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London, England, 1824-09-25 00:00:00

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Refire Mr. Sewgrant AttAWN and a .31,ddksrx Ju-y.
This tnor..ing, at the opening of the Court. upwards of twenty
prisoners were brought in and discharged by proclamation, their
bills having bccn ignored by the Grand Jury.
A detainer having been Indg.d against Dadfitti, for receiving
from James Thomas, alias Davis, 1000 f. in bank and promissory
notes, the property of J. Haines, in the county of Surrey—the
prisoner is ordered to be removed by Habeas Corpus to Horsemon-
ger.lane gaol; and Woolf Isra:l. for stealing a quantity of gold
coin, in tae county of Reeks, is order ,s 1 to be removed to take his
trial.
J. Taub,. aced 17. was indicted for breaking and entering the
house of J. Alakeltam, and stealing therein a quantity of calico,
1011 other articles, his property.
The prosecutor lives in Banner-gm:, St. Luke's, and is a trim-
mingduanufneturer. Between the 21th and 2lblt of July last, wit-
rots in several articles from his warehouse; the intervening day
was a Sunday; some stock in trade and wearing apparel was miss.
ing.
By 3lr. Raonsarce—My name is John Bartlett 31akeham,
but I never use the middle name in my busineas.
Under these cirntrrudanees the ContlT directed an acquittal. ob-
serving, that the prisoner was very fortunate, as the breed Jury
were discharged.
ASSAULT AND ROBBERY AT HOUNSLOW REVIEW.
J. Harernel was indicted tin assaulting J. Sheeham in an open
place near the highway, aid stealing trout him a coat, and divers
' pieces of coin, his property.
The proseeoter is a tailor, residing at Hampton Court. On the
7th of July he rtes going over Hounslow-he:nit, having been to see
the review. At Ole time the robbery happened witdess was in •
booth ?reality: !'n:srlf, but was quite sober ; this was about ten
o'clock in the evening. When he was leaving the booth he took I
our half a-crown to pay the reckoning. As 00011 as he had done'
this, some person behind struck him on the head. He was then
dragged out of the booth by ten or twelve men, who formed a circle
round hint, and kept pushing hint from one to the other. The poi.
souer cam: up at his left side, and put his hand in his waistcoat
ipseket ; there were two hall...crowns there, which he missed imme.
diately. Witness was fearful of making resistance. us they were
so numerous. He received several severe blows in the face, and
one of his teeth was knocked out. When on the ground he re-
ceived several kicks about the extremities and body. While this
was going on they took his coat front his back. Witness attempted
to get into the booth to give information, bait was prevented by be-
ing brutally attacked by the prisoner and his party, one of whom
jumped on his leg and sprained it very much. More money was
then taken front his trowsers' pocket. Ile was quite sure of the
idcnt;ty of the prisoner. for lie not only joined others in the assault,
but had been previously watching hint. They left hint almost in
a state ...fnudity. He then proceeded towards the barracks, crying
" mortice !" lie applied to the police next day. and went to the
magistrate at Heston. The prisoner was taken that day week.
Witness was forced :o go to the workhouse :o be taken are of, at
the expense of the parish, as he was ill and destitute.
E. Collins—la a shoemaker, and was at the review. He saw the
affray, and his testimony corroborated the preceding evidence in its
material parts. He added, that when the thieves left him the pro-
secutor appeared much hurt, and bad nothing left bat his trowsers
and stockings. He had a good opportunity of observing the poe-
tics, and was quite sure the prisoner was tine of them.
Cross-examined—He never attempted to aid and assist, because
he was himself in bodily fear. Witness was there three-quarters
of an hour. Never saw the prisoner before that day. The reason
shy he did not interfere was, dint he had the are of the booth.

The prisoner now denied the charge, but
The REcortura summed up the evidence, observing, that the
ease demanded the most serious attention of the Jury; for In ease
of a conviction, no person who Mad heard the evideneekaald lament
that an example should be made of the prisoner, as a warning to
others. (The prisoner, who is a tine young man. burst into tears.)
The Jury returned a verdict of—Guilty—Death.
The RtcoacrE a exhorted the prisoner to set about the work of
repentance immediately, as in all probsbility he would shortly un.
dergo the full extent of the law.
he prisoner was removed from the bar weeping bitterly.
Cliffard. whose trial we yesterday reported, with that of
Richard and T. Taufor, was again charged with receiving apparel.
the property of J. Trumpet. and acquitted.

