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London, England, 1823-01-02 00:00:00

SURREY ‘VINTER, ASSIZEi.

KINGSTON, DEC. 3h
(BOIT the flan. Mr. Baron G aAKAK.)

Charles Hackett was indicted for stealing, , at Egham, in
August last, a deal plank, the property of Robert Staples, a
•timber merchant. , In August last the plank was atolen in the
night time from the prosecutor's premises, and on the 21st, of
October it was traced to the prisoner's house, where it. was
found sawed up in deals, and identified by the prosecutor.
The prisoner in his defence, said the plank had, been brought
to his house by a man named Jacobs, who left it there, and
knew nothing more of the matter. He called his brother, who
deposed to this fact. On the cross-examination of the latter,
he admitted that shere were found in his brother's house six
guns, a dark lantern, and some poaching nets.
The Jury found the prisoner Guilty, and being an old of-
fender, he was sentenced to he transported for seven years.
Sarah eltmitts indicted for stealing in the dwelling-
honse of Thomas Liarris, at Richmond, on the 21st of Octo-
ber, nineten sovereigns and two half sovereigns, the property
of Ann Bryan. _
It appeared that the prosecutrix occupied the lower part of
Mr. Harris's house, and carried on the business of a hither-
dasher, On the 21st of October she missed from her till 421.
of which the sovereigns in question formed a part. In the course
of the same day, the prisoner, who was a servant in the house,
laid out a sovereign in the shop of a linen-draper at Richmond,
to whom site said there was a piece of work at her master's
house, and begged that he would not say any thing about her
laying out any money, jibe should be asked eoncerning it. He
gave information to the prosecutrix, and in consequence a coo-
stable made search in the house • the prisoner, of her own ac-
cord, pointed out a sovereign ce4ealed in the cellar, and under
the table in the prosectstrix'a sitting-room were found seventeen
sovereigns and two half sovereigns in a bag.. Upun theie facts
the case tbr the prosecution was fOunded.
The Learned Judge summed 'up the case, and the Jury
found the prisoner Guilty-:,Death ; but they recommended her
to mercy.
The prosecutrix also recommended her to mercy, as she had
been for two years in her place, and had, during that time,
borne a good character. Sentence of death was passed upon
her, but hopes of mercy were held out.
George Haincs was indicted for stealing, at Lambeth, on the
lei efi'Ovember, a mare, the property of Richard Crocket.—
The prosecutor resides at Uxbridge:, and on the 2d of Novem-
ber he missed the mare tkom a field in his occupation. On the
same day the mare was found in the prisaner's possession, at
Lambeth ; and being asked where he got it, bald he bought it
at Maidstone fair, a fortnight before.. The mare was worth
only 20s. The-case was clearly made out, and the prisoner was
found Guilty—Death.

Elizabeth Boy, aliaalbrby, an eccentric-looking creature,
was put to the bar; In a strait waistcoat, charged with stealing,
in the dwelling-house of Lord Viscount Midleton, at Pepper
HarroW, a silver jug, a silver shaving-box, and other articles
of plate; exceeding the value of 405., the property of his
Lordship.
Mr.lltiWtueNsox was for the-prosecution ; and it appeared
in evidence,.that the prisoner, on the 2d of ()et., was seen run.
ning frOm Lord Midletmi's house in a suspicious manner. She
was pursued and stopped by his Lordship's carpenter, and upon
her person were fount concealed the articles in question, which
had been taken from the prosecutor's dressing-room. Since
.the prisoner had been in custody, it appearal from the evidence
of the gaoler, that she had conducted herself in every respect
-like a maniac, and it became necessary to put a strait waistcoat
upon her to prevent her doing, any mischief. She described
herself as coming from Birmingham, and said she had been
Married twice. iihe said nothing in her defence.
Mr. Baron tilitaitast left the, Jury to say whether the pri-
soner, at the -time of the tobbery, was of say mind. 1.1 she
knew right from wrong, they would be warrankti to find her
; but if not, they-ought to acquit her on the ground of
manity.
The Jury found the prisoner Not Guilty, on the ground of
insanity, and she was ordered to be detained to await the King's
pleasure pursuant to the statute,
Edmund. Cotroti was indicted.for receiving;,at Watton, iii
December last, five tow's,:-the.property of -Thomas 'rapier,
knowing them to have been stolen. •
It appeared that at She .Lent Anizes for thii county a man
named Brooker had been-Convicted upon the evidence of an ac.
Complies, named Weller, of a burglary in the dwelling.house
of the prosecutor, and stealing therein the fowls in question.—
The present prisoner was now hialicted for receiving the same
fowls, knowing them to have been stolen. To prove the
prisoner's guilt It was ,proposed to call Weller, the accom.
pike in the original felony, nnil to confirm his testimony, the
Counsel for the prosecution relied upon the recoui Of Bmoker's
conviction and the question was, whether Weller was a corn.
petent witness in the present case, being confirmed by noother
evidence than 'the record of lirooker's conviction:

