseeator /eft the two 'Menai* mentioned in des laliettslul
eere in a ckuoinear the house. The nest limning the prisoner
was seen riding the eeliliag, and leading the mate, at the this-:
(once or IN miles from the place where they were iiiiesed. Ile
was perste d and taken. W lieu asked how lie had at:aitied
possea,a of the horses, he said they had ben tuttmstrd le
his cure by a person whom he did nut know, and that not bk.
log the job, lie bail left them, and gone into the wood.
'f lie Jury found the primmer guilty—death.
J. Joitoson, \Y. Pike, and W. Painer were charged with
listing, on the night of the 4th of September, burglariously
• broken into and waived the dwelling house of C. Newington,
at 'ficebtirst, and with having stolen therefrom IS silver
apoons, red other articles, his property.
The et 'deuce ageinst it: issuers in this case was also eir •
eue.ntantial ; they had b..en seen together in the neighbourhood
of Ticelmist fur the two preceding (ip', and they were also
seta together nt about live o'clock in the HMI Hill alt. r the
rubbery. Suspicion hat Mg arisen, from these circumstances,
that the prisoners knew something of the burgle: v, they were
pursued and taken, when there was found on the person of
Jolintem a pocket-lnife, the tip of which appeared to hate been
broken otr, end in the wooden sash of the window, out of
which a [bane of glass Ned been cut to facilitate the entrance of
the runbers halo the house, was found the lip of the knife,
which when produced in Court fitted exactly with the knife
found on the person of Johnson ; is the person of Pike It' clt e
salt er•tiflOOna were found, and on Payne a limning knift ; iu a
ditch, where Payue had been, es he said, resting himself just
b. fete they were tnLen into custody, was found two silver
spoons ; the whole or the property was identified.
The July found a verdict guilty—death.
Lets Le, Parser wait indirted for stealing.
ea the 4111 of November. a brown mare, the property of Ben.
Clmilen, at Cocking.
Oa the night ut the lilt of November. the mare in question
was placed in a stable belonging t• the prosecutor, by one of
his sen atilt.. The nest moreine, the animal was missed.
the enquiries made at la.wee, it appealed that the prisoner hail
gone to that place with the mare, and booked it for sale at the
°nice of an auctioneer. The nest day, a person named Eagles
purchased it. For greater security, Mr. Eagles asked the tam-
er
tioneer who was the owner. The prisoner was then pointed
out to him. When Eagles heard of the prosecutor's lota, lie
immediately sent to inform him, that a similar mare had been
bought by hint from a person at Lewes. CLvllen came to
Eagle's Loose, and identified the animal as his own. The
prisoner was pursued and apprehended on the 10th of
Novi:tabu.
The prisoner in his defence fetid, that on the night of the
robbety, be was sleeping at the house ut his washerit ~,,, ;.n, and
Lad never seen the witnesses nuts eaalaiued ugainst him.—
Guilty—Death.`
Jobe Haywood was indicted for stoppinz. Samuel Pettit on
the highway, and feloniously taking flow his person • Batik
note, a silver watch, and otter pup( rty, , un the 23d ul October,
at ileatbfield.
The prosecutor, who is a labourit; man, bad on the 23d of
October, gone to a place called Palmas,. ; on his return lie
called at a public-house, for the pOrpose of getting some re-
freshment. There he saw the ',dauber, and remained drinking
v ith him fur some time. Ile and the prisoner left the house in
company. When they had 'woe. etled together aboat three or
fuur miles, the prisoner left him, slid returned towards the
public-house they hod left. Whet. the prosecutor had walked
same distunce farther, he turned dotsn a lane leading from the
swain road. Ile hail not gone far before the prisoner seined
Lim by the collar, and by the assietance of mutter Mao Ihu ew
bon on the ground. They immediately put their knee on his
breast,'siel took his watch and some money then in his pockets.
The next day, as the prosecutor knew the residence of the pri-
aont-r he went there end demanded his %doh. This was re-
feseit. A warrant was Viet. obtained, and the prisoner taken
LA" ra,tody.
iti:esses were called, on the part of the prisoner, who
swore Cm, on die night in queetioe, the prusecutor had git en
Lie N‘ Ullll to a woman.
The learned Juke lilting stemmed up the et ii!t nee, re-
'nailed that they acre of opinion, that tl e story told by the
witneeses on the part of the prisoner was • fabrication, then
ellen their verdict ailed dep. mi on the evidence for the
; but if they thought that it alas a sallicielit COldradiciton
to the eV itlenee pru ;weed by the prime:Jou, they must acquit
We pr.sener. The Jury iminetliately acquitted the prisoner.
Jul,. ILuN it and Charles Smith were indicted for ntraling on
(lie 22th of August, a gold watch, bum the person of Siuteuu
Balm., at Brighton. Ou the et erring of the day in quention,
Mr. Batts, a reepectable druggist at Brighton, was walking.
Best street, in that town, atom he saw the prisoners. They
Lad eppe, ecbed very near bite, whta Brown meth lied the
watch front his person and eau a icy, is company with, the other

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