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OLD BAILEY SESSIONS, THURSDAY, MAY 19.

This morning these Sessions commenced at the Old Bailey, be•
fore the Lord Mayor, the Recorder, Mr. Sergeant Arabin, Deputy
Recorder, the Sheriff's, Alderman C. C. Smith, B,c.
Mr. Sergeant Arabin presided in the Old Court until the arrival
of the Judges, kir. liaron Bullock and Mr. Justice Dueler.
There were 23 capital offenders brought up to plead, among
whom were IV. Brooks and three others, charged with stealing two
geldings, value 1001. They pleaded not guilty.
W,n. Benyon, charged on two indictments with horse-stealing,
pleaded guilty.
Mr. Sergeant A nom x remonstrated with him on the impro-
priety of hts plea, and visited him to retract it.
For sometime the prisoner refused to listen to his advice; he ob-
served, " I ant guilty ; 1 have broken the laws of my country, and
1 wish to suffer for it !"
Mr. Sergeant A n ANT x said he had good reason to entreat him to
retract his plea, but it was not his province to say any more than he
had dore. The crime of horse-stealing hail become so exceedingly
prevalent, that if he persisted in his plea, he would be left for ex-
ecution at tile end of the Sessions.
The prisoner then observed, that he committed his offence through
want, therefore he would plead not guilty, which he did to both
indictments.
(Before Mr. Baran Ifut.Locx, and a Middlesex Jury.)
HORSE STEA LI NO.
Fleayati. the prisoner hefore named, was charged with steal-
ing, at Edmonton, on the 9,1 i of ..ley, a gelding, the property of
in. English.
Mr. BARNARD stated the ease for the prosecution. In his
address to the Jury he said hoptd that they would dismiss front
their minds the plea which the prisoner bad put in, and not let it
operate against him.
The prosecutor stated, that on the 9th instant he lost a horse,
which he recovered the next day, it having been traced to the
prisoner.
Samuel Fitch deposed, that he it a Bow-street patrol, and on
the Nth of Msy he was on duty at the GreenJaties ; he saw the
Prisoner leading a horse; witnes• said, where do you bring that
from f—Fi3oner said, from Pottees-bar ; witness having some

suspizion took hint into custody, and found nut the owner of the
horse • he said his name was Satchell. that his master bought
the horse lately for eighteen guineas, and that he was taking him to
Putter's
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such person.
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John Batts, another patrol, was on duty at Southgate on the
tesclieY, heed
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10th, in company with the last witness, whose testimony he con-
tinued in all its material points: he added, howeenr, that the pri-
soner once said it was his horse, but afterwards, without any in.
ducctnent, he made a confession.
By the COl:MT—Witness remonstrated with the prisoner for
sending them (the patrols) to Potter's-bar, upon which he said, he
took it from Mr. briglisli, of Edmonton ; it wee about a mile and
a half from his house when witness apprehended him ; the bone
was challenged by the prosecutor in the presence of the prisoner ;
the latter made no observations.
W. S. Smith, also a patrol, gave similar evidence.
J. Foster, is a constatle at Tottenham, and was present when
the prisoner was examined there before the Magistrate, when he
signed the confession now put in as evedience.
Alt. Clark, the Deputy Clerk of the Arraigns, read the deposi-
tions taken before the Magistrate, and the prisoner's confession.
The prisoner made no defence, nor called any witnesses to speak
to his previous character.
Mr. Baron Iltri.i.ocK summed up the evidence, and the Jury,
without hesitation, returned a verdict of Goifty—iketfo—Aged
forty-one. Tice prisoner was not tried no the second indictment.
BURGLARY.
D. Morgan and J. Brown weve indicted for breaking into the
house ut T. Mitchell, with intent tosteal.
The prosecutor stated that lie lived at No. '26, Thomas-street.
Grosvenor-square, on the 20th April last, on which evening he
retired to rest about ten n'elerk. Witness occupied the shop and
parlour of the house. Before he went to bed he secured the
door with a lock and chain. About an hour after he went to bed
he hesrd a noise, which caused hint to get up, when he found the
prisoner Morgan in his shop. and Brown in the passage. Willie a
instantly shut the outer door, and secured the prisoners in the house
until he obtained the assistance ors watchman, who, on his arrival,
searched the house. While witness was calling the watch they ran
up stairs, and hid themselves in the " cock-loft." 'When he
first saw Morgan, he was taking goods in the shop, and handing
them nut to Brown. Implements of housebreaking were found in
the passage.
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Cross-examined—There are several lodgers in the house, who
have egress turd ingressnwnrwit.:ll7niditshilreittpa.ulatirewstehh.eta
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went out after he (witness) went to bed on the night in question.
The witness said his name is Thomas Reynold Mitchell; but he
never 'well the intermediate name iteynold, but he could not tell
how long he had omitted to use it.
By Mr. Justice Gessi.Ez—Wirt married about nine months
ago by the name of Thomas Mitchell. ilia letters sue directed to
him thus. Witness used to sign " Thomas Reynold Mitchell,"
but does not now. _ .

