The National Register.
London, England, 1818-07-26 00:00:00

EiSEX. ertKLIISFOIP.U, JULY 21.

The Assixes fur this county commenced here yesterday,
with the visual ceremony of opening the commission and at.
sendiii Divine Worship. jr.N Jastice Abbott presiil ed.
iA the Crown Court, and Mr. Sergeant Lens in the Civil
-cohort.
'lll,s criminal calendar contains 75 eases, few of which
are Morked by singular depravity, and on the N•si Puns
tide these were 72 causes entered for trial, but theca were",
.aearly 10 venires.
AlsastatVaiten.—liVin. Price, a yonog man of mild 4,,
-prepossessing appearanc ,e was indicted, for feloniously kill-
ing and •layiag Robert Horseman, at Ws thainstow, on co.
22d Match It apveared that a number of 'ming peoolr of btu-.
•se.xes beiiig p ,•-rut, they joined in a donee to the anoxic et,
one of Ilse ,tarty who cotitil play the linte. Som. offence
having-been elfin by the deer:mil to 'lc
hale Cowin of tile
prisoner, the latter. resented it with all the gallantry nevi....
ing the sinnatinaiii which he was placed, as the peoiecior
his rel itive, when some high words passing, the iorisimer ua •
incited +; the challenge of the deceased to settle the ma ie.°
in a broising match. Toe 4irisoiser refused for some time
iietermine the affair in this man ter ; but the first mlenci..
being aggravated by personal ig.11.41!44,t of.iu ligis ty he ae.
•eeptesi the challenge, 44,1 the coinb itatiti adjourned to the
•yarit of the pliblic house to fight it out. The landlord, how
ever, refosed to permit the contest tieing deteri»med on his
-premises ; 110.1conseptently the combatants am! their seconds'
crossed the riser Lee, anal there the e4ht proceeded in (low,
form. After a 1114Ilio which Lusted item ly 411 hour, in %valets
both combatants received some dreadful blows, the deceased
-fell sensele,s to the zround, ut consequence of a finishing'
blow from his antagonist. He was carried off th • groom',
.and not witlistaiiiiing.every effort to restore him, he expired in
-a quarter of en hoar.
fhe witnesses for the prosecution admitted that the, pri-
soner was a very peaceable and inoffensive young man, and
that his conduct an the ground seas perfectly fair, he himself
having received a dreadful beating.
A surgeon was ex. ' ed, who states! that the deaths of the
deceased was, produced from a Mow on one of the jugular
veins, widish causing an extravasatiou of blood on the brain,
extinguished the vital spark.
The cast', under the direction of the learnedindge, went to
the jury.; who lewd the prisoner Guilty, and lie was sentenc-
ed to tour inentlis'imprisonsur at in the county:gaol.

CIVIL SIDE.
FITCH V. W I NG.

Sent:cm:v.—This was an action bronlit by the plaintiff,
a butcher, residing at 'teflon Bitin.tead, in this county,.
against the defendant, a maltster, of small property, for the
seduction of the plaintiff's daughter, pi' quod scruitium

The case, as stated by Mr. Marryatt for the plaintiff, and
as developed by the cross e,sainination of Mr. Gurney for the.
defendant, was this:—The lady ill question, z.nymph of
thirty two years of age, bad received the addresses of the'
defendant for more thaitfonr years. The courtship had been
~:arried on with much ardour, both at the house of the lady's
.father, and that of her uncle, and she had been suffered to sit
up with her lover after the f had retired to rest, par-
ticularly at the !softie of the former. Miele she admitted that
reciprocal familiarities had taken place to almost every ima-
ginable extent. These liberties, -however, had passed after
a promise of marriage had been given ; and the result of the.
amour being a fine buy, the present action was bronght for
its support, and the loss ut its parent's services to her father.
The uncle -of the lady being interrogated by Mr. Gurney,
to the defendant's property, stated, he had uo more in the
world than the coat on his back.

After Mr. Sergeant Lens had summed up the evidence
to the Jury, they founts vcrdict fur the
moges 1301.
WEDNESDAY.

