The National Register.
London, England, 1820-01-16 00:00:00

THE NATIONAL REGISTER.

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Itichard Iledlev, James Bryt to, Ann flail, Vary Kelly,
Sarah %Yaks, and C.alliet iartin.
The (ollowitig pleaded Not (kith). :—J(11111 Parsons.
John Storey, George SVtlliaiti Sall, .las. Gaffney,
Sarah Paley, Ann l'ritelier, and Ann Elizabeth flare-
troth!.
Wirialit Paley was indicted for the capital offence.
Ile visaed to it'ead to the minor ilietice„ but this the
ought um allow, as the offence cc id' svilich tee
tVil6 charged tv IS for hating knowingly uttered lorded
notes, aild no for It :vine, th.m in his possession lie
then pleaded Not
t 11 AltGi.: OF N1U111)Elt.
Joseph Kehoti cvas iii ;ivied for we wilittl murder of
NV ii ham Torisey,oit the I December last.
I,l'Wisiti hushes deposed, that on Vac evening of the
Jay mentiotted in the nulicttuesit, he, together with his
partner lite deceased, et ere timing a coal waggon along
Cit.,iielos-st reel, which at that tone %vas obstructed by a
dia,i-cart belonging to toe prisoner. The deceased at-
tempted to p ass with his iiai;goii,anil in doing so turned
toe cart of the poisoner aeli,ss the road. 'llse deceased
proceeded alotie; the street, and was lollowe.l by the pri-
soner, who knocked him Mot ii Willi the fore-Parer,
and was ill vOilScipi,lice tun over, 4101 tits death
lit cross-examination, the witness allowed that at the
time wileit the waggon of the deceased struck tile calt
of die prisoner, many I.ersous colic iced theitiels es in
danger, and cried out, ".Irott have nearly killed a mall."
James German is:posed, iltat when ine ;,ireirleist hap-
pened he was going along Clialid(4,;! ft:11. 'There Wits a
11111illOC W g;101) oil sue side the sited, :oil a dust car
bcl,ulingto the pri-tservii the other. lly this means
the road was blocked up, and there was toot room for
:smatter call to pass. .111 e dust earl was standing :shoot
Murieeil 111;:lies froto the ,4t: rye 5101 W. Sullw col moon
to Anse might hate been made had the cart been moved
nearer to the tom pareilictit. The decc.,sed, who was
.also di iv Mg a WilAgoll, WCIli towards the dust cart, and
addressiog the in:boner vivify, rerpsested litin to move
the cart. The prim tier reinsert to do so. A stage cinch-
titan cc ho %vas present attempted to naive the horse of
the cart, when the prisoner knocked hint down. liven
getting tip, the coachman asked who had knocked loin
down. The prisoner replied, he Wunsch was the man,
and if lie wanted any more he ituldtt Caine 11110 the
street. The coachman then went away. ,TIIe I" ist)er
then went to his mast., and fastened rte head clown us
the collar. This done, he openly defied any twelve
persons in the. street to t00..e either his cart or horse.
At that moment the deceased drosc his horse slowly on.
The wheel of the waggon touched the wheel of the dust
cart. fly this accident the horse of the (lust cart was
witted 11110 the middle of the street, and the. cart was
backed into the kennel. NO mischief was (lone to the
cart---issaiiy persons was then Coll, Cird to the spot, The
waggon proeceded along the street about thirty yards.
'Fite prisoner, not waiting to pot his horse to right, fol-
lowed the wa,,,,;0n, and swore he w9.ild knock die dri-
ver down. AS tile hind pare of the waggon was passing
the tore horse of another waggon, the prisoner shut by
them, and.caine behind the deceased. Prisoner caught
deceased by the Jell shoulder, and as the latter turned
round, the former gate him a violent blow upon the
temple, and knocked hint under the horse's head. The
rimier of the deceased endeat pored to st4p the horses.
Fite horses did slop for a moils:on at that tune; and a:
that time ijee prisoner, who was but a yard (IW/110,116;01r
have coved the deceased, if 14, had attempted it, This,
however, he did not do. I)etteaseet's partner then re-
monstrated with the prisoner, and was iu his turn
knocked down. Tue horses pissed over the deceased.
Other witnesses col rotenrated the Amy e evidence, and
the Jury having consulted tagether for a few minines,
protiounceel a verdict, finding the prisoner Guilty of
I,l,,dategltter.
lAlANSI.Aucirrol.
Thomas Uropliy was I ict
and slaying ins w le, Catherine Brophy, on tile Ist of
I)ceeastser last, by str.kitig, beatiog, and casting her
1110bli tI.-around.
aru,eret K nsley said, she resided in the same house
with the prisoner and the deceased, in Nottinteliant
C;ourt, Sikot's Gardens. Site remembered the former
coining home, on the night mensioned, between twelve
4111 one o'clock. Tilt det.srased was in bed, and there
was a chill of torce
.sears old in the room. Soon after
he entered the aparsitient, witness heard some words
and noise, all suspecting lino to be in I dolor, she
feared something would happy o. NV ittitss d a
heavy tall tti on the flute, at. t shortly after a cry of
" murder." She went into the room and found the
deceased on die 11 .01. Sin! r ?Jelled out her right hand
to witness, and said, the prisoner hail dragge:.!. her out
of tied, and she had fallen oil her end was
much hurt, These was some blood on the floor.—
The prisoner stood 01: bide on the landing-place, bu-
did not say sue word. Wittiest asked toe deceased,
%she:titer sit: might not be atleeted by the pains of
lahtnir, being su far advanced m pregnancy , she said
tot, but she had uo dOlllO the ViuleliCe bile
stud rr-
perieuerd would brurd, it out. She bled I cry touch,
witness at length pot boa into lied, and called
up the landlady. Tile bleeding iisereased, and the
• deceased requested her to shut the door, tout not stiffer
her ltusb...od to wi,itess such a settee. Witness caw
tier death approaching, and called for help. 'file
prisoner soon after entered the room, and seeing the
sitlietton in which his mite was, he offered her scows
drink, tore his hair, cried, and sand he weitild remain
with •• tits own old woman." The landlady hail,
nurinz the time iiroCtileil the Beadle and Cotnitanle,
woo came into the rlO/111 And tonic the prisoner into
custody. 'Five drceaseu loaf about. Once quarters of
411 hour after the WIIiICSS entered the ro .
was intoxicated when he caitie home On the
molt mentioned. Ile scented deeply affected at what
111.1 iotppeesed.
The prisoner protested his ,hanocence, and said the
unfoutiaate death of Ina wife lasulted from her own

