The Sun.
London, England, 1806-09-20 00:00:00

CLEI?K.E.NIT ELL SESSIONS, SEPT. 19.

Mark Dyke, a coachinan of the Rev. Mr. Gren-
field; of Scotland-yard, was indicted, according to
the Statute of the-30th of thc King, for defrauding
his master of 21. 75. tid. the difference, in value, be-
tween a load and. a ton 'of hay.
It appeared from the evidence of several wit-
nesses, that Mr. Grenfield having:gone out of town
in themonth of May last,,lett• the Prisoner a discre-
tionary power to order itfi:as. much hay and other
artic.exas should be wanting in his absence.. Mr.
Grenfield remained in the country for some time,
and, on his realm, the Moner-gaVe in his account,
In which, amongst other items, wthol. Is. lxi. stated
to have been'paid for a ton of bay.y,.-.Mr. Grenfield
being a little surprised =it the quantity capumed,
iraae particular inquiry of 111 r. _Burroughs, the per-
son from whom the hay was bought, and he, an
'.purchased
into his books, found that the Prisoner had
purchased only a load from him, for which lie re-
ceived 41.145. It also appearing, froth the evidence
Erf one of Mr. Burroughs' servants, that no more
than a load had been -deliVered to the Prisoner, the
gury,•after.a few moments consideration, found him
•
• The CHAIRMAN, then, after observing on the
great risk that every man ran Ofbeing robbed of his
property if servants, who were entrusted with it,
to ere allowed to, plunder with impunity, sentenced
the s ,tier to three months imprisonment, and to
be pillored once at the top-of the Hayrriarket.
David Spadbmiy, a turnpikekgak keeper, was. in-
:dieted under a lace Ad of Parliament, ..for extorting
three shillings and sixpence from Miss Snell, for a
coach and pair of .horses, when they, should have
passed tree. ' • ,
It appeared from the evidence of Miss Snell, and
her coachman, that the horses she drove under her
carriage were hired for a year, and entitled to pass
certain tUrripikcs, on spewing a yearly ticket. In
the tnolath of Decenib.2rlast, when going through
the gate near Battle-bridge, the Prisoner asked the
Ctiacoman whetbefthe horses he drove were hired.?
ma, on the coachman answering in the affirmative,
ased him for his yeirly ticket. The
.coachman
accordingly handed it to him, but the Prisoner -said
it was not' a -proper .one, and demanded 3s. -6d. ;
w 1 Ch, alter some sharp words, was paid by MisS
Sri fll.-

, The Learned Counsel, on the part of the Priso-
ner, encleatouted to excuse his client's conduct, by
stating that this utience was committed against a
late regulation, with Which the .Prisoner was not
sufricintly acquainted; and also by,a4serting his
general gobd character. _ _

- The jury, however, under the direEtion of the
CuAißmax, foUnd .the Prisoner Guilty ; and he was
sentenced by the" Court • to three months imprison-
ment.

Mr. Schiel,"..a tradesman of respeaability,.was in-
dined for committing a violent assault on a Gentle-
rtal nthned Ciark.

It appeared from o.le evidence or Mr. Clark and
some of his family, that he had been indebted to
the Defendant in a sum of 601. and not being pre-
pared to pay it as soon as he expedied, the Detend-
ant, with two Sheriff's' Officers, came into his sister-
in-law's house, in the neighbourhood of Smithfield,
where he was, and seizing hold of him by the collar,
drove him in such a violent manner against the
wall, •that he continued ill for two or three days.—
They then brought him to a lock-up-houle in Carey-
street, where he remained until he gave in
On the part of the Defendant, the 'Officers who
made the arrest, stated, that when Mr. Scltief went
into the shop, the Prosecutor and.he shook hands;
but as soon as Mr. Clark saw the Sheriff? Officers
enter, he ,endeavoured to make away. The
fendant :then, to prevent his escape, held him fast
•ky the hand, but did not offer arty other violence.

Alter theleariled Counsel on eitherside had been
heard at great length, the Jury, by their verdi&,
„pitted the Dctmdant.

