The National Register.
London, England, 1817-03-31 00:00:00

KENT, MARCH 22.

James and George Pocock stool capitally indicted for
having on the 'lath of July, at Bridge, In t his county, as-
saulted Z. Fry, put hint is fear, And taken foam his person
several bank-notes, • silver watch, gold seal, age. amount-
*in value to 2091, his property. 'the prisoners in this case
are past-liovs; and together wi ill a third man, stopped Mr.
Fry on his raid from Dover to Canterbury, dragged him out
of his gig, and rifled his pockets of the property stated in
the indictment. Mr. Fry snore most positively to the per-
sons of the prisoners, who were taken up ut Woolwich on the
9th of August following; the eldest one, James, having
opened an eating-house with his portion of the spoil. An at.
tempt was made to prove an alibi on the part of both the
prisoners, this was sucersful in the ease of George, who was
acquitted, but James was found Guilty.—Death.
The indictment against several persons for boarding the
Hope luggage boat, near Erith, on the night of the Slst of
October last, fastening down the Master and his brother, and
stealing upwards of 3001 worth of tea and other articles, oc-
cupied six hours ou Friday. Giddons had before pleaded
guilty, and on being admonished by the Judge that he would
derive no mercy by such plea, he said that he would persist
in it, as he would not chose to die with a lie in his mouth.
Scott, his associate, was capitally convicted; unit Butcher
and King, the two receivers, were found Guilty, and sen-
tenced to 14 years transportatiou.
Giddous, it will be recollected, is the man who, to save
his life, wi-hed to accuse and give evidence against two others,
as being concerned in the murder 0f Lieut. J.dinsim.
A great number of indictments were found against a fa-
mily named Coley, consisting of a father, mother, arid three
sox.. for sheep stealing, and numerous other offences. One
of the solo: w ,v; capitally convicted, another %las transported,
and the thild is not yet in enstotly ; the father Was Innis-
' ported for It years, and the motile' acquitted.
At the late Thetford Assizes, one Laton, an officer in the
ar iv. brought an action against a Her. Mr. Ileaueliamp, the
yonagest son of a Norfolk Ha: 'net, for criminal conversa-
tion with plaintiff's wife. It appeared, from a letter of the
pl I:atiii, that he wished to gel rid of his wife; :cud upon that
ant o:ner eircetinstances, the Judge pot it to the Jury, whe-
ther he had not, by his OWII condnet, destroyed his right of
action.—Verdict for the defendant.

At Meath AssiLes, James Clarke, Patrick Clarke, Luke.
Crake, and B..rtiard s'initegan, w..re coovietell of the numb.
of W. Gosnum, !..er. ant to Robert S...liery. at Cleragle, and Or
burglary and run hery to Sallery's house, All hat Filmier*
were executed nn Thursday week. The younger Clarke
(lir(' in execrating and cursing the Judge. the juirors, and the
witness against hint. The exhortations of the reverend priest
whn attended him had no effect on his hardened mind. lie
shocked every person present w ilk horrible expressions ; par.
titularly this—'' If my stall goes to hell, there, tli-,w4h burn-
ing in tire, I will curse every person concerned in bringiu:
we to death."

EXECUTION, OX Fon n.--On Monday morning last, William
Archer was esecuted in front of Osford castle gaol, pursu-
ant to his sente•uce at the last assizes, for setting tire to two
ricks at Great Itourtim, in this county, the iiroperty of Mrs.
Ann Buckett, of that plate. From the day of his trial tip to
the very morning when he terminated his life on the s^atfidd,
he persisted is his innocence of the offence for which he woe
to suffer; and charged his prose,mtors, and the witnesses
who gave evidence against him, with having compiled to
take away his life. On Sunday lie attended divine service.
and in the afternoon a discourse was delivered by the Res.
Mr. Bishop, which, with other exhortations from the same
an I other clergymen, wrought upon Archer's mini a sense
uf futurity; and although he haul obstinately persisted in a
denial of his guilt, and had heaped upon Ins prosecutris the
k.•u nest reproaches, lie at length, on the morn n. ut lii• e
onion, acknowledged in the mu:•t mega Aided manner, gnat
it was by him, and him Mime, the ricks were set en fire;
alleging that he was prompted to the commission of the as t
by a spirit of resentment which he had nufcrtunately 1 o
long indulged against the family of the Backetts, in ee se
quirliee of repeated trespasses they were in the habit of
e ionnittinz on his grounds. In making this acknowledgment
of his guilt, its• declared that Hay-cock (who was condemned
with him, bid afterwards repri.tved) haul no share in it:
he added, that he freely for,nve tit•: Bucket's, and ad wl
appeared against him. Having ,lesited one of the attend:sits
to make know n the confession of his guilt, and praying mast
fervently to heaven for forgiveness, he was lannehed itau
eternity; his last words being. " Lord receive my molt)•--
.lu imtneu‘e multitude of prtsi.at aheimfb:e4.l to witues,a ;his
sad catastrophe.