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London, England, 1827-02-19 00:00:00

OLD MI LEY, Pi..

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Sharps England, a young ooze s.
Wiese. 18 years of age, stood indicted
the 18th of October last. feloniously utt
check for 8451. with intent to defraud
bury, and others, his partners ; and
he was charged with intending to .
Sewell, a hop merchant in the Borough
his late employer. The prisoner pleaded
sad requested that so Gentleman should
the Jury who was connected with the Bank of
Thomas Brown, a elect of lianbury and Co. deposed ,
the forged check for 5451. which he produced. It pa
five been drawn by Mr. Charles Sewell, on Thebury a
NMI lies dated the ad of October; he mold not say that the pre
WM*, person who promoted ttw check; he had seen the rata
eialttlaaok repeatedly on Mr. Sewell's badness ; he gave the p
presented the check a 3001. bank of England note,
add 451. in sovereigns.
CrOsweiamined—He believed the cheek was in the hisodersidnit
of Mr. Sewell, at the time he paid it; but on estimating it view
quendy, hi was satisfied that it was not.
George Sheppud, a clerk to Mr. Hawley, of the Strand, dd.
posed that the prisoner came to his master's shop on the 4th of OM.
bat and bought 'gold watch, for which be paid 40 sovereigns he
eoliths 'witness that he had a 3001. ante, and wished him to take
care el k for hint, as he was afraid he rlight lose it if be carried it
about Ma person; it was No. 0,957; witness aired to keep it far
the pt., and wrote the address which he gave on the back of
° Wllliant Parker, Prlnee'wpflece, Kensington." The prisoner.
salted the laming day. and bright a Lady's gold watch end whet
articles, which be said were int:eroded by him as a preheat lee Ids
dater, and be was going into Contberiand to see his father; he asked
witness tp exchange the 3001. note,and Mr. Hawley directed Mimes
to go with the prisoner to the Bank of England, and there they got it
animated for one 10N. note, and four 501. notes; the Ostrom paid
fee sheared's be bad purchased that day with the tool. note, and
received 571. in change, and he asked the witness to keep possession
of tbe fwar 501. notes till he returned from Cumberland; be none
retained for the four 501. notes; Mr. Hartley was present whim
die pelmet made the purchases; wittiest put the roar SM. Mee
has circulation.
By the Jean—Witness had been taken into custody by Mr.
Cope, the City Marshal, and be escaped, because Cope had Do
warrant to apprehend him or Mr. Hewley.
Mr. Hawley was card and oeninned 'the last winwee.
. Charles Warren, a clerk in the Bank 4 England, proved that he
unheated the SOOl. note, 6,957, for a wee of 1001. and four uotes
of SOL but be could not identify the prisoner or Sheppard as the
poems who received the notes.
Mr. Sewell was called to prove that the check was a forgery,
when Mr. Law took an obtection to his competency as a witness.
He said, that although Messrs. Ilanbury and Co. had credited his
account with the 3451. he still was interested in the chick ; fur it he
were to swear it was his handwriting, Hanbury and Co. could
still reterverthe amount from him.
Mr. Demuth and Mr. BROPIRIeI were beard in answer to the
ehtestion, and they cited cases from the bunks to prove him a com-
petent witness • and Mr. Justice 6 ruled that his evidence
