The National Register.
London, England, 1821-06-11 00:00:00

THE BRIDGE-STREET CONSPIRACY.—A Mr King,
of Chancery-lane, one of the intended victims of this
gang, has published a statement of the means used
to entrap him into an offence against the law, from
which we extract as follows :
" Without wishing to cast any reflection on other venders of
political writings, I may be allowed to say, that during the last
few years of unprecedented political prosecution, I have been
extremely cautious of what publications I retailed.
•• On die 16th of May last a respectable looking youth called
in at my shop in Chancery Lane, and asked me for a copy of the
• Political Dictionary.' I told him that I had not got it; on
which he particularly requested that I would procure one, end he
would again call for it in the course of the day; which I consented
to do, being at that time utterly ignorant of the existence of such
a work, except; n:; from the advettisement in the public papers
Ile called a second time the haute morning, and I ',mowed to
get him a copy in the evening. I accordingly purchased a copy,
and at five o'clock lie culled a third tinie and paid fur it. My
wife informed me that on the following morning he repeated his
vista in my absence, and asked for a second copy, which she told
him she could not give him, as she had not one in the shop.
•• On Sunday last t received the first intro Mon of the indict-
ment, and that the Grand Jury had rejected it. I went on
Monday to the Clown Office with my solicitor, Mr. Hayward, of
Tooke's Court, where, on inspecting the indictment, I discovered
it was for the sale of the • Political Dictionary,' with the name
of Horatio Orton endorsed on the back of the parchment as the
only witness. Being satisfied that this Horatio Orton was the
kind customer who purchased of me the only copy of that work
which 1 had sold, I went to the office of the mock • Constitutional
Society,' in Bridge Street, accompanied by Mr. Hayward; and,
after several calls, succeeded in identifying a clerk in the office as
the person who had bought the work of me, and who, on my
charging him with it, admitted that he did so, and that he was
the Horatio Orton whose name was endorsed on the back of the
indictment. Mr. Hayward asked Mr. Horatio Orton whether.
as his name was the only one in the indictment, he was the pro-
secutor; to which he answered • Certainly not.' Mr. Hayward
then inquired who was the prosecutor, which he refused to
answer, saying we might find that out as we could. hereafter.
I shall otter no comment on this transaction: it is of a piece
with the system which begot Oliver, Castles, Majocchi, and
Fletcher, alias Franklin. I need not remark on the irreparable
injury which such a prosecution might have entailed on an
industrious man, whose large faniil, are dependent on his cha-
racter and personal exertions for their daily bread. Had the bill
been found, the expense and disgrace would have been my ruin,
even although a verdict had not been obtained.
" That the public may be on the alert against the spies of this
political banditti, I beg leave to add a description of the above
mentioned Horatio Orton—About h feet 6 inches high; Ytl
' years of age; moon faced; dark eyebrows; pallid sickly looking
somplexion, with a general appearance of great constitutional
debility ; effeminate manners; a mincing mode of speaking, and
atlitcted negligence of gait."

OLD BAILEY SESSIONS. •

On Wednesday morning the firssions at the Old
Bailey were opened by Mr. Juisice Bayley, air. Baron
Barrow, the Lord Mayor, Sheriff., and Cu) ()dicers.
BURGLARY —henry Williams, a respectable looking
snail, stood inifcted fur borglarimisly entering the dwel-
ling-house of John !Luce, E4q. at Broitipton, and stealing
therein a considerable quantity of plate, his propeity.
It appeansil ut evideoce, that on the 2d of April a
quantity u. plaie Itad been stolen from itie house of the
prosecutor u 7 lilt:jut; of a hole made in the panne' of
the door of the butler's pantry. Out the 4th of April
the prisoner sold pa,t of die properly at the house of
.Messrs. Merle and Company, ridineis, in Little Britain.
I he prisoner had hero in lute habit of s..lling plate to
Messrs. Mci le and Co. fut t 2 thontits.

