Star.
London, England, 1808-01-14 00:00:00

OLD BAS,

Sessions of.Oyer and Terminer, and of Gaol
for the city of London and county of Mid-
commenced yesterday at the Session House,
the LORD MAYOR, Lord Chief Baron MID*.
and Mr. Justice Camelot&
Castle was indicted for assaulting Mary Little,
forcibly taking from her a shawl, the property of
John Thornbury.
Mary Little deposed, that on the Rth of De-
she was going to Hampstead, about half past
the- evening ; she perceived a person follow-
ing 4 and was alarmed ;as she turned the corner
of Hand-stmet, a man caught her by the leg, and
herdown, took shawl out of her -haitd, and
When she got up,, being much frightened,
a to a green grocer's, and begged that some
might attend her'home. A boy was sent with
and on her way she met- a milk-man, to whom
-her story. He said he had seen a man of the
description making .off, and he and the boy went in
purluit; while witness returned to the green grocer's.
could not see the man's face, as his coat was but•
hout it ; she did not think he was as tall as
hewore a dark olive-coloured rugged coat.
about half an hour the-boy returned, and infor.'
• that the milk man had taken the man, and
went to the watch-house, where she saw the shawl ;
- the same she had lost ; did not see the man at
ich-house.
Mward Coaten deposed, he was a keeper of cows.
in Hand-street he heard .a lady scream out,
iw a man run round a corner towards Sloane-
, met Miss Little, and heard her story ;—she
-luoh frightened ; took the boy that was with
and went in pursuit ; saw the prisoner fall, and
• chace of three quarters of a mile, came up with
arid took-him into cusdady ;he had the shawl
breast, took it from him, and brought him to
watch-house, and sent 'the boy to inform Miss

furyman asked, if he made any resistance ?
nness answered, not .much, he only made• a bit of
kibryik,',when a crowd gathered round them. Wit -
produced the. shawl. It was a plain red silk
Miss. Littleidentified it.
dicks, thi boy, torrobovated the evidence of

,Inltiee.enkusen summed •ep the evidence with
usulilimm4Oshmt
•Ittri renreed their verdict—Guild--Death.