passionate conduct in getting •ut of bed, and billing
against he betlstrail. and then ou the floor
Hee:Med sever II witnesses to give him an excellent
dtarach.r for
Mr. Justice linrrnugit summed up the evidence, and
:will the Jury, after deli!)eratiog a few minutes,
nininceJ the prisoner Not Guilty.

sitilfiii in silver, four bail sixpences and a bad 'billing.
Mr. Puivel, the 'lint Inspector, proved the four six-
pences were counterfeit.
The Le:lntel' C!tairmitt, in 11;s charge to the
Jury, said, the la .v of tile ea.ie was Flisl,
be 'me sia:iites of the 15.1 i anal lb It of 6%1/fgt.
khe Second, if any person shall tender coo:tit:tient
kit twin. it to be enutiterCeit. lie shall stir.
1.- Fix mouths' imprisonment, and find security lot
good behaviour. Linder another Oat's..., if attv person
shall titter countcrfe it coin, with the kiiiiwkaae it i,
false and counterfeit, twice on the same (lay, tiff wit ;lilt
tett d iys slier shall have about Mtn or her on: or wore
pieces beaiiles what was so tendered, sitelt per..on
to dewed a emit :11(111 titterer, and stiffer one fear's iiii-
rrisoniiient. Iftue Jury in this case were satisfied the
primilers acted in concert, and that a;I tney did ivas but
one joint act, they wool.) find theth
.fury found meat Guilty Of the joist offence, and
the Co•irt sentenced them to be hair...oiled one )(An in
.Newgate.

NV ARWICK SessioNs.—On Tuesday the 11111 iust
bite Grand Jury rettimed true hills against T. %Yells.
fur tittering setlitions words at K1111111;0 uu ; against
J. 11. Beatnik, for uttet awl publishing . a seditious
address to the Belo titers of and its neigh-
bourhood ; against .1. Ostiortie, Imikseller, for publishing
a seditious tram, entitled the lah number of the " Black
Book ;" against G. li•lintinds, 64ml:seller, for a libel on
the magistrate; 111 13.111110011111 , IWO 111,1111C1 indict-
ments against G. Raga, bookseller, for plittlishing the
ltth untidier of the " Black Bank." and the 9iti number
of the " Itepublican ;" and against I. \\'uut,orth, for
ptildishing a seditious Address to the U HlOll Society
of
These indictments, with the cxceptiaii of that a-,ainst
have been reamed by ecrtiurgoi into the Court of
hittg,'s Bench, and %tall he tried next I.t!tit Assizes.
WLUNESDAY.—THE KING V. WELLS.
The derelllllll, T. Wells, was iii dieted fur a mistle•
na:•anour, in speaking seditious wools. To this the
defendant pleaded not guilty.
On the Ist of .1 inn ity fall, the defendant, with seven
or eight other persons, of whom three or four were
soldiers, was drutkitiet at the Star public-home, in I.3lr-
!Magi:34ll, and was much intoxicated. otfensiv e
words were 4.00111.1.1111.11 10 the King mid Gitivernment ;
ii' I had a number of men of omy c,v i thscosition, 1
would lay 111111 allow as a vagrati; that walks the streets."
f one of the soldiers saying to Wells that he must not
use such language while he was present, the defendant
added," 1)-- you and the King to ; I cantot curie
lam I hope God may."
Mr. Adams- mode a very able speech fur the
defendant; and Mr Reader eloquently stated to die
Jury the leading facts of the case, too toe part of the
prosecution.
Tin: ['anted Ch-iirman 3111111allvetted at some length
on the evil tendency of such expressions, and on the
flange: that was likely to arise from using them in public
homes, when the minds of the people were not upon
their guard.
The Jory found hint guilty, wed the court sentenced
Wells ut three months' iniprinitietit in the county gaol.
Tile court expressed their approbation of the conduct
of the soldiers, who, they said, had acted very properly,
and lied dune their duty.•