was admissible,
Mr. Sewell was examined—The primmer was his clerk; winless
went into Besse to traria= business, on she Ist el October last, and
returned on the 4th; the prisoner appeased coefosed ; Pelt mum
int prisoner left a letter on ills desk., stating that be had got another
situation • on the following Saturday, witness ascertained that a
heged cheek, in his name, for 3451. had been preowned at Hen-
bay sad Co. his hankers, and paid. The check now ?roamed
be knew to be the same; the handwrking of the body of the check
was the prisoner's; he never authorised the prioutter to draw a cheek.
Croseexamined—He returned suddenly to Lothian on the 'sth
of October; be never informed the prisoner of the state of Its
bashing account. The signature, • Charles Sewell," to the cheek,
be meld net weak to. It alight tvtemble his owe rdtoitaxe eery
strongly. He saner committed the prisoner about the Stile of his
eclairs; be might have torn a check out of the check-book to the
margin. Before the prisoner was in custody, he advised Mrs.
Ragland not to go tonic bank of Hanbury and Cm He did not
loM lies. Ragland that he had veld 9004 hoo the Dart a short
dine rodeos to the detection of the forgery. He might have told
Mrs. Sewell so, but she never told " Mrs. England so In his pre.
seam." He might have said that probably• the personal supposed
he had drawn out 11l be had in the bank. Sam Selma never mid
to Mrer blend Millis (witness's) pretence, "bethought to have
overdrawn 141. or 15/. didn't he'—not did he (witness) an-
swer " yes."
Mr. Lew—Now, by the solemn oath you have sworn, before
Geo and Tone eeeschoee, is ant the demon, to this thee!
.yeer
handwriting y Witoses-.-No, certainit not; nue any part of it.
John Thinipsoo, Hyder Coble, and Isaac Sewell, deposed that,
the check was not in the handwriting of Mr. C Sewell.
Meknes Tbuntwood, a proprkter of one of the Reading codes,
said, that the primmer several dews rode on has colt in the begin.
ming of October last, and be gave him a geld chain and seals. The
prisoner proposed taking a Aare in one of the stages. Ile passed
by the name of Parker.
J. Medburat a waker at the Seraem's Head. Friday-eareat, de.
prated, that the prisoner lud,,wd fur about a fortnight, in Octobee
last, at his masters inn, and went by the name of Parker. He had
pima, Of wan, but always awaited peaty dejected.
George Chionock a Reading coachman. deposed, that be saw
the prhooer at the Saracen's Read Inn at the Utter end of (km.
bees and Mee at Reading; at the latter place be told the prisoner
data he had sees an mouse of a /osprey he the pope's, and he
biped that 11*(the primmer) hod carting to do with it. The pro
totter replied, " perhaps be had or had not," and begged witness
net to detain him. Witnest advised him to get out of the way. lie
lett a trunk with the Midge" W. P." en k, in witnew's possession,
which had been delesosel op to Honbary and Co.
Mr. Modem the poeticisms of the Stag and Hooods. BinSeld,
produced a watch, which the primmer gave bins to sell for 201.
Sheppard, the shopman of Mr. Hawley, deposed that the pd.
sower purchased that watch of hint.
Mr. Cape, she Oty Muskat, said that he took die primmer into
cusiedp se Idasimity's Beak. an the 90th of Jaanary last, and de
prisoner admitted that he was she person who presented the check
aid atceived Gash for it.