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BURGLARY.
G. fluin..s. area 420, was indicted for breaking and entering she
house of J. Langley, and stealing apparel, the propertyof Ann
}lover and others.
The Jury found him Guilty of stealing under the amount of 405.,
and Acquitted him of the burglary.
The Cot: UT sentenced the prisoner to be transported for seven
years.
NEW COURT.
Before the COMMON SERGEANT.
fr. Thurlovr. aged 40, was indicted for stealing, in the house of
T. Mennell, a watch and other articles, value All., the property of
Emilie St. Ange.
Robinson examined—l received a letter fmm the prisoner,
which he told me to take to Mrs., Taunton-place. It was on
the Ifith of July. I gave It to a female at the house. I slid not
receive anything from her. The prisoner told me to get a gold'
chai:t there, but she did not give it. I then went back to the watch.
house, where the prisoner was, and lie asked me to take another
letter, upon taking which I received the chain. I gave it in at the
Marlborough-street office. Howard took it.
Robert Howard—l have seen the proueeutrix at the irstehlionse.
There was another woman with lter, who interpreted. On the 15th
July the prisoner and two French women were brought to the
watchhouse, when the French woman asked him to give up their
property, one gold watch, one gold chain, three gold rings, one
gold seal, one gold pin. She said that he had been to see her and
had taken these things away. She lived at 44, Frith-street, Soho.
He told her she should have the property, but he had not got it'
about him. I did not hear them say that if he would give up the
property they would not prosecute him. The prosecutrix and the
prisoner talked together in French fur some time, but it was not
trauslated so as I could understand. The prisoner never said any-
thing to me as to how lie came possessed of the property.
The Cost MON SCIWEANT said, at present there was no evidence
before the Court to prove to whom the property belonged; sus-
picions were not enough.
The prosecute's having been called upon her recognizance', and
not appearing. they were, by order of the Court, entreated, and the
prisoner acquitted.
IV. Brown, aged 31, stood indicted for de :manslaughter of
R. Scott, the younger.
S. Holmes examined-1 live in B'est-street, Somerstown, and am
a brewer. I have knows the prisoner for twelve month'. He was
a derk in the sante house with witness and the deceased. On the
Bth of August. about seven in the evening, 1 saw the prisoner in
the store-house, and Scott coming up the yard—some conversation
took place about some bung.elutit being taken for aprons, and the
prisouer, who had a knife in his hand, went up to Scott, and, with-
out saying a word, cut about four or five inches half across his
apron. Scutt drew his apron back to prevent him, laid hold of the
prisoner's, pulled it off, put his foot on one corner when at the
ground, and tore it. I then turned away my head, anti immediately
heard Scott say " Good God, Brown, what arc you doing ?" And
when I looked at hint he was shaking his left hand, which was
bloody, and Scott said, if you, Brown, have any malice against
!me strike me," and he then hit Brown upon the head. 'Flis de-
! ceased was eventually taken to a doctor.
Cress-examined—There were no other words pissed between
them than what I have mentioned. The aprons and the bung.
clod' areal the sante kind of stuff:

R. Jones esnmined--I was at the brewery on the 9th instant, and
remember the prisoner asking me if! had ally dautry (bung-401)
I told him I had not. 1 sas Brown make a stroke at the der, ised,
and cut hint across the wrist, but 1 cannot say whether he intended
to rut him there or to cut the apron again. The prisoner and die
deceased had had some words in consequence of Scutt's being very
fund of joking.
(mss-examined—At the first chop the prisoner cut a piece off
the :von of Scutt. The prisoner had said to me he did not like
Scutt a joking.
T. Hill, another person in the same service. saw Scott tear the
prisoner's apron, after wlth.h the prisoner trot his, and the de-
ceased tried to got it back, during which time the prisoner kept
chapping, as witness thought, at this apre.:, and it wes then that
the deceased received the cut.
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11. Hammond, a pupil at Middlesex Hospital, 5.1111 that the dr-
censeddied of a disease in the chust—he was brought there for an
accident, that which had happened to his hand, which witness had
no doubt hastened his thugs—the body WWI opened, and it was
very evident that the lungs were ateLlell preciously to the accident,
yet he might have lived several years.
The COGNOR SERGEANT said, lie was of opinion that the
cause of the deceased's death was nut sufficiently brought home to
the prisoner ; and if the Jury thought the same, of course they
would acquit the prisoner.
The Jury found the prisoner Nil Gaidty.
SLY iwe E %.—At two o'clock, the Calm/tar baring been gone
throagh, the RECORDER retired for about an hunr, and on his re.
torn hr proceeded to parr the sentences :—I2 to be transports... Hot
life, II for 14 years, and 41 for 7 years. A number were senter-.4ed
to various periods of imprisonment.
CAPITAL CONV T 1 ONIL—The unhappy men vita 11 nil been
cast for Math wet: now brought into the dock, and anaiiged as
follows s—Juseph Inkman, for highway robbery ; Samuel Hank,
otherwise William Harris, for returning trout trausportistion ;
Letitia Pickers, (leo. Sales, Samuel Roddy, William Leary,
William Sullivan, Thomas Ilannam, George Herring, William
Taylor, William !matelot, George Oliver, Richard Taylor,
Timothy Taylor, Thomas Dowse, and George Smith, fur smiling
in a dweiling-hJuse • William sparks, James Baker, and licorice
Islets, for horse-stealing; John II nutter, for house-breaking; Geo.
Richards, otherwise James Ritchie, and John 'Martin, fur bur-
glary ; Joseph Harwood, for a most atrocious assault and robbery
on the King's highway ; and William Rolfe tiw stealing a cow.
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