Star.
London, England, 1806-10-31 00:00:00

a (Mall (01f,4 . Mr. Henderfon,difpofed of the.
horfe to a footman of Mifs Grant, of Montague.
greet, on the day after the prifoner was taken before
the Magi'ates at Marlborough greet. Mr. Hen
derfon kid, he went to look at the panty on the day
it was fold by Cuttis to the plifoner ; Curtis told
him it was too late, as he had a few minutes before
fold it to the pi ifoner. The bode, he (aid, was not
worth a guinea to him, he was In relive ; however,
he made (hilt to fell him to the footman for 81. The
evidence of the profecurur was confirmed by that of
Geo. Sarfons, his apprentice, with this addition, that
on the day the ;intoner borrowed the ponce lA, the
witnefs raw it so minutes after in Paddinglon-greet,
wish Mr.. Henderfon's boy riding it up andclown,
and it was imptiffible the pacifier could have gone to
Cotnhill and returned in fu Ikon a time. The horfe,
it turned out, had pallid through feveral hands, and
was ready for the 411-petition of the Jury, at the New
Inn, Old Bailey. It was at that moment the pies.'
perty of John Hall, glazier, of Berkeley-Hi-ea, Post.
man•fquare.
The prifoner, a Root good looking man, attired
in the frock Of a jockey, was then called on, for his
defence. He Rated, that on the 23d of An he
had been applied to, and accompanied by Mr. We-
veil, a broker, of Eaft.ftreet, Mancheller-tquare, to
purchafe a poney, which he underftood Canis bad
for Cale. The poney was produced, and the priftiner
by way of trial, root him to Chapel !freer, Litton-
green, and back. The poney then went on a job,
and returned on Monday night The profectitor alked
the prifoner, after he came back with the horfe from
Chaps' !bent, how he liked him? to which he re-
plied not at all ; he did not like his paces ; but he
could not tell how he might draw in harriers. The
prifoner was coming away, when the profecutor de
manded, whether he would buy the horfe nt not ?
He anfwered, that as it was hired till Monday, it
would be time enongh for him to determine then,
whether he fhould or nor. It was at lag agreed that
the prifoner thould give 71. for the poney, provided
he carte home fafe on Monday. He then went on
to Rate feveral unimportant circom(l2nces nntil he
came to the day on which he finally took away the
Nosey, the mailer of whirsh told him at the time he
hoped he would never bring him back. He went next
morning to fee Curtis, and explain matters to him,
when he was feixed by three officer., and cart ied to
the Police Office. The prifoner called only one wit
acfs, and his tellinsony was unimpertant.
• Mr. Baron Taos' plow, in his addrefs to the jury,
bferved, that the evidence in this cafe was of a na•
ore fu very peculiar, that it would demand the
drifted attention they could poffibly bellow open it.
Here the fa& was not the common dry charge, of a
hot& Rolm from a field or a Rabic ; but the point '
.in which their deliberation would principally turn
was, whether the prifoner, having no property in 'the
animal, did, or did not, under falfe colours and pre-
tences, obtain poffefEun of it unlawfully, and did
then fell ansrelifpote of it, for the purport of apply-
ing the proceeds to his own profit and advantage?
rile Jury retired for to minutes, and brought in
a m(l4 of—Not Guilty.
yobs Wailer was changed with felonioefly (leafing
on the t ft of aftobet , fro ty five yards of flannel, value
41. the property of fvleflix. Brackett, Williams, and
Bracken. The Profecutots, it appeared, are ware-
hoofemen, in Packer's-court, Coleman tireet. On
the day above enentiore.l, two men were ken, in
the evening, by one of the witneffes, a de. k to the
Profecutors, at the end of the Court. It was not
very light. He could not plainly diftinguilh their
faces. One handed to the other a large parcel,
which teemed to be of flannel ; on which, furpeeting
Come foul play, he went up to them, and silted what
they had got ? One of the men anfwered, .1 What's
that to you ?" On which he attempted to feize the
man, when a piece of flannel was thrown down, and
they bhth ran away. The witnefs gave the alarm,
and triad out flop thief. Shortly after the prifoner
was brought to the place, in cuftody of Come of the
witneffes; and from the/of/wiry of voice, he wasfure
he was one of the two who had the flannel at the end
of the court, and the perfon who had anfwered him.
He could identify the prifoner no other way.
One or two of the other witneffes few the prifoner
run from the and of the Court in quellion. He
joined in the cry of flop him, but when he had
got a little way, and fheltered near a horfe and chaife
which flood in the Brett, he Bopped (hors—this in-
Randy excited fufpicion—he was laid hold of and
fecund.

Mr. Coitwonn, as Coonfel for the prifoner, very
a►ly crofs examined the profecntor's witneffes.
The prifoner, in his defence, protelted pedal in-
nocence of the charge. The Jury found a verdict
of—Not Guilty.