The National Register.
London, England, 1819-12-05 00:00:00

DEC. 3

OLD BAILEY, FRIDAT, Dlr. 3.
Stephen I)obitiii, George 'Holton, Richard Carr,
Charles Haines, Thomas Jackson, James Burton,
James Moore, and Wm. Veal, were severally arraigned
upon a charge of uttering turged notes. They all
availed themselves of the permission which was granted
to them, of pleading guilty to the minor offence of
of having forged notes iii their possession.
Samuel Jackson was charred with killing and slaying
John Stratford, by riding against him with his horse,
and knocking hint down, by which his death was
cr•casi 1111111 l
Sarah Stratford, aged eight years, stated, on the 12th
of Novesnher her mother desired her to walk out with
the deeetseil, her brother, who was 18 months old. She
carried him in her arms into Old Street Road. Whilst
she was crossing over the road, near the turnpike, the
prisoner, oil horseback, galloped thrombi the gate,
without staying to pay, and his horse striking against
her broilier. knocked hint out of her anus. The priso-
ner then continued to gallop oft without stopping. Her
brother was picked up, and carried to a surgwit's, and he
died three days after.
W. Kimble was present when the accident happened.
The prisoner was ri ling %env toriously- When the
child was on the go iii id, and the witness called out to
the priioner 10 Slop, he looked nriuid and saw Ihe
child, but he continued to .2: iHop on as fist as be hail
been gailoping before. Finding, ii.. wet er. that an alarm
n as rais-d, he plied up his liorse,litit did Illllvx.presb any
contrition for /NOM lie had done, and nib' the winter,
lint hi make such' a foss about it. The witoess thought
he was rain r intoxicated. . .

'foe sur.teuti woo attended' the &cased deposed, that
his death was occasioned by a contusion on the temple.
which he leeched in the fall. He also stated, that oil
the day no winch the acoident took place, the prisoner
told Mtn to pay every attention to the child, and that he
would recompense hint for it.
The prisuiteent.his defence said, that he was not in-
toxicated, atnl. that, he endeavoured to stop Ins horse
after the accident occurred. He called several witnesses
who save hits toe character of brins a humane
man.—Gnilty.
Britikinusi with was indicted for killing and slaying
Richuid Sylvester,• by driviioz a coach user hint WA the
30th of October. . .

It appeared from the evidence, that the prisoner, on
the day iiieinioned in the indictment, was driv nig a
l'additigton stage iii the Corroad, and whilst entler•
vowing to pass another sta4e, he drove over theileceased,
an old mail, who ontained his livelihood by sweeping a
crossing. The prisoner put the decea,ed in a coact),
and had hint coin eyed to St. Bartholomew s hospital,
lie gave him a few shillings, and paid hint every Atten-
tion in his power.
The prisoner called as witnesses several gentlemen,
who had been in the habit of riding in his coach, and
all of whom spoke Rightly of his hum. ne disposition.
One, the Ito.. 1)r. %Vaiigli, said, that the prisoner pos-
sessed a goieiier portion of moral virtue than he had ever
met with in any other person of his rank 11/ life.—The
Jury acv sated ilie prlsover.