Star.
London, England, 1815-09-22 00:00:00

.

OLD BALLET.

Yesterday Mary Price; alias Lady Price, was in-
dicted on the chargi of stealing a silver spoon and
a pair of sheets; the property of Abraham Darton
Branthwaitc.
Sarah Stafford, servant of the prosecutor, who
keeps lodgings at No. 18, Greville.street, Hatton-
F: •-n ard stated that the prisoner came to the furnished
9
lol!,,zings of her master on the 17th of June, and left
them on Sunday, t! le '2sth ; that she generally dined
at five, but on that day she dined at one o'clock ;
that alter dinner, she rang the bell and asked for a
spoon ; that the witness brettelit her a silver one ; that
about three o'clock pris.mer left her lodgings, lock-
its a the door, and pitting the key in her pocket ; that
,a 1 Monday the key was sent by the twopenny post,
to the piosecutar ; that upon opening she
dcior end examining the room, a pair of sheets was
mis.ing, together with the spoon which witness had
left with the prisoner after dinner on Sunday.—The
prosecutor continue.' the previous statement, adding,
that neither the sheets nor the spoon had been since
found, and that he never afterwards saw the prisoner
till she was in custody in B-iw-street.—Upon the
ground of the articles not being traced to the priso-
ner, the Jury returned a verdict of Not Guilty.
Mars Legg was indicted for ravishing Martha
• Preg more.
The prosecutriz, a young girl of fourteen years of
t (we deposed, that -she had been savant to Mr.Moy.
0 7
St(ln, of Friday-street. On the 4th of September,
Mr. Moyston alone slept in the house; at that time
the prisoner was a porter to Mr. Moyston ; witness
always. till that evening, shut the parlour windows,
but then the prisoner stsut them. On the evening,
Mr. Moyston went out about eight o'clock, and re-
turned about eleven. The prisoner was sometimes
left in the house to take care of it when the master
was out; the prisoner and the witness were in the
kitchen together, and, after be had eaten his supper,
be took her rotted the waist, and carried her into the
parlour, where he stuck a handkerchief in her mouth
and accomplished his purpose. Having dune so, he
fastened her into tln room. About eleven o'clock
her master came home, but being a man, she did not
like to tell hirfa what was done to her; when her mas-
ter rang the bell, tha prisoner flung open the parlour
door and let her out, and he then went to open the
door for her master. Nett morning she had cold
shivers on her, and was wearing a shawl ; the priso-
ner sa.d, 6, Here is Mr. Moyston coming down—l
think I have made you ashamei ;" to which she an.
swered, he had, but she should make him ashamed
b aOre long. , Alter breakfast she told Mrs. Wilson,'
wh keeps a green-grocer's shop in the neighbour.
, bo'd ; she next told it to a Mrs. Mounsey in Black-
frit... s-road, and subsequently to a Mrs. Mounsey in
Cs:Lar...n.street. sister to the other, that was the lady
Iv! I had reca.v.ilended her to her place; she had
been in air Moyston's service only three weeks.
The wanes& underwent a very longcross•ezamina.
• Iron. to all of she ansaered with the greatest
apparatt - •naour ald ingcnaonstiess ; but the Jury,
u ;der all C't .-Tcumstances, aegaitted the pri,rser.
JAN Francis was calm .lly eosoicted of ve ssing- a
*aids, value E. 3, she property n' Peter Toompson,
sad a watch the property of Joao) Roberts.

Manst-w-liottse.—Wednesclay Susan Been under,
went a filial examination, charged with &hely claim
lag a male iaiant, abaut dace months old, as her
cbild, and subsequently causing its death by gross
neglect and starvation. The prisoner was fully com-
mitted to abide her trial for the valtul murder of the
child.
QLIEEN SQUARE.-Yesterday Frederiti 'Meth, a
youth about 18 years of age, was brought up from
Laide.aell for a & .al examination, being charged with
stealoq a g 'ld chain and seals, the property of Mr.
J. Briggs. It appeared from the evidence of the pro-
secutor, that he w.ts going along St. Martin's-lane,
between twelve and one o'clock, on the Ist of Sep-
teniber ; and at the end of St. Martin's-court he was
attacked by a gang of hustlers ; in a few minutes,
.however, he felt a pull at his watch, and instantly lie
seized the prisoner, who only succeeded in taking the
seals and a part of the chain; which broke. His asso-
ciates attempted to rescue him, but Mr. Briggs rue-
ceedcd, with difficulty, to lodge him safe in the watch?
house: ; the charge being clearly proved, he was fully
committed.
SWINDLINO.—WcJnesday evening a person of gen-
t emanly appearance, called at the house of Mr.
hainey, in Rose-street, Long-acre, enquiring for his
( Mr. Rhainey's) brother, lately come home from. sea;
Mr. Rhainey not being then in the way, he informed
Mrs. R. that he was a navy agent, and had seen the
young man that m'srning at his office, when he ap-
pointed to meet him for the purpose of paying him
cto, his share in ptize money, &c. Mrs. Rhainey
offered to receive the money. He gave her a check
for £5ll, payab:e at Messrs. Jenkinson, Dowling, and
Co.', in L-alibury, but requested £lO, alleging that
he could not straw on the firm for less than iE5O.
Mrs. Rhainey *conceiving every thing was tight, bor.
rowed the ten Ix4l-:;1= from a neighbour and gave it
to him ; but next niorning it was found that no such
fism existed.
Vcdoesday evering, between seven and eight
o'clock, a lad, abdot 14 years oh are, carryinty seve-
ral unities c 1 apparel troth ri tailor's in Blacifrtars-
road, to a Gentleman's hriw. in Fa shery.square, was
met by a st-at per on Illack.,,ari Ertdi:e; who entered
into cantersation with flu when they had
reached ti:e corner of Chatham..lace, the th-tti.ee re_
quested the. boy to leave a Note fear I.irn et a holm
fcw doors in Earl-street. and he would hold me
bundle the 'chile ; the ignorant boy left the same
with the fellow, who karat diateiy decatoped, and gait
clear off with :be property, worth I&
Early on Monday settnight, a chit was purloined
from the balite of an eld indusrrraus couple, at Per.
gthlAnd, near Greenock, cootaining a. Bank-boll of
£BO, +bout seventeen pounds ionotes and sifter, and
a quantity of linen.
Sunday last a party of butchers, from Clare-mar-
' ket, and their Lutlies, made an excursion as far as
Richmond, by water. On their return, in feasting
themselves with a piece of cold roast beef, under one
of the arches of Battersea-bridge, they all got to one
, part of the boat, which immediately overset it ; for-
tunately, by the intervention of some watermen, there
was no other loss sustained than that of the beef and
gip bottle, with °a severe dackiag and bight,