The National Register.
London, England, 1819-10-03 00:00:00

.349

OLD BAILEY.

There were no trials of any importance until Fri•lay,
when riobert Han*ler autl-Ociorge Ashe were indicted tor
stealing a watch and seals, valise 41. from the person of
Christian Knfort. on the 3 let Jody, in !talcliffe-highway.
it apprarcd from the evidence of the prosecutor, who
is a Dane, that nt I I o'clock on Ike night of the 31.1 July,
fie was in Itatriitfc-highway, when the prisoner Abbe
snatched his watch Au us his fob, and ran away wills it.
1 he pssocentor indoned bins, and when he came up with
Inns knocked I down. He endeavoured to get the
watch from him. In the struggie, the chain and seals
were broken from the watch, and remained in Ashes
11411 d. While the prosecutor was engaged with Ashe
si ',sealing un sheagronsiJ, the prisoner Hensler attacked
111111: think nog ifauslei had a knife in his hand, the pro.
serum' jumped up and seised him, upon whirls-Ashentadir
his e"cepr. Harslet. was taken to the watelnhouse.
\Vitals( he was there, the oilier prisoner, Ashe,came to see
wh. er be was ',cognized by the prosecutor, and ap-
pi encoded.. The Jury found bolts the prisonera—Gniity.
The Sessions being ended. the remaining prisoners were
brought up to receive the juilameatt of tUr Court. The
Recorder passed sentence of deaths upon the following
intli victuals

Henry. Stent, John Andrews, Martha Kerr, J. Dolton,
_ Elisabeth Donlan, John Mayo, Thomas hounder., William
termites. Peter Fagan, Etteriezer.Boweu' Rich. Griffiths,
Timothy Levy, Seiner' Bisd, William Grisly, Thomas
. Fousick, John Jones, Mathias Maher, Jane Moggridge,
John Stone, John Hiitton, Wm. Fletcher, John Heuley,
Thomas Atkinson, •William. Burke, John Powell, Joseph
Anderson, William .Henry • Bond, Ambrose Fitzgerald,
Henry Lovell, Jas. Pennington, Edward Cassedy,
. tackiest; and. William Paterson. II were sentenced to
be transported. for life, and 27 for 7 years -Upon leering
. the dock, one of these prisoners, named John Amos, ap-
parently about IS years of age, threw a stone, intended,
it is supposed, for the Recorder. The stone, however.
struck against the mirror that bangs over the lock, which
. it shattered with a loud- crash. The Court was thrown
. Into confusion by this circumstance. The prisoner was
brought beck to the dock,and the RECOPAII:f addressed hint.
He said, that if the Cunrt could notice the conduct of a
prisoner in such a situation, that of which he hail been
guilty would merit the most severe punishment. It was
evideut had. smother object in view than the
breaking of the glass. He, however, freely forgave him,
- tend he was cosifidesa that if he reflected 'spun his conduct
the reproaches of his own conscience would be the great-
est punishment be could stake. Three were ordered to
be imprisoned for one year, and to be publicly whipped;
10 to be imprisoned for (I months; 7 to be imprisoned fur

S months I .1
for 1 munils ; and 2 to be whipped and (ha-
, chareed.—Tke :tendon* then adjourned to Wedueetlay,
. the Tith Instant.

MURDER AT IIACKNEY.—CORONERS INQUEST.—
A cage 01 the most horrible description was brought be-
.lore the Coroner (Nlr. U itw in) on Wednesday. .Tise
leading facts and circumstances are as follow !—Ann
Hobooby, the deceased, who was about 20 yrars of
age, was ►he wife of John liolutesby, a bricklayer's la-
bourer, both of whom lodged with the father of the de-
',Awed in a small house nearly facing the Crooked-billet
at Clapton. It appeared fron► the evidence of Esther
Surrey, a lodger in the house, that tl►e deceased and her
110111/311(i cau►e home in the evening, about 8 o'clock,

.and as they entered the house, witnvos heard some very
_angry expressions pass between them. NVitness sat in
the next Nom with two children, with which she was
left in charge by the landlord, who was a WAlChUldli,
and lather or the deceased. The woman weurto bed in

