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London, England, 1822-09-26 00:00:00

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To Connaught, at least truth alleges,
The rising generation uncle! hedges
Are taught their A 13 C, large stoned their aEods;.
And wide devivatur dear kedge schoone..•
(Ainsworth himself need refer ho
For such an Etymology),! ' • '
With busby bob and:snufthegrimed nose, •
Rusty black coat, and pen.behind his ear,
Terence Malone in majesty arose, •
The birchen object of respect and fear.
ilti cheeks were pimpled, and his eyes
With all their strength, and soul,*aod mind,
To join their brains somewhere about
The tip of Terry's snubby snoot :
•To short, by atl the Birk 'twas wort than hinted,
• •That Mister Terence squinted ! '
" Come here, Tom Fogarty, you little brat— '
So you've been playing in the ditches,
Add tore your downey taste of breeches! •
I hope you have your lesson pat.
a double E—whac spells S double E? -
tfoiet bestarlgazir,g so, mind what I say;
g double E, you little stupid fool—
Upon my conscience you disgrace my school.
ti.douhle E, you ass ! what do I do
When I raise tip my eyesio look at you ?
say it now, or else the Deril'a
'Why. Sir, ydi squint

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OLD BAILEY SESSIONS.

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Yesterday, Wm. Smith was convicted'of picking thi.
pocket of John Rippintou of a sovereign and soMe
silver; for which the IEcoRDEa sentenced him to
transportation for life.
;John Strange And Thomas Harris were indicted kir
stealiag from the person Of William Robinson a gold
watch, chain, surd scale, at the corner ofCastle-street,
Finsbury-square, on the evening of the 7th•bf August.
It appeared from the • evidence, that the prisoners
were seen by a watchmap in company with other
young men. They looked at Robinson, who was
passing along. Strange got before him, and some-
body behind said—" Now draw hirti ;" at that mo-
ment a ;WM Was made 'at his watch. It was, hoW-
eiet, secured by a guatd,•but the chain broke, and
the thief et:caned with that and the seals: The pro-
secutor cried, " Stop thief!" and a constable pur-
sue/4 the prisoner. He secured Strange with the
senisi'tec. in his possession. Harris was apprehended
half an hour afterwards. In the defence Strange ad-
mitted his guilt, but denied that Harris had anything
to do with it.—The Jury found both prisoners Guilty.
They apFeated to be connected with a very auda-
cious gang of thieves, and were thetefore sentenced
tolie iradtported for life.
Fs p, a journeyman baker, was put to the bar, on
an indictment for. taking from the person of J. Jem-
met, on the King's highway, 15s. in silver.
The prosecutor stated, that on the 12th of Septem-
ber last, when he left home, he can ied with him a
pound% worth of silver wrapped up in a canvas bag.
The,first place be went to was a house on Clapham
Common ; and on his return from that neighbour-
hood he stopped at a public-house in Chelsea, called
the !thing Sun. At this house be took some refresh-
nielit;* and when he came out, it being about ten
o'clock, he remarked that it was a very clink night.
Having expended some money on the way, he had
than about hint fourteen or fifteen shillings. Some
one stood at the door when he made the remark about'
the darkness of the night ; it was the prisoner. He
did not recollect to have seen I:im in the Rising SUn.
Prisoner, as he was going, asked the prosecutor whe: e
he was bound? to which the latter replied—" I am
going to London, and I don't want any of your as-
sistance." The prisoner, however, persisted in walking
close behind him ; and when they got to a dark part
of the road the prisoner jostled against his arm,
telling him at the same time to mind that he did not
fall. In the same moment the prosecutor felt pri-
soner's hand in his pocket, from which he drew his
purse, while he also attempted to wrest his watch
from his fob. The prosecutor called out—" I am
robbed!" and the witness (Pearson) told him to be
sure and hold the man fast till he came to his assist-
ance. Prosecutor did so, and never let him go till he
safely dent:nit:cc! the prisoner in the watch-house.
Cross-examined by Mr. P:!JL.LIPS.—He went out
at ten in the morning, and got home :it eleven or
twelve at night. In the course of the day he had
called at the house of the late Alderman Bothwell,
and also at Mr. Bowden's; with whose servants he
dined. Ot course he paid nothing for that dinner.
As to the 4s. or Ss. which he had expended, he ad-
mitted that he had called at three other public-
houses, besides the Rising Sun, on the day mentioned
in the indictment; and might have laid out a shilling
in liquor at each of them in treating several friends
whom be met. Could not swear that he was qiiite
sober when he left the Rising Sun. In the scuffle
with the prisoner, the money rolled about on the
ground; but he did not stop to pick it up, being more
anxious to secure the prisoner. When the latter was
searched at the watch-house, two half-crowns and
same halfpence were found upon him.
Pearson, the witness, who came to the prosecutor's
aid, confirmed some part of the preceding statement;
and added, that after he came up, the prisoner offered
to share the money with him, and give him some-
thing to drink into the bargain, provided he would
let hint go. He also indicated the place into which
he had thrown the purse or bag, and a key which he
had taken out of the prosecutor's pocket. They were
in a Gentleman's garden.
Cross-examined by Mr. PuiLues.--I:Admitted that
no money but the two half-crowns•and thehalfpence
as found on the -pi-honer', gentian. *hen he Cube
up, the prisoner.was not very
,sal)er ; nor. yetlle pro.
sccutot. They were not as drunk as loids; tot quite
so bad-as that, hut they were rather drunk for all that.
nated some amusement in the Cowl:),
114 Viatcbman deposed that the proSecutor, when
the parties came to the watch-house, was Much in'
li§lustuand the prisoner by no means Sober.
TheL gortseirser shut tly stated his defence, stdtnittirtg
that tte Might Wore been somewhat inebriated, having
been Oinking with the prosecutor at the Rising Sufi ;
&hying any attempt on his part at robbery ; and
urgings that the drunkenness of the ptesecutor rot-'
dered it very probable that in takiriihis hand from
hii pocket the purse might have fallen out.
The CoMbiON SERJEANT left the Jory to cleteritine
b4ween the evidence for the prosectition, and vilig
has txten elicited by Counsel, or • stated
. t seemed extraordinary that the: iiiiStitte
should have been able to indicate the siiii/elf/b4t die
property was thrown, from conjecture merely ; but,