OLD BAILEY, SEPT. 18.

Phomds Miller, and Matilda, his wife, were put
'to the bar, on an indianient, charging them with
feloniously colouring base' coin, made to the like-
ness of good and current tnoney *of the realm, and
'uttering the same.
Two Officers, Brown and Rogers, of ,the Shad-
AvellPolite Office, deposed, that,on the information
'of Elitabeth Alcock, they went to the lodging of
the Prisoners on the tlth of August, whom they
secured ; 'that -on examining their' fingers and
thumbs, which they 'did immediately, they found
Ahem quite green; and smelling strongly of• aqua
Rogers said that he searched the woman,
on whom he tbund nine bad shillings-and two 'bad
hixpences ; also twelve shillings which were good
-money. He then went up stairs and, opened a large
trunk lying on the floor, iii which he foundforty
half-crowns, and an equal number of dollars, all cO=
. loured and counterfeit; together with six bad six-
, peaces, a scissars for clipping ; also pieces of leather
lased for rubbing, sand-paper, and-pieces of stained
etothy which were part of the apparatus necessary for
completing the .work.
Brown, the other Officer, examined the husband,.
on whom he found one bad shilling, cream of tartar,
a bottle of assafeetida, usually 'applied by colourers Of
base coin in order to cotsntera& the smell of the aqua
fortis ; and a quantity of blacking.

Elizabeth Aicock said, that she had called on Mrs.
Miller, tire Priioner,,a few days before she had been
taken up, xvio told her, 'in -the course of conversa-
tion, that she had then a great deal nf money, but it

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• was not. completely finis-hed.—On being asked by,
the Court what induced her to give information 'to
' the Police of the matter ? She 'replied, that she felt
herself bound in conscience to detedi such villany,
particularly as she had lately suffered by taking bad
money.

The_Clerk of the Mint -was then tailed up, who
swore, after having examined the money found,
in possession of the Prisoners,- that the .whole•waS
tounterteit.

Vr, Justice HEATH. summed up the evidence;
and concluded with
.observing, that although the
Liini)ers had not been found in the a&. of colour-.
ing 'or coining;.: yet 'that the circumstances which
appeared could leave 'no doubt of their guilt:, The

Learned Judge also added, 'that the 'Crime with
which the Prisoners: were charged being treason,
it was capital against the wife as 't‘lell as the husband.
, The Jury consulted fora long time, and at' length
returned a verdict--Not Guilty.
Jahn Bird -was arraigned for stealing priVily
shillings, the property of Nathaniel Searl.
Jane Searl swore, that. having been at Sadlef's
Wells„on the f2sth of August, with her children and
friends, sitting in the oneshilling gallery, she 'put her
hand to
.her pocket; between eight and nine O'Clock,
to get a shilling, when she heard money fall, as if
out-of her pocket, and on p,utting her hand into her
pocket found .it was gone., She also had her silk
cloak in the same 'pocket. On fiarther examination
of her pocket, she found that the bottom of it was
cut; which made her look at the Prisoner, who
sat on her right hand near the pocket. The Pri-
soner then seemed to sit uneasy, and soon went away.
She told those about her what had passed, and added,
that it must be the Prisoner, who robbed her. In
a short time afterwards he returned to the Gallery,
to a scat about, four benches distant from the Pro-
secutrix. Some persons called out' to her that there
he was—on which she 'went to him and 'charged
'him with. stealing her Money, Which she deMand-
ed. The Prisoner did not confess or deny the fa6t,
bnt first gave her ti.vp shillings, and on being pressed
gave her two shillings and fivepence more, a six-
pence of which was one she had in her pocket,
saying, that if she went down-with him- he would ,
give her the remainder. She then' charged him
openly-with stealing her money, in consequence of
which he was taken into custody. The. Officers
proved the arrest.
Sir Si toN LE BLANC, in charging the Jury, point-
ed out to them a nice distindion arising out of the
testimony of theProsecutrix, whiCh they should have
in mind in giving their verdia. The Learned Judge
.said, that stealing privily froM the person- was a:capi-
tal crime; but in orderto make the offence come
within the meaning of thelaw, it wasuecessary that the
rrty robbed should not haVe the most remote know-
ledge or idea of the fait at the moment of perpetra-
tion ; if thecchnti.-ary were the case, then it could not
be stealing prileily. This- being the law, it appeared
therefore that the Prisoner could not come within its
meaning, so as to be guilty of a capital offence ; for
the Prosecutrix acknowledged, that in putting her
hand to her pocket, she heard the sound of money
fall, as out of her pocket, which was intimation or
knowledge sufficient- to discharge the prisoner from
the capital offence of stealing privily.
The Jury accordingly in a few minutes found the
Prisoner guilty of stealing, but not privily.
Abraham Knight was found guilty of stealing four
great coats from W. Smyth, value 10 guineas.
Catharine N'Aaulty guilty of
.stealing.l9 shawls,
the property -of W. 'Harley. shopkeeper in Earl-
street, St. Giles, on the2Bth of Aug.
Mary Woollen likewise was found guilty of steal-
ing one.guinea and a half in gold, with articles of
Wearing apparel, from Sarah Chipperford.. The
Jury, however, very humanely recommended her-10
mercy, on the ground of having received a good cha-
ra6ter, and this being her first offence. The details.
of these causes were wholly uninteresting.

