The National Register.
London, England, 1821-01-14 00:00:00

•TIIE NATIONAL REGISTER

Cleosge Spurry, a porter at the Courier Office, proved,
that as be came out of the office about eight o'clock in the
evening, the defendant, who was in the foiemost rank of
the rioters, struck him with a brick-bat on the head, and
that lie instantly took him prisoner.
The defendant called no witnesses, and the Jury in-
stantly bound him Guilty.
WEUNNSDAY, JAN. 10,
John Mason was indicted for keeping u brothel.
Mr. Ailey stated the case to the Jury—he said the defend-
ant kept it hat was called it coffee-shop in W hitemnb-street,
in the parish of St. Martin in the Fields, but Ilse feel was,
that his house was it common brothel, which was resorted
to ut all hours of the night by persons of the very worst des-
cription, of both sexes.
Mr. Alley then call, d
Richard Mountain, he lives in Whitcomb-street. The de-
fendant keeps a collee-shop hi that street; the house is coil-
tinuLlly open, nail resorted to by the worst of characters,
both men and women. Witness frequently gut up at night
in consequence of the constant disturbances that took place
at the defendant's house.
Charlotte Delany., a cousin of the defendant's wife, lived
with him for a length online, and frequently saw the defend-
ant's n ire take money for letting beds to cominun girls and
men who came with them, and that the defendant some
nights sat up, to allow his bed to be so let.
Anuth r witness, who kept livery stables in the neighbour-
hood, pi used, that the defendant's house was open all hours
•tube night, and was the scene of constant disturbance.
Mr. Barry, fur the defendant,ssid, the defendant's coffee-
shop was asorderly kept us was possible, and that no such
conduct at had been stated was allowed to take place iu his
house.
The Chairman told theJery tle.re were two counts in the
indatineut—one fur keeping a common blothel, the other
for keeping a disorderly house—find it ea; for the Jury to
say, by .their verdict, under which description the defend.
ant's house came.
The Jury, without a moment's hesitation, found the de-
fendant guilty of iseeph: a brothel.
Mr. Alley culled fur the judgment of the Court on the part
of the prosecutors. He said there were no Iris titan CI such
houses, under the name of t otke-shope, in the parish.
The Chairman uddressed the prisoner on the enormity of
his offence, hut said as the Court hoped he felt contrition,
and was determined to abandon sit vile an occupation, the
judgment should be the lightest that was possible for such an
offence.

The defendant was then sentenced to three months impri-
sonment in the house of correction. . .

Robert Jeffery and hector Jeffery, kis son, who keep a
cabinet warehouse in Wells-street, were indicted for assault-
ing -Schofield a constable of the pari►h of St. Mary-
le-bone. _ _

The Jury found both the defendants Guilty.
The Chairman expressed his regret that persons of the
defrodant's respectability should have :Mussed the hasty im-
pression they had taken of cruel or improper rconduct, on
the part of a con-table, to cause them for an instant, to give
their countenance to a mob opposing nu officer of justice in
the discharge of his duty. Ilad the constable been really
guilty of any improper conduct, It was their duty to com-
plain of him toil Alagisi rate.
'flue sentence of the Conit was, that the Either should be
fined 201. and the son. fir bd.
FRIDAY, JAN. W.

John Hridteman was indicted for ass.iulting the Rev.
Samuel Blackburn. The prosecutor is a Trustee of the
Poor of the Parish of St. Leonard, Shoreditch, where
lie keeps a seminary; the defendant is an Attorney.
Mr. Blackburn depos,d, that on the 3d of October a
Vestry wes held in the parish, for the purpose of agree-
ing to a poor rate at which the p sues attended, and the
defendant opposed the passing the rate, in favour of
which the prosecutor argued, when the defendant ac-
cused hint of having been guilty of indecency towards
a female. The prosecutor stated, that feeling himself
aggrieve I by this accusation, lie wrote a note at the mo-
ment to the defendant, saying, that if the defendant
would make known his annual ity fitr the imputation he
had east on his character, he the defetalam, should be
exonerated, but the defendant, he said, relused to give
any explanatiois On the ,tiliject, in consequence of which
the prosecutor said to hno, " then by making a false
charge, and refusing to give any authority you could
have lilr it, you virtually acknowledge that on are a
liar;'' immediately on wnich the defendant struck him
vu,lcn ly
The prosecutor was cross-examined by the defendant,
who acted as his own Counsel, The object of the cross-
examination was to prove drat the prosecutor had sata-
rised the defendant in the CLAlrse of several speeches
he had mule at the vestry.
The defendant addressed the Court. He Silt! Mr.
Blackburn was stated by his counsel to be a respectable
clergyman, and that he the defendant being an attorney,
had assaulted him—hut were he allowed, he could show
series of provocations of the most irritating nature.—
He also produced a Mr. Sell, a gentleman who was pre-
sent at Ihr vestry when the assault was given, who said
that the prosecutor had spoken satirically of the defend-
ant; and after he had been accused asked hint, would
he give up the authority he had :Or making the charge,
or would he admit that he was a lying scoundrel?
The Chairman charged the Jury, that no words could
be a justification for a blow on a criminal prosecution,
the king being though nomittilly, the prosecutor for a
breach of the peace ; but said there was a great provo-
cation on each side.
Tite Jury roomed a verdict of Guilty, and the Court
fined hint 6.i. Bd.
Joseph Ahoy, a stable keeper, at Kingsland-road, was
indicted itu having bought hay, the property of Thomas
Rust, knowing it to be stolen.
The prisoner called several witnesses who gave him an
excellent character, and the Jury teturned a verdict of
Not Guilty.