The National Register.
London, England, 1821-01-21 00:00:00

MIDDLESEX

fsslO VS.

TUESDAY, JAN. 17.
Wililin Gorge Julia Want, and Mary
Butler,a, c iiidieted for coovii jog to ctiarge
Gaze with &limy. fill. Alley open, d the case. The par-
lit 'thus have liven detailed ou tau former trials. The cir-
cumstance arose out nf Elizabeth Gaze having been ham'
up on a charge of frlony by Wilmot, and it ultei ward.
• turned nut that the articles ss ere put in her box. Wilmot at
the last SCVNUIIa arts found guilty of pt rjury, and was non
with Mr. Wald charged charged with conspitin, with Want,
but Mr. Alley left the MUM:1110W of the case. Toe pi battier,
Want, addressed the Jury nt a speech of veal length, at:
WWII 6r uudertook to disprove by evidence, the charges
alleged ap,alost him. The toad having lasted eight hums it
was adjourned until
EDNESDA Y, JAN. 17.
The first witness by the defendants, a as Mrs. Payne,
lady at silics,c lamse the pruseciiti ix stated she had ire-
c, ived the mahogany boxes, fur stealing which the defeit-

• dams had prwecatad her.
Mrs. Payne stated, that the prosecutrix bad lived with
her near Yarmouth, fur fourteen years, and had left her
set vice about four or six yeas s since ; said she had hot given
ber any mahogany boxes or tea caddie,, bat could not say
that her father-in-law, who lived in her Infuse at the time,
and is hoar dead, had not given her such al tiL les. She gess,
the prosecultis to excellent character.
Rhoda Hall was then called fur the prosecution and de•
posed, that the proseeterix lett alas. l'a) He's service six
` years ago, and that she had at that time tea caddies such as
site bad described.
Caroline II igeins was servant to IVant,'n November, IS 19.
"'Wilma Gaze's boxes were Minieht to Witait's house, she put
them in a lumber-room, of a lieu she kept the key till the
boxes were taken nee), and withal:4 tmalal have been put
'lnto 'them a hale t hey were there. On her cross-examination
she denied that she had ewe said to Sir Robe. t Wilson, or
• any other person, that she ea•uld hang her master.
The defence closed here.
Mr. Alley addressed the Jury on the evidence. Ile said
(t was now the pi ectice with profligate wen, who knew Icy
could not get legal advowites to violate all the rules of leis
and decency, ill undertake to defend themselves, ia the 111:111.
leer that Mr. Want had done. The Learned Gentleman then
proccedvilto comment on the evidence with great zeal had
• erect ae econcluded by Saying, that, if the Jur) simuld ma
bud at* jeisoner guilty, it must be his fault in conducting the
prosecution, at there certainly never was more conclusive
kiidence or a conspiracy.
The Chairman recapitulated the evidence to the Jury,
es plainiug the low as it Lappin? Ito the facts pored.
. The Jury retired n few minutes, and retweed a verdict of
Civalty against both the de:raid:tads.
The Ma:esti:des retired to consider of the jaidetweet, and
on their return iniu Court, the Chairman addressed the pia-
miner Vs ii nut, lie said, when he had the painful duty, the
' last Session, of pronomicine the jud anent of the COW t on
him for the perjuay of nhitb he was then found guilt), it
nits distinctly staled, that the cause of the inadegitac) of
the punishment to which he outs then sentenced, was, that
be has to llildrfgll the ordeal of u it ial on itemiser charge.—
The present verdict proved that the measure of his guilt was
fall, and the judgeneut of the Omit therefore seas, that after
the expiration of his present imprisonment, he should be fur-
' their imprisoned for the space of fifteen months, w hick time
the Court ',Natal he would employ in sincere repentance or
the heinous crimes he had committed against God and his fel-
low creature,
The Chairman then :addressed the prisoner Want. lie
skid, that when ignorance and brutality were convicted of
' henioue crimes, their feeiitigs must be painful ; but %shoo
rank, tulent, and reputation, acre proved to have become
so degraded, as to water Wm conspiracy vs ith perjury, it
"tnust solely indict oil the per:4)llSO eonsieted,t4e most ping.
Jima sullering. The wily excuse, hoarser, that the Court
• mold make to itself for the vei y sli4iit ;famishment lee was
goihg to pronounce, was, the hope that the prisoner might
have been mode the dupe of ;soother ; lie then sentence d the
prisoner to pay a hue of 290 i. and to he imprisoned till the
title seas paid.

SURREY SESSIONS.
TUE,DAY, JAtf. 17.
RECEIVING STOLEN COODIL—The following case ex-
cited considerable interest in cinacqueuee of the acethed
hissing been for a long tnne a preacher, :ant having had
chapel of his wan in Lnck'-field,, at which he had pit ached
mad withi❑ the liet (anise mouths.

The prisoner, baac 'lappet., mos iiiii.eted for haying re-
ceived tell bout:sand a taMe cloth, kitoa tug theta to he
stolen. The articl. sin question a ere the pitiperly of Mrs.
Al. Schroder, of Clapham Rise
The cif, ani timers of the case were shortly these. Oil
the 14th of October last the house of Alit. M. Sciiiiider,
German lady, residing ut Clapham, was rubbed ui coosirit r-
uble propert),anani,,,t which Mere ten volumes of a German
work, " Mai tin I.lllber's Commtnentary on the Bible," and
stone table linen. One volume uf the work in (pieta i sas
lett behind by the thieves. 0.1 the 4th of December the
btoleti work has offered lot' sale by the prisoner, in company
with a •on.ua %% ghis loon lie cohabited, to Malice, tt

bookseller, in York-Ai eet. Covent-garhen. The sun, de-
nraudedb)thepiisonerfortheMillk %%al 71. Ile bail he
had it in his family for 50 ) ears, hut the act omit which he

gave of the possession being dishelievtd lie was taken into
cit.tudy gave a false act:omit of himself, and letused at first
to &sr lose his residence. An officer searched the residence
of the primmer in Temple-street, and found there a tabie
cloth and harp cover, the lieupirt) of the pluatcutria.
The J or> fond the pi isttiols Guilty.
The Ciptitt, ill ,ehtence, observed, that they never
saw a stroager instance of determined deputy it) thin the Cabe
of
the prisoner at the bar, aho had been before the Court
Ito less than live times fur lir Muir. offericts since lblb, and it
was no later than July last since lie was tried before the
Court, a hen he tc.s cautioned and partitilltaly admonished
against couthining in is iniquitous mine of life ; hut he
hid dist egsided those urlannittious. Ile was, hiuever, al
list within the meshes of the law, trod the Chairman regretted
that In Its case it did not go tat then than it thd, for certainly
the prisoner had been fur)tun out. of the most tlazraiit and
successful receivers of Stolen goods it. the Borough of South-
wark. The tut ;mode of his course of lite was par ticalarly
PA: vated by his s, it ing his:well up us the promulgator of
t! it law which said " shall not sti al," and thou
shah hot do any minni r of litiory to thy height/out," ;nal
upon a Itch they had now ills, pnrcticul CUillaillite Tue
Court set mired the prisoner to be imprisoned in the coin'
MOll gaol for the term of t went)-four culcudar months, the
fall punisLau:nt allowed by the law.