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wounded. until hit al'an
tiee *NI called to it by thi
by-slanders; he went Intel cook's shop to inquire
where k Burl • seri wbea a boy
iota theih op End said—a...

Mr. AN Dame
jeered to Flay thlbg
the Primmer, beioci
Chief Harm) Rica,

was good.
Mr. Heill, in continuation, b.
front the cooles-ehoP ' mulle°"‘
where his beamss
was loosened, and
some taws if was feared

Peens infeennitiee he
had first teen in the #
attack was made en

they were taken ..
Hones public-house,
SA. Giles's. The Pr
two public-house in
pointed there out as .
bed robbed the witness*,
wards taken to Bow
softer B allot* being-V/11P
found net him, which
Lis, although it hut_ 1
in the mouth of Aprd,•lllll4koik go'
ceived a toll, be vest it let
_miliaired,
and the watch-maker would to idesitify the
watch. On the 7th of Oct e broke the glans
liptlp
of the watch, which causes • the hour-haud to be
bent, and after repairing it. it still appeared beat,:
and the batch found on Bullock hod the Illent•I
baud similar.
He was cruse-examined by Mr. ANDREWS. heti
there was nothing mew came oat in the course of the
examiustion.
George Margate, • boy between 14 and 15 years
of age, stated, that be was employed with his father
at a wheelwrights, in Charles-street. Oo the even-
ing of the 10th f November be was sent by one
of the men for a candle to Drury-lea,. He knew
the Prisoners for near • year—he had seen them
often in company together. He remembered Mr..
Hall being knocked down in Charles-street; just
before it he saw the Prisoners come out of the
Coach and Horses public-house, in Charles-street,
sod go towards Drury-lane ; there was a third men
standing in Drury-lane, facing Charles-street ; he
also knew that man, but he is net in custody; he
heard one of the three whistle', and observed the
man in Drury-lane shove Mr. Hall ; the Prisoners
pulled him into Charles-street, threw hint down,
and struck him with an ash stick ; the third man
then went up to the Prisoners, sod said something,
but what it was the 'item did not hear; on which
the Prisoner Wootten held up his hand, and it was
then the watch was taken from Mr. Hall, as he saw
the seals hanging from Wootien's hand ; the Pri-
soner Bullock was the person who had the stick and
struck Mr. Hall ; he knew it was an ash stick, for
he had often seen it before with Bullock. He had
not the least doubt but the Prisoners were two of
the men who knocked down sod robbed Mr. Hell.
On his erase-examination, be said be did not
give any information to the police offices of tbe
robbery, as be was afraid of the Prisoners doing him
a mischief; he pointed out the Prisoners to the
officers from amidst toasty OWN/.
fikl oddment, in ofiicesonotedetbet be apprehended
the Prisoners, from the description of the lest wit-
nese, and took them to the Spread Eagle public-
house, in Broad-street, where the boy Margate
pointed them out, although they were mixed with
other persona; os searching the Prisoner Bullock,
he found on him 11. 16s. to silver, and the gold
watch which he produced.

Martini's Vauburon, watchmaker, stated, that
Mr. Hall's watch was sent to him to repair in Oc-
trber last, and he had no doubt but that the watch
now produced was the one be repaired, although it
had. when lie repaired it, the name of " Richard
Clutter, maker, Royal Exchange," and now ap.
!reared to have the name of “ Thomas Anthony,
maker, London." He knew no watchmaker of
the name of Thomas Anthony in Loudon. There
had been a complete new face pot to the watch
since he saw it last, and number, what is called
new christening . a smack. which might be dote in
12 hours, but with all the alterations he had no
doubt it was the lame watch he repaired for Mr. Hall.
Henry Savoury, another watchmaker, corrobo.,
rated the testimony of the last witness as to the
identity of the watch.
Mr. Hall was again called. and said, he had no
hesitation in swearing that the watch produced was
the same that he had been rubbed of.
The Prisoner Wootten. in his defence, said, be
he could prove he was in another place when the
robbery was committed, and that the boy Margate
ought not to believed, as he did not understand the
nature of an oath.
The Prisooer Bullock said, he purchased the
.watch fur 81. los.
They called two witnesses to prove an alibi, but
their evidence was contradictory, and they also had,
on a former occasion, stood at the bar, and been
convicted, one for receiving stolen goods, and the
other fur house-breaking.
Chief Baron Ricua MI munined op the evi-
dence with his mural perspicuity, and the Jury re-
turned a verdict finding both the Prisoners &Lail ty—
Death.
Michael Harley, 23 years of age, was capitally
indicted for assaulting Hugh Mackay on the King's
highway, and putting ham in fear of his life, and
stealing from his persona gold watch and seals.
Hugh Mackay, tailor, stated, that he was in the
Strand on the morning of the 11th of November.
About a quarter of an hour after eleven o'clock
there was a procession coming don't the Strand, and
he stood ul, close to Northumberland Howie, when
the Prisoner and several others formed a half circle
round turn. boat him dreadfully. and the Prisoner
took his watch from him. He had no doubt but

