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OLD niittk. 'A ONOAT, lit It.

Anne Clayton wasintlictriltur atrulingscutiealieetit.
and blanket.. the prOperty of John Timone,. a bin&
dre•per, in Carnal)), Wail.
On the Tacts lurid in the indiCtint.iit heing folly
eatublialied, the Jitry found the ilinanier
hut recommended her NO Mercy; nit the grew of'
deureio piebutned ut the tittle of t• umnititing the
ntFeliCe.

The Judge obirvett, that if the jury persevered
in recontottodingthe Piikiner to toiese) 4 l!i" 5}44.111.1
try her nu &mother indit-tnietit, %lir-reiii she stood
charged with is bitilliar oftener its she slottdd mat
he suffered to go Irons to 10.fgltig, and lon
each with imputilly.
The Fineman of the Jury—" We were tint
obliged, in istqltiiitig info one htfritte, to know
that the Pt issuer stood i:Larved with another."
J itilge—" Certainly sits?, Grid iron ti."
The Prisoner wits then for stealing é
quantity of bed fitriii,bri: Irmo tituti her ; nut
Wog ACquittrit, front 14 doici,ocy or legal proof.
Joseph Davii svgi itmheted for sterinig, on the
of April, a tala:-, the property of Thottiai
HI 11. Verdict—Gofry.
Oil inquiry front the Keeper or Nr*g.tp, it ap=
peered that the Prisoner hod beet' discharged out of
custody last Sessinii, and had on the evening of the
neat day been committed to Newgate for his pu-
rest offence.

John Smith was indicted for stealing three ober%
the property of AMR. Unroll, a a' illoW
The Prosecutrix is mostres. of the Feathers puh-
lic-house, Oxforir-street. On the i3l of Aitrd.
*shout three in the afternoon, the Pii-ours was ob..
served eollliisr, down the stairs of her house; tieing
suspected, lie ails /wombed. and two of the dwelt
found wrapped round his body.
Ili his defetire (We Prisoner raid he was so intoxi=
cated, that lir did nut ktrow winat lie was doing at
the time. Veidict—Go thy.
if illits= Holland and George Smith were capi-
tally indicted fur st-aling from the ilwelling-house
of Anise Savage, a widow, live guineas iii gold, se-
veral silver teirsspoons. «011ie silver salt-holders, and
other articles, her property.
51rs. Savage proved the loss of the articles in the
indictment, but was unable to say any thing of the
Prisoners, except that our of them (Holland) lodged
with her, and the other used frequently come to see
him.

Li►nbrick, the officers arrested Smith, who, after
some hesitation, acknowledged the robbery, and
excused himself by asserting that he was induced
to commit the crime at the instigstimi of Holland.
Holland was *hortly afterward/. apprehended, and
on being informed of Smith's coufew.ton, confused
h►s own gu►lt also.
Holland, in his defence, denied that be had ever
acknowledged taking any part u► the rol►iwry,
and protested his innocence in the most suten►R
manner.

Smith put in a written defence, wherein he al-
lowed, that he had at first in his fright enentionol
the name of the other Prisoner, es being concerned
in the robbery ; hut he now declared, that hulls
himself and his fellow Prisoner knew nothing what-
ever of the matter. He concluded by expressing a
hope, that the Court, in shewing mercy to I ,
would return a lost son to his disconsolate parents
The RECORDER ,silnimed up the evidence, and
the Jury after deliberating in the box for u consi-
derable time, begged leave to retire, to co•uider
their verdict further. On their room to Court,
and being called over, they returned u Verdict of
against both Prisoners.
Isaac Isaacs was indicted for a burg' .ry in the
dwelling-house of John and atealtiig
therefrom 211. in Bank notes, 19 spoons, with
other articles, and quantity of silver et.in.
About eight o'clock, on the evening of the 4th of
April, a woman saw the Prisoner get into the
house of 11r. Mll'Utnialil, by opening a window,
and gave the alarm, but the Prisoner had escaped
with the property.
The clerk of the pawnbroker with whom situ
property had been pawned, identified Use Prisoner
as the person who pledged it.
A peace-officer, who apprehended the Prisoner
io consequence of information received at the pawn-
broker's office, also identified him. But no per-
son attendirig tor Mr. ill'Donald to prove the
property, the Prisoner was necessarily Acquitted.
✓olts ✓ordan was indicted capitally for stealing
properly above the value of 40s. out of a dwelling..
house.

