Star. — London, England, 1821-10-25 00:00:00

OLD BAILEY SESSIONS. Yesterday morning these Sessions commenced, be fore the LORD CHIEF JUSTICE of the king's Bench, . and Mr. Justice PARE. The calendar is compara tively light, and the offences generally of a petty na ture. There is one prisoner for killing and slaying, two for forgery, and only two fur uttering forged notes. There is twelve for highway robbery, and 93 larcenies. The whole number of prisoners in the ca lendar is 179. Grady, aged 17, was indicted for assault ing Josiah Walden on the King's highway, and taking frem his person a gold watch, value £l2, a seal, flee. The prosecutor was, on the 6th of October, about nine o'clock in the evening, proceeding along James street, Oxford-street, when the prisoner met him un ties a lamp. He received a blow from the prisoner in the stomach, and at the same moment found he had lost his watch. The prosecutor cried out, " Oh, good Goo!" and as soon as he recovered himself ran after the prisoner, calling out," Stop thief!" In three or four minutes the prisoner was stopped, abd taken. to the watch-house.' , • , A witness of the name of Huntley, stated, that he heard a cry of " Stop thief 1" and followed the pri soner and stopped him. A great crowd collected. round him, and a gang endeavoured - to rescue him. Witness in the Attempt to secure hinf got much hurt, but with assistance he succeeded in the endetwour. When the prisoner was taken to the watch-house, he was searched, and nothing was found upon him but a knife. The watch of the prosecutor was found by a woman near the place where the prisoner was apprehended. In his defence the prisoner declared his perfect innocence of the crime laid to his charge. The Jury found a verdict—Guilty. The prosecu tor begged to recommend the prisoner to mercy. The CHIEF Jusrice.—On what ground 00 you make that recommendation? The prosecutor.—On account of his youth. The CHIEF Jusrice..—Unless you know something in his favour relative to his former character, I am afraid the recommendation will not serve much. As to the youth of the prisoner, the Court can judge as well as you. Aga Norris and Mary Palmer were indicted for assaulting James Thompson, and stealing. from his person 10s. in silver. The prosecutor said, that between two and three o'clock in the afternoon of the 9th of October, he was passing along Wentworth-sweet, Whitechapel, when the prisoner, Mary Palmer, ca me running up to him, and begged for Gov's sake that he would come to render assistance to some one in distress. Witness, thinking he might be of service to some one, suffered himself to be conducted into a one pair of stairs room. Palmer then put her back against the door, and said, " Nuw I must have some money for the room." Witness declared that he would not give any, and after waiting about five minutes, du ring which time Palmer was persisting that she would have money, he said, " Well, how much. do you want?" The prisoner said that she must have a shil ling; and witness, in order to get away, and being afraid of receiving some injury, gave her a shilling. The prisoner then said," I must have another." This he also gave, and the prisoner declared she would have four more. Then witness made a rush past her, and ran through the door-way down stairs. Palmer then cried out to Norris, who was below, " Lock the door." This she immediately did, and thus pre vented his escape. Witness was then attacked by the two prisoners and five or sic more women, and knocked down; his breeches were torn nearly to pieces, and the money taken out of his pockets. He cried out " murder" for several minutes, and was dragged into another room. Here he was gagged. Norris cried out " Kill the b—r." He attempted to get out at the window, but some men in the street shut the shutters, and made the room dark. After having been thus beaten for some time, he succeeded in getung.away, and ran into the street. He imme diately went to Lambeth-street Police-office, and complained of having been robbed. Three officers accompanied him to the house where he had been robbed, and the two prisoners were taken into cus tody.. Witness swore that he was not intoxicated at the time this transaction took place; in fact, for 32 years he never had been drunk. He swore that he never went into the house of the prisoner with any other intention than to relieve some one in