The National Register.
London, England, 1822-09-15 00:00:00

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turning home on the evening of the 15th of June he found tI.•
defendant, who was a neighbour, at his house, settling bia bill
with Ids (the prosecutor's wife), with whom he disputed about
the amount, and called her some bed names. The defendant
then went out of the door, and the proseoutor following, and
laying his hand on bin shoulder, said to him, in a friendly man-
ner, " hickey, Jackey, you should nut say so, she's a very
good woman." The defendant instantly knocked him down
with such violence that lain shoulder was dislocated by the fall.
Several witnesses corroborated the prosecutor's statement ; and
one of his servants stated, that, while a surgeon was reducing
his shoulder, the defendant came t. the door, and said "Tura
Min out, and I'll heat his b -y brains out."
Thit defendant was instantly found guilty, and sentenced to
pay a fine of 101.
FRIDAY, SEPT. IS.—CONSPIRACY.—Thos.Coombi, Thos.
Manta, and Elizabeth *witticism-I, were indicted for conspiring
to defraud Jacob Russel.

Mr. Alley sta.ed the case for the prosecetion at considerahlo
length. The defendants, Coombs and Mamiehael, were com-
mon informers, who were iii the practice of laying informations
against pawnbrokers:--the woman was in the habit of putting
articles to pawn and releaaing them in a abort time, and if in
the hurry of business the pawnbroker, or one of his boys.
charged a farthing more than the exact interest. Coombs laid
an information, and eke becnne the witness to prove it. By
these meao i they had sacceeded in extorting money from many
pawnbrokers, and amongst others from the prosecutor, from
whom they had received the saw of M. Sa. The defendant
Manta, who had maimed, and, as be wu prepared to prove.
had consptred with the other defendants to defraud Mr. Russel.
was • messenger at the police office, %Vorahip•street, who had
abused his situation by making use of it for the purposes of
fraud.

Jacob Russel, the prosecutor, examined by Mr. Arabia.—
Witness is a pawohroker in Shoreditch ; he received ■ sum-
mons on the •ld of May to appear at Worship-street police.
office the next morning. Witness went to the nice, and had
the time of hearing put off by the magistrate. He told Manta
at the otlice he wished to see Machmichael, the informer, whose
name was (111 the summons, and desired that she might be sent
to Mr. dillingwortit's : hit reason was, that Killingworth was a
pawnbroker who bad some time before been informed against,
and bad settled with the informer ; and he (the prosecutor) in-
tended that be should settle for him. Mints asked wiineas did
he wish to settle t—Witness said yes, that Killingworth would
settle for him. Manta said he'd go to Killingworth and settle
with him, and all would be right to that day. Some days after
Mints called on him and asked him to go to Killinwortb to settle.
Witness said he coal 1 not go at that time. Meats said he'd go
and fetch Killingworth ; in a little time be name back and said
Killingworth was ill and could not come, and asked witness to
settle with him. Witness said if he did Coombs and other in-
formers might then attack hint. Mauls said they would not
it should be right to that illy. Witness was here sbewn
a paper, which Mr. Killiogworth proved he had received from
Manta to give to witness ; it contained a list of seven pledges
and redemptions alleged to have been made at his house ; the
first was before the house was his ; the second he conld not find
in his books ; on the other live there was an overcharge in the
interest of one farthing on each article. Witness gave 111. 55.
to Killingworth to settle for hint.
On his cross-examination the witness admitted that the pro-
posal to settle came from hint after he had been satumneed.
Mr. Killingworth exatnined.—Witoess went to a public.
house on the iltb of May, to meet the defendants, Coombs and
Manta, to settle the information against Russel ; they were
both theme and some other persons. Witness offered Coombs
three sovereigns ; he refused to telt* theta before the company,
and said they must go into the yard ; he there gave him 31. Ss.
On their return, witness said to Coombs, How do yon know
my old hoc but you are done at last t there are many bad sove-
reigns going, how do you know but I gave you some t wit
said so to cause Coombs to acknowledge the receipt of the
money. Coombs immediately took out three sovereigns and
rung them on the table, and said they were good, and would
put an end to every thin:, for twelve mouths.
Mr. Alley said that was the case on Vie part of the prosecn-
tion, and admitted it did not reach the female defendant.

Mr. %Vslford and Mr. Pendergast adiltessed the Jury on be-
half of the defendants, hut called no witnesses.
The Chairman recapitulated the evidence to the jury, and
charged very much in favour of the prisoners.
The jury retired for shout twenty minutes, and returned •
verdict of guilty against Coombs and Masts; Machnsichael not
guilty.—Judgment was deferred.
Mr. Broderip exhibited articles of the peace against a yonng
man of the name of Charles Campbell, for threatening to take
away the life of a Mr. Wrieht, in conaequence of sume disputes
which had aris n.

Mr. Campbell, a very young man, who it seems has been in
the army, appeared at the bar, and complained of haling beat
unjustly confined for eiAbt days, and his bail refused.
Mr. Broderip said the bail turned out to be 5114111.
The articles of the peace were read, and the Court ordered
defentlaut to lied bad, himself an 1001. and two sureties .1, ;WI.
each.

An ingenious swindling transaction took place
a few days ago at Brighton. A man who keeps a shop in
Ironmonger-lane, purchased a shoulder of mutton at Mr. Pal-
mer's, butcher, and having paid for it, ordered it to be seat to
his house. The boy was despatched with the mention, and at
the door of the house was accosted by a man whom he supposed
to be the master, with—" Well, hotelier, yoo hate brought
home the mutton ; carry it in doors, and then run directly for
two pounds of beef steaks, and bring hack the change for a one
pound note."—The boy hastened house, delivered the order,
anal soon returned with the meat and change. The :eau was
still waiting at the door, and again said to the boy—" You
have been gone a long time, and now you hare nut broiled the
suet." The boy replicd—" Yon did not order suet."—" But I
insist that I did order half • pound ; have you brought the
change r"l'he boy replied Yes." The man theu pulled out
nil old pocket book, mid pretenleil to put in • one-pound note,
sll4i giving it to the boy, told him to be careful of it, and bring
him back the book with the suet. He took the change mid
beef-steaks, anal sent the boy hack. On his 'neater examining
the pocket .book, nothing but a piece of blank paper was found,
resembling a note. The master immediately repaired to th•
house, but to Ito purpose ; all traces were lost of man, meat,
and motley.
SIVOCK ING Aceturvr.—On Monday evening, about eight
o'clock, as Mr. Blackburn, jun. master butcher, of Bow, was
returning home from • country fair, in coining near Bow Bridge
his chaise was shattered to pieces, by drii i ig on a hid of Stones
imprudently left on the road, where he was discovered soon
after in • state of insensibility, and was conveyed, dreadfully
injured, to the Harrow, at Stratford, and from thence home,
alter being Auricled by a sorgooo. There aro Lover of hie
r covert'. •