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OLD BAILEY.

The Sessions of the Old Bailey comtneneed yes.
terday in•iriiiiig. before M.. Baron Graham, Mr.
Justice Brit. Mr. Justice Ityitiri the Lutd
Ms or, the Itecor ler, and a bench of Aldermen.
IVe have already riiiimer str.l the 4rv,-r4l olTi-oces
its the yalrodor, null •he :11).ence of any crones of
particular eourinity.

FonGF.IO(•
Mathieit flluher. uged 33, n 4,1 urrligue4l for forg.
ing s receipt for the payment of WI. with inteot to
defraud a person of the flame of Cooke. Lind othetd,
in one of the public offices.
This unfortunate young man bad been twice be.
fore put to the hair. bet rein soided in consequence
of his being then in • state of mental derangement.
The last that Ire was in a strait jacket, anti •

Jury were empannellrd. who returned a verdict
of " Mute by the viaihation of Gat" Lk was
now brought up in • state of coimair,,tviteu
from the Criminal Lutimic ; he looked

pile. hat in a good state of anti was fashion.
ably &coed in blue. Na has held a reopectsble

liminess in life.

When the Clerk read the indictment the Pri.
limier pleaded Guilty.
The RECORDER entreated the Prisoner to coma.
der the consequences of Ins plea. hut the latter
persevered in repeating 1. Gniliy." adding, that
he was ;perfectly aware of the coosequences.
Mr. Baron GRAHAM, who was in the adjoi g
room, was sent tor—he hunsanely advised the Pri-
rosier to revoke his rlea, hut without effect.
Mr. Baron GRAIRAII—" Then you bare well
considered the matter, and plead guilty *drill.
edlv ?"
Prisoner—" I do, my Lord. I am guilty, and
wish that plea to be recorded."
The plea was then recorded. and the Prisoner
removed from the bar. He has been in prison
nearly a year and a
John Stone and John Britton, two boys, were
indicted for stealing eight silver spoons and a sugar.
tongs, value 50s. privately. in the dwelling of Sarah
Lawforil. on the :fist of July. at Enfield.
The l'rosecuttix stated. that on the day men•
tinned in the indictment she ascertained that the
spoons had been stolen from her parlour.
Amelia Hickson, who lived in the neighbourhood
of the Prosecutris, stated, that she saw the boys at
the bar loitering about the house; one of them
(Stone) went to the window. the sash of which was
open, put Isis hand in, and took something out,•
which lie covered with his coat. She instantly went
over. and told the Prosecutrii. Whili the one
boy went to the window, the other watched for him.
She called out " Stop thief !" and they both ran
away.
Caroline Smith said, she knew the Prisoners, and
saw Britton go and lift. up Mrs. Lierford's window
on the lit of July, and carry off something.
A constable produced Nlrs. Lierforsrs spoons
and sugar-tongs, which were found on the prisoner
Stone. _ . .

Several witnesses gave Britton a good character.
—Verdict, Guitty.

SIIEEPSTEALING.
✓eseph Clinton *AY indicted for Healing on the
2d of August, ►istren ►heep, value 401. and one
lamb, the property of Thomas Crump.
Thomas Crump acted that he was a butcher in
Newi:tat market. On the Ativ,ust he had 21
sheep and a lani. Ile ►ent la of them, by two
boys, to be kept at a shed or sheep-yard, near the
Seven Dials. On the following morning the
drover, Wm. Hinton, missed the sheep illal lamb
mentioned in the indictment. On the 3J August,

he saw six of his sheep at a cottageon Lord's Cricket
ground, near the Regent's P.ark ; they were hut
joist killed, and the skins were lying by them ; the
skins were marked C, and lie knew them directly
to be his sheep. Re found the remaining ten sheep
which had been stolen in a field near the cottage.
Besides the C, there was a brand mark R i%l on
the tails of the sheep, from which he knew them to
have been those lie lost, us witness and his man and
buy were bringing the sheep in a cart from the
cottage, they met the Prisoner coming towards
them, who, when he saw the boy., ran away ; they
pursued and lie was taken.
Cross-era:Rimed by Mr. CU IIWOOD.—The sheep
were killed and dressed in a butcher-like manner,
and must have been served so by a butcher.
Wm. Hunt was a servant of Thomas Crump, and
corroborated the circumstance of his taking the
meets to the shed,t od their being afterwards found
in the cottage.

