The Sun.
London, England, 1801-05-25 00:00:00

OLD BAILEY.

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.'rIttRDDAVr-r-F IJAY, MA*,'

Elizizbith Hayes was charged with tLeinurler of
' her,„ daughter, Eleanor Hayes, by various modes.of
illLusage, and not allowing it sufficient nourishment.
By the evidence of the professionalpetson who ar-
ternded the child, it appeared, that she died of,-a
nervous fever, which,' hoWe‘ier, in his opinion,
might possibly have been produeedby ill-treatment.
This Was the only :material witness, and upon. the
.whole of the case appeared to be such, As to induce
the Jury to acquit her Of\the charge of
The prisoner, however; was 'detained, to answe7
upon a charge of misdemeanour grounded- upon the
ca,e.

NritheelStequart, Sumour, otherwise Robert
Stewart, was convited upon the capital charge of
forging or counterfeiting, and uttering, knowing it
to be so forged, 4c. a certain Bill Of Exchange or
Draft, for the payment of 401. purporting to have
been diawn by one White,' on,' arid' accepted
by, John Bond, Esq. and Co. Bankers in London,
and with intent to defraud ,Thomas Foote. The
eridence in this cape was such as to induce the Jury
to find a Vnrdiet of Gudtp:--Deatb.

Three other Prisovers were.caOtally convieied
the course of, the day, fifteen were found guilty (31
various inferior offences, ;l[d five were acquitted.

FCRIXTH DAY........SATURT) AY) MAY-23.

lYilliam Ciarle,vas indifted for feloniously steal-
ing, pn the z Ist of April, one sow and four pigs,
valued at 71. the property of-Mary Webb, widow.
It appeared that the Prosecutrix, who lives on
Musweh-hill, had come to Town on the 2 tst of

April, and left the, pigs in question, as usual,
,in the
stye early on that morning. On, her return home
in the afternoon she missed the pigS, but, hi come-
quente of some information she received, traced
them to- Highgate, where she found them iii the
„possession of one of 'the Witnesses, who, it appear-,
ed, had that morning; taken them from the Prisoner'
on suspiciOn of his havir g stolen,them.
The. Witness alluded to met the. Prisoner early in
theitiorning of the 2 ISt, driving the pigs down
Mnswell- hill, who at first said they were his own,
bapreyaricating in his account, the, Witness had
him i taken into custody. .
The Priioner bffering. a very. unsatisfaaoiy- de-
fence, the Jury immediately found him
The charge, through. the lenity of.ttie Proseeutrik,
.14./asT-tiot capitally laid. - •

George Ree,vei was capitally cOtiviete4 on a charge
of hortie sterling, a.g weif-also Thomas; Green. and
Hax for, on a charge, of harglary4'.&c.. in a
.dwelling-house:in the vicinity of,Hatton..(.4rden..;

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Thomas and 'gent:yr 2170 were -convided, but not
to the full extent of the charge, which was capital,
of having feloniously, cut, stolen, and ripped, a
quantity of lead., which had.been fed and fastened
to a certain huuseithe property. .of Richard Clifton.

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J4hi Wh;ttoN and John Payciot were tried on a
capital charge, in having stolen three lambs; the
property of. John. Serjealt ; but the Jury not deem.
ing the evidence offered for- t he-PrVecut ion sufficient
to eon.vi.tt them, found the Prisoners Vie
These Prisoner; h.,tel two other 'deta4ners- againt
them, fo,r, stealing a lamb, and the carea‘es of four
other limbs" the 'property of different petions-.

!cite Oakel4 was found guilty of stealing
:two_ Olger tea spoons, and otlwr articles, the pro.
Kity,.of Jones,i. and six Prisoners, bcsidols
the two above 'motioned), were acquitted.