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London, England, 1831-07-11 00:00:00

OLD BAILEY SESSIONS.

James .31‘ Xiff. a journeyman tailor, was indicted for steal-
ing some new silver lace and some silver ornaments, the
property of his master, Mr. Burgess, tailor, in Woodstock-
street; and Mr. Benjamin Smart, refiner, was indicted for
purchasing the same, with a guilty knowledge of its having
been sto!en.
It appeared from the evidence of Mr. Burgess, that :11'Ntif
was in his employment. Ott the day named in the indict-
ment he gave the prisoner a military coat to embroider. The
ptisorer lett his work, and took with him the whole of the
'ilea lace and ornaments which prosecutor had given him
In the ntorting. Thr prisoner was subsequently traced to
• public-house in Windmill-street, where he was found re-
galing himself wi:h good eating and drinking. When taken
into custody, he infotmed the constable that he sold the pro-
perty which he had stolen front his master to a Mr. Smart, a
refiner, in Princess-street. The officer, showing Mr. Smart
some patterns, asked hint if he had purchased any silver lace
or ornaments of a similar description. Mr. Stuart re-
plied that he had, but the ar id es had been melted as
soon as they were purchased. The prosecutor, not satis-
fied with this answer, proceeded to search the premises, and
in a chat in a back parlour was found, under a quantity
of o'd ;ace, the property which had been stolen from the
prosecutor.
Many persons in the sane line of business with Mr.
Smart wire called to give evidence respecting the price which
had been given for the lace and ornaments by the prisoner ;
they were unanimously of opinion that the utmost value had
been bi en tar them. One of the witnesses said, that it was
not at all an unusual thing fur refinets to purchase remnants
of new lace. Upon his moss.examination by Mr. Adolphus,
the witness admitted that the piece of lace then produced was
not what he should consider a remnant. He would not him-
self have purchased so large a quantity.
Mr. Smart put in a written detence, in which he stated
that he had been in business for many years, and could defy
any person to say he had ever purchased goods with a know-
ledge of their having been stolen ; on the contrary, he could
bring many witnesses to prove that he had been the means of
detectirg many robberies.
The Common Serjeant recapitulated the evidence, and ob-
served that the question for the Jury, as regarded Mr. Smart,
was, whether he had purchased the articles with a guilty
knowledge.
The Jury remained in consultation upwards of seven
hours; and at half-past nine returned a verdict, Guilty
against both the prisoners.
The Court immediately sentenced M'Niff to be imprisoned
twelve months in Newgate, and Mr. Smart to be imprisoned
twelve months in Giltspur.street Compter.
Several unimportant trials having terminated, the longest
session which has occurred since the erection of the New

Court was brought to a conclusion.
the Recorder proceeded to pass sentence upon the several
prisoners who had been tried during the session, upon
whom the judgment of the Court had not been passed
instanter.
The following twenty-seven convicts received sentence of

death, viz—
Thomas Sheannan, for horse-stealing ; James Evans, for
cattle stealing; John Tient'', for burglary; Geo. Smith,
tor taking a stamp from a parchment which had paid duty,
and affixing it to another which had not ; James Coles,
Joseph Buckler and Robert Scutton for uttering forged
ordtrs fur the payment of money; William Young, Thos.
Horner Stone, William Dines, George Hammond, John
Csrt.ey, and John I-ee, tor breaking into dwelling-houses,
and conanitting larcenies therein; Ann Hyde, Geo. Wil-
U'illiant Vincent, Win. Richmond, George Wy.
brow, Mary Hrtherman, Charles Penrose, and Alphonse
&pin, for stealing goods and monies above the value of 51.
in dwelling houses ; Edward Snieethann, John Bourne, and
John Cronie, for maliciously cutting and maiming with in-
tent to murder.

S.sty-five were ordered to be transported for seven years ;
fourteen for fourteen years; and sieteen for the term of
their natural lives. Upwards of 200 were sentenced to
WHIM of imprisonment varying front seven days to one
year. Some were ordered to be privately whipped; and
the judgment against George Frederick Reinhart was
respited until the next session, which will commence on
the second Thursday in September, until stitch day the
Court adjourned.

