Star.
London, England, 1809-09-28 00:00:00

IfTh4O.4.ESEX Sf4SION„S'. •
• 4iy t'ACACted. for nutting .A'.
i^r • ' base-metal, in Abe sieniitrude tilejlepence, at
;:tr. of ;qr. Bliteir,' the Welsh Harp, In Chemins-
whol',ll•••-aya• • efused ; • and the land] rd entees
t'• ;!: c•epiCiA•tt*the-prisoner, followed her to 'the
sl p i Mts. ThomaS, in Orange-street, :Where ~he
sin attempted th- pass the sixpence,•and was -taken
in-e cu.-Indy.. On searching the prisoner there were
frind in her left hand Ss. 6d. all counterfeit.l—The
J ere found the prisoner guilty,*and the Chairman sen-
terced her to one year's imprisonment, and to find
bail fer •wo years.
Mery De;le was convicted of a similar offence, and
sentenced to a year's imprisonment,'ind to find bail
pr.one year more.
Sarah and Ann Lazarus were indicted for uttering
to Susannah Castland a counterfeit sixpence. The
P4soner Ann came into-the shop of the prnsecutriz,
.andanirchased a two-penny loaf, for which she gave
a counterfeit 6d. In abrait ten minutes after, the
other prisoner, Sarah, asked for a.quarter of a pound
of hntter, for v.hich she tendered 6d. but which the
"proieenttix was prevented from taking, in conse-
quence of a Me,liinchman tellingher.it was coun-
.terfeit. Sarah then went away, premising to 'return-
'for the butter. Mr. Hinchman followed her, and saw
her join the ether prisoner. After some time, they
separated=—Ant rot awRY. but Sarah was taken into
custody, and in leer possessien were found a rind half
guinea, 15 shillinp, and .12 sixpences, all counterfeit.
Mr. clinic insisted that there was no conclusive
••,;dence against either. '1 he Jury found Ann Not
Guilty, and Sarah Guilty.--The CHAIRMAN, him-
ever, was of opinion, that 'if they were not satisfied
Oat the prisoners were connected, they must find
both innocent : Anrf. who uttered•the sixpence, could
not be innocent, and Sarah, in vihom this Uttering
by Ann alone made it criminal in her to have in• her
pcmession the counterfeit money; be gUilty.—The
Jury aceorAingly found both—Not Guilty.
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Monday, ,19hn. foxes; ail 011 man, aged Pri;and of
rovectable, appearance, was indicted for a most out-
rageont asaillt, with intent to perpetrate a rape on
the person of a rispeetable young woman. named
Elizabeth Stevens, on the Gth of September instant.
The. Defendant is a' canter and gilder, residing in
Breath's-building!, Chancety-line, a married man,
with a family of grown-up c'hildren: The • Proseeu-
pit hall been for the last eight years_ an intimate,
sornetimes a resident,' and occasionally a visitant in
his fainily% to Which she had been originally intro.
duced by the name of ,Mary Blundell, through the
Medititn bf a draft' in her favour for £2O, remitted
to her by a friendahrOad; and payable to the Defen-
dant. The Prosecutrix was, some time afterwards,
Induced to become i resident domestic companion:in
the family, still 'calling herself Mary Blundell.' In
about three.years, she left the house, but continued
occasionally to visit there. On the day above stated,
sire called to see Mrs. Jones, and her .children. The
former happened to be then in the country, and: the
eldest son had also left London that'mornin4t. The
Defendant, however, invited the Prosecuuix in ; and,
it should seem, determined to seize the 'present oppor-
tunity for his criminal purposes—the better to facili-
tate which, he sent his daughter and servant out upon
frivol 'us pretences, and then went down to the
kitchen, where the Prosecutrix was employing herself
in some domestic-occupation, and immediately began
li;s advances in a way that astonishechthe young wo-
p-tnn. and could not fail to excite her apprehensions
of b;s intent. She remonstrated with
.him upon the
indec?ncy of such conduct, in a man of his years,
and the falter cal a family—but in vain ; 'he pro.
c•-•edi d to use force, dragged her out of the kitchen
to the foot of the stairs, tripped up her heels,
st•ipped her month with 'cue hand, held both her's.
'meth the ealwr, :old wed every eil'art of strength and
c.,-atagem to which such a purpose could urge the
riole nc6 cf anAl Satyr. •At•one time, he seized her
by the. throat ; and, en the endeavours 'to stifle her
e• ies, nearly strangled her. Her repeated screams of
Morder !" 'and t• Help !" were at lengthheard by
ere pissetters through that lonely neighbourhood;
a crowd was collected round the door; several per
endeayonred • to force in-through the window,;
but wnhout etT ct ; °thefts -rang incessantly at the 1
bell ; and, t length, the defendant was so alarmed,'
.as to discentit ue his attempts; when the intended
victim of his brut tiny Wing extricated, opened the
hall door for the admission of her deliverers, who, on
searching the braise, found the defendant concealed in
a cupboard in the b..ck kitchen ; upon which he was
taken into custody, and brought below a Magistrate,
who cotanitud him.

S ,?&

11. e ner declined any defence to the charge,
hot ir•df ett tl,e lenity of the Court;. and
sevc..l adduced to his previous good
c:Lo..icter fe r-9.5 year,.

TloeJury frond him Guilty ; and theChairman,after
a lecture on liar occas:on, sentenced him to
twelve months imprisonment in the House of Correc-
iAn.

Tuesday, James lids, James Gibbs, and :Benjamin
•Vig:ams, were indicted for a misdemeanor, in attempt-
ink to break open the dwelling-house, of Messrs.
French, Boyd, and. Clarke, linen-drapers in High
liiolbcrn, on the night of the 26th August.. It was
.proved that the prisoners Gibbs and Holt were caught
in the very fact of attempting to cut a square of glass
from the window, which broke in the operation, and
they "were both found Guilty, and sentenced to six
mouths imprisonment in the House of Correction.
Williams was acquitted for want of evidence.

• • Mary lilterts for receiving, knbwing them to be
stOen, a number of books, the property of Mr. Law,
buokscller in Paternoster-row. The books were stolen
from time to time by Robert Rydsr, the apprentice of
one Holmes, a book-binder, who worked for Mr. Law,
and t!le boy was seduced and encouraged to this theft
by the prkoner, who keeps a shop for the sale of cast
clothes, old iron, books, rags, &c. and; who gave him
not a tenth of their value. Suspicion at length at-
tached upon the b6l, who was taken into custody, and
owned his crime, and, on promise of forgiveness, im-
peached the prisoner as receiver. A number of the
books were found concealed in her ?louse, •She was
found Guilty, as was Thomas Roberts, her husband,
.upon another indictmtnt, for the same offence.

Yesterday the Court was occupied the whole day
in hearing and deciding the cases of _a great number
•iy pea►ens committed under the Vagrant Act, many