Star.
London, England, 1801-12-09 00:00:00

OLD BAILEr.

Monday to prifcmers were tried, one of whom
was capitally convicted,HuyLi no.-Irdrran dowers and Freed, &Fiesta!
were tried on the charge of felonioufly Ruling, by
force and violence, from the perfon of John Gale
a t lnr, a Silver watch the indiarnent was laid
:+s far a capital offence.
The Profecutor depofed, that he had been 'diA !
charged from a man of war, and, on the toth ofl
November, having received thi wages due to him,
at Srnnerfet-hutlfe, was pang down Gray's-Ina-
lane, when a boy came up to him jutt by the door
of a public hoofs, and prettied him very much to
have romething to drink. He reared at fink but
at left went in, where he fat down to drink with ;
the boy ; reverel perilins came in and fat down in
the box where he was, the Prifoner Bowers fitting
on one fide of him, and the Prifoner Serjeent on the
other fide. He had not fat long there before he'
found Tome hands palling over him as if to take his
watch; he us fearful for the watch and money,
and got up to go away; in this he was refilled by
Bowers, who took hold of him by the chain of his
watch, and polled him fo hard that in the felifile
the chain parted from his watch, when Bowers
gave the watch to fame of his companions, and
faid, Dm it, Dia: it (a cant term for palling it
a ). His companions then rufked our, and Mr.
the landlord, ordered the door to be flan
but no perfon there had the watch. Mr. Snofell
corroborated the evidence of Gale.
The Prifoner Serjeant raid, in defence, as was
pmved by Snofell, that he was is the hoof; for the
purport of doing forte work as a glacier; and
c die I feveral witneffes, who gave himen excellent
. ,a • er.— Bowers did not call any wimeffes.

W. 50'mi-cwt. /.

Ten were cenviaed of Many, via.—
Sarah LOer for dealing, a piece of printed cot-
ton, 28 yards in length, privately from the chop
of John Ivory, in the Broadway, Wellminfter.
The Prifoner was Icon in the amp of the Profe-
cutor, on the loth of November, between the
hours of one and three in the afternoon; loon after
the piece of print was miffed. The Prifoner of-
fered fix yards of it to pawn on the t sth of No-
vember for (even (killings, and got fix lbillings on
it ; this part was the fag end, on which was a pri-
vate math, fworn to by the Profecutor.
The Learned Judge who tried the Prifoner, ob•
ferved to the Jury, that this was an indiament for
a capital felony, and as the belt potable evidence
was not produced, that into fay, the wife of the
Profecutor, who was in the (hop a part of the
time, and it was poflible might have fold the arti-
cle in queftion to the Prifoner, the Jury, there-
fore, would judge if the capital part, privately
Healing, was fufficiendy proved, fo as to affe& her
life.—The Jury, in a few minutes, found the Pri-
foner Glair, of Healing, ha not privately in the Atop,
which leaves it a fimple felony only.
Chriflopber yohajlon, for Reeling two fails, the
property of his Captain, Jofeph Wright. The pro-
fedutor recommended the prifoner to the mercy of
the Court.
Prier Cecinas and Alexander griffon, for felo-
nioufly ftealiog from on board the brig Elizabeth,
lying in the navigable river Thames, a quantity
of wearing apparel, the property of Thomas Lee.
Thomas Lee depofed, as to leaving the articles
in queftion, the night of the 29th of November, in
his cabin, and mitfmg them the next morning.
Y. &evasion, his mate, alto gave a fimilar

