Star.
London, England, 1829-03-21 00:00:00

AIIIIYE IN I'ELLIWiNCE.

HOME CIRCUIT.—MAIDSTONR,'Nfsscii to.
. (Before Mr, Barns Gasnow.)
FORGIFIT.
Thomas Stedman and Georg! Pattendos were charged
with nvering a forged promissory note, purporting t«
he of the value of 1O with intent to defraud Henry
Ossenten. In other counts they were chimed with an
intent to defraud Messrs. Gear and JeEries, of the
It ichester and Chatham Rank.

Mr: neLLA ND 'stated the ease.' The forgery vonsisessell
in an alteration on the face of a 11. note of the Chatham
Bank. ko as to give it the appearance of a 101. note.
Collett. the ostler-at the Six Bells et Cliffci
deposed. that the prisoners came to that house on the.
Roth of December. its! horse and cart. Stedman askedl
witness to look for a person named Ossenten. which be
did, and having found him, brought him to them. He
left them talking together in the stable. They all went
awn, sip n after in the curt. •1
Henry Ossenten examined—He was fetched by the
last witness, and had an interview with the prisoners;
they asked him whether he had got any thing .? mean-
ing smuggled goods; he told them he. had not, but
he knew a person who had ; he afterwards bargained
with them for four tubs of spirits of brandy. for which
they wise to give him 565. each ;. Psitenden gave him a
101. note, and the remaining balance was paid by Sted-
man; witness kept tae note for some time, and then
paid it away; it was returned to him as a bad one; hi
afterwards sal Pattenden; 'and asked hint if he should
know the 101. notehipaid him, if he saw it again? he
said he should; witness then produced` it, and -he ex-
arnim•el it, and admitted it to be the same; witness told
him it was a bad one. and asked him for another in ex-
change; he-said hreould 'not do it then, but he would
thrnest day ; the nest shay he said tie could not do it
under a fortnight,., and final .that time witness saw nos
thing of him till he was in: cu.tody..when a constable
named Joist s called on him, and requited him to pro-
duet the note. •
erns% ex,rnined—lVhen 'questioned about the note,
Pattenden without hesitation admitted it to be the same.
lie was not apprehended at the instance of witness
Witness kept the none expecting that Pattenden wen*
give him another for it..
Mr. Gem: examined-r.He was till August last a parn
net' in the Chatham Bank. The note produced was is,
sued by them in 1A27 as a 11.: note; it had since been
altered so as to make it appear to be a 101. note. The
alteration was not made at the Bank. ,
'Thomas Jones is-a constable; he apprehended.Patli
tinden; he told him that he was charged with went*
forged Bank of England and country notirs., Pattenden
said he knew nothing about any Bank of England notes,
but he was silent as to that part of the, charge which=
respected:the country notes; witsi,s gave the prisoner;
into the custody uf another • . I
James GI iffiihs peened hiving 'inspired a horse and
cart for Patient* on the 27.th'of Decemlter. •
Miss pa, krr..of the White Horse. at Claxton, prayed:
that the prisoners stopped there on the awynini of the
2Stli of December'. 4.1144 a horst •end cart with
them, and proceeded inillhe &cedes -otditre. She saw.
them seturn about len o'clock tie 'same evening.
James Wilkins was at ,the Six 1311.., at Cliffe, op the
RSth of D cember. Hi saw,the prisoners and (Mentes
together. They went onto a small room. and on witness
follewing them, Pattenden asked him to wirhdraiv, as
be said they had a little private Iminess to settle. Pat.
tetiden kftet wards told him that the note he paid Oa:
eaten had been returned to him as forged. About
two months back he saw Pattenden. and S annul to-
gether. 'sod a conversation ensued about buying is
horse. Stedman, at Pintenden'sdesire;produeed a 201.
note. and the latter explained to witness that it was a
20s. mite, altered was to look like a 201. note. Patten!
den said they meant to buy a horse with it., The words
used by Pattenden. when he called on S..eJman topro-
duce"the note. were," Stedman, show him one of those
201. notes."' A few dayX afer he met them at B arming,'
n ken a conversation took place about: a la Mite. Pat-
leaden asked S.idman for money towards taking up a,
note which had been returned in the hundied. Sted-
man said he Would not give him any then; but if Pat
tenden would buy a horse hi would sell it, and pay him
out of the proceeds. Pattenden said, 66 if you du not
pay me I will split." The returned note alluded to was
that passed to Ossenten.
'Cross-examined by Mr.Ccatescaots—He was Rae a'
particular friend of Pattenden ;1 he was a labouristgi
mats, and bad worked for' one person off and on for six
. yeats; during that off and on period he had been three,
times in custody; it was neither time for any good;
Mr. Jackson, of Farley, lust a saddle, about a n.on h
.ago. and be' was taken up on a charge of stealing it, hut
afterwards liberated; be had been Awice in jail—
once for two lnokths.and'afterwards far five; it was
esi:k dale for keeling windows. and nothing else; he'
lied once taken Mr. Jackson's horse for• an so airing"
without his leave; he kept it two days, and then returned
it: he did not see' the constable first; he teturned it
voltuttarily; he.went to Maidstone with the It rise; be
wilt there Merely to " an' the horse.
'This was the case for the prosecution.
•Pattenden, in his defence, said the notes he paid away
be reteived from Stedman.
'Stedman saidhe didaot know the notes were bad ones.
The Jury, after a brief consultation. returned a Ives-
itsol of Guilty against both prisoners.
Mr. Baron Gaaaow observed, there was another'in-
dietment against them' but he did nut think it necessary
to try them on it. They might be removed from the
bar. and he would consider what was to be done with
them.
NORTHERN CIRCUIT. LANCASTER, Memo
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AWN [Ashur, aged 32. was indicted for the wilful.
snprder o.F Goorge Howarth, at Manchester, in them nth.
oCOctoher last.
Thomas Bollan--I in a watchman. at Manchester.
OR Saturday plunging, the lltb of October. about a
quarter past three o'clock. I saw the de:eisecl.. He had
his hands on his belly, and slid " Oh dear eae,, I 'am
stuck: I sp.ong my rattle, and the captain of the
gra, ch came up. We took Howarth to the Infirmary;
by . tainted away. I went to the lock-up. and celled
Alkosk and got a . - ,
A.Hcock--I am a police office! at Alanchcter ;
.I,,was called up. Ity the last witnessi the deceased was
tlwre;.l.yavir.liked on his %hitt ; I 114 seen the,pitsoner
that morning • be(ple.; that way at ball. past twelve;
low him at-tbe lock ups. he rapped at A'te door. And
saidihe. had been robbed of 3s. 6J. by a girl in Anger
neadow..and be asked me tort wiih:him therct 1 told
aim the.watclwrnen ere on their rounds. a n 4 asked him
111611): 444 :not apply torhem I' he said bebad, but thy,.
awn not go with him; he appeared to have..j44a,p
4111.1 deal of liquor ; I told him to come in the morning
adisanite was sober, and he should be attended to; 1 was
Awe whew he came; Howarth and Jackson woe with'
bins at the latter part of our conversation. The deceased
took the prison= by the collar, and saida " Coale, my

