Star.
London, England, 1807-09-22 00:00:00

, OLD simar.

Saturday fifteen prifimers wen tried, two of whom
rere capitally conviited,
.7ohn Cotkr, for haling font bank cotes of t 01.
each, and 17 other bank notes of A. each, the pro-
perty of W. Parfons.
Alexander Munroe was indieted for wilfully and
malicitirfly wounding Mils Emily Wyat, by dif-
charging a piftol in the public highway, on the ISth.
of June.
Mr. Cuttwoos, Condit for the profeedtion, Rated
the faEts of the cafe, Which were in fubllance as fol-
low : The profecutrix was walking along Fleet
itreet, on the day (toted in the indlitment, when the
beard the report of a pifol near to ber,4,nd from the
alarm the fled into a (hop, without having Peen the
perfoa who fired it. Whilft in the fhop (he perceived
the blood flow from her head, and it was found that
:he had been wounded. It would be proved in evi-
dence that the prifoner was the perfon who fired the
pi 101, and if he was-deranged, how neceffary it Wah
that fuch a man fhould be put under wholefome re-
straint but the Jury would do well not to fuppofe
the prifoner ;Tirane on account of his ftrangeconduCt,
becabfe fome men were fo naturally depraved, as to
Commit fuch acts as the human mind would infer to
be madnefs. Unlefs a plea could be advanced that
the prifoner was deranged at the time of committing
the aft, the evidence was fuch as would induce them

to &liver a veiTliet of guilty.
Mifs Emily Wyat, a very handcraft young lady,
about 21 years of age, Rated, that the was walking
aid% Fleet-ftreet, oh the day Rated in the india-
theta, when the heard the report of a piflol, but the
did not fee the perfon who fired it. Witnefs went
intoa.thop in a Rate of alarm, and the perceived that
The had been wounded under the left ear, which
wound produced a good deal of blood.
Mr. Richard Nunn, who .refides at 149, Fleet-
fleet, law the prifoner pull the pillol from his poc-
ket and fire it, but he did not appear to level it at
any perfon. Witnefs law the profecutrix go into a
!hop, and the was about ten yards from the prifoner,
when he fired the piftol.
William March, an officer belt,nging to the parifh
of St. ainlian's, heard the report of a piftol, and in
a moment afterwards law the prifoner put a piftol
into his coat pocket. \Vitncfs fearched the prifoner,
and he found a pitiol, two balls, and fome powder in
his pockets.
Mr. Davifon, perfumer, in Fleet.ftreet, produced
the ball which was fired from the pilled, which he
had picked up in his Chop the moment after the pit-
tot was fired.

Mr. Cartwright. —I am a furgenn, I examined
the wound: certainly it was a wound occafioned by
a ball.

The prifoner being called upon for his defence,
Paid, in broken accents, " I was troubled (bole how
or other."

