The National Register.
London, England, 1821-01-15 00:00:00

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MONDAY, JAN. 8.
The bminess of this Coati co!nmenced this morning, before
F. Conan, Esq. Chairman, and a 101 l Bench of Nlagistrates.
THE [MG V. EIVLI.EV, WALTON, ANH STOKES.
Mr. Andrea. s:ated Cie i,teis of this cure to the Jury. It was
an indictment for a :jut, in which the d.fetalints, with who'
persons not before the Com t. had, con the t 5,1: of November
riikoti.ly assembled, attacked tee house of, and burnt in effigy,
Jelly, a baker..ol the town of Enfield.
'Mi. lieut.'. assemblage weak place on a night in which it bad
beet, pre% ioti.ly arranged that there thould be rta
Jell) no. thinking proper to join in that e>,pret,tion of pub•
he reefing. took the ~eeaution to shut up the lower part of hit
Louie, and secured the tipper windows by liarOng sucks before
them. Abodt eight o'clod, in the evening upwartis of too per.
sum approached )lt. Jelly'. house, and kindled a fire a few
pints front it, to ‘t !deli they committed an .tiigy, which was
attired like Ur. deity ; and while Bd. figure wan consuming,
the mob sung :he following, elegant couplet :

.• Bum his body from his head.
And then they'll say old Jeliy's dead."
When the t'ure waspmtiauy consumal it was taken from the
' fire, and the door of Mr. Jelly s house being b.oken to pieces.
it was thrust in the passage, the mob at the same time shooting
and ffiniwing fragments of burning materials apainst the upper
w.ndows of the house. In this outrage the defendant, Bickley.
was conspicuous ; he was the maker of the effigy. and the leader
of the mob. The other two defendants were also actively en-
gag.d.
The Jury found all the defendants Guilty, and the Court sen •
tenced Mickley to three ntomhs imprisonment in the House of
Correction, and the usher two defendants w one month's 'mini-
sonnient in the same place.
The Court was afierwards occupied in trying fur stifling as-
sault and other matters of no piablie Molest.
Israel AlexanOet and Henry Moss were tried on 'five indict-
ments, Cut aomulting James (bolt, and four other persons.
The prosecutor, „Ludes Holt, depaw.l. that he keeps a public
house at I I en.iim : on the g.l of August List, the tlefendunts
amnnenced running an Opposition Coach, calial the Queen
Caroline, to Uxluitige, and called at his lions:. on their return to
Town, at eight o'clock in the evening, when Nlthe hiui some
thing W think, anti said to the prosecutor, that they would soon
drive Torrick who•e coaches stops at the pnwectuor's house. oft'
the Wall. The pro et &nor in reply seed, that Torriek aro' himself
had been on the road aeiiire them, end world osier, and offered
to beta guinea. Mu a bait:, he'd bet UV. the new coach could
run twelve nionffis, which the prosecutor acramted, and both laid

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George Sperry, a porter at the Courier Office, proved,
that as he came nut of the office *bont eight o'clock in the
evening, the defendant, oho has in the rovenhot iota: ()t-
-itle rieiets, whet, tom with a tit irk-liar on the head, and

