The National Register.
London, England, 1821-07-29 00:00:00

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TOWN-HALL, SOUTHWARK.
Olt Friday, Edward Lee was charged with being con-
cerned with die yrs other persons in an atrocious attack
iNlr. Joseph Spicer, on the King's highway, and rob-
bing him of .14. Cid. in biker.
The prosecutor is (menial to Mr Marriott, armourer
and furnishing iroitin;mger, in Fleet-street, and resoles
at NO.B, Bedford-place, New Kent-road. 1.)11 Thursday
iiight, between halt-past ten and eleven rielock, he was
cussing the ruins leading from the Borough-road to
Newington Causeway, out his return born-, when Muir
wen, of whom the prisoner was otie, CJeIIC before hint
nu the path, and with the most dreadful imprt ea
t,thl 111111 they must hale his money or his life ? lie said
he had nothing worth their taking,-and was trying to
a. oid the gang, when the prisoner rushed upon him.
with a most terrible blow, felled him to the g ttttt tid.
called " murder, murder I" on which one of
i:e robbers (a shun man, dressed in a blue coat), jumped
poll his neck, and kitting his hands against an adjoin-
wall, continued jmnping tip and down upon his
till his cries were stifled, whilst another man
was employed in kicking him in the ribs; he was then
seized by the waistband of his trowsers, turned on his
face, and ail• his pockets were rifled of their contents,
,svt, telt altogether motto:licit to the stint of 3s. &I The
Ihie%rr, disappointed at finding such a trifle, commenced
kicking and beating hint with increased violence, till at
length his senses forsook him, and lie had no bather
recollection of what occurred, till he found himself
tinder the rare of an officer, by whose timely arrival he
ul no doubt his life had beets saved.
,itirm Kinsey. an active constable belonging to this
Unite, stated that on the night in question, about half-
past ten o'clock, he was on duty in the Dover.mad, and
wet the prisoner and three others, who were so earnestly
eog.tgeil in conversation that they dud not notice
linowing them all to be thieves, lie watched their ono-
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t,,nts front behind a heap of !nicks oil the road side. He
Lad not remained long before he saw a gentlemanly
looking man approach ; the gang immediately came
before him, and one of them, whom he believed to be
the prisoner, said, t' your eyes, stand, and
,neliveryour money," to which the stranger replied, in a
.ctsol di passionate manner—" Take care of yourself,
-ti.y frit Mi. for I'll not suffer myself to be robbed by the
swindelesur.ot yool" The robber then prepared to at-
-tack him, on winch the gentleman produced a pair of
pistols, and swore that he Mould blow the brains of the
first about the mad, that attempted to offer him the least
violence. Oil licarin:r this threat, which the gentleman
delivered with great earnestness, tile thieves ran off, and
the former ptirsii..il ins way very deliberately. Warless
then tett his hiding place, and was proceeding along the
road when his :lacono') was arrested by the cries of
e nitird.er," which seemed to issue bout the 'tints on the
ide of the Borough-roati ; he proceeded iu that direction
t•irtthegroans hiving died away. he had great difficulty
in-finding the spot. At length the moon shone out, and
by its rays he beheld under a wall at a little distance, the
body of a man, and the our identical persons v.lioni lie
hid seen in the road, kicking and heating him \Vit.
ttess drew his codas, and rushed upon the aggressors, on
which they all ran away in various directions; he pur-
sued, and secured the prisolier, who attempted to tight,
111111 haviog pine(' as,tstance, he took tom to the watch.
house, and carried Mr. Spicer 10 a IlLet• a safety, where
I.e gave his residence, after which lie was carried home
ra a.shocking bruised ;11)(1 itialigled state.
The prisoner added, that ilia head and neck was much
swodeit iroui trim pling,and his ribs add other parts of
h s body were quite black, from the elects of the kicks
eyes were bruised, and every oilier part of his lace
anitnted evident marks of a severe
The prisoner denied the robbery. lie was fully coin-
.ni;ttad to the Assizes for trial.