Star.
London, England, 1805-04-25 00:00:00

MIIIDLESET SESSIONS..

Tbefe feffions commenced on Tueft* at the Selt
Cons Houfe, Clerksnwell, when
y. kite was indifted fur affatilting John Guy, a
Watchman, in the execution colitis duty.
- Mr. Gunner fisted, that on.the evening of Sun-
dny the loth of November, abotit half pall ten, the
Defendant was fingiag very loudly a Cons of a molt
indecent defcription. The watchman (aid to him,
" Governor, you Gould not flog fuch tongs on
Sunday night." On this the Defendant abufed him,
and (truck him repeatedly. The watchman then
fprung his rattle, but nobody came to his affillattce ;
he then drew his cutlafs, but the Defendant wrefted
it from him, and cut his thumb in fo doing. The
watchman having been examined confirmed this (late-
r:lent.

On his crofs examination by Mr. KNAPP he de-
clawed, that he was not afleep at the time, neither had
any rttrftin, complained that he neglelted his duty.—
He maintained that he was &ft affaulted, and denied
having mad: ufe of any improper expreflions, or
having reforted to violence until previoufly afraulted.
It was fworn by another watchman, named Cooper,
that he went' to the affiltance of Guy, and found
Rice beating him with great violence.
Mr. Knorr, fur the Defendant, obferved, that the
evidence of the watchman, ref-peeing the firlt part
of the affray, was wholly unconfirmed, and Rood
entirely on his own tellimony. .Even Cooper, the
lall witnefs, had not heard the rail e‘rprulg the de-
fendant was going home, having beenflisouting the
evening with a few friends. Mr. Knapp than -called
three witnefres. One of them followed the Defen-
dant a good way on the road, and heard him finging
the fame tong all the way, and the feveral watchmen
bidding him good night, until he came to the box of
Guy.

Another witnefs, who lived clefe by the watch-
box, came to the door, in confequence of Rice calling
outlutlily for affillance. He faw Goy beating the
Defendant in a very fevere manner
The third wilnefs Rated, that he faw the Defen-
dant next day, when he went with an officer to exe-
cute a warrant for bringing him before a Magillrate,
but having two black eyes he was unable to attend
till the following day.
Mr. GURMEY, in the courfe of his reply, obferved,
that he cohfidered the watchman was certainly in the
right in challenging the Defendant, who hurt the
feelings of all who heard him, in a double way : fiats
in ringing on a Sunday, and aggravating that of-
fence, by the burthen of his mute being a moR filthy
produ&ion.—The Jurr, after a &on deliberation,
found the Defendant—Not Guilty.
Norman, an officer of the Marfhalfea Court, was
indicted for an affatilt on Mrs. Jenkins, of Ryder-
greet, while endeavouring to terve a copy of a writ
upon her hufband. The DefenclAnt and his affiflant,
came into the houfe by a back door, and were going
towards the parlour, when Mrs Jenkins told the
Defendant her hu(band was not at hoine. He nfed
a great deal of had language, and feiied her by the
arms, and Bruck her on the neck, by which a (well-
ing was created, which endured threk leeks. The
haband of the profetuttik was not found in the room,
being not in the hotife at all, of courfe the fearch by
the officer was entirely At his own risk.
The Jury found the Defendant guilty. The Court
did not pars fentence, the profccutrtx declaring her
Pelf fatisfied with the verdict.

F. Baldwin was iodideelfor receiving 211 hit. of
iron, knowing the fame to have been !Nen from A.
Macfarlane. The profecutor, in con(equence of
Come fufpicions, obtained a warrant, and Latched
the premifes of the Defendant, where he difcovered
feveral pieces of iron, which he was confident were
his property. Two boys, who were Imams to the
profecutor, had robbed their matter. Thefe boys
were, however, not allowed to be examined, as they
declared their total ignorance of the nature and obli-
gation of an oath.
A number of very refpdlable witnetics gave the
Defendant a good character.
Mr. MAIIIMARINO, in his addrefs to the Jitry,l‘th-
(crud, that the question for them to decide was, whe-
ther the Defendant received there goods with a know-
ledge that they were Itolen 1 They .were fold to him
at three farthings a pound, according to his °an de-
claration before the Magittrate, which was greatly be-
low the valoe.—Guilty.
Wednefday, noted: Hedge: was indicted for an at
Caul t upon William Vincent, on the $d of January Left.
The profecutor, a toy-maker, lived cn Saffron-
hill ; and the defendant, a clock-cafe-maker, with
a lodger of Mr. Vincent. By Come means or other,
which did not appear before the Jury, the defen-
dant obtained tics with the profecutor, his landlord,
to the extent of il. s6s. on the (core of rent. The
profecutor not relifhing foeh srafaloatial sew gows as
the defendant's promifes to pay, on the day mention-
ed in the inditiment, •tent his filter up !lairs to inti.
mate to the defendant, that in a very lbort time he
lhobld (land in need of the money that was due, and
therefore defired him not to fail. The defendant at
this time had been nearly twelve months a tenant of
the profecutor. He did not deny to the profecutor's
filter that be owed the money, but defired her to
fend up her brother; the did fo. and on his coming
into the room, he was fainted with a volley of abufe.
The profecioor repealed his demand, and in place of
receiving a humble acknowledgment of the debt, or
any requelt for delay, he was addrefed with—" you
villain, you know I owe you nothing I" It was in
vain the profecutor endeavoured to convince the de-
fendant of the impropriety of his condua, for the
More tperfnafion he tiled, the more irreconcileable
was the defendant. He called the profecutor a va-
riety of bad names, which /mein/ him to recollea ; I
among others, he bellowed on him the epithet of
rope. He then collared him on the (lairs, Struck
him repeatedly in the face, and finally threatened to
heave bite over the banoifiers. When the profecutor
came down, be went into Mr. Whitaker's Shop, which
was in the front of the hunfe, but even there the fell
rim:neat of the defendant parfued him. for while he
was telling what had happened, the defendant ruShed
in, and recommenced pummelling the profecutor,
and, without any ceremony, knocked out two of his
teeth.

