The Sun.
London, England, 1824-09-25 00:00:00

OLD BATLEY.

Yesterday, after a few eases .were tried, of no
particular interest, these Sessions concluded. The prisoners
convicted 'were then severally brought up for sentence; a cere.
mony which occupied the Court rather more than two hours.
Amongit the convicts for minor offences were about 15 females;
atleast thirty more were boys under 15 years of age, some of
whom might properly be styled infants., More than an usual
proportion were sentenced to be whipped, not in' public as here-
tofore, but in the gaol, an alteration which cannot be too much
commended. The sentences were various, and proportioned
to the offences and the previous characters of the convicts, as
follow : • -

Transportation for lifc-.-Henry Flower, a mere child, but
extremely bad character • George Wilson, Robert Bignell,
Jane Brooks, Sarah Beck, Robert Careless, Frederick Thomas,
William Traine, Thomas Norris, John Bigg, John Redburn,
and John Duncan ; • the latter seven were also mere boys.
Transportation for Fourteen Years—Charles Stevens, Sa-
'mud Flack; William InnesleV, Catherine 111‘Carthy, John
Robinson, William Norman, Mary Quin, and Wm. Dawson.
Transportation for Seven Years,-George Hynes, William
Smith, William' Lutford, John Wingrove, Walter Leary, Ro-
bert John Whiteman, "Martin Bulmer, John Hussey for Min-
slaughter in Cloth-fair, Henry,Harris9 William Major; Ed-
ward Waters, 'Thomas Selman, John Symonds,. George Wil-
liams, Thomas Clarke,: James Fleming, james. Sweetman,
Richard Pearce,. John Coglan, Hannah Minor; 'Mary Gra-
ham, Henry Bennet, Mary Coran, J. Taylor, Wm. Wilson,
'Samuel AdaMs, Eliza Brown, John Quinn, John Mausey,
Charles Holleystell, BObert Clarke, James Warren,- Jeremiah
,Cain, Edward Bryan, Jos. Williamson, Matthew Lyndle, Ben-
jamin Johnson, George Elsey, John Cooke, Joseph. Rice, Levi
Francisco; David. Morgan, John Sessions alias Sissans, John
Sheen, George Murray, and William Daniel.' •
Philip Pharo was sentenced to be imprisoned for 10 months
in the House of Correction, and kept to baid labour. The fol-
lowing to 12 months :--:.Margaret Miller, Francis Jordan, Wil.
ham Brown, Mary Williams, Mary Ann Connor, Mary Ap-
pleby., James Bowles (and to be whipped), and James Stevens.
'The judgment of the Court was respited on the following
persons until next Sessions :—,Benjamin Richard Budd, Mary
Ann CollinsOn, William Thompson, James Chan:mini Mary
Sullivan, William Hampton, John Bryan and George Evans.
The capital convicts, 25 in number, were then placed at the
Bar. •

The RECORDEft proceeded to address then.' 'previously to
passing upon them the' awful sentence of death ; dwelling with
much feeling upon the necessity for their preparing for the dread-
' ful fate which awaited them in this world, lamenting the fact
that of the 25 wretched beings then before him, one half of them
had not reached his one-and-twentieth•year —(WilliaM Sullivan
did not appear to be more than 12 years old)—and none of the
rest had reached the middle time of man's life. It was possible
that the 'Royal mercy would' be extended to some of those he
then addressed, but still he implored of all to apply to the Foun-
tain of Divine Clemency for pardon, as even in the event of their
time In this world being prolonged, that preparation would pre-
pare them for a less unhappy life than they must otherwise
enjoy. Of one of them before him (Harwood, convicted yes-
terday morning) it was his painful duty to speak indifferent
lankuage ; that wretched young= man had been convicted of
robbery under circumstances of peculiar aggravation. He had
leagued himself with a band of miscreants, who, not content
with plundering 'their victims, had treated them most cruelly
and barbarously. To that unhappy, man he could hold out no,
hope of-mercy.-.-(The wrelcheti convict was throughout the
whole of this painful proceeding dissolved in tears, and kept hie
fate buried in his handkerchiet.)—lt was also his painful duty
to refer to another species of crime, of which some of those then
at the bar had been convicted—he alluded to the crime of
horse-stealing, which had become of such frequent occurrence
as to call forth the utmost penalty of the law for prevention of
it. On that class of persons, therefore, he called to prepare for
the worst. = • _ • • _