Henry Wilson was indicted under Lord r_llenboroaeb's act
for maliciously shooting at James Gilder, oil the loth of
March last, at Deptleu, in this county.
The prisoner in this case was shoemaker by trade, bat
xuspccied of pouching and making free with nuir!try. 'l he
prosecutor is a labouring man, working with a Air. Leverton,
and he gave the following account of the transaction ;—That
be had jest finished his work about six o'clock, and was
stan.4:►g near a tree in the hedge of the field where he had
been working, when he heard the report of a gnu, and heard
sonteihing coin: whizzing past his head like the whizzing of
a ball. He turned sound and looked towards the place the re-
port came front, when he saw a man just at the edge of a
little coppice wood, an lie inrinethately ran into it. 'fire man
had on a light frock-and light breeches. and he thought at the
time it was the prisoner, kat lie did not see hint sufficiently
near or distinctly to be certain of it ; lie then turned round
to look at the tree, and lie found a small groove on the side of
Use tree next him, which had the appearance of being struck
by a ball. He told it to several per sons, and a few di:ys after..
wards the prisoner was apprehended.
John Bowled was next ex. • I, as to expressions of ill
will used by the prisoner against the prosecutor. He said lie
bad /:.it A cunsc►aatian N ith the prisoner about Gildees stop.
Ping hum One %nue...) out passing through a close, and exam-
ining hi. tissue'. The priioner said be.wiblied Gilder would
stop hue. He would have his head knocked off before he
would suffer it, and that he would
_give It to the prosecutor
before long.

NATIONAT,

It was also stated by another witness, that on the day Gilder
was shot at, the pi islner 11.1(1 said ilia liewouW -give him some
pepper and salt before

• The Rev. ITr. Gee examined the place n few days after-
tverds. The prosecutor ',hewed him Ilitt <1 t where lie wus
standing., 1111t1 the place where then• were mails of 4 man
having been on his knees from whence the shot Was fired.
Three witnesses for the prituner proved that he w•os at
home at his lodging f:ent 5 to 7 on the evening of the trims-
:tenon.

The Jury fonnd the prisoner—Not G!.;lty.
Thomas Smith, a young man aged 20. was indicted for n
highway rolthere on the sth of at the pa ri,h a Barking,
and robbing William Haydon of 1..4. in silver.
The facts, as srate.i by Mr. I Ly4;:ni and others, were,
that on the evening of I. iclo;t -air, Illyden, a 1:o
and a Mr. Jones, with three young ladies. ogi; t era of
one of - them, were returning front Fe!i;up Fair. .1 gang of
iJ or 12 persons appezred to be following them, ;::nong %shorn
the prisoner was one ; and as Mr. Jones was behind tbe ot hers
of his party, and near the gang, he overheard litt'la say they
wontii rob his friends. He Lainediately joined them, and
gave the information, when they determined not to go on
further from the fair, as they would be more out of the way of
assistance. The prisoner and his gang then CAM! up, and 3
or 4 collared Haydon and demanded his money ; they threw
him down, and got the silver out of his pockets; hut this was
not done without resistance, for the prosecutors and his
friends fought, stontly. The women screamed --the prisoner
was knocked down, and upon assistance approaching, all
the party escaped, except the prisoner—he got up and ran
away, but was closely pursued; he took to a heetianear the '
fair, whirl; he entered. and was immediately apprehended.
His person was positively identileils
The Jury found him Guilty.
THURSDAY.
_ GROVE V. HARDMAN.
_

