The National Register.
London, England, 1816-04-07 00:00:00

ASSIZE LVTELLIGEWE.

KING‘TON, MAitcH 29.—Yesterday was the commission-day
for holiliinz the Assites for this county, and the Judges arrived
shirinz tile course of the afternoon.

calender prisontri is heavy : there are five vases or
ourikr, uueut• which is for parricide.

CROWN lif4) E.
Franc:* Richards,,a pauper in Litnibeth poor haw; was ea.
piralts couv;ca•d, under Lord Ellenboroneh's art, of stabbing
and vatting William Dibley. prosecutor-was the bal;6-
the wur:, bonne, and nth Jan. he 'snit I.) the prisoner to tell hint
to appear before the committee, 'bete having been some com-
plaint in tile .nzainst him. The twisetter refused to attend, and
swore he would stab any per!on whoa slioutd attempt to forte
him. lite prosecutor attempted to lay kaki of him, when the -
prisoner made several thro-.ts ae hiiu with a knife, one of whicler
went through the scalp between the flesh and the skull.

POLICE.

HATTON-G A RDEN.

Monday, J. P. Drury, late an officeri;;he City Militia, who
has been examined at Worship-street, Queen-square, and Bow-
streetoni sarious charges of telony, was charged with breaking
into the Chambers of Messrs. Long and Anstin, in Gray's lan,
and stealing eight gold watch seals, seven of which were found
at a pawrilnoker's in Charing-cross. Several Gentlemen, rela-
tives of the prisoner, represented to the magistrates the lament.
able state of derangement of the prisoner's mind; that his halt=
pay was tint. a year; and that it svas their wish to get him into
some place of refuge. He was committed to the infirmary of the
House ot*Correction, in order to be got into ilic New Bedlam,
in St. George's Fields, the magistrates promising to sign his pe-
tition.

MARLBOROUGH-STREET.
Monday, P. Street was fully committed on nine distinct
eliarzes of burglary, s iz. stealing from the coach-house of Sir
W. Ithtekett, in Berkeley Mews, a box-coat, &e. ; from the sta-
bles of Gen. Barton, in Montagne Mews, a ails er watch; front
the stables a the Hon. S. Eardley, a quantity of wearing appa-
rel and four saddle cloths; from the stables of Lord Roseherry,
a a ateh, Mid three 11. notes; from those of Col. Gallica, in Ed-
ward-street, Portman-square, three tetrspootts and a quantity
of apparel; in those of 'Airs. Collin., of Maneliester-square,
quantity olopparel, sheets, &e. ; in the house of Mr. Fidler, in
Little Mary-le.botine-street, a quantity of apparel, a box, and a
tea-chest ; from the stables of G. Jennings, rsq. of cmmaught..
place, six pair of stockings, and a pair of boots and shoes ; and
lastly, from the stables of the Earl of Macdonald, a WI. note,
six shirts, &e.

Saturday, Irebb, who calls himself a horse-dealer, and
who is a n eil-lnown character, underwent another examination,
on suspicion of being concerned with a gang of three oilers Not
known, in breaking.open. i■ disguise, the lioLbe of 31cs. Brume. t,
of Entry, near Sandwich,on the yd ult.

The p.eisoner, and one °ibis companions who is nut known,are
suspected to have gone to the Swan lon at West which
is completely across the country, and seventy miles from tab_
try, where it is supposed they divided the booty. They arrived
there about nine, on horseback, themorning of tbastb alt.; they
ordered breakfast and a tire in a room which they wished to
have to themselves, as they had some private business to trans-
act; but Crittle, the landlord. ts lio attended to give evi-
dence. having suspected they acre had characters, although he
did not allow other customers to co into the room, did not re-
frain from going himself, or sending It servant in. On his going
in, he observed timr parcele of bank notes ; three of them were
of the Bank of England, and one of them country notes; on
' them was the syllable " and," but what the last syllable of it
was, whether it was Sundown, Sandhurst, Sandwich, agc. he
could not say.
Jamestoodwiti, the ostler, recognised the prisoner awl his
companion, whom lie did not know; they were in a very dirty
rate vi hen they arrived, from mud on their clothes. They said
their horses lied been very hi treated where they had been all
night, nothing having been done to them. tv hen they left,
they took the road towards Croydon.
Nsickery produced L. ink mites to the amount of 4:31. which he
found upon the prisoner, when he ipprebiarded Lim, some of
them Sandwich notes.
Committed fur tin titer examination.
John Fr wts uas charged with attempting to steal a hackney
coach and horses from the door of a public house iu Charles-at.
Covent Garden,on Saturday se'imight. The prisoner had only
been ti•seharged at the IVestmitister Sessions en Saturday morn-
ing, on a charge of stealing a coach and horses bona the Opera,
and taking them to the green-yard. The charge failing in proof
against hint, lie was discharged; however, on Its leaving the
office, he was assailed by a crowd of hackney coachmen, who
indicted summary punishment on him by parting him a ith mud ;
they then dragged hiul to a putty, and pumped NAM lII* Cyril
sousidoolkio Woo.