distress. He could positively swear to the persons of both the prisoners. A Police-officer belonging to Lambeth-street stated, that the prosecutor came to the Office, which was about a quarter of a mile from the place where he was robbed. The prosecutor was bleeding at the mouth, and appeared to have been roughly handled. He said he had been robbed, and wished for assist ance to apprehend the prisoners. Witness and two other officers then accompanied him to a narrow court leading out of George-court, leading to Went worth-street. In a - house which the prosecutor pointed out, there were several women, and some men were standing outside. Among the women the prosecutor' pointed out the two prisoners, and they were taken into custody. When at the Office, the prosecutor said that. if he (witness) looked at the finger of one of the prisoners, he would find it bitten. This the prosecutor stated he had done in the struggle with them. Wit ness did accordingly look at the prisoners' hands, and found the bite on one of Palmer's fingers. The pro secutor, when he came to the Office, made the same statement of the affair as he had now done. The prisoners were called upon for their defence, and declared their perfect innocence. They never saw the nun in their lives. They were unfortunate girls, and hoped they would be mercifully dealt with. Mr. Justice PARK, in summing up the case to the Jury, observed upon the enormity of the crime which bad been committed. if the Jury believed the state ment of the prosecutor, and he saw no reason what ever to doubt it, a case had been made out against the prisoners which merited the severest punishment. The prosecutor, who appeared to be a very respect able man, had been thus wantonly attacked in the .mid-day, and not only robbed, but put in great fear of his life: although he might be a man of strong nerve, yet it was an attack so unexpected, so wanton, and so brutal, that it would have put any man in fear of his life. It was, indeed, a melancholy reflection that such a transaction as this should have occurred in the mid-day, within a quarter of a mile too of the Police °dice. The Magistrates should be extremely careful to prevent a repetition of inch a disgraceful scene.--. The Jury, after.a short consideration, found both the prisoners Guilty.' • Mr. Justice Peru.—Gentlemen, your verdict is an extremely proper one: It is highly necessary that the metropolis should be rid of such characters. Amey Steel and Mary . Davies were indicted for as saulting John Disbury in a room near the King's highway, and stealing from his person a purse con taining £3 10s. in silver. The prisoners were girls of the town, and had enticed the prosecutor, who was a labouring countryman, into a house of ill-fame, where lie was held by five or six girls and robbed of his property. The case was clearly proved against die prisoners. The evidence of the officer who ap prehended the prisoners in. some measure confirmed the testimony of the prosecutor. The Jury found them both Guilty. Catherine Jones was indicted for stealinf from the dwelling-house of Owen Humphreys, a LIO note, a 1:.5 note, and a great quantity of silver. The pri soner was a servant to the prosecutor, and it was proved that she had- from time to time pilfered various sums from her master. .The prosecutor is an old man, and had many tunes left sums of money carelessly about the house. Mr. Justice PARK directed an acquittal on the capital charge, as it was not proved that at any one time a sum above the value of 40s. had been taken. The Jury found a verdict—" Guilty of stealing to the value of 395." The prisoner was again indicted for stealing monies and other property belonging to George Smith. The prisoner had been in thd service of Mr. Smith also, and in the same manner A described in the last in dictment had contrived to steal the property. The Jury found the prisoner Guilty of stealing to the value of 395. only.. There was another indictment against the girl for robbing another master, in the same mannor, to a considerable amount, but it was not tried. Mr. Justice PARK observed, that if the law had not interfered in favour of the prisoner, she would probably have suffered death. She was a very worth less woman, and wool i receive the most severe punish ment the law would allow. Samuel Hayward, a young man, elegantly dressed in black, and of a prepossessing