Mr. Justice B.lley. in stinsiiiing up the 'evidetice,
stated to the Jury, that It not having been proved that the
robbery was committod before daylight, the prisoner
should be acquitted of the charge of burglary.
The Jury accordingly found hint guilty of stealing in
a dwelling-house a suw Ciceeding
John Saxton and William liedditig, ttvo well-dressed
young men, were capitally indicted for burglariously
breaking and entering the dwelling-house OfJulitißarlow,
and stealing Bank times and silver to the amount of
3251. his property.
Mr. Barlow deposed, that he keeps the Two Brewers
public-house, injGoswell covet; and on the evening of the
26th of March last, as he was sitting in a parlour behind
his bar, he heard a noise like a nag of silver falling upoti
the pavement in the street. The hack of his house was
in Nob.e-street, and the noise appeared to be there.—
Witness ran out, but saw no one there, atid lie then went
up stairs, and tried his elm a 111 Iser-door, Litt Mond it
fastened, and a watchman came and Intake it open —lle
then saw that the winnow was shuttling op n, and the
wrenched ..e also Liseotercd that
fastening was
his bureau was broken open, and his cask-box, contain-
ing bank notes and siker to the amount stated in the
tiadictinent was gone —The following uay he cati-,cd
hand-bills to be circulated, offering a reward of tool. lor
the discovery of the thieves. lie haul known both the
prisoners fur sonic time : they lid frequented Ins house
two or three nines a day, and f cum the time of the rob-
bery they hail ceased to come there. Oil the l'jth
April lie saw the prisoner Redding in Gorwelbstreet, in
company with another mats, and was approaching to
seize him, when Redding caught sight of Min, and lie
and his companion retreated down Wilderness-row, and
he lostsight of them. Its a moment after he saw Saxton
looking down Wilderness-row, and took him by the
collar, and tool hum he should detain hint on a charge
of felony —When lie was seized, and before he was told
what the charge against him was, he said, •' 'This is only
done to defraud your creditors."
Mrs. Amelia Barlow, wife of the last witness, stated,
that she heard the hag of silver fall, and at the same
moment heard a crush above stairs. Witness went into
a passage, at the end of which was a window looking low
oble-street, and silt distinctly heard a voice WlllO4 She
knew to be Saxton's, call out " Stop 1." AbottL half a
minute afterwards she the primmer Reilding descend
as from her chamber window, aild jump into the street.
Mr. Justice Bayley s iiiii med tip, and the Jury, after
retiring nearly a quarter of at hour, returned a verdict of
not guilty, as to both the prisoners.

John Baker, and Robert Jacobs were put to the bit',
and indicted fur swa% from the person of Mr. Isaac