117iDisco Hinton, a drover, was sent by Thomas
Crump to take some sheep front the shed on the
morning of the 3d A uotist. Oii unlocking the
door he found only two sheep remaining. He went
back and told Mr. Crump.
Cruts-examined.—Whoever took the sheep must
Rare had a key for the door.
Sam. Plant. en officer, went from Marlborough-
street Office with a search warrant to the cottage,
item. the Itegent'S Park. accompanied by Mr.
Crump, about two o'clock, on the 3.1 of August.
He found the cottage locked, and lie broke it open
and found the sheep-skins and the sheep, as de-
scribed by the first witness. He also corroborated
the fact of their meeting the Prisoner as they were
returning with the sheep, and his running away
just as they saw his face ; witness pursued and se-
cured him. Ili a box in the cottage, which the
Prisoner admitted to be his, witness found several
duplicates and a hymn-book, in which the Pri-
soner's name was written.
Cross-examined by Mr. Altilliti.—The cottage
was divided into three apartments, and there were
two entrances to it. He could not tell how many
families resided in it—he saw nobody there. There
was a boy who said before the Nla,sistmte, that the
Prisoner we. the man who took the sheep. but the

buy had aot since been heard of.
Two respectable butchers gave the Prisoner a
good character—he had lived with them, but they
did not think he was capable of killing and dressing
a sheep in a trailesman.like manlier.
Mr. Baron RICHARDSON summed up the evi..
deuce to the Jury, and observed, that the evidence
affectisig the Prisoner was his box being found iu
the ismer-room. There was no proof of his having
actually stolen the property. but it was
andistely after it was stolen to a place

211,1 rr ho..k. flat l'rt.
soner admitted Was lu.. %%err also fuutid.

Verdict—Mot
OUTRAGES AT WEST END FAIR.
tkicher, ttged 18, was inilteted for
feloniously assaulting Itoliert Sugrlen Prettyman,
and taking from his person, on the King's highway,
u hat and haiiilkerclitrf.
W. ARA:AN >toted the t.:l4e to the Jury, and said
that this. %WAN st ease WIW•le 1:4.1 :WWII out of the dis-
graceful Iran-actions u!iich 11,411 occurred at West
End F‘nr. Ile then (1.1 the nature of the

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evidence, winch was given by the following wit.

us sae*.
Ruben Sugden Prettyman stated, that he was
a lut•u.drsperr in Oxfortb.treet. On the 27th
July he went to Wewt End Fair, in company with
a friend, Mr, %V'''. Fielder. Thry were returning
in the evening between eight mid nine o'clock ;

they had OCCeSIOII to pass ■ very narrow passage,
betoreo two booth% in a field near Hampstead ;
they were attesuprisig to pais through when they
were interroptei: by sixty or rewrote risen sod boys ;
he heard the word •r Trap" railed ont both behind
and beforr biro-el( and 111. friend ; he thought it a