A servant proved, that lie round the Prisoner iii
his master's. !tautly, on the 'light specified iii the
indictinent—that on being intetrogated, he bald,
he hail fallen into the area, and that he was pito-
ceeding to make his way out at the hail-door, aid
was thereupon taken by him to the watch-ltimm.,
lie had previously *ern his watch removed trout the
place in which lie had left it for safety.
The Prisoner said he had nothing to say iu his
deft-ewe.

The Reconnea, in his charge to the Jury, tvlii
them, that if they believed the fact of the ressirsvot
oldie watch with intent to steal, it was a sufficient
taking to resider the felony complete.
The Jury found the Prisoner Vstealiag
to the value of 395.
Bridget Rainer was indicted far stealing two
gun us, three petticoats, and other articles, valise
40s. the property of.loliii M•Avoy, frosts his dell.
tug-houses, tot the Irrtli April.
A daughter of Jr. M'Avoy, aged nine year§,,
proved that she saw the Prisoner coming don ptiiiri
with a bundle; that she told her father; and that
they both followed her down, but she bud (brg,.
Reared.
Mrs. f‘PAsoy (mother to last witness), deposed
that she had guise out on the day ui tillr,..11111•,. It siv.
tug the Prisoner, WI bile hail supportrd for
some days, in her ludgiog.
Charles Jas. Joyce produced part of the pro.
perty, which the Prisoner had pawned to kits out
the Itith April.
Littshrick, the officer, on searching the Pri.otter.
whom he had apineheied,d on another v!Arge,
fouled the duplicates for tilt arlicir% in (411rAlils,.
which \lts. WAvoy rvcognssed at the Police Office
as those of the articles

The articles yawned %ere identified by Mrs.
The Prisoner, iis her defence, denied the testis
moil ul the chid, and will, Oa she had tett-teed

INFAMOUS OUTRAGE.

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POLICE.

'tire Wicks from a woman, with a request to take
'thvin to the isawnbroker's.
Verdict—Guilty al stealing to the valise of 395.
Mary Anderson was put to the bar, charged
with stealing three silk gowns, and other articles,
value 4/. the property of Jane Copeland, ua Men•
the 7111 April.
Jane Copeland swore that she went out ou the
• ir of the 7th April, leaving the property
described in the indictment is. a he: on her mo-
ther's premises, and that uu het return in the even-
Wig it was Know.
The mother of the last witness proved that she
kid guile out about eight o'clock on the night of
the same day, intruating the care of her house to
the Prisoner.

Dalton, the officer, found the Prisoner with the
box in question, in White's-yard, Okford-street,
on the 9th of April, mud took her into custody.
Jane Copeland swore to the boa and is contents
being her property.
The Prisoner put in a written defence. stating,
that this was the Sat and only charge ever brunglit
against her—that she had been the wife of a re-
spectable tr?iletimaii, slow dead, and was the mother
of three young children—that from the death of
tier husband, till a very short time before she had
the misfortune of being apprehended (being a Spice
of three yearl, she had supported herself and her
hildresi by service—that many respectable persons
were ready to give her a creditable character. and
trusted the Court would exercise all the lenity the
nature of her case demanded.
'Hirer witnesses appeared to the Prisoner', good-
ness, of character.
The Jury brought 'lli a verdict of Guilty—but
teco 1111111111111 l the Prisoner to mercy, on the ground
that the present appeared to be her first offence.

MIDDLESEX SESSIONS, MAT 11.

.Inhelliam Chisholm*. William Howell,
George Yardley. Charles Allen, and George Noche', were
ind.eied fur ttutously and tumultuously asseutlolunt
'tether, and fur assaulting !antes Henry Racine, and utherr,
at Air•street, S ntalticlds, uu the 25th of March.

