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to be sent for, the prisoner confessed having taken two shillings '
that morning, said ashnilar sum the day before ; at the same time
producing the two marked sl.,L'llings from between his stockings.
The prisoner spade no defence. He v -.3 found Guilty, and
sentenced to seven years' transportation.
Wm. Dunkin, a sweet; was convicted Of stealing a silver watch,
tleternsperty. of Mr. Mired Griffin. He had carried it off in his
I saw in which it was found. Ite was sentenced to nine
!teed labour at Guildford heave of correction.
Jobs aosiew, an infirm old man, wies•ndicted for stealing two
~fteets, Ms property of James Davis, bmdlord of the Royal Oak,
t•stieet, Borough, on the 6th Nov. last.
t appeared, from rho prosecutor's evidence, that the prisoner
having regaled himself with a pint of porter, contrived unperceived
to go up stairs to the bed-romp, and conceal about his person two
'beets, re.th which be was coming Gown stairs, when he was ob.
Moved by the prosecutor, and taken into custody.
The prisoner said lie was totally ittot of what he had done.
having received a wound in the h.. in Lord Howe" action of
the Ist of June. He had a wife end three children solely
/rodent upon him for support. T 4 prisoner having concluded,
itupon e was convicted, okricts and
ed, but tredli:'°orintt, it consequence of his age,
sentenced him to only one mouth's hard labour at Brixton.
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Benjamin Evans, of very genteel appearance, was indicted for
Wailing a gold watch, value tit ty pounds, the property of Alexander
Penton, on the 12th November last.
Mr. SCOTLAND, on behalf of the prosecution, having detailed
Ise facts, called the following witnesses in support of the charge:—
Robert Miller, mate unheard the Harlequin, stated that lie had
Illisown the prisoner upwards of six years. On the 12th of Novem-
ber last the prisoner dined with witness on board the brig, and hay.
hag oecasiou several times to go on deck, the prisoner remained in
es cabin. In the state woos a goldalnotionieter was hanging, coo-
-1 owning which the prisoner made several remarks. He left the brig
labut five o'clock in the evening,' and shortly afterwards witness
discovered that the chronometer was gone.
Nicholls, Captain of the Lord Nelson, stated that the pri.
sow en the evening above-mentioned, came on board of his yes.
M.aid produced a chronometer, on which he wished witness to
abase twenty pounds, which winless refused, but accompanied
hiss to a pawnbroker in y.street, who advanced ten
pftnds upon it, and promised following Monday to advance
Set pounds more, as the prim- said he wanted to go to Liver.
pool. Witness advanced the fi untie himself; and received the
7
•,...., for the chronometer. . us has known the prisoner 18
years. and would have intro .him with any amount of pro.
Pent'.
Jahn Stafford, the pawnbroker tided, dint the prisoner gave his
. omit* " Captain Brown, C c omm al ad "
James White, police officer, steel that lie apprehended the mi-
lieu in Tooley.street, and on ing token into custody he attempt-
ed** put a period to his existence.
Several witnesses gave the Prisoner an excellent character for a
liotawirs of years.
. The Jury found him Guilty, and be was sentenced to 18 months'
lard labourat Guildford.
During this ' greatest
satiation.

