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London, England, 1808-03-14 00:00:00

YORK ASS IXES.

Sir SOVLDBN LAwa►lsLfr sat at, the Guildhall on
111onday. The following are the trials which took
place up to Friday
*lois &mon, for stealing a portmanteau from
behind a gig, containing several articles of wearing
apparel, the property of Miss Jody.ii—Pieudad
Julia Andrews, far having enlisted into the 13th
Regiment, falsrly stating he was not an apprentice.
—•./eguitted. 'His acquittal was in consequence of
the subscribing witnesses to the indenture not
being summoned as evidence. His Lordship in
•ery forcible language informed the apprentice,
that had not the a►ove neglect takes place on the
part of the prosecution, he should certainly have
sentenced him to two years confinetnent in the
House of Correction to hard labour, at the ex-
piration of which he tihollid iltiVtt been sent away
as a soldier. lie was ordered to he returned to Ins

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master.
John Ilartky, aged 33, guilty at the Summer
Assizes, 1807, fo► cuhezzling monies received by
him, in the capacity of a servant, for hir master
and employer, and thereby felonionsly stesliug the
bump. Judgment respited anti► the then utxt

Amises.—Guilty. '
Thomas Reeks, aged 42, for stooling from out
of a pasture at Wintry. a bay mane the property
of John Crossley and Co.—Gailty--jeath.
Edward &reknit, aged 23, and David Arlington,
aged te, for that they the mid Ed wa,llStrishan and
1/avid Arlington, on the highaet , between Howe
den and Newport, on Saturday the 22d day of
Augnst, 1807, betwoeu eight and nine o'clock in
the evening, did make an :assault ou Edmund La-
thane and John Britain, putting them in bodily
fear, uad taking from their persons, and against
their will, a canvas purse and a silver coin therein.
a pocket-book, sial a silver watch. of the Value of
six guinea and upwards.—Gtaiity--DCath. -
Thomas Arlington, aped for dist he the
Thomas Arlington, on the highway Isetweeu 1 -
den and Newport, between eight and niue o c
luck
in the evening of Saturday die ead day.of Augest
1907, did snake an us snit on Edmund Latham and
John Britain;
.putting them in bodily fear, and
tating from flyer person, tind aguiust their will, a
eenvar purse, a silver coin therein, a poekitslxisde,
sada silver watch. of the value of six guineas and
upwards._.Gsifty—Death.
John Deighton, aged JO, for k lfing and slaeing
Benjamin Parker, at the township of flolbexii, in
the boreugh-.of Leads.-3equitied.
William Halliday, aged 46, for the manslaughter
of Sarah Halliday, at tile parish of Calverley, in
the West Riding.e—Aquirred.
AAA filorturi, aged 14, for stealing a brown colt
from out of a pasture field ut the township of Tod-
wick. the property of Mr. George Fox, of the said
townehip.-4;metty—Death.
William Oliver. aged :12, charged upon the oath
of Thomas Clarkson, .if Newport }Niguel', in the
county of Buckingham, laceeinanufacturer, with
.having indorsed, in a fictitious name, to wit. in the
name of W. Lighten, a draft for 421. lbs. which
said draft the said William Oliver gave to the said
Thomas Clarkson in payment for a quantity of
Nee. purchased by the said William Oliver of the
raid ThetaaS Clarksust, le id which said draft was
discovered to be the property of William Stephen-
son, of Beverley. merchant, who on his oath stated
that the same draft had been stolen oat of a count-
y, house belonging to him and his brother auil
'partner, Robert Stephenson, in Wood-lane in
:Barer ley, in. the East-Riding of Yorkshires some
time between the .2d and sth days of February

last.—.4c9mitteri.
Granhevn, egell a 6, late of Lefthowie.
intim We4-111ding. joiner, for stealing from out of
the wood-yard of %trillium Shaw, at Wakefield, a
qiiaotity of oak wood, sawn into hoards, the pro-
perty of tlie said %Wham Shaw.—Guilty--Death.
Itithow Baro4" aged 31, for an assault upon
Sarah Ann Aition. in kiliitts.l Hardwick. in the
rough of Poutefraet. with an intent to ravish. she
the said Sarah Ann hlitton tkwu beil - an infant