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/slim- Little. seemed extr.emely affected during the
and begged of the Court, • ,in the most humane
ter, to recommend the prisoner to mercy.
• Ifwaftkrerr, a genteel :looking, well.dressed,
;man, IS years•of age,. andth..: ler •Biowne • a
boy of t years of age, were indicted:for stf;tde
twenty-four yards of black velveteen. from thi
of Nicholasikooke, shoemaker,- N 0.13, Frithi'
Soho.
lolls Brooke -deposed,- that he hxd purchased. U-1
of velveteen on the 20th of 'December, and
it into two, on., part contained •19. yards, and.
.ter yards. Atone o'clock on the 22d ph
friberboth pieces were in the shop. About half
one, two men, of the names of 'Broad and-
came in, ana asked him if. he had lost any
. on looking round he missed the 24 yards •of
reteen, ,yalue'four pounds.
Broad,.kblaticsmith,deposed, that he worked
twelve 'doors of Mr.-. Brooke's house. On the
December. he observed- the prisoners lurking.
one shop to another ; they went into a glover's
~_and tried some gloves on ; saw them, come out;
look in as different-shop windOws. When they
to hr. BroQke's, they both stoppechfor ,a: few
rtes at.tbe. window ; then'Browite went into the
and Hutnphrii:s remained at the window ; saw
ISto‘ite:coamout again, with a piece of velvetienunr,
ler, his, arm, • Ivi;licro- any paper, around, it. This
lade the witnotsbave some stmpjcion. of the ptiso-.
rs. Flurpphries.rernained at the-window till-Brovate
I puma': the corner of Compton-street, when he
owes Chins,
,but :looked, around him, as if h. •did
lcaorstwl*bway to go. Witness went to Brooke's
aid informed him ;- Pole was with witness,
.w tie whole transaction ;.they then went in pur-
of 'die prisoners,. without any success, for • sir
They .reftequished the' pursuit,, and were
=ring
,hoote, . when in _,Dyeis
.tirt ' Humphries
azamst him, with , a bundle la Sias - hand, tied
ailue spotted. handkerchief. , flsowne was with
tolient!ett them to the turk't Head public-
in Plerishaset ; they d4not stop more than two
,tes there ; followed them to .the Horse-shoe pub-
touse, inlkinburrstreet.• stew John Fameman, a
.ible, and informed hiinot• the circumstances : he
two watchmen, and they. proceeded to the Horse-
. when they, went into the room, there were up-
'of 40 persons, men and women, dancing,
as singing, and drinking ; saw the prisoner,
Br& owne, and pointed. out Humphries to Fur-1
zeman, who took him into custody ; they brought
to the. watch-house : witness left the watchman
sing for .the bundle, and saw the bundle after-
, in the watch-house.
lames Poole, blacksmith, corroborated the evidence
the last witness.
imothy Foley, a watchman, deposed, he found
bundle on a chair in the. room near the place
where the prisoner, Humphries, was sitting ; carried
the watch-house, and gave it to Furzeman.
Furzeman, cunstable,, produced the bundle,
h contained two rards of blaik velveteen.
Mr. Brooke said he could not say the velveteeit was
any mark, but by cOMpiringit with the piece
.9 yards,"the width; the • "shade, and the quantity,
.. the same. From these circumstances he thought
was justified in sayir.g that the two yards were part
. the sr,oods stolen fromhim.
Mr. X.NAPP appeared as Counsel for Humphries ;
Browne had not-any.
Humphries, in his defence, said, he was sent by Mr.
Thema% a confectioner, with, a message to the meat-
market. .He had Met *Browne by accident before, at
public house; went into a shop. with him to buy a
of doves ; when they done out, he parted with
at the shop-door of the prosecutor, and did not
him afterwards; Until he ehet himist tbe.ldorseshoe
public house in the evening. • •
Norman Woods, tailor, deposed, he had known.
Humphries for seven or eight years ; neverlyeidany
thisseagainst his character. • -• :40
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James Thomas, a paltry-cook, deposed, that he
knew Humphries seven or eight. years, that he was a
painter a.ndllazier, had cleaned windows, and painted
for him ; sant him on the Sl'Ad December, about one
o'clock to the meat-rnatkei, .and he returned,at two
with the answer—he always thought the prisoner a
very honest, lad.
• Susanna Greene, paint-shop keeper, Strand, had
known Humphries from his birth, also his father and
mother, who were very honest people, and always
thought the prisoner of the same description.
Browne, in his defence, said he had met a gentle-
man in the street, who asked him to carry a bundle
for him to Covent-garden—he complied ; the gentle-
man gave him a shilling,' and told him if he would
meet him in the evening.at the Horse-shoe, he would
give' him. another shilling. 'Prisoner was waiting for
him when he was taken into custody. He had no

