The National Register.
London, England, 1823-03-02 00:00:00

DI: DEI:ENGI:It T. 101tITNE.

This was an action by the well-known Mr. De Beringer, to
recover compensation for his services in respect of a house in
Cornhill, of which the defendant bought a lease and sold it
again. The !plaintiff alleged that he had considerable skill in
planning and improving houses, and that the defendant, who
bought them to sell again, had agreed to give him a third of
any profit cn the house in question, the interest in which he
had purchased for 2501. and sold it am. D. did not, however,
appear that Mr. De licrengcr bad rendered any efficient ser-
vice on amount of the house, and the memorandum and letters
relied on seemed rather to relate to some sclimne of partnarship
in a business to be 'moiled on upon the premises, than to any.
purchase of the house for sale.
The Jury found a verdict for the defendant.

OLD Lt4ILI Y SI.NSIUAVS.

ROBBERY CIF THE EXETER COACH.

WilliannTlloh;;; res})cetall.L.ltokiiig—t-ttan dressed
in black) and John Baker were indicted for stealing a
parcel, containing Imo promissory notes of 'II. each, 40
51. notes, and 3'28 ii. notes, the property of Messrs.
Spathes and Co. hankers, ci Exeter.
The evidence for the ptosectition has already appeared
in the Police Reports. The prisoners, when called on
for their defence, both declared their innocence. Ba-
ker, the gtiattl, pot in a written defence, in which he
alluded to the fact, that he was the first to give itifornia-
lion to the London bankers of the robbery, and adverted
to the anxiety e•ritiels he had loon the first evinced lor
the driecuoa of tilt offenders. He admitted that lie
was culpable iti taking the ;larcel front his coat in which
it was sewn, and potting is in the seat ol the coech.—
His defence alm represeincd that he (Baker) had WO :rt
many opp orttinniet. w escape, and yet had not attempt-
ea it. k'e had matte a second journey to Exeter before
he was Upprtileltileti on this charge.
A great variety of witnesses for Baker were called to
.character and to fact. It was proved that Biker ex-
pressed great anxiety when it was known that the parcel
was lost. That same night he went to Batike;,-N, and
acicanned 'ltem of the rpubery; the lie;:". mot iiing he
went again. and '0•:15 not alyrehended until long manse.
(pettily. Tite whitener to character spoke extremely
favourably of hint. The master ref the coach had Ira-•
yelled twice limn Eteter to give the prisoner a character.
'rhe prisoner Thomas called no witnesses either to
chracter.or fact.

Tile Jury acaoiucd later, at:d found Thomas g illy.
I.IIIISDA YE 12. .h« :.tiling of the Court 15
females, and u pst anis of (ill trilles were arraigned at the
bar.

Errs.usive EMSEi'l.LE:AEN7.—Sartuel Ditichin, a
man of colour, was pot to liar, on a:11 it'd cuuect
charritig huts with natirg felonioas!y ciieveriiro to his
own use the sum of !„:0231. the property of his employers,
Messrs. Perkins and Heath, enaravers, of Fleetoureet,
uu the 31st of unary last. *Fite prisoner hail beet'
brought to this country by the family of the prosecotors,
who hail entertained 541Cilan idea of his integrity that he
*.V:IS employed as their confidential messenger, in which
sittiatiou he obtained ',mansion M the money in ques-
tion, having been sent with a check 119 the banking-
imisse of iNlessrs. Cu_ and iliddulph Inc the amount.—
On his return 4e pretended la: have lost the moner, and
was very imptitlent, in consacmence of which be was
discharged, and sobsecinentiy puistied to Liverptxil,
when he as length confessed the crime, and produced a
consislerable part of the preoerty. The case was clearly
preved, and the Joey foottii the p:isaotter Guilty.
Richard Chute was intkcieil fur stealinr, a lart.e guar.-
thy ef property. belonging to his employer, Mr. rhousas
Flint, haberdasher, on Filtsstreet-hell.
The prisoner and his brother had been for a king time
in the set vice* confidentially. of Mr. Flint, who having
solaced frequent and severe losses without being able to
detect the offenders, was at length induced to suspect
the prisoner. lie went to his Lodgings, No. 63, Cur-
tain-road, is company with a friend, and Tuttipenny
the Officer, and found there sdk shawls, lace, &armlet,
silk handkerchief., Irish liners, and many to the
amount of The goods were all identified by Mi.
Flint as his property.
Several witnesses spoke highly of the prisoner's previ-
ous character, but the Jury found him Guilty, and the
Court sentenced him to transportation for 14 years.
WEDNEDRAT, FED. vb.—James 'Hackle. an elderly
matt, was indicted for stealing a pair of diamond ear-
drops, the property of W. ilaydoti.
111 r. ilaydon is a jeweller in Compton-stret, Soho,
and sonic time ;ago he met the prisoner, whom he had
formerly known in better circumstances, in a state of
extreme distress in the street. lie took him home, and
employed him to keep his accoutos for some time, and
at length took hint regularly into his service as his coo-
hdential clerk. in Attgost last, a lady named Rowe,
ordered a pair of ear-ring drops, the price of which,
whet' finished, was 1171. These were sent home by the
prisoner, but Mrs. Rowe, hi a few days expressed a
desire to hate anotherrpair inaile,as those were too large.
'Phis Mr. Haydou agreed to do, and sent the prisoner to
fetch the others from Mrs. R. but when he returned he
said, Mrs. Rowe knew a lady who would take them
from her, and Mr. H. was to make a similar pair, as
agreed upon, by Christmas. When Christmas arrived
Mr. Haydon discovered that the prisoner had received
the large drops from Mrs. Rowe,
and had pledged them
at the shop of Mr. IMAM 3 pawnbroker in Charlotte.