Mr. Gurney stated thatthi;Wast;at;li;na4.,ainst the defendant for
seducing the plaint:lra daughter. The leading circumstances of
which were as follow :—The plaintiff was a respectable farmer, now
in decayed circumstances. residing ,tt Watley, in this county, act!
the defendant had been a captain in the tnth fon, a middlcil aged
man of forty, and some years since had married a telt. of considerable
fortune. with whom, it seemed, he had lived fora short tone, not in
tuts octet perfect state of connubial felicity. and the gentleman was
now left in posses don of an elegant establishment of house and do-
meetitw. the result of his -fortunate alliance. It appeared that the
plait:an& at the time of the unfortunate affair in question, was un-
kaiown to the defendant, and consequently neither had seen the other
at their hotms respectively. The unfortunate acquaintance .svhich
led to the seduction of the plaintiff's daughter cormrenced by the
casual civilities arising from the lady and the 'defendant frequenting
the same church. In the result, an intimacy was formed. which
ended in the seduction of Miss Grove, and the birth of a child. It
wax pressed as a circumstance of aggravation on the pert .of the de-
fendant, that the seduction was effected at a time when the plaintiffs
daughter was lebonring under a state of mental derangement. In
the statement of the case, it was admitted that before the acquaint-
anceship of the defendant with Miss Grove, the latter had the misfor-
tune to experience an intercourse with another person, who had ac-
complished his object by violence. Criminal proceedings had been
adopted towards that perm, but the cause of injury having been
compromised by a suitable compensation, those proceedings were
dropped.
Miss Grove, whoasapeared to be a young woman bordering open
thirty, stated all the circumstances of the defendant's courtship, and
her final ruin.

On her cross-examination she stated, that on c.ne tr.-asion she re.
ceired a pound note from the defendant, in chinch ; atd on another.
that she received two bottles of Cape Madeira in the same place, which
she afterwards drank in her .own chamber. _ _

Mr. 3larryat addressed the jury with considerable ability and em-
phasis, on the part of the defendant, coutet..iing. under the circum-
stances of dhe case, that there could be no diflirulry in sNi.icing a
lady who had gone through the ordeal of a previous violation, which
}null:ever been pumihed with the severity of the law.
The Jury. under the learned Judge's direction, a 5^..1...:t for
the plaintiff—Damages 2501.

POLICE.

GUILDHALL.

Tuesday John Aldin, a watchman of St. Dunstan's, Fleet•
street, and Mary Anderson and Sarah Taylor. two common
prostitutes, were brought up for re examination before Mr.
Alderman Wood, charged upon suspicion of being concerned
in a most atrocious highway robbery.
The facts of the ease were briefly these:—A respectable
young man, uawvd Basset was in Ship-yard, Temple-bar, at
an early hour on Friday morning, somewhat intoxicated, and
while standing there he was attacked by three or four women
of the town-and two men, Ivy whom he was severely beaten.--
Among these women were the two female pritaineis, who were
mostactive io the attack ; and S. Taylor struck him with such
violence with some instrument as to cause the blood to gush
from his eyes.and month in torrents.• He puraned the WOITIaII
Taylor into Fleet•street, and. here he was again attacked by
her and companions, and beaten almost senseless. Ey asks-
perate effort lie succeeded in extricatieg himself from their
grasp, and the prisoner Aldin coming up, he desired him to
take charge of the womau .Taylor. Instead, however, of
doing this, he seized.hold oftlm prosecutor, and iti,coninaction
with the gang, dragged him up Bell-yard, and while the pros-
times and the two men were busy in rifling his pockets,
Aldin struck him several blows with .a bludgeon in the face,
and on the breast.' In this period the prosecutor was robbed
of a 51. and a 11. note w!th a quantity of silver. The work of
' plunder having been completed, the prisoner, Taylor, turned
to Aldin, and:gave charge of Mr. Basset for assaulting her.—
Aldin immediately seized him, and with the assistance.of the
gang by whom he had been rubbed, dragged him along the
street to St. Dtinstan's watch-house, whiuse tlic constable of
the night took the charge from Mrs. Taylor, and the prosecu.
for still bleeding ill a dreadthl manner, awl completely ex-
hausted from the beating he had received, was looked np for
the night. He was, on the. following day, brought before
Alderman Wood, who, upon hearing his tale, ordered him to
be taken from the bar, and the three prisoners to take his
place.
His statement was furtt►er corroborated by a Mr—and Mrs.
Hatdaway, two respectable persons, who were going to
Covent•garden market oe the morning in question, and were
induced to fellow the prosecutor and the gine, by seeing the
blood upon the pavement. They spoke particularly to the
conduct of the two female prisoners and that of Aldin.
The latter prisoner, on the present occasion, brought fir•
ward two persons to speak in his behalf; but their testimony
I tended rather to his crimination than otherwise. _ _ .

