The National Register.
London, England, 1820-12-25 00:00:00

V N LON HALL

consequence ol repeated «nuitlainta from the re-
Tenable itittattuants ul Saint George's Fields, a private
search warrant was issued from this office, oti Thurstiay
Ll,t, Cor the apprehension of all repined thieves, dia.
nrderly nharacters, :ld prostitutes, ssh r ttlialit be limlid
Amin Ave 3 ineseribed boor. About o'ciuch the
whole cif the officers, aided by a ittrotig detachment of
special pariah constables, Om whole under the direction
of the chief' clerk, set cut on their mission. They first
ttocrual Dune htrevt, whets they fouutl all the silo%

houses open, and heard music and dancing-; they entereel
the first, and lomid it toll of women, some of whom wee
fidl dressed, and others had only their under garments
on; there were no men, or if there had been any, they
had found means of escape. Having apprehended the
whole of this wretched assembly, and lodged them in
the watch house, the constables returned and succeeded
in seeming another house full of s •lar company, with
the addition of a number of men, whom they found
carousing, and dancing on the tables, many of the le.
males being absolutely but half dressed! In the whole,
they apprehended sixty individuals of both sexes, who
were on Friday morning placed at the bar of this office.
NI r. Allen, Sitting Magistrate, assisted by Mr, Harrison,
(Chairman of the Quarter Sessions) examined the tle.
limptents most minutely, and front their various state.
ments, it would seem, that the llnrongh is theneral
receptacle or head quarters of all that is bad. Many. f
the women said they lived in Pye Street, and the Al.
unary, in Wes 11l uster, but had gone to the BALL, in
Dover Street ; others had been drawn there for a similar
purpose, from NV hiteglaapel, Horseleydnwn, and miter
distant parts. Several of them were committed to the
House of Correction.

OLD &AULT SESSIONS.

TUEFDAT, DEC. 19.

The shots of the trials having yesterday been eon.
eluded, the prisoners were this morning brought up to
receive their several sentences. The hour fined for passing
sentence was 10 o'clock ; but the Court ass delayed, for
a considerable time, in consequence of the absence of an
Alderman. The Itecoi der and other officers were ready
at the appointed time. At length, at about 11 o'clock,
Mr. Alderman Thomas Smith arrived, and the prisoners
mete brought into the dock. The whole number of pri.
%oilers brought up to seceive sentence was 19V t of these
31 received sentence of death; 96 were sentenced to
tanspost:Win for life; 13 to transportation fot 14 years ;
to 0 transportation for 7 years ; and 70 received various
minor sentences. A great number of the latter were
sentenced to he publicly and pi ',fairly whipped.
lie follow ing are the prisoners on whom sentence of
death was passed !
James Anderson, Samuel Jones, and William Dunn, for
burglary; JiIIIICS Reeves, Joseph Johnson, James Hunt,
and Joseph Calvin, for highway rubbery; Ann Gibson,
for stealing in a dwelling-house; John Head and William
Lawrence, fur housebreaking ; George Allen, for stealing
in a dwellitigininse ; James Farquhar and Wm. Fulham,
for housebreaking; Elisabeth Holland, for stealing in a
dwelling-house; James Long and Henry Herod, for
housebreaking ; Joseph White, Matthew Cooper, John
Mail, Su ttttt el Chandler, and Joseph Martin, for highway
obbcry ; Robert Parker and William Paddock, for steal.
ing in a ilnelling-lioni.e; J. Davis, for biglrwAy robbery ;
Edward lliirke, fur stealing in a dwelling.house ; William
Wall, tbr burglary; Thomas Monday, fur horse stealing ;
Abraham Henniiingst ay, fur sacrilege; Catherine Mac.
donated, for stealing in a dwelling-house; Henry Tobin
and George Mason, for highway rubbery. The ease or
the latter prisoner was reserved fur the opinion of 1110
Judges, and it has been declared a capital titmice.
Of the thirteen prisoners who were sentenced to 14
years' transportation, eleven had pleaded guilty to the
minor offence of having forged notes in their possession.
The besatuus were then adjourned.

.4 new mode of aifrpreneniiing i hunes.—ln consequence
of the alartilitaA increase of street robberies in the 130.
rough, some officers of Union Hall made a determina.
him to pt amongst the thieves by some means disguised,
•,„ few '•.,. Hall dressed himself
. • di, old getiticitici, Hi, 4 at tpowderyd perriwtg. caul
exhibiting a large buinell of st „a's,
had ingeniotifly diced a littiniirr ol sharp filth. trwol.:•
In
Cass manner Ile travelled third bust toe most inning
hart of the neighbourhood, and even met many old
customers, but they would not ong/r, became it swats
thq suspected the bait. t:avitig nit dovtit but that
be WWI rectignized, them-at night NOM a strata4er, and
he Aso returned unmolested. Ntgt the Faris!, con.
stable went Itirth, attired like an rifeisiteol last('
he perform& his new -11Aeacter •- veil, in
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lest, lie.
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heel*, alai
af.er iti% tog no.. his wao:li,
and a loaf with Wu.. . • ..ng to the house of
one of his mister's customcrs, lie gave en immediate
alarm, and a constable wou war ittar the spot, followed
thu tulalaers, Lod apprOicoded u,w of Olean, alter a little
resistance. Olt searcing hint, the (wand the
watch up hie sleeve, which b.:accounted for by *01144
that tie had beat lucky enough to lock it
" only" seeking hit the 641 u owner' lie Weis 15f(;1144..!
before Sir Jolts' Pinnhorn, at Unioo
ufied a :r.ivd ollvntler of the iielv-blreel gaud

I)4KINC.I BURU LA Rv..--Stinday n7ght last, dui tog 11.,.
:Iltse:ite tit ihe tawny t home, the theriktig•ltOuNe
of Air. S. 131.:•lt, clutttller, No. '47, Horsley dowit-I,lllr,
wog ettlerell by ibe:b. ptcli lock keys, and the shop
anti parlour were ransack et! anti pittmlett ti. The litict ei
then proceeded pp stairs, awl broke mina row,' tieliia.•
"ig to one of the intlers, which they eiu.tte,l
tlllll poi taiale, and gin char nil wills Muir bmity,
Mittulq evettittg Ott: hott4e ill Mr. Voiles, to the City
ruJii, was burglariously entered, and rubbed ut Batik.
notes to at effassuerabla amount, besides a quantity at'
j°*olicrY• &o. with which the thievus 41.4 Clear
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