Mr. C. PHILLIPS--Come. Sir, no hesitation; tell me how
long it is since you signed "Thomas Reynold Mitchell," or
" Thomas R. Mitchell ?"
Witness—l do not know.

liii:..rusticeaasii7nEreprintanded the witness VT fencing
with the questions put by the Learned Counsel, and hinted that
if he continued to do so, be would be sent to a plate he would not
like.

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The witness attributed his hesitation to being confused.
By a Juryman—The passage was sufficiently light for him to
discern the countenances of the prisoners, when he first discovered
them, and was quite sure that the prisoners were the same.
They could not get out of the house after tc had closed the front
door.

Michael Riley is a watchman. About midnight the last witness
called hint to his house, upon which he and another watchman
commenced a search, and they found the two prisoners concealed
in a cock-loft at the top of the house, which is four stories high.
Witness had seen them a short time before, in company with two
others, near the house of the prosecutor. Witness asked the pri-
soners where the other two were that he had lately seen them with.
They replied, they were up there, meaning the loft. Witness
knows the parents of the prisoners.
By Mr. PHILLIrs.—Is not aware whether Morgan is intimate
with Spearman, who lodges with the prosecutor.
John Stuart, another watchman. corroborated the last witness
as to the capture of the prisonzrs ; he had not seen them on tbs pre-
vious day.
The prisoners made no defence.
Mr. Justice Baser EE summed up the evidence.
The Jury, without hesitation, returned a verdict of Grilly—
Death, against both the prisoners.
Mr. C. Pa r Laws applied to the Court to reserve a point on the
ground of miodeseriptiov, but the Court refused the application.
Thomas Rhodes, aged 17 and Edw. .21-e.r, aged 21, were
indicted for breaking into die house of Wm. Betts, and stealing
ten silver spoons and other articles, the property of Betts.
The prosecutor stated, that he is in the employ of John and Wil-
liam Betts, gold end silver refiners in hong-sere. Witness steers
in their house, and did so on the 12th of last month, on which
night lie saw the house locked tip before he went to bed, at eleven
o'clock. About day-break he was called up by a knocking at his
door. Hearing the watchman spring his rattle, which induced him
to think it was only a disturbance in the street, lie looked out, and
die watchman told him to come down and open the door . • witness
ran down stairs, and found that one of the back doors had been per.
heated with a centre bit, and one of the panelf. broken ; the bark
of tne house is guarded by a wall surmounted with iron spikes; a
rope ladder was found attacked to the premises.
Ar.na Jones is servant to Messrs. Betts ; on the night previous
to the robbery she cleaned the spoons and articles stolen, and put
them in their usual place; witness 111 the night heard a noise, and
a wise say " II ash, hush !" Liu no doubt that there were a: least
two persons in the house.
Thomas Les is, a wilt...anon, stated, that on the morning in
question his attention was attracted to the house of the prosecutor,
and lie saw three or four persons running towards him, one of whom
ran down 3lercer-street; no other persona were in the street near
him; witness apprehended one of the prisoners, and Cumniitts
pursued and took the other; the prisoners and their companions
ran very fast. Some time after witness examined the track-they
had Liken. when fie found *jemmy (crow-bar) in Rose-street. Has
no doubt that the prisoner Nex is the man who rushed out of the
premises with the other three.
Wm. Cummins, also • watchman, was alarmed by the spring-
ing of rattles—he pursued Nes, and took him into custody—he
was nearly exhausted by running.
A watchman belonging to St. Giles's produced ten silver spoons,
which he picked up on the pavement near the prosecutor's house.
They were sworn to by the female servant.
The Jury returned a verdict of " Guilty of stealing in the dwell-
lag-house" against Nex, and acquitted Rhodes.
TRIAL AND CONVICTION OF JOHN TURPINI.
John Tnreitt alias Juhn Tuck was put to the bar, on an indict-
ment charging him with burglariously breaking and entering the
dwelling-house of Martha Wisdern, of No. 5, Ryder-street, its the
parish of St. James, Westminster, about the hour of 3 o'clock in
the morning of the 3d of May last, with intent to rob and steal
therein.
The trial of this prisoner excited the deepest interest from the
fact of his having already run a long course of crime, his having at.
tempted to break out of the strong room at the police-office, his
basing once narrowly escaped the most awful punishment, anti his
wife, though in a very advanced state of pregnancy, having jumped
out of a window at the moment the officers were breaking open the
door, with the property they were in search of, which she contrived
to put away before the officers could take her, and which caused her
to miscarry. Ile was verry. genteelly dressed, and his wire sat in the
box of the Jurors in waiting.
The Jury found the prisoner Guilt!!—Death.
Thomas harper was indicted for stealing four horses from Brick
Hill, Ideas, the property of Thomas Batten, of that place. The
facts of this ease, which were fully proved against the prisoner,
have already appeared before the public. He was found Guilty—
DeaM.

