Westminster Sessions, Thu...
The Times, 1824-01-23T00:00:00

J.o n -wcl , a porter attihe 4:olden-cross, .Charing-cross. was in-- dicted for obtainingrmoney under false pretences f?ro'rm -hlizabeth: liears. 'It appeared that Lord AlvanleyF was Wtbe babit of asnding - up game from Norfolk-by the coach to the prosecutrix, for the pur. - reseofle'lrg firw:irdedby her to his Lordship's friend in town.. n tb 17th of November,the prisoner-took her three parcels, ivitha. ticket on whichi v as marked 18s. 2d., whlich she paid hismn; i the next day, she paid him 2!. Os. 2d. fior for parcels; wid on the day after 11. Cs. 4d. for four parcels. Upon a reference, however, to the hooks, it appleared that the surms accounted, for at the office for thcse parcels on thebthree daysrespectively3bovemMntioned, were-15s. 6E4 11. 14s. 3d., and 11. 3s. 4d. butit beirng proved that the booltktper then in the office had since gone away, and could not bc found, i was impossible to say whether the fraud had been practised by hins or the prisoner, and therefore the jury found a verdict ofitg Guilty. GAMBLING-HOUSE TBAITSACTIONS-THE XgfGO t. 5MSM .lr. AnoLPHus stated that the defendant was indicted uarer an act passedin the reign of Queen Ann, hut this phtt of ihe charg v-as given up; and the prosecutor, AMr.GeorgeTidmarsh, only meantt proceed upon the connt for a common assault conmmitted by the &- fendant upon him. George Tidmarsh swore, that on the 6th of August, 1822, he sawf the defeidant at the house No. 33, Pall-malL As the witness en- tered the room, lVels was betting with Jackson, the croupier ata roul0te-table. Welsh declared a pound upon the red, which iar eon took up, and *an. We1Bh then bat douple or quit, and so oti' until he lest 8L, when .Jac&,on refused to bet any more with hbi - mtil he paid what he had, lost; upon which Welsh .cmnnerced "brandasiinig" a stick abo-tf auudbreakint the.ltp$ Thechrir was pulled from under Jacksonj who-vas thrownupon thd ftoor, and Violendy struck npon the head bv the.-defend&nt and otheer rsr present. Seeing the defendant thus Cisti=tJackson, and him call out " lunrder the b_-" witness interfcred toprotect nhi, and was himself struck by Wdsh. Cross-examineed by the defendant.t-fla you been conerned in a gaining-lhouse at that time ? !Mr.' ADoLPAus and ir. C. PIraLLirts.objeeted to the question; it the Chairman over-rulea the objection. was not concerned in that table. samuel Brown stated, that he was a shoemaker and was pre3sea upon the occasioli alluded to. He gave an accotiut of the scuffle Sf- Imilar to tbat given b. the preceding witness, wbose head bled pto- fusely until a surgeon cnai.e and dressed it. It was a mostVtoient outrage. Cross-examined by the defen.e ll35t wereyou doing in the- i house at that time ?-I was a waiter there, iWlas it not your occupation to hand about liquiXts the gentlmnea playing, for tile purpose of intoxicating them ?-1 gfterT ha1ded yout water: that did not intoxicate you. Did You not hand spirits to the gentlemen to intoxicate them.?- i did h'and spirits to such as ash ed for it. When did you cease to be a waiter at garnbing-houses 7_Abht5t four months ago. Thomas Wood was present at tlhe scuffle; rnd saw the deferd.-it i busy striking every one near hiim, but couldnot say he saw him stike thle prosecutor. The defendant said he had great disadvantages to contend with in makinhg his defence; having to cope with men of experience and talent, and being prevented by his difficulties from employing coun- sel. He had but just cotue 0,nzt of prison, where lie had been con. fined for debt through the inretipAiVn Of those very men who were now, prosecuting him ; but no s~onerf was he atliberty,, than they hud him arrested upon a wvarrant for this bhZiness; and he was taken to Str. lartin's icntehhouse on Fridav last, where he had remained ever sin.ce. The jury wvot uld look to the char.7Gt*er anor of the posector, ilor he hd inicte w .ith hrs for keeping a i gnming.honse, at Nvo. ISi, linry.stiect, S. Jamres's. . nlu(c takie | indicreltinhi<s by the namne of Jasules, instedu of George -were on. I advarntage of thle misnlomer, he got off, whilst .the others se. Irs ivicted, and sentenced to 6 months' impri.sonuuent '13 ?Nessg Rte consequence of this, the prosecutor and his ass intes were lea, a together to persecute hnim in every way they could. 