The National Register.
London, England, 1822-01-14 00:00:00

OLD BAILEY SESSIONS.

WEDNESDAY, JAN. 9.-I'he Sessions commenced at
Justice-hall, in the Old Bailey, this morning, belure
Chiel Mann Richards, Mr. Justice Burrmigh, Sec.
Samuel Hotne was indicted for stealing two mares,
value 501. the property of Mr. David Getting'; and
%Villiain Smith Cutts was charged with receiving the
saute, knowin4 them to have been stolen.
Mr. Gen i:•Ls is a farmer at Goilstone, in Surrey, and
tbe inarea in yips:lon %vet': missed on the 144 tilt. front
a field in which they were at pasture. Mr. G. came im-
mediately to London, and, with an officer of Union
Hall, obtained information. which induced hint to go to
Narrow-walk, P tildington,where Cutts occupied stables,
and where Nlr. G saw one of his mares. He inquired
to whom the stable belonged, and Cutts presented him-
self as the owner. Mr. Gettinas said he wanted to pur-
chase two homes, and Ciitis took him into a stable, but
not the one in winch lie had seen the mares. He said
there were none in that stable that would suit hint, and
asked Cutts whether he had any cart horses in the other
stable. He hesitated, but at length said he had only two
young colts, that had never been shod. Mr. G. pressed
to be shewn into that stable, and Cutts opened the door,
and there Mr. Geuings found his two mares; their shoes
had been taken Mt before they were turtle(' into the pas-
ture, btu it was impossible that a man experienced in
horses could mistake them for colts twit had tweer been
shod. Mr. Gettiogs claimed the mares, and said they
were stolen property ; and Cutts accompanied hint and
the officer to a public house in the neighbourhood,where
he pointed Home as the man from whom he had re-
ceived them, and stated, that lie and another man had
Isrolight them ni his stable on the previons night, and
requested to leave them fur Ike night. The prisoners were
taken to Union 11.114 where plume made a confession of
Isis guilt, and told the name ui Ise matt who had accom-
panied him when he stole them.
When the case was nearly clotted, the learned Judge
(Burromr,h) expreaned an opmlou,that there was no evi-
dence beyond the declaration of Cutts (which could not
be taken against Home), that Name ever had possession
of the mares in Middlesex; awl the venue therefore was
wrongly laid.
The prisoners were found Not Guilty; but an order
was given for their detention, to he tried again in Surrey.
THURSDAY, JAN. PROSECUTIONL—L
lye was put to the bar on au mdictineut charging lino
with having put oh, and disposed of, a five-Nowt Batik
note, purporting to be one of those issued by the Gover-
nor and Company of the Batik of England, he well-
knownig it to be forged and coninerleit.
Harriet Golf. the wife of George (huff the isolice-
officer, deposed to her having been employed by huisey,
the officer tit the Town-hall. S.mthwark, to purchase
some bad mites of the prisoner, at the Jacob's Well,
13 bicau, and other pubilediouses, the last of which
was on the v7.lt of December, at the White-horse,
Brick-lane, where she purchased a 51. note of the prisoner
fur a sovereign. Witness became acquainted with the
prisoner though the InvunS 01 One Mary Dowling.
The notes were pursed to be forgeries in every respect,
by Mr. Glover. the bank inspector.
The Chief Munn recapitulated the evidence, and the
Jury, alter a short consultation, returned a verdict of
Guilty—Death. Aged 49.
William Kiser', aged 17, was indicted fur tittering a
forged 101 rime. In Ihreember last he went to the situp
of Mr. Bowen, in Oxford-street, stationer, and ordered a
(inutility of paper, for which he paid a iOl. note, and
directed the paper to be sent to Mr. Outrattes, in George-
street, Portin in-square. The paper was sent as directed,
hot it was 'mind that 'tone had been ordered. On a
subsequent day the 'also:nor offered another KO. note to
r Wedgewond, anodic!' stationer in Oxford-street, in
payment for some piper and pens, which he said lie
j 6 directed to witeliase for Mr. Scott, of Bedford-row.
Mr. Wedgeoood, however, suspecting it to be forged,
sent for two officers, awl the prisoner was taken tutu
custody.
The prisoner in his defence said he had only one
request to inake, and that was, that his life might be
.pared.
Nlr. Justice Burroughs said, that did not depend upon