nem Llov4 of the firm of Barbary and Co. deposed, that ea
tho Mb of Jammer the canto nee the imokiephome is
Loashowleareee. end auL he was Sharpe Began& Witness said
he did not knew him, sad a etch said, " Why it is the young am
who committed the forgery.* Witness told the prisoner that be'
hoped he had well considered the matter, for he could expect no
!aurae from his., as the pousecutime was is the Maas of the Bane
ken' eseiety. The panne( said, •.• Then you wilinot let mego r
to which he attavivast, " C:rtaisip me"
pro e. 4
was again called, and identified the chain and scab
il;miby the witness Thumwood, as part niche property bought
the prieecerae 11it. Hawley's shop. This closed the cm brain
preaundua. The primer and his define &sea apper la which
stamp, &Med that he committed the forgery himself be re-
frained from explaining the transaction, because be could ewe do k
without imputing guilt to another person.
A peat number of Tennessee were called, and they pve Min the
highest character for honesty and paswal pod conduct.
• Me. leaden Gasman smutted up the cam, and the Jury found
the vioaser Guilty—Death.
Ems Jams a man 26 years of age. was indicted for forging and
= Mama &Veva, a forged bill of melange for &Still, with intent to
Jones, Lloyd, wad Co. beakers, of London, at
ethane home he left the hill fee me:ranee; ma to another count
be was charged with intending to defraud David Junes and Co.
bankers at IJandovery, in Wales. The evidence elicited the fig-
lowing banker,
:—A bill of exchange, dated the 15th of January, 1827,
porporskag to Mee bees dawn by p..d Jests sad Co. payable
deem alembeakere Jam so J. Williams, for £3OO, weak& on the
IliAth of January lag, at the hasklng.house of Jones, Lloyd,
and Co. Lothborn who are the agents of David Jones and
'Cimpany, banked, of Liandovery, for acceptance. It was
demo is me very mosual a manner es to tacks the mes-
a= of the amp and vie discovered eo he a finery.—
Orden were gives, if any one called for the bill, that Mr.
Tabor, me of the partners, should see the party. On the following
day the primer called for the hill, and was takes into a back room
and questioned by Mr. Tabor and Me. Oates, the snicker, for the
Baskets' Assoliaties. The primmer mid that the hill bad bees
given to him by a Ma. Williams, an old frigid of his, front Wales,
who was one obit to Idiodea, and resided at 542, Strand, who re.
quested Mesta have it the previous day for acceptance, and he b-d
vomit& Mn William to call fur it that morning, and to return it
to him. Mr. femur muempanied the pawnor to DM, Strand, a
hems mouplaid bp Ma Bowleg, a. ham, corner of Caiman's
street, Strand. whore so pawn named William bad resided.-.-
Several Mimeses peeped that the bill was in the handwriting of
theyeboner, and others proved thee kwasnot signed by Mn David
Jaw% ae Lkasibariavyi TM bed aim admitted to one of
the witnesses, that be left the bin Miry Litarl, and C,o.'• Back,
on the day Whey hie opprelesepoo, foe acceptant. The witemeits