CORONER', !SOL E.T.

On Saturday seimight, an inquisition was held at Smith
itt Essex, before C. G. Parker, E.4q. coroner, eit
the view of the body ofJ. Mingay, a lien it appeared in
et idence, that the deceased not being a poison qualified to
carry a gun, for the purpose of killing guile, was, about
tire o'clock in she aft volume of the e9th of last month, in
Dag Wood, in the parish of DOdditigtoirst, with a goo,
which he had lire) cif, vs hen 11.1aiiiket, the gamekeeper of
Col. Hamilton, came tip by the side of the wood, within a
rod and a ball or two sods,aud paid, "Hallo!'' 'lts you is
it ‘Vliat are you iking e?—'the deceased n plied
"
as
lie had said so Looker pus his gun to his shoulder, and
filed both barrels at the aleceased, when a bolls I, with
Milich one of the barrels ryas loaded passed almost through
11b1 body, and some small shut stenek his hand awl aril..
the deceased givtativil, and held his body, and Locket said
"-If you olict to stir l'd blow ,your bloody blahs out."—
The deceased replica, " You have killed isle ; I ant a dead
man." Looker then weed array, and the deceased , tiaras
soured to go home ; 1)111 when he got as far as Mi. Day's
farm-house, about 011 e milel'llllll Dag IVoud, being very
Hatch exhausted, lie wt'llt in, and stated what had hap-
pcntil to him. 'rite deceased was then conveyed home,
)rile the pal ash of South Weald, and r. Butler, of Eirent •
wood, .I.lls genii, extracted the ballet, and iiiessed the
wound, but Intel stied the deceased, the' e was nu chatter or
leis recovery, and recommended that Me: A rclidearon
IVollastoti, • tot the inagistialrs rot Essex, be stmt for.—
About it goat ter bellow eleven the same slight, on
receiving iiitia 'nation, Mr. Woltastoto immediately loos
ceeded to the house where the deceased was lying, took
Lis deposition, and issued a wa mint for the appteliciision
of Looks r. A 4:itarter be iot iltret•,ills I.olllll%%iisg mot
the constable 111 might Looker into the presence of Ntiitgay,
who, pointing to Looker, said, "'fbat is the man who shia
the." Dot nig the lion Looker and the deceased weir
ill
use room together, Li.oher said to the deeeasi it " 1111 y
didn't you r 1•11111, sit' thedeceased vi-ed
" You would tr., give tile time," and the deevast•,l
ahu
" 1 don't say 0111 alost I 111111 d love gin out 01
the
way." 1.01i151.1 also said 1114, 0W1411'4,0'11 11011 11, tiled lIIM
goo at btu, mill he saw the brass; when the 111.f1•44..11
rel/111..11, " 111.11 Vl.l, illli103,11111•, because the gust tad,. 111111e1
11.3 N'lltlf Tae dee e.iscil also stated, that it was or 110
use L %chili:4llls ;;.1111 L.inkei, a• it was not loaned ; and
rue di et as, also said to Looker, " 1 near 110 1:0,1111,
101‘1111'11:: yua, 111111 11 111, Will had he'll rmitap• I
)tan..:.: has' shot you." The let ea-ett suer p.ali•il, mist tin
person was w 111'11 111111 e soul. :ilitigisy Inlet trod unlit
toe fuhlut, nig day, tin et died.
The ciiiwi 1 livat tog tile evidence, and explaMing
the bats to the. pity, le.aiive to the daft it tit kiwis tit
bu suicide, &Wins, as Lis opioion, that Cary had to deter-

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