Mr. IfuTctoxsoi4 objected that .such evidence was inttid-
niissible to confirm Weller, insomuch as the prisoner had no
cpportunity of bearing the whole of the evidence upon which
Brooker's conviction was countlctl. _ _ _

Mr. Anor.rittra, in ans,vier to the objection, urged that the
record of llroolter's conviction was the best- confirmatory evi.
dence which could be produced to support the evidence of the
accomplice,because the Jury, in that cause, must be presumed
to have given Rill credence, to his evidence.
Mr. Baron ORAIIAM thought the evidence was admissible,
and for this reason that Weller being
snow free from any in.
terest, he had no motive to state what was untrue: The pri.•
sorter was on his trial for an offence committed after the prin-
cipal felony, and Weiler could derive no advantage from his
acquittal or conviction. Fie was, in fact, now purged of guilt
himself, and needed no confirmation, if the Jury were disposed
to believe his naked testimony. Undoubtedly he was a compe.
tent witness-without corroboration ; and although his testimony
might be questionable, still his evidence was admissible
out confirmation. . •

'Wm. Weller then deposed, that In a night in December last,.
he and Brooker broke open, the house of the prosecutor, and
stole five fowls, which were carried to the cottage of the pri.
.soner at three in the mornin, and there delivered to him, he
telling Brooker that if he could get any sheep he had an oppar.-
tunity of disposing of them advantageously.
The record of Brooker's conviction was put in, ,to confirm
Weller's evidence. The prisoner made no defence ; but two
witnesses were called to his character, who were constrained to
speak of him indifferently.
The Jury found the prisoner Guilty, and he aqui sentenced
to one year's imprisonment and hard labour in the !louse of
Correction.

(11,forc Mr. Justice BAYLEY.)

Daniel Pickcit was indicted for assaulting Wm. Leasing
Lupton, on the King's highway, at Croydon, on the Ist of
February last, and forcibly taking from his person a metal
watch, chain, and silver seal. -
The prosecutor wtts a little boy, about 12 years old, the son
of a farmer in the neighbotirhood of Croydon. On the Ist of
February last he saw the prisoner at a public-house in Croydon,
who prevailed on him to take part of a pint of beer, and wait
till he should accompany him borne the prisoner beingi shop.
heritto a gentleman m the neighbourhood. The prosecutor ac-
cordingly waited until the prisoner left thellublic-house with
hiun.-E)n the way the prisoner knocked him down, and forci-
bly took the watch in question from his person. The prose-
cutor pursued him a considerable distance, when the prisoner
threatened to murder him if be followed hint any further. lie
gave up the pursuit, and went home, where he told his father
df the manner in which he had been rubbed. The father went
in. pursuit of the prisoner, but he absconded, iuulhe was not
heard of until the. month of August last.
The father of the prosecutor, and another witness, confirmed
his testimony.
A man named Sybun was called by Mr. Artnittws, on be-
half of the prisoner, and swore that in the month of August
last, when he was in the service of. Mr. Lupton, the presecit-
tor's father, he heard some of the farming men in Mr. Lup-
ton's kitchen talk about the number of men's lives sworn away
lot the lucre of 401. This was in the presence of the prosecu-
tor, who immediate_ly•said that he would swear away the life of
any rogue for 40/. This witness being examined by the Learned
Judge, rave a very lame account of the manner in which he
got ids livelihood. lie fainted in Court under the pressure of
his examination.