NEW COURT.—Before the CANNON SERGEANT.
JnAn Fuord, a decent-looking man, was indicted for stealing an
umbrella, value 55., front out of N 0.13, Committee-mom in the
House of Commons, en. Friday, if e 13th inst., the property of 31r.
N. Broadmead, an attorney.
The prosecutor deposed, that having business in the said Com-
mittee-room, he went there about one o'clock in the afternoon, and
placed his uutbtelli behind the door; on his leaving again, and
looking after his property, lie missed it. IVitness then made in-
quiry, and traced it into the **session of an officer. The umbrella
now produced is his property.
John Lane, a messenger in waiting at the room, said he saw the
prisoner about three o'clock nn the staircase, proceeding towards
Mr. liellatny's apartments. Witness asked him •hat he wanted;
he replied, a Blember of Parliament, to get a frank. On question-
ing the prisoner respecting en umbrella under his arm, he said he
took it out of No. 13, Committee-reom ; having lost one himself
the day before, he secured that in its stead. An officer was then
sent for, who took him into custody.
The prisoner, in his defence, addressed the Jury at some length ;
he admitted takinz the property away, but not with an intent to
steal it. and his intention was to bring it back again before the
Committee broke up, in the hopes of finding his own.
The Coussow Stant:ANT summed up the evidence, and the
Jury, without hesitation, found the prisoner

MU RDE a.—Four brothers of the name of Cuthane,
and a man named Patrick Bridgernsn, became tenants in March
hod to a quantity of land near Robertstown, the property, of
Lord Clonbroek. They were employed ploughing it on Tuesday
evening, when nine men approached them from a distance, and
called out to the labourers to quit the ground, a mandate which
was instantly obeyed. Tl:ey then presented a gun and pistol, with
other weapon, and asked the Cultures how dare they take the
land, striking one of the brothers a desperate blow on the head,
which felled him to the ground insensible, and shortly terminated
his mortal stifffirirr.. The others, on this, in vain called out for
mercy, end after a feeble resistar.ce to the repeated blows of their
cruel assailants, *ere all stretched on the ground covered with
wounds, and faint from loss of blood. The ruffians having thus
fully gratified their sanguinary intentions on their innocent victims,
moved off in triumph towards Ahanish. An inquest has been since
held by the Rev. George Vincent anti Wm. R. Yielding, Esq. on
the body of the murdered man, Michael Cuthane, and a verdict of
Wilful Murder returned against persons unknown. The other
unfortunate men were conveyed into Rathkeale, where they con-
tinue under surgical care in a most dangerous state. The life of
one is gisati over, and the reenvery of another is uncertain, but a
third will survive. The scene is reprc!ented as a most dreadful
.one.—Li:ner ick Chronicle.

31111DLESEX SESSIONS, THUIPADAY, MA 19
rola being appeal day, the Court was occupied the a hole row:.
iog rich cases of parochial aettlenteata.

THE I'ARIIII Or WARRINGTON AGAINST POPLAR.
This we. a question as to the settle!r tent of au infirm old rrti
named Arnold, who was born in the parish of ‘Varr,sigton. Whe;
of the age of canteen his father apprenticed him to a esrpeate;
named Higgins, who had with the pauper a premium of 101. from
a charil formed by a gentleman named Lloyd, for the apprectitieg
of the youth of that parish. It seems, flowerer, that the bindits;
of the pauper to Higgins was a mere collusion ter the obtaleinE
Ml" tua which was irethateiy paid over to the father. and the suffixed to work at home with his father, who Sat also
A carpenter. After remaining pith his father two !ran, he went
with the consent of biz father to Heading, and worked for a tus;
of the name of Jones, remitting to his father a portion of the saga*
received. Subsequently to his attaining to manhood he 1-:•idi it
Poplar, and from the evidence given, it appears the rent rever vas
of sufficient amount to obtain for Lim a settlement.