person, was indicted for burglariously breaking and entering the dwelling house of Ann Stebbing, and stealing plate, jewellery, and linen, to a large amount; and Henry Judd was indicted for feloniously receiving the same, knowing them to have been stolen. Ann Stebbing stated, that she lived at No. 12, Charles-street, Clarendon-square, St. Pancras. She had a Gentleman lodger in the house. On the night of the 15th of September, the family went to bed, and all the doors and windows were shut. Witness kept no servant, and her daughter and herself slept toge ther. At about half-past two she heard the stairs creaking, but was not alarmed, supposing it to be the lodger. When she rose in the morning, she found that the house had been broken open. The back win dow was thrown up, the •burctu was open, and all the drawers pulled out. She missed table-cloths, silver table and tea spoons, sugar-tongs, two watches, boots, wearing apparel, &c. There were also lost two black bombazine dresses, one coloured dress, and others. She missed also a History of England, Jo sephus, and a large family Bible. At seven o'clock the same morning she had a message from the watch house, and she went there and found part of her pro-, perty. She saw and spoke to the prisoner on the Thursday preceding the robbery at her own door.— The robbery was on the Saturday. It was about-seven o'clock in the evening when she spoke to the prisoner. William Hooper was a watchman in Euston-street. Euston-square, about a quarter of a mile from the house of the prosecutrix. At three o'clock on the Sun day morning he was on his beat, and saw some per sons. He followed them across a brick-field, about a quarter of a mile : four or five had bundles, and he suspected them. Another watchman, named Knott, assisted him in the pursuit. The persons crossed the New-road, and went down Carmarthen-street. There witness secured the prisoner, Hayward. He had a bundle under his arm, wrapped up in a grey cloak. He struggled to get away, and his hat fell off. At the watch-house Hayward was searched, and various articles of wearing-apparel were found on his person and in his hat, which had been picked up. There were silver spoons, two glass salts, and two latch keys, also found upon him. William Knott, the other watchman, corroborated the statement of his fellow-guardian of the night. He produced the bundle dropped from Hayward, and the property was identified by the prosecutrix. Henry Elkins was a sculptor. He had been ac quainted with Hayward a fortnight before this rob bery took place. He had been at Hayward's house. In the course of their acquaintance Hayward said to him " You may do me a kindness by assisting to take away some goods." On the evening before the robbery he went to the house of Mr. Conolly, who keeps a pub,ic-house, to meet others, but they were not there. The next evening he went again, and met four other men besides Hayward. They met at half past nine, remained half an hour, and then went to Charlton-street, Somers-town. Hay Ward left him there for a few minutes outside a public-house. The prisoner and his companions presently returned, and they went across some brick-fields to a public-house in Euston-street, and stayed till past twelve o'clock, when they went to the field at the back of Mrs. Steb bing's house. Two of the men then took a bundle they had with them towards the house. A man who answered to the name of " Bill" broke open the win dow of Mrs. Stebbing's house. Hayward remained outside with witness. A man in a glazed hat went in at the back door. The two men remained about an hour and a half in the house. There was a third man placed near the door and kept continually bring ing out things. These goods were disposed of in the' best manner they could about their persons. After' the men had left the house, Hayward said that' something of consequence was left behind. They all went back, and Hayward went into the house and brought out a bundle. Two of the parties then went to wttness's lodgings in the New-road, and some of the property was deposited in his cellar. Hayward and the others were waiting a little way off. It was' a large bundle of linen mat was taken to witness's lodgings, and an umbrella. They then all went by the New-road into Carmarthen-street. The party was dispersed by the watchmen, and Hayward was taken. Witness went to his lodgings, and he there found