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London, England, 1810-07-19 00:00:00

IVAItIVICK SESSIOYS.

At the Midsummer General Quarter Sessions
the County of'Varwick, held on Tuesday and Wed.
nesday last week, JQ:eph Fdlowt, a decent looki
man, was indicted for having, on the 30th of M.
last, unlawfully endeavoured, by words and gestures,
to excite divers of his Majestv's liege subjects to ri,
against the King's peace. The only witness •agaii,
the prisoner was Lieutenant-Colonel Gordon. H
stated, that on the evening of the 30th of May las
about ten o'clock, he observed a great number
people collected together it the corner of Tempi
,t:-eet, Birmingham ; he heard one man harangui;
the mob, and speaking very loud ; he heard the pri
sonar say—" I can earn five and twenty shillings
,Ae.,k, and that is not sufficient to support me ;" I
prisoner then said something about a shilling or
teen pence, alluding to the use of vegetables, he
lieved, but which he did not perfectly hear, and ad-
ded, (addressing himself to the people) " you must
right yourselves, and now is the time." The Colonel
then pressed through the mob, and seized the prisoner
by the collar. The prisoner at first consented to b
with the witness, but a man and woman interfered,
and attempted a rescue. In the scuffle the Co.
lonel received a violent blow on the temple by a large
stone, which at first stunned him ; he, however, kept
his hold, and some of the peace officers coming to 1-•
assistance, Fellows was immediately taken before
Magistrates, the witness never quitting bold of
'prisoner all the time., On his cross examination
witness said, the prisoner was standing on the curb-
stone, about eight inches higher than the rest of ,
street ' • the words spoken by the prisoner were as h
had before stated, or words to that effect ; the prisos
tier appeared to have been drinking, but he was sober
enough to know what he was about.
Mr. REYNOLDS, Counsel for the prisoner, took
exception to that count in the indictment, charging
ltis dent with sedition, on the ground that the words
were not positively and expressly stated ; but ,
objection was ever-ruled by the Court.
Mr. MAURICE, for the prosecution, in a very abi
address, called for judgment upon the prisoner, who,
he insisted, deserved the mrs: exemplary punishment.
Mr. REYNOLDS, in a most eloquent and impressive
speech, addressed the Jury in reply.
The CHAIRNIAN, with his usual accuracy and car.
dour, summed u, the evidence to the Jury, who, after
consulting for a short time, returned a verdict of
C uilty.

STAFFORDSHIRE MIDSUMMER SESSIO,
RIOT AT WOLVERIIAMI'VON.—Mr. FULLER 01 e
the cause on the part of the prosecution ; stated
• the Jury the relative situations of the prisoners ;
urged the dangerous tendency of their conduct.
then examined the evidence.
R. Smith, Esq. Captain in the Western Regiment
of Local Militia, then on duty in Wolverhampton,
deposed that the prisoners pulled down the stands
in the market, and committed various outrages.
Cross-examined Ly Mr. CLIFFORD.
Mr. C. wished to know what a riot was s Depo-
nent conceived it to be a number of persons assem•
bled for purposes of mischief. Observed Ellis, -
of the Local Militia, to be pkrticularly active.
Mr. Tomkinson deposed to the riotous behavii
of the prisoners.
Sir J. WROTTESLET, Bart.Tecommending the a
wittess to be dispensed with, to shorten the case,
Mr. CLIFFORD arose, and made some general
nervations, with a view to shorten the case still
ther. He said, that he had lately read in a pamphlet,
that he hirnseY was considered as an excellent lea('
of a riot. He, however, had never led any party
he guilty of a breach of the peace. He perceived'
he could not co.strovert the present case ; he adni
the riot ; and as the object, on the Ort of the prose-
cution, was to prove that the law was strong en(
to punish sech outrages, so he hoped they woult.
forget another beauty of the British Constitution—
that in the dispensation ofjustice, it was merciful.
After a few words from the CIIAIRNI IN, the
as directed, returned a verdict of Guly.
Mr. CLIFFoRD being only retained as counsel
Stabs and Ellis, the others were put urn their
Mary Havre: pleaded guilty; the other two, Con
and Joseph Hall, after a shun examination, were ,
wise found guilty.
The Learned CHAIRMAN, on passing the sentences
animadverted upon the wickedness of !he offeace.-
He then ordered that Ellis (of the Local Minh)
Mary Haynes be imprisoned six months, ;tad kept
hard labour; and to give security for their t,
good behaviour. Cockayne, Stubbs and Hall,
imprisoned three months, and to find security;
, to remain in prison till such security be giveq.