The prosecutor was again,ealled, and he solemnly denied that
he had ever used such expressions as those attributed to hid). by
the prisoner's winless, and said that he had never been privy to
any such conversation as that mentioned.
M r. Lupton all* swore :that his son had been well brought

up, and was incapable of using such language as that men-
tioned by the prisoner's witness.
Mi. Justice BAYLEY summed up the evidence, and the Jury
immediately fOund the. prisoner Guilty—Death.
21iLiciousi.Y SHOO TI Sparkes, a respectable
miller and farmer, residing at Slnilford,, near Guildford, aas
indicted for maliciously shooting at Henry Harrison, a boy
about twelve years of age, on the 15th of August last, with the
intention of doing him some .gnevous bodily harm.
Mr.Awiinties, for the prosecution, detailed the case at con.
siderable length, and proceeded to call the following wit.
nellitea t-,-
Mary flarrison, the mother of the boy, deposed to having
gone into a barley-field belonging to the prisoner, about 2
o'clock in the afternoon of the 15th August last; she was ac:.
companied by her son, Henry Harrison, and a woman of, !lie
name of Brings; as they were passing through the tirst heat
witness saw the prisoner go across the adjoining barley-field to.
wards his house ; witness then weht into the barley.field, and
had not been there long when She heard her son cry out, and
at the sante time heard the report ot a gun; witness ran .to
the a.ssistatitiof het son, who was bleeding' very much at the
right eye. . Itritness went up to the prisoner, collared him, and
charged him with having shot the boy. Prisoner replied, " 1
writ.' It had been you." The little boy was also wounded in
the left leg. .
Many Harrison confirmed the testimony of his mother. lie
did not see the prisoner when he fired. 'Witness was stooping
when he was wounded.

Maly Briggs confirmed the 'foregoing evidence. Witness
thought the prisoner might have been about 41) yards from the
boy when he fired. He put the gun up to his shoulder ee if he
was taking aim. Witness did not call out, because she did not
expect the prisoner would fire...
James Steadman, a surgeon, was sent for to attend the boy
in the afternoon of the 15th of August, as he' was going to
' him• he met the prisoner, who said- he had had a most nn-
lucky accident ; he then told him to pay every attention to the
boy ; the bia had a bruise near the right temple, it had the
appearance Of a small shot baying passed into the skin ; the
bruise was considerable' and as a shot-hadliit a vein*, there •Wati
a considerable effottion of blood.; witness did notthinkit neees-
sary to extract theshot, as the boy was of a very scrofulous
habit; there was a similar *mind on the shin of the left leg'
from which witness extracted a shot; (the shot was produced
in Court, it was the size of N 0.4); witness went to see the boy
the neat day, but he was gone to the lilagistrete's ; went again
on the day following and found him playing ; winiest hnl
known the prisoner for 15 years; he always thought him a
humane, ants feeling. men..
The Several witnessesror the prosecution were cross-examined
at length by Mr. A noLrit us, Counsel for the prisoner; but
the only important fact elicited from them was, that the pri-
soner was known to have forbidden the &sure to go upon his
grounds.
In his defence the prisoner said he did not mean to shoot the
boy ; he did not know the-gun was loaded, nor. did he put the
butt to his shoulder e he fired it:loosely, and in consequence of
its recoil, prisoner's finger was wounded. • • '
. Mr. AnoLrints then called James Beirshatv, a servant in
the employ of the prisoner. Saw .his master take his gun out
of the house; and followed hint to see the gleaners run when'
the gun Was fired ; prieoner did not shoulder the fowling-piece,
nor take aims: in consequence ,of ,not. doing hto, he wounded •
his finger severely. •
John Sparkes, son to the prisoner, depoied 'to the gun being
kept in the kitchen ; it was very seldom used, and was kept
by his father for the-purpose of frightening the. birds away ; it
was only loaded with powder for that. purpose, About afort-
night before. the 15th of August, witness loaded the 'gun with
powder and shot, for the purpose of shooting rabbits; but
not meeting .with any, he did not the off the oh, but hung
it tip leaded in the kitchen. Witness did not telthis fattier the
gun was loaded. •' - • ' •••
The daughter of the.prienner deposed to the circumittance of
her father having wounded bile finger ; witness dressed it, on
• his return home with some b'riar's haleam.
Sevtineen highly respectable witnesses then came forward,
and deposed to the uniform humanity and kindness of the pri.
oozier, from his childhood to the present time. •
• The•Learfted Judge-summed up the evidence, and the Jury
returned a verdict of " Not Guilty—the Distiller not knowing
the gun was loaded with at the time he fired it off."
His Lordship said, • that it wits hiKitly'satisfutory to know
the grounds upon which the Jury hed Arrived at the conclusion
ex?ressed In their verdict ; and the • prisoner, on leaving the
bar, was received by his friends with eongratulations upon his
acquittal. , •
This case had excited a considerable degree of interest.