Mr. BOL LAND, for the pariah of Warrington, contends„ that
he had proved a settlement under the indenture of appre.,..,ce,h,p,
at Reading.
Mr. ADOLPHUS, in reply, argued that the indenture was form
in fraud, and could not therefore operate to the obtaining of a ac.
dement._

The COURT intimated a strong opinion that a settlement bad
been made out at Reading, but at the requtst of 31r. Adolphus,
who thought he should be able to argue the point sueemfunt, ;f
time were allowed him to refer to authorities, co:tsentedtl defer itt
final judgment to the adjournment day.

POLICE.

GUILDHALL.

a journeyman ladies' shoemaker, was brought
Mr. Alderman N SLEY yesterday, upon the charged;
beJforeame As Hi'r.
Messrs. J. and 11. Gamble, of 53, Fab-street-lull, sholesale shot
manufnetuters. _ _ . . _

Mr. Henry Gamble stated the case. He had, he said, about two
hundred persona in his employ, who were all perfectly corrented
with the wages he gave this books would show that many of them
earned from 235. to SJt a week), and he could not therefore see,
wi;hout concern, that a body, terming itself a Committee, shot...
step in between him and his workpeople, and stir up discord be
dictating both to him and to them what should b., the remuneration
fur their labour. Surely that was a question only between himself
and those he employed. There was a strike among the journey.
men, and about a dozen or twenty masters resisted the demanded
increase of 2d. a pair on ladies' shoes. To prove the case against
the prisoner, Mr. Gamble called
• John Clark, who stated that Iris master having espied, yesterday
morninr. tha: sonic man was ',tieing away handbills to all the work.
people us they left the premises, sent him after one of them to get
copy oa the paper, which be now ptoduc.ol. and proved to be au
add•Cld, issued pursuant toa resolution of a general meeting. held
at the George, East Harding -woe:, to be circulated among the
ee women's men" who did not belong to the City Trade Society
'calling upon them instantly to join the Society, in order to pm
cure au advances of wares.
The only other witness called was one John Hudson, alto
stated that he was in the employ of dr. Ganthle, and hol Maid
nothing of the strike till that morning, whm, as soon as he had
1 quitted the shop, the prisoner delivered to lii:n a copy of the ad.
dress, and, in a few words, pressed him to join the satiety. His
master did not give the full wages, but be had work ail the wiatet
as well as summer, and he was perfectly satisfied.
The prisoner. 1.1 his defence, said he had not obstmeted or
Oreatened any boor.. He was in the employ of Mr. BowtelL of
Skinner-street, and when he worked hard, could earn but 13s. a
week.

Mr. Alderman ANSLEY deeply lamented these combinations
among labourers to advance their wages just at this moment.
31inisers had been doing all they could- to enable our merchants
to fund goods abroad at a cheaper price, and now the journey.
men, by increasing the cost of manufacture, just rendered en.
tirely nugatory all the aids the Government Lad afforded. As,
however, the prisot er was anzious to hare legal assistance.
the presence of a second Magistrate would be necessary to convict
him.

The Worthy Alderman remanded the prisoner.
Some of the Committee-men presented themselves before the .Al-
derman, and from what they state, it appears the advance they re-
golfs would increase their wages about 2s. a week ; that there has
been no strike, no combination, nothing but a gradual fall in the
price of their labour for the last fourteen years ; that, for the same
workmanship, the masters at the west end of the town, ar• now
paying Is. bd. to la. 7d. per pair of women's shoes, some of the
masters in the City give but ad. and Ind., and the Committee do
not interfere where above Is. • pair is paid for the making ; that
when bread 8:c. was cheaper than now, they had 6d. a pair more:
that ltid. and lad. has been paid in the city for what only 10d. 14
now given ; and that they are supported in their present demand
by most of the respectable masters, who find themselves unable to
t ism pe e with what are technically called the "Cutters C---thal
R. IS XIS who employ a vast number of hands at extremely low prices,
and retail by the dozen the shoes Mu' nade to shopkeepers, who
vend them to the public. The presence strike commenced 1)D Tues.
day last.