on Barclay'andCo.sby .I>le:4l',l""Fteddlfa'nf,Tettle, and
Co. ,No doubt the fo-rgery was counnitted---,the
question was by v,hpn-1?-1:hd. Prisoner •succeded
in proving an alibi at'the time it was uttered.—Nci
Guilty. ' •

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Mary Jenkias, .a tuidal6-fged'vconthn, was in-
di6ted fir ;feloniously • breal!in-g'an4 entering the
dwelling-116asc of Williatn'lModspr, on the night
of the '23'd of July, and takitieWay t q..potintls•of
salt beef, a flannel petticoat, a wash-hand' bacon;
dive pairs of silk. stockfrig§. /Intl .pairs of worsted
ditto, one pair of shoes, a bottle of blacling, a brush,
and the skeleton of an tainbrelia, his property. •

•
.It appeared in evidence I..l4i'`the' Prosecutor,
shoemaker, lives at No. ip;Patliameni=street; About :I
half past three in the Morning of the day laid in the
indianient he was awoke by the Wkelniien spring-
ing their rattle's. He looked 'brit of the 'window,
and saw the Prisoner in custody 'of the guardians
of the night 5 the words " large liieee'of salt beef,"
catching his ears, and recolkitting lie 'hair such an
article in his kitchen, raised his apprehensions. He
descended from hisdorMitOry; and a general eclair-
cissemeht 'soon took plate. The Prisoner, it ap-
peared, had been observed by' one of the witnesses,
David -Murray, • ari old North British veteran;
about.' three o'clock, ,standing near the. door of
the Prosecutor's area.—He watched her—he 'ob-
served her go down the:area, and in.a.short time
return. She laid something:on the steps of the
next house, No. 13. He immediately advanced to
the spot. On seeing the doughty veteran detertniuesti
to explore the mystery, she ran; but, unlike Daphne,
her speed availed her not : some other of the 11C)C- ,
turnal guardians arrested berflight. .On the steps
above. mentioned was. found her culinary
.prize, the
piece of salt beet. She was ,taken. to
,the watch-,.
house, and on being searched, the parflphernatio
laid in the indidment_ was, found in her pos-
session, with the exception of the bason and
three pairs of worsted stockings, 'which had been
deposited near the salt beef on: the 'steps of NO, 13.
On searching 'her, :the five. pairs.. of snit 'stockings,
which Were previously" in'• a wet state, were found
tinder her chemise; the flannel pettidoat,' Which be-
longed to Mrs. Witidsor,, was. found upon her,' as was
also a hand-Sail). On exarnining the lower part of the
Prosectitor's house, it appeared, that'Where
soner had entered two of the squares of glass were
taken or broke away, and the framing ;one. All the
articles had been deposited in 'the,Ritchen, and On -
the greater part of them being produced, were iden-
tified as the property-of the Prosecutor.
In her defence the Ptisoner merely denied the fruth
of Murray the 'Watchman's narrative, and said ,she had
found the piece of beef. - •
Mr. REORDERc.; sunimed up the evidence; and
charged the jury ,with his usual perspicuity and dis.
crimination. He seemed to think the case complete-
ly made out, and the Jury had littlexhesitation in
finding the Prisoner Guilty--De4ttit. She stated her
age to. be 42.

