The National Register.
London, England, 1812-11-01 00:00:00

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it was r so„ went down stain and tell asiee,-). In the morning
wrier h. got up he Mums tIE- hatchway fastened down upon himself
arid the Mate ; and when they gut on deck, they lotted the hoy had
been plundered In fat!, as had been prec-ncerted, the ernspiratori•
had been aboard, and carrier: ill the cego. A robbery to this amount,
of Course, created a Lon .1 etable sensation arid, after many enquiries,
it was discovered a quantity of silk, ,d the de, er ptiun of that stolen,
had been sent to the throwieg nulls of a Mr. PerLeval, at Bruton, in
Somersetshire. It was of a Rik vu I r se,rt, bring law A licant silk, are!
of which sort there had lately been none it t market. M r Pct c evil!
immediately said, on eequiry, that he h,,ti it team one G teen ;
G tent:
as readily 1 roduced the person of e hom h, purcha:ied, one Gibbs, al•c:
the latter gave up the prisoner Cooper, as the person twin sviiain It.
bvugt't it. Caoper gave no account 4:f %ratan helot it, but time e. i•
dente would prove him to be one of the eriginal conspirators. Mr
Guetiev having conclude,! this statemint, and ohserved upon rile
mature et time testimony lie was about to praluce, chiefly rely ing I•r
the detail of the facts on the three accomplices, Browt:e, Bamptot:,
and Fenwicke, calico a 'limber of witnesses to prove the case. Th.
cause occoineo the att ntiou of the Court the whele day, and at eleven
o'clock last night, not one quarter of the' witnesses being examined,
the further procee 'kg.. were inijouttled to Saturday. The witnesses
amount o upwards ct fifty •
Severil at the jurymen remons! rated against what they thought the
hardship of their case, in heir g kept from their families all night, a d
their business to morrow ; but tilt J udge int.ortird them it vsas not in
the power of the Court to grant them any r'dress ; at the same time
every. facility would be aftirded them for informing their families of
the circumstance. A juryman ai•keri whether, supposing the trial
should not finish to-motrow, they would he confi•ed all Sunday, amid
was mtermed they certaiely would. He reterrcd to the trial of
Hardy, in which he said the Jury had been allowed to separate on the
Sabbath ; hut upon looking into the records attic Court, it was found
that on that occasion they were kept together over the Sabbath, nor
were suffered to separate till the trial was finished --After a little
snore dolorous declamation they submitted to their fate, and four
officers were sworn to see that they were not permitted to separate,
nor in any way to infringe upon the rules laid down by the law
on this head. The Court then adjourned.
On the rising of the Court, the Jurors were conducted to
the London Cotlee House, where refreshments were prov-ded
them. They were again brought into Court at 9 o'e lock yesterday,
apd the examination of witnesses was resumed. The proceeding,
altereZontinued till fair, when the Court adjourned V:r an hour tc
give the Jurors an opportunity of taking some neeesary refrestimeilt, •
At five the Court assembled again, and the trial went on At a late
hour last night, on account of the number of witnesses who were yet
to be examined, au adjournment to Monday was Ili:night unavoidable,
and the trial was not expected to termirei,e b- fore Monday night.
The evidence given yesterday w, nt generally to corroborate that
given on Friday. The Jurors cannot separate this day. They are
stow in the saute apartment, and must remain so till the trial is
brought to a close.