111.11 by Instant him ptisu,trr.
The i• PU %WO, ,res, and the Jul,• in•

1,1t11111) I 1/1111d .51511 Glcli r.
WhIIISCSIItY, JAN. 10,
luhe 111010/11 was huh tied hi, keepinA a brol
hel.
Air. Ailey slated the e.,be lo isle Jury —ne said the defend-
nut kept %%hat ails called cott..e.shop iu Whiteout's-Alert,
su the ;twists of Si. AI:olio us is se Mutts, hut the fact sit,,
sisal Isis .h..st•r 11.11 i 11 common moilel, %%Inch was iebusted
to al till hours of the night by persons lathe very Hurst deb-
t"ip•nu..,ul 11010 sr Sea.
Nll'. AlleS Then Ciiii.d
Wein; id Alountaiss, he lives in Whitcomb-street. The de-
feimaat ;.tarps a eatfee-slity in tu• street ; the house is c0n-
t."3.11% 0044 and rebus led to ub the %%WM of characters,
60,11 mess and %%amen. P.P. assess frequesstly gut up at night
is, osilbt.lll..lare U ' he Cillesiald 1113111111011 Cell 1111311 101113. place
sit tic 110, i,llolll's house.
Clam e t)elun., Is rowan of the defendant's wife, lived
tt is Ili him for a len:131 ufumr. nod Is erpsently saw the defend-
ours ail%• take 1111.10ey 101 I.lliag beds to common girls and
sliest 11 110 cane with 1113.111, 1111 d 11101 the defendant route
niAlus sal up, to allow his lied lii he SO lel.
Apll/1 II 1 with.,•, who 1.e.1,1 livery in the neighbour-
holld, p. 0111.11, 111.41 the derelldalleS i 10,111112 was open all hours
015111 e nisehl, dn.) was Ilse Went of %.0111,11011 demos Mince.
Mr. Garry , for lie defendant , said, sae th.fetulaitt's eUltees
Shilp aa• es Ordelly held its 11as 11135.11de, that no suc•l
conduct at had neen Slated Ma. allotted to take place iu Isis
house.
The Choi. Man tOl,l she Jury there were Iwo counts in the
hula tinent—une for Leel/114.; a common brothel, Ole oilier
fur kelpim4 thsoccies ly hhisse—and us nab lot the Jury to
say, by %.seir- verdict, under %%loch description the defend.
111,Use cone.
Tile .1 ury, without a kllll3llelles Itesilalioll, found the de-
fendant gellly of tceel,nin a hrotiani.
Ur. Alley called fun IhrjndKnlenloftheCourtonthe past
or lac pi I.IIieCUIOIII. tie stud Welt. were no less thou 13 such
110101.11, uudc•r Ihe ,same 40'4 Uitee•alll/11S, in the parish.
•t•he (Mai, snap addressed the prooncr on the enormity of
his intense, but said the Court hoped lie fell contrition,
aitti w a dell 1111111 ed 10 lIIIKIldoll tit) vile au OCCUIIOOIIIII, the
jlll,2lUelll should be the lightest that was possible tut suds an
utiessee.
Isle derell(14111 was then sentenced to three mouths ilnpri-
tuul.llrol 111 1111 Use 11l currria 100.
Jelfety alai I lectio Jellery, his son, who keep a
caurne• still 4.1111115 e in n elk-A I err, wise indicted fur aissatilt•
i ,r—St I:4fieiti 4 constable of the paresis of St. Mar.,-

'l.sss. Jury found built the defendants Guilty.
The Chairman I' 11 I C1i,41 Lie to rrl 11141 persons of the
defendant's respeciatulay should have ;Mooed the hasty ins.
pcession alley had ta!seii of cruel to intpropse conduct, we
the !pall ofa eon•lably, to cause them for au inst•.ut, to give
r iris countetaance to a 11/11b opposing an 41itifel of justice in
ilie utscisai:e of his duty Iliad the constable been really
guilty sal ans implupec conduct, at was theta duty to cum.
plain of him lain ,1;14.VII itIV.
'fin- sentence of the Court was, that the father should be
lineal `llll. nasal the sun. 6. bd.
FRIDAY, JAW. 12.
John firiheman svas iiitlicted for ass tilting the Rev.
S. •I Black-tun. 'lite prosecutor is a Trustee of the
Poor of the Parish of St. Leonard, Shorethich, where
lie keeps a sentioaay ; the deli•udaua is an Attorney.
Mr. Work horn dims il, that MI the 3d of °ember a
Vestry yes held in the palish, for the purpose of agree-
ing to a pour rate at which the p rates attetoletl. and Ilse
defendant opposed the passing the rate, ill favour of
which the prosecutor argued, when the clefenilatit ac.
own him of has Mg been gently sal indecency towards
a felisale. The prosecotor stated, that fveling himself
aggrieve by this accusation, he wrote a note at the mo-
ment to tile defendant, saying, that if the defendant
would make known his at:mostly for the imputation he
had cast on his character, he the defendant, ""11.1 he
exotic rat cal, but the defendant, lie said, iectiseti to give
ally explanation on the stwject, in consequence of wuich
the prostcutor said to lion, " then by making a false
charge, and refusing to give any authority you could
have for it, you virtually acknowledge that you are a
hart" immediately on which the defendant struck hint
s ioicudyi
The viniceutor was cross-examined b 7 the defendant,
who acted as lus own Conusel,, The of jest of the cross.
was au ',Eta% e that the prosecutor had rata-
rascal the ilclS.litlant in the course of several speeches
he 11,11 niade at tale s eta Iy.
Tate clelettilant addressail the Court. He said Mr.
Blackball!' was stated by lais counsel to he a respectable
clergyman, and iliJt iar tile tit fondant being an attorney,
had assaulted him--but were he allowed, he could show
a series of provocations of the most irritating nature
He also produced a Mr. Sell, a gentleman what was pre-
sent at the whirs when the assault was given, who said
that she prosecutor had spoken satirically of the defend-
ant; anti after lie had been accused asked him, wouhl
he gave up the authority he had tar making the charge,
or would lie admit that he was a lying se vire!!
The Chairman charged the Jury, that no words could
be a justification fur it blow on a criminal prosecution,
the king bring though notnittilly, the prosecutor for a
breach of the peace ; but said there was a great provo-
cation oar each side.
The Jury returned a verdict of Guilty, and the Court
fined him os.
Joseph Airily, a stable keeper, as Kingslatid-roil, was
iimacted tot baying bought hay, the property of Thomas
Itta-t, kaiowittg it io be stolen.
The prisoner called several witnesses who gave hint au
excellent character, and the Jury tetunied a verdict of
Not Guilty.