man..go about thy business: they all three went away
together,
,and I saw no hitcher violence u.ed.
J iseph Jackson-1 am a • atchman, and was on my
rounds on the 10th of Octobei—l was accosted about
taenty m'nutes psi tAelve on the morning of the 11
is. Miller-street by the prisoner at the bar. I have no
doubt about it—he said I must go along with him, he
had been robbeJ of S. 6J. in soo.e pail of Angel
Meadow. There are a many buildings there.- I re-
fussed to go with him. He said he had been relished by
a woman—he said she put her hands into his waist-
Coat pocket and got the no.ney. I leferied lion to the
watchman on the round -ohne it was done—he said
Ice would go to Mr. Lavender, or he *cub have
an• of to go with him. ~ Ile isft me and
_went
to 'the lock-pp.. 1 went Au the window along with
Howarth, (witness desctibed. the cooversotion as
stated by Mr. Alcock)—when he came r.ut lie hesi-
tated about going ae. ay, and Howarth said " let us
go with him, and see what he is making this work
about"—we went abvut twenty paces and left him,, and
he went again towards the lock-up ;he kept knocking'
there but was not let in ; Howatifi went So to (din list
desired him to go about. hirbusiness. but he did not go;
Howarth to ik him by the c flat and gave him a swing
from the door ; he still hesitated to go away ; the de-
ceesed then struck two slight blows with his stick, one
blow on the hat, and the other on his baCk ; he then
soon went away towards Swan-street, or Oldham•road;
I saw no mote of him ; it then wanted about twenty
minutes to one o'clock; I had never seen him before to
my knowledge.
Crow-examined—l did not speak positively :to the
prisoner on the et insination; I said I thought I should
know him again.
William Ellis Guest-1 am .horse surgeon at the
Manchester Infirmary; 1 was called upon to attend the
deceased; I found the pulse scarcely• per ceptible ; the
sutf4ce of his body was cold' and shivering, and he vo-
mited vs part of the intestines were out at the lower part
of the abdomen; it was about an inch in length trans-
verse; the wound penetrated about fear inches into the,
belly upwards; he died at seven in the evening; 1 Waited
wi.h him one hour, I thought him so ill; he said tome
bethought he should die; I believe he really thought so,
and I entertained no hopes of his reciivery.
INxsy Longbottom, a night nurse at the Infirmary-1
was there a hen the deceased was brought in. 1 was
thele.with him until six o'clock is the moini ig. I was
frequently with him altar Mr. Guest left; I asked him
how he got the wound ; he said it was from a man, who
had been with a bad . woman in Angel-street; be had
lost his money ; he a anted him to take her up sad he
would not; about three o'clock in the morning, the man
followed him, and as soon as he could spy his airports.
pity he ran the {wile into him—he via. not aware of whit
he was going to do, or he could have prevented it.
, Mr. Stephen Lavender,. deputy constable of Man.
gliester—l heard of the morJer on the Siinday, Lind irfi
consequence of some inlormation,l went over' ro•Car-
lisle on the Saturday folios ing, end I foithd the priaoSer
f.tutt4y Arse; A slight examinattos had taker. place,
before the •1111 dem ate these. •
. !Benjamin Batty-,I am polite officer at Carlisle; in
consequence of 'information I went in search of the.pril'
Fatter; I went to Caldeigate ; he had been taken bypne
of my men; I told bins the crime he was apprehended
tor; I read the letter I had received from' Lavender, and
then showed him the advertisement; I asked him if he
had lived in Manchester? and he said he had; asked
him how long? and he said foe the last three months ;
he said he had lodged with one Peacock, in Monday-
street; I then read the bill to him, stating the time the
murder was committed, and asked him where he had
been during that week? he said helad boos .wprkin
hard all the week, and had wove three cuts; I thew
,stated that the murder was committed on. the Friday,
oight, and if he was in his lodgings then, he must be thei
wrong person.
• John Peacock I remember the circumstance of
Host arth's death ; I live at No. 1, Munday-street ; the
priiOner lodged with me for its or seven weeks; on the
10th of October he left my house; we had just lit. out
candles ; we went to bed, when a little before eleven
o'clock he had not returned then; I saw him about
eight the next morning, he was at wen k when I came
,in; he afterwards left my house on Sunday morning; I
did not know that he was going ; he never returned.
.4 knife was given to Mr. Lavender—it was one that
was in Common use in my house.
He had been working hard that

