The Sun.
London, England, 1831-01-13 00:00:00

JOHN THOMAS COOPER.

Soon after the Grand Jury retired,

Mr. W. C. ROWE stated that he was instructed
to apply to the Court to order the recognizances of
certain witnesses to be discharged. An indictment
had been preferred, against John Thomas Cooper
(the prisoner now under sentence of death in Win-
chester gaol, and who is to die on Saturday) for
having taken an active part in the riots in this
county. The man being already under sentence of
death, the prosecutor did not intend to send the
Bill to the Grand Jury; he therefore now applied
to have the recognizances of the witnesses dis-
charged.
The Court granted the application.
As soon as the Grand Jury had found bills, Mr.
Justice ALDEnsoN retired to the Crown Court, to
try prisoner. there.
James Wilkins, aged 22, was indicted for robbing
William Henry Moyle of 8.. 6d., his property.
It appeared that the prisoner, accompanied by
nine or ten persons, went to the house of the pro-
secutor on the night of the 23d of November. They
were armed with sticks, and threatened him if he
did not give them money. He gave the prisoner
Bs. 6d., being in fear of some personal outrage, for
the prisoner had raised his stick up and struck the
paling with great violence. They then demanded
victuals and drink, which they used in part, and
threw the rest away.—The Jury found him Guilty.
John Read, aged 24, was indicted for robbing
John Brewer of three sovereigns.—The prisoner
was found Guilty.
Time. Thorne, 30 ; Adam Thorne, 21 ; Abraham
House, 22 ; James !rouse ; 24; and John Stuart,
22, were put to the bar, charged with having, on
the 26th of November, destroyed a threshing-
machine, the property of William Coward. The
prisoners had not a good character. The Jury found
the prisoners Guilty, but recommended them to
mercy.

James House—My Lord, I hope you will have
mercy on me for the sake of my wife and children,
who have no other friend. (The prisoner had stated
in the course of the trial that he had two, and
almost three children.)
Mr. Baron VAUGHAN—You should have con-
sidered what might have been the consequence to
your wife and children before you engaged in out-
rages of this kind.
Prisoner—My Lord, we should not have none if
the mob had not made us go ; and, my Lord, there
was a gentleman rode through (he mentioned the
name of the village, which we did not collect), a
few days before, who said his name was Mr. Hunt,
and who told us that Government wished the people
to break machines, and that they slsould be paid for
their trouble.
The prisoners were not sentenced, as there Ivere
several other charges against them.
Joseph Pope, aged 57, was indicted for robbing
Richard 13i-wicker, Esq., of 65., his property.
Mr. lironcker said the prisoner was one of a mob

of 300 or 400 persons, who were out machine-
breaking. He came up with three others to wit-
ness, at 'one of whose tenant's houses a machine
was broken. Pope said—" I am Colonel Hunt's
serjeant, and I must have money." Witness refused
to give any; but the men said they must have it,
and he gave it under the impression that some mis-
chief would be done to his house if he refused. He
understood, that by Colonel Hunt was meant Mr.
Henry Hunt, the blacking-maker. His reason for so
believing was, that he heard of Mr. Huat having
been at Salisbury and at Andover, and was at the
head of the mobs there.
Mr. Baron VAUGIIAN—Don't you know that a
person who assumed the name of Hunt was very
active in the riots in the next county ?—Mr.
Broncker—l did not know it then, my Lord ; but
I know it now, and I believe that that person was
the Colonel Hunt whom the prisoner meant.
The prisoner said that he went out along with
some of his neighbours to see the mob that came out
of Fordingbridge, and he was pressed by them and
dragged on for a long way, and threatened with
death if lie refused to go. He would not have gone
but for that compulsion. He hoped the Court
would consider him for the sake of his wife and 12
children. There were several persons (amongst
others the Clergyman of his parish) to give him a
good character, but they had not come.
A gentleman in Court corroborated this state-
ment as respected the Clergyman of the prisoner's
parish.
The Judge summed up, and the Jury found him
Guilty.

Mr. Baron VAUGIIAN, after dwelling on the enor-
mity of the offence of which the prisoner had been
convicted, stated, that though his life would be
spared, he must not hope that any further mitiga-
tion of his punishment would take place. He must
not expect to be allowed to remain in this country.
The Court adjourned at half-past six o'clock to
nine o'clock to-morrow.