eigual, and at the iiistunt he was urea at the back
of hos head by some imamate/it. which knocked
him &wit. 'and his hat fell off. Hr arose, sod was
then Ul by sis or seven, nod thrown
down again by a fist blow from behind ; he nein
gut up. but the some parties. notwithstending all
the resistance he rootlet make, renewed their attack.
tore his clothe., and used him in a barbarous milli-
ner. He but:eroded in knoekisig two of the party
down, and nearly extricated himself through the
passage. when there was a cry of. " Damn
the little he has escaped—give it to him
sgain." About eo of them then rushed at him,
and knocked him completely through the canvass
ion., s booth, where be was followed by three or
four, who were resisted by as many fiddlers who
sat within. and the assailants retreated from the
booth. His friend was equally maltreated, and se-
parated from hint in the scuffle. Many of them
lied sticks; but the attack wio, so sudden, he could
not say particularly how the ;troupe were armed,
but they at acted us a body and in concert. He
remained in the booth until two or three o'clock in
the morning, and the fellow: who assailed him,
knowing, lie believed, that lie had money in his
pocket. remained watcning hint, and cut holes in
the booth while he sat there. Nlany persons en-
uteri the booth cut and wounded by the same
party., from whom they had escaped, particularly
two young Ladies, who appeared to have been very
ill treated. Two or !twee days afterwurds, George
Forriee,:the Mien, brought hint his hat and band.
kerchief (the only things of which he had been
robbed). He could nut identify any one of the
parties.
'tVin. Helder, n clerk to a solicitor, stated, that
he had accompanied the former witness to West
End Fair. He corroborated his evidence respecting
the violence of the assault which took place be-
tween the two booths. After he was robbed, and
while he was looking in the crowd for Mr. Pretty-
luau, lie heard the word " Trap" called out, and
lie saw his friend on the ground, and several fel-
lows about Win. He could not swear to any of the
assailants.
George Furrier said he was a constable of Hamp.
stead. He took the Prisoner with the assistance of
a brother officer into custody, about eleven o'clock
at night (the seine night of the assault), in a field
at the back of the fair ; lie found upon his person
two silk handkerchiefs. one on his neck, and the
other in II a side-pocket, and a hot. the owner of
which he discovered on inquiry ut the hatters.
Oneof the handkerchiefs and the hat Mr. Pret-
tyman identified as being those which were forcibly
taken from him betweeit the booths. There was a
hole now in the crown of the hat which was not
originally in it.
The Prisoner. in his defence, said lie picked up
the hat and handkerchief in the fields as lie returned
from the fair.

Muir' Frederick, a tailor, said he knew the

Prisoner fur s.venteen years; hr knew him as an
errand-boy at different places, which he mentioned,
but doting the last twelve months he knew very
little of him.
Cross-ea•nmined.—The last place he knew him at
of his own knowledge, was three years ago in a
tailor's shop, where witness worked as a journeyman

Moses Fletcher (no relation of the Prisoner), said
lie was a journeyman shoemaker, and knew the
Prisoner fur six or seven s cars, Mal PO late as up to
the last four months ; be always bore an honest
character, and witness hail often intrusted him
with property. The Prisoner had no trade, Ho
master, but carried things übinit the street. The
witness seemed very indignant at being asked by
Mr. Ambits, whether he bad accompanied the Pri-
soner to West End Fair ? and replied, " I go to
fairs as little us you (hi." Ile also remarked on
the Poisoner's clime being merely for stealing an
" old hat.".
Mr. Baron GUAIIAM summed up the evidence
to the Jury, and said, that they had here merely
the evidence of the Prosecutor, respecting the pro-
perry. It was clearly found on the Prisoner.
The Jury instantly found a verdict of Guilty.
Jobs Halley was indicted for assaulting Joseph
Byrne, near llainpatead, on the 2611) July, and
forcibly taking from his person a hat, handkerchief, •
penknife, comb, and souse silver.
The Prosecutor said be was a whip-thong maker,
rind said be was at Nest End Fair un the 26th
July. On his return with a friend, a little after I I
o'clock, the Prisoner seised bias by the shoulder,
and used very violent lauguage to him. There
were others with the Prisoner. The Prosecutor
then stated that they rifled and ripped open all his
pockets, and sobbed him of the property mentioned
in the indictment. after which they let him go;
they were about three or four tea robbing lum.
On Monday evening he wits robbed, and on the
Wednesday morning following he accidentally re•
cognised the Prisoner its Oxford-street, and had
him taken. fir was positive tile Prisoner was the man
that stopped him. Ile never gilt back any of the.
properly that ass stolen frines
William Sellers said he was a constable. and had
apprehended the Pri-sowr on the Stith July. on the
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searching him be

Nu reply when iie used Law of the els.lo *ell*
The Prisoner contented himself with declaring
his innocence.

