Star.
London, England, 1822-09-05 00:00:00

auxilifistareasa

Yesterditylotratiitir iiiwyes* arks inctstia fa iv,
sauking Bareh Stuart, a young girl about 14 years
of age, with intent to commit a rape upon her:
'rhe facts of the case were proved by five wit-
nesses, one of them being the wife if the prisoner at
the bar. On the evening of the 18th of August the
prisoner assaulted the girl, and in the attempt tore
her clothes, and lacerated her bands with his nail%
The prisoner bad previously been sitting with lie
wife in a public-house, and had left her to follow the.
girl upon whom he afterwards committed the assault..
The wife, thinking her husband's absence rather
strange, went in search of him, and found him in the
back-parlodr of her house with the girl. Mrs New-
man seized hold of her husband by the collar, and
then shook the girl violently by the shoulders, :till
turned her out of doors.
Sarah Stuart underwent a long examination, ar.4
cross-examination, in which she related the whole par-
ticulars, after a good deal of difficulty and hesitatiorz
Sarah Blozam, and two other neighbours, he.trd
the screams of the girl, and received an account from
her of the whole transaction. This the witnesses re:
capitulated to the Court.
The Counsel who was employed on behalf of the
prisoner addressed the Jury, bait no witnesses were
called for the defence, either to fact or chatoctdt.

The Jury, after a short consideration, found a Ter.
diet—Guihy.
The CHAIRMAN, accompanied with a suitable al.
monition, passed the sentence of the Conic upon the
prisoner—that he be imprisoned twelve calendar
months in Brixton House of Correction.

Santud Davis was indicted for assaulting Phoebe
Bell, a very young girl, with intent to commit a rape.
Inc case, as proved against the prisoner, WAS of a
more :,ggravated nature than the last. From motives
of delicacy we forbear to enter into the particulars.
The Jury, without he.itation, found a verclia
Guilty ; and
The Ctiainsrme sentenced the prisoner to eighteen
months' imprisonment in the House of Correction
at Brixton.

Joseph Haynes was indicted for receiving a guar.
tity of harness, it to have been stolen bf
some person or persons not yet in custody.
It was proved that a considerable time befo:e the
harness was traced to the possession of the ,iisoner,
it had been stolen from a coach-house
Bexley-heath, in the county of Keil:. fi:o :•.srness
had been sold by the prisoner to a per-oi ! r and
had been again sold by that individual
The officer, Read, who apprel“ni-ed I:.:oner
dealer in marine stoles) at his own house in Suifilk-
street, Blackiriars-road, stated that he a,1;,.L1 the pr;-
soner where he had bought the hari.e.,,? liarn?;
answered, thzt he had bought it of a ::;an in a greet:
coat, whom he frequently saw, and thought he should
see again. lie had given 13s. for it.
The Jury found a ye:diet—Not Guilty.
• The prisoner was net, howet er, ge,!. liocause
he was unable to pay ti-,e foes either of theju:y
the Court. I-Ic had a wife and seven young chit lies,
and had no means of paying the fees.
The last case which occupied tile attenti.,n of the
Court for this Session, was a disp:.te between two
Irish women. Mrs. Sullivan accused Mrs. LeiVi of
beating her while standing at her stall in Illacthiars-
road, and produced a witness to prove the fact. The
witness stated that she saw Mrs. Leigh knock Mr,.
Sullivan down, and break twelve panes of glass is
Mrs. Sul:ivan's window.

The prisoner, in her defence, vocifcr4:ed most
loudly that sl:e had no: hurt the woman, and ceull
not have done it, because she had a baby only sevea
months old in her arms at the time. She confessed
she was rather angry with Mrs. Sullivan for keeping
her dear husband from her.

The Jury found the pri,€oner Guilt j, and the Court
sentenced her to 14 days' imprisonm:nt.

Yesterday morning, at nine o'clock, a fellow had
the audacity to carry off from the door of a bock-
seller, opposite the New Church in the Strand, a
glass case, containing some valuable portraits, be-
longing to an artist.