INSOLVENT DEBTORS' COURT.
SUE REV. DIR. GURNEY.

Among the persons who applied last week to this Court
to be discharged under the Act fur the Relief of Insolvent
Debtors, was the Rev. Mr. Gurney, hector of St. Clement
Dane-, whose debts amounted to 4,7281.
Mr. COOKE appeared as Counsel for the Rev. Insolvent,
was not opposed by any of his creditors, either person-
ally or by Counsel.
Mr. Commissioner Halm's. after looking over the sche-
dule, proceeded to examine the insolvent ; and in reply to
his questions, he said he was Rector of St. Clement Danes.
His income from the parish, as Itecwr, was about 6001.
per annum. He had, besides this, 401. a year as Evening
Lecturer, and 251. for attending at the work-house. The
whole of the furniture in his house belonged to Nlisa Mar-
garet Gurney, his daughter. The furniture which had
been in his chambers, in Clement's Inn, had been seized in
execution, but it was subsequently bought in at the sale by
a Mr. Shiver (we think he said.) His daughter afterwards
repaid mat gentleman the money for them, and it was re.
stored His daughter had purchased this, as well as the
other househoold furniture, with money she had received
from her trietids, and not from hint. Mr. Lloyd, the
creditor at a hose suit he was arrested, is a baker, and served
Ihis family with bread.
Mr. Cootie observed, that there was at present lodged
st the banking.house of Drummond and Co. 1121. and as
the present proceedings on the part of the Insolvent were at-
; tended ark considerable expense, he hoped the Court would
award him an allowance out of that sum, in order to meet
them.

The Commisstaw ea said, that 751. should be imme-
diately paid into Court.
Alt. Ablmtt, a butcher at Brampton, was then appointed
ene of the Assignees.
Mr. Con.milationer Haas's inquired if Mr. Griffis, also a
butcher at Brampton, was present,. as he saw by the sche-
dule that he was a creditor to the amount of 5001. fur meat
supplied to the Insolvent and his family; and he, therefore
thought he would be a proper person to be appointed the
other Assignee.

Mr. Abbott said that Griffis, who was his son-in-law, was
not in attendance.
Mr. Baker, a grocer at Kensington, to whom the In-
solvent owed 701. was then sworn in as the second As-
signee.
Mr. Abbott wished to know from the Court what por-
tion of the Insolvent's income it would order for the liqui-
dation of his debts?
Mr. COOKE observed, that this was a question the Court
could not decide on, as it had no power in the case of a
Clergyman. The legal mode of proceeding in such cases
was for the Assignees taking the order of Court to the
Bishop of the diocese, and he might require sequestration.
The Comwtssiowra said, that though the Learned
Counsel might be right in point of law, yet, in point of
policy, it would be better for the insolvent to enter into
some arrangement with his creditors, without compelling
them to resort to a remedy at law which would be so ex-
pensive.
Mr. Coolz said that he perfectly acquiesced in the opi-
nion of the Court, and offered 1001. per annum in liquida-
tion of the debts.
Mr. Abbott was astonished that out of an income of 7001.
per annum so small a sum should be offered, particularly
as the insolvent himself had offered, last year, the whole
of his Easter offerings, amounting to 2301. to satisfy his
creditors.
The Rey. Insolvent admitted that such was the fact ; but,
on mature consideration, he feared that if he did so he must
spin, and very shortly too, become embarrassed. He was
at present paying large sums for insurances and annuities,
which rendered him quite incapable of giving up more than
the sum named by his Counsel.
The COURT ultimately decided that the 7M. should be at
once paid into Court, and 1001. per annum afterwards for the
benefit of the creditors.
The Insolvent said that it was his strongest wish that his
creditors should ultimately be paid what he owed dun.
The time at which thelnsolvent's case closed being too late
to pay the money into Court, and obtain his discharge, he
was ordered by the Commissioner to be brought up on the fol-
lowing (this) morning, when he will be liberated.