OLD BAILEY.

ectevilv the Sesvions etstilmeTlCPd, before the RE-
ODIDIIto Mr. Justice CHAMBRE, Mr. Justice Ls BLANc,

ILLIAAI LEUMTON, and several Aldermen.

Thomas RI, lest: Lyon, late a Midshipman in the
was arraigned on an indictment for having fe-
ll,- married Charlotte Johnson, spinster, Mar-
Wilson, to whom he had been married some time
core, being still living.
this charge.the prisoner pleaded guilty • and
fisted in his determination, although the Rama-
very humanely advised him to plead not guilty,
avail himself of the benefit of a trial.
fairy Simpon was indicted for having, on the 10th
ly, stolen a shirt, the property of Francis Lee.
The prosecutor stated, that he is a cordwainer, re-
in Margaret-street, Horseferry Road ; on the
.ang of the day laid in the indictment, he heard
, noise in the street ; he went down stairs for the
purpose of ascertaining the cause, but did not observe
• person ; he, however, heard the door of the pri-
shut • the prisoner was a near neighbour ; he
immediately after missed a shirt which had been hang-
from the front window of the first floor, in which
resided ; his suspicions fell upon the prisoner, as
shirt hung low enough to be reached by jumping,
he had heard the prisoner's door close immedi-
• after the noise in the street : he applied to Gil-
, a police officer, who apprehended the prisoner
morning, and found the shirt concealed in his hat.
ilmer, who apprehended the prisoner, corrobo-
,4 the latter part of the prosecutor's testimony.
Prisoner, in his defence, said, that, returning home
rather intoxicated, he found the shirt.
The Jury, however, found him Guilty.
George Freeman was indicted for feloniously enter-'
the dwelling house of George Brunniges, in
itworth-street, Whitechapel, on the 25th of June,
stealing therein Sibs. 9oz. of soap, value Ss. 6d.
quantity of copper coin, the property, of said
Brunniges.
The prosecutor said, that, at half past three o'clock,
the morning of the 25th of June, he was .alarmed
the watchman, who informed him that his house
been broken open ; he immediately came down
stairs, and found a window-shutter had been forced,
bar-door broken open, and the till, with its con-
which might amount to about £4, (two sbil-
more or less) carried away ; a bar of soap,
Bch had been. purchased preparatory to a general
whiCh wag, to have taken place on that day, was
missing. He immediately applied to Griffiths,
police officer, who in company with Miller, another
officer, proceeded in quest of the prisoner, and appre-
hended him.
Miller, the officer, deposed, that, on being called up
Griffiths, they proceeded to a court in Wentworth-
,
street, and found the prisoner in bed with a woman
the town ; in a_ closet, attached to the room in
which prisoner was, he found a quantity of halfpence,
pistol, a centre-bit, and a chissel ; under his pillow
found seven pieces of soap, which agreed ex-
in weight and quality with that stolen from pro-
secutor ; the chissel, ton, on being applied to certain
'Marks in the window which had been forced, was
found to fit to a nicety. The prisoner, at the time of
- apprehension, asserted, that he had received the ,
Jfpence from his father, but did not adduce any
evidence to the fact.—Guilty.
Mary Murphy was indicted for a highway robbery,
in violently assaulting Jonathan Whitaker, and fe-
loniously taking from his person three one pound'
notes.
The prosecutor deposed, that, on the night of the
of June, he was returning from Knightsbridge,-
where he had spent the day ; when he came into the
3trand, being a stranger, he enquired of the prisoner
• way to London-bridge ; she said he was going
but that she would point out the road ; she
shewed him a court, through which he was to
, and to turn down the next.street ; he went into
:owe, where she followed him, thrust her hand
his pocket, and took out three one pound notes.
dropped one of them on the flags, which prose-
:or attempted to pick up, but was prevented by
, women who were present ; he then cried out for
watch : a German came up and assisted him.=
watchman at length made his appearance, and
iner ran away ; the prosecutor and the German pur-
-1 her ; the watchman was unable from age to fol-
w ith equal celerity; the prisoner ran into a house,
. closed the door; the watchman advised them to
to St. Martin's watch-house, for a constable, which
d.d. On his arrival, the door was opened, and
prisoner found in her room, in bed. On search-
the room; none of the property was found.—Pro-
:tor stated, in answer to a question from the
Bench, that he was perfectly sober, and had not taken
• liberties with the prisoner.
useph Albert Schallenbergh, the German, and
in Hanlon, the watchman, who assisted in appre-
ding the prisoner, corroborated the testimony of
! prosecutor.
The prisoner, in her defence, stated, that she was]
fig to a public-house in the neighbourhood, and]
/ the prosecutor much intoxicated, in company
ith two women, whom he accused with having rob-
-1 him. When prisoner came out of the public-'
Ise, he was at the door; she observed a piece of
ate paper fall on the ground, and fearing 4, a piece
work," she immediately went hone: where she was
soon after taken.
The Learned Judge (Cu/odium) in charging the
'ury, stated, that to support the indictment for high-1
!ay-robbery, it was necessary that the party prose-
iting i%ould have been put in bodily fear. This,
weever, did not appear to be the case; the crime,'
terefore, must either come under the denomination'
stealing from the person, or stealing generally.
The Jury returned a verdict—Guilty of stealing
from the person.
John Kern., aged nineteen, a dragoon, was convict-
of stealing a purse and a £1 note, the property of
minas Phillips. The prosecutor in this case was a
:klayer, who coming from the pay-table on a Sa-
krday. night, got into company with the prisoner and
others who were on a recruiting party stationed in
,;estminster ; he drank very freely, and as he went
home the prisoner accompanied him. While they
were going along he said he felt the prisoner make
several attempts to put his hand in his pocket where
money was. He went home and went to bed ;
next morning when he awoke he missed his mo-
-, but suspecting the prisoner had got it, he went

