Star. — London, England, 1817-09-26 00:00:00

OLD BAILEY SkeTE.I:I;I:It '25. j we: Miami r ohlictzd for stealing a gelding, the property of J R ff. Eltliam, !ser v er of Bushey Perk, stated, that ne had the care at gelding belonging to the prosecutor, which was put into the Park on the 'lst of Juiy, And stnien on the Bth of Augnit last. The gelding was Found in Mr. Aldridge's stables, in St. on the 1.1 of September. William Finch. kto Mr. Aldridge, stated, that the prisoner brought a brown gelding there and gave the n a m e of John Johnson, of Cobham ; he wished the gelding to be sat by witness. It was warranted sound. It was eter wards :ern by Mr. Ruff and Me. Eltham. The prisonr himself boldit to a Mr. Dul a. for dl2. Edward Duffill purchased the gelding on Wednes. day the 6th of Aug sit, frosts a person whrmi he be. lieved t.s t e the prisoner at the har.—Nut Guilty. 'rho same man was again indicted for stealing another horse from Bushey Park. Verdict—Guilty. The Court expressed their petfect approbatiott of this ver,•ict. Bawl OM, aged 17. was indicted for stealing a child of the age of three mamba. with the intent to deprive its parents of the possession ce such child. Mr. ADicenua stated the case for the prosecution. Sophia Canning, on th e 16•11 of August, was out in the street at Kensington ; while she was out a little gill came up to her, and after that the prisoner came to her and said, 44 Let us see, what is your name ? Can ?" and she added, that the witness's mother would be glad to see her ; she desired the witness to run and tell her, and that, as the witness cou!sl goo faster than she, she would take care of the child and go rate, her ; she said her nsme was Miss Hoes; she took the child from the witness. Witness went to her mother, and when she came back the child and woman were gone. She was absent about a quarter of an hour. Witness had observed the prisoner to have been pitted with the small pox, and had a defect in one of her eyes. William Jones, shopman to Mr. Roger., in Ken. sineton, stated, that in consequence of an inquiry about a child, he recollected he had seen the prisoner truss the roast in the morning; she looked up at the house, and her face was so remarkable he could not forget it ; he observed her walking up and down for about five minutes; he afterwards saw her speaking to two girls in the street, and in a few minutes he saw her with a child in her arms; site was giving bread to the infant. The parents, in about a quarter cf an hour, came to inquire about the child. Saran Canning, mother of the child, stated, that In August last the 6hild was three months old; when her daughter came to ;Morin her about the strange woman, and was without the child, she went illiOn• Chattily to look for her child. She had never seen the prisoner before. This witness had the child in her , arms, • fine little boy. • William .I.•seph Canning, the husband of the last witness, stated, that when he heard his child was missing he sent in pursuit of it; the child was taken away on Saturday, on Tuesday he went in pursuit of it II Atrasturd. The Officer who was previously stet in put suit brought the prisoner and the child to a pulslic•house there ; he saw the child in her arms; knew it td be his own; it was almost fam.sited ; his ' daughter Sophia was with him, and knew the pit. saner to be the same woman who took the child. George &sheen, an Officer of Bow-street, stated, that he was sent to Alrestord ; be went to West Dis. out Common, about six miles farther on ; there he saw the prisoner; when be saw her he said, " Well, Elias, bow is the child ?" she answered," Very well;" be' asked her it she tackled the child ? she said no, her' milk was gone ; he asked her why she took it sway from its parents ? she said she did not, it w.s *lee Own. Going a little further, she said to bins, 'O. It it is nut mine, whose is it?' She began to sus. 'pest be knew something about it; he told her she 'took it from Kensington she said," Yes, 1 did; have not hurt the child, and hope its parents will not bin me." He then tools her into custody. The fa- Sher knew the child instantly. The child looked very lad. The girl knew the prisoner. The prisoner said in her defence, that she merely 'asked for the child, and it was given her. She called Ito witness; she had employed no Counsel. The prisoner Was dressed in a poor cotton gown; a large handkerchief was thrown over het shoulders, and she iippeared herself to be far advaticed in pregnancy. . 