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of ten

under the Kite - years.—
Elisabeth iforatrouch, aged 30, the wife of John
Morlbmugh, for breakM into the Steward's office
of Thorns., Lord Dowlas, ut tJpleathem, in the
SNArth-Kidlog, and stealing thereout sundry Bank
of Eliglsori and other notes, of the value of twelve
'pounds and five aibillinr, and in current money of
England; to thy amount of fifty shillings and up-
ward., the property of the Said Thomas 1...mel Duo-
tis.—Cludry.
'Samuel !high, aged 33, of Wooldale. in the
Nest-Riding, clothier, for entering the corn-null
of Klihst Dickenson, of Denby, tanner, and steal-
ing therein about one bushel and a half of wheat--
Godly.
Thyroot Willie, aged 31, late of Ring :too-upon-
Hull, mariner, for having. lain carnal-knowledge.
hy force, and against her will, of the body of Jlary
Kay, of Selby, aged ten years aid i weeks, in a
vessel then lying in the River Ouse, near Coole--
Garilty--Death.
Jones Wixterbottoot aM d 24)) for having, ow
flatarday night, the 14th flay of November, lust.
stopped Robert Newton, of Nlethky, upon the
King's highway. within the township of Dolton,
and committed a violent assault upo.i his person.
by etching hiss with a hedges-stake. and feloniously
atealinK, taking, and carrying away Irons hoc, one
red,leather packet-book, containing three guinea
awes, a one pound note, and several other tapers,
one h as bills of parcels, &c.—Gaiity--Deal/s.
levees Watson, aged g 7, for dealing awl driv-
ing away two Scotch cows, the property of John
Hoyle, out of r tneadow-field, within the township
of Newton.—Gailty—Death.
James Burgers, aged in, of Thirklehy,
hoover, for having stolen am, taken away two ewe
sheep, the property of Thomas Cal”, of West
Newton—Gorky—bear/I.
Ilateinatore (used 3)e and Charles „Tail,
sou, aged 23, foe burglary—Both Gailty—Death.
Dora Wilcock; aged itt, of Benin en, cotton
weaver, for uttering rand publishing a certain forged
note, purporting to be a protiiitssory note, drawn
by Perfect, -Ssesitost, and Cu. for one gninea, with
intent to defraud John Dasisides, of Soylinsil.—.
• Mary li;ms.bile, a:zed to, late of Wakefield.
single wourm, for a capital offence, and reniss•rd
by order of Cs.,sirt, at the Crecierat quartet Sessious

of the Peace holden by adjournment, in end for...the
at Donesater, the 10th day of Ja-
mom, I al.Z.—.lezieitisl
dory Ward, Mary Bagley, and Robert Mutton,
together with nue William howler, not toic4n, we,e
indicted for robbing William Abbe!, on the King's
highway, in the city of York, on Tuesday se'n-
night, putting him ii, bodilv fear, and taking from
his person a Darlington hank note, of the value of

one guinea.
The Jury retired some minutes, sod returned n
verdict—Mary Ward, Gei/ty, Desfh—fludbou and
Bagley, Not Guilty.
Frameis Brown, of Kellythorpe, one of the most
respectable farmers in the East Hiding of this
couaty, stoat indicted on a bill found at the last
Christmas Quarter Sessions, at Beverley, for the
said Ritliitg, and trim:omitted by the Clerk of the
•Pesice to the Assizes, on the information of John
Nubia! Robert Eskritt, of Garton, in the said
Riding, labourers; for that he the said Frani*
Brown, ia.i forcibly. and against the will of the
raid John Paul, committed an abominable offence._
not tit to be named. Mr. Brown had kept out of
the way until the Assizes, previously to which be
gave notice to the Prosecutors, and volatitarlly at-
tended to take his trial. A defect having been
discovered in the indictment preferred ut the Ses-
sions, a fresh bill was preferred and found at the
Assizes, upon *lnch Mr. Brown was tried.
Mr. SCARLET, t'otiiisel for the prosecution, I
opened the CUM: in a very humane, impressive. and
elegant m er :-11n the opening it appeared. that
Mr. Brown had indicted Paul and Eskritt, at the
Alidsuminer Sessions, 1807, for a conspiracy to ex-
tort money from him by makingtbe present charge,
which was not tried until the last Christmas Ses-
sions, upon which Paul and Eskritt were found
guilty, but having preferred the bill for the capital
offence. which had been found. previously to their
conviction, judgment wits respited until the nest
Sessions. -113pbn the exutninution of Paul and
Eskritt, who were the only witnesses for the prose-
cution, the conspiracy appeared so evident, that
Mr. Topping, Counsel for Mr. Brown, declined
examining any witnesses to facts, (although above
so were us waiting, beside all the most respectable
characters in the Riding, who volnntarily attended
to give testimony to Mr. Brown's character), and
only called' about a dozen gentlemen to character,
and to impeach the credibility of Paul and Eskritt.
The matter therefore rested upon the testimony
of Paul and Eskritt, and tht chetracters of the
parties.
The Judge summed up, in a very full, able, and
clear manlier ; and the Jury returned a verdict of
ocquif Pi., without a meanent's hesitation.
'rule Omit was very crowded, and much interest-
ed ; and ,Oligedial was the verdict to the feel-
ings of the heaters, that they expressed their ap-
probation iu a loud burst of applause.

