The National Register.
London, England, 1808-08-07 00:00:00

THE NATIONAL REGISTER.

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They replied, he did not know they had them. lie said, h°
would be certain, for he would search them. They did search
them when they got to Waltham, mid he found his three spoons,
a glass pepper-box, a w ine glass, and a punch-ladle, all of w hick,
was his property. lie told them at first that he did not believe
them lobe thieves, but if the% would give up his goods, he would
take nu further notice of them. They said they had often heard
of persons who had made such promises, bitt who were the
more severe afterwards. After the articles were found upon
them, they were carried before a Magistrate; and committed
for trial.
The prisoners being called upon for their defence, Freeman
put in a written paper, in which he stated, that he had no inter•
tion of committio,-; any illegal act ; that on the morning of the
20th of July, the other two prisoners came to his lodgine,s and
knocked him up, lel I him they had hired a horse for him, and
'lie must go and ride with them. They accordingly all set of to-
gether. They breakfasted at ingsland, and afterwards drauk
at several public-houses. until they came to the prosecutor's at
Hertford Heath; that when they were there. they saw the ar-
ticles in the clipboard, and they proposed to take them away to
frignten the landlady, and to send Own) hack by the stage the
next day, with a note to her, to beware of stranger; in future.
He concluded, by solemnly denying any design of .lealiwg the
articles.

Several witnesses were called. who gave the pris Alen an ex-
cellent character for honesty.
Mr. Alexander, a Solicitor in London, stated, that he was the
Trustee for the two young men indicted by the name of Shep-
herd, and that their fortune, on coming of age, would be at
least '40,000/. each. Ile flintier added, that their father was
recently dead, and since his death, being left w ithout p; op •r
controul, they had behaved with great irregularity, and com-
mitted many wild excesses.
Another Gentleman. their father's late agent, stated, that their
fattier, during his life-time, allowed them 40s. a week for poc-
ket-money, and he continued the ,ame allowance, until the Lord
Chancellor should make an order what was the proper stipend
to be paid them during their minority.
The Lord Chief Baron, in summing up, said, that their rank
and fiirtune ought nut, and would not, with the Jury, place them
in a better situation than the poorest culprit they had tried.—
On the contrary, if the Jur:. thought they had au inteation of
stealing the articles they had taken, it was an aggravation of
their case that they were not teinptt.ti by want, which frequently
impelled tho,e of the lower totters to guilt. It was a singular
case, and therefore they would atteial minutely to the evideme.
(Its Lordship here summed it up, and observen, that many- ports
of it were very hard agaillSL the,u. HO t Welty comineated on
their conduct w hea they- %ere apprehended, which he thought
marked rather guilt than a youthful frolic ; but it was fur the
Jury to decide with what intentiou they took the goods. If at
the moment of taking, they intended to convert them to their
own use, they were guilty of telony ; and any after intention of
restoring could not wipe away tile original otrenee.
The .Inry deliberated a considerable time, and then found
verdict of Nut Guilty.

TUESDAY'S LON DON GAZETTE.

PARTNERSHIPS DISSOLVED.
Fletcher and Taylor, Liverpool, merchants.—lrazell and
Webb, Great Surrey-street, Surrey, hair-dressers.—Edmands
and Spackman, Tyer's-gateway, liermondsev, hair-manufac-
turers.—Ew ins and Roe, Bermondsey-street, dealers
Dawes and Colman, Charlotte-street, Fitzroy-square, surgeons.
—Hayes and Williams, Scarborough, Yorkshire, primer;.--
It, Harrison, 11. Harrison, and Hayman, London, merchants.
—Wright, Touly, and Priestley, Derby,
Nleyrick, and Jackson, Leadenhall.Areet, stationers.
—Lax and Kershaw, Halifax, Yorks!mire-mete!iatits.—Bateson
and Hartley, Leeds, Yorkshire, ham and bacon factors.—W.
F. Handley, J. Handley, and Re% ecldsoi% Newark-upon-
Trent, merchants.— fl'. Hope and P. Hope, Liverpool, woollen
and linen-drapers.—Docker and Blissett, Birmingham, japan-
elem.—Fisher and Deake, Bristol, rope-makers and ship-
ehandlers.—J. 11. Hole and W. Hole, Islington, surgrons.—J.
Hillier and Joseph Hillier, Itathboac-place, Oxford-road,
carvers and gliders.

BANKRUPTS.
Thos. Smalibridge, Stoke-in-tinheA, Devonshire, butcher,
to surrender Auguat 5, x 2, and September IS, at clever:, at