'the Jury, without any hesitation, found the pri t oner —Guilty. um/ IF/tire was indicted for burglationsly break keg and entering the house of Peter Cloney, in Wind- 1 mill-street. in the parish of St. with an intent to steal. ' Jane Bans ord remembered the night of the 12th M July last. she had locked the doors of Cloney's house, and shut the window shutters at seven o'clock. She bad occasion to go up stairs again at tin o'clock; Ale had a light in her hand ; she tried to open tie door of one of the memo, and attempted tu put the hey into the lock. but in vain. She went don u stairs lord came up again with bet mistress. Witness then tut the prisoner coming out of the room, it was a bed-room, and he ran down stairs. Witness called out s end tried to stop him, but he pushed her before him into the street. Reramised by Mr. !luny.—Witness stated, that theriiiner Was in the habit of frequenting the house, it was a public.house, she kept the key of the room bet4 sr s tairs ; the , outer dour el the house was gene rally kept Open till . a late boar. Nothing was stolen, nor any thing missed from the room. 'TlicimisCloney, son of the prosecutor, stated, that about ten o'clock on the night of the I`2th of July, he Was in his father's house; be heard an alarm about tea o'clock, and was told there was come person in hit father's sleeping•roons. He went to the passage ' from , StairSaill to the street, and saw ; the girl. He west after him, something away, and then ran and overtook him, and with actinism, brought him back.— * the key of the parlour door, ironer in, and placed him in a rom under the chair where pri instrument, he then delivered of the constable. ..as sitting in the house on the night of din traseaction, in the tap-toom, he did not see the ~„nlin s i a th e l i c k se that night, while ha was there, • • . . if the prisoner had teen drinking there, witness should have seen him. The first time he saw the prisoner that night, was when he saw him push the girl into the street; he then pureed him, and saw him throw something out of his pocket, he could not then tell what, but he afterwards taw that what he threw away. was a bundle of skeleton keys. When the prisoner was taken, witness went into the parl.mr, he there saw him take something from wider his coat, and throw it under the chair. He then called to the last wit ness to see what it was, and they found under the chair an iron crowbar; be had seen the prisoner fre quently in the public-house before. John Colley, a watchman, stated, that on the night in question he was near Cloney's door; he caw a man run out of the house, and several others fol lowed him; he remained to protect the door; the prisoner was brought to the watch-house. Nest morning, between three and four o'clock, witness found in the street foor skeleton keys, within are or six y..rds oh the place where the prisoner was sopped the night before. Thomas Solute, Captain of the patrole belonging to St .1 imes's, Westminster. merely stated that he got tot skt lonn keys from the last witness. Robert Boswell was constable of the night. He prod .iced the keys and the t► n bar. He tried the crow bar to the fracture of the door, and it did not fit. Thomas Cloney called again, stated that an attempt had b-en made on the same door nine weeks before. The prisoner, in his defente; svited, tf►at he was a printer ; that an execution had been issued against his person for a debt which he owed ; that on the night in question he was passing Clnney's house, which he frequented, and he saw the officer, who had the execution in his hand, and fearing an arrest, he retired into the house. and went up the stairs. which was perfectly dark ; that the servant-maid shortly atter came up, and thus occutted the ttansaction which was sworn to be a turglat y. B iron GRAHAM summed up the evidence to the Jury. He eths,:ived that it was left in doubt by the ' 'evidence whether the prisoner had broken and entered the house before the day closed. Theie was a con- siderable interval of day-lielit between seven and tea o'clock, and it was not ascertained