The National Register.
London, England, 1821-01-21 00:00:00

TIIE NATIONAL REGISTER

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Jones and Dunn in Newgate this Beek. They were too of
the pelbOllS rescued from him.

Oilier is itnesses confirmed ;his evidence.
Wnt. Kil,by, landlord of the St. George's cofrec-hour de-
posed to seeing the prisones, Stanley and W. Jones at is
house. The following day, W. Jones said to the wit .ess,
that he would hear of something tu-itiori ow ; that they had
us.embled in three parties; one at Durk-lane; anoth r ha
Charles-street, Ornry-lane, and the remainder nt fl 11.111SV in
!-liiiressgertlens, They were about 35 iu num-
ber. allii a pal t of Ile plan was, that every person who collie
out to look at them should be thwirei (knocked (Mall) Tills
114/11e. Every p. rsini who was Well to look at all pat-
Ocularly at them in their passage, was 'loured. They went
os er Blackiriars liaidge to the house of W, Jones, ill Dover-
sticel whemc the irons of the r.seued pi isoners were
knocked off. Tucy then came to witness's house. Jones, in
the course of his story, said, " Stanley is nothing but a good
one ; lie floored M usdrn, the gaoler. '
Rutin:ea, the Itow-street officer, and other members if
the Pulice,sw ore to the apprehension of some of the prisoners.
The were apprehended stb,eqUent 11.
r Jiistiee ke, w siimmieg up, said, that with respect
to the 1,&u• iu the caw., the c char,,ed against the pri-
sinicis was at common law a felony, within the benefit of

'flit; Jury retired, and after en ntNence of about ten
inioutes, retuiliecl u vertact of Guilty against all the
pnaouer

MONDAY, JANUIRY If.
Faint, a Well.kno n character was indicted
for stealing a chest of tea, ♦alue 931. and upwards, the
propel ty of 301 in Coles Newberry.
It appeared in evidence, that un Monday, the 8111 inst.
Mr. Newberry had °tarred three chests of tea to be sent
trutai the Kist India !louse to his shop, and while the
puller was going w with two of them some person earned
oil the thud, which had been left outside the door on the
II tick.

Alayliew, a How Sheet Mikes., met the prisoner in the
same street, with the third chest on his shoulder, and
fancying he did nut carry it like a regular porter, lie
stopped him, and asked where he was going with his
load? lie replied,with great sang froid, " only to the
next grocer's slop here i" pointing to one a few dooms ME,
Mayhew, however, snick close to him, and he then threw
down the chest and endcavonied to get away, but was
beenrcd.

In Ilk defence the prisoner assured the Court lie was a
very humid 1141'il working m ro, and that on the day in
quesiitm he met a man in a state of CXII4IISIiOII with the
kit chest ma his shoulder, and the promise of a shilling
induced him to undertake the task of carrying it to the
next go ()eel's shop.
l'ileJoiry found him Guilty.
The Recorder Said the officer had brought an old thief
to justice, for this fiillow had been tried before.
Mayhew.—•t Yes, my Lord, he served out one seven
years to any know Is age. '
Tile poisoner called out to Mayhew.—" I say, Mister,
give me my knife and key that you took from ine."
The Recurot.ir.—" COWIN come, Mr. Faint, you know
as wool as I do that those things are furfcited."
The pa isoncr mattered an 'mill or two and retired.
Margaret 's arren, a pour L islow moan, teas indicted for
stealing two koliockies of bacom, the property of John
Hawley. The prosecutor is a cheesemonger, and proved
that the prisoner had taken the bacon out of his shop.
In loci defence she said that 'he never took the bacon
ont of any sloop, but that she bought the knuckles of a
woman in the stied, and cave 18d. for them.
The Jury found the prisoner
As soon as the prisoner had retired Gorr the dock, a
countryman of her's said lie came to give her a character.
He stated that he was in the shop of the prosecutor Isefoce
the lady just now at the tsar came in, and lie saw her take
the bacon and pay ss. for if. Ile did not know who took
up the money, but sure lie was that she paid it.
The prosecutor being asked whether lie saw the witness
in his shop said hr load never seen him in his life.

The Rtrortler 11,1(1 the Irishman that no one would be-
lieve him, atol that he had better g 9 about his businebs.
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The Irishman said he Caine [hare to speak. the trittli,
and nothing but the truth.
The Recorder.—lf you don't go about your business, I
shall have you prosecuted for per,ii.ly.
The 111,11111.1/1 immediately slunk out of Court, amidst
the laughter ut all present.
TUESDAY, JAN. Id.
The trials having tiiiisheil this day, sentence was passed
upon the ',Timmer,: convicted dining the ~...,1011S.
Three were senteheed to I.e tiansporiell fur life; 11
for tout teen years, all charged with the felonious posses-
SiUll 1/1. forged Bank of England tupes; and fur seven
years. Several were sentenced to term* 91 confinement
and hard labunr, souse to be publicly, and utdets to be
privately whipped.
The Recorder then passed the awful sentence of death
upon the following unhappy persons capitally convicted
dating the sessions, viz. Julia 31.11101 y, Mr returning trout
transportation bet ore the expiration Of the term fur which
lie was 'rheum!' Elliott, Joseph %Voutten,
Bullock, Michael Harley, and Michael Sullivan, fur high-
way robberies ; '1 homas Pratt and James Ityeall, fur
burglary ; alld Joseph l'alinet. James PaliesCr, John Pop-
kins, Joseph Perry, a:4l Mary Gayes, for stealing to
dwelling houses.
Tit t: Roscoe; GA \6.—Joseph Stanley, alias Jack Jolly,
Mark Herd, William Watts, John Harris, alias Keylock,
George Harris, alias hillock, Robert APBs ide, William
Jones, and William Hardy, the gang concerned in the
rescue .of the prisoners from the custody of Marsden, the
gaoler of ,borough-sti fief, here put to the bar together,
and informed that in their ease the judgment of the Court
was respired until the next Sessions.

The :;essiunii then :adjourned until Wednesday, the Ilth
of Feuruary next.

A new and complete French translation of the works
of Sitakspeare, front the linalish, is now the subject of
comerfation in Paris. The tint volume, Ornalllt'llied
with a tine portrait of our immortal bard, is shortly to
appear. This edition, according to the French papers,
is to be edited by the writer who recently translated Lord
Ilyron's works : and the most important plays are to be
revised try M. (imam, who is to add notes, historical
•nd

Another portion of Dover ChIT, but fortunately a
small one, fell on Smiday last into the stable-yard of
the Paris Hotel, at that port, in consequence of Ilse late
heavy tains after the Irual, but without doing any injury.

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