'Tey ImadpX a secuted him at Bow-street, for playing at hazard, aud gOnVicti him on thrce separate indictments, on eaeb of which he was to 10 days' imprisonment. He had discovered that th0r psr2d false roilletic wheel from Paris, which was I-Md with magnet; and hc had pledged himself to expose s.d put down hose infernal sinks. or iniquity; therefore it ,eas that they conibned to destroy him. I; was true he had frequented those houses, but he hati paid dearly for it. Ile had been the dulpe, and not the duper. In consequenc eof so doing,he had lost a good situation under the honourable Company (lie did not state what Company). lie wac of a good tmiily. ant badl respectatile frienids; but theY had shut their hearts against hlnt, in consequence of the ruin he had entailed upon himself by frt- quenting those houses. These peopIe had boasted that they had a find amongst them of l(0O,0t0jl., for the express purpose of suppressing common informers, as the learned counsel had called hin. The iurr would recollect the ecase of Lientanent Smith. who liani odiged informsations agauist Cildt iida anri Bennett. Dir. bmitfb was act.0lly entrapped by those people into borrowing a horse andc gig, vliich ithey then charged him w:ith having stolen, and, had him tried for his liic. The counsel, however, was so disgusted ivith the case, that he threw uip his brnef. Such was the description of men whomn he had to defend himself against; and such were the motives by which thev rere actuated. The jury would consider wellt therefore, wvhether they would deprive him of his liberty upon thie testimiony of such m.en. If he lost his liberty, he wouLd probably lose his life*; for he had now no means let! of supporting life bat by the sweat of his brow. He would prove, that on the occasion ire question, he never came in contact with Tidlnarsh at alL Tidnarah,. at the time he was struck, was holding anotlier man by the throat against the will; and he (defendant) was at the otler side of the room. Ile ihen called Edward Streteh, wlho swore that fronm aul he &saw, and to the best of his belief, the defendant dii. not.strike Widmarsh. However, he could not say positively that he did not. MIr. Pnni.LisS having replied, snd the leamned Chairtmar sum.- rned up, the jury returned a verdict of Xot Guiltz. - Cooe was indicted for assaulting John Wm. ChoWnd. It tp- peared, that on the 22d of December the prosecutor went to l)rury- lane theatre, and seeing only three persons in one of the boxefs on ss seat which contained room far four, he made liis way into it, antd took the place between the defendant and a lady. The de'endant was dissatisficd with this intrusion, and the prosecutor relied upon his right to the place. After an interchange of some irritating observa- tions, the defendant struck the prosecutor, who gave Wim ixicbarge to a contshLble. The Jury found him guilty; but upon Iiis making an apology to tie prosecutor, lie w as ealy sentenced to pay a fine ot one shilling. TIIE KING V. SALVADORE. Mr. C. PICXLL1P- moved to respite the recognizarces of the bail of Joseph Salvadore until next sessions. He was at present perforInug at Paris; but being engaged. under a penalty of live hundred pounds to perform at the Opera in l.oodon nest week, there was every re-son to expect that he would be here tbhea. He was accusedl of doing, what miost Frenchnen do every fai- imaTnely, wvashing his hands at the window in his shirt, and this vs called an inidecent exposure. The C1AIItaAN-.-lMe1 hIIe conMes we will hear what he has to say; until then we cun do nothing. Albert V'tali was indicted for assaultingz Mrs. bavies, who keeps a tobacco-shbp in New Iross-strcet, Leicester-fields. We have al. re.sdy published the casein our police reports. The detieadant went into the shop to p%archase Cd. worth of segars, for which he insisted he had naid down a sovereign, while AMrs. Davies asserted that it was a sfiilling. This ave rise to a scffie. The Jury ibund himl Guiltyi ol' the assault. The CniAiEs.Ax sentenced him to pay a fine of one shiilling, and told hin he still liat the opportanity of recovering back his sove. reign, if he could prove lie had given'it to her. F ranxcis Stcthmg, a boy about nine or ten years old, was convicted of assaul'ting Charls Ross, al boy somewhat younger than himself, hose eye he put omit, by' shouting at him with a bow and arrow. The UCIACJlzIMA said he did not l;now whiat he ouglit to do with the defendant; and has not yet pronounce sentence upon him. t 2IfIAZ-STAA? !;PS.StO.S, T?Atwsday' JanW. 2e? .