'witness.
Mr. Justice LAWRENCE observed to the Jury, that
if Humphries was concerned with Brown in the plan of
stealing this property, he was as much guilty as if he
had gone into the shop and taken it away. As to his
character, it was out of the question upon his trial;
if the• Jury were satisfied that he-was concerned in the
"fact, in that case their oath called upon them to pro-
nounce himguilty,and if his character was to serve him
afterwards, he must owe that to the Crown, which
was the fountain of mercy. A Jury should never
acquit any prisoner oft account of his character, unless
the question of his guilt was doubtful.
The Jury found them both Guilty—Death.
They did not seem in the least affected.
Humpluies 18, Browne 13 years of. age.
Eliza Cruebie, a pretty girl of 15 years of age, was
indicted capitally for stealing twelve guineas, four-
teen half guineas, and one shilling, .the property of
Susanna Potter, of Brentford.
Susanna Potter deposed, she kept a public house
in Brentford, the prisoner came tar her house and
asked for lodgings, which she refused several times;
but at last, on dee prisoner saying she was a relation
of a publican whom the witness knew, she consented
to give her lodgings for the night ; the next morning,
at nine o'clock, she breakfasted in the bar, and staid
there until eleven, and gave as a reason for her de-
laying, that a person was to call on her ; witness left
her alone for a few moments, and went into the tap-
room to serve a customer. On her return she found
the prisoner was gone, without having paid her reek- i
oning ; this made her suspicious ; she looked into a
cupboard, where she had left'6ol. to pay her brewer,
and 201. in a bag to pay her liquor merchant ; the
bag with 'the 201. was gone ; gave the alarm to her
neighbours, one of whom went in pursuit of her. Wit-
nesstid not see her again until sbc was in custody -at
Masse's ; the moment witness went into the
office and sat down, the prisoner came over to her
and said--,-‘4" My dear • Mrs. Potter, don't prosecute
me, here is the money' I have robbed you of." Wit-
ness then begged of the' Magistrate to let her off, but
he refused,' and bound witness over to prosecute.
George Franklin, a butcher, deposed, that Mrs.
Potter described the person of the prisoner to him, and
he went in,pursuit of her, overtook her about' a- mile'
aild.a: half-from Brentford ; on his inquiring, she de-
nied haviny been at Brentfordwitness detained her,
mita* Pottees servant maid came up, who iden-
tified her, he then brought her before Doctor Glasse.
Henry Beard-Butler, a constable, produced themoney.
Mrs: Potter identified one guinea, it being of a par-
, ticular kind, a very ancient one. As prisoner made
uo defence, the Jury found her Guilty.
-the Jury recommended her to mercy. Mr. Justice
'enplane asked the Jury, on what ground they re-
commended the prisoner to mercy ? They said, that
it was because the prosecutrix wished it could, be'
dope. by the Magistrate. The Learned Judge took
a nctP of the recommendation.
Mary Carrell, alias Mitchell,. was capitally indicted
for, passing counterfeit money,. knowing it to be such.
Mr. GURNEY, for the prosecution, stated, that in
1606, the prisoner was convicted for a similar crime,
and then sentenced to a , year's imprisonment. The
indictmentwas laid on a particular Act of Parliament,
which makes the crime capital, when the party had!
been before convicted of a similar offence.
• Mr. Pewell. Clerk of the Mint, proved the former
gatrriCtilltt.
Edwara'Nicholson Master proved the prisoner was
the person who was formerly convicted by the name,
of, Mitchell.
§mith, %errant of Mr. Masterson, ironmonger,
Hatton-gardeu, deposed, that the Pprisoner came to
his master's shop, on the 20th of November, bought
, half--pint tin-pot, gave him a shilling, which was
coiered with grease, and he gave her ninepence
change. He put the shilling in, the ; his master
afterwards saw it, and said A was bad ; took it out
Of the till, and put it in, an ink-stand. On the Mon-
day following she came again, and asked for a metal
spoon, price 3d. she gave him another bad shilling,
he detained her, and sent for an officer.
Jonathan Trott, one of the Officers of Hatton-
garden, deposed, he took the prisoner into custody.—
.searching her, he found four shillings and eleven-
pence halfpenny in copper, and twelve good sixpences
in silver, two twopenny loaves,.and a quantity of
twopenny and threepenny articles. She said her name
was Mitchell.
The Almoner of the Miat proved that the two
shillings were counterfeits.
Prisoner made no defence.
The Jury found her Guilty—Death. Age 35 years.
E Wright and S. Hugger were tried for stealing a
quart of oats, beans, and chaff, mixed, value Is. the
property of D. Deacon.—Guilty.
W. Hoar, for stealing a timepiece, in an ebony
frame, value 30s, the property of Messrs. Windus.—