whether lie had got in before night. It was for the Jury, therefore.! to decide whether the prisoner was or was nut guilty of the burglary. The Jury cuusulted for about five minutes, and re turned a verdict of —Not Guilty. The prisoner bowed to the Jury, and withdrew. Mary Taylor, aged 47, was indicted for stealing I ten yards ot calico, value 7s. the property of John Biro, privately in his shop. John Dirt, a shopkeeper, living in the parish of St. Martin in the Fields, stated, that he served the pri soner on the 10th of August last with several small articles ; it was about two o'clock in the afternoon; she paid for the articles she had often been in his shop before, and when she came there she was in the habit of taking a chair; on the day above stated she ,placed the chair opposite the doorway of the c , iunter. l Under this door-way in the counter there were many parcels of articles put by, which had been bought by other pe-ple, but were not yet paid for. While be was giving the prisoner her change out of the money she had paid, for what she bought, witness saw a parcel fall from under the doer-way; he' suspected all was not right; prisoner was still sit. ' 6114 ; witness looked over the counter and saw her stoop, and pushing something into a basket, he took the basket from her, and upon examining it, found she had a parcel in it which he knew to have been placed before under the counter, and which had been sold to another person. While she was sitting she had a full view of the parcels under the counter; he sent for an Officer and gave her into custody. Pri. toiler was very impudent to him. Lewis Lewis. an ►•fscer, stated that he took charge of the prisoner; she had a basket in her hand. (the basket was produced), the basket was covered, there were in it a parcel and other small articles of muslin; he had the basket in his cdstody ever since. John Dirt called again, stated that the cartel was his property, it contained ten yards of calico, which were worth at least 7s. The prisoner denied the charge. She called no wit ness. Verdict—Guilty of stealing, but not privately. .ufari &haw, aged 17, was indicted for robbing John Grimble on the high-way of a silver watch. John Grimble, on the `16,1i•.f July Last, was in Brick lane with his wife; as they were walking along, four men pressed against them, the prisoner pressed against with particularly hard in front. When they all drew beck, his wife said to him that he had lost his watch he looked for his watch and found it was gone. Witness then endeavoured to seize the prisoner, the four men then separated, the prisoner was about two yards fr.•m him and ran away s witness cried out 66 stop thiel." he was stopped immediately after. Hannah Grimble, wife of the prosecutor, was with him on the evening of the 26th of July. She coo. firmed the account given by the prosecutor. John !fallen was it Brick-lane on the evening of the 26th of July, he saw the prisoner running away, and afterwards saw him taken. William Nicholson was also in the street on the' um* evening. be saw the prisoner running very last, Jeffries stopped him, but he escaped. Witness then' pursued him, caught hold of him, and both tell down together. Jeffries then came to his assistance, and the prisoner was secured. Thomas Jegries stated that when he heard the cry " stop thief," he pursued the poisoner and tried to stop him, he however passed him, he afterwards as? sisted in securing him. Upon the spot where he se cured the prisoner, he found a watch lying, he tool• it 'up and brought et to the watch-house. and delivered it to the ►officer of the night. Thomas Hart, 4U officer, stated, that on the atilt of the 26th 04 July, Jeffries delivered to him a watch (the watch was now produced). John Grisnble calked again, stated that the watch was his property.—The prisoner made no defence. David Barnard and another witness gave the pri soner an honest character. The Jury, without any hesitation, found the pri soner—Guilty. James Mead was capitally convicted of breaking and entering the dwelling.housit of Mr. Gardner, of Holborn Bridge, and stealing therefrom an immense quantity a wearing apparel. ?hamar Hoe* aged 18, was indicted for stealing pan of a gold watch, chain, seal, and key. on the Ling's highway, from the persoli of Rich. Penwick• The pellecntor is a cordwainer, residing at N.;. 