Stephen Hatcher, aged 58, James Davidge, 24,
Robert neller, 46, and Thomas Vow'lls, 22,
were indicted for destroying a threshing-machine,
the property of Matthew Hunt.
The Jury returned a verdict of Guilty against all
the prisoners.
Mr. Justice ALDERSON then addressed the pri-
soners to the following effect :—" You have all been
convicted of felony in breaking a threshing-machine
the property of Matthew Hunt. You, Stephen
Hatcher, have been proved to be the leader of the
mob, and you refuted to be contented when he told
you that his threshing-machine had been taken to
pieces. What right, I would ask, had you to de-
stroy his property, when he stated to the mob that
he wished to use his capital in a different manner ?
(The Learned Judge then sentenced S. Hatcher to
be transported for seven years.) As to you, Da-
vidge and Vowells, who were not quite so active in
the late riots, the sentence is, that you be impri-
soned in the house of correction and kept to hard
labour for twelve calendar months. As for you, R.
Wilder, the sentence of the law will be mitigated
to you in great lenity, that you be imprisoned and
kept to hard labour in the house of correction for the
space of four calendar months.
James Rymond, aged 28, was indicted for break-
ing and destroying a threshing-machine, the pro-
perty of Stephen Wash.— the Jury found the pri-
soner Guilty.
Mr. Stephen Welsh, the prosecutor, said, that he
knew nothing of the prisoner. Prisoner did not be-
long to the parish of Farnham. He was a farming
servant.

Henry Elkins, aged 34, George Elkins, 24,
George Elkins the younger, 18, and William .11toore,
18, were indicted for destroying a threshing-machine,
the property of David Gillingham.
The Jury returned a verdict of Guilty against all
the prisoners.
-Air. Justice ALDERSON then proceeded to pass
sentence upon the prisoners found guilty on the last
charge, and also upon James Rymond. He addressed
them as follows :—" You, Henry Elkins, and you,
George Elkins, this is not the first time in which
you have appeared in a Court of Justice. You have
both been imprisoned in the House of Correction
for the space of three calendar months, and no
longer ago than the last Lent assizes one of you was
admitted King's evidence in _ a case of burglary.
Here you have been convicted of felony. There
Can only be one conclusion in your case, and that is,
that you be transported for seven years. As for you
Rymond, the sentence of the Court is, that you be
imprisoned in the House of Correction, and kept to
hard labour for the space of two years. As to you,
'William Moore, you must expect a severe sentence,
and that sentence is, that you be imprisoned in the
House of Correction, and kept to hard labour for
eighteen months. As for you, George Elkins the
younger, nothing against you has yet come to our
knowledge. You are yet young; and one is anxious
to find grounds for extending mercy to a person like
you. He was was then sentenced to imprisonment
in the House of Correction for six calendar months.

Stephen Hatcher was convicted of breaking
another threshing-machine ; but there was nothing
of interest in the case._ _
__

The Court adjourned at half-past six o'clock.

EXTRAORDINARY CHARGE of FELONY.

A charge of felony was yesterday brought under
the notice of the sitting Magistrates at Lambeth-
street police-office, out of which arose some singular
disclosures, and in the hearing of which considerable
time was occupied.
'1 he facts, which will .be found of a somewhat
extraordinary character, are these :—On Friday
evening last, INliss H., a young woman moat re-
spectably connected, who had been stopping some
weeks previously at the house of Mr. T., an exten-
sive mercer and draper, carrying on business in the
parish of St. George's-in-the-East, was brought be-
fore Mr. NlTyarr, on a charge of having stolen a
valuable muff and tippet belonging to Mrs. T. It
being then alleged that various other articles of pro-
perty were missing, and the necessary witnesses to
complete the charge not being in attendance, the
accused was remanded for further examination until
yesterday. The pain which she felt at the degrada-
tion of her situation preyed most sensibly upon her
mind, and at the New Prison, Clerkenwell, where
she was confined, she wt.; scarcely seen to utter a
syllable to any of the prisoners with whom she was
confined ; but spent her time in walking about, in
apparently the utmost mental uneasiness and anxiety.
In this state she continued until Monday morning,
when taking advantage of the absence of her fellow-
prisoners, she suspended herself with her handkerchief
from the iron bar., anti when discovered and cut
down, life to all appearance was quite extinct. How-
ever, by the prompt application of some powerful
restoratives and other remedies, animation was re-
stored, and she afterwards 6o far recovered as to be
able to be removed to this office at the time ap-
pointed. On being brought before the Magistrates,
Mr. ilanDwlcK humanely pointed out to her the
attempt.
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for that, instead of stealing the articles, as had been
alleged, they had been made a present to her by
Mrs. T.