Thole fads were confirmed by the teftimonies of
the profecutor's filler, and of Mr. Whitaker.
A defence was attempted to be let up, on the evi-
dence of one witneb, who declared, that as he was
pitting the houfe. he heard the prolocutor call the

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Defendant's wife a wt—.e. This, it was inferred by
the Learned Connie!, was a provocation farreient to
extenuate and mitigate the punilltment, although it
could not do away the fad of the affault, as it had
been (worn.

The Jury found the prifoner Guilty ; and the Court
fectenced him to pay a fine of 51. The Court then
broke up till Friday.

OLD B,IILEr.

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Yefterd,ay the Seffinns commenced before the
LORD MAYOR, Lord ELLINBOROUGH, Mr. Baron
THotersrs, Mr. Juftice ROOKI &c. when nineteen
prifoners were tried, three of whom were capitally
conviNd, vie.
jaws Roth-well and Mary Paget were indided for
conterfeiting and colouring a quantity of pieces of
bate metch refembling Stilling!: and Sixpences.
Armftrong, a police officer, went to the hntife
of the female prifoner, in Caroline-court, Saffron-hill,
on the r 7th of February, in company with other offi-
cers. They proceeded to the fccond floor, where
they found her (weeping the room, and Bothwell fit-
ting at a table. She readily offered to be fearched,
but nalting but good money was found on her.—
They however found, in different parts of the room,
fifty-nine coUnterfeit pieces, fame of which had re-
ceived the. 'aft touch, and were fit for circulation.—
The neeffary implements for coining were found in
the toom, as alto a punch, with the letter S. One
of the pieces in queftion bad been marked with this
punch. _

A Mn. Brnmmage, the keeper of the houfe where
Paget lodged, proved that Rothwell was not in in.
mate, altbongh he was frequently there.
Mr. Baron THOMPSON Rated, that before they
Could convia either of the prifoners, the Jury mutt
be Codified that the offence had been committed by
them. The evidence was circumttantial, for they
were not at work when the officers arrived, nor had
there been itriy figns to that effee, by their hands,
&c. The jury retired for three quarters of an hour,
and returned their verdi&—Paget Guilty—Rothwell
Not Guilty.
frailties Field was,indieed for the fame offence as
in the former trial, lint the cireumßances of the cafe
were dif :rent. The evidence was as follows t
Charles Weir, a tool maker to Meffr,. Bateman
and Co. depofed, that his work (hop was up two pair
of hairs backward, in Bunhill-row. His windows
locked into the windows of the prifoner, who lived in
a little alley which was at the back of the houfe. On
the 13th of March he faw, by the reflection of the
fun, fonts round pieces of white metal on the table in
the prifoner's room ; they bad the appearance of
(billings, and Field fat at the table where they were,
and was rubbing them. The next day he watched
and faw the priloner pour fomething out of a phial
into a ba(n, and put the (billing, into it ; after fome
time he took them our, and put them into a cloth, and
lhook them for a few minutes. What he raw he com-
municated to his miller and the officers.