soitrrist!Lce of Death was then passed on the following pri-

George Inkman for highway robbery; Samuel Harris, other.
wise Wiliam Harris, for feloniously being at large before the
expiration oldie period for which 'he Wlts.ortlered to be trans.:
ported, Letitia Vickers, George Sales, Samuel Roadley, Wm.
Lenny, and Wm. Sullivan, convicted ofstealing. in a dwelling.
house ; iVin. Sparkett for horse-stealing ; Thos. Hannan for
stealing in,a dwalling.house ; Jas. Baker, for horse-stealing;
John Hunter for house-breaking; Cleo. Idea for horse-steal-
ing ; Geo. Reining for stealing in a dwelling-house; William
Taylor, otherwise William Lawrence, for stealing in a dWell-
Ing-house ; G. Oliver, Richard Taylor, and Timothy Taylor,
for robbe'ries in 'dwelling-honses ; Joseph Harwood for high-
way robbery ; Wan. Rolfe' for stealing -a' cow ; 'rhos Donne,
Geo. Richardson,.,otherwiae GO: Kiddie, John Martin, and
John Smith for stealing in dwelling-houses.
The Male.convicts having been removed, Letitia Vickers was
placed at the bar,and pleaded pregnancy in stay of execution.

NENV COURT—YESTERDAY..
31,113w:cm TER.— Ir. Brown, aged 31, stood indicted for
the manslaughter of R. Scott, the younger.
S. Ilohnes examined--I live in. West-street, Somers-town,
and am a brewer; I have , imown the.prisoner for 12 months;
he was a clerk in the same house with witness and the deceased.
On the 9th of August, about seven in 'the evening, I saw the
prisoner in the store-house, and Scott coming up the yard; some
conversation took place abotit some bung cloth being taken for
aprons, and the prisoner, who had a knife in his.hand, went up
to Scott and without saying a word cia abOut four or-five inches
half across hit apron.- Scott drew his apron back to prevenLhim,
a'1•1°111 t'r ie pirsoneeti, polo it Oft,_pitt leis foot on one cor-
lnaeir%henonti the (round, end ,tore it. I then turned away.my
head, and immediately heard'. Scott say, " Med God, Brown,
what are' you doing ?" and when I looked at him he was shaking
his left hen& which was. bloody, and Scott said, " If you,
Brown, have any malice against me strike.me," and he then
hit Brown Upon the head i the deCeused was eventually taken
to a doctor.
Cross-examined—There were no other words passed between
them than what have mentioned; the aprons and the bung
cloth are 'Of thesarnO kind of Stuff.
it.',lones examined-J-1 was at the brewery on the 9th instant,
and reMember• the prbioner asking the if I hid any dautry
(bung cloth) ;I' told :him I had nut. I saw Brown make a
stroke at the deceased and cu} him across the wrist, but I cannot
say whether he intended to cut him there or to cut the apron
*tin ; the prisoner and the deceased'had had some words in
consequence of Brown's being very loud of joking.
Cross examined..-:-At the first chop the prisoner cut a piece off
tilt apron orscott the prisoner had.said to me that he did not'
like-Scott's joking.
T. Elill, another' person in te'same service, saw Scott tear
the prisoner's apron, utter whiCh prisoner got his, and
tilt deceased tried to get'itiniek, during w-hich dine the prisoner
kept chopping, as witness thought, at the apron, as it was then
that the deceased 'reeeiied the cut.

' H. Hammond, a pupil of Middlesex Hoipital, said that the
deceased died of a disease in the cheat; he was brouht there
for' an accident, that which had happened to his hand, which
Witneis bad no-doubt hastened his death; the body was opened,
and it was very evident that the lung's were effected previously
to the accident, yet he ntiglit haye lived several years..
The Coil. AoNSEAJEarti said he was of opinion that the
cause of the deceased's death was not sufficiently brought home
to the prisoner ; and if the. Jury thought the same, of course
they would acquit the prisoner.—The Jury tiound the prisoner
got Guilty. , The b:esistous closed:this day at twelye. o'clock.