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Jalga Ryle was convicted of stealing a watch:trent
the shop of Mr. Septirous Miles, on Ludgate-hill.
The prisoner went into the shop, and asked to look
at a watch, and one was shewn which he,did not ap-
prove of. He told the person who spewed_ him the
watch, that he would g 6 to, the door and point out ,
one which he would approve of, that lay in the win-1
dow. He accordingly went out of the door With the
watch in his. hand, and walked of. He was after-
wards seized in Bridge-streesk with it in hikpossession.
Frantic Miller was indicted for. stealing ,a, metal
watch, from.the person of Mr. James Dodds, on the
10th of.lanuary last, in. Fleet-street,
Mr. Dodds, an insurance-broker,, deposed, that he
was passing up•Fleet-stiett, his .way• home, to

Goodman's tads, about one o'clock in the morning
of the 10th January ; just aLhe.got to the end of Sa-
lisbury emu the prisoner rushed nalaSt..hinl,
snatched his watch, and, immediately handed it to big
companions. The witness collared the .prisoner,:ond
save him in Charge of a constable. •
The prisoner denied the charge, and said, he hid
witnesses to call ; but they did nut appear.
He was found guilty; and the Common Serjeant
who tried him ordered that he should, be marked down
for transportation. His mtither,. who Was. in Court,
fell into fits upon hearing the Sentence, and was car-
ried out.
John Ballenger was found guilty of stealing *waist-
coat from the shop of Mr. Fears, of Houndsditch, on
the 23d December.
It is remarkable, that these prisoners were all lads
under the age of 18.
William Smith was indicted for stealing a parcel,•
containing a quantity of calico, value 51. from a wag-
gon, at the Axe Inn, Aldermanbury. The case was
clearly proved against him. Several witnesses were
called to his character. The Jury found him Guilty.
Jame: Davey was capitally indicted for burgla-
riously entering the dwelling house of Mary Sibley,
and stealing a silver watch and, some articles ofplate,
all in value upwards of ,10s. the property of John
Sibley. " •
It appeared that the prosecutrix keeps a house, No.
12, White Horse-yard, East Smithfield, which does
not bear the best of characters. lilt order, sobriety,
and chastity, in an apartment di-which the prisoner
lodged. On the 12th of December, the day on which
the robbery was committed, the prosecutrix locked
her door, and left her property perfectly safe invher
room. On her return in the evening, about eight
o'clock, she found her door had been broken open,
and the property specified in the indictment carried
off. Suspicion falling on the prisoner, a police offi-
cer was sent for, and he was searched, and in his
right hand breeches pocket were found two silver
seals which had been attached to the watch of the
prosecutrix's husband, at the time it was lost in her
room. The prisoner was accordingly taken up, and
the result of which was his committal for trial.

A pawnbroker gave testimony to the prisoner
having pawned a watch and some plate, which,when
produced, the prosecutrix identified to he her pro-
perty.
The prisoner in his defence, denied that be had
stliolen the property.; that the• presecutrix had com-
missioned him to pawn it, o.nc evening on which he
had no money to purchase supper. That having done
so, she took him to a house where they supped toge-
ther on a roast goose, and roast sucking pig, and
having afterwards verified the old adage, «that good
meat •deserved good drink," she became rather ine-
briated, and .upon coming to her proper senszc,
she charged him with having stolen her property.
He, moreover, urged the Court to dis r dit her state-
el:tient ; for being a woman of bad character, and
keeping a house of ill fame, her veracity should be
hapeaeled.
Some doubts arising in favour of the prisoner, with
regard to his having pawned this property in his plan
same, in the neighbourhood where he was known to
the pawnbroker, and also the prevarication of the
Isfosecutrix in her evidence, she having, sworn
positively that none of the property in question had'
over been pawned; which deposition was denied by
the pawnbroker himself, with whom she had herself
pawned the watch, as well as the bad character her
house bore in the neighbourhood—all which circurn.
'stances having their due weight with the Jury, the
prisoner was acquitted.