The National Register.
London, England, 1813-06-13 00:00:00

TILE NATIONAT, RECISTER,_

night of the 29th, without her going to rest, or taking any refreshment
during that time. In the intermedia!e (pace a police officer had boeis
sent for, the plaintiff, boxes and drawers had been searched, but no-
thing was found to criminate her. Yet the street dour was kept lock-
ed, and Mr. Deering himscli had the key. At length Mrs. Deering
told her, that unless she would confess that she was a thief she should
not be liberated.-- Mr. Doering hi'd during' this time search warrants
to search the houses of two A,r tlree of her friends, but nothing Was
round there which could in any way substantiate the accusation; -at
length exhausted with her mental and bodily siltferiturs, the said slut
would coet'ess any dung they chooser], if they would only let her go•
and she did accordingly confess upon this; the unfortunate young
woman was taken betore a Magistrate at Marlborough-street, and by
him discharvd. Her persecution however was not yet over, she was
taken hack to her master's house, and fresh charges' were brought
against her, first of stealing six gowns belongieg to her mistress, them'
of stealing a pair of stockings, and several other charges of a similar
na.tire, all of which were ultimately confined and the plaintiff was at
lest suffered to leave the house. In Michaelmls Tern last the plaintiff
fil d her declaration in the present action, and the defendant put in his
pleas. A tier this he laid by till the January Sessions at the Old Bai-
ley, when he preferred his bill of indictment alrain‘t her foe a felony,
and she took her trial. and. as might have been foreseen, she was Ito—
nourahly acquitted. Under all these circumst:inces, itt was. persuaded
• the Jury would giie, rot vindictive, damages—such he did nett ask--
but site:: damages as the justice of the case required.
Mr. Park then prisees:dzd to cell his Witnesses i t snpirnt ef the case.
The Attorney General shortly addressed the Jury on the part oftise
defendant, and submitted that though Mr. and Airs. Deering might
have gone further than was quite consistent 'with prudence, yet them
was nothing vindictive in their conduct.
After an enliOiened summina up front his Lordship, the Jury retired
(or about a quarter of an hour, and then returned with a verdict tug
ihte
plaintiff.—Damages 4001.
•

OLD BAILEY.

• Yesterday the Session at the Oki Bailey concluded, when the
Recorder sentenced the follo‘ring °Milder* to suffer the punishment
of death Badcock, for forging and' littering a counter-
feit order for the payment of 5901. ; James Smith, for burghtrivtAy
breaking and Merin.- a dwelling-house ; Josepli Nash, CorAorging
a bill of Exchange ; P.itrick Innes, for forgiN a bill for .40(ff.
Thomas Pontine, for forgery; Edmund Birkett, forging•u
biH
of Exchange; Thomas Ilratly, for counselling Bit kett in the wins
mission of the crime, and also for publishing as true a eqrgcti order.
for 5901. ; Joseph Richardson and James Simons, for bkmdationsly
breaking and entering the dwelling-house of the Marchioness of-
Downshirc, and stealing her Ladyship's plate and jeivels; William
Smith, for feloniously secreting a post-office letter containing mo-
ney ; and James Harman, Mary Hooke, Sarah Ruth, Norali Ant--
and sonic o hers for larcenies in dwelling-Lowies.
Potirteen were sentenced for felonies to fourteen. years transpor..,
tattoo; twenty-one received sentence for seven years.; tell we:e•
ordered to be transported for life ; and fort y-nne offenders were
ordered to be confined for Aome time in the House of Curt cajun.