hint.
The Jury then found the prisoner Guilty, but strongly
recommended Itutt to mercy uu °CLAM ill Or his youth.
Mr. ‘Vedgewood, the. prusecitior, joined in the recoot-
Inetidalitm. and WaS procerdity, ill an agitated wanner to
state, that his Itappinehs in life would he fur ever cut off
if the law took its lull course. when
Justice Borrutigts stopped him, and said the Court
eonld only lisurn to Me recuu,tuullelldJlln 11.
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middle age, was illdirlesi for cutting and maiming Mary
Ann Nelson, with intent to kill and 'taunter her.
Thomas Lee lived in the same house with the prisoner,
and he heard a noise above stairs, and went up and saw
lie prisoner and prosecutr it struggling toaeitiet.
former had a knife in has hand, which witness took from
him and pushed I up stairs, desiring him to govern
his passion. The woman seemed much frightened.
--Read, jot'. the police officer, produced a knife
which hr found in the prisoner's room. It was very
bloody when he found it. lie also produced an apron,
which was stained with blow.
The learned .fudge summed up the evidence, and the
Jury, after a short consultation, found the prisoner Nut
Guilty.
' Chief Baron Richards said he could not part with the
prisoner without repeating the ..ilvice given him by the
witness Lee—" Govern your passions."
Read, the officer, said, there was another indictment
against the prisoner fur bigamy, and lie was ordered to be
detained.
FRIDAY, JAN. 1.--CHAR•IS Or NIOSOIN.--TIOS
morning I). Mahoney was indicted for the der of
R Needs.
Mr. It. Harrison, a pupil at the Lonclon.hospital,
deposed that he saw the deceased n Vat lie was bruitglis
to the hospital on the 13th of N.areitiher. Ile had a
wound on the front of the head, but lie slid not discover
that his skull was fractured until, three OF four days after.
The cause of death was an inflansimit ion on the lungs.
the body was opened, and it was Mond th it the deceased
had been subject to pulmonary infia 000000 but dim
Iracture of sue skull was the cause ul the isdiassintation
of which he died.
T. Staggs, Loaml of the Green Man, Whitechapel„
swore, teat on the night of the I 2 ii tit N seemlier, about
o'clock, the prisoner and the deceased came tietulhis
house toaether, and alter being these sonde time the pri-
soner said " You know you gave me a slap in the face
once, and I del nut deserve it."—Deceased said " You
do not bear malice, do you t" Prisoner replied, '• I have
not forgotten it, and you haul better look out for yourself,
for I. shall look out for you.—They were drinking to.
tether before and after this conversation and seemed very
friendly.
J. Harris, a caster-monger, was at the Green Man.—as
Prisoner and his two partners went out first, and the de-
ceased went out alone shortly after. Witness and -asesss
Francis went out alone behind him. The prisoner and
his Intends were walking before the deceased, and all at
once he saw Needs tall, and the prisoner and his friends
ran away. When Needs fell lie was not abuse two
y.irds iron the prisoner. ‘Vititess pursued the iugitives
but could not overtake them, and he returned and tumid
the deceased in the care of a watchman. Witness, with
the watchman and ai.other, to ik the deceased home to
Catherine•n heel alley. Ile was wounded on the side of
the head, and bled very much. He seemed very ill.—
, Witiiess cut his hair off, and applied a plaister to the
wound, and then went away.
Other witnesses colifiratied the preceding evidence.
Several witnesses gave the prisoner a good character,
Mr. Justice Parke summed up the evidence, and the
Jury imind the prisoner—Nut Guilty.
CHARGE OF MORDNR...-1111(MiaS SiratfOrti stood in-
dicted fur the wilful murder of Abraham Slade, Ile WAS
charged also upon the Coroner's Inquisition with man-
slaughter.
The evidence in this case, which was that of Mr.
Slade, the butcher, of Tottenham Court-road, did slot
differ in any point f what we rtrirted as given boils:
he Curoner's Jury, and
'lite Jury found the prisoner Guilty of Manslaughter.