The National Register.
London, England, 1815-01-29 00:00:00

ITTOI4AL REGISTER.

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COURT or CHANCERY, JAN. 23.
Tliiq being the first day of Hilary Term, the Lord Chancellor
bars lit, according to custom, entertained the twelve Judges at his
le use in Bedford.mpure, proceeded in state, followed by, tl e other
Jude*, to open their respective Courts for the terns, which they did
with the accustomed ceremony.

Marssrosr•Roner.—Edward Webb, and Robert and William Simi,
were charted with striding ten reams of demy paper, the property of .
Messrs. Mauna? and Pickering. II appearedt from the evidence of Mr.
Pickering, jun. ti sit they have for some mar been subject to very eves.
sive depredaiimis. It appeared that-on Friday last the prisoner Webb
came into the countine.bouse. and said he waisted ten :eases of skew/
paper for Messrs thitty and Field, and that the cart would be there
immediately to fetch it. Soon after a cart drove up to the door, and
the paper was put into it. Instead of cuing to Messrs. Getty's, however.
it drhve to the house of Robert Snarl, in Longlane, *here the paper
was ee'ivered.
Mead, tie carter, stated, that Webb ordered him to call for the pa.
per, and afterwards to take it to Srarl's house. He did so; and at the
lawn. place Webb met theta el d assisted Sear! in taking the paper out
of the cart Information of t! ese facts having bey!, gi% on to Brand,
'the officer, he went late on Friday evening to Seerf's House, in Long-
lene, where, on searching, lie found nine reams of paper nut of the
td n. The pris-ners were taken into custody, brought before the Lord
Mayor yes erday, and committed for re examination.
UNION Hsu. —A man of genteel appearance and respectable
connections, was on Tuesday brought before Mr. Serjeaut Sefton,
charged by Mr. Mabley, of Woolwich, with a robbery of the most
dating description. Mr. Mabley stated, that be was coming
town on Monday evening, in one of the Woolwich stages;_ the
prisoner and a young woman were also in the coach ; they had not
been long seated,when Mr.M abley felt the prisoner's hand in his pock.
et, and immediately afterwards, on feeling himself, he missed a gold
ring, about 10s. in silver, and some tnem.trandrims. He directly
charted the prisoner with having picked his pocket, who pretended
to fall into a violent rage. denied the charge, and struck Mr Mabky •
several violent blows. Mr. Malddy raised his hand to defend his
face, when the prisoner seized it, and the prosecutor felt him draw
another ling from one of his &gene He took no notice, but 'whin
the coach stopped. gave him in charge. On searching him, the Vero
rings were found concealed at the knee•band of his pantalown, and
several of Mr. Mabley's papers were found in his pocket ; the ranee,'
wai lying on the seat of the coach. Several letters *ere found
upon him. from which it appeared that he had formerly been a CAPt..
in the army, and for mime tine past had been employed in the Eist
India Company's service, and that his connections sv:,et highly res-
pectable.
In his defence he said, he was much intoxicated at the
time, and had no intention of detaining the property. He was fay
committed for hid.
An information was on Thursday preferred by Mr. rleattey, the
Inspeethr of stage coaches, against two of the drivers of Greenwich
stages, for driving furimasly, and running races on the public road.
in their way to town, den a day mentioned in the information. Mr.
Beazley, it appeared, saw the transaction accidentally, and imme-
diately gave informatiosi to the Magistrates, by wham the stionstwases
were granted. Mr. Ferguson, of Deptford, and Mr. Ledger, of
Blackheath, both. gentlemen of respectability, who were passengers
in the coaches in question at the time, gave evidence of the extreme
danger in which they had been placed by the carelessness of the
defendants, one of whom in hia furious career drove against a broad
wheeled waggon, and dashed the coach 'nearly to pieces. The
defendants pleaded intoxication, which the worthy Magistrate ob-
served was rather an aggravation than excuse of their offence ; as,
however, they in general bore a good chat icier, they were only con.
vieted in the penalty of SI. and costs.
John Cooke, sent front Hatton Carden Police Office, to F:psom,
was taken before Mr. Trotter and Mr. Whitmore, the Magis- •
trates at Epsom, for examination. It appeared that he and
three other men were taken in a park near Epsom by—Hitnt,
the gantekeeper; there was a bag in their posA.i,siort, containing
20 hares and eight pheasants ; Hunt, with the assistance of three
constables, succeeded in handcuffing the four poachers, and lodged
them in the watch-house, tram whence, with the assistance of their
accomplices outside they effected their escape. Cooke made to
London. On Leatlterhead in Pee lie forced off his hatulenff,d, and
threw them into the river. Real, Jan. the officer, having received
private information, apprehended Cooke at a public house, at the
corner of Green-street, Grosvenor-square. The charge beisig proved
gainst Cooke, tinder the Game Act, he was fitted in the penalty of
Ire wits committed f,.,r three months
301. and default of pavoienr,
to prison. Four detainers were also laid against him, for assaultiag
the gamekeeper anal the constables.
A long investigatioli took place at Bow-street, on Monday, under
the following eireemstatices :—A poor woman, who obtains her
livelihood by basking poultry, left her parse coutaibiug

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