mony.
flarcrali, a Purveyor of the Marine Police,
being on duty, at two o'clock in the morning of
the 3oth of November, rowing down the River, he ,
Law the two prifoners in a boat near• King Coward
Stairs, Cockran rowing, and Wilfon fitting in the
boat. On his (the police boat) coming along.
fide, and witnefs 'dicing what they had got r the
prifoner er Wilfon faid, you need not come on board,{
we have nothing but clothes we have brought from
Rofemary-lane. At this time the boat was not
more than too yards from the Elizabeth. The
officers confidering that the boat, as well as the
property, was Rolen, took them into cuaody ; and
in the courfe of the day the Captain came to the
Office, and ilefcribed all the articles before he faw
them, particularly a pair of fiver knee-buckles.—
Bath
Name Thatcher, and Yana Hariehl, for healing
a pig, the property of T. May e. Nary Etoie, for
healing an iron-hove, the property of W. Wright;
Mao jolly, for healing a hand faw, the property
of A. Davidlon ; ChrApher Therafin, for healing
two linen fheets, the property of G. Cornwall;
Edward Bulial, for healing a gown and other ar-
, ticks, the property of Ann Leman.
Eight were acquitted, viz.
F.• Strjtaut, j. Sally, and 7. Rion,
Goarga Smith was tried for privately healing from
the Mop of John Lewis and Win... Evans, a piece
of ffiecting, value 31.
The evidence called for the profecntion were—
Wm. Perch and George Leonard, who proved,
that on the 3oth day of Otiober laft, about five
o'clock in the evening, they faw a man in the aft
of Roo in and taking away fomething from the
ProfecufoPs (ho p, in Oxford-ftreet. The man went
off with it, and Perch called " hop thief:" the
handle was then dropped, and picked up by
Perch, and the Prifoner taken by Leonard, who
had not once loft fight of him. They took him
and the bundle, which was the theeting laid in the
indiament, to the Profecutor's (top, who owned
it, and on being this day produced, (wore to his
private mark on it. The July went out for fome
time, and returned with a verdia of—Acquittal.
Zhaaisth WhirGe and Mary Cocifell, were tried
on the capital charge of breaking a pane in the
(hop of William Bryning, and healing thereout a
card, containing nineteen pair and three odd ear-
rings, and a locket, at Uxbridge, in the parifh of
Hilliagdon, on the t Bth of November laft.
WiDiam Bryuing depofed, that he was a hair-
dreffer, at Uzbcidge, but alto dealt in toys and
trinkets; when about to thin his (hop in the even-
ing rpecified in the indiament, he obferved a hole
made in a pane of the glafs, and miffed the card
and the articles in quetlion. On advancing to the
door he faw the prifoner Whirligo going away,
and a boy or girl running down a lane on the other
fide,of the way. He tithed the prifoncr who it was?
and the anfwered at firft that it was a little girl,
but afterwards raid that there were two boys, who
ran away in different direaions. This put the
witnefs upon a wrong (cent, and he failed in his
purfuit ; but fficuringAVltirligo, he took her to a
conhable's hoafe,where, upon being fearched, no-
thing was found upon her. The constable then
going to look at the window, found the paper and
the articles in queflion on the ground, exaaly in
the fpot where Whirligo was -handing when the
was Aril obferved. Hearing afterwards that the
other prifoner Cockrell, a girl of :a years of age,
had been ken about the place, he proceeded with
the conhable to her father's houfe, and found her
in beck On teeing the notifiable, and her mother
deGring her to confers the truth, the acknowledged
that Whirligo broke the window, and that (be
took out the card.
The greatell part of this tedimony was corrobo-
rated by the conhable.
Mr. Baron GRAHAM obferved, that this offence
amounted to a complete burglary. It was effefted
in the night, the window was broken, and in law
the intruduftion of the hand was the fame thing
as if it had been the whole body. There was,
however, no evidence materially to affea the pri-
toner Cockfell, as the mercy of the law of Eng-
land would not give weight to any confellion made
under any fore of inducement; and as this con-
feffson did net affeft herfelf, neither could it ope-
rate agaiuft the other prifoner. It remained for
the 'jury, however, to determine on the other
points of evidence; fetch as the inconliflency of her
account, her putting the Profecutor upon a wrong
feera, and the articles being found near the place
where the was (landing, if the was the palm who
committed the offence:

The fury aecinitted both the paean%
FORGERY.—Sarah Solonevu, a re fpeflable looking
Lady of the Jewifh perfitaGon, was indieted for fe-
lonioutly uttering as true, well knowing it to be
forged, a certain promilory note, value sot. with
intent to defraud John Sparkes, Richard Sparkes, ,
and Jofeph Sparkes, of Guildford.
The fecond count laid it with an intent to de-
fraud Meffrs. Hazard, Burne, and Warner; and
the third count, with intent to defraud Sir James '
Eldaile, Hammet, Efdaile, and Hammet.
Mr. Knapp, for the profccution, opened the ,
cafe, with pointing out the extreme importance in
a commercial country like this, aft
eeping a very
watchful eye over our credit, prcularly where
fo much depends on paper as a circulating medium.
After expatiating at length on this topic and de-
tailing the faav he meant to prove, he called
Simeon Smith.—The witnefs faid be is a clerk
to Mellis. Hazard and Co. Lottery Office-Keep-
ers in Cornhill. The prifoner at the bar came to
the office on the 29th of OEtober kit, about fix
o'clock in the evening, and atked to look at fume
eighth hares of kith Lottery Tickets ; be (hewed
her Tome, and when the had chofen one, the ten•
dered him a aol. Guildford Bill. When he looked
at it, he thought it did not appear regularly fign-
cid, particularly the name of Sparkes and Co. be-
ing put in the place of Richard Sparkes ; this in-
duced him to (limit to a Mr. Alford in the office,
who advifed him to take it to Efdaile's to examine;
there he was told it was a forgery. Mr. Mellin-
ger, from Efdaile's, did not return with him, but
came in jug after, fo as to join in the queftioning of
the prifoner : they lira aced her where the lived?
She faid in Houndfditch : How the tame by the
note ; from whom the took it; and what confider-
ation the gave for it? She appeared flurried very
much at firft, but at length faid, the took it from
a man (he did not know, who paid it her for two
pieces of fine linen, and the had given him the
change in money. He then gave the draft to Al-
der, who pallid ever it to Mellinger.
Jofeph Alder proved this part of the cafe.
Humphry Mellinger is a clerk to Meffrs. Ef
daile and Co's. They are agents for Meffrs Sparkes
of Guildford. He has been with the former 15
years, and is well acquainted with the hand-writ-
ing of the latter, as well as their mode of drawing
and filling up their notes. Being (hewn the note
in queftion, he declared the printed part of the
note to be fuch as they ufe, but the written part
quite different. He corroborated Mr. Smith's evi-
dence, as to the converfation with the ptifoner,
with the addition that he informed her it was a
forgery ; and that he mull trouble her to go with
him to Meals. Efdaile's. She faid the was the
mot'ter of Children, and did not like to walk in
the ftreetc for fear of taking cold; and as a Lady,
the thought they might have come to her. She
went at lag, and while talking with them, one of
the partners in the Banking houfc of Sparkes cam;
and the was fent to the Compter.
Thomas Sparkes the younger, fwore that the
fignature was not that of either of the partners,
nor was it at all like their mode of figning Bills,
all theirs being figned by Richard Sparkes only.
The note was then pin in and read ;
" No. 4874. I promife to pay to Peter Donald-
fon, Efq. or bearer, here, or at Mcflrs. Efdaile and
Cos. in London, the fum of twenty pounds.