a Bill" and a man who looked like a coach man. Witneis wanted to have the bundle taken away, and they said they would go to Charles-stre4.l and get a cross rattler (a hackney coach). They all went! to Charles-street, Covent-garden, and Bill went to speak to a coachman on the stand. The coachman seemed to know him, and called him " Bill." The ' ,coach proceeded to witness's lodgings in the New road, and the bundle was there put into the coach. Judd, the coachman, was on his box while this was doing. They all got into the coach, and went, on purpose to lose time, a roundabout way to Gray's Inn-lane. They waited at the- corner of Fox-court. There was a conversatirn among them about avoid ing the watchman, which Judd heard. When any strangers came up, one of the persons spoke with the coachman about the hardship of remaining there.— The coach then went away , and Ju dd proposed to wait on the stand till seven o'clock, when he might dispose of the property in Oxford-road. Judd ac cordingly went upon the stand, and witness and the others waited at a public-house near at hand. In the interim witness's companions wanted to get away from him. Bill afterwards said, "We had better go to the place at once," and the coach was driven to Chancery-lane. They all got into the coach, and witness walked. They agreed to meet witness at the Piazzas, at Covent-garden, at seven o'clock, but they never came. Witness was apprehended on Sunday (the next day), at about three o'clock in the after noon, and he disclosed the whole matter when lie was in the watch-house. Cross-examined.—This was the first transaction lie had ever been ergaged in. He hid worked at his trade three seeks previously. He was not aware that it was to he a robbery in which lie was to be en gaged till afterwards, when it was too late to retract. On the Saturday night he kept company with these men for the sakeof their company. From the gentlemanly conversation of Mr. Hayward he suspected nothing. The case for the prowrittion being concluded, the prisoners left their case in the hands of their Counsel. One witness was called to the chalacter of Hayward, bnt lie seemed to know very little about I:im. A witness appealed to the character ef Judd, but his Counsel (Mr. I.Aw) thought it. unnecessar y to examine him.—The Jury found the ptisoner Hay wald Guilty, and acquitted Judd. SURREY SESSIONS. John Baker and James Bradley, two boys, were convicted, and sentenced to seven years transporta tion, for picking pockets in the Borough. Hannah Ford was indicted for feloniously stealing, on the '26th of August, some money, the property of her master, Mr. Jennings, a butcher at Walworth. • The prosecutor stated, that the prisoner was in his service, and had been so for nine months. He had repeatedly missed silver, and in order to discover the thief, he marked a crown-piece and other monies, which he put into a bowl with other silver, and placed in a cupboard; having occasion to go out on the day mentioned in the indictment, he left the prisoner in charge of the house. On returning the next evening, he missed some of the marked money ; he taxed the prisoner with the theft, and sent for a constable, who opened the prisoner's box, • where he found some of the marked money in a bag, and a key that opened the cupboard. The prisoner declared at the time she had not done it. _ Snow, the constable, corroborated the evidence of the prosecutor. - The prisoner, in her defence, denied the robbery, and called some persons to character, who did not appear.—The Jury found her Guilty. The CHAIRMAN, in order to prevent depredations of the like nature, which, he was sorry to say, were very prevalent, and to deter others from committing similar offences, sentenced the prisoner to transporta tion for seven years. She was removed from the Bar is convulsive fits. POLICE. Bow-sraesr.