013) 8.17 LEY .
Weslnestl”- the Sessions c..ititiasived at the OM Bailey,
wl.en Oitir wouers NYVI capitally.ct.uvieted. viz. E. %ant
aril \V I'me.isao, tsar hou laiiuu,ly h. taking and entering
the dwelling house of J F111124:1). and stealing sere' al arti-
clots of %sem ii.g al.n.a- el, the pi tipert of I. E. [Kamp; and
T. Macey anti I Manning. hir stcaling three rieces of
value 401. the propel is of Me.vis. l'eatse. Aubtcy, and An-
ita) in the dwelling.house of W l'earve.
TilutsDAy.
- -

J. smith was indicted for breaLing into the house ef J.
and stealing a looking-glass —Guilty—Death.
J. 'I. Coker, Eli,.. Henley, and Ann Moore, ASeV
indi.-ted Tor cii ci 1114 the dwelling-house of Emanuel 111 use A,
and stealin, cm:vitas. of silk shawls, handkerchiefs, and
saisners, !Morris and Coker Guiltys—Death ; Ilenley and
bt,iiire acquitted.
M. !Sloven for assaulting.). Wood on the highway, and
taking from his person 9041. in Bank notes, his pope. ty,
was also ea; tally convicted.
H. Rohe' is was put to the bar ; when an indictment was
read, charging him with stealing %wimp promissory notes,
the property of B. and W. ‘Villiams, W. Nioffistr, and W.
H. Burgess.
Mr. Alley. counsel for the prosecution, after entering at
treat length' upon the circumstances of the ease, and the
recent conviction of White, alias Konkey Beau, with whom
Rohe-rill stood indicted as a principal, stated, that the present
indictment could not he sustained, inasmuch as-there was
no evidence against Lim as a principal, in which characiet
:he wasindicted; and t hut the notes were not of that spueics
property described in the act parliament upon wlt it it
the indictment was founded, and which would constitute
Lim an accessary after the fact; therebire the prisoner lutist
be acquitted on the indictment as it stood; but he was
nay 01* opinion that the prisoner might be tried In a
tonspitacys and in order to effect this, lie prayed the Coot t
to detain him until an indictment was preferred against
bun before the Gland .lurv.
Lord Ellenhorough was of the stoic opinion with the
leaned Counsel.

A verdict of Not Guilty was accordingly recorded; and
the prisoner was ordered to be detained.
YRIDAV.
•-•

Susannah Newman wa:llldicnii for stealing a watch, a
seal, a bloat:li, a shawl, itirc. the property cf J. Laud, Guilty
.—Death.
John Painter was indicted for manslaughter, in killing
B. Painter, the infant child of his daughter, Mary l'ainter.
Mary Painter deposed, that her fattier asked her brother
to go to market for 50111 C meat, which he refused to do, and
made use of very foul words. Her father got up to beat her
brother, and putting 'his knife away in a rage, he threw it
from him, and it entered the child's head. Her father did
not throw the knife at her brother. The knife was one
%silk+ he used to eat his virtual', and to kill cattle (being a
butcher.) The child was on witness's knee. I ler Either
was fond of the child. It lived two days after the unfortu-
nate accident.
-- Painter, the son. said, his father ordered him to go
to market, and he said be would not, and used foul lan-
guage to him. Ilk father got up from his dinner in a vio-
lent passion, and witness ran out of (loots.
A Surgeon found a wound on the child's head, about an
inch in length, but it had not penetrated the skull. Ile
Was of Opinion that the child died from loss of blood.
Load Elienbotough held, that as the poisoner parted with
the knife iii his offence amounted to manslaughter,
—Guilty of Manslaughter.
_

