The National Register.
London, England, 1819-02-28 00:00:00

TITE NATIONAL nEGISTEIt

necessary to commit so many, mere children to a place
where they must of consequence become the associates
of the most vicious and abandoned characters.
" Grand Jury-room, Old Bailey, Feb. 19.
(Signed) "JAMES PEARSALL,
" Foreman of the Grand Jury."
" To the Right Honourable the Lord-Mayor, and
other of his Majesty's Justices of the Peace."
MOND %Y.

'Fen porions were tried, four at whom were capitally eon
vicied ; viz. J. Williams and W. Jones, far a burglary in the
dwelling house of J. Hawkins, and stealing two handkerchieti
M. Ward, for stealing a sheep. the property of S. Keene ; and
J. Davis' fur assantilog D. Woodford, on the King's highway,
and stealing front his person a pair of breeches and a waist-
coat.

Jenninzs was indicted for giving a quantity of gunpow-
der and other conibustables to Mary Conrion ; thus causing Om
death of Mary Aim Cormack, a child under her care.
Mary Condon slated, that she had known the prisoner about
a fortnight before the transaction. She attended Covent Gar-
den Market to sell soup. He offered to help her bring our her
things, and he came for three mornings, bill on the last re-
m ned to the house limier a pretence of gr ttiug his stick, and
after he hail gone a cock Iron the water butt was missing, and
he was told not to come again. Some time after, he brought
her a hall °lima which he called a composition coal, and said
it would make a good fire, and gentlemen burnt it in their
parlours, because it produced no smoke. Wi lICSA carried the
stuff house with her, and placed it about halt a yard from the
fire place, and took a piece shunt as big as an egg. immediately
she put it in the lire, it went on* with e loud report, and com-
municated to that in the basket, and in au instant that went off
also, and her children's clothes caught the blaze, and they were
taken to the hospital. Witness herself was much burnt, and
the little child Mary Alum died in the hospital.
The prisoner iu his defence said, he found the composition
near Round Court, in the Strand, and did not know what it
was.—Guilty of Manslaughter.
Mr. Baron Graham delivered the opinion of the 12 Judges
on the case of W. Carr, convicted last Session of in iliciously
drawing the trigger of a blunderbuss against W. Billingsley—
that tile conviction was bad ; but confirmed the capital convic-
tion of R. Taylor, in December last, for cuttineand destroy-
ing certain fruit-trees in the garde• ground ut 5, Kuevett.
TUESDAY.

W.Oreen was indictedrorThealiiii money and other arti-
cles, amouutiag is the whole to z 321. the property of W.
Stevens.
Frances Stevens stated, that her husband was a publican in
Marshal•street,Carnaby Alarket. On the 22d ult. about eight
in the evening, the property was stolen from the bed-room.
She was sitting in her bar, and braid a noise lip stairs ; when
she took a candle and went and listened at the bottom of the
stairs, but did not hear any further noise. Witness opened
the tap-room door. Prisoner cause down stairs, and came up
to witness, who said to him, " Where have you been ?" Ile
replied, "Up stairs." Witness rejoined, "SS here to ?" tie
said, " In the two pair." She witom there; and lie
either said it was of no consequence to her, isi no business of
hers. NVitness then laid hold of him by the collar. Tue
servant girl also Game out, and laid hold 01 him, and said,
" Oh! mistress, lie is a thief." A general confusion ensued ;
and the room door was found broken open and the clab•box
standing on the landing-place. The prisoner was seat died,
and un him were found ten skeleton keys, a crow bar,4 dark
lantern, and a phosphorus box, but none ut her piuperty.
The prisoner, iu his di fence, said, lie knew nothing of the
robbety, the keys and implements of house-breaking ware
given him by a friend of his, who was a locksinith.—Guilty—
Draili.—Aged 441.
The Recorder observed to the Jury, that the prisoner was
an old acquaintance. ; he had been theme before.
J. Frost and G. Armtield were indicted for assaulting J.
Bart, on the King's lii4livray, and taking from him a watch
and pocket book, his property.
The Jury found them both. Guilty—lleath.—Aged 17
and 24.
Elizabeth Patching, fur stealing a suit of boy's clothes, and
other at tides, the property of J. Hodges, iu his dwelling-
house ; end J. Cheriton, for a burglary in the house of H.
Spicer, and. steallag two watches were assn capitally cou•
victed,