Juno r—ln what manner, by whom, and on what account?—
A. I cannot fay which way; but I TM troubled in body.
Q. How were you troubled in body ?—How do you mean ?
What do you mean by being troubled ?—How were you troubled
in body ?—A. I cannot fay ; but my body was not right.
Q_ But how? In what reiptel were you not right? How,-and
in wiat reipeet ?—A. I cannot fay properly.
Q_Have you got any witnefies here?—.A. No, my Lord.
Mr. Juftice HEATH —ls the jailor here?—A. Yes, my I.ord.
Air. JOHN N V /4 d H, Keeper
_of Newsate, examined by
Mr. 7tgflice HEATH.
Q. How did the prifoner appear to you, in point of underftand-
ing, when he Bet came under your care ?—A. He behaved quietly
all the time. I had no reafon to apprehend he was deranged.
I now think he is.
Q._ Until now he was quiet and right?—A. Yes, my Lord ;- I
had no ocelGott to ars him any quellion.
You had no reafon to fuiptet him to be infane ?—A. I had
not, until this moment, my Lord.
JUDGE-4 have heard the prifoncr's fitter is here.—A. Yes, my
Lord, I believe fo.
Q Where is the ?
nutmeats—She is on the other flde of the water.
Q._ When did you fee her lag —A. She was here yefterdsy.
Q.:. She is no: conic here to dry, is the ?—A. No, my Lord.
Q Have you any blends—any of your acquaintance ?.—A. Yes,
I have; hut they are Lot here, my Lord.
Q:rls there say body here that knows you ?—No stirrer.
be Officer ailced at the door it any body was pre-
fent on behalf of the prifoner, Alexander Monroe,
but nobody anfwered.
Mr. Juftice HiATIJ, in his charge to the Jury, ob-
ferved, that the offence with which the prifuncr Rood
charged, amounted to murder, if the perfon wounded
bad died, and it was (fill complete in the eye of the
law, if he even miffed his aim, as it was conftrued a
'wilful and malicious alt. It behoved the prifoner to
offer force tactile for his conduit, but he had not
done fo, nor had there been any plea of infanity of-
fered. No friends had appeared, and the gaoler had
never, until the prifoner appeared to take his trial,
any fufpicion of his being infant. If the defence
offered-was fufficient to jultify a prifoner, it' would be
an eafy matter for a felon to elude junice.—Guilty,
Death.
The officer was about to conduit the Prifoner from
the bar, when
Mr Juftice iIrATH obierved.—Before he goes away, let me elk
him a queltion or two.
Q., Where did you live before this happened ?—Prifuner—A. I
lived in Scotland.
Q. In what place in Scotland ?—A. At Glafgow.
Q.. In what Wen, or parith in Glafgow ?—A. In the Laigbkirk
parith.
A Gentleman fall, that the prifoner's after bad been ken in
Court, al: hough nut in it at prefent.
The Prifoner was then taken away.
William Fidel was indidted capitally for the murder
of a man named Warwick, on Sunday, the 16th of
This cafe was one among the many recent
illit 11Cef, to thew that puzilifm is not quite fo fafe a
1n.,;1e of deciding contells as its advocates would
urge, and that a boxing lout may terminate as fatally
as a duel with/words or
The evidence Rated, that on the day above men
tioned, the deceafed was drinking at the Clown pub.
Lc !mule, oppofite Sadlet's Wells. There was an
elderly man in the tap-room, with whom the deceafed
had fame difpute, and whom he was treating with
profs rudenefs and infult. The yrifoner, who was
a gentleman's groom. camera aiirrog the altercation,
accompanied by another man, named Charles Sears,
sad they fat down direttly oppolite to the parties is
difpute. The deceafed pert lted in his ill treatment
to the old man, whom the Ramer advifed to go
awai, as be was no match for a fellow olio treated
him fo ill ; but this advice the old man declined.—
't he prifoner and his -companion went away, and
came back again in half an hour. The old man was
then rat, Lot the deceafed remained. TAO prirunct

began to remonilrate wish the deceafed on his
treatment of the poor old man, when the deceafed
told him he fhould keep his own company, Paid he
would tile him ten times wotfe, threatened to fplit
his nofe, and aimed a blow at his face, and then
challenged to fight him for a pound. The prifonerl
declined the costa, as he had not the money, and
wilhed to poßpone the battle till next day. But the
deceafed preffed him, in the muft infulting language;
the prifoner's companion Raked the money ; the
parties adjourned to the next field ; they fought an
hour and a quarter, when. the deceafed yielded the
viaory, and flottly afterwards died of the beating
he received.

Several witneffes fopported this Ratement ; but
there was none who actually faw the deceafed dead.
The Learned Judge, therefore, direEted the Jury to
acquit the prifoner.
jofejh Effijim was iadifled for Healing, and Richard
Steinbach for receiving, knowing it to be tiolen, a piece
of Milt linen, value 41. the property of Mcffrs. Poole
and Cn. linen drapers, Cheapfide.
We have already detailed the particulars of this
cafe. Ellifon bad for four years previous to the rob-
bery been warehoufeman to the profecators, and
Steinback had alfo, till about eighteen months fince,
been in their employment. About a month ago,
Steinback, having met with Elliton at the King's
Arms, in Watling•Hreet, took hiM afide, and aiked
if he cauld net get him a piece of Irifh ? Ellifon Paid
he was arraid not, but would try. In lefs than three
weeks afterwards, he found an opportunity to re-
move a piece of linen from the box to which it be-
longed, and placed it behind Tome of the boxes in
the warehoufe. There it lay till Ellifon again faw
Steinback, and informed him that the Trills was ready
for him, which he-called for, and had delivered to
him on Saturday the 1 ath inflant. In the mean time,
however, and while the piece of linen was lying be-
hind the box, it was difcoveted by Meilis. Poole and
Co. who watched its removal. Ellifon was imme-
diately fulpeEted, and confeired that he had given it
to Steinback. He afterwards made a voluntary con-
feffion to the fame effeft before Mr. Alderman Birch,
at the Manfion Hook.

