The British Press; or, Morning Literary Advertiser.
London, England, 1825-12-14 00:00:00

OLD BAILEY SESSIONS, TCZSDAY, DEC. 13.

Radon:its George Valois,;Miriniari of gentlemanly appear.
anee, was last night indicted far wilfid perjury.
Mr. PRTINDE 213.45 T, in stating the case, said that the defendant
came to lodge in the house of Mrs. Lee, the prosecutrix, who kept a
school in Jewin-street, Aldersgate.strett, in the early part of the year
1921. Ile left her house for a time, and again became her inmate
in the December of the same year. Some few months afterwsr:in, her
circumstances having become embarrassed, she, with the view of
saving her goods from being taken under an execution for rent,
advised with the defendant as to the best way of protecting herself.
Valois recommended that the furniture should be removed to an
apartment that he had undertaken to provide, and she, confiding in
the sincerity of his intentions, consented to let Lim superintend the
removal. Subsequently to their being put into his possession, she
repeatedly desired to know whence they had been taken; but after
making many fruitless Inquiries about them, she was compelled
to bring an action of trove?, to recover them. An application was
made to the Lord Chief Justice of the Court of King's Bench.
to compel the defendant to put in special bail to that action.—
Valois, in answer to that application, swore that he had put.
chased the goods of Mrs. Lee, and that he had paid for them
by sums of money which he bad given to heron different occa-
sions. This was the perjury assigned in the indictment, as Mrs.
Lee distinctly disclaimed ever having sold the defendant any part
of her property.
After a minute detail of the facts of the case had been given by a
number of respectable witnesses, the Jury returned • verdict of
Guilty, and be was sentenced to seven years' transportation.
This trial latted till two o'clock in the morning.
SENTENCES ON THE PRISONERS.
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The business of these Sessions being concluded, at a few minutes
after 11 o'clock. the Recorder, in company with Mr. Alderman
Ansley, and the Sheriff's, took their seats on the Bench in the Old
Court, and immediately after the Learned Recorder proceeded to
pronounce the dooms of the prisoners who had been convicted dur-
ing the present sitting of the Court. The following wretched indi-
viduals received the awful sentence of Death :

Thomas Gilmore, for stealing in a dwelling-house ; Michael
Davis,for burglary : Frederick Felweil, for a like offence ; Wm.
Johnson, for stealing in a dwelling-house ; Jane APAror, for a
like offence ; John ‘Vetch, for a like offence ; Thos. Johnson, for
ditto; Mark Brooker, for ditto; Jaa. Pinkett, for burglary ; Corn.
Brisnahan,for stealing in a dwelling-house; Ju.Ederands.for ditto;
John Williams. for ditto ; Wm. Dunn, for ditto ; John Lowe, for
house-breaking in the day time, and committing a larceny therein,
and Samuel Roberts, for the tame offence. (The two last named
prisoners are those that were tried at the last Session for breaking
sod entering an apartment in Hampton Court Palace. A point
had been reserved tor the opinion of the Judges, who hare decided
against them.) Thomas Sl' inter Preston, fur stealing in a dwelling.
house.

John Tyler. .M ark Lyons. Wm. Jones, Henry Brisner, James
Allmck, Thos. Gorroques, George Kelly, and James Green, other-
wise Schofield, were severally sentenced to be transported for the
period of their natural lives.
For Fourteen Years—Wm. Wallace, John Saunders, and James
Weight man.
For Seven Years—Wm. Moulds, Wm. Chem., IVm. Frances,
Wm. Howell, James Powell, Timothy Humbolt, Richard King,
George Wilson. Michael Bryant, John Connor. Robert Thorn,
Thomas Briggs. George Blackman, James Stevenson, James
Bowman. Samuel Ferney, James Holland, Edward Jones. David
Shepherd, William Shannon, W. R. Milward, Alary Cummings,
Elizabeth Smith, Thomas Bronto, William Cross, Francis Jones,
John Downs, Crighton Boyd, Henry Wm. Spears, Michael Brown,
James Bellinger, Thomas Rayner, Ephraim Mollghan,
:Toothy Riley, Rebecca Greenwood, and Judith Sullivan. '

To be imprisoned tiro years, and kept to hard labour-31arigaret
Williamson.

To be imprisoned twelve months, and kept to hard labour—Jo.
sepb Richardson, Richard Bullock, Moses Samuels, and Catherine
Al act n/ios Kelly.

To be imprisoned six months, and kept to hard labour—Charles
Mason, John Smith, Ellen Tarrant. Samuel Green war, Mark Barra,
Mary Halloway, Robert Rowbotbam. and Jonas Birry.
To be imprisoned three months, and kept to hard labour—Dennis
Holland,-Edw: Dense. Wm. Grant, Lot Hayward, Henry BuJer,
Robert Roper. John Roberts, James Edwards, Samuel Sawyer,
John Cattun, Wm. Ingle, Alexander Dobie, and John Davis.
To be imprisoned two months, and kept to hard labour—Francis
Edmonds alias Edmond, Sarah Cunningham, Jonah Andrews,
Wm. Brown, Henry Hoffent. John Thompson, Mary Hopkins,
Ann Bradsell, and Sarah Dark.

To b: imprisoned one month, and kept to hard labour—Jeremiah
Bryan. Mary Clarke, Wm. Robins, Jpseph Dumberley, Charlotte
Taylor, Ann Fowler, Wiliam White, Thomas Skinner, and James
Smith.
To be imprisoned 14 days--Mary Dixon, Mary Maloney, Ann
Blakey, and Robert Baxter.
To be publicly whipped and imprisoned for three months—Chris-
topher dudgeon.
To be publicly whipped and discharged—Charles Hawkins, Ed-
ward Smith, Joseph Collins, John Hunter, ‘Villiain Webb, arid
Joshua Miles.

To bo imprisoned for ore week—William Stewart and William

. To be deed Is. sod discharged—NVm. Whittington.
Judgments respiteid-.-Aodrew Reynolds, lain Webb, and Jo-
seph Snit h.
Yesterday morning, an explosion of what i* called fire-
damp took place at the Waterloo Coliery, at Thorp /1011,
near this town, by which two of thg pitmen were severely
burnt : one of them, of the tame of Shires, has been re-
moved to the Infirmary, the other was taken to his own
house; we ate, however, happy to add, that thee are both
likely to recover. We are- informed that the actident
arose from the negligenee.of the workmen in 'leaving open
an air door, contrived to prevent the fool air having action
to the fire-pan, placed under the mouth of the pit.--Leeds
Portiof Saturday.
z4Tlta.ottnin•xv Btarits.--14114P thrlike..Of Mr.
Bowey, of Ifouglton4e-Spritig, tit three boys; tvisi of
whom tend the ,toother are doing well ; also, the wife of
Mr. J. J. Newsham, of Ranehester, tobacconist, of three
female children ; also the- wift of .6. collier at 'llartiley,
Lantieihire, of three girls.
MeRDRA AT 11111MINGII4M—ArraiX etbAk or MI.•
VC; .700.—This man, who A fleet) `of 'the murder
• °Mr. Perry, at Birminghatit, and who' ahiconded Tien
thence, bas been apprehended at Liverpool. 'lle was
vet higem hoard a trading rtssel, when, the police Officers
ihm custody. • • ,
' htimil in ovr gent; Me amuses htrotiolf crating
sma 1 barrels and other articles, in which le stotipicbn-
siderable ingenuity. The products of his industry are ea-
gerly purchased by the curious.—Bucks Gazette.