an adjoining room. The husband came into witness's
room, wh.• asked him if he was coining to sleep with use
children. Hokin:shy said, perhaps he might. The de-
ceased then called out, that it he did, she should get Up
Again. 110:111e511y Caine In anti out of the MUM set oral
butes. Witness at length conceiving that lie would go
to bed to the children, rented to the back door. In about
lit minutes she ltea..•l the sound of a blow. IA iiness then
rushed to the door, and was met by one of the children,
who called out " Murder." liolincsby swore at the
and said if he called out again, he would murder
him. Witness then frosts the adjoniing room .heard slit ee
distinct blows, and the utitortunate (deceased calling out
" Lord have mercy iipou nte." llolniesby then came
into witness's room, and said, Le •6 hail done lor tier, a tin
stiould he hung." ,lie then asked one oldie buys vt ht re
Its father's (the watciintan's) money was; that money he
wanted, and 1111 l ney he would have. llolitieshy took a
elassel and hroke open a chest, anti took what money he
could rind, and said to witness, " I diii going out at tile
back-door, and (holding up au axe) added, if you speak
our stirs still murder piti both." Witness a -tt the child
then went to lie next house, and as kOOll as she was a
little recovered from her fright, sent a gill over to the
public-house, where Peascod, one of the parish beadles,
nappened to be. Peaseod slated, 11131.11 e •kelll suer to
toe house iitiotediately, and, basing procured a light,
bite 1.0: deceased lying dead on the bed nearly naked, a
vast ioantity of blood appearing on the bed, and st %eta'
wounds oil her head. Ile saw a ti axe with 3 great (teal
of blood upon the top 01 it, parlic..ilarly On the back tub
ute li,indle. lie ran immediately for Alr. llalht, tie
surgehii. Tills wiutess found 110 person in the house
but deceased, and a child asleep in We aniollllll6
room. Alf. B.ille) staluil, Illal he. found the iht eased 4-
hog in Led on her lett side. 'lucre .Was a great quantity
tit ulouti on the bed, lint Ina 111 tile Spot where sue was
1.111:,1. Thought she had I,t.eli dead abOOL two hours;
.eX,1111i!IPII the head, on the back pats of wlt.ch there 1.
a lame won't(' (ruin to 3 fiches in Icogt.ll, appearing
to hate beeli made by some blunt instrument. Au axe
was puttitaril to him math blood and hair impipti it, with
which it is prohable the act was cutitiniticd. Found
tie jaw fractured ii, the Celnte, and by the left ear.—
Found another wound between the eye-biows, about an
i.ich in width, and another on the left temple, about
YIaU an such in wind., and an inch and a hall in depth.
is-abaidy caused by some sharp imitated knife. 1 hose
li•aparies, and more particularly the latter, Neve the elloi.e
I death. The Jury instantly mound a veichct of

\Vtifui Murder against John Ho'meshy, the husband—
al.er %%limn the officers of justice are now in search.
Tile horrid interest of the case occasioned the atiend-
aiwe of a number-of respectable gentlemen of the neigh-
bourhood at the inquest.

On Saturday seranight his Rove] Highness the Prince
Leopold strived at Lowther Castle front Edinburgh,
with his attendants, Sir Robert Gardiner, Baron Har-
detabrook, and Dr. Stockmar. llis Royal Highness was
receit et' with every mark of attention by the Noble Host
and Hostess, and a numerous party of the Gentry iu the
neighbourhood of • Lowther were invited to meet his
Royal Highness on the above day, and the three hi:low-
ing days, In addition to the Nubility and Gentry who
ware visitors et the Castle. The greatest hospitality
prevailed at this splendid mansion on this occasion. Oo
Tuesday morning the Mayor of Appleby, Colonel the
Hon. H. C. Lowther, and the Corporation of that an-
cient Borough, waited en his Royal Highness at
Lowther Castle, and presented him with um Freedom
of the Borough. His Royal Highness accepted this
mark of attention in the most gracious manner, and
expressed his thanks in the strongest terms. The 'Mayor
made a neat and suitable address to his Royal Highness,
after which the Mayor, AI& mien, and Common Coun-
cil of the Corporation sat down to a handsome enter-
tainment, which had btu' provided by the Earl of
Lonsdale, on the occasion.

We understand by letters received by the last mail from
Cadiz, that the Yellow Fever gained ground there, and
had created great alarm among the merchants, who with
their families were getting out to Chiclana and the neigh-
bouring towns in the country.

On Friday as It. 0. Jones, •Esq. solicitor, of South-
subplot' Buildings, Holborn, was attending a sale in
Brunswick Square, for the purpose of purchasing some
articles off ure, he discovered in the crowd that he
had been robbed of his pocket-book ; he iinmedtately
repaired to the street-door, and inquired if any person
had gone out, he was answered in the negative, on
winch lie called a constable, to whom lie communicated
the robbery; they returned into the sale room, and made
die case known, when sumegentleinan proposed, that
in order to discover the thief they should all stand in a
row and be starched ; on this proposal a man was ob-
served to drop a pocket-book, which a gentleman picked
up, and which Mr. Jones identified to be his, but it was
Cut open and- the contents gone; the man was imme-
diately taken into cusitody, and on being searched a ten
pound and fourteen one pound notes were found upon
him, which Mr. Jones identified to Le his property.—
Mr. Jones's coat pot ket was cut whence the book was
extracted. The prisoner, who gave his name John
Morton, was taken to Hatton-garden Police °dice lot
examination. lie was a tall, thin, middle aged man,
refused to give his adddress, or any account of himself.
He was couturiued.