and Co.'s beside the

MR the letters D—d,
peva* awes Danaid,
He said diet there
Ilse bW bad been

keying k to be &c-
-redos seta/ upou it.
serve a point In favour of
brother Judges thereon,
Me case whit Ids actor.
abort eousultatioo, re-
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THAMES POLICE.
lirtMay,tbe neighbourhood of Skadwell and Wapping presented
leo mad of 1210anialoo in consequence of a :wretch, a female,
befog broegfstto this Dice, charged with acts of the most au.
liviedief babbitt towards a fine lktk girl, about 0224 years of
ayr. The Ogee was crowded with parish Orders sod a host of
witnesses; there were upwards of LOW persons collected outside,
=::the linongest feelings of indigo:ulna against this bthinnan
The more specific charge upon which she was brought
up Was fee bitting the child with a red hot poker along the back,
In diarist plicis.—She stood at the bar exhibiting a most tremeo-
sious-blec,b eye, which she received from the infuriatt d multitude
on Mr froth the Watehhouse, and it was with the utmost dill.
catty the caws multi prevent her from being torn to pieces.
It appegfeillll evidence that the child, Mary Anne Thompson,
wai seatiod ot reepectible parents, who resided in die parish of
*. i iojgs, s East, about ten years ago, but dying Ia iftll4l4/12
.121211211222220, aid baying only one child, the present miserable
lie vies ciensigised to the Workhouse. After she had Deco
theii 'beet s year, tie prisoner called at the Workhouse to see little
Mary 'Anne, aIN said that she was an old friend of her father and
moildr, aid minuted the Overseers to let her have the child, offer-
ing to take -erne semi Very trifling consideration; the Overseers
totem theyeesifeeted to Goodin the child to her care, asked her
hew she supritSal herself?—she said that she bad a house hi Angel
Chatem, Midi lb, he in lodgings, and to none but respectalik
reared. The Overseers, on inquiry, finding this part of the
ow/ correct, roe her the little limy Anoe • and shortly after
the • shod bacilli Mnaate of her domicile she began to trekt
her in she meet barbarous maned. Upon the most trivial liana.
Lidashe would strip her naked, tie her to the bedstead, and
itlersddi eise woad be one aims of quivering Abet. She
was freparaly k rho bible of tying her by the toes with a tight
Hasten; oil kerb/Oise in the position of suspension, hanging with
her head downwards, and then most inhumanly beads: her, mid
sometimes break* her with a poker. As to food. were it not for
the bentaaty of the mightners, the child waddle/0 been starred ;
she warmly al feedell heir as mock as would support We, and she
alWays threataand,lf the Mae sufferer should met speak of bee bar-
hark, shiewoold scree her oft assich was the terror which the little
girl Ind of bees wine the trembial as the menden Mho maw and
mid het seighbours men afraid of tier ; though is the bur of
midnight they have here Mum awoke out of their sleep by the
pierdog.arita M. the child undergoing her torture. ea it was ge-
nerally that boor she clam for the perpetration of her cruel-
ties; she was deo the habit of stripping her and placing
her in a COMM of £he room, and throwing several pails of
water upon her, and when she bad a !alley fog burning, she gene.
rally used, While doing so, to make the child keep her mouth full
of cold water, and afterwards to hold the poker Iss a metals pug.
,dunk fur a thew Nomenowahrs acts of cruelly were 4111/3•14 to,
and they "maid not have heels discovered. were it wet that one ot
the Overseers passing by late Thursday &veuirg, and beating
the moans of the child, wag Into the house, and there found the
child in such a state as induced hint witniedlately to takothe mamma
into custody; the chid was esamined by mow freaks who Encoded
ail Witheaes, awl they solenthy declared, opus their meths, that
the child's persosi ealsibiursl the gams appalling state of cruelty that
can well be imagined.
Mr. Eattasmia, after seiterelp mainsadverthsg spun the pi-
smires onadact, tweed shot do plush would take es up and tor-
cenuediptiestrauors. „
The Overseer .014 that Serf mainly would.
Mr. Satissrbre raireutd that he could not commit her for
more than the assault, width he said, and evaded her us give 24
hours' alike of bail. and tram was she. reetored ; and had hems out
forthcoming, else wasoonemosed far the want M U.
MARY-LA7BONNS.
Saturday Charles Itikekr cftrged Jima Adieu, a drover,
h under Mr. Mangles Act, with awelipa. a cow.
Wheeler having bete desired by Mr. Barons so Nam his mama-
tiou and the parsiculare of his case, mid—l ma, your Warship,
Inspector to the City of Landow elety fur the Suppression M.
Cruelty to Animals, by which 1 km directed every Wsdaesday to ;
watch the conduct of drovees on the road to Southall or se Som.
ford. Agreeable to these hetraetiama, on the 7tlr of February 1
towards Southall. and our the goad mar Shepherd's
t=is
litd a Geutlemao, who tad me there was a man behind
drives( a cow which had lost a hoof. 1 foetid the animal in
the possession of Adams ; the claw was entirely goes fiem one
foot, nod two ethers were hanging by Use shows, so that the
blood Sowed profusely, aid every step it tee hem 'astute
pain, water actually came from its eyes. You may think it
incredible, but I assure your Wocship it is absolutely true. I
asked him how far be was going to take it? he said to the Cky. I
told him I considered it a case of item barkewity, and darned him
fo have it at the Swan ;abbe baud, width ha promised to do.—
Thinking he might pay so attention to what I had said, I gave
anotbet drover • pint of bear to Mauer him, and tell him again from
me to leave the animal at the Swan, hotted of whit* 1 afterwards
ascertained k was driven in that condition Mao mites to Nvergate
market.

Ms. amass Ur. Ranruaion. and Lied Mamas., wasp was
Assam the Beath. espremed recites' of horror at Wheeler*s
add Mr. &imams asked Adams Übe admitted It to be true?