POLICE REPORTS.
Bow-Slterr.—Joseph Carter and Edward Johnson
were charged with having stolen a pony, value 51. the pro-
perty of a man named Hawkins. The horse was put out on
Peckham Nye Common on Thursday night, and on the fol-
lowing morning it was gone, and subsequently traced to the
possession of a man named Chapman, who was offering it
fur sale in Smithfield-market. Chapman stated that he had
purchased it that morning of the primmer. for 31.
The prisoners denied that they had sold the pony.
The 31agistrate fully committed them for trial.
Captain Ommanney was charged with having assaulted
a lad, named James, shopman to a tradesman in Bond.

street.
The lad went with an account, and Capt. Ommaney, in
a rage, tore it up, assaulted him, and tore his coat.
The Captain, not being able to deny the fact, was allowed
tostep aside, and settle the matter with the lad, at an ex-
pense of 31.
GUILDHALL.—The attention of Sir Peter Laurie was
occupied for a considerable time in investigating a profligate
case, in which a widow, named Mary Ann Mathews, nu.
pugns the moral character of a late churchwarden of one of
the parishes in the City. It was heard some days since,
and is unfit for publication ; the identity of the person ac-
cused was not at all apparent, so the Magistrate remanded
the case for another hearing.
Quzetr.statraaa.—James hope was charged with break.
ing Into the dwelling-huuse of Sir Thomas Hayes, Bart. in
Pratt-street, Lambeth, and stealing various articles of pro-
pert
The
prisoner, finding that he was discovered, jumped
over the rails and walls of several gardens. He took
advantage of • window being partly open at a house at
the back of Sir Thomas's premises, kept by an Irishman,
named Hely, and bolted in. He instantly ran up stairs, and
tbs landlord, hearing a noise in the hou-e, quickly bolted
oat of bed, and enquired what was the matter ? For God's
sake let me get into your bed, or I shall be hanged, replied
the prisoner. The Irishman, mistaking the prisoner tar a
)Jr. Howley, who lodged with his wife in the parlour, en.
quired why he had left his own bed and wife to come to his
Having stripped off his clothes, and thrown them under the
bed, he jumped into bed to the Irishman's wife, who, find-
ing a strange man in bed with her, began to scream and roar
out Murder ! lustily. The husband ran to the window, and
found several policemen, and a number of the neigh-
hours crying out that a thief was concealed in sonic of
the houses. The prisoner, finding that the police con.
&labial had got into the house, ran down stairs in his
skirt to them, and said It's all right hue, gentlemen, se
have no person in the house but ourselves, at the saute tines
I calling the Irishman his father, and appealing to him if it,
was nut all right. Father, indeed ! exclaimed the astonished
Irishman, he is no son of mine; I thought it ass Mr.
Howley ; I never saw this fellow before. The constables
immediately took him into cuetotly, and on searching him, a
number of housebreaking impleuteuts, and several articles of
property, were found in his possession ; the letter was iden-
tified by Sir Thomas Hayes as his property. The prisoner
was fully committed for trial.
Woasuir-Sraarr.—Sarah Marshall, about ISO years of
age, and Thomas Church, were brought before the sitting
Magistrate, under the following circumstances : on Friday
night, sonic of the police found the two prisoners drunk in
the street, followed by a mob of persons, who accused them
of ill-using and starving their children. At the abode of
the prisoners in Gloucester-court, Whitecrosa-street, they
found six miserable children huddled together upon
something like a bedstead, in • corner of the apart.
ment, and covered with a few tags. There was a bed
and bedstead in another part of the room, upon which,
it appeared, the two prisoners slept. The must appal-
ling wretchedness pervaded the whole place, and the
appearance of the children fully justified the description
given, that they were in a state of starvation. 'I he two
eldest chihden, boys about 12 and 13, have sonic em.
ployment, at which they earn 4s. a week each, and their
mother receives ha a week from the parish ter herself and
the other four children. A neighbour stated that she kept
the prisoner Church, who is out of work, instead of attend-
ing to her tastily; and while they are out spending the
money in getting drunk, the poor children are kit at home,
suincumes irons morning until 12 or 1 o'clock at night
without food.
The prisoners were remanded.
J. lienektcy was charged with stealing 91 sovereigns, be-
longing to t.hza West, in Bennetee-court, laity-road. It
appeared that the proatcutrix had amassed the money by
her industry as a chair-toner, and placed the same in a bag
inside her hard During her absence the bed was torn open,
and the money carried uff. The prisoner formerly lodged hh
the same house, said was observed to enter the place with •
strange man. He was remanded.
saste.t.a.aosas.—A young woman of interesting ap-
pearance was brought beture Mr. Hositirts, by Mr. Aggs,
inspector of police, under circumstances extremely distress-
ing and unfortunate.
It appeared iliac the poor creature, who gave her name
Emily lililwood, sated tort she was a native ut Aylesbury,
whet.ce she was induced, by a letter she had received front a
young man with whom she became acquainted sometime wick
to conic up to London, where lie had obtained work as a car.
pettier. Uufortunettly she lust his address, and her looney
having run out, she wandered about, in the hope of meeting
her tumult:4l liusbauid ; and wlttle resting herself in the Re-
gent's Perk the was acca.ted by a scoundrel, who, repre-
senting himself to be a huller in Harley-street, took her to
a public-house tor the purpose of giving her refreshments,
where he made her intoxicated, and subsequently took her
to a brothel, and abused her person. Sensible of the die
grace and injury she had thus innocently MA fliitol, she at-
tempted to drown herself in the basin in the liege-ht's Park,
but was rescued turturiately by • young gentleman, who
plunged in alter her, and who afters aids gave her two lit)
vereigns tor her relief.
Alr. liostetas ordered her to be re:conveyed to her friends
at Aylesbury.
Jane ll'rup, a remarkably pretty young woman in a very
delicam slat. of Itealeli, housekeeper to Captain Fitzgerald,
one of the Magistrates fur chic county of Middlesex, was
charged benne Mr. Ilusxtes with robbing her niaaer to a
considerable amount ; tow c.lisukth Draper was charged at
Lae same time with being an accessary.
Captain Fitzgerald stated that the young woman, Wray,
had been in his service fur some time, and, being a single
man, the principal part of his domestic establishment de.
volved upon her. In November last lie removed to Battersea,
whither Wray accompanied him. About five weeks ago she
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in the coach which was assented to. After her departure
Captain Fitzgerald looked over his drawers, wardrobe, &c.
and, to his surprise, discovered that the greater part of their
contents was gone. He waited until the young woman was
recovered, when he went to the hospital and had an interview