Mrs. T. denied that this mu the fact, and de-
clared she had never given the prisoner either the
muff °l.tippet.

Mr.ll:kimmcii questioned Miss H. as to whether
any thing particular had passed at the time the pre-
sent was maue 2—Miss H. replied that she could not
recollect ; but that Mrs. 'J'„ having acquainted her
(111iss H.) with all her secrets, and admitted her
without reserve into her confidence, for this it was
she thought the present had been made her of the
articles in question.
A htdv, a friend of the accused, here came for-
ward, and stated on oath that Miss H. had informed
her of receiving the present from Mrs. T., and she
afterwards accompanied Niiss H. to that lady's
house with the *ame muff and tippet on. The wit-

ness added, that this took place after Mrs. T. had
returned to her' husband's house, subsequent to her ,
elopement.
Mr. and Mrs. T. affected much indignation 811 d I
surprise at this insinuation, and asked the witness
what she meant by theexpression of Mrs. T.'s elor
meat ?
The witness replied, that they surely could not he'
ignorant of its meaning, They, however, still ap-
peared to evince a total ignorance on the subject'
and begged the Magistrates would require an exPa"
nation from the witness of the insinuation which she
made, and which was to them of a most unpleasant
nature. .

Mr. EIARDwicK, in consequence, requested that
the of might he explained. On which Miss IL
stood forward, and with some hesitation stated that
Mrs. T. had left her husband's house about Christ"
mac last, and went to live at the Portugal Hotel,
Fleet-street, but after stopping there a few daY6'
she attempted *to commit suicide by swallowing $
dose of poison, and on this circumstance coming t°
lwr husband's knowledge, he at once removed bet
home.

• Mr. and Mrs. T., in the most solemn manner,
declared that there was not a tittle of truth in this
statement, which they said must have been got 'lll
merely for the purpose of intimidating them from
coming forward to prosecute. Mr. T. assured the
Magistrates that during the eight years which he wag
married, his wife had never, even for one nightslept from under his roof. Mrs. T. also declared'
that she never, to her knowledge, slept at an hotel,
and that as for the Portugal, she knew no more
where it wa, than her infant child of three months old.
Mr. HARDWICK, finding the parties so pertior
ciously positive, questioned Miss H. more closely 11:
the subject, and asked her if she spoke of Mrs.
being at the Portugal from her own knowledge, v*
if she had made the statement merely from
she bad heard from others ?—Miss H. replied that
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she spoke from her own knowledge, for that she 1111:
visited Mrs. T. at that hotel three different tin 4;
while she was there ; and that after her husbaa's
had taken her away from there, she, Miss H., het:
self paid the bill which she had incurred, and which
amounted to 2/. 18s. This fact, as well as rali
T.'s being there, could be proved by the waiters and
chambermaid there.
Mr. T. requested that the case might be postponed
to a future day, when he would be able to proee'
both by his own servants, and those at the Vogt'
gal-hotel, the utter fallacy of these statements.
Mr. HaßDvetcx replied, that the case had Os
assumed an aspect which, in justice to all partic6
required further investigation, and for that puspois
lie would remand the accused until Friday.
On the application of Mr. Wooler, who st*
tended at the request of her (death, Miss H. WII6
admitted to bail to appear on that day.
Independent of the above singular incidetiO
there are several others connected with this cage
which are worthy of remark. Miss H. has raf,,
some time been paid addresses to by a gentle's;
who was formerly an officer in the Royal Navy, bd.,
is at present Captain of a West Indiaman, and a dsi
was some time since fixed for their marriage.
short time before the arrival of the day namedPg
German Baroness, of considerable property, fe4
violently in love with the brother of Miss H., '1"(
another day was appointed for the celebration c'
the nuptials of both couples, and that day was 136 t
Wednesday. The necessary forms of publishing
banns, &c., was gone through at St. George's church;
Hanover-square, where the ceremony was to hay.o
taken place. It is, however, for the present, 1„
consequence of the present " untoward event,
deferred."

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