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Shantung a silver watch, chain, and seals, his property.
The Jury tumid the prisoners both guilty:-
The Common Sergeant assured the prisoners they
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should quit the comity for life.
On Thursday, Joseph Blakeney was indicted for as-
sault rig J. Foote on the Giuti s highway, and stealing
from his person a gold chant and 5,..11, value 51.
Joseph Foote stated, float 011 Friday, the Stu of
he was passing through Brick lame,
111 coin ty mils 111,
wife; when die prisoner, who pretended to be intoxi-
cated, ran eMlently against Mtn, sit.. 'cited at his wateli,
and succeeded in detaching the chain and seals; witness
collared the prisoner; a struggie ensued; when he was
instantly surrounded by several of the prisoner's compa-
nions, and at the saute moitietit received a violent blow
on the buck of his head, which felled him to the ground,
and the prisoner escaped. A few days afterwards the
prisoner was observed talking with a telltale in Spital.
fields, when he was taken into custody.
'foe jury immediately found him Gitilty.
Nlr Baron Garrow addressed the prisoner, who, he
s.lid, had hero cotivicied upon the clearest ev ideoce of
being one of a desperate gang of thieves, and earnestly
desired him to employ the short time allotted in prepara-
tion lior the ate lot late that awaited hltll, as no mercy
coold be extended to lino here.
Joseph Lilly, 4 lad 15 ;Calf of age, was capitally con-
victed of stealing in the dwelhog house of Hannah
Ilawkshaw, two silver spoo.is, three silver forks, Sac.
tier property.
David Adams was indicted for stealing in the dwelling
house of Sir A. Crook. 451. in batik notes, his property.
—Not Guilty.
John Smith stood capitally indicted of having stopped
and robbed Phclil, Jones mil die King's highway. The
prisoner set up in its defence, that Jones was in a Stale
oh intoxication.
After a few moments consideration, the jury found die
prisoner—Not Guilty.
William %Vilsou was convicted of feloniously being at
large before the period to which he had been sentenced
to be transported had expired.
Bryan M‘Flielait and Bridget M'L.achlati (die former
an infirm old man, who was siipported into court, and
allowed to sit during the trill) were indicted for assaiil.-
ing James ilogartii in a place near the highway, and
taking 11. 7s. in silver, one 51. and six 11. notes, front his
person.
The prosecutor, a respectable looking yoting man,
Swore, that as he Was going home to Rite ill highway,
on the 10th of April, lie met with a woman of Colour,
and was induced to accompany her to a house in Went-
worth-street, Whitechapel. lie hail beet' but a few mi-
nutes hi the room when the two prisoners and a Man
With a wooden leg cattle in, and, placing themselves be-
fore the door, insisted upon his givittg them money to get
drink. As a pretext fur getting out ol the room, lie acid
he would go and get soinetnitig to drink, but the woudeo
legged man seized him by the collar, swore he owed him
31. atid that he should not leave the room till it was paid.
.1 lie I..inale pitismier joined in declaring it was so, aild
the moll with the wooden leg got him down upon the
floor, and called to the female prisoner to eet him a ktiiie,
which Was tone!' to the male prisoner, who cut 01l his
pocket containing the mousy hi question, and Met' and,
" shall we cut the b s throat ? " The candle h it
beet' extinguished. Some of them said "do so," and
immediately three stabs were It at his throat, but he
received the cuts at the back of his hand, Which he hail
put upon Isis throat upon hearing die exclamations :tbove
mentioned. His senses then left him, .inil wileta he
covered lie still 10011 d himself lying nu his hauls, add
alone. Ile gave infolination to some W4,1:1111101, and
the prisoners were apprehended scam alter; but mulling
was putrid upoo them.
The prosecti or admitted, upon cross-examination, that
he was rather inioxicated on the iteltit in question, jut i
declared that Isis recuilrctio t was perfect, oath lie W:l9
positive as to the identity of the prisoners.
They, iii I heir defence, declared their innocence.
The jury after a long conversation, returned a verdict,
findittg both prisoners tint guilty.
Susannah Hyde seas then tridicied for killing tier
infant child on the pith of April.
It appeared front the evidence of M rs. Taylor,
whose sent ice the unfortunate vtoimiti had been at the
time mentioned the indieinietit, that tier situation was
observed on the previous night, and there were °ern iii
app eatances which deilOteit her having beeo delivered in
the water-closet, where the lady of the culild was 104111t1.
Tioere was nu proof of the child heating been born aloe ;
and the jury returned a verdict of—Not Guilty.
Capt. Algertion Disney was then pot to the bar,
charged with has lug caused the death of Anne Banthig,
spinster, by repeated assaults on the Ist of September,
the 30th of Ociober, and several °the' days, Hi die parish
Mary-le-bonne.
Oil calling the williesseaseveral appeared to be absent,
and Mr. II non G mow complained strongly of the
want of attentlaiwe of those paint 9.
Mr. Alley, as couttsel for Capt. Disney, s rid, that
notice had been given to all the witnesses tit are I.
Mr. Aaron Graham remarked that both justice to
the prisoner and the public required a full investigation
of this ease, and that he was ready to hear any applica-
tion for the posnionettient of the trial.
Mr. Alley said, that, on the part of Clit. Disney, he
had no such anpheation to make.
The first Winless was Robert Cones, a constable,
who merely proved the fact in the arrest of the prisoner,
and the removal of Ann Hawing to an infirmary, where
she afterwards died.
Mainsail Coles, the midwife of the hospital, proved the
reception and death of Anne liatitnig, as she thought, at
the him., in cotiseiptei ice of the alter pains of 1111011 r.
51190111411 Dawson deposed lo the 9141eUleill at Ac to
he by the deceased, of various br antic% with a stick
which she had received from the prisoner; the last time
was a lortioght before she was Sent to the hospital.
Mr.Gouilyer, the apothecary to the hospii ai, said, that
when the deceased was admitted, hr merely cousidered
her as labouring under a common cold, and ordered me-

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dicines for her accordingly. At the time he was not
aware that she was pregnant; but she was afterwards
delivered, and subsequeutly attacked with fever, inflam-
mation of die bovt els, Si. Anthoily's fire, which led to
a mon ilicatiou and caused tier tleatii. At that Wile St.
Aotbolly'i lire was eptilentic. lie had no doubt that
her (loath was caused by the disease lie had mentioned,
mill not by v ioleoce. There were certainty marks ini the
body, but not sufficient to lIIIIIICC 111111 eu supposeshe bad
met her drain in any caner manner than by disease.--
Verilict—Not Guilty.
Peter Ge,rge P.ititiore was then put to 'lie liar,charged
upon the coroner's implisitioti, and upon .t bid returned
by the grand jury for the county of Middlesex, with the
wilful 'mutter of John Scott.
Mr. Walffird, in opening the case for the prosecution.
said, he appeared to-day as the represeu tame of the family
of the late Mr. Scott, but the jury would readily believe
that iii brin4ing forward this case they were not actuated
by any vindictive motiv. s towards the accused, especially
when they learned lie had lowa, been a most ultimate friend
of the deceased ; that he had attended hint with the most
tender and anxious solicitude while Itiogeriug from the
effect of his wound, even to the day of his death, and that
he still retained the iriendship of tile relatives of Nit S.—
Tile case hail already heel' once the subject of investiga-
tion, and it had also neon the topic of much conversation
—lie entreated, however, that the jury would dismiss
from their all that they unguit previously nave
heard or read of the matter, and decide only upon site
evideoce which should be brought before them. With
respect to the law of the case, he would take leave to
address to them one or two observations. If men quar-
relled, and afterwards had 'time to reflect coolly upon
the 510i...C1, 41111 still persisted in going out and engaging
in mortal combat, and death ensued, he was afraid the
crone would amount to murder; for the law recortiised
!mite of the distinctions or rules of what we call honour;
however, the jury should be of opinion that the par-
li,'s iu the present case haul not time to reflect, that they
went out tit the heat of passion, and death ensued while -
they were in that state, the offence could only amount to
maitsLugliter. And with reference to this consideration
it would be linpOrtallt to theist, to know that the duel
took place by moonlight.
Mr. Bayley —" By moonlight, you say, NI r-Walford
You will ouserve that, itentlemen of the jury."
Mr. ‘Valitard comintied.—tle would entreat the jury.
once more to dismiss from their minds all previous int-
pressitain upon the subject, and to conic to the consider-
ation of it coolly and dispassionately. He then detailed
the cireunistaneei of the case as they have already been
so (Mei' detailed, and proceeded to call. witnesses.
Mr. J. T. Pettigrew, of Spring-gardens, surgeon, was
first called, Wilco he hail been sworn, . .

