The National Register.
London, England, 1823-04-14 00:00:00

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EAIEEr SESSIONS.
WIDNYPTSY., Atm o.—This morn;ng the sessions
• , ; commenced. before tit- Right Hon. the Lord Mayor, the
J,tecurdsr. Alderman Cox, and the. Sheriffs of London
and !Si tibllisex The Juries having been swore, Lord
Chief Joiner Abbott, the presiding Judge, entered the
'Court at ten o'clock.
kimes•Rogers, a yuseitg man of respectable appeamnces
by harytwas a Wolter, stood indicted fur steatitic 961155. of
cos ssitai lbw property of Charle• Kershaw and others.
rtits.4l;iStr...r (who is extremely deaf) listened to the
• evidence through the toed um of a sounding trumpet.
Rershaw, die prosecutor, deposed, that h. aria
pander intim house of Stewart, Marsh, and Co. Prisoner
• eanie to him and said, that he heard that the cable, &c.
of the sltiii Mellish. lying at Blackwall, was for sale, and
• simile awniter Its purchase it. Prisoner paid gol. in cash
sods bill ,for 601. which was duly lionaureil when slue,
and wittlem gave him an order to go on hoard the vessel,
from WIICIICe the Cllibr4 was salient.
A witimits, who stated histrtelfto be a signer on beard
the Mellish, deposed that the copper in question was
...towed in the hold of the vessel, part of which he after-
, wards minty!: but never saw the prisoner rot hoard.
Harvey, ihe foreman of the labourers employed to um.
I)itail the haw, taw the prisoner there, hut never between
•ithe decks of the Mellish ; he told the witness he came to
,purchase a cable.
The prisoner made no defense. Verdict...snot guilty.
THURSDAY. APXII. 10.—John Faulkner, aged ItO,
-was indicted for stealing a glass carboy, value gas. the
-property of Mr. J. White.
• John White, the pros. color, deposed that he lived in
'Ayr Street, Manchester Square, where 1w practices as
ro apothecsry. The carboy, (a large mnne bottle) stood
in the window, from which it was taken by the prisoher,
who was obsesvesl, pursued, and 'overtaken, when he
threw the bottle clown, and broke it. Witness had no
doubt of the iirisoners identity.
The Jury returned a verdict of guilty. accompanied
by a reensnmenth.tiou to mercy. Discharged on paying
. a fine of is.
J. Moutovellwat indicted for a burglary it; the house
of Thomas Ilawe, and stealing therein a silver mug, and
- .sh. , containing SO gold pins. _

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Mr. Dive is a j:welter in Regent Street, Oxford
Street, and on the evening of the tgth ultimo, he was
standing Iwhind the counter. when he heard the crash
of a pane of glass in the window. He hastened nut,
and saw the prisoner toning away. lie pursued him
as far as the corner of Castle Street. where he lost tight
of him for a 111111 l ent, and continued the pursuit, calling
• Stop ;bit( I "—until he was roppeil at the cornet-Of
Margaret• Street, and taken to Mr. Dawe's shop, and
the property was handed to Mr. 1). by a Mr. Lloyd.
Nir. Lloyd stated, that he saw the prisoner throW the
property upon the ground.
The Lord Chief Justice summed up the eviderice, and
!the Jury round the prisoner guilty—death.
. Daniel Dencers, a young Ushman, was indicted for
--assaultine Anne !stills on the is•ghway, ant Leaking front
tier person a silk scarf salve Yl. Titere was a second in-
diet inentsigainst the prisoner for an assault, with truant
to en/limit a rape.
The prowctitvix deposed; that she lived servant in a
f tinily al' Knsionton, and aismt eight o'clock •iti the
es:ening Of the tyli telt. she woe walking along the road,
tnwards _her. master s 4muse, when the prisoner caught
held of-her, but She got away. He again came up with
her, took htdd.ul her, and threw her down. doserving,
f* If you say a- w0rd,,•.1 will murder you." lie then
. endeatrpttred to violate her person; she sereamed loudly,
anti was heard by sonic children, who ran to the house
of a Mt. Santlibinds, whd came to her assistunce. The
prisoner mon seeing him approachejumped up, and
• fan awarewith her scarf. Witness had seen the prisoner
isefore,-and was quite sure he was the man.
Cross ritamined.—Could not swear' that the prisoner
took the scarf from her neck; bat was certain she had
not taken it 011 and lad it down herself.
R. Sandilands stated, that on at* evening in question
,two young girls cause to hi* house, and told him, that a
rlll5ll was murdering a woman below. He went, and
..found the prisoner in the situati 111 l described by the pro-
seed rig. On going neat, hr heard Mills laintly scream.
and, say. "Oh I my father!" Witness attempted to
striae the prisoner, last be jumped up and ran away, aid
he was prevented from pursuing him, by the rosecuirix
throwing herself into Ins arms and fainting. She was
• insensible for a considerable time, ond only now and
then faintly articulate, "Oh toy father!"
Joseph Nlitchens deposed to apprehending the prisoner
...and saw him drop the scat!.
The prisoner, in his defence. denied the robbery I
pleaded 111114iiCa11011, and said, he only tripped tip the
proseceirix out of a lark.
The Chief Justice ciiarged the Jury; and the prisoner
was found guilty death.
AttneNorris, and Sophia Ftayer, were indicted for a
robbery, upon the person of George Rocket.
The prisoners were inhabitants of that den of vise
end iiiiamy, George Yard, Whitechapel ; and the pro-
secutor, a simple countryman, was inveigled by than to
their apartments, and there ossaulted and rubbed of
three half-crowns.
FAIDAY. APRIL 11.—FOKBERY morning
Chants James Kerfoot was put to the bar. charged with
entering a counterfeit older for the payment of bUI. 3s.
with intent to defraud James Mann, tin the gist day of
February last, at Westminster.
James Mann, sworn—Witness is a ritling•lnkster al
Brighton ; knows the prisonerewho resided at the Sterne
Hotel about eight or ten days. The primrose had hired.
several horses. awl hail borrowed tel. of witness; and on
the i ith of February he rent a person, who had before
been in the habit of coining for a horse, whio4 was not
,retinnecl as expected. At midnight, not hearing of tile
prisoner, witness set oft. for town, and arrised between
six and seven iii the morning ; met the/prisoner in Hal-
hawern I And i I o'clock on the hutiellhot he