Marne did mu attempt to contradict it, but mid he acted seder
hie oatu►9 orders, Mr. James Matthews, of Newptedsasket.
Mr. Matthews lichig 'moat, Mr. itawcammar asked bisa what
mass be could make for each as act of cruelty ?
Mr.

of the beasts at Satithall market emu a
great distance from the country, and the hard roads this frosty
II vresalset tries diet: fest. Ike was In the same condition arias I
lbssubt ker.

Led Ihnivroao—Then you ought to have killed her at once,
and brought her home dead.
bit. Matthews—l think she was able to walk fifty miles—she
was not in any pain whatever.
Mr. liawanisins—You we she orriq sun spat earth who would
lory se. We ail think ka mar of pees cruelty. made worse by the
diover's promising to leave the animal at the Swan, and not as-
tendlngto it. • - -

lattbews—We weir obliged to take the row boost; we
cold net Whew on the read.

Wheeler—Mew might hem slaughtered it at the Swan; the land.
ised sem be would have allowed h.
Mr. Rawunaolt— We haat the heaviest pawky, lye pounds. I
tio not know whether you moan to leave the man la the lurch, who
hoe dome this is obedience to your orders; if so, in the event of his
not paying, be will be imprisoned for the whole term, three mouths. •
Mr. Matthews paid the penalty before he left the Mee.
Wheeler brnugbr forward another charge against fieuseei P*lllber.
Mm, a drover, employed by Mr. Sower, of Nevrgate.merket.
This was for driving a bullock, on the same day, with the claw
elr; but,u the drover paid attention to Wheeler's remonstrance
and lett he animal at Bayswater, attended voluntarily at the aloe
witbout a summons, and then promised the Magistrates not tot:amid
in tike meaner again ; the ease was not pressed against him.
Mr. itawunstra mid to him—lt is not because these poor crea-
ture& ham trtvellvd far in (rusty roads that they auto be driven as
a nutter of courre--nor are you to obey such cruel orders when they
are given to you by your employers.—He was discharged.

THR SIRPRDITIER RIVER, /cr.—Yesterday, although
perhaps is was the avast intensely cold day ever IR-
membered, the crowds collected around the Serpentine
River eiceeded any Mi.% of the kind we have seen for
many years. The terrace-walk, on the south side. was
'completely impassable at times. Our lair country.
women courageously encountered the rude blasts
of the tempest, for the wind from the north-east
was a perfect Lan 'cane. Oa the ice the concourse
ut people was very great; both seses piurnenading
up and down the centre, when they were not occupied
in viewing the accomplished skaiters in the ring.
ice covered every part of the river ; and so severe kau
been the frost in the preceding night, that twiny put
boot. There could not have been less than a th-usawl
persons on the ice and of it at least ten thousaw.!. Tae
double line of carriages occupied the north bank, tier
whole length of the river. We heard of no accidealsi •

i. 17. dot ruff tb. *Ow D. Jame al
lir. . lo.ramitlia as oitgottios. Heald IN
to we
bilj WHO tbe word Lloyd, might pool
Ittlignolt 'ex' "girt Dirridil no stated in
tiiis.sd* railed i the indietorne.
,11"4711, lina-hOon Ito uttering Wei Intent reoood=
olt weettly telt liot aciateattem There iree aby
reed Osgood ftk Ike Inevemeet. witicb ma by I
I is a snood cOoSt Ittteingit with tits intent tit gettisi
:0 deified chariot sewn ,fitileem=reid, be wototildhire=
ough of litnatltorStk. in tate at itosairlition. He stunmed op the c
ided " Not chati," earned lopitclatirj. wad the Jury. after a sha
should be swam oft tmind at " Gouty of uttering the B
,e Bank of kand et ternsiliis /Mies; Lloyd, and Company."
II Cm demoted to ImiVint it4ITH.I.I.ItiENC