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London, England, 1804-09-13 00:00:00

lIORsE STEALING.

r'rrrale Webb, alias Dear, WAS capitally indieted
'for stealing a bay gelding. the property of David
Cadell. tie was also indiard for sterling a cliesnut
gelding. the property of Charles Alderman. Esq.
and also for stealin7 a bay gelding:belonging to !Ns
Royal IlifThness Prince William of Gloucester. lie
was tried on the second inciidinetit.

appeared that Mr. Alderm in had cent the horse
in ertestion to grass at Hamworsh Park, near
Hampton Cron, Front whence he was missed. Ilc
was traced into the hands of one East, a stable.
keeper, to whom the Prisoner had sold him. Upon
being questio-red by East as to how he came by the
horse ?he at first said he had bought him from one
Franklin, in Wiltshire; but, upon being further
questioned, he turned round, and said hi had found
him on Hourr.low Heath—upon which East had
bim apprehended. He was capitally convicted.

Q U.IRTER SESSIONS.

HICKS•s HALL, CLERKENSVFLL.

Yesterday the Court was engaged in the dis-
charge of the debtors in Newgate. under the late
Insolvent Aft. There were 45 in the whole, and
they were all discharged except three.
The first of these was remanded in consequence
of a question arising, whether the Court bad
the power, under all the circumstances, of
discharging him ? His name is Mitford I he was
confined in Newgate on or before the 14 Jay of
January, the day prescribed by the Ad of Parlia-
ment, to enable him to conic within the meaning of
the AA. On the 7th of.lione, the saints upon which
he was confined was snperseded ; and Mr. Kirliy,
jun entered hint as discharged, in a b ink kept tin
Cast purpose ; but he did nix avail himself of the
ailtion being superseded, of going out of the prison,
but remained in till the 40th, when a detainer 1 ,t•
101. was lodg-d against him. lie late Mr. Kirby,
thinking the Prisoner came within the meaning oi
the Insolvent Au, inserted his name in the Gazette,
among the others, with respect ta whose right to
take advantage of the AEI there was no question.
The question before the Court was, whether be
had ever been out of custody or not ?
Mr. Kirby. on being called upon, said, it cer-
tainly was impossible for him to swear the prisoner
had been in his custody ever since the fitst sit da-
Hilary, as he was discharged on the 7th of June,
and might have gone out of the prison, if he had
The prisoner allowed that lie might have gone
out—and said, he remained in to avoid heiiig ar-
rested by other creditors; die debt for which he
wits %tined being only 101.
The CHAS% la AM considered this as a very rank
case. The prisoner was accordingly remanded
with the permssion of the Court to bring his ease
het: ire them Again, if bethought proper, whale they
were sitting this Sessions.
Edward A'aux, a German, was oSjelcsl to, upon

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'the gio' and that he ha J obtained. the metiey for whirl
he. was imprisnn,d, amounting to 551. under Ilk
false pretence •taa_t be was going to Germany to re-
ceive 2,000• dollars, being his share of dollars,
which his father had lately become entitled to. The
warmer went to Germany, but ant at the.'ime ap
pointed--which was the grotmel of the charge of ob.
taining.the on noa under fals•- Pretences.
. The CatistatraN vory pr••perly observed, the In-
solvent Ad did not authorise them to try criminal'
charges under it, and the prisoner was liberated.
John Freere was objeacd to by Mr. Pciley, on
the ground of his having been convicted of llavin.t.
obtained money under false pretences; to prove
which, he -produced the record of the coirvietion ;
and called Mr. Roberts, the'f.e:per of the Ness
Prison, who identified his person. lie was ac-
cordingly remanded. •

Joseph Stmt was opposed by Mr. A Lt.'
under the 3Pcli clause of tlr, last Insolvent
which enacts, that any person, having been convifted
of malicious mischief, should not be entitled to thy
benefit of this AIL The Learned Celtlemait
grounded his application on the Prisoner having
spread a mischievous and scandalous report against
an unpmtetted female, in consequence of which he
had been cast in LOI damages, from which he now
applied to be relieved. It appeared, that the Pri-
soner had been gardener we the Hon. Thomas
Erskine, at Hampstead, and a very respelable fe-
male servant in the neighbourhood was about to
Ire married, mtuli to her advantage; but, in conse-
quence of the reports which the Prisoner raistd
aTainst her, in public company, the match was
broke off, for which he was now very justly gniT r.
inq ini psi ,onment, not being able to pay !lie damages.
Ile was remanded.

POLICE.