Mr. PATRICK O'BRIEN, usually denominated the
Irish Giant, died at his lodgings on the iiut,velis=
road, Bristol, on the Ist inst. having fallen a sacrifice
to a disease of the lungs, combined with. an affec-
tion of the liver, in the. 46th year of his age. His
real name was Patrick Cotter; he was of obscure
parentage in Kinsale, and by trade originally a'biick-:
layer; but his uncommon size rendered him a mark
for the avarice of a showman, who, fOr the payment
of 501. per annum, obtained the liberty of exhibiting
him three years in .Efigland. Not contented with
his bargain; the chapman attempted to under-let the
-liberty of sheaving him to another speculator, and
poor Cotter, resisting this nefarious transa6tion, was
saddled with a fictitious debt, and -thrown into 'a
sponging house in Bristol. In this situation he was,
happily fir him, observed by a Gentleman of the
-City, who had some business to transact with the
Sheriff's Officer. His simple demeanour and
tienie distress, induced MT. W. to:make inquiries
respe6ting him ;. and having reason to think that he
was unjustly detained, -he very generously became
his'bail, and ultimately so far investigated the affair,
that be not only obtained for him his liberty, but
freed him from all kind of obligations to serve his
task-master any longer. • i.He was at this time 18,
and retained to his last breath a most lively sense of
the obligation conferred upon him when a stranger
and in need ; an obligation which he manifested also
by very honourable mention in his Wil.l. It' happened
to be September when he:was liberated; and by the
'further assistance of his benethdor, he was enabled
to set up for himself, in the fair then held in St.
James'sf Success crowning his. undertaking, in three
days, instead of being in -penury, he saw himself
.possessed of 301. English money ! Let those who
know the peasantry of Ireland,Jadge of his riches!
He now commenced, and continued, a regular ex-
hibition of his person, until the two last years, when,.
having realized an independence sufficient to keep a:
carriage, and secure to 'him the .conveniencies of
-life, he declined what . was exceedingly irksome to
his feelings. He was nnoffending and amiable in
his manners to his friends andacquaintanee,!of whom
he had latterly rather a large-circler as he was. neither
verse to a cheerful glass nor: pleasaht company. He
had naturally good sense; aki n.his mind was- not n'a I-
cultivated. He departed without the sniariest ap-
=parent pain or agony: He hak still living a mother
and a few :distant relations-, for whom he—has made,
very ample provision. To prevent any attempt to
'disturb his remains, of which he had the greatest
horror,' a ,grave is-sunk to the depth .of twelve feet
in the solid rock, and such precautions taken 11'3.
effedually to render abortive either force or strata-
gem.

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Clt A VFSENI), SEPT.
Passed by—the Mcmel, Cumlingnam, from Riga ; Vine,
Harrison, andTrenell, tiom Archan,sel; join], Wood-
ward, from Onet.;a;'.L:.z:ib.til„ Williughause, Closen,
and fonge Veiter, Key, 1113
Saile~{~ the Liny. Ancl Alicia, A:uni;7 lag,- for Africa; Orb,
Boyer, for New_ Yolk ; illannors, and lon6e Jesina,
Glossal, for T00m.1167,h.: . •

81#7,14 ,
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. 9n the Sth inst. at Cll4ltain, the wife of Lieutenant-Co-
lonel Deslaurougn, of the 'Royal Aidrines, of a Son. ,
On' t he" i3th inst. at Delvine- House, Scotland, Lady'
M.ickenzie,.ot a Son. . _ .
On the tstit inst. at Kelly, the Lady of the Hon. Major
Ramsay, or a DAugliter.• r. •