Mary.
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The prisoner.
mended
Yesterday Cheeks Comnan Relit, Francis James IN lami, and
Elisabeth Gardner, alias Meeks, were brought from the House of
Correction to this office, to undergo an examination on the charge
of having forged certain letters of administration, with intent to
defraud the Bank of England.
Mr. Haamsa, on behalf of the prisoners limit and Gardner,
requested that the further bearing might be postpnaed until Friday
week and Mr. Freshfield 0144 no objection en the part of the
Bank.
Rigaud, however, was brought In at his own request, and having.
been put to the bar. be proceeded with some degree of warmth to
complain of what he termed the injustice which the representative
of the Bank had shown him in keeping his papers from hen, it
was, he said, extremely hard that he, an individual, poor, and with-
out the means ofobtaininFlegal assistance, opposed too to a powerful
body like the Bank of England, should have documentq kept from
him, which would be of most material service to hint in his de-
fence. There was one document in particular which was of great
importance, namely, a receipt given to him by Miss Gardner, for
the money which he, as her agent, and as her agent only, had pro.
cured to be sold out at the Bank. He admitted doing all that was
ascribed to him, but it was done only in the character of an agent,
without the slightest knowledge of any thing wrong. and he received
5/. for his trouble, which was all he ever touched of the money.
The prisoner then read a copy of a letter which he had written to
Mr. Freshfield, reminding him of his promise made at the
last examination to restore his papers, and claiming the-delivery of
the receipt alluded to, and some duplicates which lie wished to dis-
pose of to assist him in procuring legal advice.
Mr. FRESUFIELD said the duplicates should certainly be mo-
tored ; but with respect to the receipt, he felt himself bound to keep
so important a piece of evidence, against at least one of the parties
accused, in his possession until the trial, when he pledged himself
that it should be forthcoming.
Rigaud was then removed, and the three prisoners were commit-
ted to the House of Correction for further examination on Friday
ee'nnight. it was understood that the request for so long a post-
ponement was made at the desire of lieu and Miss Gardner. with
a view that their trial should pass oyes the Sessions now Mime.
diately ensuing. Ni'e heard it whispered, however, that though
no objection was made no ilia part of the Bank to this adjourn-
ment, an Indictment will be preferred before the Grand Jury, at
the Sessions commencing io.ssorrow ; and if a true bill is found,
the prisoners will be remosedfrom the custody of the Governor of
the House of Correction to Newgate, by habeas corpus, for trial--
and be left to make their application for postponement to the
Judges.
QUEEN-SQUARE.
CRUELTY TO ANlALlLS.—Yeaterday Thomas Poklu.te, the
proprietor of a show caravan, appeared on a summons, preferred
by Richard Martin, Esq. (Member for Galway), to answer the
complaint made against hi driver for cruelly beating and ill-treat-
ing his horse.
Mr. Martin bring sworn, deposed that, on the day specified in
the information, between six and seven o'clock in the evening, he
observed a prodigious crowd assembled round a show van at the
refuel' Westminster-bridge ; he went up, when he saw a boy, the
defendant's brother, beating is horse as hard as he possibly could,
while others were assisting at the chastisement. The whip was
metainly not of an unresionalfie size. but witness told all the per-
sons who were present that it was impossible for the horse to ascend
the bridge. lie afterwards met another van of much less dimen-
sions, which although drawn by two horses could hardly get up the
ascent. He cautioned the hey, but the men who had charge of the
vas encouraged the cruel treatment of the horse. Witness went
iota a coffee-house, and sent the waiter out to take the number.
who informed him that the animal was beaten for about twenty
minutes. and the van at length was dragged aver the bridge by the
main strength of men.
Polelaze, in defence, said, that the van was only 15 cwt., and
the animal was able to drew a ton and a half.
MT. Martin—How, after all, did you get the can up the hill ?
Defendant; in explanation, said, that the van itself was light
enough for any horse to run away with, but the horse mentioned by
the lion. Member would refitse to draw a light cart upon a level
ground ; it was, indeed, a rank gib, and defendant would not cm..
ploy It again. 'Pie boy head only beat the animal with a little whip
(here produced) just ogee*, fore-legs, for its to floggiug him, that
was altogether out of the question.
Mr. Martin said he wet certain that the horse in question was
quite unable to draw the disc ortionate weight of the van; and he
knew enough *1 horses to know that the boy's beating the horse
was likely to make him hang buck. lie would swear that the
horse was unable to drag up the weight assigned him, fur they
continued to bent him, and tof last were forced to assist him.

concerted
because it
the till
imme-
wils re-

Paleface here declared, that then the animal was gibbed, or
sullen, he would net draw even a sprat off a gridiron. (Laughter.)
Mr. t; cOOR IlE—Vi'llk you undertake to put two horses to this
van in future when going up any bridge ?
rolodex—l will, Sir.
Mr. Martin—l am smiled with that, and upon that condition I
will undertake to ley the costs myself.