SATURDAY.
BURGLARY.
Yoseph Myers, Emanuel Aaron, and Joseph Emanuel,
were indicted for hurelariouslv breaking and entering the
dwelling-house of David Davis, in the night flute, and
stealing tl.erein a variety of articles of wearing apparel,
household linen, &c.
Mary Davis deposed, that she lived in Peter's-court, Rose-
mary•lanc. She went from home on die evening of Satur-,
day, the 26th of Mai ch last, leaving nobody behind her.
-She locked the street door, and fastened every other part of
the house. tier husband returned home before her, be-
tweea nine and ten ; she came home afterwards, and Mumd
that the house had been broken open and robbed. All the
drawers were stripped.
Mary Hart also-lived in Peter's.court, nearly opposite Mr.
Davis's. She passed the house near the lour of ten, and
saw the front door open. Sli: loiee!itol and called; nobody
answered. She then obtained a 101 t, and went into the
house. The hack door was open, as were all the drawers.
The bedding was all tossed about, and many of the pillows,
bursters, &e. carried off. She then went to Mrs. Davis, who
was at her mother-in-law's, and informed hie of what had
occurred. Some other person told Mr. I)av is.
David Davis was inforined by Mary Hart of the robbery.
She found him at a p•rbtic-house. She fauna the mark of a
chissel near the lock in the door. On the Fridayafterwards
he heard that his pi upertv was in the Walket. in Rosemary-
lane. He went there, and fulled part of the things in Jo-
seph Emanuel's possession, including two pair of sheets,
three napk.ns, and a waistcoat, which he was airing for
sale. Emanuel was a dealer in Rag Fair. Witness never
heard any thing again►t his dial acter.
Abrahaii).Cc.ld•inith found the pi isoner Emanuel in Rag-,
Fair; and seemg some of the prosecutors eroperte in his
poss.:ssi,,u, be secured him. The prisoner said he kiwi►
nothing of the ro'ibery. and desired witness to make no
noise in the street, hut to go with him into the puhlic-
hoese, and he would tell hiol of whom he bought them.
Witness went with him, and Lie told him he lead bought
them of tb.: prisoaci, Jose,.ll Myers. Witness. by direc-
tion of Emaimel, thei went iu pursuit of Myers. Emanuel
never attempted to go away.
Barnard (iieed, a police officer, to .k into
tody, with tbt articles specifier' by Davis in his possession
Myers was appreheuderi the same day, and he founi nr hi'
pocket a hamike:Alef.
Wit Lam Kinner..ley apprehended Myers on Friday; on
the satin day Ire weal to Allows house with the presecu to .
He.asaed bin: if ve knew ally t eg, of Davis's rebbery ; and
said he had some things unassa into hisitoube, but that

thrown them out. Witness then wart lit„ I the
house, hut I and ni,thing of Mr. Davis's. Alt. Davis foond
the thins alluded to by the prisoner in the L'Otti t j they Het('
his oroivity
Perkins, a pawnbroker, pioduced a variety of at-
ride. which had been pletigtd with him. They woe the
property of the vrob,!eittoi, lle did not know the pristine. L.
M Us. M later saw the primmer Myers the day berme he
was apprehended. Ile had with him two pair ~r h hems and
three, napkins. Ile (Afoot them for bale to Ler openly in
the fair.
The. c IntinA no direct evidence to effect the prisoner*,
they wee itoplitted.
Ilenry Fuller was indicted for stealing three hook s ti
vately, in the slap of J. S. Setchell, a botikscller living in
tbing Street, Covent Gat dot. nit the 7th of March.
The prisarner went into the shop under the pretence of
piarchabitig some books ; but on going away, the prosecutor
suspected the theft. tidlu.eed, anti took him into custody.
On his way back he dropped the book..—t;nilty.
There' were four mher indictments against him.
No other case of intere-t oren ri ed.

CONTRACT FOR COALS TO BE Dni.tvrAnn AT
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Commissary in (*hie 's n,//w March rt, 1816.
Such Persons as are tkalrms of Contracting. with de
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Jive, and deliver their Tendert ken.led cep and rlf-rcetai to Ma Coon.
osassary in r hie j; martin, Marco., " Trader
,iOr Coals," OM M•
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after 7*teetnc o'clock ow that day; nor wild any proposal be' not;red
srak•ss made or ortuereri to a prkted ?oracular. and the pries
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proposal signed by tree pt stou if Matra properly engrging to hr.
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