week; I had settled with him all up on Saturday night;
sometimes it happens that journeymen weavers leave
soddenly ; be always behaved vet y welt while he lived
with met and was quiet and peaceable for any thing
that I ever saw; he had rained a guinea that week; I
have had many that lest without baying any thing; he
received thirty five shillings on Saturday night, and.
bad settled every thing. •
James lel!Cormack, who lodged with the prisoner at
the house of the last witness, stated, th st on the night so
stated the prisoner came home about one o'clock ;he let
him in and locked the door; he went to bed and lelt the
prisoner smoking a pipe; he said he would follow him
to bed ; they slept in the same bed ; he did not know
shat time the prisoner went to bed; be awoke two or
three times before as .suing and he was in bed then; he
sasehtnlits fat as Bolton on his way: to Carlisle; he.did
not hear of the death of Howarth ui.til Monday evening.
-Mary Johnson-1 live in Manchester, in Sampson.
>itreef ,Elias lloorbouie lodged. with roe on the 9th
;.mtl 10th of October. Do the latter night the prisoner
came and inquired for her about h.ilf•past eleven o'clock;
I let him into the room where she was in bed. He went
away at twelve returneJ again between
,giro and tines o'clock in the morning a 1 gut up to in-
lake who it was, and be answered that he was the per.
gin who bad been these • before that night. f• went to'
:111qnrbouse. sad said. Macy, that ihe clotor
asiing tOr you;' I. told him „to go house, An.t.cOme," in.
the morning; be said he would stop at the door till
morning, and would watch •het our.; he said he would
bale her life, he was reedy' pieplieci for it then: .4.
struck three o'clock when he weatois;!ey.,, •
it also appeared that the girl hioorhonse was•deid:
-WA:agenda pioduced. the knife; which he received
from reacock ; and Mr. Guest, the surgenti4see it as
his (Tiniest that such a. knife *Quid hive trade such 'in
incision as was made in .the body el .the deceased, but
s smaller One would have lone ,so:
• The prisoner put in i longswiliten defence,• wherein
he painted out some dighl:discrininpeiesin the evidnee;
tad reasoned upon the improbability of his having
committed such a crime, and going away so publicly as
b did. . .
Mr. Justice epr Ilar.4e* cKetkif,to
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Stsealnyi that seti.advaad,Aftee being Abill4l)t about
half an hour. returned-Me Court.'and. vinsbed.to Arnow
from Hsndley
.volietbet the primmer have cafe
into die hisuie on the iiiiht‘sithdue bli. beatnik? ''The
woman had left the Conn, but Latimer's two broitseis
went for her. and on her return, she said that he could
not; that-she slept over the door-W4y, and that the
door on opening made a great eteaking. Mr. Justice
DAYLRI then okeJ her who had been from the Court