When the usual Proclamation against hire sad Pre-
faneness were read by the Clerk of die Peace, the Chair-
man chanted the Cir.ind Jut y,
'1 he Grand J us y then retired.
There are 1.)2 eases in the Calendar ; they chiefly corn-
et eliend the depredgtions id fellows who rat man, trunks
fi out condos, and thefts upon farmer. to lite I minty. of
course the pit tputikets are also represented in the Cairn.
slat , and there .ore sonic eases of ham at sly.
lir. Goiiskill, the Altighttrate, called the attention of
the Heels to Hie inefficient state of the Pwliee of the
Rot (High of Soutiangrk, and that division called the East
I-fondled of titian's'. He commented on the alarming
;Here:lse of tolsbers 01 every deses tulle'', and the unpro-
tected state of the inhabit alll4, and moved Ihat a Commit.
lee of Alagistralea should he apt • :tea to inquire into the
evilstate or the Police in the County of Surrey, partici..
fairly so far as regards street-robbers and house-breaking.
A Commitiee was accordingly appointed, including the
Comity Members.
?Rinke, JAN. 12.
T. Hisbuther was inducted for stealing eleven planks.
the property of Mr. 'Doper, 0r Ryegaie.
The prisoner said he haul confessed having stolen five
of the blanks, and asked Mr. Turner's pardon, which
was II al ted

Guilty, but recommended to mercy. •
Two men. named Rawlins add Robertson. were in
dieted for having stolen from the shop of Mr. Gray. a
shopkeeper in Farnham, a number or brushes.
Jt appeared on evidence, that Ramlins was seen steal.
in the brushes, after having bartered about them for
smite time. Robertson was acquitted—Rawlins was
found Guilty.
The Court sentenced Rawlins to he transported for 7
years, observing, that he was one of the gang of thieves
who isilested Farnham, and that it would be a charity

to R4lllllllll out 01 tile country.
Prisoner.—" Then I'll ask you the favour to send me
for seven years more, for if ever I return I'll do that man
(the principal witness) all injury."
...W. Hutchins was indicted for stealing some brass
cocks and a quantity of lead, from the house of Mrs.
Smith, in Gloucester Place, Kent-road.
A vast number of houses in Gleucester Place, having
been robbed lately of their cocks and pipes, a constable
was on the look-out, and saw the prisoner with a basket
in the neighbourhood. It contained the cocks and pipes.
The prisoner told the officer that it had gone a little
further up the road, he would have cAngitt two others
wink plenty of pipe upon them.—Guiliy.—Trauspe.
tation for seven years.

