Star.
London, England, 1802-10-15 00:00:00

POY.ICE.

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MANSION HOUSIL—The following circurnflance
• is eonimtmicated to the I.nan MAYOR, by Mr.
' thz keener of the Poultry Compter.-
I:tvin;.; received r me information, that feveral of
.1)e felon prifoners intended to make their efcapc,
',-, with the affifianee of his men and fome city
ffi-ers, made fearch amongfi thesmoll defperatc
• tliem, four of whom, who had been committed
for capital •,ffences, had got their irons fawed off.
join White had got his irons off, and was at work
with a Reel fays when deteBed. Both thtt iron
and faw were (hewn to his Lordfhip, who was
told that this White was the ring-leader of the
intended efcape. He is to be tried for having
erronated a feaman, to recover his wages.
Luckily they are all now properly fecureti without
any blondihed
Wort sHIP-STltilT.—Yefierday a man was finally
examined, on fufpicion of having flolen a large
qnantity of iron nails, from hi. mailer, Mr. H.
Martin, in Alderfgate-Rreet, and was committed
for trial.
Twenty-three men and bays were brought to
the Office, from the fign of the Seven Stars pt b-
lic-hoefe Fleet greet, Betbnal-green, on fufpicion
beinibullock-drivers: and guilty of felonies;
the officers Rated, when they entered the room
they found under the tables clafped knives and
flicks. They are fufpeaed to be a part of a def-
perate gang who infeft the metropolis. They were
committed as rogues and vagabonds.

GENERAL QUARTER SESSIONS.
Suwr Qtruarta Sessions.—Yefterday John
Owen was tried on an indiament, which charg-
ed him with unlawfully and deceitfully uttering
counterfeit money.
Oaavins Wooding depofid, that be is a jour-
neyman to Mr. Wilfon, an Apothecary, in Black-
friars road, and on the sd of Oaober inft. the pri-
foner came into the (hop for half an ounce of
manna, in payment for which he tendered a bad
fkillieg, which the witnefs ref-teed. He then of-
- feted another, which was alto a bad one, and on
its being refuted, went out of the &top. Mr.
Wilton and himfeif then followed and &cured' the
prifoner, tent fora Conllable and had him fearched.
The C,onftable who fearched the prifoier de-
poled, that be found his Craificoat pocket sj
bad ihillings, st in Ms neckeloth, and Is in his
Socking:; there were. alto round upon him a
number of good fix-penny pieces and a quantity
of halfpence, *ilia it is fuppoied he had received
in change. •
The
,jury found him Guilty and the whole of
the trial being gone through, the Cowitilsan pat
ed fentence upon dude perfons who had been eon-
viaed. The moil particular of which were, Wil-
liam Francis to be tranfported for (even years, for
picking the pocket of Mr. Hill of his handker-
chief at Van:ball; William Clark, tranfported for
(even years, for Reeling agreat coat in the pan&
of Berznondfey, the property of John Smith ; Jo-
feph Eyre, for Sealing a quantity of mahogany,
the property of John Backworth ; andlohn Owen,
to be impnfoned twelve months, for uttering bate
and counterfeit money. Which done, the Court
adjourned.
KILWAINHAIS 81115101116 DUSLIWI OCT.11.■•••011
the arraignment of Samuel Walker, on two india-
ments for Soo dollars franc on board a
veld on her paffage from America off Arklow
Head, on the ift of September :all.
Mr. iddreffed the Court, and raid, it
was a pointwell known, and univerfally recognized
among the Judges in England, not to allow two
indi&ments, as in this cafe, for the fame offence,
one being laid capital by the Itatute, and the other
at common law.
The Itatute in England, making it a capital fe-
lony to deal any fpecies of goods and- chattels
from on board a vete', did not emend to Ireland,
and in the enaaing of that &sante, the penal cLlufe
was precifely limited to goods and chattels, with-
out any reference to call* or coin of any defcription.
The profecutor again& Walker, on the repre-
fentation of Mr. WNally, withdrew the capital
indiament. The prifoner was then comdtitted for
trial, for that he, on the t ft of September kit, did
felonioutly Real from the (hip (Lady Nelfon) Soo
dollars, value 4s. cod. each, the goods of lames
Millar, whO &priced that he was the Captain of
• the Lady Nelfon brig, and previous to her pat. 1
Sage from New Provideece to Ireland, did engage
• the profaner, whom he identified as his ftewatci.
He was not long in his employment when the
mailer of a Liverpool trader had him taken on
fufpicion of felony; but on the Orator's applica-
tion to him, the witnefs, from gaol, he egotrived
to have him liberated and taken into his (ervice
again At the espence of In dollars. The veffel
having proceeded n. ;cer voyage on the jd of Sep-,
tembsie lit, Rruck on the Iminksof Arww, when
the crew, to a man, lased on a trunk of dollars,
rifled it of its contents, and dihributed them among
each other. They, however, oh being reprimand-
ed and threatened with punifbment, reftored the
greater part of them, and the prifoner among the
reft affeaed to give in his proportion of the. plun
der. The veflel having reached Dunleary, the
prifoner quitted her, and remained four days ab
fent, during which time a great many dollars
appeared in circulation in Dunleary, of which
witnefs informed his agents in Dublin (Pierrat and
Wulf), who, in consequence took an account of
the number configned to them, and found a confi-
derabie deficiency. Had heard that the prifoner
did give eleven dollars at Danleary to the pilot.
The witnefs being alked by the Court, if he be
that any plunder he fuppofed prifoner to
-have committed was effeited at Arklow, be replied
in the affirmative, on which the Court adjudged
it was out of their jorifdiition, and that the pri.
loner, againft whom no as of felony was :amity
proved :+t Military, in the county of Dublin, mutt
be acquitted.
iijv, proliented by Henry Dean Grady, Efq.
for_ilealinkwearing apparel fiom his family, was

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