The National Register.
London, England, 1812-11-08 00:00:00

OLD B.4ILEY.

The trial of Cooper, Allen, Knox, Winter, Harris, and others,
was on Monday resumed at nine e'cleck.
The evidence being closed. Ma. Baron TnomPsoN then addressed
the Jury.-1 he indictment was laid against five persons as principals
in the felony, of whom only three were new in Court, Joseph Sim-
mons Winter, Benjamin Allen, and William Taylor. These three
were indicted for capital felony. The prisoners, John Ivey and Jo-
seph Knox, were indicted as accessories before the fact. Another pri-
soner, Robert Cooper, was indicted as an accessory after the fact, for
receiving the goods knewing them to be stolen.—George Harris was
also indicted for receiving part of the goods knowing them to be stolen.
The offence imputed to these four was not of the same degree as that
imputed to Winter, Allen, and Taylce, and was not capital. This
case, in its investigation, had disclosed a scene of the greatest iniquity
• ever before laid open in a Court et Justice. The story told by the ac-
complices was indeed a most dismal one. It Appeared from them that
this robbery had been the fruit of lung preconceived schemes, and that
the parties concerned were not intimidated by one failure in their de-
signs, but determined at all events to accomplish their purpose. The
eatabiishinent ot the charge, would in a great measure depend upon
the credit given to these accomplices. It was always necessary that
a Jury should receive the evidence of accomplices with great caution,
and to lreik for other evidence to confirm the main point of their state-
ment. His Lordship then proceeded to recapitulate the evidence at
considerable length.
The Jury wit ndrew at about 20minutes past nine, and remained en-
closed till past I'2 o'clock. They then maimed a verdict of—guilty
agaitist Jostyli Wieter, Benjamin Allen, Wm. Taylor ; John Ivey, tai.
bight: accessory, end Rohert Cooper, of receiving.—The prisoners Jo-
seph Kw ec and George Harris were fottee—Not Guilty.
Tuesday Thomas Slater and J. Crane, for forging bank notes,
were acquitted. The prosecution Was dropped, because they hal
previously pleaded guilty to having forged notes in their posse.s:ion,
which subjects them to transportatien for 14 years.
Thomas Kelly was indicted fur feloniously uttering a quantity of
forged notes, purporting to be of the Bank of Feelaed —From the
evidenceit appeared that the prisoner was the middle man who pur-
chased notei ot the fabricator, and sold them to the utterer, and his
long impunity 'educed him to believe that his crime was not punish.
able ; au accomplice, however, named Taggart, having impeached
Kelly, he was sent, accempanied by police officers, to purchase notes
ot the prisoner, who immediately tell into the snare laid for his detec-
tion —l-la was found Guilty—Death.
Wm. S it h was capitally convicted for assaulting Mr. R. Batcliellor
on the King's highway, and forcibly taking from his person, a watch,
and other oracles, his property.
Wednessiq Prances Sage, a young woman of the town, of an
interesting appearance, s, as capitally indicted tbr stealing two gold
seals and a gold ring, the property of J. B. Jarman, privately hi his
shop. The prisoner went into Mr. Jartnan's shop, uniter pretence of
exchaneeng a ring which she had ter another, and her conduct whilst
rimer-inn; the rungs set 'adore her raising the suspicion of the prosecu-
t she was ,teoped, and the property hound upon her. She was
fAilid Guilty—Death. The poor unfartunete creature was taken
frool I iv, bar in a state of ioseesitnlity.
'fire toleAvieg were also capitally convicted; viz —T. Deacon, for
sterling 131. iii hank-nets, th.• roeerty of S. It:Az:ley ; Martha
11.niry and Bridget Bays, for asseurtine J. Mecklio. rid stealing
from
his peteon it silver watch ; Mary Price, for steeling 56 yards of shut-
e,.4. the property of j. 1 itwaites ; and Sarah ifew•yer and Sarah
Gain::;, for robbing J. Lowin of tour 11. baok "lows, a 51. note, and
a Inlnt'lcachief.
C liEds was found Guilty of stealing a pocket-hook, the
property of E. Evans —l'ke prisoner was one ot the numerous gangs
and th
faroi but
s.rret hosiers who so dareigl infst the metropolis,
at )(nti, bed befute been undery thee eoenizance of the law eft ot-