POLICE.

BONTARTOFIT.
FOOTPADS ADD HOUSEDREAKERS.
There are no less than seven persons in custody
on charges of footpad. robberies and housebreakine,
who have been apprehended. within these few dm's,
by Adkins and Lavender. In consequence of pri-
vate information, which they had received last
Wednesday, they went on Thursday to Messrs.
1-lielgsou's, distillers, at Battersea, and iuquired
for a man of the name of Tumbler, who, they were
informed, was cuneerised with a gang of robbers,
that had committed various robberies an the neigh-
bourhood of Croydon, and other parts of the coun-
try. Mr. Flielgson said he had no man of the name
o aumbler, but very readily showed them all his men;
the officers observed a man called Brace, who was
employed to feed bullocks, answer the description
of the robber they had received informal ion of, but
unt being certain of his person, they left theirietit;
min.., and applied for further information.
learned that the man suspected was the robber, but
that the name of 'l'ainbler, by which he was known
in a certain connection, was a nick-name, on ac-
count of being celebrated for agility. The officers
went again to Mr. li-lodgoon's, and apprehended
the man described. They asked him where his
box was, he denied having one, but the officers,
by perseverance, found it ; it contained a coat, an-
swering the description of one which a Gentleman,
a few days since. 64 been robbed of. with other
property, bi four footpads in Surry, and the l'ri-
saner answered. the description of one of them.
At live o'clock no Friday morning, Adkins and
Lavender went to a house in Puekeridge-street,
St. (ibis's. where they understood one of the rob-
bers, of the name of Shepherd, slept; they found
the street-door open. and proceseded to a mom oa
the second floor ; they knocked at the door, hut
not brine able to gain admittunee, they broke it
open, awl foand a man answering the description of
the out they were in pnrswt of. in bed between
two %%omen ; Adkins asked him if his name was
Shepherd ? Ile replied in the negative, and said
his name was Knight ; the Officers told him-he
was the man they wanted, and ordered him to get
up, which he refused to do and. the Officers were
obliged to pull him out of lard ; in the scuffle they
stumbled upon a loose board in the room, and
suspecting something was roncroleil under it. they
pointsd it iip, slid found .rveral iron crows,
bottles of phosphorus, and ether materials used in
house-breaking. Adkins took Shepherd sway,
and locked him up in a strong-room at the Brown
Bear public-home, in Bow-street, where he at-
tempted to snake his escape out of the window,
bat the iron bars were too strong ; he broke open
two doors of the room, but finding there were two
other strong doors, he gave up the attempt and
went to bed. Lavender took care of the woolen,
searched the roots, and found a silver watch sad
several other articles, supposed to have heeu
stolen ; and on searching one of the women eery
closely, eight CI Bank notes were found con-
cealed in an old pocket-handkerchief; ;Also a num-
ber of pawnbrokers duplicates, oae among theta
was for a great east; supposed to hove been stolen.
About half past six o'clock on the ~arse morning,
Adkins and Lavender went to a house in Little
Maro-heßonue-lane; in pursuit of a man of the
same of Sadler, who, they understood, oar al•ether
of the gam; they foetid him iu bed with u woman ;
they ordered him to get an, whi.-11 lie, with sore
reluctenee, did. Adisios UtoterVid a .11k iti111.14.4.1.•
chef ma a tat4e, which wisesred the slesciiptuisi of

one a gentleman had .keen robbed 0 near IN'
bride, but did not 'seise it tilt 'he .an whether
Stoller would own it by potting it on, which he did,
when the °firer took it from him.
A nunilwAsof watches, Bank-notes, and other
property, were found upon the different prioniers.