36, 1 Water-lane; is a journeyman. ,On the 31st tf Att gust, between nine and ten o'clock, at the end of Fleet Market, the prisoner and two nu er men push-d against the witness, to seize him by the um ; the prisoner took a gold-seal, a geld watch, key, and I part of a geld chain, from his person s he pulled it from him; prisoner then made his escape. On Tues day evening, between seven and eight o'clock, wit ness saw the prisoner go into a public-house ; witness followed him in, and told him he was his prisoner ; he then delivered him to Daniel Turner, the officer ; the property was not found ;' never knew the prisoner before; the robbery was not above a minute in com mitting;—while the prisoner was wrenching the watch from his person, he observed the person of a mulatto man, as well as that of the prisoner; witness was too agitated to call out, yet could clearly observe the persons who were robbing him ; was afraid of losing his hat. Witness, in answer to a question put to him by one of the Jury, said the prisoner was not then dressed as he was at the h tr. limes Lewis, a porter at No. 16, Holborn, was coming down Ludgite.hill, on the night specified in the indictment ' • went ever the way to go to Fleet mat ket from Ludgate-hill ; saw three young men go up to the prosecutor; two laid hold of his arm, while the other took his chain and seals, and then ran down the market; knows the prisoner to have been one, because he has seen him once or twice before about Fleet-market; did not offer any assistauce to the pro secutor, though he saw the prosecutor's watch, chain, and seals; ran after them a few yards; told the pro secutor lie knevi one of them; it was a very light night; the robbers could see him as well as he could see them. Samuel Turner, an officer, said the prosecutor came to him, and said he had been robbed, and if he would go with him, he would chew him the man that had robbed him ; he took him to the top of Fleet.in irket, and delivered the pristine, into his convicts , . The pris iner put in a written defence, 'denying the charge. Verdict—Not Guilty. MI ion Smith, aged IS, was indicted for stealing a gold snuff-box, a fruit knife with a silver blade, and 13s. in silver, value together about 810, in the dwel ling house of Agnes Merray. Agnes Merray lives at No. '/G, Cheapside, in the parish i'f St. Mary-le-Bow ; she us a widow, and keeps a boarding and lodging-house; site missed, on the 21st of July. t gold snuff-box, a fruit knife with a silver blade, and les. in money ; they all belonged to Mr. Alexander Black, except the fruit knife. The pri. soner was her servant; be lived with her a fortnight; he absconded on the 21st of July, and immediately after the property WWI missed. She then sent an officer in pursuit of him; he was brought back to her house the neat day; she afterwards found part of her property at the Black Bear, in Piccadilly, and pan of it at a pawnbroker's in Tottenham Court-mad ; the prisoner owned the property was so disposed of. Smith, a Waterman, stated, Mrs. Merray de sired him to go in search of the prisoner on the 21st July ; he went and found him behind a hackney coach at Vauxhall, together with three or four other per sons; he took him into custody and brought him to Mrs. Merray. Witness told prisoner if he would an fess where the property was so that it might be come at, that he was authorised by Mrs. Merray to say be might go about his business, and would not be prose-, cured ; prisoner then told where the property was. Agnes Merray called again—denied having given any such authority, Smith called egetn-orepeated the part of his evidence. Agnes Merray positively denied it again. Pierce lives with a pawnbroker; en the 21st of July the prisoner pawned with him the fruit knife, open which be gave him 2s. Cozater, book-keeper at the 11l *k Bear in Pic. eadilly. The prisoner was accustomed to be among hackney coachmen ; prisoner told itim that, oa the Wednesday previous, he had been driving a hackney j coach, and that he found in it a gold snuff-box ; wit ness asked him to let him look at it ; be looked at it, I saw it was very valuable, and asked if he knew whe ther it was advertised ? prisoner said he had looked at the papers and found