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Mr. Basel, the prosecutor, attended, and repeated his
former statement, without a single variation. He was still
in a very faint state, and wore a shade over his eyes.
Mr. Alderman Wood, after hearing the whole of the evi-
-1 dciacc recapitulated by the diliercut INitneues, SAW he at

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dearly of opinion that the twee prisoners h I should -e emir
Hall mid Zola' Hooper were brought
in ill
fcd
i.,...f0 ar the felo a
vn..
Roberty
sso oiEcere of Qureussre)r-s
before the litting Magistieie .. r..• i.,
charged on suspicion with being the perpetram. ". 'a'
tensive robbery in the 11011 S.• of Mr. John Worcester (.hoe
flier, salesman, in West Smithfield. The following were the
circumstances of the ease as detailed by the prosecutor and
two young femnles, sisters to the prisoner Hod: -
One of the sisters, Hannah Hall, lived as servant with the
prosecutor, who, on Sisielay morning last, went out early,
leaving her in care of the house, o nit permissiou to invite het
sister to spend the day with her. !le bed several times es .
Ill'eSoy fOrbithiell the brother tu come to Cie house, as lie HAS
:Mlle of the eery had character he bare.
The two sisteis were sitting in the house -together, when
about three!' o'clock, the bell rung, and Hannah, upon open-
ing the door, found it to he her brother. The other sistet;
lit ir-iug his voice, and v. ishieg to avoid him, ran to another
them, but was afterwards induced to come into the .itcheu
and speak to him. He seemed much altered in his behaviour ; •
and in a very affectionate manner begged pardon 'Or forkwr •
misconduct towards them, and Patilaall said she wooed •ge.t,
some punter, but could not leave tlia house. The prisom r
then ofiered to go, and took the key of the front door. !le
returned after an absence of a few mine tes, and (Idled front '
the top of the stairs —" Herniate do you want any bread !"--
She replied in the negative ; and, alter rsinaining about a
' minute at the top of the stairs, lie came down, !aid the key of
the street door upon the table, and seated himself in stud) ..a
position against the kitchen door, that no person cook' „ass
without his rising; and continued conversieg for some •11111,.
in a manner highly pleasing to his ekters, who imagined him to
be completely retortned. After a lapse of shout twenty
minutes, he rose and observed that Mary sterned uneasy,
and he supposed it was becanse he was there. He would
therefore leave them, and saluting them very affectionately,
he went ewe of the way up stairs, but returned. Mary tirea
attempted to pass hitii, but he prevented her. Alter a sting
gie,'however, she got up stairs to Mrs. Chandler's room.
%%here she found all the drawers open. The other cisterns
the interim came no,.and finding [sl' street door open, called
out that she was mimed fire ever, and attempted to run rp th - •
hersister. Her brother, bower/. r, begged " for God's sake
she would not, for she would be murdered." She replied she
did not care, amid running up the stairs, and from one room to '
:moth r, she discovered that every drawer and cupboard :n
the lion.e had been forced open and stripped of their con-
tents, which were very valuable. Among other things missing
was a ring values! at no guineas, anti 40 new eitirts. The
prisoner came up, and appaiently ranch agitated, iuquirew
what had been lost ? and looking in the place where the plate
was kept, exclaimed, "thank 6—, they have not taken. Cie
plate!" He then begged tkey would not be uneasy, as he
would go to Hatton-garden, and soon get hack the property .
Ile left the house, lint did noire:urn. At four o'clock, Mary
Hall went to her father, and by his desire proceeded tallow-
street, where she gave information of the robbery, and de-
scribed-her brother's person. •On Wednesday be was appre-
hended, together wills the prisoner Hooper, who was known
to be his constant associate in vice. On being taken, Hall
said, -" I suppose this is for that Is-- job of sty skeet's :a -
Smithfield."
The sister, Hannah Hall, who has lived more than three
years with Mr. Chandler, and bears an excellent charactee„
was dreadfully agitated, and fainted once during the ex-
. amination. The family are very respectable, and have made
every effort to reclaim the brother, but in vain. None of
the property had as yet been traced, and the prisoners were
remanded. _