—Yesterday, - at two o'clock, Mt. Benjamin Bloomfield was brought to the Office in the custody of Avis, and Westbrook the jailor, from the Marquis of Anglesea public-house, where he had been confined since he was brought from the House of Correction in the morning. He was very genteelly dressed, but bis health appealed to have suffered from his confinement in the prison. Sir IlicitA tin BIRNIE and Mr. Mitantn.t. weie sitting to hear his further examination. Another Gentleman at:elided to prefer a charge, but his transaction with Mr. Bloomfield not amounting to anything criminal, it was not proceeded in. The investigation of the charge of Mr. William Shirley, of Rockingham-row, New Kenvroad, which has hitherto appeared the , most serious, was then called on, but Mi. Shilley did not appear. A letter was handed to the Magistrates from Mr. Shirley, stating that he begged leave to withdraw the charge against Mr. Benjamin Bloom field, having since had reason to believe that his sus picions as to the non-payment of the money were premature; and in consequence, by the advice of his Attorney, he was satisfied to make it a debt. In ad dition to the letter, Mr. CHARLES PHILLIPS, the Bar rister, attended, and addressed die Magistrates at considerable length in behalf of Mr. Bloomfield, and contended that he had no intention, nor was there any evidence to prove that he intended to defraud Mr. Shirley. As to the £2OO which Mr. Bloomfield' ' had received from Mr. Shirley, he had given his bond for it ; and after that, Mr. Shirley so incessantly pestered him to be put in possession of the place or appointment, that he scarcely mined a day without calling upon him. One day, when Mr. Bloomfield was sitting at his desk, he having two £IOO notes in his desk, tendered them to Mr. Shirley, on condition of his giving up his bond; but Mr. Shirley not hav ing it about him, prevented the busine ;s being settled at that time. The Magistrates, notwitllAanding, or dered Mr. Shirley's name to be called over thrice, which was accordingly done, and he not appearing,' Mr. Bloomfield was ordered to be discharged ; tlow ever, they afterwards directed that he should find bail to answer any charge that might be preferred against him it the Sessions, himself in £lOO, and two sureties in £5O each. GUILDHALL.—Emma Pratt, scarcely eleven years old, was brought before Alderman C. &dull, upon a charge of felony.—Mr. Steevens, a cheesemonger, in Fetter-lane, stated, that she was,employed by one of his lodges's to !Ake care of an infant, and since :he leai been in the hoe se many oTimtl e, att and they suspected some time that she was t h e On Tuesday one of the lodgers went down g l i, s j on her return she missed a petticoat, upon whirt,rl child was at once charged with the thef t . P ue , : ; - i s t he sto c u on tl f y es f s o e r d so ti m ie e f t: t m ct e . nowhere to be found, nor could threat or r ' ' 4l Promise for a long time induce her to give any acconq of • t• lAt last, she - said she had taken it to h er mcotr ' Thither the parties accordingls wcot e.ith t h e l ; when, to their surprise, ththem'learrt th at the ti,ti bad been out at work the whole of t h e L lay, „ r d . 1 7 ber character was highly e \err ary. is ti,"4 taken to the Compter:—The mother tended, and appeared greatly agitated at the ,'c vity of her child ; but ail her tears, threat s , ar4 suasions, were unable to get loan her any „ t 44 tory' account of what she had done with i t , ;10 . 1 endeavours of the Magistrate were equ„Hy finc h She I She was wholly indifferent and unmor h '" threats of punishment, though he tried by giving directions, in her hearing, that be taken back to prison and whiaed eve ;; day she told the truth. Even this, hewevcr , , prod;c u confession, the remaining obstinate to the V ety l ast The Magistrate accordingly remanded her until Tu t .. day next, with directions that she should be kept is a room by herself, and subjected to such little depii, vations as might be deemed proper to bring hiatu s proper sense of her conduct. liarroN GAnnEN.--Yesterday Elizabeth n il% lai rid Douglas, and T ',owns Jones ? were cone/ ne t t for assaulting J. Lloyd and 3. Cook, who had an companied the females to their apartme;t in Vins street , Mutton-hill. On their entrance, the demanded money, when they gave them Ss. 61b * this did not satisfy them, and en their attemptin g* depart, they were assailed by Jones, who was aruni with a poker, and two other men, who were alp prchcnded ; bat in the affray that cliwed the csna .vas knocked out, so that they c 0,11,1 not be te em . !need. J.,nes aimed a blow at Mr. Cook's hedd the poker, wi•icli he held in both hands, but w hid I he received on his shoulder; he also received tweet three ether blows on different parts of the body, ash would probably have been murdered, had nut Icompanion cor.trived to escape and alarm thew:it / f t who enteted in a formidable body, when they lied Jooes connaleJ under a bed, with the poker hk g near Limn bent nearly double. MA RLBO ROUGH-`T R EF.T.