none; prisoner asked witness if be would give him five guineas for it ; witness said he would not buy it at all; prisoner then asked him to lend him live shillings , on it ; witness said he would have nothing to do with it ; prisoner after asked three shillings upon it; witness gave him three shillings. and kept the box. The next day prosecutrix enquired of the witness about the box ; he told her he bad it, and he gave it up to her immediately. The prisoner made no defence. The Jury returned a verdict of—Guilty. The prosecutrix recommended him to the mercy of the C..urr. Lawrace Simms& was indicted for embezzling the sum of 3s. pin of ,e 5.3.. which he received on account of his master, Isaac Genesee. Isaac Geaesse, an auctioneer, stated, that he lived at 17, in Pickett -street; he has a shop in Fish-street hill ; here also he carried on the business of an auc tioneer, and sold goods on commission. The prisoner was employed by him to take the money in this shop for the goods sold; to bring him an account every evening, and the key of the premises. On the 16th of July, prosecutor went to take stock at the shop; prisoner mentioned to him that the model of a ship was left for sale by John Barret, of Greenwich Hospi tal. The prisoner, on the 19th, told prosecutor that he had sold the model for ,£; prosecutor said lie had sold it tinder its value. desired him w g-t the buyer's address before he delivered it, in order to satisfy the person to whom it belonged. The next day he re ceived the money. Oa the -kh of August prosecutor had the prisoner apprehended. David Ross, keeper of the AhercrcniYe Tavern in Lombard -street, stated, that he purchased from the prisoner the model of a ship, for which he gave him al Ss. Witness thought, from the best of his rec,:l - ion, that he bought the model about the 16th July. Sampson Genesse, brother to the prosecutor, stated, that on the 18th of July he received from the prisoner £3 in single note?, which he said he received for the model of the ship ; the notes he handed over to his brother. John Buret a Greenwich pensioner, stated, that be had a model of a si:ip to sell ; that Le lett it at the shop in Fish•s:reet•hill about a fortnight before it was sold; when he heard the maciel nits sold he itpplied for the money, and he received from h4,Ac in all £4 1:h. *I. The RECORDER summed ete. and the Jury, tvitl•Jut hi‘itstion, :Mad him—Guilty. iliat leads frail; Se sca the, Prisoner purified by and saw bim tbrnw sce og IViiness.fullowe4, rice aSsistadte of a watcl W i l it tr eir called for o 'took "(ha pris chair, I be 4alcked op fro solar sit, a small iron Milirisiiner . to t me care James Bruce was OM • 1 __ • CLERICENIVELL SESSIONS, SUTEMiIri. ..„ Jan Smith rug ineSeted fcr a misJetnetne,y personating J.:mes Dawes, of H all's. place, 0:d ~a Luke's, MidJlest-x, carpenter, and epp,.„ 1 :,.. , that name: he fore Mr. Maix waling, th e 1,4 1;: ,,... 1 on the 19:h rat A t;gißt las:, and entering into cognizance for the appearance of Thonn,s ilt;ero e , an indictment Icr buy:r.g. end tectibing nets, them to be stolen, with intent to obtain bkinnee, chat ge on ball, and to d. fraud the raid James b,„ l , and to defeat the due course of justice. Mr. Cheers', who cowtucted the prosecution, the case, which was proved in evidence. it a; , pr a ,i that Mr. William Ammey, of Clapton, hav,r; son to suspezt that Skinner had beets contemn; robbing bin. of oats, oLtae•ed a wet rant, and ski m was apprelterlded and committed to the New hi., to take his trial for unlawfully buyin7, and rece:e 4 „ the oats, Imo.; ing them to be stolen. This 's, ' bailable cirence. The defendatit, John Smith, (s was one of those hired hail who infest the Omni, the metropolis) in order to obtain Skinner's dischse le caused several notices of bi:ii to be served en the ;t , seeutor's attorney, purporting that James Deese:a- :mother person would appear and beci4nr ban, a• , , ! these notices pm-potted to be signed by a Mr. Clo g ney, an attorney, who attended to prove that was done wholly without hi; knowledge er enth„,, The bail was opposed, and on the 19th of A ar . the prisoner John Smith persisted in pers..ne:: James Dawer, and swore that he was the said Je Dawes, and that he hJci property to a eoneicier4; amount. The statement not then being