rA RYLEBONE.
Yesterday the driver of the cabriolet No. 4 was brought to this
Office on a summons, charged by Jahn Pollard, an aged and
feeble man, with having wilfully and maliciously driven over him,
by which he wus considerably injured.
The prosecutor stated that tiq Monday week he was sweeping
the grossing in Oxford-street, and while his attention was thus oc
estpisti the defendant drove his cabriolet against him in a wilful
•rod furious manner, by which h• was knocked down and *t-
ritely bruised.
John Scott stateditlist knirimessed the circumstance. The de-
fbndant, without Riving, the leant warning, drove Isis cabriolet
against the complaisant, who caught hold of the shaft to sas•e
and e•hile in that situa:2:l a rrsoa who was seared inside

the'esbriolet exclaimed—" 1) your eyes, drive on ; don't let any
one stop you ;" on which the defendant Whipped his horse, and the
complainant waslknocked down; the defer.dant drove uu without
taking further notice.
Several other witnesses were in attendance to confirm the above
, testimony.
Mr. GatertTlli asked Scott whether he conceived the thing to
have been wilfully and maliciously done ?
Scott replied, that the circumstance of the man in the cabriolet
saying " D—n your eyes ! drive on," &c., and the defendant
whipping the horse, was a proof that it was wilfully done.
Defendant denied having driven against the complainant wil.
tally. fie said that the complainant ran against the shaft, and was
in that way knocked down.
Mr. Guirmits told him it was inconsistent with common sense
to belied such a story. It was unlikely that a feeble old ,nan, like
the complainant, would endanger his life in that way. fie had no
reason to doubt the evidence, and unless ample compensation wss
made to the old man for the injury he received the most severe
punishment should be inflicted.
The parties withdrew to arrange the matter, when the defendant's
master returned with Pollard, and stated, that he had given him
one guinea ; but on being requested to pay the costs be said, that
tley were included in the guinea.
Mr. GRIFFITHS insisted on the costs being paid by the de-
fendant. _ _

The Muter—But the parties are satisfied.
Mr. ORIFFIT Its—But the public are not satisfied. The driver
may think himself very well aff: If the complainant had lost his
life he would surely have been hanged for the murder.
The costs were paid very reluctantly, and after a severe lecture
Mr. Griffiths cautioned the driver to be more circumspect in
future.

incliner UUTIUIOW.
ing this trial be covered lite face, and appeared in the i
on.
Pot/C.K.
GUILDHALL.
1e...45w Childs, a girl about 17 years old, was brought
ruination yesterday before 'Alderman ANSLE Y, 1
of stealing sixty-one soy
prisoner was living ass nt with Mr. Ceely, the le
Crown public-house, i Crown court, Fleet-street,
day morning Mr. C., who• keel been in the habit of cc
ek of money up to his bleb/worn every night, and brin
stairs in the morning, depiiited a beg containing the
rereigns in his till in the kiwi, which he incautiously I
while he went round t• collect in the pots. Ti
ter that ante in, was a porter to Messrs. Perkin
, of Fleet-street, whom Mss. Curly served, and imme
ning the till, to throw iu the badfpence he had recei,
'red that the bag of sore bad been stolen. Susple
he prisoner, because Mr. y's children had been I
'to the bar door, while hr b self was absent, so that n
sld have entered unper front the street; while
hand the prisoner had fr ens to the bar from the k
she could have entered tit attracting the notice
n. The prisoner, however, med to have had no oppo
ying off' the money prlot, her apprehension. h,avin
the house once only, witkia she was sent to Shoe.loi
sent so short a time, that ,t. C. almost doubted whetl
have gone so far. Neithettould the prisoner hare cot
ibery and had a person 1* waking for the booty, bee
mere inadvertence that Mr. Ceely put the bag into
his usual practice being to place it in a secret deposit
on coming down stairs.
prisoner, who denied all knowledge of the affair, 1
d to give time for further inquiry.
BOW-STREET.
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