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fig her'? IX,' igid-I,in istitiiener. The iury'sgaig re-
tired, and attar ‘iniabsent in Ibe ilage•for Riots than
an boar, trogght in a intik* cf Agt Guilty. The trial
bated eight hoursi • ; -, 1. , , .

• • 11XF.31114-Mancsr Ms,
Crowe Std!—fletere akt.,desitrat OftS,'kW
Nicholas' llama* stpad indicted for baying mali-
eiriusly fi,ed a gun it . Franey Thorn on the 24th' of
November list, at the parisNWSherwsll, with iment to
Jo'him some grievous bristly harm.
Francii Therm examined by Mr. Tva eau. am in
the employ of Sir A. Chichester, at S etweilb es game-
keeper. On the night of the 4•tb of 14,orearber last, I
was goinil.round the wood, about half-past teu o'clock,
senrchi-g for poach. r•. Some other prrsors were with
me.' We heard a fired, and immediately contested
ourselves. Shottly after we saw two men come rip with
guns in their hands; one of Item saw me, and filed his
gUn and wounded, me in the right breast and face.
and I fell to. the ground. I( was tie weeks before I
finally recovereJ. It • was a 'Might moonlight night.
I saw ilre-,two men very distinctly a the pri•oner I
believe to be one of the mem I had known him before.
.• Cross-examined by Mr. alfaaa—l have bren amis.
taut gamekeeper tor six year.; this occurrence took place
is a tutee brake sear the road ;I did not seethe prisoner
for itiree weeks after this occurrence; I have accused
!pother man besides the pris .sea ; I cannot swear posi.
,Sieely he-was theanan who fired-at me; I speak-to the
lint of my belief chat he is the man ; I judge from his
(ice sad they; the dress he. wore was not common
in
on" past of the country; I cannot swear particularly to
th'e de4ription of dress:-
. By the ItmatOtie of the men, on coming op, in an
angry voice, swote at us.
William Prideaux, another gamekeeper, confirmed
the former witness.
William Petter examined tyrusient for on the 25th
of November to apprehend the prisoner, which I did g
:I sent to the spot where Thorn was shot, and found the
prisoner's.shoes fitted the for:grunt ks, and the number of
nails, in the shoes was the same as the impressions oe
the ground; I Compared the footmarks of Thorn, but
the), Would net enrrespirnd With those of prisoner's Shoes.
William Lynch examined—t lent a gun to the poi.
weer:six Weeks previous to the occurrence with the
gamekeeper ;, it WaS ant latatried until Ana that
:Clop-examined.7-Neiiker I nor my br,:ther have been
charged with this Offence.
Ike 'prisoner on being called on for his defence, said
be was in bed at the tirae.