ear:i!:. centradiction, if e prix niter entered into the Re !. canoe as being the said Jan:cs Dawes: Int hi, lei: sentations not being satistactcry to the pres ecue , attotney, he imrrediately went to the residt•ice Dawes, and there to his astonishment sal , rt e . a; James Dawes, who disavowed all knowledge Smith, and volunteered in immediately retuemigi t..e M.igisteate, which was accordingly done; the Magistrate having been informed of the cite, stances, confronted Dawes with the dclendant,l. persisted for same time in his frau&tlent retir tall at length he was compelled to confess his guis The Jury found him Guilty. The CHAIRMAN observed, that the prosecnainn I been most properly brought. It was a disgrace the country to see the number of persons en Courts of Justice ready to become bail tor ash: remuneration, and swearing they were worth pro;: at the same time they were worse than begi.an. was lucky for the .prisoner he had tatted the oath . a Police 011I:e, for if 'he had taken it in a Cot. above, it w , ,uld be a capital felony, by an elicit, Act of Parliament made in the reign of Jane.' The crime of the prisoner was one of the i , ,roa:c enormity, fe therefare sentenced him to be amp toned in the House of Correction for tweitie most, Alan Browne was indicted for receiving forty-alt. pounds of cheese, the property of Sir John Done Broughton, Bart. knowing it to be stolen. It appear that the prosecutor's dairy. attached to hi., h.:: was broken open in February last, and five cl taken cm.. The ci:ief evidence against the pail,:: was a person of the name of Harding, in et persons who committed the burglary. He swore . sold the cheese to the prisoner, and told him it ea , stolen. On his cross.e xamination by Mr. Atten'e acknowledged that he had been a thief all Ills 1i:to. The Jury acquitted the prisoner. J. Carey was indicted for an assault on the t 6 taker of Waterloo Bridge, and also for assaulfep watchman who came to the toll.taker's assistaece.- The prisoner wanted to force his way along the bite without paying the toll. He was of course preerrit:l by the toll.taker, whom he struck several time . .. A wine:man interfered, between whom and prisonat scuffle ensued, in the course of which he bit ner!f the entire of the top joint off one of his fingers. Waterman produced the part that had been bitten ;F, which was preserved in spirits. The prisoner found Guilty, and sentenced to three months inle• sonment, and to find security to keep the peace la three years. The Court was occupied during a considerN! part of the day in trying cases of riot and assa? which had occurred in the neighbourhood of Giles's. The evidence in all the cases were oft • same description. and exhibited the most shared 'scenes of drunkenness and depravity et the low: orders in the above neiebourbood. Saturday, In tipper Berkeley. street, Portman.equare, eta of the lion. Alexander Murray, of awn. At Sorts Manse, on six 14th ss.st. Mrs. Balfour, of a sea. At Cucitney. in No:tint:a:ll46re, on the 21 lust. the Ltd/ G Sir George Eyre, K.C.E. of a daughter. MARRIED. Tueiday, at Busted, in Essex, Czprain Parlby, of at Ho East India Company's Bengal flung Artillery, to , • daughter of the Rev. Dr. Hunker, rector of Rct.!rgae:T, • DIED. Want %day, at his house at Kennington, Charluc aged 60, for many years an Underwriter at Lloyd'.':: t bcvr. Ft iday, at Weymouth, Samuel Weston, E.q. Alai:cc:A. Monday, in Hanover-square, aged 79, Sir lames I.:.rie,V• PALS. Master of the Royal Colter of Surgenip., &c.. Le. At Edinburgh, on the lath inst. In the 19.1: yr: of Ithr: -, it (imam Sommers, his Majesty's glax!er for Scotland, insl &debt Deacon of the fourteen incorporated triples of the ntl 4 Edinburgh. Endowed with a most retentive memory, wi.!eals enjoyed till vientn a few hours of his death, ; A rat education, and a friendly disposition, be a and courted companion, a useful acquaintance, and fiten.l—crho will long be remembered, sod his deatn by a numerous circle of friends and fellow citizens. An Inverness, on the 9.12 inst. Jean liti.bertsen. dinaty character usually emphlyed self its tatlter! , •ll! . .." . ;hell-lielt ' with which she oc , upied her strion in the rt". 1 .1 until w,ihin a few days of her 4eatb. 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