Mr. Anokurtus, fur the prosecution. stated, the ontrace
ascribed to the Ds•fenelants waste( the must daring and scan-
&kens nature, and it was of importance to the safety of
the public that the matter should be seriously investigated,
and a severe punishment, in ease of conviction, inflicted
upon the persons accused. The riot and assaults with which
they were chaired, arose out of a species of spurt, vulgarly
termed " Hultuck.hunting;" but this was um the part of the
lflefendauts a mere pretext and rover for • still more infamous
&Mg.. Mesas. Racine and Cu, silkiest's, peancesed a large
wren hunse in Au-street, Spitalfiehls, in which there were
kept silk. and other property to • large ansoinet. On the
Jay stated in the indictment, about three o'clock, a large
ox, preceded and driven by at least 300 persons of the lone at
drseeeption, came down the stied in which the warehouse
ix situated. Da arriving opposite the premises, the lead-
s's of the snub, with great dexterity, made • belt, furmed
themselves in a strung lice athwart the road, and thus turned
the ux, then foaming with fury, into the yard of the pruse-
ream". The gi eater part of the gang succeeded also in get-
ting into the yard, and here a scene of insult and violence
ant easily described gunk place. Mont of the mob were
armed a ids huge club sticks and brick-bats. A volley of
the litter missiles were directed at the windows and dour*
of the warehouse, awl in a very short time nut a pane
of glass or a dour remained unbroken. The workmen
on the premises, in order to check these proceedings, formed
themselves into a body, and sallied late the yard to attack
the rioter's, but were quickly obliged to return into the ware-
house. Front the windows they threatened to fire upon the
snub, and actually threw down opus them a Timidity of but
*Mir, but without effect, they wuslil nut move from the
place, and at length fire aims were discharged at them, and
several severely wounded. In the midst of the confusion
'esecanuneel by this circumstance, the workmen, beaded by
Mr. W. Racine, one of the firrn, again attacked the mob,
and gene a desperate fight, sided by some police officers also
had then arrited, at length succeeded in clearing the yard,
and dewing the gates. lu the course of the scuttle, several
alb! VW kale,' were dangerously hurt by the weapons of the
ussailtuts, and Mr. ILACille was no severely 114.414.11, as with
difficulty to reach a neighbouring shop, where he fainted,
114141 'retained very ill fur some time. In die progress of the
skis, the Defendants, Rippers' and Chisholm., acre observed
to be particularly active, and the former eunslueted the
unwritten(' of his t ornpaniona, armed with a large stiek.
Yardley and Howell were also among 51w mud active. Re-
peated attempts were made to break in the doors, and not a
doubt could be entertained but that the object of ihe s iota rs
was the plunder of the l'rusecutur's premises. At the time
of the present teausaction, the warehouse was slum keel • ith
property to the amount of more than 100,0004 mid that too
of 41 Jens iptiois very easily iu be isnuted. Thies was the
third attack of the came kind that had taken place upon the
same premises within a year. and but fur the must active
Outlines of the workmen, aided by the police, a general
plunder must each time have been 'dieted. When the snub
with the mix had been forced fawn the yard, the pilaw animal
wistinued to be driven abuts. int a must moinerciful manner,
until lite rally cluksd with nia.lisess and exertion, it dropped
dead on the ground. The Deftudauts were secured uu the
spot by the police tams.
The slime facts acre proved Sy a grist number of wit-
semis, who described the tumult t .1 be of the most dreadful
and 'stationer nature. Nome of the persons called, hurry...,
mould identify Allen or Buckey, as takeur an active share in
the proceedings, but they all cuncurred in stating the parts.
slat activity displayed by Rippun srJ Chisholm,.
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Mr. ALLVIr addressed the Jury on Mullin( Howell and
Yardley, and called witnesses to &hen, that if they weie at
all rusated in the riut, they were rather drawn lulu it by
example, and had nu Infestinu Iw youal nsere .port,

The haying summed up the ev;dettee at great
length, and with suitable übtervations, the Jury retired fnr
titter trailers of an hone, and then returned a Verdict,
Voiding Hi ppm, Cbiaholme, Howell, and Yardley, Gallly,autl
Allen and Burkey-ssNof Gaily.
CHAIRMAN having etrustillted with his brother Magis-
trates. procrrdr4 10 rod sentence upon the Prisoners as
fullows:—Kippnn aad Yardley to be imprißultrd e'en sot
t ...... .11s. eltishullna. Arts., and HOIII.II tone tnuutb in the
tw Priors.