the Prisoner was the person who took his watch, as
he had been pointed out to hint before as a uoted
thief.
answer to a question put to him by the Court,
lie said he would know the Prisoner to be the same
watt who took his watch, if he was tarred and fea-
thered.
The Prisoner, in his defence, said, he would
prove that he was not out of a certain house until
between one and two o'clock on the day Asa
prose-
cutor said he was robbed.
To prove the alibi, he milled a man of the name

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of Gaining, whir m eI in Swan-
yard,triThi; h
who said tharlir slept in his house with
female on the Sunday night, and did not rise Until
afteront o'clock on the following day.
. Mary Willis, servant of the laet witness, corro-
borated:her master's evidence.
Julia Douglas, the unfortunate girl whom the last
owatit the Prssooer slept with, corroborated
their evidence.
• •' fife. justice HOLROYD summed up the evidence,
and tlieJury, after having retired for half an hour,
brought in a verdict of Guilty—Deal/6.
It appeeredrtgbe Prisoner was tried last Sessions
for al nimilat *nice, end was acquitted on account
of an alibi having been proved. He was only dis.
Charged from Newgate the Saturday btfure lie
committed the robbery he was found guilty of.
' 'Hugh Burgess. aged SO, was indicted for steel-
ing a quantity of leather. the property of Mr. S.
Rolle.—The Jury, after half an hour's considera-
tion. pronounced the Prisoner Geary.
Mimes franklia, aged 19, was indicted for
stealing sixteen pair of stockings, the property of
Mr. It. Kipling, hosier, Chestnicie.'
It appeared frost the evidence., that the property
stated in the indictment was placed ou a stand near
the door, from whence the Primmer snatched the
stockings and ran off; he was ',timed, and dropped
the stockings, but was at length taken into custody.
The Jury found the Prisoner Guilty.
111IDDLBSEX j6SSIIINS, JANUARY 10.
ASSAULT.
Robert Jeffries, senior, and Hector Jeffries,
fattier, respectable cabinet-makers, in Wellsodie t,
Oxford-street, were indicted for assaulting Benja-
min Scholefirld, one of the street-keepers of the
parish of St. Mary-le-Bone, and with I others
attempting to rescue a man lie had iu his custody.
The facts as stated in evidence are as follow :
On the day stated in the indictment, the Pro-
secutor met a sturdy beggar (who for a long time
antvoyed the pariah, and insulted several ladies of
rank whom he met getting in or out of their carriages,
and of whom lie begged alms ; but lie was so ath-
letic,
that he always escaped from the constables
who attempted to apprehend him under the Va-
grant Act) in Portland.plsce. The beggar knocked
down the Prosecutor and ran off at full speed, es
far as Wells-mews, where the constable came up
to him, and knocked him down with his truncheon.
The beggar screamed out ‘, Murder !" and those
who saw the act, and were ignorant of what had
passed•before, took his part. The Defendants were
at work in their shop, and ran into the street,
where. there was a large mob already collected,
and joined in abusing and ill-treating the street.
keeper, who was flourishing about his truncheon.
After having been seriously ill-treated, he suc-
ceeded in getting the beggar into a coach, when
the mob became more violent, and ac)uslly took
off one of the wheels, with a view of overturning
the coach. It was proved the Defendants were
active iu the affray, sad they were consequently
found Guilty.
The judgment of the Court was, that Robert
Jeffries pay a fine of gO/. (o the King. and be im-
prisoned till the fine be paid ; amid that Hector Jef-
fries pay 6a. ad...ad-be discharged..

