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London, England, 1806-01-18 00:00:00

not the Prosecutor's, but was one Of the six boxes,
of the shape of a lemon, which he himself had par-
chased a considerable While ago ;
.and, to corro-
borate this assertion, he produced another somewhat
siinirar to that in question. This defence,- however
Ingenious it appears, was not sufficient to convince.
the Jury of his innocence: They pronounced a-ver-
dia finding the prisoner—Guilty.
Henry Kreow,a Gertnan,, of,a reSpeaable appear-
ance, who had lately commenced • business as a pub-.
lican in-Wapping; was charged with robbing one of,
his lodgers of 71.- sterling, - His accuser was a tall
Irishman of the name of Patrick Mahonny, who was
a caulker on board the Mars man of war, engaged:
in the lateglorious'and methorableaaion : he Stated,.
that aftercothing into Portsmouth, he had got -leave
of absence to pay a visit to his friends at Taplow, in
the County, of Buckinghath. He arrived there on
the 19th of last month, with upwards of 20'1. in his
pocket, part of which he committed to the, custody
of a Mr. Morrington, Steward •to the Marquis of
Thomund, from whom he occasionally received sums
as his necessities required. On his way back towards
Portsmouth he was advised by a fellow-traveller to
lodge at the house of the-Prisoner. This he accord-
ingly did, on the 25th of December last. Pre-
viously to his going to bed, he drank pretty freely
in the tap-room, treating some friends-whom he.
had-met. The:conversation on this occasion chieq.
turned upon the glorious naval viaory achieved , by
the , late Lord Nelson. The landlord accompanied
him up stairs to bed; but as he (Mahonny) wished
to have a warm pot of porter to make him sleep, he,
-went- down and, brought it to him. This he paid.
'fur immediately, and on examining his -purse,
found his money (consisting of a 51. note and a 21.
note) all snug. The Prisoner, having perceived how
much ,he possessed, thought proper to take away his
_waistcoat, which contained the-Whole in its pocket.
This was done before Maheamy's face, but he did
'pot say a Word to the Prisoner, leSt he should be ,
. vial-treated by all the people in the house,.imagin-
ifig he had got among a parcel of robbers.. He, how-
ever could not rest, lath rose, put on what clothes'
lie had, and went down stairs. • In passing the
tap-room he-borrowed half a guinea from the
,Prisoner, on • 'pitying his • watch as a security, and
went to lodge with, a female friend' in the neigh-
bourhood, who conduEted him back td the Prison-
er's house next day, as he himself did not knoW the
way. He had' paid this morning visit for the pur-
pose of ascertaining the place where he had been
robbed, and he borrowed. another half guinea upon
,his watch, -without saying one word toahe landlord,
.or any one else, of the loss hel'had met with. Soon
afterwards he 'went out in search of a Police Offi-
cer, and returned, and gave the PriSoner in charge.
The. Steward of the Marquis of Thomond, and
the landlady 'of the public-house where the Prosecu-
tor lodged, AtTaplow-court, were called in behalf of
the Prisoner. The/ both concurred in saying, that
,the Prosecutor was' generally high 'spirits, and
spent Ills 'money very freely amongSt his friends,
in whose company he often became jptoxicat-
ed.
,Ann Murphy-, the Prisoner's hohse-keeper, also
stated, that this Mahonny had taked a great deal of
liquor-on Christmas evening, at the Prisoner's tap-
room, in company with a man and a woman, and
that, after lie had gone to bed, he rose and had a
great deal more in' the same place, and sat a con-
siderable time conversing with all the people in the
room about, Nelson's victory. She being surprised
,at seeing him again, having understood that he had
gone to bed, asked him the reason or his having
risen, and he answered, that " he found he could not
lie because he rolled about so." He never sheaved
the smalleSt symptoms of having been robbed. Be-
sides his watch, he had entrusted her- witlf.his li-
bertpticket, which he got back from her the next
- day for the purpoSe of going to an agent 'to receive
forty pounds: • ' • •
Several WitneSses were in Court to speak as to
the Prisoner's. chara6fer, but the Lord Chief Baron
said, he thought it unnecessary to proceed further,as
the whole charge seemed" to be merely a chimera_ in
this Irishman's brain; 'created- by intoxication. It
was the most extrantdinary 'accusation he ever heard
of. He lamented that the'person at the bar, who,
to all appearance, was an honest and resneaable
man, 'should have been brought into such a dis-
agreeable dilemma by the - foolishness of this Irish
hero: It was a hard casethat an honest and worthy
Citizen's chara&er should be so exposed to injury ;
but he trusted that, when the world knew :the eir-.
cuinstances of the case, no imputation would be
thrown' out against him.
The Jury, without any hesitation, found a verdiet
of—Not Guilty.,
Mr: Mahomiy • again made his appearance, and
craved his expences. He was admonished'upon the
impropriety of his conduce, and was told that he
might; consider himself as exceedingly well off in
being allowed to get freely out of Court.
The Session being ended, Sentence of Death was
passed on .
Harrison, for -stealing two steers, value
2 il. and upwards, the property of Win. Ranyard.
'Thomas Dungwortic alias Poweke, for , returning
from transportation before the expiration of the
term of seven years, for which term he had been
ordered to be transported.
- ketch,— 'Margaret Croydon

Aotert.. fetcher, ror assay ang ..rgL
an the highway, putting her in tear, and taking from
her persoii a bundle, containing a pair of sheets, a
counterpane., &c. her, property.
Awn Costen, for
..stealing 'the dwelling-house.
of Susannah Williams, ;silver bread-basket, a sihrer
sAlop-baon; and divers- other articles of silver plate,
her property.
Thomas Smith, for privately stealing from the
person of Rachael d'Hillear, a iparse, containing two
101; two si. and- two 11. Batik noteS,. the property
of William d'Hillear. •

John Addy, for stealing in the dwelling-house of
Edwiard Rytne., 51. 1,25. the property of Catharine
Conrad.

• Mary Pullen, for having in her possessiop a forged
I. note, knowing it to be so, was ordered to be
trahsported for 14 years.
Pourteen were ordered to be transported for seven
years, viz.' Charlotte Grubb, Juliet Shaw, John
O'Connor, Mary Collingwood, Elizabeth Stopthrow,
Ann Barrett, Thomas Weedon, Mary Burche,m,
John Burrows, Thomas Nicholas, Daniel Carroll,
Thomas Pryor, Elizabeth Boynton, Mary Saunders.

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