Star.
London, England, 1808-01-18 00:00:00

OLD BAILEY.

Saturday, J. Adams was tried, under Loral Ellen-
borough's Act, for cutting and wounding W. Barret,
Police Officer, on the 26th of June.
It appeared that the prosecutor, assisted by Lee,
Headborough, went to quell a riot in the parish of
itepncy, when they advised a refractory woman,
./idi a child in her arms, to go home, and informed
her that if she did not do so, they would find a lodg-
'ng for her. Whilst holding this conversation, the
nsoner sallied forth from a court, with a .weapon,
which the witnesses believed to be an iron bar, and
first attacked Mr. Lee, who evaded his blows. Barret
next became the object of his fury. The prisoner
knocked him, down, and gave him some desperate
7ounds and bruises about the head and body, and
was afterwards heard to say, he meant to kill him.
garret was beaten into a state of stupidity, and kept
is bed several weeks.

Mr. Justice LAWRENCE, who tried the case, desired
the Jury to determine on the facts generally • Ist,
Whether the prisoner was the man who committed the
act which was alledged against him in the indictment;
ad %fly, Whether he did so with intent to do the
prosecutor some grievous bodily harm. If they should
decide these points in the affirmative, it would then
'le a question referred for the Judges to determine,
whether the act done was cutting within the meaning
of the statute.
The Jury .found the prisoner Guilty, reserving the
point of law for the determination of the Judges. •
John Turner was indicted for stealing 601bs. of in-
ligo, value 201. the property of Messrs. Coles, of
Scott's yard, and St. Dunstan 's-hill.
Mr. C. Coles stated, that the prisoner had been
Ipwards of two years warehouseman to the firm, but
never was authorised to dispose of any indigo. A
considerable quantity had been miased from the ware-
'louse, on St. Dunstan's-hill. On cross-examination
ie stated, that the prisoner had been arrested by the
iartners for money which he had had for disburse-
ments, but which he did not account for. The pri-
soner's situation was worth about 1001. per annum.
R. Skinner, porter to Messrs. Coles, stated that he
packed up two boxes of indigo, one weighing 27 or
281bs. and the other 2 t or 25, which were sent away
from the warehouse, by order of the prisoner by Lee,
the Vauxhall carrier. Witness had lived 11 years in
his service, he had seen the prisoner filling the boxes,
and on witness being asked by one of his masters, if
he had ever seen any property clandestinely taken
from the warehouse, he stated what he knew.
John Lee, 1)i iver of the Vauxhall errand-cart, pro-
ved having taken two boxes from the prosecutors'
warehouse, which he conveyed to No. 10, Paradise-
row, Lambeth, where Turner lived. The boxes were
delivered to him by Skinner the porter, but the priso-
ner was present. Some time after the delivery of the
boxes, the witness brought back three boxes from the
prisoner's house, and conveyed them to the house of
a Mr. Robins, No. 23, Old Change. Witness believ-
ed that two of the boxes were the same which he had
previously taken to Paradise-row.
B. Robins stated himself to be a dealer in damaged
cotton. He had known the prisoner above two years,
and on the 27th of November he received from him,
by the errand-cart, three boxes, two of which contain-
ed indigo, and the other indigo dust, besides 181bs. of
East India indigo in a parcel, and 211bs. of cotton.
Witness received a letter from Turner, which he, the
prisoner, afterwards destroyed. This letter mention-
ed the weight of the goods delivered by the carrier,
which the prisoner said he should allow witness a com-
mission for disposing of. The prisoner sent witness
another letter, he being then in a lock-up-house, to de-
sire him to attend him there ; and, on the prisoner
being informed, that the boxes had been sent from his
house, he expressed his approbation. On the follow-
ing Thursday witness himself was taken into custody
at the suit of the prosecutors, and confined till the fol-
lowing Monday.
Mr. Woodham, of Wading-street, received two
boxes of Robins on the Ist of December, but he did
not know what they contained, and he sent them back
after having been two days in his house.
It was proved by the servants of Robins, that these
boxes contained indigo, and that the one which con-
tained indigo dust, was emptied into Robins's dust-
hole, and the other was buried four feet under ground,
in Robins's cellar, from whence it was taken by Cart-
wright, a City Officer.
Mr. C. Coles proved, that the indigo produced was
worth 9 or 10s. per lb. and it was such as had been
taken from the warehouse of the firm.
In defence, the prisoner produced a written paper,
fearing, as is stated, that if he attempted to prove his
innocence by speaking, he should be overcome by
dwelling on the falseness of the allegations. It went
on to state that he was placed above temptation, and
that he had been possessed of very considerable sums
belonging to his employers, at different times, in some
instances to the amount of 100,0001. and he consider-
ed himself rather entitled to the thanks of the prose-
cutors, than to become the object of unmerited per-
secution. He did not, however, attempt to prove
how he came by the property.
Mr. Toulmin, a Common-councilman, stated the
prisoner to be a gentleman of education, amiable
manners, and extraordinary abilities.
Mr. Jacobs, a merchant, also spoke highly of the
prisoner.—The facts, however, were clear, and .he
was found guilty.
George Russell was indicted for a capital offence, that
of stealing a piece of gold wire value 21. 10s. the pro-
perty of his master, Joseph Glenny, in his dwelling-
house.
The case was quite clearly made out against the
prisoner, for the gold wire was taken out of his pocket,
and he confessed that he had robbed his master before,
who offered to abstain from prosecuting him, if he
would tell to whom he was in the habit of taking the,
gold wire, but he obstinately refusing, was taken be-
fore a Magistrate, and committed for trial. Guilty

—Death.
His master, who is a watch-case-maker in Red
Lion-street, Clerkenwell, said, that the prisoner was
a man of weak understanding, but obstinate ; he
reason to believe, was under the dominion of a wicked
person, who received the property; that was the pro-
per person to be punished ; as to this poor creature,
he wished the Court to have all the lenity that was
consistent with justice. The Jury joined in this senti-
ment, and recommended the prtsoner to mercy on
the ground which had beat humanely stated by the
I prosecutor.