The Sun.
London, England, 1821-11-03 00:00:00

OLD BAILEY.

Y esterday ANN DAVIDSON, a young girl, only 17 years old,
and of a very interesting appearance, was indicted for stealing
on the 6th uf October a silk shawl, lace, &e., the property of
two persons 'named Thorn and Stevens. With the latter the
prisoner lodged in Quebec-street, Portntan-square. The pro-
secutrix gave the unfortunate girl an excellent character up to
the period of this transaction, and the friends and relations of
the prosecutrix also bore testimony to her good character. She
seemed to have been actuated to the commission of this offence
•by the greatest distress. Two most respectable persons declared
to the Court their willingness to receive the unhappy creature
into the bosom of their families.

The Jury, after a short consideration, found the prisoner--
Not Guilty.
During the whole of the trial the prisoner was weeping, and
was so affected at her unfortunate situation, that she was un-
able to stand. A chair was placed in the dock for her accom-
modation. Immediately the verdict was pronounced, she was
ordered to be discharged, and two ladies who had interes-A
themselves in her behalf conducted her out of Court.

Soon after two o'clock the whole of • the trials having been
concluded, sentences were passed upohthe prisoners. The fol.
liming prisoners received sentence of death :
Joseph South, Edward Hill, and John Sowerby, for uttering
forged notes : James Eddows, Edward John Franklin, Samuel
Hayward, and William Hicks, for burglary ; John Jacobs, IV.
Brady, and J. Linch, for higbway robbery; Ann Morris, Mary
Palmer, Amey Steele, Elizabeth Davies, Mary Ann Sullivan,
and Ann Turner, for robbery; Thomas French for house-
breaking ; Benjamin Abbot for horse-stealing ; and William
Niars for stealing in a dwelling house:
The following 12 prisoners, the principal part of whom were
boys, were sentenced to transportation for life :
John Waldron, Isaac Penn, John Smith, William Sawyer,
Thos. Harris, Charlotte Fletcher, James Benny, Geo. Draper,
Charlotte Smith, James WelSh, William Geo. Lewes, and ()co.
Moore.

Thomas Cook and Henry Drummond were sentenced to
transportation for 14 years. •
Twenty-eight prisoners were sentenced to transportation for 7
years, and 40 more were sentenced to imprisoned for various pe-
riods. The greater part of the latter were ordered to receive
either public or private whippings.
The whole number of prisoners upon whom sentences have
been passed this Session is 101. It will be perceived that the
punishments of transportation for life have much increased, and
those for 14 years greatly diminished. This is partly owing to
the very few Bank cases which hays been tried this Session, as
the punishment for the minor offence of having forged notes in
the possession is transportation for 14 years.

SHOCKING ACClDENTS.—Yesterday a young
woman, named Elizabeth Howe!, who was em
ployed in the flock manufactory of Taylor• and
Co., Red Cross-street, Southwark, was at work
at an engine, at what is termed, " feeding the
devil," by supplying it with pieces of woollen
and flock, when unfortunately the engine broke,
and her hand was drawn amongst the cogs and
teeth, and was torn to pieces in an instant. She
was conveyed to Guy's Hospital, where the arm
was amputated immediately. She is in a very
precarious condition.— Yesterday a man was
killed at Chamberlain's Wharf, in the Borough,
by a bag of hops falling upon him from a
crane. lie was dreadfully bruised and crushed.
—Yesterday a Gentleman got out of a one-
horse chaise at the door of a house near the
Obelisk, and entered the house without leaving
some person at the horse's head. The animal
took fright, galloped along Blackfriars-road, and
came in contact with a Gentleman's carriage ; the
concussion was most violent, the shafts of the
chaise were broken off, and the body dashed to
pieces. The horse ran along the foot pavement
on one side of the Blackfriars-road with the
shafts attached to the harness ; two elderly fe-
males were shockingly injured by being struck
with the shafts. They were carried away in a
state of insensibility. The horse was stopped at
the bridge without doing further mischief.—Be-
tween eight and nine o'clock on Wednesday
night, as a poor labouring man and his wife, the
latter in a state of pregnancy, were pasting by
the Angel public-house, at Islington, not per-
ceiving the flap of the cellar at the next house
open, the unfortunate woman fell down into the
cellar, a depth of eight feet, and was taken up
nearly lifeless, having broken two of her ribs.
The house was under repair, and the labourers
had left work, and forgot to shut down the flap.