Mr. Ju,tlce Bayley said, " Mr. Pettigrew, I wish to
suggest something Li, you, before you give any evidence.
if you aoprelielid that, by ally evidetice vvliimi you may
be called upon to give, you by possibility, subject
yourself to a ciimitsal prosectititni, you are at liberty to
decline atiswe, lug thequrst el,s pill 111 you."
Air. p,,tigre,,,,,—w v Lord, lam extremely grateful
for tile suggestion; but I do ilia apple,lrud that I shall
subject myself to a prulectition, as I merely attended, at
the request of one of the p.O ace, ill order that I might
render itietliCal assistance, if it should be necessary, 1
kiale iltereMie .111 04,ireliOl1 lO give evidence."
Mr. Justice Bayley.—" 1 will tell you, Mr. Pettigrew,
that, you attended with the knowledge that a duel
was da t.d !dace, though it Was only to render medical
assistance, it .ISitimid be necessary, you would he liabb
da r cululnal pruseCalltiii."
Mt. P.daigrew.—" 'risen, my Lord, I shall beg leave
to 11. ciiue answering any questions."
11... B. Morris, assistant to Mr. Pettigrew, was next
called, m.l the same caution was given to him by the
(.rallied Judge. He also declined, under sucii UII.• •
staticcs l 4 give evidence.
Dr. Darling was that called, and deposed that the
cause of Mr. death was a woulid by a bullet, and
said that some time before his decease lie made a con tttttt
nicatiun to willieSs Upon the subject of tile duel. Wit-
.less could not say, that the deceased, at the time he
made liiiS cDilllttttttt believed himself io be ns el.-
treate danger. lie bail been tH;(1 tile wuuticl was dan-
gerous, but not necessarily moi.al.
Upon this question the Jtrtl4,es decided that the emu-
mumeation could mi. he received in evideoce.

Mr. Watson, ol Chalk Font Tavern, and his servant,
were called, and piuved their gustse,,, nun the field and
seessq Air. Scutt lying on the ground, and Mr. P.unsore
and the utiles gentlemen standing near him. They re-
moved Mr. Scott to the house, %%mere he used souse days
alter, bust they could give no evidence how he came by
the wound, except that they heard the reports of ponds.
Mr. WaKurd haumated gnat tie Uau no more W I IllealeS
to call.

Mr-Justice Bayley.—" Gentlemen of the Jury, eon.,
fitting ourselves only to the facts proved before us, with-
out reference to any thong we may have have heard else-
t►herr, we ha►e too evidence even as to how thedeceased
cable by his death wound, and it is not in the slightest
degree proved to us that the person at the bar had any
thing to do with the infliction of tha. wound. Ail that
nas berm proved is. that Mr. Scott was seen in tile field
lying on the ground ; that the accused and inners writ
pr sent; and that he was taken to tile house and die.'
there. We thereinre are leh.c pletely in the milk upon
the subject, and an we cAnoot proceed upon conjecture
merely, it is your duty to acquit he prismier.
The jury returned a vvrdict of not godly.
Mr l'aimore is a tall slight made young man, of gen-
teel app arance, and was dressed OU hits OCCaSithi in a
suit of Mack He appeared owls awl dejecied. U1:011
the verdit.t being returned, he bowed to rile CLI4I and
Jury, Anil retired vs (th his fri tios

A jury in Richmond (Virginia) not being able to
agree on a verdict in a criminal case, have been
kept together nearly four weeks, and are likely to
remain in durance the court adjourn&