The National Register.
London, England, 1822-11-03 00:00:00

OLD 11.1ILEY SESSIONS

Mums st, Orr. VS.— desk. h Stone was indicted for
stealing, tr 1111 l the person of George Wainer, a silk hand-
Lei chief , value two sl iliiugs, His property.
The pies, cubit, it appeared, was passing through Pies
cadilly, when the pi isoner went behind him mid with
iiinch dexterity mists:sorted the hauilkerilitif lions his
pocket. lie was observed by a lad named Aln/hows, who
iumlydiatrty seized him, and ease him in charge to an
The hanilkeithief was found in his possession,
wtsii li was swot II In by the prosevoinr.
The Jury f I Min guilty, and lie was inimedistely
sent...wed to be 'l-mop:laird for lite. (In healing his Pril-
truer, lie made a prof I obeisance to the Recorder,
and eye' d, " Thank you, Stir "
SArali Head wax indicted for bleating a silver watch,
saute s., the pugierty of 5a11111..1 Vincent.
The tit r and tits husband, it appeairil, were Indg-
ets iu the titoseenthi's house. The 041(11 in question
was hanging in the bed-them adjoining the opal 11111'1115
nreupicd 113 Int poisoner, and during the absence of the
piosecillot it was etelen, and subscipiently found at a
who proved it to hat c been pledged by the
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The Jury found her guilty, but strongly recommended
lice to 1115nCy.
Mt. Adolphus, en the part of the prosecution againat
Thomas Feal by, W Haim Whitton.William Leicester,Jblin
Chily, said S J Raven, who stood indicted lot stealing
lb seise-miens. Once watches, Sic. in the dwelling-1 se
sd .lame. (:urns, a 11111.111 Call al II low, applied 10 the
coot I for Ike postponement of the tri•l nest sessions,
Cit the 'impose of allowing time to bring furwasll MAIM!
Alter a few ob•csvations front Mr. Alley for the pri-
soners, the it was ordered Mr Wednesday twat.
Alexander Robertson was placed at the bar, charged
capitally milli forging the Hall marks of the Goldsmiths'
Company. tic applied to tin' court to have his trial 110,11-
110114.11 In the lit 1,1 sessions. Ilia request was g ntril.
H. May, a Allan of very respectable appearance, was
placed tit till' bar oil an it:diets:lent Charging Ilia) capitally
se Ills selling ccitain pieces ol silver plate, bearing the
forged stamp 01 the Goldsmith's C pithy, he will know-
log the same to beTtirged and comiterfeti. 11•allord

opened the pleadings,
and the Attire eery General stated
Zhu ease fur the prosec.ration.
The prisoner was a working silversmith, residing at
Wilderness-row, Clei kraissell. In Maids, Ih2l, lie dealt
with a silversmith in the Strand, named Jones, to whom lie
1.0141 VallollB articles of plate., oil which was impres-ed a
toe:red stamp of the King's head. A bill of pal ce la wam
delivered at the It 444 Well a certain sum Was Chars. d
for duly paid to the (ioleismillev' Company. lie also in
Ilse mouths of December and February lerd,solel to anotliee
Tlr. Jun a, residing in a davit-sit part or the town, errtain
articles of plate, also bearing Ilse sailor forged and come-
t/1 feit walk,. These were the facts oldie ease, and after
seating the Ltly, and explaining to the July the di scroption
of marks used by the Golit•metles' Company. 114 r Attorney
Gem al proceeded to call his witnesses, wire deposed to
the taets
smith, inspector of stamps in the Stamp-office,
unit at (ioliGneith's 11..11, loosed, that the nrerks upon the
aprons and other alter les sold by tile pi isemei to the def-
t. sent witilegsell Were all 104,4411.
The lumber of the prisuurr proved, thin the prisoner
was dan,zee manly ill in ISM and 1-.41, and his lisiness was
11.illiair led by other prisons.
A great lumber oe ve I) respectable persons weir called
to character.
Mr. Cartilage sworn. am a silver spoon maker. In
my le ansaelions with Goldsmiths' Hall they committed a
mistake. Last August twelvemonth was one rer.,sion. I
Was apprehended on a warrant Ibr forging the Hall Mails
ell silver spoons-1 was taken to the Mansemideriessr, and
thare Mr. Miles, who was the inspector, discovered leis
mistake, and the mat ks lto be genuine. 1 Was
el 81 Ithelly, and have never heard oh the tramaetion
liner,

A Juror observed, that when the goods were sent by the
prisoner to the 11.11 to be masked, it was pussitile that his
messenger might have emit:lngest them, and put a (urged
mat k upon those which he suls.titsited.
The Judge slillsoloed up, and the Jury retiiined a verdict
ti but r veutninemled him to theory.
"Iltere was ;smoker indictment agaui►t him, on which
Mr. Alley said i 1 was out inleadrd to proceed.
Throdure Constantine, a genteelly stressed young
Frei°.ltmaii, of remarkably prepossessing countenance,
was capitally indicted for stealing a gold watch,
and seals, and three gold seals, the wive' ty otlla
Jars in, in his dwelling-house.
Fur. Jai sin (alto a Frenchman) stated, that the pi isomer
was the son of a soy war by and respeetattle old gentle-
MAO, who paid him (witness) a guinea a week fur the
use, and the land called every week to receive it.
Upon one occasion. when witness was Isom home, the
prisoner called, and went up into his bed• 100111, and when
Lr wa• gone the as tides uu•ulioned, which had been des
pot •ited there, wets. missing. They west! after wards traces,
to have been Imo Led by the pi isoner.
'rite poisoner, in his deldtee, said he pmehased these
articles flout a French gentleman, with whom he dined
one day at a re.iimareteu. , iu Leicester-square.
The -Putty found she pi INUIICI Guilty—Death.
Mr. Jae iin handed in a left, r which he had received
from the prisoner's father, in answer to our infoluting him
of what had °edified. The letter stated, in very moving
terms, that the prisoner was totally in eclainiable, and that
lie had, by a long tontine of depravity, almost broken his
lathers heart. He could du no uwre list biro, and the law
nova take its 1 ourse.
There was anodic,- indictment against the prisoner, fur
steiling three gold brooches lium Jonathan That tie, but
lie was not tried upon it.
J. Josephs, a very well-dressed Jew, was capitally its •
sl:cted fat stealing a *dives tea-put, and a at eat quantity
of other plate, the property ul Sir William Duff Guidon,
io his dwelling house.
Sir W. 1). Gui,lot. lives in Hanover-square, and in July
last the place below, in his house, atone the plate was
told, was entered, and 4.0,1.'31 01 all it edit:fined. An
set vsiiisenient was 1,111..110nd in one of the daily 'tape's,
in dames'''e lice id vs Melt a 11.411 tittincti JOIN) N4%40141
Into. memo, that n 11411 of the stolen plate was deposited
at the shop of a Mr. (attest, a save: stiatit. A search war
toot was issued, and pall of the stolen property was
t•uued at Dlr. Guest's, and he was taken into custody, but
it iiiii ediately declared that lie bad purchased it openly iu
I lie way of butine,s, tall the prisoner Ju•ephs, Jusuplis,