The National Register.
London, England, 1820-12-17 00:00:00

OED 13.1 I LI.: }• SESSION S.

On Monday, Edward Lewis was indicted capitally for
stealing a silver vi aids from the person of Jelin Power.
The prosecutor was an lii-hinan, and had anis ed in Lon-
don a perfect stranger, %%ben lie met the prisoner, who
re etnimiesitted him to the house of Mrs. Ring, P 1111 l p-vourt,
to obtain a lodging. There lie contrised to steal the
watch from the bed's head, while the prosecutor and his
wire were asleep, from the fatigue of their journey. The
ateli was nest r alter seen, Nor could it be traced to the
bprisoner; but tier circiiinstaace. of his having wanted to
orrow mou. v from hi, landlady just betiae the robbery,
and being in Lash iinniediatt ly atter, made very strongly
against him.
*Die Jury found him Guilty of stealing le the value of
ilk,. only.
James M‘Nabb and Samuel Mears were capitally
indicted for assaulting Sarah Norris, on the highway, anti
waling front her person a thimble and a watch-key.—
'Verdict, Not Guilty.
Charles Jolinsmi was indicted for stealing three watch
seals, the property of John Scott, front his person.
Mr. scutt was p..ssing through Great Queen-street,
Lincoln's Inn-fields, sin the day that the St. Giles's proces•
lion was going up with an address to the Queen, When the
prisoner ran against him and made a snatch at his watch
chain, which bloke, and lie ran off with the seals.
Several witnesses gave I ' a good character.
The Jury fonnd the prisoner Guilty, and Mr. Baron
Garrow told him that he was never more mereifally dealt
with, in not being indicted tbr the capital offence of high-
way robbery, and he mast expect to receive sentence of
transportation for life at the end of the sessions.
William Price, a miserable looking young man, stood
indicted for n burglary in the house of Joseph Wilson,and
Stealing thercout a quantity of liaen,value V. and upwards.
Guilty of stealing, but nut of the burglary.
Mr. Baron barrow asked the prisoner if he had any
means of getting a livelihood if the Court sheuld pass a
lenient sentence upon him ?
The prisoner replied in the negative, anti added, that
be was quite friendlesy.
Mr. Baton Garrow then said, that sentence of transport-
ation should be passed upon the prisoner pro forma, and
be would recommend him to the Penitentiary.
Geo. Brockley,a young man of respectable appearance,
was indicted for stealing a watch and seals from the person
of Stowell.
Several ss itnesses gave the prisoner an extremely good
character but the ease was too clear to admit of doubt,
and the Jury found him Guilty.
RIGHT OF THE LONDON GRAND JURY TO
VISIT NEWG.tTE. _ _

In the course orulc afternoon the Grand Jury for the
City of London Caine into Court, and having presented
their bills, the Foremau addressed the Court to the follow-
ing effect:—
,11yLord, the London Gland Jury, throngh me, their
Foreman, beg leave to state to your Lordship that they
have this day made a formal application to Mr. Brown,
the keeper of Newgate, for admission to that prison, in
older that they might make a report to the Court of its
present state. Mr. Brown has refused to comply with
that demand, and it is the wish of the Graud Jury to seek
your Lordship's opinion, as to whether or not they have
u right to visit the prison."
Mr. Baron Gurus"' stated to the Grand Jniy, that In
consequence of a similar application made by the Grand
Jury in May last, all the Judge, of England met together
to determine upon the right; but as it appeared to them
that they might hereafter be called 'you judicially on the
subject, they had unanimously agreed that it would he
improper fur tht..l to give an extra-judicial opinion
upon it.
The Jury bowed and retired.
About tour o'clock the Grand Jury again entered the
Court, and the Foreman, in the name of the *hole el them,
handed the following presentment to the Judge :
" The presentment of tile Grand Jury for the city of Lon-
don at the general sessions of Oyer and Terminer, and
of the peace, holden for the city of London, at the ge-
neral sessions of Oyer and Terminer, and of the peace,
holden for the city of London, at Justice-hall, in the
Old Bailey, in the said city, on Wednesday, the Gilt day
of December, 1820, and continued by adjournment
until the Ilth day of the same month:—
" The London Grand Jury, in presenting their last bill
to the Court, have great satisfaction in stating, that the
calendar is unmarked by any crime of the first magnitude,
and contains very few of great atrocity; but they regret
to add, that the most flagrant depredations appear to be
committed in the streets at all hours both by day and
night, and which, in their judgment, might be greatly di-
minished by an improved system ut police.
"The Jurors further pn Peut, that this day,in discharge
of their duly, they went to his 31:vest) 's jail of Nevrgate,
in order to inspect its and condition, and to inquire
and ascertain whether the rules and regulations for the
management of the same were properly attended to, and
carried into effect. They demanded ut William Robert
Henry Brown, the keeper of the said jail, to he admitted
for the above pin-rose, tvlien the said 11.
refused to admit hey therefore pi esent the salt.
W. It. H. Brown for such relusal, confirmy to his duty, as
they conceise they have a sight to be admitted into the
arid jail for the partite es aluresitel, especially to examine
lino its state and condition.
Thomas Moore, Foreman. Joseph Cooper
Jonathan Crocl %V. Batty
Illakesley J.hat
John Banks tfm. Day
George Lissant Oldieg Geo. Bateman
hiehard Grimm
11101 Jones John rummest
EliMa Wilson JUIIII Atkinsluti
James Cl,hurne Jolet Gray."
!sallow' Oliver
Mr. Brown, the keeper, we understand, r..fused them,
on their demanding it as a right, to slit the prison ; hot
had 110 ObjediOn to show them every part ut it, it they
would relinquish that claim.
WEDNESDAY, DEC. 13.

Robot I).►t', aged 17, stood intlictA for It.tt Mg, on
the 13th of October IJst, stolen front the perso:i of Thos.
Kidd, a doiwstic of Lord W. Gordon, a watch, chain,
and seals, in PiccadiPy.
The prosecutor stated, that ort the morning in question
he left his Lordship's house to go to Al r. Fuller's, an
apothecary, and tit.- streets being crowded in conse-
quence of an Mdress going up IJ the Queen, he was