with her, during which she confessed that all the article%
missing had been pawned by her, and that she had placed
the dupiclates in Draper's keeping on their way to the hut.
pital In the coach. Dixon, a constable of the S. divisior,
accompanied Captain Fitzgerald to Draper's lodgingt, a.t
Battersea, white they got possession of the pocket containing
the Duplicates ; and Draper herself was taken into cloudy.
The number of duplicates recovered were about twenty,
The whole was pawned at three pawnbrokers in Sum.,
two of whom attended, and produced two beautiful diamond
rings, several rings of minor value, eyeglasses, brooches.,
books, sheeting, table-cloths, and several articles of sharing
apparel, all which were identified by Captain Fitzgerald as
his property. A quantity of woman's clothes were amongtt
I them, none of which the Captain claimed except one whits
petticoat.
A friend of Captain Fitzgerald's attended to identify eze
of the diamond rings, having made a present of it to the
Captain.
The young woman fainted several times while at the ha.,
and by the kindness of the magistrate was accommodate,',
with a chair. She declined saying anything.
Draper denied all knowledge of the robbery, and sumo
that she took the pocket from her fellow-prisoner, wholly
unconscious of its contents. .

Mr. Hoskins considered the attendance of the third pawn.
broker necessary to complete the case against Wray, anti rk.
manded her ; but he discharged Draper, on giving a pronlN
she would appear on the next examination.

PtlaacsolouGu-STREET.—John Jones, son of a green,
grocer, in Blackmoor.street, Clare-market, was charged
with stealing a watch and appendages, the property ofJoho
Williams. The prosecutor, a stranger in London, went into
a public-house, in Bruton.mews. He there found several
persons playing at ►kittles, and betting on the game, and oa
some words ensuing, he was ordered out by the landlord—.
A whole posse of fellows then surrounded him, and while
tumbling him into the street, the prisoner contrived to rob
hint of his watch. This transaction was witnessed by s
groom, and the prisoner given into custody. He was corn.
mitted for trial. _

The authorities of St. Giles's, it appears, are detennitil
to abate all nuisances at this season of the year, whin ac.
cumulated filth tends to promote infectious diseases. Mr.
Wilmot, the surveyor of the above parish, appeared to sup.
port an information against Ntatliews, for depositing a
quantity of slaughter-house sweepings in Nield's yard. st.
Giles's. The case was fully proved, and the defendant vas
fined 40s. 11'hen leaving the office, the defendant said he
would " maik '.llr. Wilmot," whereupon he was called
back, and ordered to find two sureties to keep the peace for
siz months.

