Star.
London, England, 1802-08-02 00:00:00

ESSEX AssIZFS.

Cimmuntr9, JULY 29.—Iris. Niles. Rob. Davy,
and gas Davy, were charged with having, on Sun-
day the 9th of May lift, felonioully broken into
the Atop and dwelling houfe of JQfcph Pre.land,
at Dibden, and did thence take away a piece of
Irith cloth, a (ilk handkerchi,f, a pair of worffed
flockings, four one pound notes, and tol. in cafb,
the property of the Laid Prefland.
This trial rolled principally upon the evidence
of Pretland himfelf, who proved the linnia having
been broken open and the articles taken away; he
alto, to the bcfl of his Witt., proved a pair of
flockings which he law on Robert Davy at the
time of his esamination before the Magidrate, to
have been his property, and amung the articles fo
taken away.
His wife gave evidence to the fame effett.
Thomas Hayden was a claimer to the Ihop of
the profccutor, and deputed, that come days pre-
vioully to the robbery, meeting Robert Davy, who
propoted to him to be ruled by him and join in
the robbery, which would get him many Ihillings
withinit working for them. Ile then !hewed him
fume Snares fur catching hares, and keys which, he
laid, would undo any lock. Davy asked what
property Prefland had ? and laid he would go and
Ile on the following Sunday. On that day he
faw him with the other two prifoners, and, from
behind a hedge, obferved the procefs by which
Robert Davy made a hole in the wall with a chif-
;:y.d take the pin out of the loop door, when
the three prifoners went in together. The 'nib°.
ner hirufelf had been taken up for this offence and
di:charged, after which be gave the prefent infor-
mation and not before.

Mr. Mofs, a farmer, &pored, that the laft wit- i
refs confeffed to him that he was going to the Jut: I
tie to tell the truth, and potitivcly declared, that il
there was no one but the Davies concerned in the I ;
affair. He Iwore that Hayden was a man of bad I
eltaraaer, and that he would not believe him up.ll
on his oath; but added, that Hills bore a good
character.
Several other witneffes alto fpoke favourably of ,
the chantaer of Hills.
(wore, that Hayden told her the third
perfon in the rchhery was Nan Davy (the ckr:
antic of Hills) dreikd in Bill Hill's cloaths, and that
he only fat' the hack of that party ; and that he
had been adviiiol to fay he was an accomplice;—
but he knew be:ter than to do that, as he would
then I.ile his Mare of the money.
( i Ltyden had before declared, in his evidence,
po!ii:vdy, that he knew nothing of their being
4.01. rev ~rd on the convialou a each of them.)
'1 he laitib Cuti.i, 8.,.R0i: in his charge to the
Jury obicri.:,!, ,Lit the Aet which made this of-
fence capital was framed as far back as the latter
•end ti the reign 4Q:teen Elizabeth, fur the pro.
te4lion of -1K :plc's lrouiei on the Sabbath day,
when performin::: their 0.116...4 cfrt.ligions worthip.
lie then epainu,ratcti the eiff,::.in points of evi-
dence. and the Jury finned them all Not Guilty.
This trial excited the greateit attention, on ac-
count of the general bad charaaer of the two
Davies in the County, who ate both extremely
well looking young cout•try la..ii.
James Davy was 1:3111 tried cor &Alin.; a flour
lack, and flat:id Guilty.
The • Igo, after Itatlng tint there were four
other inJi:llr:.n.., agßina him fir timilar offences,
thought it tacc:',.a: y far the fecittity of the county
to fentoice hint to be trinfporteti lilt liven years.
arL.— • . i,k6;l ILA% ilalfiaCii for felottioay fteal-

ITk ere were two or three other equally unim-
port; ut ttial).
1 v; L. y 30.—Trens Came and David Galion, were
indict Let' for feb•iiioully (topping Robert Arnold
and ,-Villiam Nl•ik, on the King% highway, in the
n'a r ~ii.,.; i•ltile !6tlt of June, in 01: }:.;r::1 ct. at-
!,ca. i in) ';•1:x and thcr. violently a!f•ttiltitur and
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Ixca .44 the fail :lot:tett Arnold, :Ind taking trom
his p,:rion 3c. in copper money, the curl cut coin

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cit • realm.
' priOnters were both foldiers, and on tlte
m trnir.‘; itated in the indinment, met Arn,,L.l
d .ivinghis waggon, Mofs was in the ;aide. They
1111 to him and dernanded his moaey— he
f he world not b.: robbed, and called to Mois,
s Ito romped out of the waggon : A regular light
ook 'place, when on.: of the foldicrs cried on:—
" I)—n them, why don't you (hoot r
foldier then drew out a horfe pittol, which lotto-
natzly miffed fire. The patties then came to cloiC
quarters, and in the nyttgOe Arnold broke the
barrel of the pitlal from th. Clock, and Ilruck one
of the foldiers on the head, which gave him a
dreadful wound. In the end, however, the foldiers
were vißorious, and robbed Arnold of all the pro-
perty Ite had about him, having funk under the
blows he had received, and the lois of blood. Mofs
ran away, and the foldiers followed his example,
though in a different dire&ion, both fevcrely
wounded. Arnold and Mofs the next morning •
went to Romford Barracks, fulpeaing the men
who had ill Mid them to be foldiers. Ihey told ,
their limy and fufpicions to the officers who de-
fired the muthr roll might be called, and the fol.
diets drawn out on the parade. Arnold oblerved,
that if the man whom he had engaged with was •
amongli the number, he ihould know, Aired that
be had marked him on the head. The line was
formed, and on lifting up the hat of one of the pri.
toners, a dreadful cut was difeovcred on hi,: !:t.ad ;
which Arnold knew to be the wound Lc h.td in.
fliaed. It was thtn difeovered that this man and
his companion had been out lodgers the preceding
night. and that they were teen together, and traced
to the fpot where the robbery was committed.—
Thzte were other proofs ultich made the fi,a ex-
tremely clear, and they were both found Guilty-
-Death _ _

jaw, 7410,N (the fellow who prevaricated In
much on the vial of Robtat Davy the day before)
was found guilty of th.aling a Reel trap, the pro-
perty of William Harrington, and fentenced to be
tranfported for (even years.
The Allizes ended at ten o'clock at night,
when the following ptifoners were left for exe-
cution Glad, for the brutal outrage
on Eleanor Jane Buer ; Sfe,okie Le:, the Gypfcy man,
1. r breaking into the dwelling houfc of Richard
Croat, in December, 1795 ; and Wm. Games and
Elm vitiGibimajor thehighway robbery above dated,