—Yesterday the propriete of a sort of Menagerie in Tottenham Caurt-ioad peared to a summons, which originated in saved anonymous letters, stating that the place was a is ceptacle for pickpockets, &c. These letters,itreerrel, were sent by an Attorney; but in contradictioatohis correspondence, it was stated by the Clerk of the Board of Works of the parish, and by the Constables in the neighbourhood, that the pile:: was kept vet orderly, and the next door neighbours were not turbed. The defendant begged to explain, that tG pit was kept open by subscription, and t h at the sni. scribers were persons of consequence. The anirnocif of this lawyer arose ftem his putting in a doga fight the badger for a silver cup and cAar, airy by a Gentleman. The lawyer tried him on toje . the badger, meaning to tame him a bit, that bis dot should wan. This the defendant refused. The law yer's dog lost, and he wanted to thew his entance money back, but, said defendant, " The Magistrate desired it to be understood, that he did not sanction this thing ; but under ali the circus. stances, he should not notice the present case.. BIRTHS. Oct. 17, at Loudham Hall, Suffolk, the Lady SagMaki donald, of a son. Saturday se'nniCht, at Bob' land, the Lady of Sir Robert MA: Oct. 8, at Tenby, Captain Cockburn, relict of the late A. Tuesday, at Ansley Church, Chetwode, Esq. eldest son of in the county of Stafford, Bart. daughter of John Newdigatc flail, Oct. £2, H. F. Hawker, Et Josephine, daughter of Joseph keeper, of Weedon Beck, Nort. May 12, at liadras, Lit utenat C.B. of the Madras At ti:lery. . At Clogher, or. the itith f.nirth ton of the Lite 1:,.r!, and Roden. At Clapham, after an illness zabeth, widow of Mr. Francis ner of St. Paui's Churcb-yarts Monday st'iiight, at the Toaver.street, York, age(l F 6, Rev. Dr Waddington, Rect.. At Hammersmith, Mr. Sawn Mill -street, Conduit-street, aged Y.. Oct. 19, at Dover, aged 82, Mrs. Sharp, relict of cipi Sharp, of that place. Same day, at Dover, Anne Steward, third daugiterslC% John Boyce, late in the service of the East India Carpany• Sept. 24, at Boulo2;ne, where he had gone lot the brotii his health, Mr. Ridley 'Forster, jun. of St. Edotuad ford, aged .21. The immediate caute of his death vial** tore of a blood-vessel. Monday se'nnight, suddenly, Henry Byoe, Esq. dSr, lash House, Devon. Mr. B. was on his journey scie'" fs Union Post Coach, from Sluthmuln n to Exeter, 4:0.1.1 the homes, had walked up Dray ford-hill, with °ilia pavel 4 with whom he conversed appartody in good heaths/JO and with his usual cheerfulness ; but shortly after rissekl scat in the carriage he expired without a str.l,:gle. Thursday, the 13th of September, about . live o'clock, tar Jansen, Esq. a Delegate to the Conventi n, from the coP, i Ulster, when apparently in perfect heaith, fell doom isle: . pitol, at Albany, in the State of New York, and effo:" sternly. He had the eloment before.purchascd a tickcslg l : mission to Peale's celebrated picture of Ts:ease/i ll°. exhibiting in the Senate Chamber ; and while he vas 0 1 the threshold of the door lezdiag to the picture, he tact jai eummon;:d i'rom the repteteuutioa t 3 the awful realitl„.. COAL MARKET, OCT. = 4 . .. 0 ice. I Ships Sold. I 7 4. 1 Ships at Market. 555 . 0 " . 12 571 N.2wcaatle sts 01 19 , ''' , 5 Sundr-land 2 (.0. od " .: 4 Scotch Coal 3 ------ . 0 0 MAILST 11 Is DAY.-.-A RR. DIM. .0 i Dublin 1 0 l i tiabon • W.lterfortl 1 0 France i • 6 ti,..-r.sel• antlJersey 0 0 I tin,hursil I 1.-lo!lx - .1 0 0 qiieellillifgh • I nail ders 0 0 1 l ec wasi Islands . 1 • iNlui!a 0 0 1 Jamaica 1 G ATER st LONDON thIDC rn ing - - 11 111111141941 1 Afternoon - 57 - i.o\ O.)N : Pr.ilted :i) (Mtn 1:11li racc, Bar' Ivoir Park, county of Dow„ls , t Bateson, Bart. of a son. ,o .R ItIED. Edward Stopford, R.N. d7o A. Cockburn, Esq. i in the county of Waroitl, l f Sir John Chetwode, ofol4 Sart. to Elizabeth Juliani3Ols Ludford, Esq. D.C. Lof r.sq. of the 19th Voot, to MO ih Wheeler, Esq. Ordnana forthampronshire. ---- tenant-Colonel Samuel pal , Y• ir.st. the Hot,. George Jo and brother to the present lass of sixteen years, aged i,5 iris Newbtry, formerly of ;to rd. e house of Win. Jos. FIN 6, Airs. W.lthlington, tor of Cavendish, Suffolk. Samuel NI alleson, surgeon, Itz aged 28.