LAMBETH-STREET.—Si-ortly after 31r. Norton took his
seat on the bench, a respectable- (*1:i: g, middle-aged war,
presented himself before him, and solicited his advice cruel
assistance under the following circumstances: The via-
cant stated that some months since, his wife taking ache.
rage of his temporary absence from home, riflA his house Li
every article of property, and carried off all his furniture.
&.c. as well as twenty guineas in cash. The object of his
present application was, that his Worship would allow an of-
ficer of the ettablishment to go with him and get him back
his property, as he had been refused admittance into the
house. _ _

Mr. Norton replied that he could not comply with any
such request. The goods. he understood, had been re.
moved by his wife in the open day, and therefore thete was
no felony in the case.
TOWN.HALL.—Mary Hamilton, a respectable-looking
young woman, was charged with stealing a pair of shoes
from the shop of Mr. Isaac Rose, 196, Tooley-street. The
prisoner, it appeared, went to purchase bOILC YTOCIti. anti
while Mr. Rose's hack was turned, his shopman informed
him that a pair of shoes were missing from the horse they
were hung upon. On turning round lie perceived the pri.
soner in the act of putting one shoe into her pocket, the other
being tied by a string, remaining outside. The prisoner, on
being charged with the theft, said she had bought then' in
Cheapside. The prosecutor swore they were in his shop the
minutes before, and never had been sold. The prisoner was
committed for trial.
I THAMES POLICE.— &MC/ 11/ikr, John Hasley, oral
James Brooks, satermen, were charged with assaulting Mr.
Skillett. _ _

Mr. Skillet stated that the prisoners attacked a six-eared
cutter, in which sere six young men ; their intentions sere
to swamp the cutter, but failing in doing so, they knocked
down the young men, and while they were down beat them
in a most cruel manner. IVi.ness remonstrating with that,
he was loaded with the grossest abuse, and repeatedly salmi
by the prisoners.
Mr. BALLANTINE convicted them in the highest penalty
of 51. each, and iu default of payment, to two months' im-
prisonment.

The appeal cause in the House of Lords—
" [(enable against Harris," which was again post-
poned, in consequence of the death of the Com:-
teas of Eldon, Las, we understand, been appointed
to be argued on the 28th inst.
POPULATION RET HAM—The population re-
turns of the parish of St. Mary, Islington, in 1801
was 10,000; in 1811, 15,065; in 1821, 22,417;
in 1831, 37,316, being an increase of numbers in
the last ten years equal to the amount of the whole
population 20 years ago.
According to a Parliamentary Return, just
printed, there are 5,419 brewers in England, 182
in Scotland, and 207 in Ireland—total, 5,808.—
There are 47,893 licensed victuallers in Eng:4nd,
' and 16,750 in Scotland—no return respecting Ire-
land. There are in England 26,291 persons li-
censed for the general sale of beer (namely, chie:ly
" beer shops." in addition to the 48,000 publi-
cans !), besides '23,58'2 victuallers who brew their
own beer, and 11,432 persons licensed fur the ge-
neral sale who brew their own beer—making
130,000 licensed manufacturers and vendors s
beer!
THE CASE or Miss FILIZELL.—We are as-
sured that the story of this young lady's death.
which originally appeared in a Sunday contempo-
rary, is wholly ut.true. A correspondent, who has
written to us on the subject, states, that the faculty
of Paris, London, Edinburgh, and Dublin, are una-
nimous in their opinion, that no medicine has been
discovered which could produce the effects swo:0
to by the young lady. He adds, "no fewer than
13 witnesses, till from the camp of the enemy,
from conscientious motives, are ready to impeach
the evidence given on the trial."—Sunday Times.