,to a constable ; the constable deposed that he wait
to the prisoner's quarters early the next morning, be:
fore he was risen, and as he slept he took his jacket
froni under his head ; in the pocket of which he found
the prosecutor's purse, and two duplicates, which the
prosecutor also identified to be his property.
James Carpenter stood indicted for having, on the'
23d of March, feloniously uttered and published as
true a certain promissory note, for /El, purporting to
be issued frOm the Bank of Butler and Co. at Billeri-
cay, and payable at the house of Butler and Co. No.
31, Addle-street, London, he well knowing the same
to be a forgery.
It appeared that the prisoner, along with several I
others, had been busily employed in the circulation I
of this description of notes in the counties of Kent
and Essex. Prisoner was at length apprehended ;.
and in consequence of a notice issued from Bow-street,
many ns attended to see if he were one of the
indivici'tet:l4:who had defrauded them • amongst the
rest, the prosecutor came, who immediately recognis-
ed the prisoner as the person from whom he had re-
ceived a Billericay note.
It was stated in evidence by the prosecutor, John
Clarke, landlord of the Royal Oak public-house, Red
Lion Passage, Red Lion-square, that, on the 23d of
March, at four o'clock in the afternoon, the prisoner,'
in company with two others, came to his house; they
called for three glasses of liquor ; the prisoner in pay-
ment tendered-him a ,el Billericay note; he said he
could not give change. One of the three said to an-
other, " You may as well have the liquor here as
elsewhere." Prosecutor said he had get ten shillings
in change, and they agreed to take the difference in
brandy and gin. On the note being presented to
him, he objected to it as having been issued by a
country bank. The prisoner then told him he must
have changefor a sesnote ; prosecutor procured it,sup-
posed he meant a Bank of England note ; it however
purported to be of the Southampton Bank. He then
preferred giving change for the £1 note, as if it were
not good, the loss would not be so great. Carpenter
declared the notes (of which he seemed to have plen-
ty) were as good as the Bank, and that he had taken
them in Smithfield that morning. He also said, he
had a friend at the Lock-up House in the neighbour-
hood, to whom he was going to take the liquor, and i
requested the prosecutor not to charge for the bottles
as he would take them home in the evening ; and if
any persons asked for Harding, to inform them that
ke would be there at night. He, however, never
came, and the prosecutor, on the Monday follow-
ing, went to the supposed Banking-house, in Addle-
street; but he found it was a rotten concern. He
merely learned, that a person of the name of But-
hr had taken a counting-house there, but had left it
long before, and no person remained to pay the bill.
John Keel, the person of whom Butler had rented
the counting-house in Addle-street, stated that he did
not see Butler for some months after he had let him
the apartments, but kis family and his clerks were I
there for five months. When he took the apart- ;
ments, he stated, that he was in the habit of beingl
in the country a good deal ; he understood the coun-1
Ming house was taken for the purpose of carrying on'
rthe agency business ; the apartments were vacated
without notice ; a cart came one morning, and the !
clerks endeavoured to take away the desks, but he
stopped them ; he saw Butler afterwards, who sent in
a broker, the fixtures were sold, and witness returned
the overplus to Butler. He understood latterly, that
the business carried on at his house related to the Bil-
lericay Bank, some of the notes of which he had seen,
after the apartments were given up ; some pf them he
believed were paid.
Mr. REYNOLDS, for the prisoner, suggested, that
the indictment for forgery could not be maintained ;
it evidently appearing that a person of the name of
Butler, connected with the issuing of these notes, had
resided in Addle-street, where some of the notes is-
sued had been duly paid.
Mr. KNAPP, for the prosecution, acquiesced in the
suggestion.
Mr. Justice CRANIUM directed the Jury to acquit'
the prisoner. 66 IF a person, without property, pots
his name to a number of bills, and sends them into
circulation, it certainly is a fraud, but does not con-
stitute a forgery."
The Jury, accordingly, returned a verdict of Not
Guilty—but the Prisoner was remanded on other
charges.
J. Williams was capitally convicted for being at
large before the expiration of the term for which he
had been ordered to be transported.

