The National Register.
London, England, 1820-01-16 00:00:00

MIDDLESEX SESSIONS.

Ann Hodgkinson Was indicted for feloniously
stealing in the dwelling--hou..ie of Win. Baker, a
tallow-chandler, in Torrey-street, a quantity of
candles and other articles. _ _

1 be prisoner had been recommended to the pro.
secuter as a valuable female servant ; two days afier
she had been in his service she told her master that
he was robbed night and day, and that he had
thievesla his house. Mr. Baker commended tho
girl for her supposed fidelity, unit asked upon whom
her. saspit ion fell ? She mentioned the servant of
a p,oenticman who lived in the house; also Mrs.
Payne, a respectable lady (a lodger). The prose-
cutor,having suspicion that all was not right with
respect to the girl herself, sent fOr a constable, who
searched the premises, and tOund not only a large
quantity of candles, concealed under ashes and dust
in the lower part cf the house, where the defendant
had access, but smut) property belonging to Mrs.
Payee. it was supposed she had put the candles in
a situation convenient fin. removal, and that she h.ad
artfully endeavoured to prejudice her masier against
the initiates of his house, ohs better to cover her
own dishonesty.
The Learned Chairman, in his address to the
Jury, unserved, that this was a case of importance..
The depredations committed by servants in a simi-
lar way had extended so far, that the court felt
themselves bound to make a severe example of or.
fenders. At the same time the jury had to consi.
der in, the case before them, whether the prisoner
bad removed the property with the int( nt to carry
it away. If they were satisfied that such was her
intention, they would find her guilty ; if, on the
contrary, they had not sufficient evidence to war-
rant that conclusion, they must acquit her.
The jury considered some time, and returned a
verdict of acquittal.
PAssiNG COUXTEIWEIT SIXPENCES.

Judith Connolly and Eleauttr.l3uckley stood in.
dieted for ,a misdemeanour, in tittering false and
counterfeit sixpences (knowing the same to be coml.
terfeit) to Mary,, the wife of lictil,Freuell, and W.
Stevens. - - -

My. Arabia said, this was a prosecution instituted
by thi,' Mint, who were desirous, in the execution of
their duty, of checking, as much as possible, the
frauds of those who went about tendering false and
counterfeit money to publicans, calling for a small
quantity of beer or spirits, and offering bad six.
peaces. Connelly, in this instance, went into the
house of Mr. French, who keeps the Globe, in Hun-
gerilird-u.arket. She called for half u pint of beer,
and tendered sixpence it, payment of three half-
pence. The sixpence was tried and finnid bail. She
gave another, which was good. Soon lifter the other
prisoner Buckley came in and tendered u sixpence,
which a counterfeit, and consequently refined.
They were talking together in a way which induced
Mr. French to entertain an ppinion they were tit-
terers of base coin. They were watched after they
left his house, and Connolly was seen going into the
shop of Mr. Stevens, a baker, in Northumberland.
street, Staand. She called for bread, and tendered
a sixpence, which was bad. At the same tune the
other priioner, Buckley, was stand.ng opposite the
shop in the street. " These people (said Mr. Arabia)
co in gangs, because it is very convenient, the per-
son who utters shall le ,ve the counterfeit coin with
thou" who zemain outside the honse. If they are
detected, and no bad money is found in their posses-
sion, it lessens the punishiumn."—They were both
taken into custody, and upon tho other prisoner was
tourti a sufficient quantity of bad
,roin to prove they
acted in voncert.
Mary French, wife of peter French, stated, that hit{
buslyind kept the (iloite. iu litingerford-ithir%vb Ou
the 3oct Deeentl,er Buckley Caine win the house and
asked lin a half a pint a porter. Sne tendered ,ixpence
in payineni. The vk fitness told her it was bad. Ihe
oti.er whinier came alter she wa.:. gone ont, asked liar a
hail a pint of Leer, aii!l tendered a tr, d sixpence.
Mr. Peter French snouted Nis wife'sstatentent.
NV Stevens, a bal.er, ill IN orthtintberlantl•street,
depose t, that Couto Py came into 116 shop, and e,be
bad sixpence in payn.eot liar bread. She went
The witness then obt,cretil both pr;soners situll?; toge-
ther oppo.:ite c. lie went out and told Con-
nolly she ha.l lwen a Lid sixpetitt! stir wedw,i to
elidt;:se it. Tile wtille:,3 said (SO 0:.11
ouul,l out do—
they were unerers of bad pviney,allll a constable should
be scattier. Site endeavoured to slip away, %%, btu Pike,
the c.msi itiL , oat her, end brought her a!lin
iouk the oilier prisoner, and searched tier in the presence
of the wittles•..
jsaac .j',ke, a constable, searched Connolly. He
found in her possession (toe good shillin,„, three good
sixpences, and two I.ence balli.voily in copper. In the
pocket of the other prisoner he found tour shillings anti
livedence hallpt nny in copper, six sixpences and sine

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