Star.
London, England, 1808-06-03 00:00:00

OLD BAILEY, JUNE 1.

This day the Sessions commenced before Mr. Jus-
tice GROSE, Mr. Baron GRAHAM, the Loan MAYOR,
RECORDF:R, and some other City Magistrates.
T. Wood was indicted for counterfeiting a piece of
coin of the likeness and similitude of the good and
lawful coin of the realm.
The substance of the evidence was this :—Shrub-
sall and Leadbetter, two city constables, went to
search for stolen goods in Fleur-de-lis-court, Black-
friars. The prisoner was there ;he was suspected,
and they went to his lodging in Robin-Hood-court,
Shoe-lane. The stolen goods were not found, but
all the materials necessary for coining sixpences were
discovered, and the man was apprehended: The
principal witness against him was Margaret West
(the girl whose person was brutally ill-treated a short
time ago in .Duke-street, Lincoln's-inn-fields) ; she
very candidly stated, that she never saw the prisoner
at work, but there was something of a secrecy about
his door—when he was at home it was locked, but
when his wife only was at hothe it usually lay open ;
and very early in the morning before he went out, the
witness Used to be disturbed in her bed with a heavy
thumping noise. Several counterfeit sixpences were
found in his pocket and in his room.
Mr. ALLEY, Counsel for the prisoner, objected to
the technicality of the charge in the indictthent, as
there was not any impression on any of the coin. This
the Court over-ruled, on account of the present la-
mentable state of our silver coinage, and the prisoner
was found guilty—Death.
William Moore, late a Serjeant of the Guards, was
indicted for a forgery in altering a receipt with intent
to defraud his Majesiy: Verdict, Not Guilty.

DAVI dais was convicted of breaking and enter-
ing in the day-time, the dwelling-house of Charlotte
Milton, and stealing a silk handkerchief—Verdict,
'Guilty, Deaflt.
Massa: Heaney was indicted for privately 'stealing
in 'the dwelling-house of James Allardice, a Bank of
England Note for 201. five linen shirts, and a pair of.
corduroy breeches.—Guilty, _Dm&
Mary
.Miller was indicted for stealing 2451. in Bank
notes, privately from the person 'of Nathaniel Cotbet.
—Verdict, Guilty, Death.
H. Harris `was indicted for stealing eight table-
spoons, the property of G. Twining, in his dwelling,
house.—Verdict, Guilty, Death.
Juse, 2.—This day nineteen prisoners were tried,
two of 'whom were capitally *convicted ; viz.
William Smith, for feloniously breaking and entering
the dwelling house of Christopher Waring, and steal-
ing a carpet and other articles, his property ; and
Isaac Regstr, for breaking and entering the dwelling-
heuse of Ellen Craggs, in the day-time, no person be-
ing therein, and stealing four silk gowns, a pair of
sheets, and other articles, her property.
Nina were convicted of felony, viz.
FranCes Moore, for stealing a pair of shoes, a candlestick, &c.
the property of Rose Ann Winch ; Ann Mason, for stealing a ham,
the property of J. Whitnall ; I. Israel, for stealing two quart pots
the property of W. Smith; T. Aldridge, for stealing seven pair
of 'shoes, the property of H. B. Wheatley ; J. Kenton, alias
Brooks, for stealing three toy-watches, the property of J. Swaine;
J. Wilton, for stealing seven table cloths, and other articles, the
property of J. Gideon ; D. Swinstoa, for Stealing a trunk, con-
taining wearing apparel, the property of J. Lenox ; Mary Ann
Tyrrell, and Ann Simmons, for stealing 06 yards of linen, th
property Of J. Trundle.
And eight were acquitted, viz.
Alarg. Martin, Marg. Lyons, J. Golden, J. Carpenter, and
Mary, lilt wife, Marg. Rainer, S. Nixon, and T. Tomlin.