POLICE INTELLIGENCE.

REGNTER OVFLCES.

Bow-STREET.—Yesterday, /rade A': ton. a Very stylishly
dressed personage. calling himself the prnprietur of the " West..
mitister Central Mart for supplying families with servants, and
servants with situations,'? On plain English, a register-office),
was broug_ht upon a warrant, charged with "unlawfully, know.
ingly, and designedly, by false pretences, obtaining from one
Jafte Nugent the sum of seven shillings, with intent to cheat
and defraud her thereof."

Jane Nugent, every respectable-looking young womarotat ed,
that she was the daughter of a schoolmaster at Plymouth, and
had resided until lately with her father ; but being obliged by
circumstances to seek her own listlihood, she came to London
to reside with some friends, until she could procure reputable
employment. On Dec. ft she was passing along the Strand,
when she saw outside of the window ,of the defendant's office,_
at the corner of Southampton-street, an immense number of
placards, advertising situations vacant; and among the rest was
" A Lady's Maid \Vented." Being desirous of prlsuring such
a situation, she went in and impured respecting it ; but was
informed that before any questions could be answered, she
muse pay 7s, At the same time a paper was banded to her, con-
qining the rates of payment, which were upra a graduated
scale, according to the nature of the situations sought f0r.....
For this 7s. she was entitled to remain on their books for 14
days. " But," aid the witness, " will you send me to a situa-
tion ?" " Oyes, you may rely upon that ; we will send you to
one directly , was the reply. \nen she had paid the money,
was desired to wait upon Lady St. John, who, she was in-
formed, was in immediate want of a lady's maul. She did so,
but was surprised to hear from her Ladyship that she wanted a
servant of all work, and not a lady's maid. She declined to
accept of such an employment ; and she was next sent to a Mr.
Moore's at Camberwell, where she was informed that no ladylt
maid was wanted,but that they were looking out for a servant
who would Undertake to do the washing for nine children, and
other household work. Unwilling to continue idle, she agreed
to take this situation, but her friends were sure she would be un-
equal to the labour, and would not permit her to go. She was
next sent to a house where a nursery girl was wanted, and the
Id days expired without a single situation of the kind stipu-
lated for being offered to her. She was then told she had no
further business at the office.

The prosecutrix, during her statement, was incessantly inter-
rupted by Newton, who appeared to possess no ordinary share
of that quality which is denominated brass. The Magiatrate
exerted all his authority to keep him quiet; but it was impos-
sible. When called upon to .answer the charge, he said be
knew very little about this individual case, as !lira. Newton, his
spouse, rib, or better half, which ever his Worship pleased,
managed all the ladies.
The Magistrate said he was the responsible person.
Newton, with a confident air, assured his Worship there
.was no ground for this charge, none whatever. The fact
was., the thing had been done in the regular way, and the
.young woman had been sent to places, but would not accept
of them. Servants placed themselves under his care, and be
sent them to situations ; but then if they did not suit them to
a tittle, they would not have them. Then they wanted to
have their money back ; that was refused, and away they ran to
a Magistrate, and he was dragged up,•anti his mode of doing
business, and the names of his customers, exposed the next day
in the newspapers. This was confoundedly hard, and he hoped
if any gentlemen connected with the press *ere present they
would refrain from mentioning names._

Mr. Al issultzt.—You sea thisgirl to plains, it is true, bit
not to such as you stipulated to procure ter her ; nut in one in-
stance."

Newton.—My dear Sir, there you f's►ll into a common error ;
wo do not undertake to 'procure situhtinns.
Mr. Mrgstivt.L.—Fot what purpose, then, do you receive
these fees P

Newton.---Merely. Sir, to give those who pay the chance of
obtaining situations through our office.
Mr. Mtlisnut.t..—You had a notice at your window that a
lady's maid Witi wanted; this young woman pail 74. to he Bolt