" Guildford, 4th Augg r 799.
"Fur JOHN SPILAKIIS, KICHAIRD OPARXE3 and Co.
" Entered g. reer." " SP ARABS & Co."
William Blake was then called and examined
by Mr. Guerin, as Counful for the ptifoner. He
Paid he remembered having the note in his poiTef-
fion, from the a6th of Odeber till the aBth of that
month when it went away from him. He had it
from a young man called Flint, whole father wasl
tried for a capital offence on Friday, and young
Mr. Flint has abfconded. He himfelf deals in
clothes and keeps a little Chop which he has done
for the haft (even years : in the cootie of that time
he has met with fcveral mirfortrftes ; has been fe-
veral times in trorbk• but would not fay how of-
ten ; and could not recoiled any snore than once
that he had been admitted King's evidence. He
was takers into cußody on this note and another,
and kept from Friday till Wednefday, when that
worthy good Coolness, the late Lord Mayor, (icing
there was a eonfpiracy to take away his life, libber- 1
ated him on his own recognizance to appear be-
fore the Grand Jury on this Bill. AR this was
brought from him very involuntarily, by a very
arid examination by the learned Counfel.
The Prifoner, in her defence, addrefred the Court,
laying, " I hope youiLordihips will mac my un-
polite way of addrefling myfelf—that man, (point.
in to Blake) came to me, and bought two pieces
of linen, of ay yards each, at 3s. and ad. a yard ;
he paid me the note, and I gave him a rd. note, a
al. note, and is. 4d. or Bd. lam not Pure which, in
change. I did not know the man's charader or I
would not have had any dealings with him; and
folemnly declare that I am entirely innocent, and
that it is my innoces;ce only that fupports me."—
Nes Gordo.

MARRIED.
At Dublin, Rev. Arthur Knox, to Mitt H. Wilton, feasted
daughter and one of the co-helrefies of the late James Wilt..,
of Parfonftown, county Meath, Efq.
At Clonmel, Ileuteosat Sinithyers, of the Royal Lantalltire
Volunteers. todblifs Hayman, of that place.
Sunday fennight, Captain Wm. Cruise, late nth hi& bri-
gade, to Mitt Dillon, of Cslefgrove, county Galway.
At Glaacullen, county Dublin, 0. Hamilton, lifq. fort of the
Hon. Guitar= iiarniltoa, to hilts Wright, daughter of Dr.
Wright, of Great Ship-Rate, Dublin.
A few days ago, by the Rev. Craddock Gitfeot, Mr. WiveD,
Attorney, of Hatherleigh, to Mitt Darke.—L;ltcwife at the
fame time. Mr. Martin, Surgeon, to Mitt Sanh Darke, fifty
of the above, atd all of the fame place.

Di ED.
On the syth ult. Mrs. Mary Cecilia Balfour, wife of Mr.
William Gibbon, merchant in Edinburgh.
At Black/leen, the zlith ult. Alexander Napier, Efsg. of
Blackttoen.
At Forfar, on the 22d sac Mr. Andrew pinny, one of the
Magill:eta of that place.
At Glefgow, aged 84, Mrs. Dana, cella of the late Mr.
Robert Dams, Manta at Cralting.
At Cork, Mn. Plaint, Lady at Lieutenant Colonel nabs,
of the Watford Maids.
Lately, on board his Mistily's fhip Renown, off Minorca,
Captain Sword Atone, of the Marina.
Suddenly, at Gurteen, county Longford. Tbos. Grier, Efq.
Jas. Fran. Sargent, Efq far►gt Mad' Sarissa, EA. Aida-
OM of Limerick.