Mary Fletcher stood indicted for stealing a piece
of double-milled stocking webb, value 375. 6d. in the
shop of Henry Grove, St. Martin's-lane.—Guilty.
Esther Gamble, a little urchin, but 13 years of age,
was capitally indicted for privately stealing laced veils
and other articles, of the value of £5O, in the shop of
Charles Harris, lace-dealer, No. 4, Berkley-square,
on the 7th of June last.

The prosecutor stated, that on the day mentioned
in the indictment, the prisoner came into his shop ;
he was serving two ladies with gloves ; but on their
departure, she asked the price of a lace veil, hanging
in the window ; from her appearance, however, he
was convinced she did not want to buy any thing,
and he desired her to leave the shop. She immedi.
ately went out, and the moment she was gone, a
carriage drove up to the door, and two ladies came
out to purchase some lace. The prosecutor went to
a lace-box, which was on the opposite counter, but
found its contents were taken away. In the evening
he went to Marlborough-street, and gave information
of the robbery. On the Friday following, in conse-
quence of the search which was made, some pawn-
brokers were discovered who had got part of the pro-
perty in their possession-; and the prisoner was appre-
hended. She then confessed her delinquency, and
named several places where she had sold some of the
articles. Amongst other places, she sold three veils
at Wandsworth,and another at a shopanear Coldbath-
fields.
Robert Sparrow, a pawn-broker, stated that the
prisoner brought ace veils three successive days to
his shop. On the first two days he took in the pledges,
but on the third application, suspicion arising in his
mind, he sent for an officer, and had her taken to
Marlborough-street.
On her lodgings being searched, several of the stolen
articles were likewise found. Guilty—Death.
S. Smith and F. Jacobs were capitally indicted for
burglariously entering the dwelling-house of E. Ab-
bot, and stealing therefrom certain articles of wearing
apparel.

Elizabeth Abbot deposed, that she left her dwell-
ing•house about nine in the morning ; and none of
her family being at home she locked her door. On
her return about one o'clock, she found it open, and
several of her daughter's gowns stolen. They were
found at a pawnbroker's, where the woman prisoner
had brought them, who declared she had bought
them of Smith, for 12s. On his being interrogated,
he confessed that he bad bought them -of a woman in
Wentworth-street, and that he had sold them to the
prisoner Jacobs.
Levi Abrahams, an old clothesman, in Petticoat-
lane, swore that he saw the female prisoner purchase
the gowns of Smith, for 12s. Verdict against Smith
—Guilty. For Jacobs—Not Guilty.

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