K ' run tweivelliOnals, when use prosecutor aftwwpo.,, Rllll MILO gam ;t
--down a pound note. Mr. No ion, an attorney, who was one of ii
• the passengers, then came in and wrote an agreement for the 1
Ir;11. • ‘ •-wager. Moss asked where they should meet to complete ir, and
the prosecutor, ball. it must be tin-isle:a at his house, as .hey had
, collie to h in, and he had not gone to them; that Nltos imnie- i'
•. -iliately wok op his note, and tore me agreement, telling the
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• prosecutor lie was nothing but a humbug. and had c a great mind
1 to punch his head; that lie asked Moss what was that he said, I'
and washistantly struck by hum and knocked down—that the It
other defextant then came and joined Mit, in beating hint, andthat one of the passengers having conic into the room for two
purpose, he supposed, of making peace ; and hiving w its dust d
inttnt held his harms, both t:efeuttants sruedt hint mobile he was p
• held, and disligured hint so much that he could not appear for ,
three weeks after.
The pameentor's ostler, and
three persons who attend the I
coaches that stop at his billiise, wet) were the prosecutors, in the
four usher indictments, itlrproved, Curt at Mr. Molt's desire, I:•
they went into the house to silt* bet husband, and were all seve- l'
-rally knocked down ley tbedeferidants, who were certainly persons
*fa most atlaleticappatrance.
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Mr. Adolphus, for the tlefendanui, made a very humourous
- odtirms to the Jury.
The Jury lenient:al a verdict of—Guilty on all the indictments. c
The Ilia man in passing sentence said. the Court considered I i
that the defendants had beret put to a considerable espenee by '
by five indictments, the sentence therefore was, that they shouid I
pay a tine of ltd. eac!; on the indiconent ler assaulting James
Molt, and is. each on each of the other indictments. 1
ILL.:)4Y. J. 9. a
Oenree Davis it as ialieled for a riot before the office ~
of the Courier Ni.w •palit i, rum the I I tli of November. I
Mt. Miiislitil, a 'Allagistrate of Low sited, proved that
on the Mehl of tee 1101 of November he %v.:J.: sent for to
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the Courie,. Oilit•e, iii the Stiatid, and went there with eon-
stables ; that there was a great nitwit of rioters assent- '
bled, !!towing ow Mg stouts at the Manse, which evoke the a in-
dows,
The next witness, on whom the ease principally de-
e pencled, was Matthew Redmond, a private in the Ist iii-
giment of Guards. He deposed that he hadkiii.o it the
ilriciiilailll 10r 11V0)ears, dining a iiielt time lie had 10.4.11 a
private in the 3d regiment of Guards, Isom a hick he had
o been discharged 1111001 Ildee mottilis pt evitios to the iim,
at the time that some diseoutent 100 l antailested itself in
that regiment. The witiii•ss proceeded to say, that he
was written, when tile crowd assembled heloie me Courier
Office on the evening of tine I I Ili of November, and that
lie saw the defendant, who was among the crowd, take
somethilig up and throw it towards the uffiee. lie also
Haled Ins having seen the del entlatit at a politic-nouse
rally that evettin,;, when lie said Iti a ititess, that if people
would 1101 illuminate, ni my %111010Ns ViUillil he Weise that
P.'," Meld,
..-..a.': On his eloSS'eXaliiillalioll by Mr. Alley lie said, he saw
the pi isotir•r at the Courier Office about right o'clock;
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• that lie st i)ed Mere Itimse.f but ten 'ninnies, iiiid wits in
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his b..track brittle a gnat It•r past time. He also said.
that tie did not mention to any one that Ire had set n the
defendant amongst the rioters till it week after, when lie
..' 6.1%e it haul-bill offering areWMitof 5 I. for Ins apprelleti-
stole, and &set illing his tielmill, 010.1 i lie iiiiiiivili itchy took
hint and brought Min to Bow-Street. Two usher wit-
Itesses were called lid the prosecution, but they conk( nut
identify the derellildill.
H
thi n caired Mil Harding, a *,lirgeon of the Wal-
-1 , minor, Dispensary, w lio slated that like di li iiilotil was
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tittle, his cat', as au out-pett lit, num 'Z iii Oelooer Ito
t.:11,:i Not ember, Heil that lit. secs iii .melt a shoe te. 'amyl
1,,a1... „,,sele t•heleise lit 101161 0 alistiii.l, arty siaiiiiill to
'.. bon; lOOl lie was so ill that the wittiest. only allowed iiiiii
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was it. ees•aly , and scut a junior silt Aeon to him on the
• other day -.
Ernie oilier tv itin totes, who lived steer the defendant,
proved that they saw Min front sit' lid nt ar lest, on the
evening of tile ilth Novenibt r, mu thetsreighbonrilood of
iris lodgings, Itiiikiiig at the multitude that passed, and
aitiing tit ei Public-liuisile.
ll'eldicl Not Godly.
• Ms. Alluiplitis said iliere.was afoot her indictment availed
Ilie defendant for an as ,a obi, 1011 as the it idence was the
111.00,•, he a foll 4 not press at.
sa iiiii el N..ainan was lien put on his trial fur a riot and
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assaisar a, lite (Omit, Offii e, on the 10th of November.
t Mr. aiii.sati.i, Zile tri.,o•lr4te, volt% ed the lust, 1111101 lie
1 8001 %as ilii ;,:i. 01, .-I li. .144 es el' 0 illicioeil ; 1114111 e lead
the Kiel Act a, files. petsortal ital., but ,t had no elect Oli
ttbr i ielre..
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