Rae, a conftable, in confequence of information,
went M the former witnefs's work room on the isith,
and faw the prifoner wanting the Millings, after tak-
ing them out of the aquaforus, and then drying diem
in a cuarfe cloth. He, with feveral other officers,
went into the houfe in which the prifoner lodged. and
having broken open the door of his room, feud him
with anieteen [billings, and feveral lispences in his
hand. On fearching the room, they [band feveral
pieces of bate metal unfininted, and four pieces ready
for circulation. They alfo found a counterfeit dol.
lir, a bottle of aquafortis, and a little cream of tar-
tar, with tome tools ufed by coincrs in making there
bate Millings. The pi ifoner'bhands and nails, when
apprehended, were turned black and yellow by the
recent itfe of the aquafortis.
Lord ELLENSOROUOI4 charged the Jury, who im-
mediately returned a verdidt of—Guilty—Death.
gum: Slade, for felonioufly and burglarioufly
breaking and entering the cellar of Job Arnold Mo.
ver, with intent to [teal therein.

Job A. Glover Paid, that on the 26th of February,
at eleven at night, he went into his cellar, at Uxbridge,
and feting the prifoner there, whom he knew, he
having worked for him Come time before, he called
his fervant. The prifoner immediately made his ef-
cape not of the window. He had that night, about
nine o'clock, examined the windows, and faw they
were feture ; but, on infpaling them after the prifo-
ner had made his efcape, he fr.und that the bar had
been twilled from one of them. The next day he
applied to a Magillrate, and, in tome rime after, the
prifoner svas apprehended, being difcovered by a let-
ter which he wrote to his wife, who lived at Ux-
bridge, and which was flopped at the poll office. The
(minable produced a dark lantern, a large canvas
bag, and a chile!, which had been found in the eel.
lar after the prifoner efcaped.
Mr. Janice ROOKS fummed up the evidence, and
the Jury immediately found the prifoner—Guilty—
Death.

Mary Smith, Sufan Coxen, Cherlate affardy, and
Harriet Eftslffh, were indicted for a highway robbery
on George Field, putting him in fear, and taking
from his Fierfon againa his inclination a gold watch,
a pair of gloves, and a handkerchief, his property.
Mr. John Field Paid, that he has Chambers in Clif-
ford's•inn, but has a honk at Chelfea, where he
cruelly Seeps: that on the loth of this month he had
been dining with foam gentlemen at the Globe Ta-
vern, in Fleet-lireet ; and about eight o'clock left
his company, and went to the Black Jack, in Clare-
market, where he remained until within so minutes
of twelve at night, and proceeded homeward to-
wards CLelfea : when he came into that part of the
Strand which is near the paffage of the One Tun
Tavern, he was furrounded by four or five women ;
he believed they punted him into the pallage, and
there he was plundered of the contents of his pockets,
which confified of a bundle of bank notes, a gold
watch, a pair of gloves, and a handkerchief ; but he
was too much in liquor to know the women, or to
fay how they did it. They ran off Into Charles-
court, and he thought they went into a honk there,
at which he knocked violently, but they were not
these. The next morning he went to Bow.itreet to
give information of the robbery, and on the fame
day, in confequence of information, he want to
Q,Lteen's•fquare Office, where he law Sufan Coxcn,
and Mary Smith, and alto his gold watch—•Cesen
having offered to pawn the watch at Wright's, the
pawn-broker's, in Tothill-ltreet, laying it was her
own, and that the wanted forty Millings on it, but

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Seymour-court, after having made force inquiry in
the neighbourhood of Vine-ffreet. They had been
there but a very little while before three women came
into the fame houfe far fume gin. One of then. had
a handkerchief in her hand, and Paid the was going
to get it mangled, that woman's name was Engin ;
the Profecutor immediately knew the handkerchief VS
be his; his initials G. F. being upon it. He defiled
Hobbs, the Officer, to. take if from her. he /id .
the Profecutor was Cure it was his. The woman
was Aced how (be came by it ? the raid, that Char-
lotte Hartley had given it her to get mangled.—
They went direaly to Hartley's lodgings, and (he
acknowledged giving the handkerchief to Engliti,,
laying, the found it a fJrtnight before t flie WAS
fearched, and a pair of gloves were found in her
poireffi m. The Profecutor knew them to be his a,. ;
and b-fore the Officer looked into thein, the Prof,
tutor Paid the name of Brown was on the infide of
them ; that being the name of his partner, for whom
they were made in Wiltfhire, but being too big for
Mr. Brown, Mr. Field took them.
The property being thus identified, and now pro.
duced in Court, and the Police Officers having refitt-
ed all the eircumftances, particularizing this ac-
count, nothing remained but two conlideration4 as
was Elated to the July by Mr. Juflice Rook —Fink
—What was the denomination of the offence ?—Se-
cond, which of the prifuners were guilty 30:1 the
firft, the offence was charged :capitally, namely,.
highway robbery—to conftitute whirl there molt
be a taking by force; now the Profecutor wat trio
much in liquor to prove how the property was
taken—it had been done by a mere/weak which wag
nut an highway robbery, becaufe there was no time-
to refill it, or it might be a fimple Sealing, While
the Profecutor was unconfcious of it, and that could
not be an highway robbery, and therefore the Jury
would difmifs the capital pan of the charge, and
confider only the Ruling. Upon that the evidence
bore upon the prifoner Cozen, who offered to pawn
the watch, calling it her own, and on the prifoner
Hartley, on whom were found the gloves, and who
gave the handkerchief to Englifh ; but as to &elk
who had the handkerchief of Hartley, or Smith, who
merely accompanied Cozen to the pawnbroker, the
evidence was much ton flight to convift them.
Sufan Cozen and Charlotte Hartley, Guilty of
Reeling the goods, but not with force and violence
from the perfon. Mary Smith and Han-iv Englifh
—Not Guilty. The two who were convitled wept
moll bitterly, and famed fineerely to repent.
Eight were eonvided of felony; viz.—J. Neagle,
for !leafing 514. of pewter, value as. 6d. the property
of J. E. Yates and R. Yates; Mary Tomlin, for
Sealing two cloth coats, Am the property of Mar-
garet Fenning ; J. Tomkins, for Sealing ot.e lump of
fugar, four gallons of rum, &c. the property 4
Meffrs. Langdale ;J. Burroughs, for Reeling i lb. of '
indigo, the property of the EaR India Company ; E.
Gardner, for Reeling 611 b. of cheefe, the propert) of
Mars. Smith; W. -Davis, alias T. Ward, for deal-
ing calico, value 393. the property of G. Hall and
Co. in their dwellinglonfe. And eight were ac-
quitted.