'I he conleflion of Ellifon being attempted to be
proved in evidence,
Mr. ALL/ v, Counfel for Steinback, obje4led to its
being received. He contended that it being impolli•
We to eonvid his client of teceiving,unlefsEllifon was
found guilty of flealing the linen in queflion, he was
entitled to this extent, at leafl, to appear as Cnunfel
for Man alfo; and, as it was an eftablifbed point
in the criminal law of this country, that the con-
felEon of Ellifon could not be ufed againfl himfelf,
who was the principal, he contended that, a fortiori,
it could not be allowed to mitigate againft Steinback,
who was only an acceffary.
This argument was controverted by Mr. STOCKS,
Counfel for the profecution.
Ihe Cnlcibtoti Sail EA wr held, that the confeffion
could not be. ufed againfi either of the prifeners. It
might, however, be competently received as a (late-
ment in writing, to which, whether true or falfe, the
prifoner, Steinback, had made fame particular an
Ewer, the purport of which anfwcr might be ufed
againfl him.
It was then proved, that Steinback's anfwer to
conteffion in which.he was implicated, had
been, that he had received the piece of trifh to keep
for Ellifon.

Two Officers proved a conterfation that had taken
place, in their prefence, between the prifoners, on
their way from the Manfion Houfe to Triton, in
which Steinback accufed Lillian of folly in Rating,
that he had given the linen to him (Steinback), and
in which alto they talked of the value of the linen,
and of the proportion of it which would have fallen
to each, had the theft not been difcovered.
The Cvmrenn &kiwis., in addreffing the Jury,
dcfired them, in judging of the guilt of the prifoners,
to throw out of their confideration, altogether, the!
confcffion of Ellifon ; and if they did not fee fuffici-
ent ground, independent of it, to convilt Ellifnn of
(toiling, that they muff, of coutfe, alfo acquit Stein.
hack (.1 receiving.
The Jury, without hefitation found bo4b ptifoners
—Guilty.
The following were alfo c-mviCied of felonies, viz.
5. Stanley. for ftealing a watch, the property of J. Crimea.
Bridget Bufh, for flealing a piece of gingham, and a piece of
cotton, the property of ThGnias Davis.
One was convieted of a mifdemeannur, viz.
Elizabeth Brown, for uttering a counterfeit fispence.
And eight were acquitted, among whom was
Hamer Write, a hackney coachman, was indicted
capitally, for wilfully flaying and murdering an old
man, named John Green, on the 7th of September
inflant, in Aldetfgate Ilreet, by driving his coach
over the head and body of the deceafed, and• inflia-
ing upon him two mortal wounds, of which he in•
Handy died.
It appeared that the prifoner, on the day mention-
ed, was driving his coach, at a moderate rate, down
Alderfgare Nett, with a fare. The deceafed and a
young man were croffing in front of him, when, un•
fortunately the pole of the carriage ftruck down the
old man, unobferved by the prifoner, and one of the
fore wheels palling over his bead, fractured his fkull,
and he died immediately. The prifoner inftantly
drew up, difcharged his fare, put the deceafed into
his coach, and took him to Bartholomew Hofpital ;
but he was quite dead. Nothing carelefs or wanton
appeared in the prifoner's condo 1, and the Jury
acquitted him.

A girl, aged 14, has had, for the lag feven pre-
ceding years of her life, fcrophulous ulcers on her
arms, neck, fide, and breath, attended with great
clifcharge, particularly at the periods of Spring.—
The difeafe baffled every means employed, when the
tried Srmsutray's Patent Antifcorbutic Drops, and
at this tiare file has taken five bottles; the fmaller
ulcers are all healed, and the lager ones making fair
advances to the fame favout able termination, which
we are juflified in concluding from her mended Rate
.of health, probably wiling from the good health of
the fettering glands. Mrs. Dancer, York, will give
further information on application ; autd the original
letters may be ken at the Difpenfary, No. 15, Soho
Square, London.—Mr. SPILSRURY is not accounta-
ble for any mixture fold, unlefs the words 44 By the
King's. Patent" are inferted on the bill of ditettions,
bottle, and wrapper; the !tamp alto (the King's
duty) is printed in black inftestd of red ink. Bottles
Ss. 6d. ; boubls bottles too, ; anc: larger 11. 22. eery
included. •