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110W4TIMVT.
Yesterday Peter Byrne was brought to the °Mee and un-
derwent an examination before George Moshell, Esti. the
Sitting Magistrate, charged with an attempt to commit a
new species of fraud.
Mr. Charles Palmer, of Mitchell•street, City-road, stated,
t►at between stroke and one o'clock yesterday, as he was
pawing through Holborn, when he got weer Middla►ow, be
was accosted by the Prisoner in compels, wit► mother
man, the l'risoaer holding something in his band, which he
could not distinguish at Snit, but at leagth discovered it to
be a watch-chide with two settle and one ring attached to it.
Prisoner declined skewing them him then, but asked_him to
go so a private street, which be agreed to do, sospectiug the
Primmer to be an impostor; when he (the Prisoner) stated,
that he was in distress, and wanted to raise some money, and
would sell him Om whole of the articles fur 30s. He look
the articles to look at, and woos discovered, as be had •
knowledge of gold and metal., that they were not gold, as
represented by the Primmer. They were of base metal, and
not wo►th two shillings. He told the Prisoner be would
take him to Bow-street office, when the Prisoner's com-
panion asked to look at the articles, which he refused to
comply with. Thema then made &desperate snatch to get
it, but did mot succeed. He bad no doubt the Priioner's
(Meet was tis defraud.
The Prisoner was committed fur want of bail.

NURTING THR DROWNED.

At Shia *army mation, when
freritoot, it may not be amiss to remind our reader; on the
camel' that, lay the Act of Pediment lately obtained by
Mr. Tsensayser the Member for Cornwall, the sum of So.
is the reward appointed fur those persons who shall, within
six hours, give uotice of the finding of a dead body to one
of the Churchwerdenr, or to one of the Overseers of the
wish, who ars to be reiwhersed the wow by the Mussurer
of the Covey. Parish officers neglecting to remove mud
prepare fur the intrrmeat of dead buena bodies. so found
or cast on shore, withia twelve boars after notice of the
Lading of them, are to forfeit and payfive-ponadr.

THE Birign BIT.
it
Not 'imago a smoggier brought some sbiskey to a pub.
lie•hease in a market town in Cumberland, nut my remote
from the Border; bat disagreeing as to the price, Booifsee
reemosisiesded him to a geutlems•, whom he named, who,
ho said, had a great predilection for that article, and would
"goes take it off his hands," without any great haggling
about the prise. Away trudges the pour smuggler, loaded
with his contraband goods to the gentleman (Mr. H—,
an active Exeine.ollicer), who, wit►out discovering his ml
character, persuaded the illicit distiller to lake the spirit
back to his first chapatti°, and accept the proffered price;
but felhowleg closely after, the Isedlurd had scarcely got it
Welds posoessioa, before the latter found lie had himself
Belles lulu tits same mare be bad prepared fur another.
At Harrington, on Saturday last, • tame gull,
which is a fixed inhabitant of the garden of Mr.
Pima, wasioisod extended on the ground, with a
sparrow-hawk. in the same situation, by its side.
The hawk had hold on the gull by the head. Both
birds were in an exhausted state, and appeared to
have fought till mutually overcome. The hawk
was taken up and put into confinement, bat it died
within en hour. The gull recovered and is still
Tlte•sttack of • hawk upon a gull is pro.
ly a singular circumstance, sod to be attributed
Rlartreate hunger,* result of the severe weather,,
sad consequent scarcity of more ordinary prey.


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nrl • surgeon, when a boy earns
aides
Comm.! for the Prisoners, ob-
i the bey said in the absence
.4
received es evidence.
ICUMIDI held that the objection
Potinuation, stated, that he went
op to a surgeon's, in Long-acre,
dressed ; the scalp of his het4
one of te arteries cut, and fog
reared it would cause • lock-jaw:
he received he found the buy he
a cook's-shop on the eveuing the
in him, and from his description,
into custody at the coach and
use, in Great lielloci-street,
Prisoners were arta:words taken,
in High Holborn, where the boy
es two of the three yersoas who
witness ; the Prisooem were slier-
low.etreet office, end on the Pm.
lug searched, a gold watch was
ich the witness had tro doubt was
had undergone greet alteratious;