Robert Lynch examined oa behalf -of the prisoner.—.
The prisoner lodged at my horse; be was in bed by ten
o'clock on the night in question.
Cross-esanaineJ—l had been in bed' aboot•half an
hour -when the prisOnerc sine home; when he went out,
and also when he• returned home, be had no gun with
him,. The ptisonar: does not court my druightet ; she is
not old enough yet—(Laughter). I can swear he did
not go out at all before nine o'clock.
• • Sir Humphrey Divie, High Shea of thircelnty,
was celled to speak to the prisoner's character, but he.
void he knew nothing of him..
• Mr..lastice.Gaact..aa summed up ; and
:The Jury, after ronsultingn few minutes; returned a
verdict of Not Gaiky, at the same time observing that
they did not give credit to what the witness for the pri-
WOK had said, but acquitted him on the round of
there not being sofficient evidence.
Fsameis Wilson, a private in the 96th Regiment pi
Font, stationed' at. Strmehouse, was indicted for having,
on ;be 3d of September last, broken into the house of
Thomas Augustus Dolling, and stolen various astielen
of wearing apparel. From the evidence it appeared,
that the house of the priiseentor bad been broken open.
and part of the wittily stolen found in the prisoner's
bed, in the barracks ; some other pan of the property
was picked up by a milkman, of the name of -Whittaker,
who returned it to the coiner. Oa the prisoner Wag
called on for his defence, he, in a very distinct me
audible manner, read the following defence, which, we
are credibly info: used, is entirely Worn comporatiotl;
"My Lord' and Gentlemen crthe Jury-4 stand as
cued before you this' day i f.a , encl.' of the greatest
magnitude, and one that is visited on the guilty with
the severest punishment of the law. Yet. that .called
upon to answer for myself in an afar of such great ins..,
portanee..l am totally urqualtfied tot it by long im-
prisonment and anxiety. /Sinn in the army and having
received my early nurture in it, I have been more ac,
customed to the sound ti the ' big drum and the ear
piercing fife, than to the controversies of lawyers or the
fiat of the Judge. I thereforehuMbly solicit your pa-
, mute, while I relate the manlier that I time into pos..
session of this property, and the reasons of mydetaining
it. Male night this robbery is said to have been perpe-
trated I had passed the evening in the manner customary
with soldier,. and had become much inebriated. How-
ever, I had sufficient sense remaining to conduct meta►
my barticks, and went to bed; bet, • waking early in
the mousing. with a severe pain in my stomach, it came
into my head that a glass of liquor would possibly cure
it; I went, first, to the Ca:teen, but finding it abut, I
walked 4.tio, the town is order to procure it; as I passed.
on, I stumbled over this bundle at the end of the-lane
ass" by the street, and detained it. thinking I might
hear of some reward offered to the bringer. Little aid
I expecttbe heap of troubles this would bring uporrinel
My Lord'and Juryman, I trust that you will not deem
ihiwa fabrication, such as is common wish eritninals to:
excelpatethemselvei. If, yon. review the evidence, you
will find *much to render it possible, much toconfiisrs it.
The 'witness Whittaker has already proved to you, that
waiting through the lane early in the morning. he
(Ind a number of things strewed about it. New Mega
is nothing In this evidence at ell incompatible with ray,
sicsount, but rather to leave trt Smithy) if
.4•0 i: if hei
Passing through the lane, toned ,is numther,of things,
,streweiljtidut, surtly I, pulling hp the•end of the
lithe Apia by the it, set;. ukiibt ' thisrprobably have
found mme. more, ,u was *evilly the' fact. Bin per..;
_baps. yoir will say that Whittaker, when be found the,
leiciputy,lMmediately West to thnowner and gave it
7dp--..yon. will aqy thin this was the conduct •of as
.Honest man; and that, had I been' one, 1 AMR
'scud in the -sone spanner. Undoubtedly, had'
Venni the party, I should these done so k but 1 trust,
r7e
1 •4001, that you will make some illbwanee tor a
eoldiei.-a man as sgaorintor, what happens to the ire-1
habiten.s of the place 14 dwells in, as it fie slumbered
his tins' away ifl. monastic seclusion. By what means
ewas a soldierjo be 'aware of such an aff.ir as this ?
Had be asked any. of the inhabitants about it, it would
must probably have been absented with ionic iroPerti•
Toilet or Opting insult. .Tlabed lotheSe circum.tause.,
the olili rinifse for an holiest mien's/tar td do as 1 did—
co detain the property, until by some advertisement or
handbill 1 should discover. 1.. h c °wain. I frig I have
trespeued lope dynur ilia*, Ann .loPg. • I Au'll "4'
therefore, knitter-my, thar-boweess astuop•lllrbies tilt)
appear against me, I shall still possess that omens ribs
commie recli, die best support under all afilictiuns:
Mr. Justice GA sun summed up, and the Jur) fouls.)
him Not built,.

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The prisoner,,was Og sin Indiete.l for etearmg time
cottons cks. end was,fnund Gordy. . i
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Mr. Juaice GASZLIV inquired of :'he Sefjotnt shut 1
a:ns the genar..) cbaraeter and dense4twur lit the rill., I
%Mirk ?—Tbr. Sesie.mt said, he enuld not give him a
wod ciar•cter......llo way. I•.r this .fence, seueengoJts '
I 'even yea's' to anveno.dino.- -- . . • I

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