The Sun. — 1838-07-13 (London, England)

CENTRAL CRIMINAL COURT.  THURSDAY.  Gotthard Roake was indicted for feloniously forging an order or warrant for 601., with a view of defrauding Rotbsehilds and Co. He was also indicted for uttering the same, knowing it to be forged, After hearing evidence,  - - • 4 • 'l4l(tesit-,0 • e eym. The Jury found the. prisoner Guilty of uttering a fcrgvt.ik, document.  SJI  The prisoner was again indicted for steal:llg twenty silver faletespeens, several.silver forks, two ladles, one pair of sugartongs, and ether articlee, the property of the Rev. Wen. Tyrrell, residieg near Eaton, Leicestershire. The Jury returned a verdict of Guilty. JUDGMENT OF DEATII —Mr. Tustice Parke directed that the prisoner John Rickey, who w?s convicted the previous (fey for the wilful murder of Sergeant James Hamilton, of ese 12th Lancers, at Hampton Court Palace, to be brought up.. Proclamation of silence having been made by the Bailiffs of the Court, Mr. Justice PARKE, having put on the black cap, proceeded in an impressive tone of voice to address the unhappy convict as follows John Rickey, you were tried yesterday for the awful crime of murder by an attentive and considerate Jury, and the investigation occupied a considerable portion of the !rime of the Court. Every circumstance vs as taken into conaideratforee and you must know that there was no wish on the part of the parties prosecuting to press the case too strongly against you, but sirrip!y to sustain the cause of public justice, I not then proceed to pals sentence of death upon you, although I and my Le ernes.! Brothers had not the least doubt of your guilt, but there' were: matters which induced us to postpone judgment. A more creeel and premeditated murder than that committed by you has I:eiee disgraced the judicature of England—committed, too, upor: sene who never injured you—sending him to his awful aceorzet without prayer or preparation, and with his sins upon hie .head. You upon beers in prison some time, and must haveo your greet crime. You will,by the law or Ecgland, have additional time to reflect upon your awful seen:n;on, and I sincerely trust you will employ it in prayer and repsentance. The jury who tried you, with a false notion of things, need not consulting what was due to the interests of public justice, `ecommended you to mercy. I regret that that recemmendatione cannot be accompanied by mine. The crime of murder is mast hateful to the Almighty, and his law is, that ' whoso slieddeth man's blood, by man shall his blood be shed, for in the image of God made he man ;' and it is also declared, The land cannot be cleansed of the blood that is shed therein but by the blood of him that sheddcth.'—( His Lordship was here much moved, shedding tears as he spoke.) There was, however, one great consaletion for the prisoner—a merciful GO, and that through the blessed Saviour's merits and this great atonement, that God may hear your prayers, if wholly penitent." The Learned Judge was again very much affected :when is passed upon the prisoner, in the usual form, the awful sentence of death. The prisoner then walked from the dock, exhibiting the same composure as .hes had maintained throughout.