Verdict—Gnilip
There was another and a similar indictment
against the Prisoner, for assaulting moll rohluot,
William Colvey of a sixpence and some halfpence.
William Colvey proved that he was al-o :at tta,l
fair, and on his return was assaulted ht• the Poisoner
and sonic others. Ile knew the Primmer the •
meat he came up to hint, and called out, " JAI k
Henley, don't rob me. 1 have god nothing."—
Either Henley or lii- companions disregarded what
he said, and rubbed hint of all he had in ins !buckets,
which vex% tane•pence.
The Poisoner iu his defence denied the charge.
Verdict—Guilty.

Be/ore the RECORDER.
In the eve ii iii before the Loudon Jury. John
Ellis was convicted of stealing 4 Grill le.aiii.'•
watch in the crowd during Mr. Heat's procession.
The ease was fully proved, end the Prisoner cotes
The Prosecutor applied to the Covet for Ili• ex-
penses, and the Ille.coßDEs nplietl, that s pershtt
had no riglit to expose his properly to the ravages
of such a multitude. lie lied, therefore, is gt.at
(iifficotity iu considering luscious to a teamster-Aiwa
fur his expenses.

MIDDLESEX SESSIONS, SIFT. 13.

DISORDERIS HOUSES.

Mrs. Fernoutte.: Pius indicted Mr unlawfully;
keeping and maintaining a common bright!, at
No. 55, Upper Thornhaughsstree;, tit the 11";*:t
of St. Pancras, on the Ist of February haat.
Richard Dent, coilector of taxes fu► the itari.h,
knew the Prisoner at the bar, Nlrs. Fernandez;
she lived at No. 35, Upper 'rhorrilimgli-street ;
went there for the hail-year's taxes 11111. at
111111 lart, which she paid ; aiterwards wrote a letter
to her about the non-payruesit of other taxes ; 1.3 11
her in consequence; she appeared very angry, and
said she was always ready to pay theta t, hen t!.ty
were due. .

Mr. Ross lived nearly opposite to the house is
question ; did not know the Lady at the bur till
this morning; could nut identify her person be-
fore; she Caine to him in the 1110:11111g, Ito Fed he
would not be very severe in the case, and that she
would pay the expenars incurred, and srtistrd lie
would let her off; he replied lie could not ; has
lived in the house he occupies neatly Iwo rim.;
had an opportunity the whole day of seeing what
was going on there; there were very gay lasses there,
who kept giggling ou the balconies, and alluring
Gentlemen w ; has seen many Grotleusen go its
there frequently from gigs, mill most commonly
from 18 to 1.12 years of age ; the women in the
house were the reverse of :snidest ; thought it his
duty to come forward on the UlTd,4lol/e
Crois-e.reatined.—llia house is No. 24; hal •a a
gay lasses living with Lim ; had no lodges, bat
married people for the last two years.
When the witness left the box, the Defendant.
at the recommendation of her Counsel, withdrew
her plea, and pleaded Gaihy to the charge.
Amelia Cooper was put to the bar on a similar
indictment respecting the house. Nu. 31, in the
same street.

Five witneasee were called, who full:, proved the
description of the house in the intioctrutott to he
quite correct; they failed in est:Alai o•hisog the identity
of the Defendant with the keeper of the Itou•r—
the latter, it Itffirared, having. porsacd by the name
of Browne. Accordingly the Jury, by the dorrelio.ii
of the Chairman, found the Defendant Aut

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