The National Register.
London, England, 1822-12-16 00:00:00

added, " You had better give me theasioney, or you will
have plenty of our sort. Witness then attempted to seise
him, but he ran away down Surrey-stmt.—witness purl
stied, calling to the people to stop him, hut no person
interfered tutul witness called nut that he hail threatened
to charge him with an unttaitiral crime ; several persons
then joined in the pursuit, and he was at length taken by
a watersnais in the mud by the water side, at the boltont
of Surrey-street ; he was then brought, and witness said,
You threatened io charge me with an unnatural offence,
and L shall take you to Bow-sweet." The prisoner then
said, " l ha% e no charge to make against you, but when
1 met you in the street the other day, you told me you
were a pawnbroker's clerk, and promised to get me a
Situation ;`'—witness denied it, not being the fact, and
the prkutier was taken to Bow-street.
George Hill, a waterman, was standing at the stairs at
the bottom of Surrey.street, when he saw the prisoner
rim down, pursued by Mr. GOldSillid. Ile ran towards
Strand•lane, but witness intercepted him, and he thel
turned into the mud, and witness followed and secured
him. He asked the prienner what lie ran away lor, and
he said he had done nothing—he was no thief. Witness
led hint up the stain into Surrey-si feet to M r. Goldsinid,
and heard the dialogue between them, as given in that
gentleman's evidence.
J. Huggiii,ol Howard-street, hearing the hue and cry,
joined in the pursuit. This witness confirmed Hill's
testimony. _

Tnis was the ease for the prosecutions
The prisoner its his defence, through the medium of
Mr. Wormier, went into a story of has ing met a genile-
man some time since, who offered to procure hint a situ-
ation, and who described himself as Mr. Goldswid. Oit
the day its qoestion he spoke to the prosecutor, who said
he did not know hint ; and hr (the prisoner) was walk-
ing quietly away, when he heard a great cry of " Stop
thiel I" and in the pursuit was taken Into custody.
The Recorder, in particularising the evidence, dwelt
on the enormity of the offence, and said it was too true,
as the prisoner had said, that there were many of the
sante sort in the metropolis. It was a fortunate chew's-
stance for the ends of justice that Mr. Goldstnid knew
the person who knocked at the dour, as he might yet be
bronglit to the bar.
The Jury, without hesitation, pronounced the prisoner
Guilty.
The Recorder.—Prisoner; if you have any remains of
morality or justice about you, you will wake proper
atonement for what you have misted. If the prose-
cutor had been a person of weak nerve, and yielded to
the threats, and given money to you, you would not have
had many days to live its this world. The sentence of the
Court is, that you be transported for seven years.
The canted Judge then addressed Hill, the waterman,
and said, the Court not only allowed him his expellees,
but at the same tune returned their public thanks to hint
for haring secured so desperate an offender.
WEDNESDAY, Dec. t I.—lu consequence of the fog
the Court was lighted up the whole of the .nottsing tit
the same manner as at night.
Twenty prisoners. against whom no bills had been
found were separately brought up and severally dis-
charged.
William Thompson and W. Rutland were fined Is.
each and discharged.
Willis, the ;tenon charged with robbing
several hotels in which he had lodged, from time to
time, was capitally convicted of stealing a silver tea-pot
from a tavern at Limehouse.
There were several other indictments against the pri-
soner, which were not proceeded in.
Several pawnbrokers applied to the Court for direction
as to to the disposal of property in their possession,
which had been pledged with theist by the pristine'.
The Recorder ordered the whole of the property to be
given sip to the several persons claiming it, who had
beets bound over to prosecute.
James Shee, aged 9. and George James, aged 12 years,
were indicted for stealing three knivrs, value 2s. 61 the
property of R. Gould.
The evidence to the above effect having been gone
through, and the prisoners making no defence, and call-
iiipt tsu witnesses, the Jury instantly fantail theist both
guilty.
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Mire, it appeared, had been tried before, and James
was an orphan without any friends.
The Recorder directed inquiry to be made, whether
they could be received into the refuge for the destitute,
anti in the mean time their judgment was respitel
Henry case was indicted tor stealing 10 yards of print-
ed cumin from the shop of William Shephard Davis,
and R. Davis, linen drapers, in St. John'a.street, Smith-
field.
Thompson a city police officer, swat the prisoner take
the goods from the shop in the evening. and run
He, of course, 'unused him, and the prisoner dropped
J piece of printed cotton handkerchiefs, which Thomp-
son picked up, and the prisoner was at the same time
stopped and secured by a person passing.
The R.corder immediately sentenced him to be trans-
portk d for seven years.
IVillians Dowcett, a man of very respectable appear-
ance, was indicted for embezzling 21. the property of
J. Buttress, his employer.
Mr. Ally, for the prosecution, stated to the Jury,
that Mr. Mimes' was a very extensive silk manufacturer,
nt Spiialfielils, and the prisoner tip to the 25th October
last, when hr WAS dismisaed, was a confidential servant
in his einployment. Mr. Buttress had in his employ-
ment upwards of 400 men, and it was part of the pri-
soner's business to pay them every Sattirday, for which
purpose money was handed over to hint by another
clerk. The charge in the present indictment was, that
he entered in the book the
that amount to a workman, named Rawlins, but who
never recited it, and that the prisoner therefore applied
it to it s own use.
Mr. Buttress was called to prove that the prisoner was
employed by him, and was empowered to pay and re-
ceive monies on his account. lie received tool. a year
salar, and was allowed to take apprentices, ■nd had