On Thaffday a match, too guineas each. was run
over the courfe at Lambea ton, near Berwick, by two
hunters, the property of Mr. ALDIIII, of Horneliffet
and Captain —. Heal four miles. Won stiffly by
the latter.

An unfortunate accident happened a few days ago
to Mr. Fatcusow, the Burifter. A Mail coach. 111
which be was a paffenger, was nveiturned, by which
he was fn much broiled, that be lies in a very daa•
gerous Rate.

On Friday laR, the Sheriff Depute of Renfrew.
(hire impo fed fines on two Gentlemen in Paifley, for
an affault, viz. Sol. on one of the Gentlemen, and
301. nu the other, betides the expences incurred by
the Fifcal in the proceedings againft them.

Saturday night kit, the body of Serjeant Gordon,
of the Royal. Veterans, quartered at Port Glafgow,
was found dead near Drumfork Ferry. It 6 fuppof-
ed he had fallen over in attempting to get into a boat,
early in the morning to return home.

On Monday the ad battalion of ayth, or Ennif-
killen foot, Right Hun. Earl Mule• Colonel, march-
ed from Glafgow to Linlithgow, on its mote to
Edinburgh Caine, where it is to be quartered.
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Oa Friday the t zth of April Brigadier-General
MACK F rata infpdled the ;ft battalion of Sutherland
Volunteers, commanded by Lieutenant-Colonet-
Commandant DAVID CAMPBELL, on Goldfpy Links.
A favourite black mare,, of the Duke of Volta%
going along the road towards Frogmore yefterday,
ran away inddenly, and overturned a gig, in which
were a gentleman and two ladies; one of the ladies
had the misfortune to have her leg broken by the
accident. The leg of the mare was broken by the
violence with which he ran again° the gig, but the
rider efcaped unhurt.

An Inquelt was held yeßerday morning Ott the
body of Mr. T. SIMPKIW, of the Crown and Anchor
Tavern.—lt appeared from the evidence of two wait-
ers, that the deeeafed was, on Monday evening, about
half pall eleven o'clock, in the aft of coming down
the lag pair of Rain, from what is called the card-
room, and in turning the flair-cafe he 101 l his hold of
the erannifters, and pitched over, failing a height
nearly perpendicular, of ten or twelve feet. He firlt
fell on the bottom part of the bannillers upon his no-
mads, and then pitched upon his head on the Stone
Hall. Medical affißance was immediately had, but
he was infenfible ; never uttered word, and died in
about four hours. Verdia—Accidental Death.
According to the official and notified return of the
Corn Market, the prices of grain have been lately
much on the decreaji; it teems therefore very aßonifh-
ing that the price of bread fbould be increajed tins
week. Something is alledged on the !core of the
duty on jolt ; but Mr. Prrr declared in the Honk of
Commons that the duty on (alt would not area the
price of a quartern loaf to the amount of the ear thou-
fandth part of anything!
COAL EXCHANGE, April 24.

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Beft Coals, in the Pool, per Chaldroo 49a. ott
Deiivered to Hourtkeets.rs at 61s. od.
Suniktiand and mbar iuttrivr ions are praportimably lower.